??576: Chapter 576: Looking for Trouble?
576: Chapter 576: Looking for Trouble?
Dai Wenqian’s skill in maintaining his composure was remarkable, not only was he not angry, but he instead said, “We don’t have any serious grudges, and this ti I’ve co to you not to dredge up the past, but to discuss a transaction with you.”
“Does the Special Defense Departnt not regulate players like you?” Xu Huo put down his water glass.
“The Special Defense Departnt isn’t very fast, and even if they did co up with sothing, it wouldn’t be applied to us first,” Dai Wenqian said.
“You should still have spares on hand, sell them to , you can na your terms.”
Upon hearing this, Xu Huo laughed, “Quite confident, aren’t you?
I wonder if you can offer better terms than the Special Defense Departnt.”
After a two-second silence, Dai Wenqian continued, “Xu Huo, there’s actually no need for us to be at loggerheads like this.
Given the current situation, wouldn’t it be better for the strong to join forces?”
“Player associations recognized by the governnt, player organizations established autonomously by players, both in terms of numbers and scale, are substantial.
Although the Special Defense Departnt has absorbed many players, they wouldn’t trust civilian players.
To my knowledge, the Special Defense Departnt has always been selecting suitable individuals from the military to beco players, and this has been quite effective.”
“Once the military players rise to power, there will be no role for us.
It’s never wrong to plan ahead if you want to survive, especially since I have so many players depending on .”
“You’re the sa, you might be able to enter the ga, but you can’t just abandon your family, can you?”
“The ti hasn’t co yet, but if sothing does happen, do you think the people from the Special Defense Departnt will be easy to talk to?”
After listening to him, Xu Huo responded, “I’m not worried about the Special Defense Departnt using my family to threaten
into doing sothing, but what you said has reminded .
When I got back, I received ssages from my family saying soone has been monitoring them nearby, did you do it?”
His tone was steady, but Dai Wenqian perceived the threat in his words through the phone.
“Your family is under the protection of the Special Defense Departnt, how dare I do such a thing,” he replied, his voice growing heavier, “Xu Huo, cooperating with
is to your benefit.
Players are increasing in number and their thods are ever more difficult to guard against; you wouldn’t want to be mobbed by hoards of players when you visit ho soday…”
Xu Huo hung up the call and turned to send a ssage to Chief Wu.
“I will have Chief Song control his people,” Chief Wu responded promptly.
Before long, Sima Xiao’er returned and skillfully finished preparing the al.
After Xu Huo had eaten, seeing Sima Xiao’er loafing around, he asked, “Don’t you need to participate in training?”
Liu Jia had also joined the Special Defense Departnt, and for so players who lacked basic training, the Special Defense Departnt would provide coaching.
“I’ve completed the physical training, but anything else is beyond ,” Sima Xiao’er scratched his head, “The station hired special teachers to co and give lectures on analyzing instances.
I just can’t learn it.”
“Don’t laugh at , Brother Xu, but I’ve bribed other players to get through instances in the past.
My brain just doesn’t work that way; I can’t analyze instances, but finding the most powerful player can’t be wrong.”
“What if you encounter a single-player instance?” Xu Huo asked.
Level E instances are all multi-player instances without clear grouping or hostility; in most cases, all players have the sa goal and tend to cooperate, but that might not hold true going forward as player levels increase, and instances get harder.
For example, the Rose Castle instance boss’s disguise, as well as non-instance players who infiltrated, or the catch ghost ga in Deep Blue Laboratory which pretends to be a clearance requirent, even when the venue and the number of people are limited.
“I’m aware that instances will definitely get harder,” Sima Xiao’er distressingly said, “but I just can’t co up with what others can.
What can I do?”
“Does the Special Defense Departnt arrange for players to lead other players?” Xu Huo went on to ask.
“They do, but there are very few,” replied Sima Xiao’er, “Everyone is busy leveling up now, hands-on training isn’t realistic.”
“Player identities can be put on hold,” Xu Huo revealed, “Once you reach Level D, you can apply with the Ga Governnt or the local governnt to suspend your player identity.
You won’t have to complete instances each month.”
Sima Xiao’er exclaid, “Is there such a good thing?”
Xu Huo glanced at him, “It’s not that easy to apply.
The minimum requirent is to work for one of these two governnts.”
Sima Xiao’er bead, “Rather than working for others, better to work for one’s own country.
I’ll apply after Zone 014 develops further.”
Xu Huo admired his optimism and then asked, “Any special events in Zone 014 recently?”
“I know a little about this,” Sima Xiao’er replied, “So remote mountainous areas have seen peculiar magnetic fields erge.
While nothing else was found in those explorations, so experts suggest this is a manifestation of Zone 014 rging with the ga.
Sooner or later, Zone 014 will beco part of the ga, with instances appearing right in Zone 014, blurring the line between the instance world and the real one.”
Xu Huo nodded.
It was an inevitable developnt, but it wasn’t clear what standards a new zone needed to et to completely rge with the ga.
However, at the mont, complete integration wasn’t a good thing.
If high-level players were free to roam Zone 014, a proportionate number of high-level players would be essential to stabilize order.
“That’s about it,” Sima Xiao’er pondered before adding, “But I’ve heard from other departnts that recently so strange people have erged in large cities acquiring real estate.”
“The governnt is strict with household registration now, every property transaction is detailed, and they’ve discovered so people who have popped up out of nowhere.”
“Implausible identities?” Xu Huo showed interest.
“Legal, actually, they are eerily legal,” Sima Xiao’er said, “These people use the identities of missing persons.”
“There were many disappearances recently, with many on record.
Regardless of where these people ca from, their identity cards and the appearances on the system all match.
But indeed, so have ntioned that those are probably not the actual persons.”
“Moreover, no matter what these missing persons did before or whether they had money, upon returning, they spend big on real estate or shops in prosperous areas, but usually, they open repair shops or toy stores.”
This sounded familiar; generally, players wouldn’t care about matters like housing and registration and wouldn’t need to, but the Girl in the painting had gained the ability to use paper extensively within a vast area by obtaining land-use rights from the governnt, indicating that the local governnt’s rights over registration and property are recognized by the ga and this can indeed have an impact on items.
“Are these people players?” Xu Huo paused before inquiring again.
“It seems like they are, yet not quite.
They don’t appear to need to enter instances,” Sima Xiao’er explained.
“The Special Defense Departnt has investigated too.
If anything’s peculiar, it’s that their items are exceedingly expensive, and they accept both Paper Money and White Notes.”
“Are there shops like this in Ting City?”
“Not in Ting City,” Sima Xiao’er looked at him, “Brother Xu, do you know what these shops are for?
Are you up to sothing?”
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