Chapter 804: Chapter 763: Entering Reality!
Let’s do it!
Shuihua starts with verbal communication: “Little Pixiu, how about going home with your sister?”
“At sister’s house, there’s a Pixiu who can do backflips! Don’t you want to see it?”
“And my bed is very soft! With this cold weather, you don’t want to spend the night outside, do you?”
“Are you hungry? Go home with me, and I’ll treat you to a meal, okay?”
…
Shuihua throws out every reason she can think of, but this round and chubby little Pixiu doesn’t pay her any attention, happily bouncing and jumping around.
Shuihua won’t give up and follows the Pixiu wherever it goes.
While following, she tirelessly tries various persuasive techniques:
“Do you like lollipops? I have a lot of them at home!”
“Do you want to go shopping in the supermarket together? You can buy whatever you like.”
“I know you can hear me. Don’t pretend you can’t see me. That trick won’t work on me!”
“Do you want to go see goldfish with your sister?”
…
Lance follows behind, listening to Shuihua’s outrageous techniques, his expression changing constantly.
But these bizarre techniques seem to have really worked!
After Shuihua persisted and talked non-stop to the Pixiu for 10 minutes, the Pixiu suddenly approached her feet, circled her a few times, and bumped into her calf.
Although Shuihua didn’t feel the force of the Pixiu bumping into her, the little Pixiu was unsteady and got like a cartoon character knocked down by the counterforce.
It rested for a few seconds before shaking its head and standing up, only to bump into Shuihua’s leg again.
Then, it fell down again without a doubt.
Shuihua hesitated and said, “Why does it seem… not very smart?”
It was strangely annoying…
She tried taking a few steps away.
The little Pixiu bounced and followed her footsteps.
“It’s really possible!” Shuihua didn’t find it annoying anymore and happily started running quickly.
The little Pixiu tried to catch up, but it ran out of energy quickly and stopped to pant heavily in place.
So Shuihua came back.
She thought for a moment and cautiously put her hands under the Pixiu. Then she carefully lifted it up, fearing her hands would “clip through” its body.
But fortunately, Cloud Dream’s technology was strong enough to prevent such an immersion-breaking event from happening:
The little Pixiu was really lifted up by her!
Although she still couldn’t feel its weight, the Pixiu curled its body, looking panicky and afraid of heights. Even the parts where her hands touched the Pixiu showed no blur or clipping, and she could clearly see the Pixiu’s flesh compressed by her arms.
Maximum visual realism!
Afterward, Shuihua carried the Pixiu in her arms, walking home amid the bewildered gazes of the residents, with only her and Lance being able to see the creature.
*
Leo had a similar experience to Shuihua.
But the extent of her social death was even higher—
Shuihua and the Pixiu met in the residential area, so going home wasn’t too far.
But Leo met the White Luster in the painting park, so the way home was a bit farther, even requiring a car ride.
By the way, she found out something funny:
Although magical creatures couldn’t be seen around the highway, they wouldn’t disappear when you approached it with one. Instead, they would closely follow you, becoming extremely obedient.
This wasn’t easy, considering that the little white tiger had been a real handful!
It had been calm and quiet, squatting on a stone bridge’s railings like an elegant lady, for the first 10 minutes of painting.
But after 10 minutes, the little fellow suddenly leaped down and pounced on Leo, who was painting, giving her a scare.
Then it ran around her, playing hide-and-seek, and really gave her a hard time.
It took a lot of effort for her to finally finish the painting.
Afterwards, Leo discovered that the little white tiger seemed to be glued to her, following her wherever she went.
Lincoln didn’t know if it was because the creature had been by his side the whole time or if there were actually only two mythical creatures in the park. Either way, he couldn’t find a third one.
In the end, feeling sorry for the little white tiger, he decided to adopt it.
For its safety, he chose to carry it home in his arms.
All the way home, people stared at him as if he were crazy. He felt like he was committing social suicide.
It wasn’t until they approached the highway that the White Luster voluntarily jumped onto his shoulder, staying still there, so that he could keep both hands free and not be distracted.
Later on, he saw a few young people wearing headbands on a bus.
When those young people saw the white tiger on his shoulder, their faces were full of shock and envy, and they didn’t hesitate to crowd around him, greatly satisfying Lincoln’s vanity.
After getting off the bus, he was still immersed in surprise and happiness—
‘I’ve got a tiger on my shoulder!
‘How cool is that!’
The only regret was that he couldn’t take a photo to share on social media.
When he arrived home, an even bigger surprise awaited him:
With a sudden weight on his shoulder, he could feel the little tiger’s heaviness!
—In many players’ homes, the Mirage Console was set to automatically standby mode, automatically shutting down and restarting at fixed times every day.
This way, when they wanted to log in to the virtual world, all they had to do was turn on their headband for seamless access, without having to turn on the console first, wait a few seconds, and then turn on the headband, which was troublesome.
When Lincoln lifted his hand, he could feel the White Luster’s soft, smooth fur!
He held the white creature in both hands, taking it off his shoulder and placing it on his lap to look at it.
The weight on his legs, the feel of the fur, the little white tiger’s watery eyes… With the help of the Mirage Console, the White Luster’s realism had been enhanced once again.
All of this made Lincoln feel as if he were really holding a living, mythical creature in his arms!
“A super cute pet that doesn’t destroy things and doesn’t need to be cleaned up after?”
“This is awesome!”
Lincoln couldn’t help but exclaim, “Cloud Dream is amazing!!”
*
On the other side, two other people were also shouting the same thing.
One of them was Shuihua, who, upon returning home, immediately felt the weight of the Pixiu in her arms.
It wasn’t very heavy, but because she held it in her arms, she could instantly feel the warmth from the Pixiu’s belly.
She reached out again to touch its horns.
And this time, she succeeded!
This made Shuihua immediately decide, “I’m definitely keeping this little guy!”
…
Another person, however, wasn’t touching a Pokémon designed by the development team, but one of Lincoln’s original creations.
After dinner, Camille Victoria quickly received her new headband via same-day delivery.
However, she couldn’t just go out in the middle of the night to find magical creatures, so after studying and binding the new headband, she logged back into the virtual world to continue live streaming.
But as soon as she appeared in her virtual house, little Connar approached and cautiously asked:
“Sister, can Connar go to your world?”
“???”
Camille Victoria was stunned.
Could it be?
She readily agreed, “Of course! Absolutely! I couldn’t be happier!”
“Yay! So Connar is going?”
“Yes, go on! I’ll be waiting for you!”
After saying that, Camille Victoria quickly logged out and swapped her [Mirage] headband for the [Eight Sides] one.
The moment she put on the [Eight Sides] headband, Connar, with her pink and purple head, appeared right in front of her!
Thanks to the [Eight Sides] headband, Connar had really entered the real world!
Camille Victoria reached out and touched Connar’s little head, thinking to herself:
‘Oh my God! I’m so happy I could die!’