CHAPTER 435: CHAPTER 158: THIS IS NOT THE DARK LAND! (PART 6)

Therefore, the official channel, which only occupies a small portion of processing resources, needs to slowly issue qualifications.

You can understand it like this: the brothers in the forum are all internal test players of the official version of Dark Land, and they are playing the core version developed by the Moon Eclipse Clan.

The version distributed through the official channel can be understood as an old version that was eliminated during early development.

I even suspect that the person who released the mysterious link is actually the Star Network.

Otherwise, we can’t explain why they’ve not been banned until now. The entire network world runs under the surveillance of the Star Network; human energy is limited and can’t monitor all the content, but nothing happening online escapes the observation of the Intelligent Brain Star Network.

The pirated link should have been known to the Star Network the moment it appeared.

Everyone carries a mentality of taking chances while experiencing the game.

Is it possible that we are the internal test players chosen by the Star Network and that there’s no possibility of being banned?

If they really wanted to ban us, it’s impossible they would have waited until now; several months have already passed.

With so much network communication available, how could the Star Network not have any reaction at all?

In summary: the Star Network is aware of the existence of the cracked link, and the cracked link might actually have been issued by the Star Network. We are the internal test players chosen by the Star Network.

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The "Dark Night Will Come" post mentioned an incident from the forum war that only old players know about.

It also made many veteran players suddenly realize that the forum war back then was nothing but a huge misunderstanding.

There were no paid trolls; erroneous information made them all mistakenly believe that the other side were trolls when in fact everyone was telling the truth, but they were talking about different games.

The issue arose because neither game could produce external content.

If at that time some players could provide in-game videos or screenshots, the misunderstanding would not have occurred.

The number of players participating in the discussion on this post is increasing.

At the same time, the Rise Forum of the Human Race Ascension also released a post:

[Help, there’s an issue with the Dark Land purchased from the official version, it’s not the same game my friend is playing.]

This post was actually published by Tong Xin.

However, the netizens under the post were angrily lashing out at Tong Xin.

Some netizens thought Tong Xin was showing off that they got a spot in the latest round of game qualifications. Appearing to ask a question, they were in fact boasting, and they said he should hurry up and refund if he didn’t like it so that the extra spots can be given to other players who want them; boasting is shameful.

Other netizens suggested that the poster was definitely tricked by their friend; when did the Moon Eclipse Clan get the technology for a game that perfectly simulates real physics?

Another player suggested that the poster was purely making up stories to attract replies, and there was simply no way a cracked version exists. Even if it did, the next moment the Star Network would make it disappear, and all players would be collectively banned. Did they think the Star Network was running a charity? It is an emotionless efficiency robot.

Even though some players agreed with what Tong Xin said, this agreement was mostly in recognition of the "idiocy" of the speech.

Using "yes, yes, yes" to respond to the poster’s viewpoint, they mockingly said everything the poster said was right; we all believe it, and they provided a bunch of made-up reasons in response.

In reality, none of the netizens in the replies believed what Tong Xin said.

After all, the content described in the post was too outlandish, not aligned with reality.

Seeing the replies, Tong Xin felt desperate; he realized that the netizens simply did not believe what he was saying.

He even felt like the whole world had gone crazy, and he was the only one left sane, unable to converse with netizens who didn’t believe the truth.

"So... is there a possibility that I am the one who is crazy?"

Thinking of this, Tong Xin started to seriously doubt his mental state.

Just as Tong Xin was questioning himself, quite a few Monster World players logged out to reply to Tong Xin’s post.

They stated that what the poster said was true, they were indeed playing the cracked version.

However, since they couldn’t provide evidence, these players’ replies were also mistaken as mocking the poster.

So, in violation of logical reality and without the ability to provide screenshots, videos, or other evidence, it’s fundamentally impossible to prove the truth based on oral statements alone.

Even the voices supporting Tong Xin would be understood by bystanders as siding with themselves.

To prove what he said was true, Tong Xin chose to edit the post, publishing both the chat screenshots from that time and the electronic receipt of the genuine Dark Land.

This time, finally, there were voices expressing doubt over the existence of two versions of Dark Land.

As the discussion heat of the post continued to climb, it even attracted netizens from other races to watch and comment.

This matter was quickly reported, alarming the upper levels of the Human Clan Federation.

Whether there are two games, they know better than anyone, naturally knowing that the player who posted wasn’t lying.

Players from the Genetic Research Department and the Weapon Development Department can both prove this.

They had already laid out their plans in the cracked game in advance.

Now, the Human Clan upper levels are faced with two choices.

One, delete the post, suppress the discussion, prevent the spread of public opinion, and avoid triggering a series of uncertain events.

Two, let the matter continue to be discussed and ferment, prompt more people, even netizens from other Alien Races, to participate, and completely make the existence of two games public.

How to choose, the Human Clan Federation high-level convened a meeting.

This meeting is also an offline meeting to avoid discovery by Star Network surveillance.

The meeting lasted 2 hours.

Initially puzzled as to why there were two games, the Human Clan upper levels finally decided to let the matter continue to ferment and then observe the reaction from the Moon Eclipse Clan.

This issue, only the Moon Eclipse Clan knows the real answer.

As the post’s popularity continues to rise, the content was even transferred to the Alien Race’s Star Network Forum, also sparking heated discussions.

But no one could prove one thing for sure, whether there truly are two different games, or whether this post was just a conspiracy theory.

Like past flat earth theories, lizard people, and other conspiracy theory viewpoints.

After all, bored netizens can always come up with all kinds of bizarre, eye-catching topics.

Just as the discussion of whether two versions of Dark Land exist was gradually becoming a hot topic across the Star Network, the Moon Eclipse Clan issued an announcement.

They stated that the First Governor would appear a day later to explain the online hot topic, detailing whether two versions of Dark Land indeed exist.

The Moon Eclipse Clan’s reaction once again sparked heated debate across the network.

Even the bystanders who were previously just eating popcorn were left baffled.

In their eyes, this incident was purely an eye-catching fallacy, yet they didn’t expect to receive an official response from the usually aloof Moon Eclipse Clan, with the First Governor addressing the issue.

This made netizens around the world realize that this incident was far more complex than they had imagined.