Game Invasion: A new term for each level

Zhang Yi rubbed his temples with his thumbs for a few minutes to calm himself down.

Looking up, I saw Yang Hui sitting on a wooden stool, his hands on his knees, his back straight and meticulous, like a well-behaved child.

Seeing this, Zhang Yi felt a surge of anger, but just as the anger was about to flare up, the pressure came crashing down on him.

He noticed out of the corner of his eye that Yang Hui's phone still had two voice messages that hadn't been played yet.

He swallowed the fire back.

Zhang Yi sighed. The pressure interrogation had been broken; applying pressure further was no longer effective.

I originally planned to give this kid a hard time, make him flustered, dig up some dirt on him, and then prevent him from joining the team.

It seems that Xu Qinglan's decision to let that person join the team last time left a deep impression on Zhang Yi.

The conversation between the two sides is finally becoming more equal.

Zhang Yi said calmly, "Your strength must be enough to go to the Wilderness Gathering with Pei Feng, but joining the official organization requires more than just strength; you also need to be of good character and morality."

Yang Hui asked, "Aren't all official law enforcement officers just doing whatever they want, regardless of their own will?"

"Those are other teams. On my team, you can't be like them."

Zhang Yi did not deny it, so it seems that the reputation of the Administration Bureau is indeed not very good.

Yang Hui couldn't respond to this question, so he could only give a curious look without saying anything.

Zhang Yi asked, "You think the Administration's methods are too violent, right? Forcing people to register entries, even punishing those who lie, there's no privacy at all."

They've even restricted access to higher-level game instances. You think all of this is unfair, right?

"Do you think firearms are dangerous? A child could kill almost anyone with the force of a snap of their fingers."

Yang Hui said, "So a complete gun ban is the right thing to do. I know what you're trying to say. The entry is like giving everyone a gun; you can't confuse that, can you?"

Zhang Yi snapped the pen cap shut, making a distinct sound in the quiet room.

Zhang Yi shook his head and said, "Of course, we can't confuse the two, because it's even more dangerous. The appearance of this entry is like giving a monkey the button to launch a nuclear bomb. Maybe it will press the button, or maybe it won't do anything, but there's a very small chance of the world ending. There are millions of monkeys out there. Can you tell which one has the real button?"

Zhang Yi stood up, looked out the window, and said, "Do you know how chaotic the world was in the week immediately following that sound?"

That sound?

He was referring to the update notification that rang in everyone's ears on April 1st, decades ago.

Yang Hui said, "Are you trying to excuse what the Bureau has done? Are you trying to say that everything you've done is for world peace? That's a bit of an overstatement."

Zhang Yi said calmly, "I mean, when the Administration was first established, it did even worse things. Once an entry was unlocked, it would be centrally managed, and if anyone resisted, they would be executed on the spot. They were allowed to fire freely throughout the process."

Yang Hui's eyes widened in shock.

Why? Why be so extreme?

"For society to have order, ideas need to change little by little. It's better to guide than to block. At that time, some harmless terms were gradually released, but there were no means to verify whether what the other party said was true."

You say you're a law-abiding citizen, so you are? You say you won't use the code to do bad things, so I'm supposed to believe you? We have a responsibility to ordinary people!

Zhang Yi retorted bluntly, "You've unlocked the term, so you're completely on its side. Let me tell you! The majority are ordinary people who haven't unlocked the term!"

Zhang Yi's words struck Yang Hui's heart like a heavy hammer.

"Currently, the registration and management of people's entries are very humane. Even if you lie, as long as you don't cause trouble or break the law, the Administration will not come after you. We also have a systematic school now."

Zhang Yi slowly turned around, looked into Yang Hui's eyes, and said, "Having nuclear weapons isn't scary; what's scary is that the holder is a monkey!"

"Since unlocking the terms is inevitable, the only option is to evolve the monkeys into humans and teach them human empathy."

Zhang Yi walked over, looking down at Yang Hui, his shadow completely enveloping Yang Hui: "Then let me ask you, Yang Hui..."

"...Are you a monkey?"

Yang Hui felt a surge of emotions and nervously swallowed.

"I...of course not!"

Zhang Yi stared into Yang Hui's pupils, and after a few seconds, he suddenly laughed: "Haha, of course I know you're not. With Pei Feng and Manager Xu vouching for you, their intuition can't be wrong."

