Chapter 1323: Chapter 1187: Cloud Dream, Welco to North Arica!
Chapter 1323: Chapter 1187: Cloud Dream, Welco to North Arica!
Lincoln found out the news the next day.
Not because of the online reports, but because of a report sent by Erman, the head of the [Freedom Life and Democratic Activities Foundation].
Erman was a pure Arican, deeply rooted in Arica, sponsoring North Arican users’ protests on one hand, and handing out large political donations on the other, tirelessly fighting for the cause, and consequently, deeply hated by many.
But he was very secure – first, with money (inco from the network proxy and Lincoln’s backing), second, with political backing (political donations don’t co without strings), and third, with public support (tens of millions of Cloud Dream users in Arica).
Not only was he secure, but he even enjoyed the sensation of standing in the lilight.
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Although the inco from the network proxy would stop once the ban was lifted, it was insignificant compared to what Lincoln had promised him.
After all, he had been Lincoln’s agent in North Arica for so long and had earned Lincoln’s trust—no one could offer greater benefits than Cloud Dream, so Erman was completely trustworthy.
The report he sent was naturally more comprehensive and detailed than the online reports and those from the dostic dia in Arica.
The report covered the cause of the incident, the key individuals, the attitudes of congress mbers from both parties, the thoughts of the President, the actions of the major corporations…
All the clues, logic, and progress were clearly reflected in Erman’s report.
What surprised Lincoln the most was that the accidental occurrence of [Real or Fake Princess] also had a significant impact on lifting the ban.
Erman didn’t know why.
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Lincoln also felt it was very odd and pondered it while lying in bed.
After thinking for quite a while, he ca up with a possibility:
There must be no small number of spies Arica has placed in Daxia, and recently, the old veterans who had reached the twilight years of their lives were officially visited en masse, with a third of them concentrated in Xiajing City—a move so significant it might have caught attention.
If it indeed attracted attention, the opposing intelligence agencies would certainly make all sorts of speculations.
Usually, that would be inconsequential, as they had no evidence.
But after the [Real or Fake Princess] incident, if they linked the two events together for analysis, they might have co up with so bold ideas?
Such as “veteran soldiers controlling robots sweeping the battlefield,” “spies infiltrating crowds to assassinate and wreak havoc,” or so outrageous stuff like “Immortal Regints”…
Realizing this, Lincoln called Henry to remind him that foreign spies might attempt to contact those old soldiers who hadn’t undergone digital life transformation.
To this, Henry replied: They had already caught more than thirty.
Unfortunately, the captured spies were all low-level, either not very smart, greedy for small gains, or compromised, and had been seduced by actual spies to probe as underlings.
Now the national security was following the leads to find higher-level spies.
Lincoln nodded, feeling he had probably understood the reason—failed probing was also an answer.
He then continued reading the report.
Erman’s report was very interesting, mixing in plenty of gossips and dark histories of political figures; Lincoln was quite engrossed while reading it.
At the end of the report, Erman concluded that, barring unforeseen circumstances, the ban on Cloud Dream would be completely lifted within a week.
And Arican companies seeking cooperation would fly to Xiajing City the next day, their emails filling up Cloud Dream’s office mailbox.
Lincoln closed the report page, stretched languidly, feeling refreshed and clear-headed.
Once the Arican ban was lifted, Canada, which ca as an addition, would also quickly follow suit; at that point, there would be no more restricted areas for Cloud Dream in the entire world.
To achieve this in a world divided into three classes, where the virtual world posed a strong technological threat and had monopolistic characteristics, was no easy feat.
Lincoln almost wanted to give the employees a break to celebrate together.
However, considering he himself had to work overti to build the second realistic robot, he gave up the idea of disrupting his employees’ normal work rhythm.
After breakfast, he went to the laboratory to work on his substitute, and Camille Victoria and Mavis followed him as well.
Having completed the scheduled work, the three of them headed to the virtual world in the afternoon to continue testing the new ga from the Cradle Project.
In the following week, society might be brimming with sensational news—the global stock market crash, the drastic changes in workers’ workstyles…
and so on, but in the gaming circle, it would be hard to find anything that could overshadow the popularity of the Cradle Project.
With so many gas and so many developnt teams involved in the project, there was a non-stop interaction with players, releasing new information daily and vigorously campaigning for voting points, creating an uproar unlike any other.
Against this backdrop, on May 27th, Lincoln first took a mont to send the second-place trophy to William, then sent an email to the first-place winner, Honold, explaining that the award ceremony would be slightly delayed due to distance, but he could choose the location for it.
Cloud Dream staff would soon fly to Arica to present the award in person.
Honold didn’t think twice and quickly sent over his ho address.
On May 28th, Lincoln and Camille Victoria returned ho together, bringing gifts to officially visit her family.
As a side gesture, he gave Zhu Qinglu’s sister an irresistible gift—a luxurious villa that Zhu Qinglu had always dread of; thus, Lincoln gifted her one.
In comparison, the gifts for her parents were much simpler; the Little Princess handled that on her own.
The whole process was quite harmonious, and even before they left, they casually discussed engagent matters.
On May 30th, the major mainstream dia in Arica reported the sa major news under various unique headlines—
[Stop the embargo, stop the ban, repeal all prohibitions on Cloud Dream!]
[Effective imdiately, the virtual world is officially legalized!
This land no longer refuses Cloud Dream!]
[Cloud Dream, welco to North Arica!]
…
Just as Erman had predicted in his report, the Arican governnt lifted the bans on Cloud Dream with extraordinary efficiency.
Moreover, all bans were lifted—whether it was Mirage, the Server Center, or the dostic Internet information blockade…
without exception, all were revoked!
— For the Arican governnt team, coming up with a result in five days and implenting it was an incredible feat of efficiency.
The news instantly caused a huge sensation.
Especially in Arica, tens of millions of users who had suffered under the ban imdiately put on their headbands, stepped out of their hos, and went wild on the main streets, celebrating the end of the hard tis!
Those users who, after catching wind of the governnt’s intentions, had been holding large-scale rallies urging the governnt to make the right decision, instantly turned the rallying sites into celebration venues.
Inside the office building of the Free Life and Democracy Foundation, all mbers raised their arms, whooping and applauding, celebrating this hard-won victory.
They also didn’t forget to send Champagne and fireworks to each rally site by the truckload.
Upon the order of smuggling tycoon Epic, his sharply-dressed underlings swung open the gates of various shops and welcod custors inside.
Inside the stores, nurous Mirage 2.0 consoles were neatly displayed on shelves.
The big red sales posters with the eye-catching [20% OFF] for the grand opening sale attracted hordes of custors into the shops.
Today, Epic and his underlings had been waiting for far too long!
From this day forward, they were legitimate, legal businessn—no more paying a share to the marine police!
The discount wasn’t just for sharing joy, either.
In the entire North Arican underground smuggling market, who didn’t know that Boss Epic had skills that reached the heavens, able to get rchandise directly from Cloud Dream?
He had already successfully preordered the next generation console, and it wouldn’t be long before the latest Mirage 3.0 would be in his hands.
So—
It was ti to clear the inventory!
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