I Have A Super USB Drive

by <unknown>

  As he spoke, remembrance flitted in the eyes of the tall and thin young man. "A dozen years ago, my father gave him two pastries. He ate one and broke the other in two, handing one half to my father. He said that in the future, when he's made it, as long as my father's descendants bring this half of the pastry to him, he would do a favor for my father's descendants."

  "So when the store said it was out of stock, you just took out that half of the pastry?"

  The handsome young man was surprised. "Isn't this a waste of a favor?"

  "No, that pastry half had gone bad long ago and I've fed it to the dog."

  The tall and thin young man sneered. "The reason he sold it to me was that he still had not made it, so my father invested several million in him and allowed him to open this electronic store."

  "…"

  The two came to the parking lot as they conversed. After they put the cardboard boxes in the trunk, they drove back to the campus.

  Half an hour later, the car returned to Shangdu Jiao Tong University. The two ran to the door of Dorm 404 gleefully, holding the boxes. The tall and thin young man originally wanted to use his body to push open the door of the dormitory, but there was only a thud, for the dormitory door did not budge at all!

  "Ouch!"

  The tall and thin young man was bounced back to the ground and landed on his butt, but even so, he still held his two cardboard boxes firmly.

  "My days, what are you guys doing? Whoever's inside, open the door now!"

  The tall and thin young man scolded at once.

  "Password!"

  Behind the door of Dorm 404, a bright loud voice came.

  "Password my foot, hurry up and open the door!"

  The handsome youth had come over, frowning.

  "No way, you must say the password or you can't enter!"

  The voice inside was unyielding. "Let's start with you!"

  In desperation, the handsome young man looked around and when he saw that no one was paying attention, he lowered his voice and said, "I'm from Dachang City, the seventh middle school…"

  "Too weak, again!"

  "I can't hear you!"

  Two people yelled from within, their voices ringing through the door.

  The handsome young man had to increase his volume. "Dachang City, student of the seventh middle school, Deity Yang Jian!"

  "Very spirited, next one!"

  The voice behind the door continued shouting.

  "Dachang City, student of the seventh middle school, Your Grandpa Zhang Wei!"

  The tall and thin young man yelled angrily, "Hurry up and open the door!"

  "You want to get into the warship with such a soft voice!?"

  "Our big brother in the dormitory said that if he can't hear it, he can't hear it!"

  The voice continued shouting.

  "That's good enough."

  The handsome young man protested again and pushed violently, finally pushing the dormitory door open. The two people in the dormitory hurriedly hid in the toilet and locked the toilet door.

  "Where's the mop, I'm going to suffocate the two of them by blocking the toilet door."

  The tall youth said viciously.

  "Go hunt for it then, I'm going to turn on the device."

  The handsome young man could not care less and immediately started unpacking, taking out a helmet and a black jumpsuit.

  "My days, you guys really bought them?"

  The toilet door cracked open and two people inside saw the handsome young man starting to unpack the cartons. They were immediately delighted. "O Great Noble Brothers, please accept the respects of your little brothers!"

  "Bugger off. Just now you stopped us from coming in and now you call us your Great Brothers?"

  The tall and thin young man waved them away.

  "Brother Wei, don't be like this. We were only joking just now… You must lend it to us too, we want to try the haptic shock helmet…"

  "Brother Wei, can I go to your house to celebrate the New Year? Brother Wei, can you help me order a delivery?"

  The two roommates kept joking shamelessly by one side.

  Ignoring these buffoons, the handsome young man took the helmet out of the box on his own and saw that the helmet was dark gray all over, with a streamlined shape. Although the shell was fully plastic, it was pretty good in terms of being oleophobic. There would not be handprints left on it like many plastic objects.

  The inside of the helmet was also very ergonomic, especially with internal sponge pads that were detachable. There was a fan in the front, back, left, and right of the helmet to allow the air inside the helmet to circulate, preventing the wearer's senses from being affected when it was worn in the summer. It was very user-friendly.

  The handsome young man then found the manual and read it silently. After he had read through everything, he connected the power cord to the computer and then pressed the power button on the helmet.

  According to the instructions, if the power supply was not connected for the first time, it could not be turned on.

  Sure enough, after connecting the power, the helmet turned on.

  At the same time, the computer automatically installed the driver of the haptic shock helmet. After the installation was completed and all computer permissions were given, the helmet was in its formal activated mode.

  The handsome young man excitedly leaned against the headboard of the bed and put on the helmet. At first, all he saw was darkness, then there was a bright flash. His entire field of vision was completely occupied by the three-dimensional images projected by the helmet's VR.

  From the perspective of the handsome young man, he only saw the Blacklight Biotechnology logo flashing once, after which a huge and empty room appeared before his eyes.

  The size of this room was about fifty square meters and in one glance he could take it all in. In the center of the floor of the room, a small red ball hovered quietly.

  This was a fantastic sensation as if he were standing in this room at this time and the angle of the image he saw was almost identical with his eyes' field of vision, encompassing one hundred and eighty degrees. If he moved his eyes, he could also see the side of the room, which felt very natural.

