Fantasy Game: Infinite City

"So that's exactly what happened, Han Zu."

"Got it. When do I leave?"

"In a few hours."

"can."

After dealing with the previous event copy with cheaters, with the help of Han Zu, the data maintenance personnel brought the cheating data and code logic back to the headquarters. Through the analysis and research of the headquarters, they found some exploited loopholes in the Infinite City. By updating and converting the vulnerability code, Infinite Company successfully solved most of the cheating data.

However, the cheaters did not completely disappear. The guys who made the software and hardware that could cheat in the Infinite City also began to act low-key. While the Infinite Company was cleaning up cheating data on a large scale, the guys who made cheating programs and data were also constantly updating them and learned to keep a low profile. From this time on, it was difficult to directly determine whether the things they made were cheating through data analysis. This prevented the Infinite Company from successfully finding the mastermind behind the cheaters and had no way to directly find the ultimate way to cut off the cheating data.

However, even if those cheaters have become low-key, it does not mean that Infinite Company has no solution. During the so-called "temporary maintenance" on a certain day, Infinite Company replaced the original event copies. These copies were different from the original new copies. They had been produced long ago, but like the new copies originally prepared as event copies, these copies had never appeared in the usual player matching list, because these copies often had some problems.

To give the simplest example, many of this type of dungeons cannot be "passed". In other words, after entering the dungeon, the Infinite Company cannot guarantee that the player can come back. After all, the so-called game warehouse of the Infinite City is actually a teleportation device, but before teleporting, they will use the Infinite City's system to put the players into a deep sleep, and at the same time use the cognitive stance hidden in the game warehouse to change the cognition of the user and the people around them. This ensures that even if the players using the game warehouse suddenly disappear, those around them who are not using the game warehouse will not feel anything strange.

However, the fact that the players cannot return by themselves does not mean that the Infinite Company has no solution. They can use the company's teleportation technology to bring out the players who have entered this dungeon. In fact, there have been cases where ordinary players have mistakenly entered this dungeon. Under normal circumstances, the Infinite Company will bring them back, but they just need to modify their memories. However, for the Infinite Company, this is not a difficult task, but it is more troublesome. For example, Father Maxi stayed in the space station for a very long time for this reason, but there is actually another hidden reason for his situation, which will be left aside for now.

As for Han Zu, that was an extremely rare case and cannot be counted among them.

Among these one-way copies, there is a special type of copy. They cannot be completed because they are missing key items, which makes it impossible to circulate the time and space in the copy. Although Infinite Company can use the technology and power at hand to create some key items that can play a similar role, the production of them is very time-consuming and there is no profit for Infinite Company. Therefore, Infinite Company has basically semi-abandoned these copies. But now, due to the existence of these cheaters, this type of copy comes in handy.

With the open and covert crackdowns on cheaters, cheaters have also updated the software and hardware they made or used. In the two most recent copies, there were "accidents" in which players cleared the copies without obtaining any necessary props or tasks. However, according to subsequent investigations, investigators from Infinite Company found that these players did pay for the necessary props or tasks when passing the copies, but through an investigation of the copy's progress data, these necessary props or tasks remained in their original places and were not triggered.

In other words, they must have used cheating methods, temporarily created, or modified the data to make the Infinite City's system think that they have obtained the necessary props or completed the necessary tasks.

If things continue like this, there will soon be a way to cheat without doing anything, which will not only make it impossible for other normal players to play the game normally, leading to the loss of players in the Infinite City, but also slapping the Infinite Company in the face, making the Infinite Company feel ashamed. Therefore, no matter how much it costs, all cheating methods must be fundamentally eliminated, whether it is data, software or hardware, and when necessary, even cheaters and those who make cheating devices. You know, although the Infinite Company is a company, it is completely different from other companies.

These semi-abandoned copies, which are theoretically impossible to complete, have undoubtedly become the best way to catch those cheaters who have learned to act, because normal players cannot complete such copies. Only by using cheating methods and creating "necessary props" that do not exist at all can they complete the copies. Therefore, Infinite Company decided to use this type of copy to select those cheaters who have become movie stars. This will not only improve accuracy and efficiency, but also prevent the fact that a large number of cheaters have appeared in the Infinite City from being leaked.

As for where the cheaters will be teleported after passing the level, that is up to Infinite Company to decide.

Han Zu's mission this time is to enter such a copy and play the role of an ordinary player with great insight to ensure that the cheaters can pass the level "smoothly". At the same time, he also needs to prevent other ordinary players from causing trouble due to unclear circumstances.

No. 175 Paulson Street is such a copy. It is a trap copy voted by the technical personnel and employees of other departments of Infinite Company.

The copy of No. 175 Paulson Street is a reasoning copy with a slight thriller element. Players only need to have conversations and find the corresponding information and props through investigation to advance the copy. As long as it is handled properly, there is no need for any battles to advance the progress of the copy to all the key points until the end. But there is only one problem, that is, an important NPC in this copy is missing, and it disappeared before this place was made into a copy by Infinite Company. For some unknown reason, Infinite Company did not discover this serious problem until the copy was completed. This is one of the reasons why No. 175 Paulson Street has become a semi-abandoned copy.

