The Ninth Patriarch invaded their minds, and the player chat erupted.
"The Ninth Patriarch of the Righteousness Sect invaded our consciousness?"
"What's going on? What kind of futuristic tech is this now?"
"The Game Company can send our consciousness into bodies in the game. Adding a little something to that consciousness seems perfectly normal!"
"Not normal at all. Sure, the Game Company provides the bodies, and I can accept it occasionally taking control away from me. But controlling our consciousness is outrageous. Our thoughts belong to us. Forcing things into our heads is basically raping our minds..."
"The moment we lie down in the gaming pods, our bodies are already out of our control. Forget raping our minds. If the Game Company puts poison in the nutrient solution, we're dead anyway."
"It's not about whether we survive. The Game Company is violating our human rights..."
"You can choose not to play. They gave you a free game account, and you can use it to make money. I don't see anything wrong with them dropping something into your thoughts to make the game more interesting..."
"This is what realism means. If Immortal Techniques didn't work on players because of human rights and privacy, that would be unreasonable."
"You people think this doesn't matter?"
"What's the difference between having images put in your head and hearing or seeing them yourself? Buddy, if you want a peaceful, happy life, you can't overthink everything. The Game Company's futuristic tech isn't something ordinary mortals like us can understand."
"In movies, they implant chips straight into people's brains, and robots use those chips to control humanity. That's much scarier..."
"If you want freedom and human rights, go back to primitive living. Then one artillery shell comes flying over, and forget freedom—you won't even have your