Each pod had a capsule-like shape with sleeping space for one adult inside. A person who wants to get into Oasis would just get comfortable on the cradle-like plush bed. Then a transparent glass would be drawn over the only opening, securing the person's body safely inside.
When Vik got inside the pod and the glass was drawn over him, he started wearing the mandatory face mask that'd regulate the oxygen intake. And wirelessly connected the MCP chip planted inside his nape with the pod's control.
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MCP chip. Also called the Eureka chip.
The Eureka chip was a revolutionary invention. Every person would be planted with a Eureka chip as soon as they were born. And one had to pass through this procedure, no matter what. Otherwise, they need to be prepared to say bye-bye to civilization.
The invention had opened the gateway to heaven and hell for all the human beings in the world. It was a multi-purpose AI chip ant to be connected to humans' neural systems.
The chip served as a universal ID card, wireless controller for a lot of devices these days, and entry pass for the Oasis among other things.
The chip would also allow a spectral screen to be seen in front of its user. It would keep track of and display user information to the user. To make the display visible to others, users could change the privacy setting from private to public.
In addition to displaying spectral-like images, the spectral screen also acted as an interface to send and receive prompts from a variety of real-world interactions.
Plus, the screen allowed for an effortless and imrsive way of communication. People could communicate with each other using their Eureka chip as long as they had the digital signature of the person they were texting.
They could also call soone using the Eureka chip, which was referred to as a holo-call. A holo-call would, like its na suggests, create a real-life replica of the person who is calling you along with their nearby surroundings and project the sa in front of your eyes in the form of 3D spectral rendering.
You were shown a semi-transparent 3D rendering of what was happening to the person or their surroundings as they were calling you. Therefore, all the other old-fashioned forms of communication have been kicked out of people's lives ever since the Eureka chip was introduced.
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Coming back to the present. A prompt appeared in front of Vik's eyes on the spectral screen that only he could see. It read:
Vik took a deep breath inside his breathing mask and selected yes. His consciousness started fading imdiately afterward before seemingly awakening from a deep slumber due to a blinding white light.
When the illumination returned to normal, Vik found himself standing in the middle of an endless void. There were various sources of light located far away from him.
These stars represented different worlds in Oasis Online. But Vik could not venture into any world. He wasn't qualified to enter those worlds after all.
Those worlds were reserved for the tahumans after all. It was their battlefield. An ordinary human being and a non-ta, he could only dream of exploring sothing as exciting as foreign worlds in Oasis.
Vik quickly pulled himself out of those distracting thoughts and focused on the prompt seen in front of him.
***
Every ti Vik saw the na of his Permavatar (permanent avatar), he'd feel an unprecedented cringe. The teenager-him was indeed an edge lord. He had co up with that na when he first created his Permavatar because he thought it was cool at the ti.
Vik rarely regretted his life choices. And yet, out of all his mistakes, the handle was sothing he wanted to get rid of the most.
Vik obviously couldn't select his go-to avatar for entering Oasis. If soone could keep tabs on their real-world activities, he was sure there'd be people doing the sa on their avatars in Oasis as well.
Vik decided to proceed with the second option. A temporary avatar.
The temporary avatars would only stay active for 24 hours. They would not be accessible after that period has passed.
The temporary avatars were mostly used by people who wanted to stay in the dark while carrying out their deals in Oasis. The virtual world was known to provide a haven for establishnts and criminal organizations alike. It was much more secure to conduct transactions they'd do in real life under the controlled environnt of their choosing in Oasis.
Yes!
Vik confird the option ntally before being blinded again by a sudden white light. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself standing over an open platform on which people kept appearing out of thin air.
Vik was still a man.
But he looked different from his usual self. The random avatar generator did him a solid this ti. He appeared normal, or as normal as one could be in the virtual world.
That's right! Vik had entered the ta Oasis.
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