The Genius Hai Zida, and the Court's Arrival

The genius Hai Zida looked up and gazed into the underground laboratory of the ancestral hall.

One could see renowned scientists, industry leaders, and individuals with exceptional inspiration and intuition all working diligently here, just like ordinary oxen and horses.

Only then did he realize what the "genius club" truly meant.

What does it mean that no matter how smart you are, there will always be someone smarter than you; and no matter how stupid you are, there will always be someone stupider than you?

Before he arrived, he thought he was already quite capable if he could solve the other party's problem.

That's enough to be proud of.

However, looking at these senior figures now, he suddenly realized that he only had an advantage in one aspect, which was the advantage of youth.

The problems these people were solving, he glanced over and found to be even more difficult.

For example, a very famous senior is studying a talisman.

"This Puppet Talisman can be improved. It uses Mysterious Energy and has mysterious pathways, similar to a chip circuit, but the biggest problem is that it is mysterious."

"It doesn't have a fixed physical law; similar to the unmeasurability of quantum mechanics, it changes the moment you observe it."

"It remains stable because you don't observe it."

Just by listening to it, you can tell how difficult it is.

Scientists are most afraid of things that lack stable patterns.

For example, quantum motion requires statistical analysis because it does not follow Newton's laws of macroscopic matter. It is Teleportation and appears arbitrarily in certain regions, and its occurrence must be described using probability.

Only when the number is extremely large can statistical stability be demonstrated.

He immediately calmed down and followed Xu Gou to his office area.

This place is located in a corner, and is sealed with some strange runes.

"First, after you become a player, we will give you a week to familiarize yourself with the game."

"The research method is still the same; it's nothing more than experimenting, summarizing, experimenting again, summarizing again, and finally arriving at a theory that is applicable within a certain range," Xu Gou explained to him.

"Once we're familiar with it, we need to study and figure out how to use the Talent Stone. The goal is to get our boss to use high-quality Talent Stone regardless of his needs."

"Hmm," Hai Zida simply replied.

"We have a comprehensive reward system here, so you don't have to worry about your contributions being embezzled by your mentors, friends, colleagues, or reviewers," Xu Gou teased.

"As long as you make a contribution, it will be monitored here. No contribution can be hidden, and those who take the key steps will enjoy the greatest rewards."

"What is this reward?" Sure enough, Hai Zida became very interested.

Most scientists are not indifferent to fame and fortune; on the contrary, many are extremely greedy for them and value these things highly.

Hai Zida's competitive spirit was immediately aroused.

He immediately threw himself into his work.

Familiarize yourself with the game environment, learn various knowledge bases, create a book catalog, and reconstruct your knowledge system...

No matter how knowledge changes, the methods remain the same.

What makes science science is that it requires falsification.

In other words, for a conclusion to be considered scientific, there must be a way to prove it false.

In other words, a theory that has been proven wrong is still scientific because it can be proven false.

Things that cannot be proven true or false at first glance are naturally unscientific.

Hai Zida was indeed a genius.

It was supposed to be a week, but in just three days, I had almost mastered the basics of the Skyfall Game.

He also began to analyze the structure of the Talent Stone and how they worked.

Finally, based on his research, he concluded that this was achieved by leveraging the power of the game's rules.

For the indigenous people, what level requirement does the Talent Stone actually have?

It simply comes down to whether your mind and body are good enough for it.

The game rules were designed to make things easier for players and to ensure they get definite results. That's why the Talent Stone were digitized and standardized, with level and class restrictions added to them.

In fact, both of these restrictions are for the protection of players.

Without these two restrictions, allowing players to absorb Talent Stone at will, just like the natives, would be gambling with their lives!

He quickly realized that this rule of the game had to be removed.

But rules are rules, and rules cannot be violated.

However, higher-level rules can override lower-level rules.

It's like how killing a protected animal would normally get you arrested, but when you're in an emergency to avoid danger, killing a protected animal is considered normal.

For example, if you're about to be attacked and eaten by a tiger, and you kill the tiger, as long as you have enough evidence, you'll basically be fine.

Or if they're starving to death, eating a protected animal won't cause any problems.

This is a typical example of a higher-level rule overriding a lower-level rule.

Here, compared to animals, human life is the most important; this is a higher rule, and the lower rule of protecting animals must give way to it.

Once you understand this, you'll understand how amazing Hai Zida was.

