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With all this in mind, Chen Chen had already thought out a rational course of action .

He began downloading the movie Ready Player One .

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As the signal in the industrial park was not very strong, Chen Chen had to wait for half an hour to complete downloading the movie .

However, Chen Chen did not copy the movie into the USB drive at once . First, he played the movie and reviewed the plot twice .

In the movie, there were five types of game peripherals .

The first type was in the opening scene, when the protagonist, Wade, used a three-piece set that included a cheap “VR headset”, “haptic gloves”, and a “pressure-sensitive omnidirectional treadmill” .

The second type was an “X1 Bootsuit” that the protagonist purchased after receiving the reward of the first challenge . This suit allowed the player to feel tactile sensations in the game .

The third type was the “OAR9400 Visual Motion Chair” used by the main villain of the movie, which allowed the player to play the game while lying in the chair . In addition, this visual chair had an advanced holographic projection function that formed images in thin air .

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Obviously, the motion chair was more advanced than the other two types .

As for the fourth and fifth types of peripherals, they were simplified versions of the first and second types .

Besides that, there was other game equipment that appeared in the end such as slings .

Nonetheless, other than the high-end “OAR9400 Visual Motion Chair”, the other devices required corresponding real-life movements to control one’s avatar .

Therefore, it was ideal for Chen Chen to instantiate that chair .

Even so, Chen Chen felt that this was not likely .

Ever since he had obtained the USB drive, he had instantiated four items . The first two times were Pikachu’s duckbill cap, the third time was the NZT-48 pills and the final time was the immunity shot that he had recently instantiated .

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These four items had one thing in common – they were all light, small, and could be grasped in one hand .

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Chen Chen was not certain that he would succeed if he tried to extract the movie’s hemispherical chair that weighed over a hundred kilograms .

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If the instantiation failed, would it drain the USB drive’s energy?

All this was unknown for now .

However, Chen Chen would not shy away from trying just because of a fear of failure . It was just like how humans would never have discovered the New World if they did not sail across the sea .

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Chen Chen still had to carry out many experiments to test the USB drive’s abilities . This was the first thing he had learned as a researcher .

One could say that exploring the unknown would always be humanity’s only path forward .

Having considered this, Chen Chen no longer hesitated . He dragged the movie into the USB drive immediately and clicked play .

After that, Chen Chen clicked on the progress bar, locating the image of the “OAR9400 Visual Motion Chair” that the movie’s villain, Nolan, was using .

Following that, Chen Chen pressed the pause button .

“Come on out!”

Chen Chen whispered . At the same time, he stretched out his right hand and pictured himself pulling that chair into reality .

“Ding!”

However, just when Chen Chen felt that he could touch that massive chair, the screen turned black .

At the same time, his pointer and middle fingers throbbed with a piercing pain!

Chen Chen drew back his hand as if he felt an electric shock . He saw that there was a missing chunk of flesh, nearly half a centimeter deep, on both his fingers!

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He could almost see his bones .

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Chen Chen’s expression turned stormy and he looked toward the screen, only to see that the movie had shut down . Also, a dialog box had popped up – insufficient energy .

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“As I thought, it’s an issue of energy . ”

Chen Chen’s mouth twitched . Although his fingers were stinging dreadfully, this pain was swiftly blocked thanks to the effects of NZT . Thus, Chen Chen’s thinking would not be affected by this pain .

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He used tissue paper to stop the bleeding, then looked toward the USB drive . It appeared that nothing was instantiated this time hence the USB drive did not change .

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“No, that’s not right . ”

Suddenly, Chen Chen recalled something and looked up abruptly . “If each item needs to be instantiated by the USB drive, why could I touch them even before they were instantiated?”

Chen Chen could remember that it was not just this time . When he first tried to instantiate the “immunity shot” six months ago, it failed because the USB drive had insufficient energy . Even so, Chen Chen had felt himself touching the “immunity shot”!

If the USB drive could instantiate an item from a movie, why could he still touch the said item even when the USB drive had insufficient energy?

Since he could touch it, did that not mean that the instantiation was successful?

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However, if the instantiation had succeeded, why was there a problem of insufficient energy?

Could it be…

Chen Chen frowned . This was a detail he had not considered – the USB drive’s ability might not be instantiation . Rather, it created a link between reality and a fictitious space, allowing him to bring out an object from that world into reality!

This was the truth about the USB drive .

In other words, the energy required by the USB drive was not used to materialize things out of thin air . It merely supplied energy for the channel connecting the two spaces .

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This explained why only a few hundred thousand kWh of electricity, which was the equivalent of one trillion joules of energy, could paradoxically create something out of thin air .

After all, when a hydrogen bomb produced 1kg of helium, it could generate a hundred trillion joules of energy . The reduction in mass throughout this process would be negligible . Evidently, when matter was converted into energy, it far surpassed the value of “one trillion joules” .

Chen Chen wordlessly memorized this rule and he gave up on that stylish, high-end visual motion chair . He copied the movie again and went straight to the opening scene .

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In this scene, the male protagonist, Wade, was wearing the game devices .

The haptic gloves and omnidirectional treadmill did not have much technological value and were automatically disregarded by Chen Chen . What he was observing was the VR headset that Wade was wearing .

The VR headset was different from the chair . It was the size of his palm and the USB drive should have enough energy .

With this in mind, Chen Chen paused the image at the opening scene while reaching out with his left hand, brushing against the VR headset .

It was that familiar touch again . Chen Chen’s left hand seemed to penetrate space, reaching into the existence of a different world .

Chen Chen clenched his jaw, grabbed the item, and pulled it out vigorously!

“Ding!”

The movie automatically shut down once again!

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At the same time, a strange headset had appeared in Chen Chen’s hand .

The headset was mostly white with white and red cartoon words emblazoned across it . It was also affixed with an elastic band to help secure the headset on one’s head .

At the center of the headset was a strip of black lens .

Although it was called a lens, a user could not see through it . Rather, its function was to project a full range of images onto the user’s retinas through the principle of projection, thus forming an omnidirectional visual effect that created an unparalleled sense of reality .

As he looked at the VR headset in his hands, Chen Chen sighed in relief inwardly .

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At this point, he was not worried that the USB drive would not instantiate something . Instead, he was afraid that he would be too slow in retracting his hand and the USB drive would sever his fingers .

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‘Looks like I’ll have to find a way to manufacture a mechanical arm to extract items for me…’

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Chen Chen thought to himself silently and glanced back at the USB drive .

After he had instantiated the VR headset, the USB drive looked tattered and worn out once more .

The energy within the USB drive had been depleted once more .