In truth, the seemingly baseless worries of certain people in those earlier rumors had not been entirely unfounded.
After all, this was a world where magic existed, and the Construct Network, a device the higher-ups were promoting at an almost ruinous loss, also had backdoors.
According to the Spellcaster team's research, when Professionals experienced intense emotional fluctuations, the strength of the Spiritual Power they unconsciously emitted was several times greater than when their emotions were calm.
In that state, the power provided by one person could equal that of two or three people under normal circumstances. As long as enough people remained connected to the network, even if their numbers were small, the total power they provided would be enough to meet the requirement.
As for how to trigger such intense emotional fluctuations? Once the option to disconnect vanished and network users' consciousness could no longer leave the Construct Network, their emotions would surely undergo sufficiently intense upheaval.
This was the core program buried in the deepest layer of the Construct Network. Merely examining the login headbands would reveal no trace of it whatsoever.
Once this final program was activated, even if others in the real world removed their headbands, they still would not be able to awaken the consciousness of those connected to the network, because their consciousness would already be trapped within the empty network.
Of course, this was a scorched-earth measure. After an experience of being unable to control themselves like this, most people would likely never choose to try anything similar again.
Idly turning the Dark Gold Key between his fingers, the Speaker calmly watched the stage below, where the curtain was about to rise, and the many audience members awaiting the beginning of the play.
Allowing the Construct Network to continue developing until it could