It's not that Du Shiyu has never had a physical examination, but this physical examination was unusual in every way.
Even someone like her, who was indifferent to important matters, could tell that something was wrong.
In the past, players were treated as special talents and scarce talents, not just as coaxing or providing for them, not to mention the endless tricks that various places used to compete for player resources.
But this time, the cold examination room, the serious medical staff, the meticulous security, the strict order, the strict ranking and registration... seemed to regard them as potentially dangerous elements, or even carriers of deadly germs.
Is this because she is too sensitive?
After dozens of examinations, as well as psychological and cognitive assessments.
Do questions, ask about daily behaviors, etc.
From the afternoon until the early morning of the next day, Du Shiyu walked out of the First People's Hospital of the city, while resources and space around the entire hospital were set aside for this inspection.
After returning home, she searched for information about this on the Internet and found relevant content about this physical examination, but found nothing.
Was he the only one who noticed something was wrong?
Du Shiyu tried to post a message in a community where players gathered. As soon as he posted it, he received a warning from the background and the post was deleted.
Xia Miaomiao came in humming a song, holding a teddy bear stuffed toy in her hand. She had just taken a shower and her hair was wet.
He put the teddy bear aside, picked up the hair dryer and dried his hair, posing in front of himself in the mirror without any hint of sadness.
"Xiao Yu, how do you carry those oil bottles? I can't push them away, it's so annoying!"
"I'm a big star, I beg you to take the handsome pot, are you still not satisfied?"
"What? Who do you think is curious?"
"Stop pretending to me, I don't know you yet!"
Xia Miaomiao: "I won't tell you anymore."
Seeing his best friend not worried about anything, Du Shiyu thought to herself that maybe she was too sensitive.
She also went to take a bath and was going to have an early rest today. The daily game time was only 4 hours anyway. Well, everyone was the same and there was no need to be as involved as before.
——Maybe it has something to do with the game time?
Lying on the bed, she suddenly remembered several hallucinations she had after being online for a long time, and sat up from the bed.
"Meow!"
On the window sill, there was a black cat standing at some point. There was no trace of color on its body, and its hair was as black as oil. Under the moonlight, there was a very clear layer of reflection.
Du Shiyu was stunned. It should be said that she was frightened. A chill rushed straight to her forehead, making her scalp numb.
The black cat's eyes were filled with extremely emotional fluctuations, just like...the eyes of a person.
Indifference, scrutiny, condescension...
After being frozen for a long time, Du Shiyu came back to her senses and tentatively reached out to the black cat.
"Meow!"
The black cat turned around and jumped off the window sill. Du Shiyu remembered that this was the 17th floor and rushed over to look outside.
Nothing.
The coolness brought by the night wind made her feel cold all over. The nerves in the solar system began to beat violently. The sudden headache made her very nervous. She felt that an invisible vortex appeared around her, pulling her towards the unknown abyss.
come down.
Du Shiyu fell on the bed, and it took a while to recover from this state. As the headache gradually disappeared, all the body's senses began to return to normal.
After a long while, she groaned, sat up from the bed, looked at the time on the wall, and quickly lay down in the game room.
In Shanghai, the business meeting had just ended. The door to the conference room opened, and serious men and women walked out one after another. After a while, the small venue was empty.
Bei Gaoyang took the elevator to the first floor of the building above ground and shook hands with a silver-haired old man to say goodbye.
"Please understand our concerns. We must be responsible for the health and life safety of the people."
Bei Gaoyang nodded sternly.
"I hope you can find the 'cause' as soon as possible and dispel your doubts in this regard. If you need anything, please tell us and we will fully cooperate."
After sending the silver-haired old man away, Bei Gaoyang was alone in the lobby on the first floor.
He asked the guard to turn off the lights, and the dark environment made his thinking more active.
He asked the staff for another pack of cigarettes, lit them, and took a deep breath of the nicotine-alcoholic smoke, only to find that this level of stimulation was ineffective on his brain.