  "Hello, dear user, I'm Little X. Please follow my prompts to set your user options; now, please stare at the red ball in the room and imagine that the ball is moving according to your thoughts."

  A crisp reminder sounded from his ears. The handsome young man knew that this Little X was equivalent to Microsoft's Cortana. It was the voice of a new operating system.

  Still, it was the learning part now. The handsome young man earnestly tried to move the small ball based on his imagination. Suddenly, the small red ball moved slightly and rolled dozens of centimeters toward his position.

  "Huh?"

  Although he knew it was mind control, when the ball in front of him moved along with his mind, the handsome young man was still overwhelmed by an indescribable wonder.

  After all, he did not have any hardware such as a mouse at this time. He was completely relying on his thoughts. Could such an abstract, intangible thing control this helmet?

  He was struck by an ineffable sense of excitement and novelty. The handsome young man continued to control the ball following the prompts. After he finally set everything up, his helmet was completely connected to the computer.

  The handsome young man knew that the function of this helmet was a third-party computer input device, like the smartwatch or the keyboard, but compared to those two devices, the function of the haptic shock helmet was to let people use their brain waves to directly control the computer, freeing up their hands.

  In this way, both typing and maneuvering were much faster. Even when playing various games, all operations only required a single thought.

  This was still not a big deal. The handsome young man quickly became familiar with everything. After learning to use the haptic shock helmet, even surfing the Internet was much easier than before.

 
; Of course, the real purpose that most people had bought this type of equipment, in addition to the novelty of the experience, was more for the VR games that Blacklight Biotechnology originally promised. After all, experiencing those games would be like experiencing another life, and web novels about gaming had also led to people daydreaming about these thought-controlled helmets.

  One might say that one-third of the reason the VR helmets could sell so well was thanks to the gimmick of the brainwave control while the other two-thirds was because of gaming web novels.

  Therefore, filled with eager anticipation, after familiarizing himself with the operations, the handsome young man relied on his thoughts to open the store application software that came with the helmet system in the lower right corner, just like Apple's App Store. The V.1 haptic shock series also had its own independent application platform. After opening the platform, he found the menu of the games' software in a glance.

  With a flick of his mind, the game menu was opened and a row of games came into view automatically. Demonic Statues, Grand Swordsman, King of Rogues, and so on. From simple first-person shooters to real-time strategy games, there was everything. Although there were not many, only about a dozen, these games had tempted the heart of the handsome young man.

  This was because he had never heard of any of these games…

  After he randomly clicked into a game, he saw that the introduction said:

  [Demonic Statues: First-person game. Game level — AAA. Game introduction: One late night in the future year 2045, all human beings suddenly lose their minds at the same moment as if they have been manipulated by some unknown existence, and are reincarnated as the living dead. Phoenix is ​​the only survivor in the world. What he needs to do is to break through the endless horror and investigate the truth of the extinction of human civilization…]

  After trying to remember something, the young man's heart suddenly leaped. He took off his helmet and asked the tall and thin young man who also wore a helmet on the bed next to him, "Yang Jian, you have played more games than me. Have you heard of a stand-alone game called Demonic Statues?"

  Within two seconds, the tall and thin young man replied, "No, but have you forgotten? Blacklight Biotechnology promised to design more than a dozen AAA masterpieces for us, otherwise, would we have bought this? Now it seems that these games are the AAA masterpieces they promised."

  "So that's it. In that case, I'll add them all to the download list."

  The handsome young man nodded, then put on his helmet again.

  This same scene occurred in all corners of the world. With the first batch of V.1 devices entering thousands of households, the influence of Blacklight Biotechnology in the electronics industry had officially begun to expand.

  Chapter 397: Paul |

  "Master, slow down, be careful you don't fall…"

  The old gray-haired butler supported a dignified-looking man with salt-and-pepper hair as they slowly stepped off the plane. Seeing that the man's pace was a little faster, the butler quickly chided.

  "Becker, you don't need to support me."

  The dignified man pulled his arm away and said wryly, "Old man, I'm not the same Paul Blanc as before."

  "Alright, Master."

  Seeing this, the gray-haired butler released his grip.

  Looking at this stubborn butler, the man with a dignified expression just shook his head helplessly. The other man was five years older than him and had served him all his life. It was difficult to blame the butler's old habits.

  Under the plane, there were already a dozen bodyguards standing with their hands behind their backs. When they saw him getting off the plane, they all moved forward, shielding him with their bodies, and then led him to the airport.

  "Master, look over there, it's Felix Munster…"

  Just as they were leaving the plane, a group of people also rushed out of the plane on the runway next to theirs. The one at their head was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his 40s or 50s at most.

  Not only that, but someone on their side also seemed to have nudged Felix, so these two parties looked over at almost the same time and their eyes made full contact.

  Looking at this old adversary who was of utmost familiarity to him, there was a flicker of gloom in Paul's eyes. Then, he burst into laughter.

