My Exclusive Dream World Adventures
Chapter 290 - Chapter 290 290 Luo Xiyuns Worries

Chapter 290: 290 Luo Xiyun’s Worries Chapter 290: 290 Luo Xiyun’s Worries “You look much better today,” Liu Yumeng observed Luo Xiyun with a smile, “Shall we go shopping again today?”

“No, let’s just stay at home today,” Luo Xiyun replied somewhat absently.

Seeing her like this, Liu Yumeng shook her head silently, not pressing further. Her mental state had improved a lot since yesterday, and it seemed she had come to terms with things.

After breakfast, Luo Xiyun returned to her room, turned on her computer, and looked at the computer screen and keyboard in front of her, feeling a bit unaccustomed.

In the dream of the past year, she had used the glasses terminal every day, utilizing the base host’s three-dimensional interface. Switching back to using a real-world computer felt quite jarring now.

She picked up the mouse, opened a search webpage, typed “VR Technology” into the search box, clicked search, and began reading from one of the results.

Soon, Liu Yumeng came in with some fruit, placed it in front of the computer desk, saw that she was browsing a webpage, glanced over, and casually asked, “What are you looking at this for?”

“I just want to learn more,” Luo Xiyun responded, her eyes not leaving the webpage.

Liu Yumeng didn’t take it to heart and, after chatting for a while and seeing how engrossed Luo Xiyun was, felt reassured that she was finding her focus again and didn’t stay to disturb her further, returning to her own room.

As soon as she left, Luo Xiyun picked up the phone and called Secretary Guo, asking her to gather some information on VR equipment.

Originally, when Luo Xiyun told Chen Xu she wanted to work on artificial intelligence, it was merely out of spite. Even if she was reluctant to admit it, she understood the vast gap in capital between herself and Yang Jinxia.

Even if her father was willing to support her fully, competing directly with Yang Jinxia would be difficult. Tianluo Group primarily dealt with commercial real estate and property, without much investment in the internet sector.

Yang Jinxia’s Jinxiu Group, on the other hand, primarily invested in the internet, where the resources and connections utterly surpassed what Tianluo Group could match.

Moreover, Yang Jinxia had already been laying groundwork in the artificial intelligence industry.

No matter how she looked at it, competing with Yang Jinxia in the realm of artificial intelligence seemed an unwinnable battle, choosing that field would be sheer masochism.

Therefore, she shifted to a different sector, VR, or Virtual Reality technology. In the dreamscape base, this technology was already very advanced, ranging from the first generation to the latest, with all tech data available.

It was a highly promising industry. Currently on Earth, similar products existed, but due to technological limitations and high costs, they were not yet widely applied.

However, these were just her prior impressions; now that she planned to enter this industry, it was natural to carefully investigate.

She could only find general information online. Detailed investigations would require sending someone, and though Secretary Guo might not find much, that was okay; there was still time.

She had only learned some basics during this past year. Thus, she would re-enter the dream, to gain more knowledge.

…

A day could feel long and short; it was finally night.

At midnight, Luo Xiyun promptly entered her dreamland.

As she opened her eyes, she saw the transparent lid above her slowly open; she lay in the Life Support Chamber, and Chen Xu had told her this device would sustain her life when she logged off.

Just as she was about to sit up, she felt the Life Support Chamber operate itself, gradually standing upright. Soon, Chen Xu’s figure came into view.

“It’s been a while,” he greeted with a smile.

Luo Xiyun didn’t feel it had been long; it had only been a day, or precisely, sixteen hours. But for Chen Xu, two years had passed.

She could clearly see the changes in him, more composed and reserved. The smile on his face seemed gentle, lacking the joy of a long-awaited reunion.

Her heart sank slightly, unable to muster any joy.

Her worries seemed to be becoming reality.

His life in the dreamscape, this solitary environment, was changing him, bit by bit.

By proportion, Chen Xu had been in this place for six years now. Compared to before, he seemed like a completely different person.

Previously, although Chen Xu was also reserved, he couldn’t hide his emotions. Whether happy or angry, she could always tell at a glance from his expressions and eyes.

