Global Game: Developing a Knight Clan-Chapter 70: Authority of Space-Time, Forum Commotion

Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Authority of Space-Time, Forum Commotion

[Book of Truth - Fragment]

(Space-Time dislocation has sealed the Authorities of True Understanding Deconstruction and Root Link.)

(Authority: The Authority of Space-Time has been retained and granted a new Authority by the ’True Game’.)

Authority of Space-Time · True Game:

1. Space-Time Infusion: When the game enters the official Inference Day, the Player may choose Consciousness Descent into the True Game to play directly, allowing for more operational possibilities and increasing the game evaluation score by 25%.

(Note: Players who remain in the Inference Day Space for extended periods may find their sense of time becomes disconnected from reality. Please be mindful and distinguish between the two.)

2. Gate of Truth (Sealed · Game Exclusive): The Player may construct a Gate of Space-Time at a designated location within their own territory inside the True Game. Passing through the Gate of Space-Time allows travel to different, already unlocked maps within the True Game for exploration.

(Note: The Gate of Truth is ring-shaped, with a current maximum diameter of about twenty-five meters. Once established, its effect is permanent. It can be actively dismantled, but this will result in the permanent loss of the sole Gate of Space-Time for the corresponding map. Players, please use this with caution.)

In his bedroom, Lince stared dumbfounded at the small, floating golden fragment in his right hand, a wave of ecstasy washing over him.

’A Gate of Space-Time? To travel between maps?’

’And Consciousness Descent on Inference Day?’

Either one of these two Authorities was an extremely crucial Power for Lince at this stage.

’Did I just turn on cheat mode? Or was it never off in the first place?’

Get a head start, stay ahead. Did this count as being singled out for special attention and cultivation by the True Game?

Lince didn’t know, but his gains were far from limited to just the Authority of Space-Time from the Book of Truth.

Because after the version update, Lince sensed that his Elite Chief Player title had also gained a new Ability.

"Title Badge permissions upgraded."

"The Elite Chief Player can now choose whether to hide their game progress videos for each Inference Day!"

’Is there even a question? If I can hide it, I absolutely will!’

He was already conspicuous enough. If the matter of the Gate of Space-Time got out later, things would be unmanageable.

Being caught in the eye of the storm was not a good feeling.

If he could hide it, he absolutely had to!

For Lince, the rewards from this game update were a godsend.

It was almost too good to be true.

Suppressing his excitement, Lince sat on the edge of his bed and immediately began to sort out the current situation.

In the real world, the duration for which Players could use their Character Cards had been extended to two and a half hours. Additionally, the Power of all Character Cards had been synchronized to a 15% increase.

Under these circumstances, the status of Players in reality was bound to rise significantly.

At the same time, those with ulterior motives would definitely start stirring up trouble.

Furthermore, the rules of the real world had already begun to change. After this great Rain, the appearance of Extraordinary Life was inevitable.

Even if the probability of Entry Tier Extraordinary Life appearing in the short term was relatively low, it would still completely alter the world’s landscape.

And the Human Alliance would not miss this golden opportunity.

Players were hard to control, but what about wild Extraordinary Life? Wouldn’t they be easy to control?

Simply hunting a few wild animal-type Extraordinary Life forms would be enough to supply the Human Alliance’s operating tables.

Therefore, while this major shift from the game’s version update was a feast for the Players, it was also a feast for the Human Alliance.

And some Players with malicious intent who wanted to cause trouble would probably soon feel the iron-fisted suppression of the Human Alliance’s official forces.

After all, the Human Alliance held the core technology of the entire Blue Star. This, combined with the power of the large groups of Players recruited by the local authorities who could be assembled at any time, and even the potential for large numbers of ’Gene and Ancient Martial Warriors’ in the future...

Lince could only say that any ambitious Players who couldn’t hold back in these early stages were definitely in for a world of hurt!

Thinking this, Lince immediately opened the game forums.

As expected, this update had already caused a massive stir within the forums.

