CHAPTER 1064: CHAPTER 1064: RESETTLEMENT PLAN

hours of ban isn’t too long.

However, what Professor Yang didn’t expect was that there was an additional 72 hours of physical confinement after the 24 hours, making him feel a trace of the law’s majesty, which he originally thought was "just so-so".

Strictly speaking, the 24-hour disconnection penalty is an upper-level blockade measure in the Player’s Handbook for violating in-game behaviors (like PK in safe zones), while the latter is Dawn City’s own public security management penalty clause about "fighting in public places".

Yes.

Players not only have to abide by player rules but also comply with NPC laws and regulations.

The former is probably enforced by an uncontrollable force, equivalent to "the power of rules", even a T0 player would be killed instantly. In contrast, the latter is autonomously enforced by local violent agencies, with certain operational space, allowing for appeals or even hiring a lawyer, similar to when NPCs break the law.

Reasonably speculating, if strong enough, it might be feasible to kill all the guards and break out of prison.

However, since this detention center is probably located within a safe zone, triggering the Player’s Handbook’s terms at the moment of jailbreak is possible, leading to multiple crimes being compounded.

By the way.

Due to the player’s uniqueness, a player’s jail time is different from others. Aside from a fixed deduction of 8 hours per day, only online time counts toward serving the sentence.

If you don’t go online to clock in that day, the 8-hour fixed deduction will also be canceled.

And during this period, even committing suicide is useless; it would even be considered as a malicious violation to avoid punishment.

Once the prison term exceeds twenty years, the game qualification is automatically revoked, and the eligibility for re-registration is lost.

So even if you want to do something that might get your name in red, it’s best not to do it in safe zones.

Otherwise, you’ll likely be "established order" at the same time by GM, NPCs, and players who love justice and peace.

"Sigh... there’s no choice."

Looking at the cold iron bars, Thunder Law King Professor Yang sighed, temporarily putting aside the idea of exploiting loopholes.

Mainly there was no need for it.

hours minus 8 hours is 64 hours, logging in once a day for 8 days would get you out, and if you sit in jail honestly, you can get out of this damned place in two and a half days.

The laws of the Alliance aren’t harsh; it’s better not to complicate things.

However, just as Professor Yang had accepted his fate, Grandpa Ao in the neighboring cell wasn’t quiet.

As soon as this kid woke up, he was grabbing the iron bars, shaking them until they creaked, not just kicking the cell but also provocatively taunting the guards with extreme foul mouth.

"Hey, hey, hey, I say you NPCs, do you have any self-awareness at all? I’m a player, A! Player! Do you know what that means? I am im·mor·tal, oh, I can fail countless times, whereas you can only make a mistake once, if you’re smart, let me go right away, got it?"

"..."

"Yo yo yo, alright, not letting me out, are you! Tch, I see you’re just asking for it. Just wait! When I get out, I’ll punch your manager to death! I know your le·thal weak·ness~, hahahaha, wait for the server to reboot!"

"..."

"...Ungrateful wretches, is this how you treat your savior?! I, I am a resident of Shelter No. 404! Do you understand the premium of a Resident of the refuge? Crawl over here and lick the soles of my shoes, you scum!"

"..."

"Gotcha, gotcha, you surely gotcha, right? You lousy planner, what kind of trash setting is this, can’t make a game, what are you doing making a game, go beg for food! Eat my shit, you scum! Must be a shut-in who hasn’t even held a girl’s hand in real life, right? Disgusting."

"..."

"Bro, I’m begging you... let me out, I promise I won’t dare anymore..."

"...?"

Hey, hey, hey...

Is this guy crying?

Such a minor setback shouldn’t lead to that, right?

Professor Yang originally wanted to pretend not to hear, but the annoyingly whimpering sound was too loud.

Moreover, players were in single cells, and apart from the two of them, there really was no one else here, so he couldn’t find an inmate to chat with to distract himself.

"So annoying, can you stop making noise? After five years in the cloud, don’t you know NPCs are using United Human language? And save some moral integrity for yourself, talking about shit all the time will only make people think you eat that stuff daily...sigh, I truly feel sorry for your parents."

Besides a lack of upbringing, he really couldn’t think of a more suitable reason.

However, just as he prepared to "season" this guy in the capacity of a senior, suddenly Grandpa Ao, who was hiccuping a second ago, seemed to go berserk as if injected with a frenzy potion.

"Damn, none of your damn business! You scum! Try withstand my 6,000-ton punch! Take my spit! Poof, poof, poof——!"

