??Chapter 690: 689. Instant-Boiled Mutton_1
Chapter 690: 689. Instant-Boiled Mutton_1
In the mutton hotpot restaurant, steam was billowing.
Jiangcheng University had already started winter break, and as the Chinese New Year approached, hotpot restaurants still did booming business.
Lu Ban didn’t know if this place was authentic or not, but he thought it was quite tasty.
Sotis, authenticity doesn’t necessarily equate to deliciousness, as people from different regions have varied tastes, and what suits the locals may not be palatable to outsiders.
Just like the specialty douzhi from Yannan, which the old Yannan residents might savor, but could cause others to vomit on the spot.
The clear water was put into the pot, with so goji berries and green onions added, and the copper pot brought to a boil, misty with vapor.
Plump chunks of fatty tail fat were dropped in and imdiately began to sizzle; the rich scent of lamb wafted through the air, complented by the freshly ground sesa sauce mixed with peanut butter and a variety of sauces, such as chive flower sauce. One taste, and the appetite was thoroughly ignited.
Sliced tripe, carrying a slight gay sll, floated in the oily broth for a few monts before being scooped into the mouth. The chew was perfectly tender, offering a texture starkly different from the tail fat, creating a multifaceted sensory experience.
The star of the show was the lamb’s upper brain, at from the back of the neck that was best eaten thoroughly cooked, yielding a tender and fresh bite that was heavenly with each slice.
Hand-sliced lamb stood upright on the plate and didn’t fall over. When placed in the pot, there was no bloody water left on the plate. This kind of at was best eaten while still a bit red—dium rare, and just the perfect taste.
The three of them sat in the restaurant, with the television blaring, broadcasting today’s news.
The owner seed to be a young man, at least what was displayed on the TV was not so old costu drama, but a news channel often reporting dostic and international affairs.
While enjoying the hotpot, Lu Ban saw that the news on the TV was actually broadcasting about “Morning Star.”
“…according to our station’s report, following the appearance of the first person to clear ‘Night of Summoning Spirits,’ major websites and ga strears have started to enter the ga based on the walkthroughs. We believe it won’t be long before Lu Ban brings us the first surprise of the New Year,” said the broadcaster.
Wow, even clearing this ga was enough to beco a societal news item.
Lu Ban casually checked the status of his mission and saw that the impact goal of ten million suggested that at least ten million units would have to be sold—they were currently at eighty percent completion.
It wasn’t that Lu Ban wanted to slack off, but even with the production line running full tilt and in three shifts, the output couldn’t et such high demand.
Other consoles sold two million units in their first month because that’s all they could sell, whereas “Morning Star” shifted eight million because that was all Lu Ban could produce.
Of course, compared to truly best-selling consoles, such as the NS or PS4, which broke the hundred-million sales mark, “Morning Star” still had a long way to go. Even maintaining the current montum, it would take at least a year to reach the level of these classic consoles.
After a satisfying al, Qin Tiantian seed to have made a new friend.
Thinking carefully about Qin Tiantian’s recent new friends, Lu Ban felt that she was quite up to speed with the modernization of Foreign Domain.
Baobao left quickly, claiming that she was actually looking for her own incarnation, and that disturbing Lu Ban was just a detour.
Life for Lu Ban returned to its peaceful rhythm, except for the sales of “Morning Star” soaring again, truly pushing the production line to its limits.
Normally, ga console manufacturers need to consider very carefully before expanding production.
Setting up a production line costs a lot, and to recoup that investnt, more consoles must be sold. However, the general sales curve of consoles tends to flatten out with ti. If a company misjudges the situation and hastily increases production, they might not recoup their investnt and could even incur losses due to the sudden spike in sales.
But Lu Ban had no such worries.
All he needed was a little ti to write a few words, and everything would be taken care of.
On the eve of Lunar New Year’s Eve, the daily sales of “Morning Star” reached an astonishing 500,000 units, and this was purely in the dostic market. It was probably because the broadcast of ‘Soul Summoning Night’s’ walkthrough had completely broken the ga console out of its niche, making it a must-have for everyone.
Regarding the international market, Lu Ban also stated that he would be launching “Morning Star” overseas within a month at the earliest.
If Silent dia had already gone public, these few moves alone would have probably quadrupled its stock price.
Unfortunately, Lu Ban was a selfish person; he did not give the vast majority of stockholders the chance to be cut by his leek-trimming.
At the sa ti, Lu Ban was also researching what else the device could be used for after this.
According to Baobao’s words, the Ancient Overlords traveled through the Foreign Domain relying on their own marks, which are coordinates, as well as avatars.
And Lu Ban had long left his own mark in the Foreign Domain, whether actively or passively, he had the similar objective conditions.
The basic working principle of “Morning Star” was not about neural takeover, bioelectric currents, and the like, but about projecting human consciousness into a small-scale Foreign Domain to achieve perception.
Just like the existence of sothing eerie like [Mysterious Amusent Park] fused with Foreign Domain creatures, the space it ford is itself a very small Foreign Domain.
Therefore, in theory, Lu Ban could use the chanism of “Morning Star” to resonate with the mark he left in the distant Foreign Domain, achieving a certain effect of avatar projection.
Moreover, since [Night of Summoning Spirits] had already been cleared by players, even if the applications of music playback and world touring were interesting, they would still eventually beco stale.
Lu Ban did want to open a third-party interface to other ga developers, but he strongly suspected that the programrs would lose their Sanity when they saw how “Morning Star” operated and the ga itself, their brains boiling.
He had to do it himself.
On New Year’s Eve, after having the reunion dinner with Feng Yu and Qin Tiantian, he didn’t ask about Baobao’s whereabouts or whether the avatar had been successfully found.
At least now that the Foreign Domain was still functioning normally, it ant that the avatar’s supposed task had either not been successful or hadn’t had a significant impact. In the power gas between Ancient Overlords, Lu Ban had no room to intervene.
On the first day of the new year, Jiangcheng was covered by snow, solemn and respectful. Who knows how many people had insomnia last night because of [Soul Summoning Night].
As for Lu Ban, he slept soundly.
And speaking of New Year’s good news, what comforted Lu Ban was that his task was finally completed.
[Create a new form of expression: 1/1]
[Influence humanity: 10,000,000/10,000,000]
[Congratulations on completing your professional developnt task]
[Settlent will now comnce]
[Task exploration degree: 200%]
[Task completion status: Indescribable]
[You have created a novel form of expression. From this mont on, human history will be divided into two eras, and the world will rember your contribution. Furthermore, countless Foreign Domains will boil over, and you will craft an entirely new mythology]
[You have received 100,000 Silence Points]
[Settlent completed]
[Please complete the task to receive your reward]
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It’s the end of the month, asking for recomndation tickets, monthly tickets! And also for the guaranteed monthly tickets for next month!
By the way, the editor ntioned that during the mid-May anniversary celebration on Qidian, we can upload a full-ordered spin-off benefit. The current idea is probably to write a bit of an IF line that those in the know will understand. I’ll write it during this ti, so everyone can look forward to it.
Also, I hope that readers reading this book elsewhere can co to Qidian to support the original~
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