Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 107 - 102: Special Visitor Privileges (Thanks to Xia Someone for the Alliance Hierarch’s reward)

Chapter 107: Chapter 102: Special Visitor Privileges (Thanks to Xia Someone for the Alliance Hierarch’s reward)

In the Return Order Space where Du Gang was located.

"For this Su Chengbai, how do you plan to deal with him?

"He’s been spouting nonsense online, attacking ’Dark Sand,’ and has attracted widespread attention.

"Although many players and scholars have spontaneously refuted his claims, there indeed are some people with a half-baked understanding of history who have been taken in by his rhetoric.

"The impact is very negative.

"I think for such a person, it would be better to ban him in reality and pursue his responsibility by the way."

Du Gang looked toward Beichen, reasserting his own opinion.

Actually, as early as a week before, when Su Chengbai posted his first tweet, Du Gang had already taken notice and had sought out Beichen.

Although in reality this fell within Du Gang’s scope of work, since it involved the game ’Dark Sand,’ the opinion of Beichen, the authentic Return Order member, was also very important.

But the response Beichen gave him a week ago was to let Su Chengbai jump around for a couple more days.

For now, do not take any action against him, do not ban him, and do not have an official response to refute his claims, just quietly watch his performance.

After a week, Beichen would provide a proper solution.

Now that a week had passed, Du Gang was still somewhat worried, so he came to Beichen again for confirmation, wanting to know how exactly to resolve the issue of Su Chengbai.

Beichen said, "Actually, up to this point, we still cannot be sure whether Su Chengbai is under the secret influence of demons, or if he has ulterior motives, or perhaps both.

"If he is under the secret influence of demons, then our first task is to eliminate this hidden danger. After all, killing a Su Chengbai could result in the demon’s influence perhaps moving onto someone else, addressing the symptoms and not the root cause.

"Moreover, such matters are better resolved by draining than by blocking.

"Indeed, many ordinary people are very susceptible to deception, and if we ban Su Chengbai, those unaware of the truth might feel he is being targeted or silenced. It’s better to make Su Chengbai truly realize his mistake from the heart, so that the entire chain he has brought about can be broken.

"Exposing his disgrace in full view of the public is far more meaningful than a simple banishment."

Du Gang clearly agreed with Beichen’s statement but still had some concerns.

"Hmm, spiritual transformation is much more difficult and meaningful than physical elimination, and of course, there’s no problem with that. But how easy is spiritual transformation?

"People like him have already formed a solid cocoon of information through constant self-hypnosis, a defense line constructed by flawed logic, which might even be more robust than the average person’s defense.

"It’d be difficult to make him admit his wrong."

Beichen gave a slight smile, "No worries, there are plenty of ways."

...

At this time, in a villa in one of the country’s first-tier cities.

Su Chengbai was in front of the computer in his study, drafting a new tweet.

"Many people are refuting my point that the ’Eastern Barbarians were mostly local fishermen in the first place,’ saying that the historical records clearly document the chaos caused by the Eastern Barbarians, and how can I spout such nonsense?

"I’m not spouting nonsense at all. To those who ask me this question, you say that the chaos caused by the Eastern Barbarians is a matter of historical record, then how many historical texts have you yourself read?

"Can you explain the meaning of these few sentences from the historical records?

"’For the chaos of the Eastern Barbarians, there were thirteen thieves, whereas seventeen were rebels from within the country,’ ’true thieves were not more than two or three out of ten,’ ’upon inquiry, the true Barbarian kind from the islands of the Barbarians’ State was not more than a few hundreds, and there were indeed many fugitives from the mainland’...

"Various such records, some appearing in official historical materials, some from notes of the ministers who suppressed the pirates at the time, so when I say that the Eastern Barbarian pirates were mostly local fishermen, is there a problem?

"Therefore, as depicted in the movie version of ’Dark Sand,’ the idea of over a hundred Eastern Barbarian pirates attacking a small county town and then getting annihilated is simply not very likely. Most of them should actually be fisherman pirates from the Great Sheng Dynasty.

