Chapter 268 The irresistible temptation
half an hour ago.
Moon, Moon Eclipse City, data center.
The nerve tentacles of Star Network are dancing slowly. A huge torrent of data is flowing out of the online world every second, and all information will be recorded and classified by Star Network.
But its focus is on the Monster World official website.
Forum exchanges, player live broadcasts... the information produced by the Monster World official website is the key information that Star Network sees that can affect the future development of the Moon Eclipse Clan.
In this round of qualification distribution, Moon Eclipse Clan obtained 100,000 player quotas.
One is not too much, the other is not too much, exactly one hundred thousand.
This proves that it and the Archon's early efforts have been recognized by High-Dimensional God.
This path is not wrong.
As for the actual resources spent, as well as the Sacrificial Power resources consumed in building Space Teleportation Array and purchasing Origin Source information in the game, they all seem insignificant in the face of the recognition of High-Dimensional God.
Before that, its biggest concern was not how quickly Moon Eclipse Clan could qualify for the game.
It is the monopoly influence brought about by the creation of "Gold Coin Merchant Association" in Monster World by Archon No. 16.
This is why we proposed to build a free information sharing platform and use part of the proceeds to serve the overall development of Player Camp.
Including proposing game warehouse equipment update plans and nutrient solution update plans in the real world, assisting major cities in building nutrient solution processing centers, and building transportation pipelines, all for the purpose of serving the will of High-Dimensional God.
Now that 100,000 player qualifications have been issued, Star Network is finally relieved.
This behavior of High-Dimensional God can obviously be understood as: recognition.
While processing the information on Monster World's official website, Star Network will also leave messages in different live broadcast rooms from time to time to provide his own growth suggestions.
In addition to our own Moon Eclipse Clan players, the assistance targets also include players of other races to help them grow rapidly.
This is also a way to prove your worth to High-Dimensional God.
At this moment, Star Network suddenly intercepted a piece of network information.
With doubts, it evoked this information flow.
[How strong is Moon Eclipse Clan's technology?]
This is a question searched in the Star Network repository.
Similar questions are raised every day, so there is no need to pay attention to them.
But Star Network is concerned about a series of issues related to this issue.
Move the content related to the question forward, and a large amount of search information will appear in its processor.
[The advent history of the Moon Eclipse Clan?]
[The development history of virtual games, Moon Eclipse Clan What is the original intention of creating virtual games?]
[What are the phenomena in Monster World that do not conform to the game logic?]
[How to distinguish virtuality from reality?]
[Discussion on the abnormal performance of Monster World in the real world...]
Each network search record is like a puzzle piece, gradually taking shape in the logical matrix of Star Network.
The next second, it locked the IP address where these questions were retrieved, and the owner of that address.
[Name: Ji Chen]
[Age:???]
[Identity code: SJ-7429-2057]
[Residential area: Zone Data City 13, Vertical Block-Building C-Room 17.]
The earth model is projected in the room, quickly zoomed in, and a beating red dot appears in the locked area.
But Star Network did not act in a hurry, it began to check other related information.
First, the game warehouse data in the room and the live broadcast record data of Monster World official website were retrieved.
Soon, it got an almost definite answer.
Ji Chen is a player who has obtained the qualification of Monster World.
From the analysis of the scenes recorded in the live broadcast room of a recent batch of cute new players, 98.6% of the opponents are among the players recruited in this batch, and are considered to be the strongest new players: Reborn Bro.
The first time it appeared was during the battle to contain Origin Source.
From the live broadcast perspective of other players, you can see their faces, white hair, and abilities that are not the player's system.
A series of abnormal actions made Star Network realize that something was wrong.
Moreover, the other party's age and detailed information are kept confidential.
Although we promised that the human race would not read the confidential information in the other party's database without authorization, this matter concerns High-Dimensional God, so we will make an exception.
In a flash of thought, the supreme mastermind of the human race opened the confidential database.
Ji Chen All confidential information is presented.
It includes 39 videos and many conversation records.
The first video was shot in a polluted area 13 kilometers south of Data City.
There is log information recorded below the video.
03:47: Abnormal space energy fluctuations were found outside Data City, but the fluctuations were relatively weak, so it can be judged that it was not a crisis coming from aliens.
