"Shut up!"
The professor, lying in his hospital bed, sternly interrupted the students' bickering.
The young man cleared his throat, getting back into the groove of telling a ghost story, and began again:
"We have discovered an unknown type of radiation appearing in this world..."
Two minutes later, the two shakily handed over the handwritten notes they had prepared before setting off and what they had just written in a state of heightened emotion.
At this moment, they were all extremely panicked, and for a moment they felt that their brains were unable to think normally.
The young man grabbed the few pieces of paper and ran out of the ward.
Fifteen minutes later.
What were the comparison results?
As the middle-aged man in black led his team back into the ward, the professor, who was lying idly on the bed, asked...
Beside him, two students looked helplessly in the direction of the middle-aged man.
Despite being in a hospital, the two reluctantly gave a basic report verbally, and unsurprisingly, were scolded. Now they stand beside the hospital bed, hunched over like two quails.
The middle-aged man found a chair, sat down casually, and began reading the report in his hand while puffing on an Ignite cigarette:
"Apart from sample Number Two, which is the document you submitted while you were emotionally agitated, the other five are all without any problems."
The three, master and disciples, fell silent upon hearing this.
At least one thing is certain: " World of Disorder " has brought humanity a second impact besides high-quality sleep—a kind of radiation whose nature and effects are unknown.
But none of the three were very happy.
It feels as eerie as robbing a bank in a game but being wanted by the police in the real world.
They exchanged a few silent glances, unsure of what to say.
After a while, Li Yu spoke first:
"Next time I upgrade, I'll allocate points to [ Psionic Energy Compatibility ], and then conduct another experiment to confirm."
"But you already know about this, and your psychological threshold has been raised. It's hard for you to get into that excited state again, unless you can really activate that kind of Psionic Energy, and in the real world no less."
Li Yu sighed helplessly:
"That's true, so are there any other methods?"
The junior looked at those pretentious guys in black coats in early autumn:
"You... are you from the official side?"
"Could we... find out who's playing that game? Or maybe we could go and try contacting the Psionic Energy there?"
"After all, most people would get emotional seeing guys like you. This is the first time. Tell them the truth again, and this is the second time. It's that simple."
"It's not simple."
The middle-aged man shook his head:
"To be honest, all player information is protected by the game's official team. Even if it's posted on other platforms, as long as the ID is related to the game content, it will be protected. It's also very difficult to pinpoint the specific IP address. It's like there's a ghost on the internet protecting every player."
"It wasn't like this at first. We had just found a player who seemed fairly reliable when almost all the subsequent leads went cold."
That's why the professor and the two of you are so important.
Junior student Lü Yang nodded and said thoughtfully:
"How about we look for volunteers in the game? I know a guy who's really good at being a guinea pig... oh, he's not interested in Psionic Energy."
"Alright, it seems this experiment can only be conducted once in the short term. However, the results of one experiment are enough to illustrate a lot. As for what happens after that..."
"Etc."
The middle-aged man in black suddenly interrupted him, handing the screen in his hand to the other man:
"Captain, look at this."
The screen displays a photograph of a young woman with delicate features and a radiant smile. In stark contrast to her smile is the horrifying scene of World of Disorder in the background.
Is there a problem?
"Yes, I just compared them, and it seems this person is using... their real-life face in the game."
In the real world, in a group chat.
"Really, bro? Do you really have an activation code?"
"Trust me, Bao Zhen's brother. My second uncle works in the game development team, and he told me that the official team is currently using scarcity marketing, buying views like crazy, just to make it so that everyone can see it but not touch it, but a small number of activation codes are still being released."
"That's amazing?"
"Of course, you can't let people starve to death with scarcity marketing, right? But this price..."
"Tell me, how much?"
"One price of ten thousand, guaranteed to teach you until you learn. If you can't get me started, come and cut me."
"... Okay, send me the payment method."
"Handsome, I like your straightforward personality."
bite!
The " World of Disorder Closed Beta Recruitment Group " has been disbanded.
"Ah?"
The man in front of the screen stared blankly at the suddenly vanished group chat, feeling as if a ring of tangible question marks was swirling around his head.
In addition to the notification that the group chat had been disbanded, a scrolling message warning of scams appeared on the screen in front of me.
"What does this mean? Have I been scammed?"
The young man in front of the computer scratched his head in confusion:
"The money hasn't even been transferred yet. If it's really a scam, who discovered it?"
Thousands of kilometers away, on the other end of the computer.
In the dimly lit room, a middle-aged man with disheveled hair sprayed a mouthful of drink onto the screen in front of him.
As a professional con artist, he has continuously iterated his tactics over the past decade.
From health supplements to physiotherapy devices, from anti-aging surgeries to cheat trading, he has left his mark both offline and online, but he has never had a mishap.
Since learning about the game " World of Disorder " two weeks ago, he has put in a lot of effort to collect information about the game in the real world.
After some investigation, he discovered that Odin Game Company might not actually exist, and he had not gathered any useful information.
For most players, the non-existence of a game company would be confusing, but for scammers, the non-existence of a game company provides them with a great deal of room to maneuver.
A middle-aged man successfully exploited information loopholes to create the identity of a relative of a mole within the game company. This mole was sometimes his maternal uncle, sometimes his cousin...
Under this cover, the man set up more than a dozen group chats and put a large number of bot users in them. He relied on these bots to play along so that the messages he sent in the group chats would not arouse suspicion.
After all, people tend to conform. If everyone else in the group thinks there's no problem, then if you think there's a problem, you'll feel very out of place.
On the other hand, those who are fooled by such tricks might actually have some issues...
That man was the first fish he had caught, and he was about to haul in the net.
If this person agrees to pay 10,000 yuan for that damn activation code, the next person will dare to ask for 20,000 yuan. Anyway, there's no such thing as repeat customers when it comes to scams; once it's a one-off deal, they'll ask for an exorbitant Lion.