Conquering OtherWorld Starts With a Game Chapter 21.1: The Stakes Are Raised

October 8, first work day after the long National Day holiday.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when Academician Ke Jingguo of the Chinese Scientific Institute of Neuroscience hurriedly arrived at the Center for Neuroscience and Intelligent Technology Innovation, experts in the field of psychology and cognitive science, professors from Beijing University, as well as impressive young talents from the NeuroTech Center, were already seated in the conference room.

"Teacher Ke is here."

The person chairing this meeting was Lu Yiyun, NeuroTech Center's—Center for Neuroscience and Intelligent Technology Innovation—director. Just turned forty, she was a rising force among the new generation of scientists in China, having presided over and participated in the development of several domestic AI technologies, and an impressive talent possessing many patents.

She was also a former student of Academician Ke.

"There's no need for formalities, Xiao Lu. Let's begin." Academician Ke didn't bother with any polite greetings even when seeing his former student, raising a hand to stop Lu Yiyun, who was about to greet him, and found a seat for himself.

"Alright." Lu Yiyun knew Ke's temperament well and didn't waste any more time, immediately turning on the projector.

As the room of academics and scientists watched on, what appeared on the screen was a scene in a laboratory.

A young man sat compliantly as researchers attached several patches, which were sensors, to his head.

Then, this young man with electrode sensors attached to his head carefully put on a plastic motorcycle helmet connected to a mobile phone with a data cable. He paid attention not to dislodge the wires connected to the patches as he laid down.

When this helmet appeared on screen, several scientists in the field of neuroscience and brain couldn't help feeling a little twitching at the corner of their lips.

This helmet, which seemed nothing more than a modified motorcycle helmet, was a "neural interface" or "brainwave receiver" that was even more impressive tha

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