He immediately assembled a team.

Every scientist needs a team to support them; these teams are responsible for purchasing equipment, managing logistics, and providing research labor...

This will allow top scientists to focus their energy on promising commercial projects and achieve results sooner.

Once results are achieved, the wealthy are not stingy with various investments, with some even putting in half of their fortune.

This is because the achievements of top scientists often bring extraordinary rewards, directly determining the rise and fall of an industry.

For example, the sudden rise of AI was due to a new deep search algorithm developed by a group of brilliant scientists.

This will give AI a huge space for real-world applications.

Hai Zida, on the other hand, believed that he could also create an AI-like miracle.

He began searching for the rules of the game.

He soon discovered the most important rule of the game: players had to log in at set times.

However, this rule has never been made public.

He discovered it by summarizing a set of methods for observing players.

In fact, the most important rule in the game is not explicitly stated, but it is evident: you must log in regularly and maintain a certain level of activity in the game.

If you do not log in for an extended period of time, your game account will be forcibly deleted.

Clearly, Hai Zida quickly grasped the underlying game logic: because game qualifications are very valuable.

If you activate your account but don't log in, it's just occupying your game account, and the game server will naturally reclaim it to save resources.

If this is the case for ordinary online games, how much more so for a realistic online Skyfall Game?

After discovering this ultimate rule, Hai Zida felt as if a door had been opened for him.

He continued to explore the rules of the game.

He then discovered other rules of the game.

That means players must be loyal to the game, must love the game, and cannot betray the game by defecting to the indigenous side.

Even if we cooperate with the natives, it should be done by utilizing them, not by giving up the game's benefits to them... For example, cooperating with the natives to research game vulnerabilities.

This game still has bugs.

For example, Gao Linzhi knew of a loophole that someone had revealed after using it to show off.

That means if you bring a certain amount of specific resources to the BOSS's lair, you can get more monsters, and even multiple BOSSes appearing together.

This is equivalent to baiting the fish's nest; it's like planting corn to attract fish to the water.

However, this obviously does a lot of damage to the game. The more bosses obtained through the loopholes, the more power and resources behind them must have been paid for by the game's official team.

This is not in the best interests of the game developers.

The game design itself should contribute to revenue and profitability.

If players can exploit glitches to defeat multiple bosses at once, they can accumulate enough strength over time to become very powerful.

Those who were already familiar with them will notice that this friend has suddenly become stronger.

When Hai Zida learned about the resource loophole, he felt that the game was too easy to cheat.

"That's strange, is this game only half-finished?"

"Various tasks seem to have no follow-up, and various functions are missing."

Upon hearing this, Gao Linzhi couldn't help but sigh.

A genius is a genius; he saw through most things in just a few days.

That's just how reality is.

Hai Zida successfully made his debut by leveraging the clash and checks and balances of the game's rules.

Gao Linzhi himself made Hai Zida work.

He, on the other hand, was resting.

He's worked hard for twenty years, can't he take a break now?

But Hai Zida finally found a few rules of the game.

"If a player is in danger, will the game abandon them, or will it choose to save them?"

How is the value of game players reflected?

"Can the value of a gamer outweigh the game rules indicated by their Talent Stone?"

In short: when a high-value player is about to die, will the game give them a special privilege?

This was the time when Gao Linzhi was resting.

Suddenly, news broke that a new game event would be launched in January.

This activity is a competition of Game Character stats.

"Dear players, we have developed a new event mode."

"The new event mode will use players' growth stats for competition."

"During the event period, the player with the highest increase will win first place."

"The specific activities are being finalized and will be launched soon."

At the same time, Hai Zida also brought good news.

"Now that we can put these players into a near-death state, certain game rules that restrict access should be able to be used."

"Of course, this near-death experience must be determined through the game; it can't just be said out of thin air, so the level of danger is very high."

Gao Linzhi immediately adopted this suggestion.

Anyway, it was the Game Character that died, not him.

What does being on the verge of death with Canxue health have to do with Gao Linzhi?

He couldn't help but sigh. All the things he had done before were actually to improve his own strength.

If we could absorb and utilize various Talent Stone in this way, without being restricted by profession or level, that would be incredibly powerful.

As a result, Hai Zida received the most funding and manpower, and accelerated the research on feasible solutions.

This day.

Gao Linzhi was reviewing the daily work reports.

