The System Mistook Me for a Cat

Chapter 154

Chu Tingwu wore a hat and mask but had on a sleeveless hoodie as she followed other tourists through the ticket check. While other visitors were exclaiming and taking photos of the projection effects, she skillfully took out her own cat hologram, making the kitten crouch on her hand.

Chu Tingwu: "Hmm?"

Aren't you coming up?

System: "Then I won't hold back, hehe..."

Though the original kitten was lively, one could still see traces of programmed movements upon closer inspection. But after the system spoke, the kitten twitched its ears and became more animated and spirited.

The system had taken control.

For this event, Chu Tingwu had originally planned to volunteer by the lake, wearing a vest to guide tourists to the rock climbing area... but the system told her that according to big data predictions, fewer than twenty visitors would choose rock climbing today.

Chu Tingwu: No taste.

So she switched from staff to visitor, to experience things from a tourist's perspective.

Upon learning she would be a tourist, familiar staff members in the control room were eager to observe their boss's one-day tourist experience (and maybe play some pranks). But the boss wasn't streaming, and while most work was handled by machines, the human-operated parts like in Disney were even more important, so they couldn't spare anyone to track the boss.

Chu Tingwu held up her system cat and initially followed the flow of tourists.

The entire tour route was actually secretly divided into many branches, and the cats would guide visitors along different paths based on their preferences and behavioral habits.

This was to distribute crowds and prevent any single attraction from becoming too crowded, while also showcasing points of interest to attract players.

Chu Tingwu followed a pair of Yuan Tang players. After they got on the sightseeing car and input their destination, the car reminded them to wait one minute for more passengers—

Because the self-driving sightseeing cars here mostly seated four to six people, departing when full. Players could pre-set their destination on their wristbands and then follow guidance to find nearby cars that weren't full.

After Chu Tingwu got in, a young woman hesitantly boarded as well... She appeared to be rather introverted and started playing with her phone to avoid awkwardness.

Then Chu Tingwu heard the two people in front discussing hero operations, and after a few exchanges, the young woman couldn't help but join in.

They began debating about the effects of a hero's newly modified skills.

Finally, all three turned to Chu Tingwu.

The three: "What do you think?"

Chu Tingwu (to herself): I think the self-driving feature is making you too leisurely. If someone had to drive, wouldn't that reduce the number of people arguing by one?

Chu Tingwu: "I just started playing recently... haven't tried this hero yet."

One of them said: "That's okay, we just explained all the skill effects, what do you think now?"

Chu Tingwu: ==

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The cat "meowed" and a bubble appeared above its head, displaying data icons, battle screenshots, and text analysis.

After that... the car fell completely silent.

Actually, the themed restaurants, play areas, indoor shows, and projection parks near the entrance didn't require transportation - walking was enough to visit them one by one, and when tired, one could rest by the roadside while buying water and blind box merchandise.

But these people wanted to visit the VR Experience Hall.

The VR Experience Hall was set up on the first floor of the hotel. Since the hotel's interior decoration wasn't complete, only the first floor was open for this joint event.

When they reached the hotel, everyone forgot about their earlier argument in the car and couldn't help but start taking photos of this peculiarly shaped hotel.

Just as the three got off the car, fans seeking photos and autographs from professional players arrived.

The first floor quickly became packed with people.

Chu Tingwu: "Aren't you going over?"

The young woman in their group said: "Just looking is fine, I play the game but don't follow the actual players."

They avoided the fans and entered the venue, but the previously excited group couldn't help but wail when they saw all the experience pods were full: "Who made all these reservations?!"

The young woman was also confused: "Aren't these experience pods closed to other livestreams, only showing internal ranch channels? How are they all full?"

She had thought it would be scenic livestreaming, but wanting to try the experience pod effects she'd never experienced before, she gave up queuing for other shows.

They had arrived early, but how did others get here instantly?

Despite their complaints, everyone immediately got in line, dragging Chu Tingwu along too.

For activities like park entry where many people queue but individual processing is quick, rankings could be set by arrival time with advance notice to visitors.

But for popular activities with longer procedures, queuing on site was more reliable and wouldn't waste others' time.

The group soon discovered this was because the experience pods admitted ten people at once.

Ten people made up exactly two teams for a Yuan Tang championship match.

With some speculation and curiosity, everyone entered the experience pods and logged into their Yuan Tang game interfaces as instructed.

Damn! Are we really going to play a match? Will we be seeing from professional players' perspectives?

While others wondered, Chu Tingwu sat in her pod, silently staring at her account with all heroes, levels, titles and skins maxed out.

Though she understood the system had quietly modified the data for her gaming experience, an account with even international competition limited titles... anyone would think it was stolen if she showed it!

