Player Guesses

The FBC easter egg quickly spread across major gaming communities, sparking discussion.

At the same time, Brother Banana's video was repeatedly shared and re-analyzed, thus gaining publicity.

This led countless players who already knew about it to start speculating on the specific meaning behind it.

FBC, the Federal Bureau of Control.

Spanning three horror works, hidden in the background, never showing its face or revealing its hand, utterly mysterious, yet immensely powerful.

It's hard not to suspect what the development team is up to, or if they have some major move in store.

Looking back at gaming history, organizations in certain works are usually used through sequels to show the continuation and expansion of the world, as well as the subsequent development and changes of the in-game factions.

Thus achieving a gradual, normal progression.

It's also the most intuitive and understandable method for players!

But Only Game does the opposite.

It doesn't bother with gradual, sequential storytelling; instead, it directly hides things so players won't find them.

First, it made "Dark Forest," making the plot obscure and hard to grasp, then cranked up the oppressive atmosphere and gameplay, forcing players to focus on survival and overlook the story.

Then came "21 Points," which was even simpler.

No background introduction, no story premise, no character identity explanation, and no event trigger.

Players just jumped straight into card games, cutting to the chase. And through various torture devices, the game induced tension and a sense of crisis, making players subconsciously ignore that this was just a simple 21 Points card game.

But no one expected that such a straightforward game would hide background elements beyond imagination!

And this background, through just a single line of dialogue, carried explosive amounts of information!

Thus, these two seemingly unrelated games were tied together by the same mysterious military organization: FBC.

And this single element gave two games with different eras, different settings, different events—completely unrelated—a bizarre and mysterious shared world.

Even so, players could still accept it.

Because "Dark Forest" was about a large-scale forest mutation incident, while "21 Points" was just a bloody life-or-death card game.

So, on the surface, the horror level of both only stayed at the biological level.

As long as there were suitable weapons, whether mutated monsters or psychotic killers, if they dared to show a health bar, players dared to charge in!

Therefore, the FBC organization seemed to be just a very powerful military group.

At most, the kind that could fight monsters, nothing more.

But when it came to "Visage," the nature changed.

Because this game was no longer limited to the biological level.

It truly had ghosts—things that couldn't be explained!

In other words, the world of "Visage" completely transcended the scientific realm and reached the theological domain!

Yet even in such a world, the FBC organization still existed!?

If the first two games having this organization was still within reason, Now appearing in a supernatural horror game, the nature was completely different.

This meant that the FBC, the Federal Bureau of Control, was no longer just a military organization; it was very likely also an occult organization!

That implied this organization knew about ghosts—things that couldn't be explained by science!

And it was highly possible that this organization possessed means to deal with ghosts!

According to Brother Banana's leak, he found this easter egg in the protagonist Dwayne's chapter.

Since it appeared in the protagonist's chapter, did that contract with the FBC logo mean Dwayne also belonged to this organization?

Holy crap!

Oh my god!

What kind of massive chess game is the development team playing!

A mysterious organization spanning three horror works.

A mysterious organization possessing powerful military strength, advanced technology, and esoteric techniques.

A mysterious organization that never shows its face or reveals its hand, veiled in obscurity, impossible to glimpse the truth.

And within such an organization, three protagonists with different identities are working for it.

Then what kind of transcendent beings are the middle and upper ranks of this organization?

Thinking this far, players dared not delve deeper.

Because the more they thought, the more their minds couldn't keep up.

But instead of racking their brains here, why not ask the officials?

So, some players flooded into Danmu Network and sent private messages to Shuo Guang.

They recounted their questions and this discovery, hoping to get answers.

But neither Shuo Guang nor Infinite Network Entertainment had replied yet, leaving the players waiting anxiously.

And the Fourth Calamity Club was in the midst of a heated debate over this very topic.

"Personally, I think the FBC is an organization with supernatural power. Otherwise, there's no way to explain why it would show up in a world clearly filled with ghosts and monsters like Visage. If that's the case, how could they maintain such a massive, formidable organization without some kind of superpower?"