Suddenly.

A game notification sounded:

"The new game event has been developed: the Constitution Championship!"

"A third party will emerge in this competition!"

"The third-party forces are mainly the imperial court."

"The activity involves competing to increase your physical fitness points while remaining vigilant against deception by the imperial court."

"Scores are awarded based on the rate of increase, which then determines the activity ranking."

"Warning: Be aware that the imperial court will use various means to deceive players, reducing their physique and Game Character strength. Do not complete any tasks without system prompts."

"Rewards for this event: Island Ranking, first place gets 5 free attribute points, 40 Blue Tier materials..."

"Overall Ranking: First Place, Title: Lord of a Thousand Islands, 30 Free Attribute Points"

Upon seeing this, Gao Linzhi was immediately stunned.

Because he spends all the free points he receives as rewards as soon as he gets them; he never has any left over.

As expected, the other players did the same.

"Damn, a game notification appeared. Is this a competition to increase physical strength?"

"Isn't this ridiculous? I worked so hard to add points, and then they tell us, 'Don't add any yet, add points according to the event requirements!'"

"This is absolutely outrageous!"

Gao Linzhi also harbored some resentment.

But he quickly came up with a solution.

With the increase in physique, he can learn more Skill Stone, including Basic Skills.

It's a massive system, enough to keep players entertained for decades.

Learning a Basic Physical Element skill will add 10 points to your constitution.

For example, "Basic Lightness Skill increases constitution by 1 point every 10 levels," and since you can level up to 100 levels, that's a total of 10 points added.

The same applies to others.

This is clearly the imperial court's way of retaliating against them.

Why did they act ahead of time?

In Gao Linzhi's view, this was closely related to the scene he had caused in their laboratory some time ago.

The other side must have realized that the player has grown rapidly and is no longer growing at the slow pace of the past.

The fact that such a blatant theft from the laboratory must have made them extremely angry.

These feudal dynasties did not allow anyone to escape their control.

Of course, they often have no way to control it.

They were very anxious.

That's why they're targeting the players.

But how will the imperial court so quickly take action against everyone involved in this event?

Gao Linzhi very curious.

After all, everyone now has a Safe Zone, so they can do whatever they want there.

However, this made it impossible for everyone to resolve the issue normally.

The Safe Zone's activity area is still too small.

Gao Linzhi checked the time schedule again:

The event will take place a month from now.

This is a real game, unlike ordinary games where there's a leaderboard every day and ten mini-events that exhaust players.

And this realistic game, naturally, requires each activity to undergo complex checks and procedures, just like in real life.

Only in this way can we successfully organize the event.

And at this time...

Gao Linzhi found the Second Elder and also summoned the other elders.

He asked directly, "Have you ever met anyone from the Sky Wolf Dynasty?"

"We've met people from the Sky Wolf Dynasty, but we haven't had any direct contact with them."

"They only come to our island during periods when the strange occurrences subside, to exile people and collect tribute."

"They rarely have direct contact with us."

"However, my grandfathers had a lot of contact with them because the imperial court conscripted a lot of manpower to repair the fortresses at that time."

"The fortresses on each island belong to the imperial court."

"And these officials from the capital are all here to make a quick buck or to carry out punishments."

Gao Linzhi thought of that Lin Zhongxian.

It can be said that he was someone sent by the imperial court.

Everyone should have seen it.

Lin Zhongxian, despite having a divine name, was merely a minor official in the imperial court.

He's got the mentality of a low-level employee.

He was known as Spear Master, yet he was bossed around by a weak and powerless clerk.

It's simply because he has family and relatives on Capital Island.

These factors, coupled with his hope of returning, prevented him from recklessly disobeying the imperial court's orders.

He didn't dare to be overly flamboyant.

First of all, he is not invincible.

It's only relatively strong.

In fact, he has many weaknesses, which forces him to be cautious.

In Gao Linzhi's view, this Lin Zhongxian was a breakthrough point.

He needs to make good use of this.

We can't let anyone beat us to it.

Of course, apart from him, no one dared to approach Lin Zhongxian.

Thinking of this, Gao Linzhi immediately ordered someone to find Lin Zhongxian.

The other party was clearly unwilling.

"I wonder what business the elder has with me?"

"Hehehe, I'd like to ask, how exactly does your imperial court cause trouble for the villagers?"

"This has never happened before."