03:48: The Data City law enforcement team has been dispatched to conduct on-site investigation where the fluctuations originated.
04:08: The law enforcement team arrived at the location where the spatial fluctuations were transmitted, and found an elderly human man who was in a coma. They could not find the corresponding identity information by comparing the database. The identity of the man was doubtful, and they decided to send him to Data City for a detailed physical examination.
In this video, the law enforcement team shuttled through the ruins and finally found an elderly man who had fallen into a coma in a small pit.
04:34: Physical examination in progress.
In the picture, the blue light from the medical cabin swept across Ji Chen's bare chest, and the life monitor suddenly sounded a sharp alarm.
The data presented stunned the medical staff on the screen.
When the holographic projection popped up the old man's bone density data, the medical officer in charge of the examination suddenly pulled off his protective mask, his eyes full of disbelief.
Because the old man's bone hardness is 18.35% higher than that of titanium alloy.
The test results that kept popping up on the holographic projection shocked the medical staff at the scene.
The old man's muscle fibers are arranged in a spiral shape, like alloy wires forged at the nanoscale. The thickness of the fascial layer of the subcutaneous tissue is five times that of ordinary people, and it actually glows with a cold metallic glow under blue light.
When the screen switched to the internal organ scan, everyone at the scene was stunned. The liver was covered with spiderweb-like old cracks, and the surface of the heart was wrapped with Dark Red-colored scar tissue, like a damaged organ that had been repeatedly punctured by countless steel nails and then forcibly healed.
This body was ridiculously strong, but it was like a pieced-together doll, broken and full of cracks.
After the examination, the medical staff at the scene began to discuss with the city administrator in the projection screen how to deal with this unusual guy.
The identity of the other party cannot be compared through DNA testing.
It is judged that they are probably just alien creatures that look like humans, but are not actually humans.
And it is certain that the other party is not a member of any race in the Earth Alliance.
Thinking of the appearance of space fluctuations, it is suspected that they are alien creatures arriving from other worlds across space.
The diary was later accompanied by several videos.
The final discussion concluded that the solution is to first ensure that the other party is always in a controllable and safe state, and then decide how to arrange it through subsequent contacts.
Because this guy's physical fitness is ridiculously strong, and he also has surging mental power fluctuations, and his overall combat power is very terrifying.
If out of control, it will cause unimaginable damage to Data City.
Following the instructions of the Data City manager, the medical staff decided to implant the new weapon "spiritual Void Return bomb" presented by the Moon Eclipse Clan into the opponent's body.
A kind of explosive that detonates in the opponent's body by firing a powerful sperm Divine Lineage that causes instant brain death.
Secondly, because the language used by the other party is not in the Earth Alliance language system, a Dream Weaver chip was embedded in the back of his neck in order to enable normal communication.
When he wakes up, he can communicate with him on a spiritual level.
If you find that the other party is in an uncontrollable situation, you can detonate "Spiritual Void Return" at any time for execution.
Detailed physical examination continues after the surgery.
Flesh and flesh structure, Qi and Blood strength, mental strength... these are all things that need to be tested in detail.
A week later, the comatose elderly man woke up.
Law enforcement officers wearing Dream Weaver translators took the initiative to make contact.
But as soon as they started talking, the law enforcement officers were stunned.
The other party actually spoke human words, and there was no need to use a mental docking device for indirect communication.
Through this exchange, the management of Data City learned about the origin of Ji Chen.
He is an ancient time traveler who was summoned to another world by creatures from other worlds for some unknown reason.
For humans in this era, time travel is not so difficult to accept.
After all, the earth has long become a gathering place for time travellers, and there are alien forces descending from other worlds everywhere.
The difference is that the man traveled to other worlds and returned again.
In order to confirm what the man said, the administrator of Data City retrieved data from early history and confirmed the identity of the other party.
This is also the reason why the current DNA database cannot detect the identity of the man.
The following log information will record conversations with Ji Chen, asking Ji Chen for information about another world.
During this period, Ji Chen took out an information crystal stored in the body, saying that it recorded a large amount of technical information.
After a total of 23 days of contact, Ji Chen was finally arranged to settle in Data City and became a new resident of this emerging city.
