অধ্যায় একশত আটত্রিশ: চিন লুওর লাইভ স্ট্রিমিংয়ে পণ্য বিক্রি

যwhen everyone was shocked by Qin Luo's Yu-Gi-Oh effects, Qin Luo himself had already come downstairs. A crowd had gathered there, with Xu Yong, Tang Jingxian, and others present.

"Start the livestream!"

With a smile, Qin Luo spoke. Right after that, both he and Xu Yong put on their respective glasses, equipped themselves with the exclusive peripheral hardware specially made for Yu-Gi-Oh, and picked up the card decks placed to the side.

As the livestream began, everyone who had already followed Qin Luo's account on the world streaming platform received a notification. Since Qin Luo occasionally posted some of his gaming videos on the platform—though most of were just simple recorded videos—his exceptional skill couldn't be ignored. Based solely on his previous Hollow Knight videos, he had already gained a significant following. Coupled with his current fame, even though Qin Luo was somewhat known for being lazy with uploads, his follower count had now surpassed ten million. Naturally, Qin Luo wouldn't forget to utilize this accumulated publicity.

"Qin Luo started a livestream?"

Yan Siqi was the first to notice the follow notification pop up on her glasses. She immediately took them off, operated her computer to switch over, and said,

"Needless to say, Qin Luo is definitely starting this livestream to promote this new game. Otherwise, given his lazy nature, he usually can't even be bothered to post videos, let alone start a livestream—that's out of the question. Let's go over and check it out first. This game has a certain level of difficulty, so going over to learn a bit is not a bad idea!"

There were quite a few people who shared the same thought as Yan Siqi. At this moment, Qin Luo's livestream room instantly soared to the top spot in the gaming section. The platform was also promoting it simultaneously; not only on the world streaming platform, but news of Qin Luo's livestream was also published on the Interactive Entertainment platform. For a while, most players with free time gathered in Qin Luo's livestream room.

As soon as they entered, everyone saw Qin Luo and Xu Yong standing face-to-face, fully dressed and equipped. Seeing the viewers flooding into the livestream room, the camera angle zoomed in on Qin Luo, who then smiled and said,

"Welcome everyone to watch my livestream. The reason I am streaming today is at the request of the official platform, to promote and showcase these glasses, along with the game and exclusive peripheral hardware I developed specifically for this device!"

Qin Luo pointed at the glasses on his face with his finger, raised his left hand to display the specialized peripheral duel disk in his hand, and continued,

"First of all, I probably don't need to elaborate too much on the official AR equipment, because the promotional videos everyone has seen recently are certainly much more detailed than what I can describe. Right now, I will first focus on explaining the cards in my hand and this exclusive peripheral!"

Qin Luo raised his arm again. At this point, the camera provided a close-up shot so that the viewers in the livestream room could see the exterior of the device.

"This device is actually meant to be used in conjunction with the AR glasses. It's a specialized peripheral that I commissioned the official platform to design. Due to its functions, the manufacturing cost is also quite high. Priced at nine hundred and ninety-nine, it is well worth it for enhancing everyone's gaming experience."

"Then, did everyone see the cards in my hand? These are the most important things this time. The game on this peripheral and the AR glasses is built around these cards, so today's protagonists are these cards!"

Qin Luo then pulled out a "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" card. As the close-up shot swept past, the card was seen shimmering with brilliant, flowing, gradient lights. Just this card-face effect alone was enough to capture the attention of most people.

This kind of card-face effect was naturally a special design Qin Luo created based on the physical cards from his past life. Qin Luo then picked up a standard version of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon card for a comparative display and smiled, saying,

"As everyone can see, it's the exact same Blue-Eyes White Dragon card. Although the effects are no different, the manufacturing effects of the physical cards vary. While it won't affect your game matches, these high-rarity cards possess collectible value. Moreover, when these high-rarity cards are used inside the game, the visual effects that appear will also be different from those of standard cards. Of course, the two only differ in appearance; their actual effects remain the same, so everyone doesn't need to worry about that."

