At 10 p.m., Du Gang had submitted his report for the day and re-entered the ga world of "Dark Sand."
This was the sixth day since the epoch-making virtual reality ga had officially begun its testing phase.
Within these six days, the ga had accumulated trendous popularity, especially the videos of players completing the ga had beco everyday talk among players—the popularity was almost unparalleled, dominating major sections of gaming forums and news dia worldwide.
As of now, the players who still firmly believed it was a massive scam had beco increasingly fewer.
The majority of players’ attitudes had morphed into eager anticipation and frustrated longing.
Although most of the testing qualifications for "Dark Sand" were given to players within the country, there were also a small number of slots allocated abroad.
These foreign players were few, but after multiple rounds of selection, almost all were top-tier gaming experts with considerable follower bases and credibility on websites.
Thus, as these individuals praised "Dark Sand" imnsely, more and more players who hadn’t played the ga began to believe that it truly was an epoch-making virtual reality ga made with mysterious cutting-edge technology.
It was only unknown when officials would increase the testing slots as previously stated.
So far, foreign players had not shown exceptional qualities in completing the ga, simply because they lacked crucial knowledge—knowledge of Huaxia history.
They could only wait for dostic players to release completion videos and guides, translate them into other languages, and then these foreign players might try to complete the ga.
In response to this, many foreign players were also calling for "Dark Sand" to soon introduce instances with Western professions and history.
The official response was: there would be, but not in the short term.
The officials did not offer much explanation, but the phrase "there would be" was like offering foreign players a slice of hope, temporarily soothing their feelings.
The real reason was simple but undisclosed.
"Dark Sand" was not just a ga—it was actually history that had already occurred.
History is a river connecting ancient tis with reality, and only Huaxia history has a complete lineage from ancient tis to the present. Much Western history either has only the part near contemporary tis or had experienced dynasty breaks long ago, lacking in both completeness and continuity.
Thus, even if "Dark Sand" would introduce instances of Western history in the future, they would undoubtedly be prioritized lower and only serve as side quests.
Currently, ng Yuan hadn’t even completely figured out the Huaxia history set, and definitely didn’t have the resources to focus on historical segnts related to Western history.
Anyway, the ga was getting more and more popular.
But Du Gang’s investigation of the ga was still making no progress.
Even though he had already completed the assassin trial.
Entering the world of "Dark Sand" as usual, Du Gang pondered whether to visit other trial instances or continue refining his assassin instance completion process.
Just as he was torn about this, suddenly, the space before his eyes rippled like water.
A young man with delicate features and a handso yet sowhat somber face appeared before him.
Du Gang was taken aback because he had seen this person before.
Wasn’t this the "Dissuader Brother" he had t when he first entered the ga "Dark Sand"?
He was still in the sa location as when he entered the trial instance, floating in the sky-high palace surrounded by mist, with massive white stone pillars stretching into the skies, resembling the dwelling of immortals.
The first ti he had co here, he had encountered this Dissuader Brother, wearing the title "diocre Reorderer Who Failed the Trial," spreading negativity before handing him a special Jade Pendant that allowed entrance to the trial instance, symbolizing the inheritance of a reorderer’s identity.
Clearly, that was all a scripted plot set up by the ga, and every player would encounter this Brother and go through the sa process upon entering the ga.
But after that, the Dissuader Brother had never appeared again.
"Mr. Du Gang, hello.
"Let reintroduce myself. I am the operations manager of the ga ’Dark Sand’; you can call ’Beichen’.
"I know your identity is special, so today I would like to have a frank discussion with you.
"You may ask any questions you have, and I will do my best to help you find the answers."
ng Yuan gave a brief self-introduction. Although both face and na were aliases, his role as the ga’s operational manager was genuinely legitimate.
ng Yuan dared not reveal that he was the chief designer of the ga, although it had been developed only by him and Dark Sand, whose role resembled more that of a programr or miscellaneous planner. However, ng Yuan was also quite self-aware, realizing that he could not truly claim to have designed the ga himself.
At most, he could be considered an operational staff mber.
Du Gang was taken aback.
On one hand, he was sowhat surprised; the ga’s officials had always been very mysterious, displaying an indifferent attitude to everyone. Yet, this ti, they had sent such a high-ranking internal officer to et him, which was indeed unexpectedly flattering.
An operational manager held a position in a ga’s architecture that could almost equate with that of the chief designer.
On the other hand, he was filled with caution.
For Du Gang did not know how the other party had learned about his "special identity"!
As the leader of a special operations team within a secret departnt, his work was highly confidential, and there was virtually no possibility of any leak. Naturally, the other party’s assured deanor made Du Gang very cautious.
Thinking about the mystery of this secretive company, including the currently unexplainable advanced technologies like brainwave pattern recognition, perhaps the priority of this issue could be deferred.
ng Yuan beckoned, and two large stone chairs, fitting the scene, appeared. He indicated for Du Gang to sit down.
These chairs were not actually comfortable, but there was no choice, he had to maintain his own dignity.
Then, ng Yuan gestured with his hand toward Du Gang, who noticed that between two fingers of his right hand, a lit cigarette had appeared, without his knowledge, and it was his favorite brand.
"Please, feel free," ng Yuan said.
Du Gang fell silent for a mont before finally speaking, "Thank you."
It seed that this manager nad Beichen knew much more about him than he had imagined. He even knew that he smoked, and the specific brand he preferred.
This seed beyond the scope of a simple leak of information.
Du Gang took a drag on the cigarette and found that the flavor was the sa as in reality, but here, when he exhaled, no smoke ca out—it seed that second-hand smoke was simply ignored in this virtual world.
After the pleasantries, it was ti to get to the main topic.
Du Gang had many doubts, but he could only ask them one by one.
"Mr. Beichen, what kind of company are you actually? Where is it located? Where does your virtual reality ga technology co from?"
ng Yuan did not imdiately answer but held back a bit.
"I can give you a very clear answer to these questions. But, knowing the truth, you will no longer be able to access so very crucial parts of the ’Dark Sand’ ga.
"Are you sure you want to know?"
Du Gang hesitated briefly, then nodded, "Sure."
Although he enjoyed "Dark Sand" quite a lot, whether out of job necessity or personal responsibility, he had to know the truth. Missing out on part of the ga experience was not too great a sacrifice for him.
ng Yuan nodded, clearly having anticipated Du Gang’s choice.
"Alright, then I’ll be straightforward. After all, ’Dark Sand’ needs your cooperation to continue misleading the players.
"Actually, ’Dark Sand’ is not a ga.
"What you saw in the ga’s CG about the Restorers is true.
"There really are demons living and stirring in the past, trying to alter the historical tiline, even trying to step into reality and endanger humankind.
"And ’Dark Sand’ is actually a special selection program for those Restorers, aid at choosing the right candidates to go into specific historical segnts to eliminate those demons and safeguard humanity’s safety.
"And all that unexplainable science and technology you’ve seen are actually the special powers of the Restorers."
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