This netizen's comment was immediately refuted by others.

"Moron, right? Supernatural? Seen too many movies?"

"One look and I'm calling it: pure nonsense."

"If they're supernatural, how come they can't even get into that mutated area in Dark Forest? They can only send a regular researcher like the protagonist?"

"Supernatural is a stretch. I'm leaning more toward alien tech. After all, the incident in Dark Forest was caused by alien lifeforms, so it wouldn't be strange for them to have alien technology."

Aside from this, there were other threads on the forum also buzzing with discussion.

"The three games are set in different eras. Dark Forest is clearly 1987, 21 Points seems modern, and Visage seems to be the 80s. So the FBC organization probably has a long history, but the specifics depend on how the devs set it up. Personally, I suspect the creators might be trying to build a game universe."

After seeing this post, people below chimed in one after another.

"Really? A game universe? If that's the case, then all future horror games will be set in this universe?"

"If so, the next free-roam vertical game should also have something related to the FBC."

"Feels like the dev team is taking too big a step. Haven't they considered what happens if the next game flops? Then this FBC setup becomes a joke."

"Personally, I think when the devs set up the FBC, they probably intended it to fight against monsters. Otherwise, in a world full of both monsters and ghosts, how would ordinary people survive? And how could the protagonist be so strong?"

"Can an organization like that really fight the monsters and ghosts in horror games? Look at the protagonist in Dark Forest—how tough his journey was, and he still died. Look at the protagonist in 21 Points—bad card skills and he dies too. Look at the protagonist in Visage—he kills himself right at the start. So I wonder how the devs will shape this FBC, and whether they can do it well."

Just as the discussion was reaching its peak, a player accidentally discovered new evidence in the Lacan chapter of Visage and quickly posted on the Fourth Calamity forum, sharing his find.

"Shocking! I found the FBC logo in the hospital conference room in Lacan's chapter!"

Netizens saw the title and flooded in.

One look at the screenshot, and it was true!

The image showed a dimly lit conference room.

On the mobile whiteboard in front, there was a lot of unreadable meeting content.

But on the left side of the board, there it was—the logo of the Federal Bureau of Control!

So the player who made the post continued to add details in the thread.

"Seeing this, I was absolutely stunned. Everyone knows that Lacan in Visage is a past resident, and he's already dead, turned into a ghost. What the player experiences is just his past ordeal. Clearly, while Lacan was alive, he underwent treatment at this hospital, and his broken legs were caused there too."

"But I never expected this hospital to be an FBC-owned facility! That's huge! It means the FBC had a hand in Lacan's death! And maybe even the other past residents were messed with by them! I haven't cleared the game yet, so I'm not sure."

"But no matter what, this FBC probably isn't some benevolent organization saving the world. Everyone should be prepared."

Seeing this, the netizens suddenly found it made a lot of sense.

Since Visage had an FBC contract and an FBC hospital, if you stretched it a bit, could the house in the game also belong to the FBC?

No one knew. Only one person did.

And that person was the boss of Only Game, Shuo Guang!

At that moment, Meng Shu glanced roughly at his private messages and comments on Danmu Network, shook his head, curled his lips, and revealed a hint of admiration.

"The players in this world sure know how to fill in the blanks. I thought the Easter eggs would be discovered later, but they found them pretty fast, even guessing five or six layers of the content. But well—"

He casually clicked and closed the webpage.

Faced with the curious inquiries from netizens begging for the truth, he adopted an attitude of complete disregard, not replying to a single one.

"Since you discovered this secret, wouldn't it be more satisfying for you to confirm it yourselves?"

With that, he closed his eyes and connected to the system.

Locking onto a new game.

Skyhill

I fell asleep while editing this chapter in bed, just randomly dozed off, and only woke up because the AC made me cold, realizing I hadn't posted. Let me apologize first—sorry! Then, Saturday I'll make it up with 4 chapters, 4 chapters, 4 chapters. I think that shows some sincerity!

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