Chapter 856: 3D Entity Projector
"Hey," a tiny voice called by the ear. "Hey, wake up, come on."
Lin Sanjiu was awakened from her sleep by the voice. Her eyelashes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes. Four round-headed tea leaves lined up in her field of view, and eight shiny watery eyes were all looking at her. She had no idea how long they had been calling her to wake up.
"You can really sleep," the eldest one said softly.
"You’ve slept for almost ten hours again," the fourth one added.
"To be honest, you’re fine on your own. We don’t really need to accompany you, being companion-type tea leaves," the third one concluded, with the second one nodding in agreement.
Rubbing her eyes, Lin Sanjiu sat up in bed and let out a yawn. After two days of being together, she could finally tell which tea leaf was which. Not because she had mastered the ability to distinguish their leaf patterns, but because she had disregarded their objections and wrote "one, two, three, four" on their round leaf heads.
"Why did you wake me up?" she asked, looking at the sky outside the curtain. "It’s just getting bright."
After completing the form for the [Party B Designer] and waiting for the items to be produced, she had spent these two days in the hotel. Apart from checking in every day, she only had two things to do: one was to let everyone know that she was in the black market—every morning, she would swaggeringly buy milk pudding for breakfast and engage in long conversations until she felt annoyed enough by the corrupt nature of the conversation, and then she would return to the hotel.
When she returned, the second thing she did was sleep. Maybe she had been exhausted recently because if she didn’t have to eat and check-in, she could sleep for two days straight.
"It seems like the item you made has arrived," the eldest one reminded her. "Is it the one on the floor?"
Lin Sanjiu suddenly turned her head and indeed noticed that the form placed on the room’s floor had disappeared; in its place was now a large box standing as tall as a person. She hadn’t noticed when the special item appeared.
Ignoring the tea leaves, she quickly pulled back the covers and jumped off the bed. After hastily opening the box, she found a large projector-like machine inside—everything was exactly as described in the form she had filled out. It provided a glass platform large enough for her to stand on, with projectors, light sources, and lenses... She circled around the projector twice and gently placed her hand on the machine.
With a soft "pop," the projector turned into a card.
[3D Entity Projector]
This special item was designed by Lin Sanjiu and commissioned for production. It was an idea that emerged from a combination of a regular projector and a 3D printer. While a regular projector can project images into the distance, and a 3D printer can print three-dimensional objects... So, if the two were combined, wouldn’t it be possible to project three-dimensional objects just like images?
For undisclosed purposes, the main function of this 3D entity projector was emphasized on "replication-style projection" that is complete, clear, and realistic. Whether it’s a person or an object, they can be faithfully reproduced and will change accordingly with the original item.
For practical reasons, the range of this product’s effect can be adjusted.
Usage limitations: According to the agreement with the [Party B Designer], the effective range of this product should not exceed ten kilometers. It should not be used continuously for more than two hours at a time. Also, please pay attention to the issue of the entity and the projection being reversed.
Note: The projected entity will be a real entity, adhering to the principle of conservation of matter. Before projecting a 3D entity, the user needs to provide sufficient raw materials.
For people other than Lin Sanjiu, this special item is almost useless. However, at this moment, she was delighted, her face blushing slightly. In the past few days, those personalities had been silent, which made her even more anxious, as if she had sensed the low pressure before the storm. She wondered what those personalities were plotting again.
"Just need the raw materials for production, right?" she said, taking out several cards. "I have plenty of corpses for that."
The four round leaves shrank and squeezed together.
She prepared the same clothes, shoes, and even a roll of bandages for her projected entity. Clearing her throat, Lin Sanjiu hesitated and activated the 3D entity projector. She selected the range of "within two meters" and stood gently on top of the glass platform.
As soon as the light source turned on, she couldn’t help but be startled.
In an instant, the human body, clothing, and bandages were sucked into a black hole on the other side of the projector and disappeared with a buzzing sound. The light from the source lamp dazzled her eyes, and she instinctively raised her left hand to shield her face. When she lowered her hand, Lin Sanjiu almost jumped in place—another identical version of herself was standing on the other side of the projector, and her right hand had just been lowered, as if she had been blocking her face moments ago.
"It... it really worked?"
Lin Sanjiu looked at the other version of herself and stammered. The sound quality was exactly the same, with each word perfectly repeated without any difference in intonation.
"From a certain perspective, this should also be considered a real person, right?"
She hesitated and looked at the projected entity for a while, speaking to herself. The sense of "existence" and "occupying space" from the other side was tangible, vivid, and clear—just like herself.
However, Lin Sanjiu soon discovered a problem.
She couldn’t approach her own projected entity to examine it closely. As soon as she stepped down from the glass platform, the projected image would immediately disappear. Lin Sanjiu tried raising her hand, walking, and speaking, and the projected entity mirrored her actions like a reflection in a mirror, except for the left and right hands being switched. It behaved just like a living person with no discernible differences.
Lin Sanjiu looked at it and touched her own bandages. The projected entity also raised its hand and lowered it at the same time.
"You guys, go and take a look," she instructed the few round leaves. "Check if the details are realistic, if there’s anything beneath the bandages. Also, throw a pen near it so I can see if I can pick it up using the projection."
"We are companions," the eldest one grumbled as it slid off the bed, followed by the three round brothers. "We are companions, not servants."
If servants were as round and slow as them, they would have been fired long ago.
Lin Sanjiu hugged her arms and watched the wobbling round leaves walk towards her projected entity, throwing a pen beside it. She carefully inspected it by comparing it with the projection, then slowly bent down and scooped up a handful of empty space. As expected, the hand of the projected entity swept through the ground and successfully grabbed the pen.
"There’s nothing beneath the bandages," one of the round leaves replied loudly.