Chapter 161

The New world. A world that would become a home for everyone. In that world, people could have fun without being afraid of anything. A world that provided all kinds of fantasy in real virtual form.

Just by using a set of VR machines, everyone could enjoy the artificial world. There was no need to buy expensive VR to get a chance to play. The experience couldn’t be compared to anything else. Because everyone who had an internet connection would be able to download the data of the world in virtual reality for free.

Yes! Absolutely for free!

Dr. Jeff Johnson had succeeded in convincing sponsors from a variety of sectors to invest in his world-realization project.

With a very simple initial idea, which was to create a world for his beloved daughter, who had been declared medically dead because her brain system had stopped working. The world that would be part of Last Shelter Online would soon be launched.

A world without worries. A world without fear. A world without pain. Only life matters. A life that would never end.

Not only that, Dr. Jeff Johnson managed to convince the World Health Organization that Brain Downloading technology was very safe. Brain Downloading, which he had succeeded in creating through years of research, could download all memories in the human body and insert that memory into an artificial AI brain. It could be used to transfer a person into the world he had created.

By using his daughter as the first human subject, Dr. Jeff Johnson managed to get a lot of support from the medical world and people who shared the same desire as him to save the loved one.

“My daughter is everything. It’s enough that I lost my wife while giving birth to her. I knew my late wife would only be angry when she found out that her daughter had the same fate as her at such a young age. However, they have me. I can save them.”

Not a few people who strongly opposed Dr. Jeff Johnson’s project. They thought the man had no ethics because using humans in the trial. What’s more, it was his daughter.

Even so, people couldn’t deny that the results were really positive. Without a sacrifice, humans would never have made any progress.

Currently, Dr. Jeff Johnson continued the next project. He named it Brain Uploading. This technology’s goal was to upload memories that had been downloaded through the brain downloading process into a new human body that was being developed by collaborative research. They had succeeded in knowing the best way to create a human body using only cell culture.

Brain Uploading technology was believed to be able to bring back people who had died, like being reborn into a new and fresh body.

Even though it sounded very impossible. All of that could happen. It was just a matter of time until it could be achieved.

An overview of the world of Last Shelter Online: The New World is still on the same server as the Last Shelter Online. However, if the current theme is adventure gaming, The New World will provide anything for fun such as nightlife, beautiful beaches, sky dining towers, cafes, lounges, rooftop pools, hotels, cars, and everything that can be found in the world. The real ones will be available there.

So…

What are you waiting for?

…

Hiro was dumbfounded by the sight of the live broadcast playing on the television in front of him.

Alice, who was standing in front of the television, looked confused by what she had just seen.

“What kind of bullshit was that?” Alice looked so desperate to kick the television until the screen shattered to pieces. However, Hiro stopped her and pulled her away from the television. Not to stop her from destroying the television, but he was sure there was more information he needed to see.

“Wait. It’s still not finished.”

And he was right.

After the host who talked to Dr. Jeff Johnson finished explaining the live broadcast that looked like a massive promotion in disguise, the man seemed to have one more thing to add.

“So, Dr. Jeff Johnson, have you been able to communicate with your daughter so far? Even though she’s, I’m sorry, medically declared dead and you’ve sent her into the world of Last Shelter Online, can she communicate with people outside the game?”

“Yes. I always call her every day. Even though I actually know her condition in that world without having to contact her.” Dr. Jeff Johnson sat straight while talking confidently, as if he really didn’t have anything to hide.

“Ahh… I’m sure that right now she’s also watching this broadcast. I can call her and ask her to speak in this live broadcast.”

Hiro reflexively glanced at Alice, and Alice nodded. They knew who would appear next. Of course, they were eager to know what the girl would say.

Beep… beep!

Dr. Jeff Johnson took out his android bracelet, which was shaped like a watch with the Hermes logo written on it. He put the android bracelet faced on the camera that was highlighting it.

Then, the call he was making got an answer.

A miniature figure that was perfectly shaped like a hologram nendroid suddenly appeared on the surface of Dr. Jeff Johnson’s android bracelet.

“Good evening, my lovely daughter,” Dr. Jeff greeted her with a big smile on his face. It looked brighter than before.

“Hello, Dad. How are you?”

Hiro swallowed hard when he heard Liberty’s voice. He could see the miniature of the girl on the television clearly. Even though she had a slight glitch due to the unstable camera effect, the girl’s hologram still looked gorgeous in his eyes.

“Never better, Dear.”

The host of the show couldn’t believe the appearance of Liberty. The girl looked very healthy, even though it was reported that she had died medically. She was even still very cheerful when greeting him and answering a few questions from him.

They talk about how Liberty was and how life in the Last Shelter Online world was, the only place she could live.

Liberty seemed to be very fluent in answering the questions of the host. However, she did not know if everyone from all over the world was amazed and proud of the success of Dr. Jeff who had managed to save his daughter.

“Thank you, Miss Johnson. You look so gorgeous, really.”

Snap!

Hiro turned off the television screen as the host began to tease Liberty a bit with flattering words.

“This is the craziest live broadcast I’ve ever watched,” Hiro muttered, realizing that Alice had the same opinion as him.

But, Alice ignored him. She didn’t respond and instead sat back on her throne, in front of the super computer.

“Alice?”

“Not now, Hiro.”

The girl completely refused Hiro. She didn’t want to talk to him.

Alice buried her face in the table. She banged her forehead on the table until her skin was red.

“What’s wrong?” Hiro was a little worried about seeing Alice acting strange. He had never seen her like that.

“That damn wizard! He really is a very cunning doctor.”

Alice let out a growl.

Hiro raised an eyebrow, waiting for Alice to finish her sentence.

“Now he’s got a lot of people who will support his scheme. Using her own daughter’s name for a shield? You lunatic! Isn’t there anything else going on in his head besides money?”

…

Meanwhile, in an old building in a forest in the game Last Shelter Online…

“Have you watched the live broadcast, Yuujin!?”

A figure was lying on a clean-looking tiled floor in an empty circular room. He was alone, lying on the floor with his arms outstretched like an exhausted man.

“Did you hear me!?”

“Ah. I have watched it.”

He spoke to himself in a voice he could hear through his ears. He did not use anything that could be used as a communication aid, as if the voice that was talking to him was coming from his own head.

“That damn, Demon. I can’t wait to destroy it.”

“No, you won’t. Not yet. My current strength is still not enough. Just wait for my signal.” The man placed his right hand over his face, covering his eyes.

“You know that we don’t have much time, right, Yuujin?”

“I know what I’m doing. If you keep pushing me, why don’t you just do it yourself!?”

“You, brat! Have you forgotten who saved you? Don’t think that you’re in the lead, Yuujin. You—”

“Ahhh Alice, you came back.”

The man reflexively sat up as the only door in the room burst open. A black dragon the size of a labrador entered the room.

The dragon flapped its two wide wings before finally landing in front of the man, who immediately greeted it with a smile.

“Good girl.”

Kwakk!

He patted its head gently and the dragon laid it head on his lap like a clingy pet.

“Did you just ignore me?” The voice in his head was still trying to interrupt.

“Time’s up. I have to go back to work.”