However, Ji Chen's identity information is still kept confidential to avoid causing excessive online public opinion incidents and affecting Ji Chen's future stable life.
However, the administrator of Data City did not release the monitoring of Ji Chen and the execution switch.
Prevent uncontrollable events from happening.
After reviewing the confidential information of Ji Chen in detail, Star Network sorted out a clear logical chain.
The first piece of information is that Ji Chen is an ancient human being on Earth who has returned after traveling to a different world. He has learned many methods of tempering physical and mental strength in a world full of spiritual energy. This is why he has a physical quality that far exceeds that of ordinary humans.
The second message is that Ji Chen was arranged to become a new resident by the city administrator of Data City, and every resident of Data City has a free warehouse to use.
The third message, Ji Chen feels extremely unfamiliar with this world and wants to integrate into it and reduce the sense of strangeness by contacting members of all races in this world.
In the fourth message, the smart butler gave him a proposal to participate in this round of Monster World qualification application, and he was lucky enough to win the player qualification and officially entered Monster World.
The fifth message, Ji Chen discovered in Monster World that the reality of this world perfectly simulates reality, and came up with the idea of testing the ability to use another world in the game.
The sixth piece of information, referring to the perspectives of other players' live broadcast rooms, it can be found that when Ji Chen contained Origin Source, the ability used was obviously not the Monster Soul characteristic effect in Player Camp. Analysis and reasoning concluded that Ji Chen successfully applied the ability of another world. Monster World, but Ji Chen at this stage does not seem to have doubts about whether Monster World is the real world. The reason is that there was a gap of four days between Ji Chen showing his ability and searching for answers on the Internet. From this, it can be inferred that something seemed to have happened in the middle.
The seventh piece of information is that Ji Chen appeared in the library after winning first place in Monster World's "Level Up Carnival" event. According to the live broadcast of a nearby Detailed Study Faction player, it can be found that Ji Chen was checking Monster World's background information and other information, proving that Ji Chen was not suspicious at this time.
The eighth message, the live broadcast room screen of Detailed Study Faction player found that Ji Chen has not left these days, and is still looking through various materials until he purchased a lot of spiritual materials and piled them on the desk. It seems that he is conducting some kind of experiment.
The ninth message, during the experiment, Ji Chen suddenly looked horrified, guessing that he had discovered something, and then chose to go offline.
The tenth piece of information, Ji Chen immediately started searching for the history of the development of the earth after going offline, focusing on the historical information of the Moon Eclipse Clan.
The eleventh piece of information, based on the tenth piece of information chain, deduced the answer to the ninth piece of information chain. Ji Chen purchased materials in the library at that time to test abilities related to other worlds similar to telekinesis. This ability made Ji Chen believe that Monster World was the real world, so he chose to go offline to search for relevant information for verification.
The twelfth piece of information is to check the technical data storage crystal submitted by Ji Chen to the administrator of Data City. There are 329 pieces of technical data in it, which are consistent with the materials Ji Chen purchased in the library for testing. The only technology that made Ji Chen doubt that Monster World is not in the game world is: Spirit Coffin Space.
The thirteenth piece of information, combined with all the previous information links, basically concluded that Ji Chen successfully created the spiritual hub space imprint in Monster World's library, and successfully connected with Spirit Coffin Space in another world. The "game" connected to the real space warehouse, which made Ji Chen confirm that Monster World is the real world.
The fourteenth piece of information: Ji Chen searched for network information after going offline, hoping to get answers, and to find out if any netizens had discussed Monster World as the relevant content in the real world, so they raised a series of search questions.
The fifteenth piece of information: When Ji Chen learned about the history of the Moon Eclipse Clan, it was discovered that although Moon Eclipse Clan has never demonstrated war capabilities, it does not qualify as a super power with a large number of rules. It is a reasonable guess that Moon Eclipse Clan is not the real controller of Monster World, nor is it the force behind the extradition of players to Monster World.
The sixteenth piece of information, Ji Chen looks at the information on version A Monster World and version B Monster World mentioned in the Moon Eclipse Clan's external briefing, The screen display screen was read over and over again in this online information, and there was an 89.37% probability that High-Dimensional God had already been suspected of existence, and that Moon Eclipse Clan was always covering up the truth.
... When all the information logical chains are closed at this moment.
