There's something wrong with me

Chapter 217: Great Collection, Great Drill

Zhang Feng's arrangements were relayed to the security department of the Data Center through Old Liu, and the final list of personnel was submitted.

After the arrangements were complete.

"Disaster drill?"

The head of security heard the personnel deployment and looked at the list on the screen, only to find that these were the most elite personnel within the base.

Listening to Zhang Zong and Liu Zong's intentions, it seemed they wanted a live broadcast for everyone, and even a competition with civilian teams?

Then, although his own people seemed few, just over ten thousand.

But the person in charge also knew this would definitely be a 'dimensionality reduction strike'.

Because these ten thousand people had participated in various virtual disaster drills over the past decade or so.

Whether it was individual small team combinations or team collaboration.

Or even solo action after a small team was unexpectedly scattered.

They were all top-notch.

Their abilities were outstanding.

Including in the virtual trials against alien civilizations.

The researchers inside also had a certain degree of self-preservation.

Of course, their usual virtual training did not affect their work in reality.

The working hours for Data Center personnel are currently mandated at eight hours.

Furthermore, some research work can now also be done in the virtual world.

With the pressure of 'simulated' alien civilization attacks, they might even achieve breakthroughs.

Anyway, each group in every research hall has its own research methods.

Zhang Feng doesn't manage these things; he simply stipulates that each person cannot stay in the reality research hall for 8 hours.

In the virtual world, they are free to do as they please.

Because when they are mentally fatigued, an offline prompt will sound, giving them time to copy information.

Even if they don't copy it, the virtual world retains it.

As for sudden breakthroughs being interrupted by forced offline, that won't happen.

After all, in the virtual world, as long as they want to bring something out, the virtual world can materialize it.

So there is no factor of scientific progress being suddenly interrupted.

This also applies to Martial Arts breakthroughs for special personnel.

Just like Zhang Feng's breakthroughs in the adventure world, as long as there is memory and knowledge, it's fine.

As long as there is knowledge, reality can quickly catch up.

The intertwining of virtual Spiritual Sense technology and extraordinary life in reality, after more than ten years of refinement, is now becoming increasingly perfect.

Ultimately, aside from the Gold Core four-dimensional aspect five years ago, reality has been fully digesting Superconducting and previous technologies over the past decade or so.

The 'hidden dangers' of forced growth have actually been largely eliminated.

Now, mastering it completely will also be very quick.

Because it has been nearly thirty years since the start of the extraordinary era.

The Federation's foundation is getting thicker and thicker.

But the public should not know the official strength of the Federation, nor that the Federation is already fighting aliens in simulations.

So Zhang Feng wanted to take advantage of this large-scale drill and teaching to give the public some understanding of the Federation's strength and to make everyone feel a greater sense of honor and belonging to their 'big family Federation'.

This was actually already in the plan.

It's just that Zhang Feng felt they were too weak and not efficient enough before, so he kept it suppressed.

...

Under Zhang Feng's plan, and after comprehensive optimization by the Planning Department.

As well as the testing and addition of causal variable rules.

Noon the next day, twelve o'clock.

The official announcement was released.

That is, the virtual world for the official 'External Civilization Drill' and 'Natural Disaster Drill' will be fully open to social players, and a 'Team Ranking' list will appear.

This is considered encouragement within the Planning Department's plan, allowing everyone to have some understanding of each other.

As for teams, they are actually various official teams and various ordinary civilian guilds.

Of course, if civilian guilds want to gather together to form a larger virtual guild, that is also possible.

Furthermore, these guilds do not require any 'guild creation token'.

The official announcement also emphasized that 'creating a guild' does not require extra money or other regulations.

A group of people just need to want to form a guild, and with a thought, their guild is formed.

Conversely, if they want to leave the guild or betray it, it's also just a thought, and they will not receive any punishment from the virtual world.

Complete simulation.

Also today.

As soon as the news of the drill world opening was released, most of the public were stunned.

