After reading the system notification, I woke myself up. It wasn't time to sleep yet. The fatigue relief that had occurred in these few minutes was enough for me to use the magic spells.
The medicine for everyone was running out. We formed a circle, with Benajah and White Feather in the center, and the four of us at the periphery to hold the position and move step by step towards the second floor.
Finally, we escaped from this haunted realm. The blue demons on the second floor hadn't appeared yet. I and the Tiger King went to collect that giant dragon fossil, and the others also practiced their respective life skills.
The giant dragon fossil was extremely large. However, in the game, the capacity of the burden was only based on the number of pieces, not the size. So, hundreds of huge fossils were quickly carried away by the two of us.
Everyone gathered and gathered more strength to attack the first floor.
Before this, the Vampire Bat had already upgraded to level 33, "Magical Bat", and it still put us under a lot of pressure. Later, we almost stopped killing and relied on natural healing and magic to survive this stretch of road.
Honey and the dedicated watcher had both reached level 35, and Baxter had become level 38. I had reached level 32, because this level mainly relied on the experience gained from others killing monsters. My reward points were truly pitiful: Strength 1, Constitution 1, Agility 2, Spirit 0, HP 9, MP 4.
Such an upgrade was no different from not upgrading at all. I cried.
Everyone headed towards the Village of Gathering Jade. White Feather summoned the evil eagle chick that he had just hatched and made everyone envious. This was a type of attack and flight-capable mount pet, and it was an evolved one. When it grew up, it would be extremely powerful. Thus, a battle unfolded around me. There was no choice but to plan to give Chico's other evil eagle egg and Honey's as well.
Everyone began to talk about what they had seen on the forums after logging off.
The dedicated watcher was a professional spammer on the forums. He registered in over thirty private "Infinite World" forums in China, with an authoritative appearance. Baxter was no worse than him. He could speak several languages and relay the news from various countries, which suppressed the dedicated watcher.
Now, the first topic discussed on all the forums was the battle in Fengyizhen, followed by the incident of the server being attacked.
When the battle in Fengyizhen wasn't over, many players had strongly protested on the forums. It was said that the official website of Tianji Company was almost flooded with complaints. Eventually, it escalated to a sit-in protest at Tianji Company's gate.
Everyone unanimously claimed that the Fantasy Divine God was cheating. And they listed several possibilities: hacker attack, internal staff of the game company assisting in cheating, internal test players discovering system bugs but not reporting them, etc.
To this, Tianji Company denied it all, stating that according to Haibian's confirmation, the player was not at fault. At the beginning, Tianji Company also said that they couldn't disclose the privacy of the player, but under pressure, they eventually stated that they would give an explanation in the game. Probably, that notice about the wanted mission was a kind of disguised revelation by Tianji Company.
There were also two outrageous speculations on the forums. One said that the long-extinct cheat program had resurfaced. This Fantasy Divine God had all the characteristics of a cheat program: accurate hit, space transfer accuracy, quick drug collection, anti-dizziness, automatic drug consumption, etc. However, this statement was quickly ridiculed by a large number of experts, who believed that with current network technology, it was impossible for a cheat program to invade.
The other claim was even more outrageous. A person claiming to be a computer expert said that this Fantasy Divine God was a computer-simulated player. Only this could explain the player's far superior control skills. He also pointed out that computer simulation of human physiological indicators could reach a very realistic level.
This kind of post appeared only on one forum for two minutes and was deleted by the moderator, but the dedicated watcher still saw it.
Then, several more such posts appeared. This time, they were not deleted, but soon, a large number of "experts" on the forum came out to refute them, arguing that the current computer technology could not simulate all the attributes of human beings, especially in the presence of the world's first intelligent computer "Hai Lan".
I frowned. Could this fantastical god really be an artificial intelligence? I didn't know how computers had developed now, but even if it wasn't an external computer simulation, it might have been deliberately created by the game itself? I had seen too many highly intelligent programs before.
If there was no game console involved, why would there be a purple rain in the game, eliminating the player's memory? That kind of rain should not have appeared after the console had been attacked and recovered, it couldn't have been produced by an attack program!
The discussion about the server being attacked on the forum was not as intense as before.
In the past, various game servers had been attacked, and many games were paralyzed for ten days or more. They were only resolved by privately paying a large sum of money to stop the attacking hackers. Even the most powerful technology companies needed at least several hours to resolve the attack.
This time, "Hai Lan" only took five seconds to remove the attack, truly demonstrating its outstanding strength, and thus gained great fame, attracting some new players to enter the game.
Quite a few people also linked the server being attacked with the matter of the fantasy god, and they were also ridiculed by the experts.
When the god of magic and the Eagle Slayer Warlord went to war, there was no abnormality in the server, and there was no abnormality at the end of the battle either. Only at the middle stage did the server become attacked, indicating that the god of magic did not win with external program support, there was no connection between the two, it was just a coincidence that they occurred at the same time.
