The institute's staff promptly noticed something wrong with Liu Siting and the others. They immediately sent people to confine them and urged them to log out of the game and get some rest.
But Liu Siting and the others were not tired at all. They kept insisting, "I don't need to log out. There's nothing wrong with me!"
"If you won't give us the materials, we'll farm them ourselves!"
Looking at their bloodshot eyes, the team leader had no choice but to log out himself and report the situation in the real world.
Once the institute learned what had happened, its staff physically disconnected Liu Siting and the other seven from the network.
These volunteers had come to the institute to play in its professional gaming pods, so the institute could safely suspend their access to the game at any time.
After being disconnected, all eight returned to reality.
Outside the gaming pods, researchers came in person to meet them and saw Liu Siting emerge with displeasure written all over her face.
Despite her dissatisfaction, her clearance was not as high as the old man's, and she was promptly escorted to a psychologist for treatment.
The psychologist found the documents before her utterly absurd.
Just yesterday, an unidentified ghost had appeared in the beginner village and issued players a quest called "Worship the Evil God Cthulhu."
This was not the first time the quest had appeared. According to rumors from some top veteran players, the "Worship Cthulhu" quest had existed for several days, but no one had completed it.
The institute's players had taken it very seriously and followed the quest instructions to advance, but few had been able to finish it.
Only eight players had successfully completed the quest and obtained the "Evil God Cultist" class. An exclusive quest