One must know that this data should belong to 'secrets'.

But the current opening seems like some kind of signal.

This is a major update to the virtual world!

And in this 'Virtual Flood' ranking, it has already been calculated, and the rankings of various civilian teams have appeared on the list.

This list can be viewed officially.

Among them, the team ranked first is called 'Heng City Gang'.

Their number is 124 people.

Specific rankings and data information can be seen by clicking on the list.

And also this afternoon.

As the official ranking list was released.

Many people curiously clicked on it and saw the specific 'rescue information' inside.

(Champion: Heng City Gang)

(Team Members: 124)

(Rescued Ordinary Survival Supplies: 12 tons)

(Rescued Scientific Instruments: 0 items)

...

"In one city, they... rescued so little?"

When the public saw this information, their eyes widened, unable to believe they were ranked first with such an absurd score?

Afterward, they habitually left comments on the platform, and these comments were anonymous to the public.

(Holy cow, it's just like the live stream I watched, they're all playing City Battle Royale, right?)

(Disaster world completion mode, the expert Brothers are awesome!)

(To be honest, seeing such a disaster scene, I don't want to live with those expert Brothers)

(The one who said they didn't want to be together before, are you taking the game seriously?)

(Refuting the one upstairs, it's not about taking it seriously or not, but a person's first choice. If it were me, I would choose to save the city)

(What era is it now, why are there still bleeding hearts?)

(Is this being a bleeding heart? If people who save others in disasters are bleeding hearts, then professions like firefighters and doctors don't need to exist)

(Yes, some people are very ridiculous, always saying bleeding heart, bleeding heart. If you are an ordinary person, you'd better pray in a disaster that you meet the 'bleeding heart' you mentioned)

(Supporting the Brother upstairs, the people who shout 'bleeding heart' the loudest are often the first to beg the bleeding heart for mercy and ask the bleeding heart to help them survive, because they are selfish, and since they are selfish, they are absolutely afraid of death)

As the topic of bleeding hearts unfolded, the comment section went off track.

Many people were arguing.

But more people had sound values and didn't comment, because they knew that 'bleeding heart' is actually a positive term, representing benevolence and greatness.

It was just distorted by the distorted internet decades ago, becoming a criticism from a moral high ground.

And now, judging only from the comments of these anonymous people, many still don't understand.

At the same time.

Most of these people who didn't comment looked at the second place, which was an abstract team called (Beg for mercy, shout), with 351 members.

(Rescued Supplies: 11 tons)

(Research: 0 items)

The second place was also very absurd.

The Brothers who didn't comment were also very confused, feeling that the players were all bad people.

Pulling the ranking to the bottom, there was also the last place.

This was a team called 'Super Destroyers'.

1571 members.

(Rescued Supplies: -1568 tons)

(Research: -116 items)

To be honest, when this result came out.

Most people wanted to laugh, feeling that everyone was just messing around, everyone was fighting.

Including the past month, the virtual world has also been live-streamed.

The public also saw all the guilds fighting fiercely.

Including the current first and second teams, the reason they could rescue supplies was because they were afraid of starving in the real simulation.

More teams just ate whatever they could find for the day, completely treating it as a post-apocalyptic looting game.

Furthermore, even if the flood came, they could go fishing in the sea.

Their strong physique and combat ability made them completely fearless of these small disasters.

After all, people who could buy helmets had a certain amount of financial resources.

Coupled with various medicines and training methods in reality, if they put their mind to practicing Martial Arts, they could improve quite a bit.

This also meant that the personnel with the lowest physique entering the game all had '20+' physique.

With 20 physique facing these floods, and relying on many powerful teammates.

They truly weren't afraid of anything.

And after viewing the entire list.

Finally, in the minds of all the public, this perfectly good disaster rescue simulator was successfully turned into a city free-for-all by them.

And with the strength of these five million martial artists, before the flood arrived, there were already bodies everywhere and ruined buildings in various places.

The city had been half demolished by them.

