Virtual Enslavement.
Old Six ground his steel teeth together. At last, the hatred in his heart had found a more concrete target—Tianluo Corporation.
Even as he hated them, doubts arose in Old Six's heart. "How could Tianluo possibly do something like this? You have to understand, the world in 2025 was an Era of Two Superpowers and Many Strong Nations. I still clearly remember the military and economic strength of the Five Powers. Tianluo, a company that had only been founded not long ago—how could it possibly betray all humanity and enslave the entire world?"
"That's what I want to ask too." Shi Tiexin recorded the key information while relaying the question to Gong Yudie.
Gong Yudie said bitterly, "Tianluo was not merely Tianluo. Back then, Tianluo was a monster formed from the games, combinations, and entanglements of many former conglomerates. Even the name Tianluo was only one of its many faces. The schemes, collusion, and conspiracies behind it had already stretched on for decades. It was the true cancer of the entire Earth!"
Shi Tiexin asked, "Did no one in the international community discover the problem beforehand?"
Gong Yudie replied, "They did. I was part of an anti-Origin Universe organization at the time, and I knew very well that we had many like-minded comrades. But we suffered ferocious attacks. Some died, while others went with the flow and joined the filth."
Shi Tiexin asked, "Other countries aside, even the great Eastern nation could be infiltrated by a mere company?"
Gong Yudie said desolately, "Infiltration was only one of Tianluo's methods. Most of the time, Tianluo did not even need to infiltrate anyone. You must understand, Tianluo Corporation's information technology was simply too powerful. It could be called a form of 'Information Hegemony.'"
"Before Tianluo Corporation's Quantum String Computer, every