"..."

Professor Yang’s forehead, full of lumps, had veins bulging, his teeth gnashing.

Damn.

The fists got hard again!

...

Perhaps due to a large influx of new players, Dawn City’s detention center had never been so noisy.

Overall, however, most players were relatively normal, and it was only one or two with a strong sense of self that were making noise.

"Even the ’high-profile individuals’ can enter the game normally, there shouldn’t be much issue with other players. Using the Wandering Swamp as the Novice Village is somewhat exaggerated... it’s more suitable as a level 20 map, throwing newcomers there purely burdens the locals, and could even affect the committee’s takeover."

"In short, ’if the program can run, don’t worry about it’... as for the rest, let’s wait until the public test to talk about it."

Shelter No. 404, B5 floor.

Looking at the surveillance footage on the screen, Chu Guang stroked his chin pondering.

Watching the meticulous manager, Xiao Qi, sitting on the armrest of the chair, swayed her little legs and looked up at him with admiration.

"As expected of the master, even in the new era, diligently working behind the scenes for the players."

Chu Guang smiled lightly and said in a relaxed tone.

"Haha, my mind isn’t that blown, the entire game’s ’framework’ is completed, the work left is just some slight tweaks."

His current mentality was probably like finally building a huge castle out of blocks.

After confirming that this castle could accommodate people, he could leave the embellishment work to others.

Punishing criminals is the guards’ job, judging criminals is for the judges, setting the law is the representative council’s duty, how departments operate is up to the ministers and future chief executives to discuss, and local affairs are handled by local representatives and local administrative leaders in consultation.

The whole framework is basically like this.

As for what kind of branches this little sapling might grow into, and what kind of forest it could become, that would depend on how strong the wind blows and how much rain falls.

As a designer of the entire "game", this is all he needed to do.

"By the way, what’s the situation in the Beta World now? I heard their fusion reactor has successfully ignited?"

Xiao Qi: "Hmm! It was successful a month ago!"

"Is that so? Not bad at all." Chu Guang wore a genuinely relieved smile on his face.

A long time ago, he half-jokingly promised to compensate the Gale Brothers with a Nobel Prize after everything was over.

But looking at it now, a mere medal might not be worthy of Professor Yan Feng’s achievements.

Speaking of his good brothers’ dreams, he remembered that Fang Chang’s dream was to bring Dolly into reality to meet his parents and hold another wedding in reality.

This one seems to be the easiest to achieve; just make a clone as a vessel for the consciousness on the reality side.

Night Ten’s dream has basically been realized in the game, so there’s nothing much to say.

As for Old White, he probably belongs to the "retired old man" mindset; as long as he can enjoy a peaceful life leisurely, nothing else matters.

To be honest.

Besides keeping this kind-hearted lie going, Chu Guang had considered another ending.

That is, after everything ends, to play the big game and simply reveal the truth of "Wasteland OL" to the public.

Simply put, I won’t pretend anymore, laying my cards on the table! I’m not only a high-level civilization but also you 200 years later!

The public test server of "Wasteland OL" opens as scheduled, but not through the morphogenesis field technology as a medium, but as a truly meaningful MMORPG game, running on local servers in the Beta Universe.

As a game running on local servers in the Beta Universe, he can add some exaggerated skills that don’t exist in reality to the game itself, as well as surreal standard monsters that only appear in the void.

Creating this game is easy, as Ideal City has a bunch of game companies that can take over, and some of those game companies are even started by his little players.

In this way, new players can experience the expansion pack they missed during the closed beta, and old players can revisit the old stories with a nostalgia mindset, while also making up for past regrets.

As for the "closed beta server" of "Wasteland OL," it would be renamed to the "Alpha server," serving as the test server for the Beta server, only open to players who earned closed beta qualifications, pre-registered players from the closed beta phase, and virtual account holders who performed outstandingly in the Beta server.

Additionally, the silver coin and the existing technology transfer channel would only be connected to the Alpha server.

As for the Beta server, it would use a brand new game currency system, operating in the usual way of an MMORPG online game.

Although revealing the truth may cause a certain degree of panic worldwide, in the long run, this seems to be the closest approach to a win-win situation.

The real world can never satisfy everyone’s gaming experience, but the true virtual world can!

Besides, the wasteland here cannot accommodate millions of players, and if the public test still requires number restrictions, it’s no different from the closed beta.

The more Chu Guang thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, lightly tapping his index finger on the armrest of the chair, he immediately looked at Xiao Qi and said.