No one knew that at the moment the server was attacked, it was exactly the time when the god of magic had no way to escape, except me...
Everyone excitedly discussed these posts. Suddenly, I snorted coldly: "You are too naive. The so-called experts and experts on the forum are actually hired gunmen by the game company, or they are even the company's own people. Of course, they will speak for Tian Ji Company, and their words have no credibility at all."
Specializing in making a fuss and being unimpressed: "But, these people are very prestigious. They have a very high status on the forum. What they say is mostly verified to be correct, especially about the game's settings, calculation formulas, they are all calculated by them!"
I sneered: "Do they still often announce some hidden tasks, hidden recipes, and game tips that they have discovered themselves? Do you think they are really that powerful? They just got the materials from the game company, the purpose is to enhance their authority! I am an old player, I don't even know this!"
Specializing in making a fuss for a moment, he didn't know if what I said was true or not.
Baxter broke the topic and began to talk about the information he had obtained.
In the Western world, the highest-ranked post on various forums was the exit game statement written by the leader of the Eagle Slayer Warlord, "Iron Blood Cavalry Regiment".
The Iron Blood Cavalry Regiment was a retired Polish officer and the commander of the last cavalry unit in European countries. After the Polish cavalry unit was abolished in 2045, except for some Asian countries that still retained symbolic cavalry, there were no real cavalry units in the world anymore.
This officer, after retirement, lived a life of heavy drinking and eventually, he found his spiritual refuge in a game about ancient wars. From then on, he began to become a well-known player in various games, no matter in which game, he always chose the knight or cavalry profession, and his personality made him make many friends. Entering the infinite world, with the support and assistance of his friends, he finally established a gang. Although he was not a person with deep foresight, due to his outstanding personality, he gained the support of his fellow members and became even more ambitious, determined to achieve great things in the "Infinite World". Unexpectedly, a war completely destroyed the Pengying Sect.
"At the later stage of the battle, I realized that there was no hope of victory. But before me, the spirits of our country's heroic ancestors appeared. It was they who, in World War II, led the traditional cavalry, armed with sabers and spears, to launch a heroic charge against the German tank formations, defending the last honor of the cavalry unit. Therefore, no matter how many people called me foolish, I still had no regrets for my actions!"
"I did not ask my loyal friends to accompany me to the end of the battle. They were completely voluntary. I am very grateful to them, but I also apologize to them. Most of them are professional players. Because of me, they suffered huge losses."
"After the final charge, my online time was up and I was forced to be disconnected. Through the identity card, I issued an order to my friends to terminate the battle. This battle was indeed a failure, but our spirit was undefeated!"
"However, I will no longer participate in 'Infinite World' from now on. My character has been deleted and I will no longer enter this virtual world of online games. I have already obtained what I wanted from this battle. Here, I would like to express my gratitude to my comrades-in-arms who have been by my side through thick and thin in the game: Wanli Shaolin from China, Cold-Face Buddha, Smith from the United States, Rerata from Brazil... and all the brothers of the Eagle-Slaughtering Order. I will never forget you all!"
The withdrawal statement of the Iron Blood Cavalry Regiment, read out by Baxter, had lost its original meaning. However, I could still sense the heroic and tragic atmosphere. My eyes became moist. To be able to gain such a deep friendship in the game and achieve such a heroic ending, who could say it was a tragedy?
Baxter also said that now the Iron Blood Cavalry Regiment has become the focus of attention for major media and game companies worldwide. The media want to grab the news, while the game companies want to have him as a spokesperson. If they can persuade him to enter their games, it will undoubtedly attract a huge number of players. However, no one has found the address of the Iron Blood Cavalry Regiment yet.
Following the withdrawal statement of the Iron Blood Cavalry Regiment, hundreds of players also made statements. Some of these players were not players of the Eagle Slayer Cult, but just claimed that they saw the injustice in the game settings during this battle.
When these posts were reposted to various media, "Infinite World" received widespread criticism. However, soon, the voices of the various media became quieter. It is said that the powerful public relations of Tianji Company played a role. By the time Baxter went online, there were no more new negative reports.
It was also reported that before going online, they saw a new post saying that a player appeared in Caiyu Village, accompanied by a strange NPC of unknown level, who killed four players in one go. This post believed that this was also an evidence of cheating in the game.
I smiled and told my story. Only then did everyone notice that the golden staff I was holding was the staff of the Fire Spirit King. There was a burst of fierce curses again. They said that I was damn lucky and too abnormal. From now on, no one else would be able to survive. But no one comforted me. Ah.
However, they deliberately avoided my selfish behavior of going to fight the boss alone. Even Baxter didn't take it seriously. After all, if this matter was seriously considered, it would harm the friendship between brothers. Actually, for such a large amount of wealth, everyone was a professional or semi-professional player. They could fully understand my thoughts.
Finally, I returned to Caiyu Village. The scene before my eyes made us all stunned.
The 200 houses of Caiyu Village had turned into a ruin.