Now, Chen Xu seemed to have shut himself off.

“What’s wrong, not recognizing me?” Chen Xu approached and naturally took her hand as he spoke, “I had grown a beard, thinking you were coming soon, but I just shaved it off.”

Luo Xiyun let him hold her hand and said, “You’ve changed too much; I didn’t react immediately.”

Chen Xu laughed, “Really? Do you think this change is good or bad?”

“Chen Xu.”

She grabbed his hand and said seriously, “Let’s go back to reality, stop playing this game.”

“Why are you suddenly saying this?” Chen Xu looked at her, puzzled.

Luo Xiyun said somewhat excitedly, “Haven’t you realized that staying in this environment for too long is harmful to your psychological health? If this continues, you will become someone even you don’t recognize…”

Chen Xu looked at her, then suddenly pulled her into his embrace, stroking her long hair, and said, “I know you care about me. I will be careful in the future. The base’s main system has a psychological intervention mechanism. From now on, I will go there every day for treatment. I promise you, I won’t let myself become like that.”

“You…”

Luo Xiyun’s body stiffened at first, then realizing what was happening, she pushed him away sharply, turned around, and said, “Don’t forget what you promised me.”

“Sorry, I couldn’t help myself,” Chen Xu apologized.

Seeing his apology, Luo Xiyun turned back around, biting her lip, and asked, “Is this game really that important to you?”

“Actually, I never thought about being extremely wealthy. I just thought about having a comfortable house, a decent car, earning a bit of money, not having to worry about money. Marry a woman I love, have a child, and just easily live out my life.”

Luo Xiyun could tell that Chen Xu was speaking from his heart.

“But that’s life, it always throws unexpected things at you, leaving you with no choice, and gradually, you drift further and further away from your original goals.”

“The situation has developed to this point, and I have no choice. If I cannot achieve success in the conventional sense, then sooner or later, conventional forces will overwhelm us. I must have strong power, reputation, wealth, authority–only then will I have the power to protect myself, to protect all of you.”

Luo Xiyun looked at him and said, “You brought this upon yourself. And remember, you are you, don’t drag me into this.”

With that, she walked out.

Chen Xu smiled faintly and followed her.

When Luo Xiyun stepped out, she saw a corridor leading to the living room, which looked the same as when she left.

Relieved to see no one in the living room, she said.

“They’re not here,” Chen Xu’s voice sounded timely beside her.

Luo Xiyun finally spoke, “Is the study room still in the same place?”

“Yes, let me take you there.”

They quickly arrived at the study room, and after entering, Luo Xiyun saw that the entire room had expanded more than ten times, filled with various large and small instruments.

Before entering the dream, she had been thinking all day about where to start if she wanted to do VR, and she couldn’t help asking, “Are you planning to do tangible products?”

Chen Xu didn’t hide it from her and replied, “Yes.”

“You should know this requires a large investment and the threshold is high.”

“I know, but it’s necessary. Without hardware support, the development of software would also be hindered.”

But, it’s too hard.

Looking around the room filled with large instruments, Luo Xiyun felt somewhat distressed. She understood what Chen Xu was doing–producing every single component involved in a new product.

It was a tremendously huge project due to the many processes it involved.

Luo Xiyun ultimately didn’t say anything, walked to her own seat, put on glasses, and started studying.

…

Chen Xu watched as Luo Xiyun put on her glasses, then suddenly frowned.

He had heard her concerns earlier.

Not long after Luo Xiyun had logged off last time, Yang Jinxia logged in, followed by Bai Jinxuan–they all expressed similar worries.

He didn’t think these changes were bad, but since all three of his women had said this, he really should take note.

Thus, he sat down in his own seat, put on his glasses, and turned on the psychological intervention system.

Before this, he had never used this system as he felt quite normal. No one thinks they have psychological issues without reason.

After the system was activated, it conducted a set of tests. He patiently answered each question, but in the end, the system did not provide a definitive result.

Then, the system played a movie for him, the 3D effects of which instantly surpassed those in any real-world 3D movie.

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