The players, especially the shut-ins, were absolutely furious about this.
How could a species like the Crab Harmonizers still exist in the interstellar age? What the hell were the planners thinking?
The invisible planners were cursed for eighteen generations once again.
However, it wasn't long before a player doing quests showed off a Tier Three quest.
The quest was called—Hunt for Lady Image.
Tier Three Quest: Hunt for Lady Image
Difficulty: Tier Three—Hard—
Quest Briefing: During the early, wild era of the Internet, scale determined everything. As a result, in the newly established cyberspace, the big data concept entities refused to submit to the jurisdiction of the Cybernetic Ghost Division. Instead, they tried to achieve independence by exploiting the "human-brain dividend." Capturing them will turn your internship into a full appointment.
Quest Objective: Hunt down "Lady Image," one of the fifteen major concept entities of the new cyberspace.
Quest Rewards: One senior agent ID card from the Cybernetic Ghost Division, one cybernetic combat suit, +10,000 faction points, +2,000 New Mother City reputation.
Note: Work hard. The next Motoko Kusanagi might be you.
"Huh?"
"Good boy, you went and did a hidden quest behind my back again!"
"Senior agent of the Cybernetic Ghost Division? Damn, that position is awesome. Isn't that the legendary super-admin?"
"Big data concept entity? Why does that name sound familiar?"
"Idiot, it's those high-level network monsters. Haven't you farmed them before?"
Meanwhile, in the Virtual City of Beautiful Girls.
A shut-in player awoke inside a rented virtual house.
In fact, hardcore high-level players were a minority in every game. Ordinary players made up the majority, and shut-in players accounted for a significant proportion of them. The sole motivation these shut-ins had for leveling up and fighting monsters was to change their wives' skins.
Gunmang was one of