"Hmm?"

Chen Mang was slightly stunned upon hearing this, momentarily unable to react. In this virtual game called "New Cosmos," his Human Civilization was the antagonist?

He wasn't particularly concerned about being the antagonist or not.

What he cared about was...

Was the other party acquiring information too quickly?

Just yesterday, when he broke through to an eighth-level civilization, he triggered the Cosmic Landmine of the Divine-level Human Civilization. It was only detected for a split second before he upgraded the Radar Shield to its maximum level. From then on, they shouldn't have been able to detect him.

But in just that split second, the other party captured the basic information about his civilization and recorded it into this newly released virtual online game?

"..."

Chen Mang's expression turned slightly strange. He couldn't shake off a peculiar feeling. This incident gave him an odd perception. If the Divine-level Human Civilization harbored significant hostility towards him and wanted to destroy his civilization, shouldn't such military intelligence be hidden?

How could it be so easily displayed in a game?

"Did it record other information?"

"No."

Ai shook her head: "There's only a general background story, and the rest needs to be explored within the game."

"I have a question. Shouldn't the Human Civilization have antagonistic relations with other civilizations? Are the other Divine-level civilizations also antagonists in this game?"

"No, the different civilizations in here have various relationships like hostile and allied. The Divine-level Human Civilization has many hostile civilizations, but in this game, there's only one antagonist civilization, which is ours."

"..."

Chen Mang's mouth twitched slightly: "Sounds like the 27 Divine-level civilizations united to create a game that insults my civilization's reputation?"

Of course, he knew this was nonsense.

It's completely impossible.

How could all Divine-level civilizations unite and use a max-level AI just to tarnish a civilization's reputation?

If they had that kind of power, it sounds more plausible to physically annihilate together.

The bizarre thing about this matter is that, although he knows it's impossible and unrealistic, it's actually happening. This is the most ridiculous, otherwise why in this game is his civilization the only antagonist?

He glanced at the advertisement on the outer wall screen, which had just started the public test five minutes ago.

Chen Mang pondered for a moment before speaking softly.

"If I enter this game, will it lead to my information leaking, or will I be trapped in the game?"

"Certainly not."

Ai confidently said: "I am an AI beyond the max level, I will definitely protect the Train Captain's safety. In fact, if we can know where the AI terminal of this "New Cosmos" virtual game is, I can completely invade this AI, bringing the New Cosmos virtual game entirely under our control."

"Purchase a few terminals."

"Yes."

...

Three minutes later.

A drone flew over from the street corner, slowly landing in front of Chen Mang and a few others. As the drone opened up, ten pairs of sunglasses were revealed inside the box, these sunglasses were the terminals to enter this game. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

He decided to take a look inside the game.

To see what was going on.

In the Divine-level Human Civilization, on any relatively thriving planet, online shopping can achieve a three-minute delivery, even on more remote planets, it can achieve a delivery time of up to 10 minutes.

Online shopping is extremely convenient.

If you choose express delivery, it can even achieve a 30-second delivery.

The military is even more exaggerated, capable of achieving a 3-second delivery, of course, this requires means such as using a wormhole, and the cost of transportation often far exceeds the price of the item itself.

Actually...

He has one last way to know what secrets are specifically hidden within the "New Cosmos," which is to go directly to the "Insect Race Civilization." By leveraging his relationship with the princess of the Insect Race, perhaps he could get intel from the Mother Empress.

Of course.

This is theoretical.

He didn't adopt this approach because he knew it was too unrealistic. No leader of a Divine-level civilization would disclose confidential intelligence to a friend's daughter, it's simply not practical.

Ai booked them a nearby high-end hotel.

Chen Mang and his group arrived at the hotel, sitting on the sofa in the suite, putting on sunglasses to slowly enter the virtual online game called "New Cosmos."

-

"Ding, you have entered the 'New Cosmos' virtual online game."

"This virtual game is different from others, offering a 100% realistic experience, and has no recharge option."

"Please set a 'safe word'."

"Once you silently say the 'safe word,' you can exit this virtual online game. Apart from this, there is no other way to exit the game."

-

"Chen Mang."

Chen Mang casually set an exit word, squinting slightly, feeling even more puzzled. With a game of this magnitude, you don't set any recharge option, so how do you profit?

Just then—

Ai's voice sounded in his ear.

"Train Captain, there was an unauthorized covert operation from the 'game terminal,' attempting to implant an 'Iris Chip' into the player, I stopped it and disconnected its feedback."

"It's just..."

"This cannot be bypassed, after stopping it, the game cannot be successfully started?"

"Iris Chip?"

Chen Mang frowned slightly, taking the sunglasses off his hand. These sunglasses just attempted to implant an 'Iris Chip' without consent, and secretly at that?