"Next is the purpose of these cards. First of all, inside the game, you are also able to purchase cards. Just like in reality, all cards have different rarities, and the same card can have different card faces. Although the effects are the same, the appearance will differ. Then, the cards you purchase in the game come in packs of five, priced at ten yuan per pack. These cards will be permanently stored in your account, and you will also be able to trade and resell them just like in StarCraft. Everyone doesn't need to worry about this."

"The biggest difference between digital cards and physical cards is that physical card packs are more expensive than digital ones. The price of a physical card pack will be twenty yuan per pack. However, if you happen to open an extremely valuable card digitally, you can submit an application through a price-difference payment—adding two yuan per card—to receive the physical version of that card. They are mutually convertible, so you don't need to worry."

"Similarly, once you unbox physical cards offline, by scanning them using the duel disk in my hand or the temples of the glasses, you can directly record those physical cards into your account for use. Furthermore, every single card has a unique serial number. This means that if you scan digital cards using physical cards, that portion of the cards is not allowed to be traded online; they can only be traded offline. A single physical card can only be bound to one digital account. Everyone must understand this first."

"The same goes for digital cards. Once you apply for a physical card, that card cannot be traded online either; it can only be traded offline. Therefore, when applying for cards, think carefully beforehand about whether you need to sell them or not."

"Moreover, digital cards only have a single application chance per card. Once applied for, you cannot apply for a second physical card due to damage or other reasons. So if you want physical cards for collection, you must take good care of them."

Qin Luo then picked up a thick stack of cards from the table beside him and said,

"Now let me demonstrate to you the combination of this peripheral and these cards!"

"First of all, this peripheral features automatic retrieval, automatic shuffling and cutting, automatic recycling, and automatic card adsorption! These designs were all made so that everyone can play card games offline."

Qin Luo placed the deck into an opening on the duel disk. With a burst of suction, the tall stack of cards was quickly drawn into the disk. Following a slight sound, a single card appeared resting on top of the slot.

"To achieve the functions of automatic retrieval and automatic adsorption, these physical cards are specially designed. This duel disk records the contents of the physical cards you use to achieve the effect of automatic card retrieval, like this!"

Qin Luo smiled, drew five cards into his hand, glanced at them, and immediately said,

"I activate the Spell Card 'Cards of Consonance', sending 'The White Stone of Legend' from my hand to the graveyard. According to the effect of 'Cards of Consonance', I draw two cards!"

Qin Luo drew two cards from the duel disk and continued,

"I activate the effect of 'The White Stone of Legend' in the graveyard, adding 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' from my deck to my hand!"

As Qin Luo's voice echoed, the duel disk made a subtle shuffling sound. In just a few seconds, a card popped out from the card-drawing slot. Qin Luo immediately picked up the card and showed it to everyone, revealing that it was indeed the Blue-Eyes White Dragon card.

"This is the retrieval function of this duel disk. And as you can see, just now I operated everything entirely through voice commands. This also relies on the voice-processing function of the AR glasses. Combined with the duel disk, during gameplay, you no longer need to perform tedious search operations; you just need to speak your actions aloud, and the duel disk will automatically handle all your subsequent operations. Of course, because this function relies on the AR glasses to operate, even if you don't have this duel disk peripheral, you can still play online in virtual reality using voice commands."

"Then, from my previous operation, you should also be able to see the other functions of this duel disk. Here, I will briefly explain."

Qin Luo then pointed to the six main empty slots on the duel disk. As Qin Luo placed down a card—since it was a monster card—the moment it was placed down, it was directly sucked in and automatically drawn into the duel disk, leaving the slot empty again.

"Corresponding to the game, these six empty slots are the five monster zones and five spell-and-trap zones, with the extra slot on the far right being the Field Spell card zone. Once a monster card is summoned and placed on the duel disk for sensing, it will be automatically sucked into the disk, and then the monster will be displayed in solid form within the AR glasses. You will get a clear understanding of this later when you watch our battle livestream!"

