During the fourth test, the Magic Network was able to spread to the Fairy Forest, but because of concerns about a false god called Asius inside, he did not act rashly. Until the end of the fourth test, the Magic Network was still spinning around the periphery of the Fairy Forest.
Offending the territory of this so-called forest goddess.
This test was also a coincidence. The system's forest goddess Michus condensed her true name. Bei Gaoyang knew about it and did not stop it. Naturally, he would not tolerate the fat man in the fairy forest any longer.
The Fairy Forest is also connected to the entrance to a dungeon, and the dungeon also has a puppet city that is suspected to be controlled by the Mind Flayer. At the moment when the Demon Network is in urgent need of indigenous people, these are urgently needed resources.
But he didn't expect that before he could attack them, they had already attacked. As soon as the Magic Network retreated from the 'wild area', the monsters in the Fairy Forest invaded in large numbers, occupying the empty space left by the Magic Network's "retreat".
intention.
Xiao Ai made a '3D all-terrain real-time simulation map' that included all the resistance currently covered by the magic network. Bei Gaoyang stood next to this giant 'electronic map' and monitored the current situation from a global perspective.
What happened in the game area.
"Perform independently?" Bei Gaoyang teased Xiao Ai: "Are you still independent now? Under the Temple of Artemis Guardian?"
Xiao Ai frowned and sighed, "It seems the system has to intervene."
Of course, we need to intervene. It's only the second day after the server was launched, and the players haven't even taken office yet. External forces have invaded. Warcraft, Warcraft, are not the monsters in the refresh area that can only be used as cannon fodder. How can the players resist it?
?
"How are you going to intervene? Regain control of the jungle?"
"No, strengthen the NPC's defense."
"Where's Asius?"
"Let Michus deal with it."
"Ha, is the fight at the level of false gods about to begin now?"
"Please give me a little more time, sir."
"Okay then, just go ahead and do it. We'll talk about it later when you need the system to get the details."
Xiao Ai left unconvinced. Soon after, the system forest goddess Michus became the first false god to leave the magic network and perform tasks alone. She lurked in the vast game area, preparing to find opportunities to talk to that '
I'll give it a try.
Subsequently, Xiao Ai devoted some system resources and promoted the creation of a large number of professional template NPCs to serve as guards in various novice villages, barely stabilizing the normal operation of the game's functional units.
At this time, looking at the 3D real-life map, the wild area that had just been explored by the players returned to darkness, and the wild area became more dangerous. In order to warn those players who were daring and continued to die, Xiao Ai simply asked Bei Gaoyang for instructions.
The player's vision of the wild area is adjusted to dark, leaving only the players' normal vision.
These adjustments were completed within the next week.
The jungle has become a daunting road, and employment has become the only way out. A large number of new and old players who have reached level 5 are crowded on the single-plank bridge of the employment mission. Whether to win a gold medal or a silver medal has become the focus of attention online and even offline.
The long-lost copy of the Kobold Mine!
There was a "stuck" sound, as if he had stepped on something, and the slight movement caused all the black shadows in the cave to move, huffing, grunting, grunting... The roars and calls of various monsters, animals and insects scared Xie Xiaomeng.
His face turned pale, and his originally dark field of vision receded slightly, lighting up the environment about 50 meters away.
Inverted stalactites, vampire bats flying around, monkey-like hairless monsters hitting stone pillars, and strange fish jumping into the water with short limbs...
Red irises appeared in the dark depths. One, two, three, one glowing transparent ghost made a silent scream, broke into the lighted field of vision, and rushed towards her.
"ah!"
Xie Xiaomeng turned around and ran. The entrance of the cave was not far away. She used all her strength to escape before the ghost got close enough to the area illuminated by the bonfire outside the cave.
"How is it, how is it?"
Magical Girl Pig Zhuangzhuang’s first question.
Xie Xiaomeng turned pale and shook his head, then told his teammates what he saw in the cave.
"What should we do? Are we going back?"
It was fine when we came here, but when we returned, it became a dangerous road. It was completely dark 50 meters away, and the way back was cut off. The team was currently helpless.
