Chapter 171: virtual helmet

“Posting a task?” Qiao Sang was curious but didn’t intend to ask.

After all, what kind of task to post was a matter of personal privacy, and some tasks even couldn’t see the light of day. Besides, she wasn’t really that familiar with Shi Gaofeng; they might chat a bit more at school, but elsewhere, they’d at most just greet each other.

“Guess what kind of task I’m here to post.” Shi Gaofeng whispered, acting mysteriously.

“What task?” Qiao Sang subconsciously asked, following his lead.

At this moment, curiosity triumphed over rationality. Since he offered to tell, why should she be embarrassed to listen?

“It’s all because of that fat-sucking task! You were right, that guy’s eight-pack abs really were liposuction-induced!” Shi Gaofeng felt cheated talking about it, his face full of indignation.

Qiao Sang was startled and asked, “What does that have to do with the task you’re posting?”

Shi Gaofeng scratched his head and said awkwardly, “I failed the task and got a one-star bad review. Zheng Baolong definitely won’t let me off next time we gather. My body and mind will definitely suffer severe trauma then.”

“So, I want to rent an Illusory Water Baby to take my place for a day during the gathering.”

Qiao Sang was stunned to hear this. Illusory Water Baby, a Water-type Pet, could change its own form to mimic others.

Some office workers and students were extremely fond of it.

The higher the level of the Illusory Water Baby, the more perfectly it could imitate others, but it still had a fatal weakness.

“I remember Illusory Water Baby can’t mimic human speech, right?” Qiao Sang reminded him, “If Zheng Baolong finds out, you might have to clean the toilets for a month.”

“I know.” Shi Gaofeng looked at Qiao Sang, his face full of sincerity, “That’s why I need your help.”

She shouldn’t have been curious about what this task was… Qiao Sang said helplessly:

“How can I help you?”

Given that Shi Gaofeng always got caught by Zheng Baolong whenever he did something, she could already imagine the Illusory Water Baby being exposed, and Zheng Baolong turning into a truly enraged dragon.

Shi Gaofeng’s face lit up, and he said happily, “It’s not a difficult matter. You just need to not talk to me then and help me cover it up. I’ve already told Xu Yajie about this, and he’ll help me too.”

“I was originally going to send you a message to ask for your help, but since we ran into each other, I don’t need to send that message anymore.”

So, even if she hadn’t been curious about the task, Shi Gaofeng would have asked her for help anyway…

Thinking this, Qiao Sang felt much better.

“What about Wang Yao? Does she know too?”

“She can’t know!” Shi Gaofeng said seriously, “I’ve known her longer than you, and I know what kind of person she is. If she finds out, she’ll definitely laugh her head off. Even with Zheng Baolong in front of her, she won’t be able to control her facial expressions. Then Zheng Baolong will definitely sense that something’s off.”

Qiao Sang’s mind involuntarily conjured the image of Wang Yao bursting into laughter after finding out.

The imagery was too strong; it had to be said that Shi Gaofeng’s concerns weren’t unfounded…

…

Twenty minutes later, Qiao Sang walked out of the Yu Beast Center, dragging a somewhat worn-looking box.

The process of claiming the reward was much simpler than she had imagined.

She had originally thought that the Staff would call or text the owner of the pet tamer badge, the Old Lady, for a verification code or something to confirm.

It turned out she had overthought it…

After the Staff verified her own information and the Old Lady’s pet tamer badge information, they handed the box over to her.

However, it wasn’t just anyone who could pick up items with the pet tamer badge.

Only when verifying the pet tamer badge information did Qiao Sang realize that the Old Lady had recorded a video inside, specifically stating that the item should be given to the person who completed the task for her.

This was also the first time Qiao Sang knew that a pet tamer badge could be used as storage.

…

Back home, Qiao Sang opened the box immediately.

Yabao and Little Treasure Hunting Ghost curiously gathered around.

When the box opened, inside was a silver-gray helmet and 5 discs, each with different pictures and text pasted on them.

This, could this be the legendary virtual helmet?!

Qiao Sang was stunned looking at the contents of the box.

In her previous life, virtual helmets were futuristic conceptual tools derived from words like virtual, game, and helmet, the ultimate fantasy for shut-ins.

But here, virtual helmets were no longer a fantasy, but a reality.

Wearing a virtual helmet, brain nerves would connect with the virtual helmet, allowing users to more realistically experience everything in the virtual world.

However, the people of this world invented virtual helmets not for humans to play games, but to help Pets learn skills.

Pets could learn skills not only through a Yu Beast Master’s hands-on teaching but also through video to achieve self-study.

Later, some researchers felt that video alone couldn’t fully immerse Pets and help them learn skills, so the virtual helmet came into existence.

The principle of the virtual helmet was to magnify images produced by a small two-dimensional display through an optical system. Different discs corresponded to different skills, allowing Pets to better immerse themselves in learning.

But soon everyone discovered that Pets’ self-learning skills still depended on their talent.

The emergence of virtual helmets did increase Pets’ motivation to learn skills, but in reality, the probability of learning new skills was still far lower than being taught hands-on in reality.

Thus, the virtual helmet, after a brief period of popularity, almost became unsellable.

After all, this thing was expensive and easily made Pets addicted.

If a Pet could learn new skills, that would be one thing, but the problem was that most Pets still couldn’t learn them.

If they couldn’t learn but still wanted to play, and you didn’t let them, they would cry, make a fuss, and go on a hunger strike in reality.

The original intention of buying a virtual helmet was for Pets to learn new skills and improve, but instead of improving, they got addicted to the internet. Who could stand that?

Qiao Sang looked at the virtual helmet in the box, both excited and hesitant.

With her memories from her previous life, she still longed for a virtual helmet, but this was for Pets to learn skills. Looking at the size of this helmet, it was clearly only suitable for Little Treasure Hunting Ghost to wear.

If Yabao used it, it would be fine; she believed that with Yabao’s desire to become stronger, even if it didn’t learn the skill, it wouldn’t get deeply immersed.

But Little Treasure Hunting Ghost was another story…

It naturally had a playful personality. If it couldn’t learn like most Pets and then made a fuss to play, wouldn’t that be very troublesome?

The more Qiao Sang thought about it, the more likely this possibility seemed.

Although Little Treasure Hunting Ghost had high talent and a high chance of learning, it’s better to be safe than sorry.

To be on the safe side, this thing absolutely couldn’t be touched by Little Treasure Hunting Ghost… Qiao Sang analyzed it, calmed down, and made a decision. She turned around and saw Little Treasure Hunting Ghost holding a disc, looking at it curiously.

The four big characters written on the disc were facing her.

Dark Shadow Control.

Qiao Sang’s face instantly froze.