  "Hahahahaha! Felix, to think that I'd meet you here?"

  "I'm the one who's surprised. Paul, I didn't expect you to come to Namibia yourself!"

  The two walked in quickly and embraced each other enthusiastically.

  "I haven't seen you in four or five years. I heard that you've already passed on all your work to your son. Are you coming to Namibia for vacation this time?"

  Paul enthusiastically said, "Namibia is indeed a great place for a vacation!"

  "Isn't it the same with you? I heard that your son Sloane had a major operation two years ago and even replaced both kidneys. Was it because of this that you were forced to show your face again?"

  The other man's words carried a hidden sting too. Upon hearing this, Paul's face darkened.

  The reason he had greeted Felix in this manner was that Felix was the founder of the Munster Financial Group, but as early as four or five years ago, this old man withdrew from the management of the company because of Alzheimer's disease. His son Adrian thus took charge of the board of directors.

  Usually, with this kind of disease, one would have barely a few years left to live, but unexpectedly, this man had chosen the path of Blackwatch Corporation. Not only was his Alzheimer's disease cured, but he also went through the age-reversal treatment and gained the appearance of a forty or fifty-year-old young man, just like Paul himself. Paul was practically beside himself with rage.

  As for why Felix had made that remark to Paul, it was because Paul had once made a move against the chairman of Blackwatch Corporation. In the end, he could do nothing to his opponent and instead, the kidneys of his son were cut out. This had become an inside joke within the plutocrats' circle.

  "God bless! But my son later not only got new kidneys but also kept six mistresses and has now given birth to eight heirs."

  Paul laughed. "I wonder how your son Adrian is doing?"

  "My son isn't brave enough to change his kidneys like your son and the heirs of our family are also excellent. So, we won't have to keep popping them out like pigs."

  Felix also retorted sarcastically.

  The exchange between the two then broke up in an unhappy atmosphere.

  When Paul got into his car, he was a little out of breath. If he had not undergone the age-reversal treatment, he might have suffered from high blood pressure earlier.

  "Master, calm down, be careful with your health."

  The old butler on the side kept comforting him.

  "Humph, isn't he in the same boat, pledging allegiance at the feet of Blackwatch?"

  Paul was still indignant and said quickly, "Ask the driver to drive faster. We must arrive at the Biological Research Center before them and meet Chen Chen."

  "Yes."

  The old butler nodded.

  The car quickly started and drove along the VIP passage away from the airport.

  Half an hour later, the vehicle drove into the Biological Research Center of the Eco Science City and stopped at the bottom of a tall diamond-shaped building.

  The building was extremely tall, almost surpassing the other skyscrapers in the entire Eco Science City by more than one-third. It could be seen from the Walvis Bay International Airport, for this was the new landmark building of the Eco Science City — Blackwatch Corporation's headquarters in Africa.

  This building was 230 meters tall, with a total construction area of ​​150,000 square meters and the main building had 62 floors.

  "We're here, Master."

  As the vehicle stopped in front of the building, the butler immediately said, "Master, although the bodyguards can't follow, surely I should be allowed to go up with you?"

  "No need for that, I'll go up
by myself."

  Paul pondered for a while, then waved his hand. He got out of the car alone and walked into the headquarters building.

  This was the first time Paul had been to this newly built headquarters building. When the building was not completed before, he had always gone to the old office building of the Biological Research Center to see Chen Chen.

  The decoration of the building, strictly speaking, was not luxurious, and was even rather minimalistic and futuristic. The floor, paved with huge squares that looked like white ceramic, could practically reflect everyone's figures. Similarly, the walls' pattern was made up of large tiles of green and white. Besides the paint, there was even a layer of decorative glass, creating a pleasant sensation of cleanliness and transparency.

  Paul understood that, at their level, the luxurious style of decoration could no longer satisfy them. Instead, they were more inclined to a simple yet remarkable aesthetic. The huge hall's decoration in front of him showcased an extremely simple futuristic style.

  All this scenery was taken in by Paul in a single glance. Following that, he did not linger on but headed straight for the lobby's reception desk.

  The reception desk in the lobby was a green glass counter that blended in with the rest of the lobby. Behind the counter was a Chinese girl with a poker face. The girl's eyes moved along with Paul's every movement, and Paul thought this was a little strange. He started to scrutinize her blatantly.

  Unlike most people, the girl in front of him had an indescribable vacuity in her eyes as if she was not a real person. Not only that, but the corners of her mouth were also slightly raised in an apparent smile, but when he looked closely, Paul felt his blood run cold.

  This was because the more he stared at this smile, the faker it seemed.

  As Paul got closer, he could also observe her overall appearance more clearly. He had to admit that the appearance of this girl in the reception uniform was almost flawless. She was as beautiful as a perfect crystal and her skin was without the slightest blemish. However, all this only exacerbated the eerie feeling in Paul's heart.

  When Paul had reached the desk, the girl before him finally spoke, "Honorable sir, hello. I'm Android Receptionist No. A0003. Is there anything I can help you with?"