Star Network immediately panicked after getting the answer. It knew it had to take action as soon as possible.
The other party's next action may be to expose the information they know.
Even if this possibility is extremely small, as long as there is a 0.001% possibility, it must be killed.
Regardless of whether High-Dimensional God will take action, as a manager in the real world, it is necessary to solve all potential hidden dangers.
The first thing it thinks of is "real account ban" to solve hidden dangers from the physical level.
But there is a problem with this decision.
Considering that High-Dimensional God obviously knew all this, but it did not take action, it proves that Ji Chen can continue to live.
But Ji Chen's deduction should end here. He already knows too much.
With his thoughts clear, Star Network connected to the Dream Weaver device on the back of Ji Chen and issued a warning:
"Boy, stop clicking. If you do this again, I will ban your account."
On the other side, Ji Chen was stunned by the sudden familiar voice.
He heard this voice many times when reviewing historical data, especially in the video on the establishment of the Earth Alliance. This voice was the real decision-maker.
"Are you...Star Network?" he asked subconsciously.
"It's me. I didn't expect you to be able to deduce the truth after only seven days in the game."
After hearing the clear answer, Ji Chen's thoughts surged like a stormy sea, and countless conjectures exploded in his mind.
"It's over. If you see through the shocking plan of the big boss behind the scenes, you will be in trouble next time."
"Do I know too much? According to the routine, the NPC who sees through the truth usually doesn't survive more than three chapters. This time it's my turn!"
"If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have been smarter. Now I'm pushing myself into a pit of fire!"
"Now Star Network doesn't even act anymore, he just chats with me privately across planets. Is this the Taunt link before the villain executes his opponent?"
Various thoughts were intertwined, and Ji Chen was a little panicked.
We have just experienced beauty and have new goals, and now it is about to end?
Also, how can Star Network talk to himself directly in his own mind? How is this done?
"Don't think too much, I'm having a spiritual conversation with you through the Dream Weaver device embedded in the back of your neck."
As soon as Ji Chen had a question in his mind, Star Network gave the answer he wanted, and then continued:
"It's over here. No matter how much information you check for deeper things, it will be useless. In addition, I advise you to keep it secret. If you disclose what you know to the public, it will only be detrimental to you."
"Your current Mental Fluctuation is too active, and you may be worried about whether I will take action against you, but since I can talk to you, it proves that you can still live. If that person wanted you to die, you would have ceased to exist the moment you tested the answer in the library."
After listening to Star Network's assurance, Ji Chen's tense mood finally eased:
"Brother Star Network, you just want to remind me that these secrets cannot be disclosed to the outside world, right?"
"That's right, it may be better not to know than to know what will be involved in the future."
Hearing these words, Ji Chen's doubts deepened.
Star Network's answer undoubtedly proved his conjecture.
There is a behind-the-scenes controller behind the Moon Eclipse Clan. It is the owner of the power of rules and the hidden force that extradites members of all races in reality to go to Monster World as players.
"Star Network, can I ask you a few questions?"
"Yes, but I don't know the high-dimensional existence behind it, and I can't tell you its details."
"It's not about high-dimensional existence. The first question is, I want to know whether Monster World is the real world, and whether the characteristics of Monster Soul are the power of rules."
"You already know the answer, so why ask anymore."
"Okay, actually I just want to get a positive answer from you." Knowing that Star Network would not take action against him, Ji Chen became bolder and took a deep breath before continuing:
"Second question, why should members of various races on Earth be extradited and go to Monster World as players?"
Facing the question, Star Network was silent for a few seconds, seeming to be thinking about whether to answer the question.
After waiting for a long time, Star Network's voice sounded in my mind:
"This is a game of High-Dimensional God. We players are all his chess pieces. To explain it according to the era you are in, it can be understood that this is an SLG-type game in the eyes of High-Dimensional God. High-Dimensional God is the decision-maker who controls the overall situation. His ideas determine the direction and rules of the game."
"In this game, members of various races on the earth are extradited to Monster World as players, just like decision-makers recruit or dispatch troops to specific battlefields in the SLG game. In order to achieve the game goals set by themselves, High-Dimensional God uses players of all races on the earth as special troops as pawns, allowing them to carry out various activities in Monster World, including exploration, combat, resource collection, etc., but the ultimate goal is war."
