My Doomsday Train.

Chapter 380 A familiar old buddy. (Please vote with monthly tickets)

He doesn't kill people often.

Or rather, he doesn't often kill people with his own hands.

I'm not particularly sensitive to the smell of death, but I can still sense that something is wrong. For example, when this man died, his eyes showed extreme fear, and his emotions were not right. Logically, they should have been mixed with anger and resentment.

And puzzlement.

After all, he killed the hostage on the spot after receiving the ransom, and the victim was a family member. The other party shouldn't only have fear in their eyes.

This can only mean one thing.

The other person's death program is pre-programmed, and according to the program, the other person should only have fear in their eyes when they die.

"strangeness."

Chen Mang narrowed his eyes slightly, looking around at the players who were staring at him in confusion, and at the approaching sirens in the distance. He had initially obtained clues through the implantation of an "iris chip".

His guess was that the game was not a virtual reality game, but rather a game where players' consciousness was projected into robots to explore an unfamiliar universe.

It belongs to a group crossing.

These NPCs are actually real people.

But based on his earlier probing, these NPCs really were just NPCs.

at this time--

Four police cars had surrounded him, and several fully armed police officers surrounded him with their guns pointed at him. He did not resist at all, but simply stood there with his hands raised, calmly accepting the handcuffs being put on him.

And at the same time the handcuffs were put on.

A panel appeared before my eyes.
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"You have been arrested by law enforcement for violating Ceylon City laws. You cannot activate the safe word while in custody."
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In other words.

From now on, he can no longer quit the game. If the punishment he receives is the death penalty, then he can only wait to die.

"Don't worry, conductor, I can unlock this privilege at any time."

Xiao Ai's voice rang in my ears.

"If other players are willing to break into the prison or intercept police cars, they can continue to use the safe word once the arrest status is lifted."

"This is a new setting."

"There's one more thing."

"The player who posted the walkthrough on the player forum just now found the hidden plot. The middle-aged man will eventually see his son leaning over his back and be killed by his son in fear."

"Ah."

Chen Mang nodded slightly, not paying much attention, while the policeman in front of him took out a work ID from his pocket with a serious expression and said in a deep voice.

"You have violated the laws of Ceylon City. You are hereby arrested and will be sentenced by the court."

A boy in the crowd pulled out a camera from somewhere and captured the scene.

One day later.

This "new universe" game, with the help of multiple god-like civilizations, has even become a popular virtual online game that has swept the universe. On the game's dedicated player forum, there is a pinned post.

The post is titled "...".

"The first player criminal arrested in the new universe, let's wait and see what his final fate is."

There are many comments under the post.

"This guy's dead meat. You can't use safe words while under arrest. I got caught stealing, and when I tried to quit the game, I couldn't. I had to pay a 1000-point deposit to get parole!"

"Can't use safe words while under arrest? Huh? Dying in the game means real death, so what if he's sentenced to death? Wouldn't he really be dead?"

"That's right."

"I'm more curious about how the person upstairs managed to earn 1000 points on the first day of the server launch?"

"Selling your ass."

"What's the meaning?"

"Literally, in my city, many men work away from home, leaving their wives alone at home. They look for men who are available and are willing to pay high prices. A normal person can sell for two or three thousand points at a time, but I can sell for 1 points at a time."

"Why do you have so many?"

"I have dark skin, which is quite rare."

Is the experience realistic? Do we skip the cutscenes entirely?

"100% realistic, completely authentic, just like experiencing it in the real world. It's amazing. I've decided that I'll spend most of my time in this game from now on. I absolutely love this game."

"If you can make money selling your ass, why would you steal anything?"

"Selling your ass isn't the right path; you can't keep doing that forever."

"Too."

And at this time——

Chen Mang, located in the Ceylon City Law Enforcement Bureau, is being held in solitary confinement in a dark room, awaiting interrogation.

at this time.

Someone pushed open the door and entered. The room was dark, but the outside light was very bright. He couldn't see the person's face clearly, only a blurry one. The person spoke.