Chu Tingwu discreetly entered the game.

The moment she opened her eyes, she found herself floating in mid-air, seeing the surrounding sightseeing cars, distant horses, and slightly ethereal game scenery below.

The young woman beside her murmured: "Is this really VR? Is it being projected directly?"

—Motion capture performers completed the movements first. Then, players entered VR viewing mode, taking on the perspective of their controlled heroes... Like traditional VR games, game characters would respond accordingly, but movements weren't as rich as real people, just some fixed actions.

But this was already exciting enough for players:

Although the VR streaming equipment produced by Wu Voice Group could provide more realistic VR effects, the movements were more fixed, and viewers could only follow the streamer's perspective, with recordings being unchangeable.

Common VR games offered more freedom but required large movements, had simple graphics, and lacked rich gameplay.

But soon, people discovered an even more exciting aspect: they were roughly in the middle of a square lawn where the VR battlefield was projected. And the surrounding cars and people didn't seem to be fixed backdrops - they were real people!?

Some wanted to say hello, others tried approaching the "air wall," but unfortunately, the outside world couldn't see them at all.

—Because this projection wasn't actually being displayed.

Their fifth member seemed to have played more than once and calmly watched the others complete their exclamations before saying: "The outside can't see us, but during evening friendly matches the projection will be shown—friendly matches have two lottery spots and four ranking spots, determined by scores recorded through this VR equipment, randomly selected from the top ten."

This completely captured all the ambitious players!

Getting autographs and photos with pro players was nothing.

Playing matches together was the real deal, especially in public matches streamed to all visitors—and you got to "personally" control your character while directly seeing audience reactions in the venue.

"Could this be a preview of upcoming holographic gaming..."

Chu Tingwu (to herself): No!

It's too early for holographic gaming, this is just a projection screen.

They weren't actually controlling game characters while enjoying audience applause - cameras in the ranch captured the audience's state and projected it into the VR interface, creating an illusion of real-time participation.

According to the system's calculations, the challenge in completing the holographic game project lies not in the technology, but in the materials. The development of materials sometimes depends on both luck and effort, and all the system can do is push this process forward.

Although Chu Tingwu was a "newbie," after removing other conspicuous status indicators from her account, her skill level seemed on par with other players who weren't familiar with the VR perspective.

Everyone wanted to meet up again, but Chu Tingwu wanted to change the location. The girl was curious: "Do you have any recommendations?"

Chu Tingwu: "..."

Chu Tingwu: "How about trying lakeside rock climbing?"

The girl: "Ah, that's not..."

Is there rock climbing by the lake? Why haven't I seen any advertisements for it?

Chu Tingwu: "Although there's no instructor, I can serve as one—"

The girl: You should just stick to being a tourist!

What kind of tourist becomes an instructor in the park!

Chu Tingwu left disappointed.

It seemed these people weren't among the 1/20.

She walked a few steps forward, looked down, picked up a phone from the ground, slipped it into the pocket of someone waiting in line ahead, then quietly walked around them and left.

A person in line behind: "?"

Wait, what just happened—

The person in front seemed completely unaware that they had dropped their phone, unconsciously reached into their pocket, took out their phone, and started replying to messages.

Everything happened so ordinarily, and Chu Tingwu just passed by ordinarily.

The person in line behind: "..."

Hey!

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Chu Tingwu decided to go to the staff cafeteria first for a meal.

Although the cafeteria was fine, she might be noticed by fans after removing her mask.

She stood by the roadside, her ears twitching slightly as she heard Sheng Anli walking by, and on the right came the clip-clopping steps of the black horse, Zhou Qiang's horse.

The horse approached familiarly, lowering its neck for Chu Tingwu to pet. Chu Tingwu said: "I didn't bring any treats for you."

The horse didn't mind. Chu Tingwu smiled and instinctively moved to mount the horse, planning to ride it directly to the cafeteria.

Then she noticed the gazes of tourists around her.

Chu Tingwu: "..."

Tourists: "?"

Chu Tingwu stepped back: "I suppose we can feed it treats from the vending machine?"

Tourists: "Oh!" "I have some!" "I was wondering what these blind-box items were since they weren't edible..."

She concealed her skills and fame, quietly retreating from the circle of onlookers, and began looking for new transportation options.

...

Sheng Anli called out to the robot beside her: "A803, good grief, is that person crouching on the robot's cover up ahead!"

What happened to robots not being allowed as transportation?

She was ready to go stop them.

But the robot paused for a moment.

[That's a cat...]

Sheng Anli: ?

[That's a cat.]

Humans can't crouch there, but cats can. Cats are good.