"Why don't you go offline, ask someone offline, and then think of a solution?" said the ghostly elf.
"That's all!"
"I haven't been offline for three days, won't I starve to death?"
"Me too."
"I've never been this stupid before."
"This is nothing. When I was playing World of Warcraft, I stayed up for three days and three nights."
Teammates were offline one after another. Xie Xiaomeng tidied up the simple camp, looked at the darkness outside his left and right vision, and felt as if something was peering at him.
The sky was not affected in any way. The afternoon sun hung in the sky, but no matter how strong the sunlight was, it could not illuminate the darkness outside the field of vision.
When she chose to go offline, her vision was separated from the game environment. The world was spinning for a while. When she sensed her body again, a huge fatigue dragged her into the deepest water.
"Xiaomeng, Xiaomeng?"
"This damn girl!"
In reality, it was also afternoon. Aunt Xue didn't know how many times she entered her daughter's room. This time she finally saw that the indicator light on the game helmet no longer flashed. Knowing that her daughter was finally offline, she quickly helped Xie Xiaomeng, who was sleeping, to take off the helmet.
He carefully observed her face and breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, he adjusted her sleeping position and closed the curtains.
"... Regarding the issue of adjusting game time, our station has invited the account manager of Canaan Company... Manager Wang, what are your company's reasons for not imposing any restrictions on game time?"
"Well……"
"600,000, 600,000 people lie in bed for dozens of hours without eating or drinking. I don't know what Canaan Company is thinking. Who is responsible if something goes wrong?"
"Professor Li, don't get excited, listen to the official explanation from Canaan Company."
"This... it is necessary to loosen the restrictions on game time. Our goal is to build Canaan into a 100% real second world..."
"What about the first world? What about reality? In the future, everyone will run to the second world. Will the first world become a sleeping corpse?"
"You are too alarmist. Although the restrictions in the game have been lifted, in reality we can strengthen publicity and education, or introduce some rigid regulations, such as..."
Aunt Xue walked over and turned off the TV in the living room, sat on the sofa and stared for a while, then went to check on her daughter's condition, then walked into the kitchen to prepare a big meal for her daughter when she woke up.
"Without eating or drinking, how is your body going to suffer?"
"I've been lying down for two days, you damn girl, you have no control over your play."
At this time, Canaan Company was already in dire straits.
"...Has the player from Huzhou been rescued?"
"I don't know, the rescue is probably still going on."
"Currently, what is the longest online time?"
"29 hours..."
"Twenty-nine hours should not affect...of course, that is when the body is healthy in all aspects."
"This is really... Mr. Yu, maybe something big will happen this time."
"Should we take some measures?"
"Stop talking, I already know that you are closely monitoring the news in this regard and notify me immediately if there are any changes."
"OK."
"Pay attention to the smooth communication between various places."
Yu Qingdong left the chaotic after-sales service department with worry and took the elevator to the top floor of the headquarters building. In his office, Lao Hu from Project Zero was already waiting inside.
"How's the situation?"
"I should be the one to ask you. Canaan Company's hands are not that long, and it's not like you don't know."
"Don't you have an online channel?"
"That is a live broadcast channel. It can only be opened after taking office at level 5. Besides, it cannot monitor the data of all players, let alone affect it."
"Where's Number Zero?"
"Still not reachable!"
"What's going on?"
"...Maybe I'm busy, maybe I don't want to reply right away, maybe...how do I know."
"600,000 people, 600,000 people, maybe something big will happen."
"What's the use of yelling at me."
The two of them started arguing as soon as they met and left the door open. Strictly speaking, it was against discipline.
"Okay, okay, close the door first, let's go inside and talk!"
"Let's agree first, don't think of me taking the blame this time!" After closing the door, Yu Qingdong shouted in a low voice, "You also need to share some of the pressure."
The safe slid aside, revealing an alloy metal door. After a series of operations such as inputting the password skillfully, verifying the iris hole, etc., there was a ding, and Qingyu's soft voice sounded, "Welcome, job number 1034 and job number 1097
.”
"Hello Qingyu, please prepare two cups of coffee, thank you."
"Okay, please wait."