Do you have a lawyer you know who you'd like me to help you schedule an appointment?

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Chen Mang remained silent, staring at the pop-up panel in front of him. The sentence sounded familiar, but the last time he heard it, it wasn't related to the profession of lawyer.
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"A federal Class D lawyer, free of charge, federally appointed, with a 0% chance of acquittal; you will be sentenced to death and executed immediately."

"A federal C-level lawyer, 1 points, can help you get your death sentence reduced to a suspended death sentence."

"federal."

"Federal S-level lawyer, 1000 million points, you will be sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for three years."

"federal."

"A federal SSS-level lawyer, 10 billion points, acquittal, and will help you recover damages from the victim's family and the law enforcement agency for misconduct during the arrest, and restore your reputation."
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Good.

It seems that in this game, as long as you have enough money, you can basically be a big shot who does whatever he wants.

However, the cost is quite high.

It takes at least 1 million points to kill a random person and pretend nothing happened, which is quite a price tag.

"Let's start with the first one."

Chen Mang randomly chose one, and after watching the person leave, he said softly, "Did you find anything?"

"No."

The AI's voice, tinged with a hint of感慨 (gan3kai3, a complex emotion encompassing regret, regret, and unease), came through the ear: "It seems the other side... hasn't even noticed us."

Just now, when he asked Xiao Ai to help him remove the permissions so that he could say safe words while under arrest, Xiao Ai said that this was a high-risk intrusion and would be detected by the max-level AI.

The good news is that once the other party intervenes, Xiao Ai can immediately use anti-intrusion techniques to find the location of the other party's AI based on the clues left behind, and start by intruding into the AI's main brain to completely control the game.

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The max-level AI didn't notice them.

"Nevermind."

Chen Mang wasn't too surprised, and calmly said, "This game is definitely not simple. We must find the location of the game's AI as soon as possible and see what these god-level civilizations are trying to do."

at this time--

"Two things. First, Qi Kexiu said the original blueprints for the 'powerful magnet' components have been completed."

"Good thing."

Chen Mang's lips curled up slightly: "This kid did a good job, there's more."

"The second thing is a post that went viral on the game forums. A player who obtained a train token did not collect the train immediately after acquiring iron ore resources. Instead, he held it in his hand and logged off." "But after logging off, he discovered that the resources had also returned to reality with him."

"The post went viral as soon as it was published. After many players conducted experiments, they found that it is indeed possible to bring resources from the game into reality, not just iron ore, but also component blueprints and even trains!"

"."

Chen Mang fell silent. This meant that this was no longer just a virtual online game, but could even be described as the "Third Universe." He knew that those god-level civilizations had joined forces to create such a game not just to make a profit, but must have other purposes.

"call"

A moment later, he let out a soft breath, silently recited "Chen Mang" in his mind, and the safe word was triggered, allowing him to log off smoothly.

When we return to reality.

Chen Mang immediately took the original blueprints of the "powerful magnet" accessory that Qi Kexiu had developed and re-examined them. He also logged into the player forum to check the posts. One of the more eye-catching posts contained a photo of him being arrested.

And at this time.

This game has already caused a great sensation. Only now do players realize that this game doesn't even have an official website. No one knows who the game development team is, who is operating and making this game, there is no credit, and no publishing company.

There is only overwhelming, saturated advertising.

He sat in the train cabin and began flipping through the posts, trying to find something out.

at this time--

"and many more!"

Chen Mang suddenly narrowed his eyes. He seemed to have overlooked a detail. He immediately put his glasses back on and returned to the game. When he returned to the game, he found himself still in the "interrogation room," waiting to be interrogated.

Although he obtained permission from Xiao Ai to use safe words while under arrest, he still couldn't leave the interrogation room.

Can I change my points balance?

"Yes, but that would be a much higher-risk activity, and the other party would definitely notice."

"That would be perfect. Be careful with anti-tracking and change my points balance to 100 trillion."

"Modification complete."