With this result.

Most of the people who started cultivating Dao and Buddhist philosophies were deep in thought, feeling that this was absolutely wrong.

But it also aligns with the idea that since players are 'players' and not official personnel, they can act in this manner.

This is a significant philosophical question with no absolute right or wrong answer, but it has prompted many people to examine themselves.

Furthermore, the Federation also issued a questionnaire regarding one's state of mind.

As long as one answers honestly and meets the verification standards, with the signatures of ten or more people, one Ling Stone is awarded.

Those without friends require certification from past teachers and students.

This is also a strategy of the Planning Department, directly launching a large-scale cultivation on the global state of mind.

After all, to be realistic, the current reality leans more towards a 'cultivation civilization' for all of humanity.

This is not the original reality where everyone didn't cultivate immortality, so a simple ideological education was sufficient.

If issues regarding the state of mind are not addressed now, then in the future, when the strength of the entire population increases and the Earth separates, with various planets having 'autonomous' colonies that the Federation cannot control, this will become a major problem.

This includes feedback on the state of mind of the entire population, as well as related expressions of the seven emotions and six desires.

The Data Center is collecting all of it.

Zhang Feng is also observing; firstly, to integrate his soul (Nascent Soul), he needs relevant data on 'spirit and emotions' for further analysis of the soul.

Secondly, just like the Planning Department, it's about taking precautions.

Current cultivation-related matters in reality place more emphasis on 'state of mind'.

Of course, many people who want to destroy the world wouldn't openly state it in such official questionnaires.

...

In the days that followed, most virtual small buildings were updated to comply with the entry permissions for civilian players.

This included the reset of the flood world and the idea of adding virtual citizens.

Under Zhang Feng's instruction, this was also handed over to the populace, allowing them to create their favorite characters and place them in the virtual world as a 'rescue difficulty' for official drills.

This interaction between the Federation and the populace, in particular, thoroughly ignited the enthusiasm of many people, who subsequently began creating characters and submitting drafts one by one.

The virtual small building would generate them as accurately as possible and then send them to their mobile phones for debugging and modification.

However, they couldn't create characters that were too outrageous, such as a divine dragon with 1000 physique.

This is because in this official drill, all official personnel 'suppressed all physiques', having only the most basic 10.

Furthermore, virtual citizens also had to suppress 'most physiques', with a maximum not exceeding 30.

This could maximize the restoration of 'knowledge and collaboration'.

It also indirectly increased the rescue difficulty.

After all, in a rescue plan, if a group of people with 30 physique were causing trouble, it would be quite terrifying.

...

Also on that evening.

With the opening of the global broadcast and official live stream.

Most of the Federation's populace gathered in front of their mobile phones, TVs, and computers, witnessing over ten thousand Data Center personnel, disguised, dispersing and descending into the outskirts of this city.

In the upper right corner of the screen, a disaster countdown was displayed.

And through the constantly switching camera angles and the announcer stating the official personnel's ranks within this virtual world.

Everyone also knew that 'official players' in this world did not have very powerful identities.

The highest-ranking 'Zhao Dui Zhang' was just a small law enforcement officer here.

But in reality, his official position within the Federation was 'Data Center, Commander-in-Chief of External Civilization Wars'.

Within the virtual world, because it was 'pixelated', information and faces were modified.

And at this moment.

Under everyone's observation.

Under the director's deliberate camera angles.

Most of the footage was focused on Zhao Dui Zhang.

Zhao Dui Zhang didn't seem to have anything special about him; he quickly found his deputy commander and others.

Including the rest of the dispersed personnel, who slowly gathered here through some hand gestures.

Afterward, in the eyes of the populace, they just exchanged a few glances and simple communications.

And these hand gestures were different each time.

But after a few hand gestures, to the astonishment of the populace, some of the official players who had just gathered actually used Superconducting items from ordinary supermarkets to create some simple rune weapons.

Combat power was generated instantly.

At the same time.