"Lastly, I advise everyone to read more, to think independently, so as not to be deceived by others."

After editing, Su Chengbai proudly clicked the "Send" button.

During this period, his remarks had indeed stirred up a lot of controversy online, and while there was much criticism, he also had a large group of fans truly supporting him.

And he was really enjoying this feeling.

However, not long after this tweet was sent out, he noticed he had received an @ message.

Normally, he wouldn’t care, being a Weibo influencer he received countless messages every day, but upon closer inspection, he found this situation to be different, as this message was highlighted, definitely not the usual interaction from ordinary users.

Su Chengbai clicked in with some curiosity and was surprised to discover that it was a Weibo post from Dark Sand’s official account!

"Su Chengbai, we have opened a special visitor status for you, so you can enter Dark Sand and see with your own eyes the history you want to understand, to verify your own ideas."

The message had only been out for a short while, and its popularity was rapidly increasing.

Su Chengbai was stunned.

What did this mean? The official Dark Sand account had given me inside testing privilege?

Wasn’t the inside testing privilege said to be extremely scarce? The kind that even the most veteran players couldn’t get no matter how hard they tried, and it was just handed to me?

Indeed, as a cultural figure with a decent reputation, even the game’s officials had to show me some respect and wouldn’t dare to directly confront me!

Su Chengbai felt a sense of pride welling up within him for no reason.

However, the officials didn’t use any honorific language, indicating they had no intention of admitting they were wrong. Inviting Su Chengbai into the game seemed more like a challenge.

Do they have the confidence that the content in the game will conquer me?

Ha, what a joke!

He immediately composed a new Weibo reply: "No problem. I’ll go in now to discover more flaws and expose you all!"

Su Chengbai was quite wealthy, and although his VR headset had been gathering dust for some time, he was able to find it.

He was just lamenting that he had nothing to do that evening and immediately prepared himself, full of ambition, to enter the world of Dark Sand.

However, he didn’t notice a particular term used in the official Weibo post of Dark Sand.

It wasn’t "inside testing privilege," but "special visitor status!"

...

After putting on the VR headset, Su Chengbai quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Soon, he felt as if he were adrift in a chaotic stream of time and space, floating along with the current, drifting toward an unknown destination.

But soon, he felt the chaotic flow of time and space around him slow down, and a special page appeared before him.

This was... a very long and complicated set of terms and conditions.

"Is this the user agreement for the game?

"I haven’t heard other players discuss it.

"Forget it, it must be the same as other games, probably just disclaimers and regulations about account management."

Su Chengbai wasn’t concerned and directly used his thoughts to scroll to the bottom, then clicked [Agree].

The agreements were too numerous in games like these; it was a waste of time to read each one. Furthermore, if you didn’t agree with the terms, you couldn’t enter the game, and without entering the game, how could you find the flaws to confront the officials?

Then, the chaotic flow of time and space around him continued its motion.

After a short time, Su Chengbai found himself in a completely new place.

Everything around him felt so real.

Su Chengbai looked around bewilderedly. He was in the midst of a battle formation, surrounded by soldiers like himself. The soldiers were wearing simple, dirt-yellow cross-collar armor, with only their torsos protected.

These cross-collar armors had nails on them, used to secure the armor pieces hidden within the cotton armor, but the protective effect was obviously not very good.

As for their heads, there were no helmets, only red headbands with the words "Great Sheng Heavenly Soldiers" written on the back.

And on the hillside opposite, there stood a band of Eastern Barbarian bandits.

A quick scan revealed hundreds of them!

Su Chengbai then looked down at himself, finding that he was also wearing the same cloth armor as the other soldiers, and in his hand was an extraordinarily ordinary long spear.

As for what many players mentioned, about getting the physical abilities of the characters they played in Dark Sand, he couldn’t feel it at all.

It seemed to be no different from his physical abilities in reality.

Obviously, his status was not the same type as the other players.

But Su Chengbai no longer had time to think so much, because the Eastern Barbarian bandits on the opposite hillside had already started yelling and charging over!

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