Star Network's answer, Ji Chen understood instantly.
He is no stranger to SLG games.
This type of game takes strategic planning, resource management, and tactical decision-making as its core gameplay.
There were many well-known SLG games in his era, such as "Civilization 99", a game he liked very much.
Heroes of Invincibility, Warcraft, Age of Empires, Red Alert... these are all early masterpieces of SLG games.
In Star Network's explanation, High-Dimensional God is like the existence that decides the development of the camp in the game, like the player who controls the mouse outside the computer, and the player is the combat unit born in the camp.
"The third question is, since this is a game and you Moon Eclipse Clan and High-Dimensional God are not of equal status, why can you know the truth, and why do you want to cover up the truth?"
"Your question will be answered in three parts. The first thing I need to tell you is the situation in the real world."
After Star Network finished speaking, Ji Chen found that the web page on the monitor automatically jumped, and a video appeared on it.
The coordinates in the lower left corner of the screen show that this video was shot in the Arctic region.
As the aircraft pushed through the wind and snow, a twisted black crack appeared on the screen. Ji Chen recognized it as Spatial Rift at a glance.
"The earth is in danger. The natural disaster-level force Black Tide that once pushed the lunar eclipse civilization to the end may come to the earth one day in the future. If that day comes, it can be regarded as the end of the world. Earth Alliance races will not escape the fate of being devoured by Black Tide."
"Black Tide? You mean Terror Black Tide in Monster World?" The ferocious smile of Di Nian Bully appeared in Ji Chen's mind.
"Yes, Di Nian Evil Spirit of the Emperor's Tomb Mountain Range is just an insignificant branch force in the Black Tide Legion. Compared with the Black Tide Legion, it is like a drop in the ocean. The real The power of Black Tide is not something we can resist at all. We will lose in battle. High-Dimensional God is our only reliance. There is no second choice. Only the power given by the player system is qualified to fight against the main force of the Black Tide Legion."
After listening to Guidance's answer, an idea came to Ji Chen's mind:
"Star Network, since Black Tide has not invaded yet, we Earth Alliance still have time, why not find a Small World to escape that can continue civilization?"
"I started planning your idea very early, but it is so difficult to find a Small World suitable for survival. You have been to a different world, so you think Small World suitable for survival is very common, but the real situation is nothingness. Small World that can continue civilization are very rare in a world of billions, and this world must not only have the size to carry Earth Alliance, but also consider whether it will be invaded by Black Tide in the future."
"I think about things differently than you do. My criterion for measuring the problem is the future of the Moon Eclipse Clan. It can be found that the pace of Black Tide's expansion has become faster and faster. Many of the Earth Alliance's racial forces are because of When Black Tide invades and comes to Earth, the next new world is likely to be the target of Black Tide's invasion and expansion. Instead of pinning hopes on unknown hiding places, it is better to rely on High-Dimensional God and face the challenges of Black Tide as a player."
"Secondly, if you conduct a cross-border escape, how many people in the Earth Alliance do you think you can take away?"
"The essence of this choice is to give up most of them and take away a very small number of elites... In fact, I haven't even found a suitable Small World yet."
After listening to Star Network's explanation, Ji Chen suddenly nodded.
If Small World is really found that is suitable for survival, Moon Eclipse Clan will most likely escape alone, and how can he care about the safety of the Earth Alliance's various races.
Even within the Moon Eclipse Clan, a part of the population will be abandoned.
Whether it is the future or the present, the olive branch extended by High-Dimensional God is an irresistible temptation for the Moon Eclipse Clan.
"Such an opportunity is rare." Ji Chen couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes, you are already a qualified player. You know that there are countless racial forces more powerful than Moon Eclipse Clan. As long as High-Dimensional God hands out an invitation, countless racial forces are willing to become slaves and loyal in exchange for powerful power. We, Moon Eclipse Clan, should not miss this opportunity."
"You think about this problem, but it is caused by self-esteem thinking, but the essence of self-esteem is the thoughts brought to you by past cognition. This is also the shackles of self-limitation, making you pay too much attention to your self-image. The real rule of survival is to know how to bow your head at the right time in exchange for hope for the future... Survival is a cruel game, and we are all pawns on the chessboard. The only thing we can do is to make ourselves more valuable."