With everyone's strong 'hand-crafting ability' and teamwork.

Some players had created misanthropes, and some organizations had activated 'x-ray vision hacks', coming to cause trouble right from the start, targeting the official players.

But before they could even get close to Zhao Dui Zhang's core circle, the special forces on the periphery easily subdued them.

X-ray vision was allowed, but only for five hundred people.

Otherwise, if five million people all had x-ray vision and didn't want to live, it would be impossible to continue.

And in the short day that followed,

Over ten thousand people quickly discussed countermeasures, then acted separately, beginning to manage this city by shutting down what needed to be shut down, suppressing what needed to be suppressed, and cooperating where cooperation was needed.

After some small disturbances,

The city's official command and several large manufacturing Factories were easily taken over by Zhao Dui Zhang and others.

The Federation's decisiveness and iron will, as well as its strategy of forming alliances, were fully displayed on this day.

So, they had already cleared the stage.

Whether leading the populace to higher ground or setting up Dome facilities by the sea, everything could proceed smoothly.

The real-world internet also began to congratulate them in advance, happy to be born in such a powerful Federation.

However, at this time of universal relief,

Several messages, as if pre-arranged, appeared simultaneously in the barrage of the official live stream.

(Although the virtual characters you set up have all been defeated, the three hundred people set up by our company are still acting in the shadows. Their goal is to consistently disrupt the rescue)

(Although the virtual characters you set up...)

Hundreds of barrages were sent out consecutively, indicating that there were still twists and turns in this rescue.

And when the populace saw the official personnel in the virtual world focusing on construction and rescue, they were actually happy and encouraged, and felt proud.

But at this moment,

When everyone saw these people sending out such messages,

It was undoubtedly uncomfortable.

Even though everyone had wanted to create some difficulty for the Federation before, now that the difficulties had been resolved, most people didn't want others to add more difficulty.

This feeling was awkward, but it was a true reflection of some people.

Furthermore, everyone watched the live stream with even more anxiety, wanting to know how the Federation would resolve these matters.

(Can you switch the perspective...)

(I want to see the three hundred people!)

Many more people left messages in the barrage, wanting to see the perspective of those three hundred people.

At the same time.

As the barrage increased, the Federation responded promptly and satisfied everyone's curiosity, shifting the perspective to those three hundred people.

However, upon seeing this,

Everyone fell silent.

Including the three hundred disruptors who had spoken earlier, they also stopped talking.

Because as the camera shifted,

It was a relatively dim Factory, and in the open space of the Factory, three hundred people were squatting with their heads in their hands.

"Name, age."

A special forces member was currently interrogating them, "Tell me honestly, are there any accomplices who participated in this plan?"

In the official personnel's usual drills,

Let alone three hundred disruptors, even matters of alien civilizations lurking on Earth, they could slowly investigate and uncover.

So, clearing out these people was even less difficult.

(The soldier brothers are so amazing!)

(The Federation prospers!)

At this time, a series of barrages also appeared, treating those disruptors as clowns.

...

In the time that followed,

As the populace occasionally checked the live stream and the rescue progress,

The facts were as expected.

The official personnel easily achieved the mass migration and the basic city protection plan.

Completely healthy Factory facilities and scientific research equipment allowed the Dome materials to quickly cover the entire coastline, forming a relatively complete diversion facility.

After all, when seawater surges, it's tens of millions of tons at a time.

With such impact, diversion is definitely better than direct blocking.

The final result was also as predicted by the official personnel; the Dome could not block the immense kinetic energy of the seawater.

But after relatively blocking the impact and diverting it, the damage to the coastal buildings was not as great.

Coupled with the complete transfer of supplies and the forced transfer of the populace, either voluntarily or by being tied up,

This rescue operation received full marks for personnel rescue.

The Federation populace also saw that unified action was the basis for resisting all disasters.

This public education was also included in the required Martial Arts courses.

And Zhang Feng also obtained the data he wanted through this drill.