Yang Rui's Predicament (Part 1)

Meanwhile, in southern Texas, Yang Rui's investigation there was not going smoothly at all!

First, there was the interference. Yang Rui discovered that an unseen force was disrupting their efforts to obtain the players' real information. Locations didn't match, names didn't match, and a large number of Troll Army accounts had suddenly appeared on the market...

This had sent him on many pointless trips recently. Every person he found failed to match the information, and the situation filled Yang Rui with an unusual sense of dread. Could this force already completely control the American internet?

What the hell were they supposed to do now?

The frequent network errors had also made the Huo family suspicious, so they decided to use the government's power to help investigate. Among the Huo family's current political connections, Texas was where their foundation was the strongest.

After the Huo family rose to prominence thirty years ago, the old master had made Texas the base of his clan. Whether in business or politics, they had used vast sums of money to build considerable influence there.

Over the past thirty years, all five governors of the state had maintained close cooperation with the Huo family. Thus, Grandpa easily persuaded the local authorities to use the government network to help investigate the data.

Fortunately, the unseen force indeed seemed unable to control the government network. This finally opened a clear path for Yang Rui and the others, but it also made Grandpa take the matter even more seriously.

Even though that unseen force had been unable to interfere with the government network, it could manipulate social media and toy with the Huo family—the local powerhouse—as if they were puppets. This at least proved that such an unseen force truly existed...

As for whether this unseen force was the