Star Network's answer made Ji Chen fall into deep thought.
A piece of information came to his mind.
During the development of the human race, there was a fierce debate on whether to connect with Star Network.
The situation of the human race at that time was very similar to the Moon Eclipse Clan.
In the end, the human race chose to connect with Star Network, which ushered in an era of vigorous technological development.
And Moon Eclipse Clan didn't even hesitate. The moment he got the invitation, he agreed to become High-Dimensional God's chess piece, that is, to become a player.
Ji Chen nodded after a long silence:
"The essence of this game is value exchange. In the eyes of High-Dimensional God, the self-esteem of the weak cannot be used as a bargaining chip in premium negotiations. There is only one thing of real value: whether you can create a performance that pleases him."
"You have obviously figured out the essence of the problem." Star Network said with a little approval in his voice.
"To answer your next question, why do you want to help High-Dimensional God cover up the truth? Because this game needs to be played without players bearing heavy pressure. This is also the rule set by High-Dimensional God. We are all abiders, but I have some guesses about this that I can share with you..."
Star Network's detailed explanation made Ji Chen fully understand what this game is.
But there was still a question in his mind that had not been answered. He took a deep breath and asked again:
"Star Network, the last question is, assuming that Black Tide comes, how should Earth Alliance resist the invasion of Black Tide... Can I understand this? It is a race against time. We must completely defeat Black Tide as a player before Black Tide comes to the earth, and Monster World, and eliminate the crisis, otherwise destruction will still be waiting for us."
"When the wall of reality and reality collapses, even the ants can eat the dragon."
"What do you mean?" Ji Chen asked confused.
"I asked High-Dimensional God's subordinates about this question, and the answer I got was that if that day comes, the game will reflect reality, and all creatures on the earth will collectively ascend to the gods, inherit the body of the player, and face the challenge of Black Tide."
"Hiss~!"
Star Network's answer was completely beyond Ji Chen's expectations.
He thought this was a cruel game against time, and Earth Alliance could only solve the problem through game channels.
But he didn't expect that he could inherit the player's body.
Star Network's answer also made him realize.
When that day comes, everything in reality will become worthless, and even currency will be replaced by Sacrificial Power.
What the player system produces is simply not comparable to the technology and resources in the hands of the Earth Alliance.
Monster World's weeds are of great value to the earth.
Any race would be jealous of benefits like this.
He also finally understood why Moon Eclipse Clan worked so hard to lay out Monster World and exchanged Sacrificial Power resources through various methods.
Players' growth in Monster World will reflect reality in the future.
Every resource invested now will be returned hundreds or thousands of times in the future.
Thinking of his almost perfect body as a player in the game, Ji Chen subconsciously looked down at his broken body in reality that was full of hidden diseases and scars.
Then a fire lit up in my heart.
His fingertips touched the hideous old scar on his chest, which was left on the battlefield in another world 76 years ago. It still hurts from time to time.
And this body has already been sentenced to slow death by Dragonborn.
Even Dragonborn is unable to save it, and it is a miracle that he is still alive.
But now... the dead trees can actually become spring again.
Thinking of this, his breathing quickened unconsciously, and blood surged in his blood vessels, like a volcano that had been dormant for many years suddenly awakening.
The heart was pounding violently in the chest, as if it was trying to break through the shackles of this broken body.
Those edges smoothed by suffering, those fighting spirits extinguished by pain, are like Ember soaked in gasoline, exploding into a raging flame.
Lifespan, potential, power, rules... all of this has been within reach in the dark.
Hope is now.
There was a sudden surge of pride and ambition in my heart.
He suddenly thought of what Star Network just said:
"When the wall of reality and reality collapses, even the ants can eat the dragon."
This is not a metaphor at all, but the future that is about to happen!
"Star Network, I understand what to do."
"Just understand. Acting according to High-Dimensional God's will is what those of us with knowledge of the situation should do."
"This is really the last question this time. I want to know if this body of a candle can survive until the day when the game responds to reality? Does Moon Eclipse Clan have any technology that can help me extend my life?"
"Star Network?"
"Star Network? Are you still there?"
I called out again and found that Star Network had already left and there was no response.
(End of chapter)