Chapter 2 (1/2)

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Translated by Coldtaco

Edited by Aelryinth

4The Imperial Capital…

1Chen Mo woke up.

“I feel like I might die any moment now…

“No more, I must go to bed earlier tomorrow…”

While heading his temples to soothe an intense headache, Chen Mo sat up on his bed.

3“I’m so sleep-deprived that I’m hallucinating. I was fine with daydreaming, but dreaming like that during my sleep? Stop messing with my sleep quality, please…”

Chen Mo hadn’t gotten over his terrible rest. But the next moment, he was stunned, and unable to recover his wits for a long time.

“What the! Where am I? Did I transmigrate?”

23Chen Mo looked around his surroundings.

He was in an unfamiliar room, which looked like a twin room in a hotel. However, his twin room didn’t look like the luxurious type. Other than being barely considered clean, nothing else was noteworthy.

1There was a large luggage bag next to the table in the room. There was a strange laptop on the table. It was as thick as a brick and had a massive screen. It looked heavy but intricate, like nothing he had seen before.

1Chen Mo had never seen a laptop like this in his previous world, but after a reality check he noticed it looked expensive.

Chen Mo proceeded to enter the bathroom to wash his face. Looking into the mirror, he saw that his appearance was the same, but just slightly younger.. He looked like himself four to five years ago, just after he had graduated from university.

Slowly but surely, Chen Mo gained memories about this parallel world.

This world was ninety percent similar to the one Chen Mo was used to. The only difference was that the gaming industry he was ever so familiar with was vastly different.

2All this stemmed from the difference in technology.

In this world, a string of technological booms had happened for some reason. Perhaps it was the doings of aliens, or even a transmigrator like Chen Mo, but the speed of the advancements in computing were beyond belief. The changes happened very rapidly, faster than a rocket..

4Before personal computers were even common, top researchers had already invented supercomputers that could make trillions of calculations a second. Halfway through the development of computer technology, VR technology experienced a huge breakthrough. The dream of a virtual world was achieved using personal gaming pods.

6In three to five years, this world had achieved what Chen Mo’s previous world had only achieved half of in over seventy years.

Of course, the technological boom was beneficial, but it had directly resulted in the stalling of the gaming industry in this world.

Before PC games were invented, they had entered the VR era. Of course, the gaming companies spent all their resources on VR game development.

As a result of that, the gaming industry didn’t have the experience of making PC games. Although VR games had great engines, theories in video game design felt like they were stuck in the Stone Age.

However, there was an upside to all this: this world viewed the gaming industry very highly!

Video games here weren’t viewed as plagues on society or an online drug, but viewed as the ninth art form, respected and even promoted by certain governments.

40Furthermore, video game designers weren’t the IT workers of Chen Mo’s previous world. As it was considered a highly technical job, video game designers had gained respect similar to doctors, lawyers, or even a culturally impactful artist!

5As for the original Chen Mo of this world, he was just an ordinary fresh graduate who was ready to devote himself to the gaming industry.

Oddly enough, this world’s method of ‘devoting oneself to the gaming industry’ also differed from his previous world

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Chen Mo wiped his face down with a towel, then went to the windows and opened the blinds.

1Bright sun, clear skies…