Smoking indifferently, he recalled the cases he had seen during the day and understood the concerns of his partners.
Damn it!
It was certain that while the Magic Network was recognized by the mysterious rules and became more and more 'reasonable', some changes and modifications that he did not understand had quietly occurred. The players' souls had changed to some extent after being strengthened by the Magic Network.
What's terrible is that this change is in conflict and adaptation to the earth's environment and rules, so some players show all kinds of strange symptoms.
He has a certain understanding of mystery, but he knows nothing about science and the rules of the earth and universe based on science.
This leads to all kinds of difficulties at the moment.
soul!
That is the ultimate secret of intelligent life and the core content of the mystery. Who can say that he understands the secret of the soul? If the gods could master this area, wouldn't the code of faith be cracked? Can they be made by themselves?
'believer?
What kind of lamb is needed? If such a restriction is lost and such a balance is broken, Canaan will surely be destroyed.
Mystery comes from the consciousness of intelligent creatures. Consciousness is the appearance of the outer activities of the soul. If there is a problem with the soul, it is still in such a desert of mystery and magic. What can the archmage do?
——The Book of Canaan?
Bei Gaoyang was hesitant, not because he didn't want to use it, but because the problem was with Earth, not Canaan. The magic network ran smoothly and there were no abnormalities in the game.
"These mortals are so arrogant!"
The fallen angel of light appeared behind him and said with some dissatisfaction, "I don't know what you are worried about. Are you worried that they will resist you? Although this is a desert of magic, you should be able to easily make them accept your will."
Bei Gaoyang smiled bitterly, if only it were that simple.
The mortals here are not the mortals of Canaan. The people here...forget it, why are you telling her this?
Early the next morning, Bei Gaoyang went to see a few more cases. This time he had close contact with these people for a long time and used many methods to figure out the causes of their illnesses, but the results were still not ideal.
It was still a negotiation meeting in the evening, but with a different group of people. These people were 'evaluating' Canaan from all aspects, and their focus was not all on the anomalies that occurred in the players.
Unknowingly, Canaan has changed from a complete seller's market to a situation where you need me and I need you, mutual need and mutual compromise and precaution. The huge doubt has become a huge resistance at this moment.
The current way of cooperation is critical.
This is the consequence of blocked internationalization. Bei Gaoyang has no other choice and cannot have any other choice. Chinese players are the ones he cannot afford to abandon.
If there is anyone who is more nervous than he is now, it must be Canaan Company.
Only a small group of people in Canaan Company knew that hidden under the calm storm, Umbrella Company was in danger of capsizing. Although they complained about this and that, they seemed to regret jumping into such a fire pit. Yu Qingdong was extremely nervous about the progress of the 'negotiation meeting', for fear of
Once the official document came down, he, the biggest boss of the 'umbrella' company, was nothing.
Only those who have tasted the taste of power will know its fragrance and become addicted to it.
Canaan Company possesses various tangible and intangible rights, and is always in the spotlight of the world. Although it is only a figure on the stage, its status, power and influence are also huge. Once it is tasted and then lost, it will be particularly painful.
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On the fourth night after returning, there was still no progress. Bei Gaoyang was distracted by the endless 'negotiations'. For the sake of character, he had to pretend not to care. He was very educated and patient, and he had to exercise restraint at all times.
The inner impulse uses magic to 'persuade' these arrogant mortals, telling them to shut up and obey their instructions honestly.
After returning from a busy day, Yu Qingdong had been waiting in the room for a long time.
"Chairman, you forgot something very important, very, very important!"
"Uh...what is it?"
"As far as I know, there have been players who died in reality but lived normally in Canaan for a long time?"
"What you said is..."
"Tomorrow you may wish to make a key statement in this regard, of course not so straightforward, you can talk about the major prospects in the field of medical treatment, sanitation and health care, as well as the protection and rescue of valuable people under special circumstances."
Bei Gaoyang was silent.
