1164. The Hellpod Project—Warmarshal Murphy's Praetorian Guard
Old Qin's excitement at seeing the ingenious excuse Brother Fa had come up with was entirely understandable.
"True Otherworld" had been running for almost a year; its first anniversary was only a little over twenty days away. Ever since Brother Loyalty's task force had begun following the project, and the two sides had made contact and gradually developed their cooperation, they had maintained an unspoken understanding.
The Blue Star side sent in professionals in very small numbers, and Alpha Company pretended not to notice. They didn't interfere, either.
Five Pairs of Wheels had once suggested slipping people in at a ratio of one professional for every ten players, but Master Qin had rejected the idea. As the current head of the "Otherworld Exploration" project, he had no intention of being the one to break the understanding between the two sides—especially when Alpha Company had repeatedly emphasized the need to protect ordinary players' gaming experience. That was already a hint that they didn't want to see too many professionals flooding into the game.
Given professionals' discipline, teamwork, and exceptional ability to carry out orders, if they became the dominant group of players, ordinary players wouldn't get to enjoy major events like "The Creator's Legacy." They probably wouldn't even get a taste of the leftovers.
But did that really mean Master Qin didn't want professionals to enter the game?
Not quite.
The players' discipline had always been a major problem.
They weren't afraid of dying in battle, and they could always come up with some bizarre, ruthless stunt. But when it came to crucial decisions, Master Qin didn't dare put too much faith in them.
The main reason was that he didn't dare gamble on where the players' moral limits lay. Most players treated NPCs