"Chief Shen! Professor Huang! "
Xie Biqi walked briskly to greet Shen Mo and the other scientist in a white lab coat.
She saw that the two were standing in front of a glass wall, staring at a young man who was sleeping soundly behind it.
Professor Huang was an expert in many fields, and his speculations about the game were extremely accurate. He was known as the leader of the Agency's science and technology department.
Even the brainwave formula to determine whether to enter the game was calculated and programmed by him.
However, Xie Biqi did not have a good impression of him. She was afraid that he was some mad scientist who would use the volunteer for some bloody human experiment.
"Captain Xie, you're here too."
Shen Mo nodded and sighed. "Professor … your experiment was a success."
"We can try to wake him up, but I'd rather not."
Professor Huang was a white-haired old man. He took off his reading glasses and rubbed them.
"What … is going on?"
Xie Biqi asked.
"I'm doing research on the game, or rather, the connection between that world and the players … My previous research on the game equipment proved that it was all a cover, or perhaps a psychological placebo for the players …"
Professor Huang sighed. "So, I came up with a few plans and had the test subject try them one by one, and he successfully entered the game …"
"Which plan succeeded?"
Xie Biqi asked curiously.
"We had him recite a name. It came from the NPC with the only profession in the data compiled by the players — Loopy Clam!"
Professor Huang said.
"The Lord of Order, the God of Games?"
Xie Biqi murmured.
She had heard Loopy Clam say that this great being had summoned the players and so on, but she had ignored it as part of the game's background.
Now, her whole body was trembling. Could it be true?
"Don't tell me everything!"
Shen Mo suddenly said.
Xie Biqi hurriedly covered her mouth, feeling a lingering fear.
"I've also done some research on religion. The true name of a god is a very mysterious thing. It's equivalent to a series of phone numbers. When you say it out loud, it's the same as dialing it. Whether the god on the other end of the line picks up completely depends on his mood … Haha, I'm just joking. After all, there hasn't been a real god in our world before … But this experiment can be understood in such a way."
"Each of us is a transmitter, and this string of names is our address … After a player logs in, they will be specially marked. No matter where they are, whether they have game equipment or internet connection, as long as they recite this name, they might be pulled into the game … In fact, if an ordinary person recites this name a few times, they might also be pulled into the game …"
Professor Huang said.
"This isn't a good thing …" Shen Mo said. "This means that we can't track them physically … It also means that there might really be someone behind this game …"
His tone was heavy, as if he was a man dying of thirst, but he still managed to say the word, "God!"
"The game's official website said it was going to open beta … and we couldn't stop it at all."
Xie Biqi suddenly felt powerless.
They couldn't shut down the official website, and they didn't need game equipment at all.
When the time came for the open beta, they just needed to announce the honorific name of the god on the official website, and anyone who recited it could become a player?
Playing games every night when they slept?
That was too hidden, and they couldn't control it at all!
"According to the discussions of various think-tanks, we can't stop the open beta, and we can't stop the world from changing … In fact, even if we can stop it, we might not be able to take action, or we will definitely anger the God of Games!"
Shen Mo sighed. "So … the Special Investigation Bureau's energy will be diverted to deal with the complicated situation that will follow."
"We … are giving up just like that?"
Xie Biqi bit her lip, still unwilling to give up.
"We can't not give up. Have you heard of 'Spectre'?" Professor Huang put his hands in the pockets of his white coat. "He is the number one hacker in the Celestial Alliance, and possibly the world's number one hacker. He was hired by the federal government to track down the game's official website …"
"He is a true genius, and has the technology to beat all hackers, but he still couldn't do anything to the game's official website … We even suspect that the official website is not on the physical network, and even if the local network is shut down or the power is cut off, it could still continue to appear!"
"And after being defeated by the God of Games, that 'Spectre' hoped to interpret the official website from another perspective. It is said that he had an outburst of inspiration, and started to write a mysterious source code …"
"Did he fail?" Xie Biqi guessed.
After all, if he had succeeded, this wouldn't have happened.
"No, he was close to success, but the moment the code was about to be completed, he went crazy and committed suicide. It was a horrifying scene …"
Shen Mo said, "And the unfinished source code caused all the programmers who saw it to have mental problems … all of them went crazy!"
He did not mention the source of his information, but Xie Biqi knew that Grand Xia must have used a very hidden source to know the top secrets of the Celestial Alliance.
…
"This is your latest mission."
Shen Mo was silent for a moment, and then handed a file to Xie Biqi.
Xie Biqi opened it, and the first thing she saw was a picture of a dejected man wearing a prisoner's uniform.
That face actually looked familiar to her. "Is this … 'Please Call Me Boss He'?"
They were all veteran players, and she had even created the file herself!
"Yes, we've been monitoring the players on your list … and this Mister He Zu Dao has been getting restless recently. He has been carrying out superstitious activities, and even came up with something like Hundred Ghosts Parade and the Eighteen Levels of Hell …"
Shen Mo said quietly. "He confessed that he was influenced by the novel, and was preparing to direct a revival of spiritual energy in reality to reenact ancient myths and gain real-life EXP … but it turned out that it had no effect, and he was arrested for disrupting public order, intimidating people, and other crimes!"
"Very … interesting." Xie Biqi tried hard to maintain her expression. "Trying to make everyone believe in the existence of hell with illusory spells?"
"In fact, before Buddhism was introduced, there was no such thing as hell in Great Xia. At that time, it was called the underworld …"
Shen Mo's face twitched. "Just the level of hell, the details, and so on … Different religions, different regions, and even the same religion in the same region have different descriptions in different historical periods … He came up with a story on his own, and he even added some settings from a novel, and he wants people to believe him? The logic itself is a little chaotic and conflicting … unless everyone collectively ate two pounds of moronic pills, they will only believe it! "
Xie Biqi nodded. She also believed that there was no true existence of extraordinary power in the history of her world. This was proof of science and archaeology!
"So, there is only one source of mystery, and that is that game. Also … we are unable to explain the mystery now, only because our technology is not developed enough, that's all. It's not wrong to treat it as the black technology of aliens! "
Shen Mo said in a powerful voice.
"And we will never wag our tails and beg for mercy, willing to be slaves just because the other party's technology is so much better than ours … Learning it and surpassing it, this is the confidence that a citizen of the Empire should have! Maybe arrogance, maybe ignorance … but this is the greatest treasure of us humans! "
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