Heavenly Myth's crushing defeat sent Oracle's entire Huaxia Server into an uproar. Whether on the forums or in the game channels, everyone was discussing the battle.
The strength Dustseal had displayed in that battle left everyone utterly shocked. It was fair to say that his power had seriously upset the game's balance.
Many major guilds could no longer sit still. Soon, they joined forces with countless small and medium-sized guilds to pressure the developers into banning Dustseal's account. Yet even under pressure from tens of millions of people, the developers gave no response whatsoever.
Finally, with certain parties pulling strings behind the scenes, many players began clamoring to quit and demanding refunds for their Gaming Helmets.
This did elicit an official response, but the reply left everyone dumbfounded.
"You're free to quit. Gaming Helmets are bound items and cannot be refunded once used, as clearly stated at the time of purchase. Dustseal's account has committed no violations, and we have no authority to ban it!"
The response was clearly unacceptable to them. However, the developers remained firm, refusing to budge no matter how much of a fuss those players made.
In the end, the matter fizzled out. Those who had threatened to quit never actually brought themselves to leave. The game had already become every player's second world, and anyone who had experienced it simply couldn't give it up.
When Wu Shaozhen learned about this, he merely smiled. He had anticipated this outcome long ago. Once he discovered that abilities from the game could be brought into reality, he knew that these so-called developers had no power to interfere with anything inside the game. They didn't even know what the game truly meant. After studying the Central Brain for so many years, all they had managed to produce were Game-Connecting