He then changed the subject: "But I don't like to rely on feelings; I want to see what you've actually done. Anyone can say nice things."

"I hope you'll think about my question when you're not eating beef: Do you want to be a monkey?"

Yang Hui remained silent for a long time, and finally understood Zhang Yi's reasoning.

People can have entries, but only if they don't cause trouble; some people who have power will fall into the abyss.

This is a very simple and easy-to-understand principle.

He still felt that this was a bit too extreme.

But things are slowly getting better.

Yang Hui had neither the status nor the power to change this situation.

Zhang Yi clapped his hands: "As for the control of high-level game instances, it is also gradual. It started with A-level game instances, and now the control of E-level game instances is being gradually relaxed. Soon, D-level game instances will also appear in people's lives."

Yang Hui asked what he thought was the situation: "Isn't the official control of game instances a way to keep the advancement channels in their own hands?"

"You're talking about those corporate conglomerates and powerful families."

Yang Hui was taken aback. A corporate conglomerate? A powerful family?

Wasn't the Administration established by the higher-ups? Can these factions also control instances?

"Sometimes we collaborate with corporate conglomerates or contract out an area to them."

That's fine.

As for the issue of strength, Yang Hui only began to understand it slightly after thinking about the concept of bloodline attributes.

The company can spend unlimited amounts of money to hire talented people, and powerful families have accumulated ancestral lineage in their bloodlines.

At this point, Zhang Yi asked a question: "Do you know what happens if no one joins to start the game after the countdown for a game instance ends, or if someone dies inside and no one finishes the instance?"

Yang Hui was taken aback. He hadn't really thought about this question. All he had been dealing with so far were E-level game instances from the general public, which involved studying and such, so there was no chance of failing.

The most dangerous place was the suburban cemetery; I almost died there.

What would happen if he and Curly both died?

Zhang Yi held up two fingers: "Two possibilities. First, the game countdown restarts. Second, the game instance disappears, and there's a high probability that the items inside will come out."

"Run...run away???"

Yang Hui looked puzzled. "Ran out? You mean those ghosts from the suburban cemetery came out?"

Would Huang Linfu ride in a sedan chair onto the highway?

"Of course, the probability of escaping increases with the level of the game instance."

"Starting from B-level game dungeons, the odds will be 50/50."

"There's about a 5% chance that an E-class item will appear."

Zhang Yi continued, "Eliminating these escaped dungeon monsters is also part of the Administration's job."

Yang Hui asked curiously, "What about the 'descending' type?"

"hundred percent!"

Goodness, if Yang Hui hadn't cleared that subway corridor, Zhou Yan would have appeared in the real world?

Zhang Yi comforted him, "But the probability of a game instance appearing is very small; it's lucky if it happens once every month or two."

Yang Hui rolled his eyes. He had just been tricked by the Descent Dungeon a couple of days ago.

"Then why not tell the public? Tell everyone that you are protecting them?"

Zhang Yi said, "The main concern is causing panic. Aren't the terms and game instances in your life enough? As an ordinary person, or someone who doesn't want to get involved in danger, you can avoid both."

But I also have to tell you, the monsters in the game's dungeons will come out and keep you up at night every night, is that all? That's too cruel.

Zhang Yi has always viewed issues from the perspective of an ordinary person.

Yang Hui hesitated for a moment before asking, "Then why haven't we seen it in reality? Or caused a large-scale disaster?"

Zhang Yi smiled faintly: "You ask why you haven't seen them? High-level game dungeons are controlled. We send different teams to clear them if they're confident. As for those E-level civilians who might escape, they've all been eliminated by the patrol teams."

Yang Hui chuckled and gave a thumbs up, but then a sudden thought flashed through his mind.

Wait a minute! I feel like I've seen him before!

The daughter of Manager Zhou, a real estate agent!

Was there a monster on her head at that time?!

Zhang Yi said, "Finally, I want to say that there's a special E-level game instance that's very difficult to complete. It requires players below level 10 to clear it, and many people have already died there."

Yang Hui asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why don't you just send in a team and use sheer numbers to overwhelm them?"

"What makes it special is that it's a single-player game instance!"

Yang Hui thought to himself: After saying so much just now, he's starting to think about me now?