Yu Qingdong has never been in this room a few times, especially after the latest renovation was completed.
There seems to be nothing in the completely white room. The silver floor has changed like a mosaic. Blocks similar to building blocks have risen and stacked up to form two single sofas and a coffee table.
"sit!"
Yu Qingdong looked around. The apparently small space felt infinitely far away. Everything was the same up, down, left, and right. His sense of orientation was greatly confused, as if he was standing in the air. "New material?"
"Um."
He carefully sat down opposite Lao Hu, "Is it ready for commercial use?"
"Not yet, let's get it to you for verification first... Let's not talk about this for now, what happened to No. 0? Do you think he did it on purpose?"
"I don't know, I really don't know!" Yu Qingdong got a headache when he mentioned this, "I didn't say hello beforehand, which is rare."
"What do you think will be the impact if this continues without limiting game time?"
"Needless to say, even a three-year-old child knows this."
"I want to hear your opinion, your true opinion."
"It's very bad. You also know the scarcity of Canaan. Players must be deeply addicted. If no intervention is done, things like Huzhou may continue to happen..."
"What if we intervene?"
"How to intervene and limit game time offline? Doesn't this expose the fact that we cannot affect online? This is very simple logic. If online can..."
"Okay, okay, keep talking."
"We can only hold on and kill the second world, the concept of second life..."
"What if there is another sudden death of a player?"
"Then we can only find solutions from other aspects, such as forcing the promotion of game warehouses, limiting game time, monitoring players' physical conditions, and even incorporating some functions necessary to maintain life."
"Do you have a plan?"
"Yes, the technical aspect is not difficult. The difficulty lies in getting players to accept it."
At this time, a mosaic-like spot appeared on the floor to the right of the coffee table, rising and stacking. A white robot carrying coffee appeared next to the two of them, "Your coffee."
"Thank you, Qingyu!"
"Ah, oh, thank you Qingyu!"
Yu Qingdong picked up the coffee in a daze and watched the robot 'collapse', returning to mosaic-like spots and dissolving on the white screen-like floor.
"It's like a science fiction movie, isn't it?"
"Ah, um, yes, yes!"
"I mean the game warehouse you mentioned." Lao Hu took a sip of coffee, put it down and rubbed his eyebrows. "The capsule-like game warehouse, life-sustaining facilities, sleeping players, dead streets and cities..."
"It's not that exaggerated, only 600,000 players."
"What happens next?"
"Well... there is always a way. Maybe when the scarcity of Canaan disappears, the problem will be solved?"
"There is a one in 10,000 possibility that we cannot take lightly. The top management has already realized this possibility. It is very complicated and difficult... After all, who can see the future?"
"What about this time?"
"Write a report on what you said, be more detailed, and take all aspects into consideration."
"All right!"
"No intervention for now, let's observe for a while."
"That's all it can do...in terms of public opinion?"
"You don't have to worry about this. Comrades from other departments are already handling it."
North rice.
Philip was also lying in a white room, fast asleep. A man in full protective clothing helped him take off his gaming helmet, and another attached various sensors to his naked body.
Several unknown and powerful instruments were working at the side. Behind the special glass wall, in a huge and empty laboratory, countless white coats were busy.
There are strange magic patterns engraved on the floor of the laboratory. In the center of the space more than ten stories high, a huge metal ball is suspended. The oval structure is like the inside of a rugby ball, with both sides separated by special glass.
of small rooms.
Philip lay in a small room like this.
"...His various vital indicators are extremely active, especially his brain. You see..."
The huge metal ball began to glow, and the metal surface turned into a three-dimensional screen, with a brain displayed on it, slowly rotating.
"This position, and this position..."
Dense electric arcs appeared at the indicated locations, and these incredible electric rays spread in the brain sulci and folds. The three-dimensional image kept magnifying, making Philip's brain look like a planet.
"Incredible, really incredible..."
"We need more specimens, more."
At the same time, Japan.
In the darkness, Koji Ikeda heard the sound of sirens getting farther and farther away. He lay on the damp floor panting. After a while, he picked up the gaming helmet and put it on his head.