According to what the staff told Han Zu, the missing NPC did not actually have any key items on him, but other NPCs in the copy would mention this person from time to time. Moreover, apart from the missing NPC, the time and space loop of the copy was actually closed. It had all the information and all the key items. However, after completing all the tasks and collecting all the key items, as long as all the steps were completed, the copy would instantly reset to the beginning time. No matter how many times this happened, there was no way to pass the level. Players who had mistakenly entered the copy before would also have their memories cleared, falling into an infinite, useless loop.

It was a long time later that Infinite Company discovered the abnormal data of 175 Paulson Street. Although they launched a rescue operation for the players trapped in it and successfully rescued everyone, they found that these players had a lot of memory loss, and there was no way to repair or treat it. The severity of the problem was related to the length of time they were trapped in the dungeon. After treatment, the players with the shortest time did not have any memory loss but had normal life without it affecting them. The players with the earliest time had become brain dead and there was no way to save them. There was no way, so Infinite Company could only spend a certain amount of manpower and material resources to get rid of these players who could not be rescued, as well as potential witnesses or witnesses.

At first, after this accident, Infinite Company completely blocked this copy and was about to destroy it. However, a report brought back by a gray action team that entered 175 Paulson Street showed that as long as there was external interference, the people who entered would not suffer memory damage. So Infinite Company stopped destroying the copy and turned it into a testing ground. After a long period of time and a lot of experiments, Infinite Company discovered that the missing NPC seemed to be the key. As long as the missing NPC was found, 175 Paulson Street would return to normal. Moreover, judging from the intelligence and data brought back by multiple research teams, the missing NPC seemed to be inside 175 Paulson Street, but no trace of him could be found.

After a long time, Infinite Company had almost given up the search for the missing NPC, until a large number of cheaters and software and hardware used for cheating appeared this time, and Infinite Company remembered this strange copy again. As long as there are players entering it, Infinite Company can use the system of Infinite City to ensure that they will not be affected by abnormalities. At the same time, they can also use the feature of this copy that cannot be passed through to screen out cheaters who can pass through, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

However, there is still one thing that cannot be solved, and that is the special Han Zu.

Although Infinite Company can teleport Han Zu directly out of the copy, due to Han Zu's own interference with the Infinite City system, Han Zu needs to take the initiative to grasp the timing of the teleportation. Also, due to Han Zu's own interference with the Infinite City system, Infinite Company cannot guarantee that Han Zu will not suffer memory damage. If a guy like Han Zu gets tricked in a copy, it will be a great loss to Infinite Company. Of course, Infinite Company did not say this to Han Zu openly.

But after a period of thinking, Han Zu abandoned the "worry" of the Infinite Company and decided to enter No. 175 Paulson Street to complete the task. Although Han Zu's enthusiasm was good, in the eyes of some people, they did not think that Han Zu was really stupid and reckless. He must have thought of something, but what it was was unknown. The meaning of the ear was that Han Zu himself interfered with the Infinite City system. The Infinite Company could only determine Han Zu's position in the copy, but could not see what he had done specifically. This also made some people in the Infinite Company suspicious, especially the board of directors.

So, without Han Zu and the chairman's faction knowing anything, the board of directors used their own means to quietly place their own people in the team participating in this guild tournament, and used means to make them enter No. 175 Paulson Street in the same way as usual, in order to monitor Han Zu. It seemed that in their eyes, Han Zu was a greater threat than those cheaters.

While Han Zu was still waiting for the opening of the copy of No. 175 Paulson Street for a few hours, the board of directors had already begun to operate in secret. Except for a very few people and the directors of the board, no one knew about it. Even the chairman was completely unaware this time.

These few hours seemed to be very long. The researchers from Infinite Company and some personnel from other departments conducted several tests on this copy of Infinite City to confirm that nothing would go wrong. Other players were also adjusting their status and waiting for the competition to proceed. The people appointed by the board of directors were also listening carefully to the tasks assigned by them and the analysis of Han Zu. Everyone seemed to be very busy.

Han Zu didn't have anything to do at the moment, but unlike usual, this time he didn't sleep or find a restaurant to have a big meal. A feeling that hadn't appeared for a long time surged into Han Zu's heart, a very awkward and uneasy feeling.

"strangeness..."

This feeling had only appeared in extremely dangerous situations before, such as the first time fighting an enemy, the first time killing someone, being blown away by a spaceship explosion on an alien planet with only half of his skull left, the first time he came into contact with the Creation Engine, and the first time he was on the verge of death. According to the description given by the staff and the information given to him, No. 175 Paulson Street did not seem to be dangerous. He did not need to fight or go to any dangerous places, but this feeling of uneasiness could not be eliminated, which made Han Zu frown.

But even though he was uneasy, Han Zu had no intention of retreating. This unique feeling that had not appeared for a long time made Han Zu curious about what would happen next, because in the past, after this feeling appeared, even if he suffered a serious injury or was on the verge of death, Han Zu would gain new abilities and become more powerful. So the feeling of uneasiness was quickly diluted by the curiosity about new things and the desire for power, and Han Zu's mood returned to normal.

My mood returned to normal, and the flow of time seemed to return to normal as well. Soon, several hours had passed.

"Han Zu, we are ready. The two groups of players we selected have begun matching our trap copy."

"coming."

After taking off his coat and throwing it on the table beside him, Han Zu walked towards the game cabin prepared for him by the staff. A faint mechanical sound came, and under the gaze of many staff members, Han Zu felt sleepy and soon fell asleep.

"Om~!"

After a low humming sound, Han Zu disappeared into the game cabin.