"Speaking of which, after the ignition of controlled fusion, has anyone on the reality side noticed any clues... for example, realizing that the ’Wasteland OL’ here is actually a real world."

Xiao Qi answered with a crisp voice.

"Master, similar speculations have existed since the beginning of the alpha test, it’s just that they never became mainstream. On the contrary, due to the success of controlled nuclear fusion ignition, the ’Descendant Faction’ supporting the ’Friendly Contact Theory’ has already become mainstream among the middle and upper levels of various countries."

"Additionally, according to Xiao Qi’s investigations, statements such as ’advanced civilization enlightening Earth’s civilization through the ninth form of art medium’ have already surpassed ’hostile observation theory’ overwhelmingly in the frequency of appearance in high-level documents of various countries. In some underdeveloped areas and small economies, authorities have even encouraged their nationals to go to the ’Wasteland OL’ official website for pre-registration!"

Considering the value of silver coins, such a situation is not surprising.

After all, silver coins can truly be exchanged for technology, and even if they are not enough for technology, they can be exchanged for foreign exchange from major powers, which is more reliable than mining digital currencies and not particularly power-intensive.

"Wasteland OL" is not without foreign players, it’s just that due to language and cultural barriers, the scale of the player community and the volume of posts on the official website are relatively limited.

"Is that so? It seems the option of revealing the truth does have a certain foundation... What about Shelter 404-Beta? What’s the situation over there now?"

After unlocking the B5 floor, Chu Guang has already read over the complete 404 Plan.

According to the plan’s description, Beta Fission Body can be regarded as a "resurrected with complete memories" Professor who returned to 2014.

Being able to establish a massive shadow organization and complete such a large-scale plan behind the scenes in just seven years before the Prosperity Epoch, this guy is quite a talented person.

Of course.

From the other party’s standpoint, clearing "Wasteland OL" in just five years by himself might evoke similar sentiments.

They both pushed their respective fields to the extreme.

If they ever had the chance to face each other on the same timeline, they probably would respect one another.

Xiao Qi: "The Beta Fission Body has already transferred the manager’s authority to Shelter No. 404 in the Alpha Universe... which is our side. As for the professor himself, he seems to plan to explore worlds beyond the Solar System. It is said that was his original historical mission, and he intends to continue doing that."

"Historical mission, huh... In terms of responsibility, he is indeed similar to that guy."

The "that guy" Chu Guang mentioned naturally refers to the professor from the Alpha World who died 200 years ago and whom he had briefly encountered in a video.

Xiao Qi: "Hehe, he’s also quite similar to you, Master~"

"Me? Not at all, I wouldn’t exile myself beyond the Solar System for such a shallow reason."

Chu Guang’s mouth curved into a slight smile. Though he denied the comparison between himself and that person, there was no trace of disdain in his words.

That guy must have had other reasons too.

However, such matters are only known to him; outsiders’ speculations hold no meaning.

Looking at the silent Chu Guang, Xiao Qi continued speaking in a crisp voice.

"Currently, the production capacity of helmets at Shelter 404-Beta has reached 3,000 units per day, with an inventory close to 200,000 units! Theoretically, we can immediately add 200,000 new players and maintain a maximum daily issuance of 3,000 closed beta qualifications!"

Chu Guang rubbed his index finger against his chin, contemplating.

"At this issuance rate, we can grow up to 1 million players in a year. Additionally, considering the growth in the player base, maintaining the morphogenesis field devices will also become an issue... It seems the ’Alpha-Beta Server Division’ plan is imperative."

"Server Division plan?"

Confused by the unfamiliar term, Xiao Qi expressed curiosity, but Chu Guang intended to explain it later.

For now, there are more critical things to address.

"By the way, who is currently in charge of affairs in the Beta Universe? Is it Beta Fission Body?"

Xiao Qi shook her head and replied.

"It’s not... Currently, the responsible person is his assistant, a doctor named ’Principle’."

Principle?

Hearing this peculiar name, Chu Guang was unexpectedly reminded of memories from long ago.

According to the data from the Grand Canyon, after the disbandment of the War Construction Committee, Dr. Conclusion took the backbone personnel of the technology department to the Wandering Swamp, while the two founders, ’Principle’ and ’Method’, who were similarly regarded by the Academy, disappeared directly from the Wasteland.

Later, he found Dr. Method in Shelter 101, while Principle remained missing.

Unexpectedly, this guy actually went to the Beta World...

"So it was him."