Fifteen minutes later.

A lawyer in a suit walked in, smiled at him, and said, "Hello sir, I am your appointed lawyer. You can leave the law enforcement bureau now. I will handle the subsequent recovery process for you."

Several law enforcement officers came to remove his handcuffs.

Even the best lawyers need to play their role in court, right?

Chen Mang stood up and shook his slightly sore wrist.

“We don’t need federal SSS-level lawyers. We have our own methods. After all, we have to be worthy of the 10 billion points paid by our employer.”

"how did you do that?"

"It's confidential."

The lawyer smiled at him and didn't elaborate further.

"Here's another billion. Tell me how you did it."

"Sir, are you serious?"

"Sended."

“I bribed the bureau chief with 1000 million.”

"What about the remaining 9.9 million?"

"That's my profit."

"Good."

After stretching his limbs, Chen Mang walked up to the lawyer and said softly, "Then why don't I bribe him myself?"

“Under federal law, accepting bribes is not illegal, but giving bribes is a serious crime. I took the risk of giving bribes on behalf of your employer.”

"There's such a law?"

"Yes, as a lawyer, one should be well-versed in the law so that one can effectively avoid risks during the bribery process."

soon--

Under the watchful eyes of the law enforcement officers, Chen Mang left the law enforcement bureau openly and legitimately. In fact, he had just seen another solution: he could hire a mercenary team at a high price to break him out of prison.

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That would be too disruptive to the game.

He suddenly doesn't feel like ruining the game anymore.

Since the items in this game can be brought into reality, and he can infinitely modify his in-game currency balance, he can easily exchange them for a large amount of resources and bring them into the real world, which is quite good.

at this time--

"Ok?"

He noticed that his balance on his dashboard had suddenly become zero, and the lawyer beside him frowned: "Sir, would you like to check your bill? It shows that the two payments you just made have been refunded."

Before he could speak.

The lawyer's furrowed brows relaxed again, and he smiled, saying, "It's alright, sir, you're back again."

His balance on the panel had been replenished to 1000 trillion.

There are more now.

"Xiao Ai?"

Chen Mang tried calling out to Xiao Ai in his mind, but received no response. He didn't say anything more. Obviously, the game's mastermind had noticed him at this time, and Xiao Ai was also counter-tracking. During the confrontation, Xiao Ai didn't even have the extra energy to respond to him.

It looks like it's going to be tricky.

It's been a long time since I've seen Xiao Ai so stressed with her computing power that even speaking a sentence is such a struggle.

Then he looked at the streetlights on both sides of the city.

as predicted.

At the top of each street lamp is a stone, the same color as the pillar, making it extremely inconspicuous. Even if others saw it, they probably wouldn't know what it was, but he happened to know.
That's the "Dream Stone".

It's a familiar old friend.

If it is a Dream Stone, then it does have the ability to bring objects from the virtual world into reality. However, the virtual world that the Dream Stone goes to is not a real virtual world, but another real place.

It is a fusion of fantasy and reality.

This city is inlaid with a large number of dream stones.

Look carefully.

Even on exterior buildings, tactile paving, railings, and green belts, you can see a lot of Dream Stone's influence.

"Will you combine a large number of Dream Stones with max-level AI to create a massive game that blends fantasy and reality?"

Chen Mang murmured, his eyes slightly narrowed.

That is to say-

Is this game essentially a large-scale "Civilization Wars" online game?
In a world where everyone is a soldier, is it possible to gather resources from all corners of the universe into a god-like civilization in this way? If so, it is indeed quite novel.

There are many resources in the universe.

However, there are many more resource-poor areas. These areas are neither worthwhile to exploit nor worth abandoning. The cost of mining them is even less than the cost of building wormholes. Yet, these resource-poor areas account for 80% or more of the universe's resources.

These resources are all wasted; a god-level civilization wouldn't mine them.

This gamified approach could allow all these resources to be extracted—a brilliant idea, but it would leave lower-level civilizations with no chance of survival.

(End of this chapter)