Seeing him like this, Yu Qingdong became a little anxious. What he said today was taking a huge risk. He did not get any permission in advance, but a certain degree of acquiescence.
"We have already had a very successful case, but then Canaan... blocked this function. I have always wanted to respond to you. What I want to say is that this function is very good, very good, and has difficulties.
The potential of imagination also has an irresistible allure, even surpassing Canaan's huge role and contribution in new materials and new fields."
Bei Gaoyang was very irritated. After various "pathological" reactions to the soul appeared in the Magic Network, who knows what side effects this function has.
The temptation to resurrect from the dead is naturally huge and hard to give up.
Isn’t it the same in Canaan?
Including himself, isn't he also busy on this long path?
eternal life!
This term is not new.
Even existences at the level of gods dare not say that they have 'eternal life'. The so-called immortality of mortals is just an illusion, a shell. Liches in the past were also regarded by spellcasters as the best way to transform. What about now?
"In the end, we have to rely on it to advance our plans," Bei Gaoyang thought with some self-deprecation.
"Chairman, are there any difficulties? I mean this function?"
Yu Qingdong looked embarrassed when he saw that he still didn't give a definite explanation, and his heart was in his throat.
"Death in reality and continuing to exist in the game are achievable based on principles, hardware environment and resources."
Yu Qingdong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
"But there is a price, a huge price!"
"What price?"
"System resources!" Bei Gaoyang thought to himself, since you want it, I'll give it to you. This is Pandora's box. I can't control what comes out after opening it. It's your choice.
He has always been cautious about changing the earth's environment and introducing magical environments and mysterious laws.
When he came back last time, he had already decided not to work hard in this area. Just to maintain the cooperative relationship, he handed over some magic materials, magic pattern technology and basic theories of magic mystery to them. Unexpectedly, the situation was different.
Based on his subjective will, the changes on the earth have quietly occurred, relying on more and more players.
Bei Gaoyang felt that a malicious person in the dark was looking at him teasingly, which made him very unhappy.
"About 100,000 players can support such a soul to continue to exist in the game." Bei Gaoyang set his own price and showed a devilishly bewitching smile: "This function is a complete accident, a by-product, and a system.
Error, so..."
"I understand!" Yu Qingdong stood up excitedly, "That means this function can be turned on at any time, right? It is controllable?"
Bei Gaoyang raised his eyebrows and nodded.
"Great, great!" Yu Qingdong took two steps happily, "Now there are 700,000 players, which means we can provide..."
"Maximum 6, you need to leave some spare resources, otherwise the system will go wrong." Bei Gaoyang said seriously.
"Six are fine... Chairman, I'm going back first. There may be some changes in tomorrow's schedule. I will inform you in advance."
Yu Qingdong left happily.
Bei Gaoyang was stunned for a while, and finally burst into laughter.
"Haha, mortals, the mortals there are all mortals!" the fallen light angel said with a sneer.
As expected, the negotiation meeting on the fifth day was cancelled.
This indicates that the shadow hanging over Canaan Corporation and Canaan Games has temporarily dissipated.
"It seems he really needs us!"
At the edge of the desert thousands of kilometers away from Bei Gaoyang, a real analysis and decision-making team focused on a series of events involving him and Canaan analyzed his reactions, words and deeds in the past five days, and came up with precise conclusions one by one.
in conclusion.
"He is giving in and compromising. The cooperative relationship with us is indispensable to him."
"He didn't know the disease on the player beforehand, but he must know the 'cause' and the possible harm."
"It is recommended to increase efforts and ensure a certain amount of pressure at all times to allow Canaan Company to obtain more online rights and gradually extend our influence to another world."
"In view of possible public health and safety hazards, it is recommended that all players be brought together to concentrate the hazards together to facilitate management and control."
"It is recommended that future game equipment distribution should carefully consider the possible security risks. If possible, increase overseas efforts and use foreign players to meet his needs in this area."