[Human Alliance Countermeasures Bureau Public Notice: The Human Alliance strongly condemns the True Game officials for their non-objective evaluation and warning toward the Human Alliance. At the same time, the Human Alliance once again declares that it will not interfere with the Players’ freedom in the game and their legitimate right to privacy.]

Among the hot posts, the first was the announcement from the Countermeasures Bureau.

’They didn’t post it publicly? They posted it directly on the forum? Are they trying to show goodwill to the True Game?’

Lince wasn’t sure, but the post was long, and he only gave it a cursory glance.

The gist of it was that while the Human Alliance seemed to be sternly condemning the True Game, between the lines, they were saying they wouldn’t interfere with the True Game’s normal operations and so on.

The post also emphatically reiterated a warning to ambitious Players not to attempt to create chaos in reality.

Additionally, the Human Alliance Countermeasures Bureau once again called on Players to contribute their strength to Blue Star’s impending Extraordinary age.

It basically said that in the near future, Blue Star might see many wild animals, ocean monsters, and even insects and birds undergo mutations.

This would very likely cause many Commoner casualties in human society.

Therefore, the Countermeasures Bureau called on all Players to contribute their strength to protect the Order of the entire Blue Star and the lives of their own families and friends.

All in all, by appealing to the greater good, Lince figured the Human Alliance’s post might manage to recruit a few more Players.

But probably not many.

Because some sharp Players might have already read between the lines of the version update, so right below the Human Alliance’s post was another hot thread.

[The True Game’s version update is so protective of Player privacy. Does this prove that the Human Alliance Countermeasures Bureau hasn’t recruited many Players yet? Let’s take a poll and see, just for fun.]

1. Have joined the Countermeasures Bureau: 11

2. Preparing to join: 124

3. Watching, have not joined the Countermeasures Bureau: 2519.

Looking at the ratio in this poll, Lince couldn’t help but smile.

Right now, there were only about 5,400 Players online on the entire forum.

Players who had officially joined the Bureau certainly didn’t vote in this poll, but you could see something fishy just from the "have not joined" option.

Factoring out the players who might not be looking at the forums at this moment or couldn’t be bothered to vote...

Lince estimated that the total number of official online Players in the entire Human Alliance Countermeasures Bureau was probably less than a quarter.

’So there really is a reason why the game is continuing to so strongly protect Player privacy. This is probably the main one. The True Game is just too good at listening to the Players’ ’heartfelt desires’...’

’As expected, in this day and age, the younger generation highly values their safety and privacy. Most of them don’t buy the Countermeasures Bureau’s rhetoric at all. It’s a sign of a massive credibility deficit.’

Lince didn’t know what to make of it.

But it probably wasn’t a huge problem.

After all, not joining the Countermeasures Bureau didn’t mean Players were against it.

Most were likely acting out of a desire to wait and see, and to protect themselves.

It went without saying what kind of people liked to play games; a situation like this was perfectly normal.

After all, the first round of closed beta Players were all ’true Players’ who had sought out the True Game and tried it on their own initiative. One could imagine that these Players were definitely part of the hardcore gamer demographic.

A player base like that was bound to be high in certain elements.

The situation after the second round of qualifications were distributed might be different. It was even possible that some ’Players’ might appear who had no idea how to play games at all.

Besides this thread, the game forums were already showing the first signs of impending chaos.

For example, ambitious Players were still vigorously calling on others not to become cannon fodder for the Countermeasures Bureau, but to continue to wait and see.

They were waiting for the day the game version updated to a point where they could openly establish various societies and guilds.

At the same time, some Players on the forums had already started posting to acquire Extraordinary items.

Once this Inference Day was over, Players would be able to bring out items from the game proportional to their strength in the next session, and forum trading could make all Players rich overnight.

Of course, the Countermeasures Bureau wouldn’t miss this opportunity either. They had also started putting out calls, offering to buy any valuable resources produced by Players at a significant premium.