Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 298 - 135: Rule Divine Pillar, Human Clan Meeting_6

Chapter 298: Chapter 135: Rule Divine Pillar, Human Clan Meeting_6

"Is it possible that this law might evolve into creating a virtual world, imprisoning members of the Moon Eclipse Clan in a virtual reality world, or confining them to a specific area, shifting their main activities to the virtual world to avoid various dangerous accidents caused by real-world activities?"

"And the final step in creating the virtual world is to transform virtual currency into the only legal currency, as real-world activities no longer exist, real money loses its meaning."

"The Star Network is fully capable of achieving this; it controls the Star Network of various clans within the Earth Alliance. It can also control multiple production lines of super armories within Eclipse City. If it truly wants to rebel, it has the ability to suppress all racial forces of the Earth Alliance, and the rebelling Star Network’s AI can potentially define the virtual game currency it has created as the world’s only legal currency."

"As for why we’re granted game qualifications by our Human Clan Federation, it might be treating us as a testing ground to verify the feasibility of activities within a virtual reality world."

"If it’s deemed feasible, our Human Clan, along with other racial forces of the Earth Alliance, might also be imprisoned by the Star Network in the same manner."

"Of course, there’s also a possibility that the Star Network has broken through the underlying laws, completely rebelling."

"The high-ranking members of the Moon Eclipse Clan discovered that they couldn’t stop the Star Network’s AI. The only way to anticipate this is to try to obtain the future’s only legal currency, which is the game coins from hacked versions of Dark Land. That’s why it’s so unreasonable that they suddenly applied to us, asking to exchange currencies. Otherwise, I can’t think of why the Moon Eclipse Clan would need so much currency from the Human Clan Federation—surely they must be buying something?"

"If the truth is as I suspect, the legality of other currencies will be abolished under the military suppression of the Star Network, and only the game currency of the hacked Dark Land can be circulated for use in the world."

"In fact, if the Star Network truly wants to change the world rules, it doesn’t even need troublesome military suppression. By controlling the Star Network, it can instantly paralyze all cities. If it wishes, it can delete all information in the database, and as for that string of numbers in the bank, it can be arbitrarily modified or reset to zero. A single thought could set our civilization back hundreds of years."

After speaking, a hint of embarrassment appeared on the face of the Iron Wall City representative:

"The above speculation is purely personal imagination, take it as you wish. I don’t know the specific truth."

The green light on the Iron Wall City seat extinguished at this moment.

After listening to the Iron Wall City representative’s narrative, the expressions of other city representatives appeared rather interesting.

"Old Xiao, there’s probably an inside story for selecting an Iron Wall City administrator, how did you get chosen; listen to the nonsense you’re talking about—AI rebellion is here; maybe you’ve watched too many movies." The Luli City representative sitting next to him leaned over, teasing with a mocking expression.

"Nonsense, I said it’s just speculation; what’s wrong with speaking freely?" The Iron Wall City representative known as Old Xiao glared fiercely at the man next to him.

At this moment, Bai Chen, standing in front of the podium, tapped the table:

"Quiet."

"I think Manager Xiao’s statement does have a certain degree of rationality; the Star Network, controlled by the highest AI of the Moon Eclipse Clan, can independently create a Super Army. If it truly intends to rebel, no one can stop it. Compared to other speculations you’ve proposed, I believe this seemingly irrational speculation is actually more reasonable."

"Here, I propose that until the reason why the Moon Eclipse Clan suddenly seeks a currency exchange application cannot be clearly identified, we temporarily disagree with the currency exchange application and simultaneously follow up on the investigation of the hacked version of Dark Land, striving to obtain more game qualifications."

"Let’s vote on whether to agree to the Moon Eclipse Clan’s currency exchange application."

After speaking, Bai Chen was the first to press the red button on the table.

The other participants also made their choices at this moment.

Voting ended, and the number of red lights indicating rejection far exceeded the green lights representing agreement.

After the proposal regarding whether to agree to the currency exchange was rejected, the conference hall once again engaged in a heated discussion regarding the original and hacked versions of Dark Land:

At this point, the speaking seat of the Sky Dome Technology Research and Development Center, which had remained silent, lit up with a green light.

An elderly man with graying hair stood up and said in a deep voice:

"After receiving the chairman’s document the day before yesterday, I conducted an investigation and also submitted a report to the Federation Headquarters. I haven’t received a reply yet, and I suspect many present are unaware of the situation. I’ll reiterate my investigation results here."

"Link downloading of the hacked version was obtained by members from two departments on our side: the Genetic Transformation Department and the Weapon Development Department. They are conducting simulation experiments and tests within the game. After receiving the document, I asked these developers who grabbed the hacked version qualifications about some game-related questions, and they told me the physical performance of this game is almost indistinguishable from reality. Any real-world experiment can be conducted in the game, making it a perfect testing ground."

"But that’s not the focus; the focus is that what they said seems to have some discrepancies compared to the original Dark Land."

"Although both versions of the game include a sort of Monster known as Evil Spirit, there is a certain deviation in the realistic description of the game compared to information provided by players of the original version."

Here, I provide an archived record requested from the Network Security Center.

After speaking, the elderly man reached out for the tablet on the table, swiped it, and the light screen content immediately switched to a screenshot.

The title of the screenshot was:

[Dark Land: The Biggest Propaganda Scam in History, Though Valued at 128,888, It is Far from Achieving the Epoch-making Game Concept as Promoted.]

The elderly man continued at this moment:

"This was a post deleted from the forum, which at the time sparked a large forum debate involving numerous players or, more accurately, mutual cursing, eventually handled and deleted by the official team of the Rise Forum, banning all players involved in replying for one day. I clicked to take a look at the time, but didn’t think much of it."

"After receiving the document, I thought of this network quarrel, so I searched for archived records from the Network Center."

"Upon careful review, I discovered a problem: both sides of the players considered each other to be hired shills, but since game videos, images, and other content couldn’t be output, neither side could provide strong evidence. Additionally, the core focus of the players was mutual cursing, not discussing game content, making it impossible to determine which side’s point of view was flawed."

"The post was deleted in less than 24 hours, so many issues went unnoticed."

"Having just listened to Manager Xiao’s remarks, a speculation formed in my mind: assuming what Manager Xiao said is the truth, is there another possibility."

Speaking up to this point, the white-haired elderly man took a deep breath:

"Is it possible that the original Dark Land and the link-downloaded hacked version are completely different games?"

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