Qin Luo then directly set a Spell/Trap card face-down onto an empty slot on the duel disk. The disk automatically gripped it, and four clips popped out from the side, locking the card tightly onto the duel disk. After demonstrating its stability, Qin Luo said,

"This is the locking function of the duel disk. Under normal circumstances, these five zones are simply for displaying your set spell and trap cards. Once you declare the use of these cards, they will automatically flip over. Of course, you can also operate them using voice or manually. Upon sensing the pressure of a finger, this locking latch will automatically drop down, leaving only pure magnetic adsorption. As for automation, you don't need to worry about it; through the AR glasses, the duel disk knows your hand in real time. If there is no card in your hand capable of triggering the effects of those cards, your voice commands will be completely useless."

"And you don't need to worry about the graveyard zone either. As long as your monster cards are destroyed and cards are used, they will automatically enter the graveyard. As for the banished zone, once cards are banished, they will be flipped open and locked on the far right side of the duel disk. You don't need to worry about this either."

"Beneath the card-drawing zone is your Extra Deck zone. I will also briefly demonstrate the operation of the Extra Deck here."

Qin Luo immediately began to operate.

"I use the 'Polymerization' Spell Card!"

Qin Luo placed a Polymerization Spell Card onto the duel disk. As the disk sensed the fusion spell card, the latches automatically locked the card in place. Qin Luo continued,

"I use three Blue-Eyes White Dragons in my hand for a Fusion Summon! Come forth, 'Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon'!"

Qin Luo directly placed the three Blue-Eyes White Dragon cards from his hand into the graveyard slot opening. With a suction force, the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons were directly absorbed by the duel disk. On the empty slot of the disk, a card suddenly popped out and was displayed to everyone. Through the close-up shot, it was indeed the card for Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. After the display time passed, this card was directly sucked back into the duel disk for storage.

"These are most of the functions of this duel disk. Moreover, you don't need to worry about this duel disk running out of power. The power consumption of this duel disk is actually not high. Under normal circumstances, even if you play for a dozen hours a day, lasting for a week is not a problem at all. Charging only takes a little over ten minutes to be fully charged. As for the weight, I can only say that although most of this thing uses lightweight carbon fiber material, because of the existence of motors and other components inside, the overall weight is still a bit heavy. However, when you use it, it is strapped to your arm, and through this unfolding module, you actually won't feel much weight during gameplay."

"You can talk about this after experiencing it offline yourself. Just me talking about it here won't give you a very concrete concept. Furthermore, with the advancement of technology, we will also find ways to optimize the materials of this duel disk. However, because carbon fiber is used, everyone should cherish it slightly. This material is prone to cracking, but as long as you don't drop it or smash it, this cracking won't happen. Moreover, for any breakage occurring within three years after purchasing this peripheral, I can guarantee to provide a free replacement for the shell up to three times. As for internal repairs, you don't need to worry about that either!"

"As long as it's an electronic product, there will be a time when it breaks, especially something used outdoors. Therefore, if internal problems occur—although this has a waterproof effect, it can only withstand rainwater, so large-scale water ingress cannot be covered by warranty. However, apart from large-scale water ingress, as long as the problem is not caused by artificial disassembly, repairs are covered within three years. For example, problems caused by dropping, or small-scale water ingress due to human reasons, can all be covered under warranty. It is similarly three free repairs within three years, but something smashed to pieces cannot be covered, because once it's smashed to pieces, there's no point in repairing it. As for the determination of small-scale versus large-scale water ingress, I won't trick everyone either; we won't talk nonsense with our eyes open."

"These inspections are not maintained by me. As I said before, this belongs to a peripheral product customized by me, so although the copyright belongs to me, the actual developer is the Interactive Entertainment platform, and inspections and after-sales service are handled by them. Therefore, these determinations will all be made by the Interactive Entertainment platform. Such a large official platform won't trick you."

Qin Luo explained with a smile; he didn't want to get involved in these controversies and chose to distance himself first. As for the problems that might arise later, the Interactive Entertainment platform would naturally handle them accordingly, and Qin Luo wouldn't need to worry about it. After all, out of the nearly one thousand yuan retail price, Qin Luo could at most earn less than one hundred yuan per device, and the Interactive Entertainment platform would earn the rest.