The Tycoon God of Online Gaming
Chapter 649 - 650: Difficulties Piling Up

Chapter 649: Chapter 650: Difficulties Piling Up

All of the screens here vanished in an instant.

This is a standalone artificial intelligence system operating. As the Celestial World’s central AI became more self-aware and hostile, governments everywhere began developing new AI systems. The intelligence system here was actually set up by the State Preceptor; its actual purpose is to block the information catch attempts of the Red Queen. When it can’t, it shuts down, placing everything here in an area with no signal.

"Now I’m really a hundred percent sure about my guesses," Elder Xiang said. "When I said the two words ’Night Ghost’ on the phone, it was the name ’Night Ghost’ that alerted the Red Queen to our location. It set off the alarm system here when it arrived."

"Because our system can’t resist theirs, it shuts itself down as soon as it fails."

At this moment, a sophisticated man remarked, "If your guess is true, Elder Xiang, this guy will not be easily handled. What’s crucial is that he has the support of the Red Queen. Using this leverage, he can possibly accomplish far more than we ever could."

"I share the same opinion with you. Even if you’re right and the murderer at the annual forum is indeed the Night Ghost, there’s still a high chance that we will not be able to track him down."

"How can we not find him? Carpet search. Check every single person, find out whether they’re playing Celestial World, then get the Heaven World Department’s help in-game to confirm if they are the ones involved. Of course, we need to coordinate closely when carrying out such a task." The old cop said, on fire.

"Impossible. Haven’t you considered this: wherever the Night Ghost or the murderer is, the Red Queen would be watching. It would know in advance when we take action."

"Plus, who is the Red Queen? It’s the game’s central intelligence. The idea of locating a person it’s watching in its own turf is just a pipe dream, isn’t it?"

"You have misunderstood my point," said the old cop.

"Here’s what I think: It would be impossible that the Night Ghost has some kind of chip in his brain. He must need some kind of tool to communicate with the Red Queen, right? We could ask some questions in-game, coerce him to log out, and then ask him face-to-face some related questions. If he fails to answer, we add him to our list of prime suspects."

"You’re the one who’s not getting it. Are you sure you know the Red Queen well? I tell you, no matter how you try to confirm it, you’ll fail. According to your method, the suspect would tell the Red Queen everything as soon as he logs in; then, the Red Queen will create an ideal account to meet ’us’ in the game. Ha, I don’t even want to say what comes next... By the time the suspect logs out, the Red Queen would have informed him of everything. You tell me, how do we confirm this?"

"Alright, you guys stop arguing," said a middle-aged woman abruptly. Her brow was furrowed, her expression grave.

"The peculiar variables in this situation are too numerous, too extraordinary. There is a high likelihood that our deductions have been wrong all along. The Red Queen, the world’s top artificial intelligence, could have been feeding us false information from the very start. It is ridiculous for us to investigate based on these erroneous leads."

"All I can say is, our adversary is extremely formidable!"

"If the Wei Family’s situation truly is connected to the Night Ghost, then everything becomes ambiguous. Have you ever considered this: the Red Queen could even modify a person’s entire set of information, including fingerprints. Even if we were to somehow track down the real murderer, we would realize that his fingerprints do not match those in the manipulated data, and we would let him go. The real murderer would slip through our fingers."

"So, Little Quan, what are you suggesting?" Elder Xiang asked, deeply furrowing his brows. He agreed that the situation was far from simple. So what if all the validations they did earlier were true?

"First, we should find a way to understand why the Red Queen sought out the Night Ghost. There must be a huge secret in this."

"Second, we should advise the bosses to compromise with the Red Queen. Let’s see if it will reveal the Night Ghost’s true information."

"Third, similar to the second point, but this time, the focus is on the murderer. We should ask the Red Queen to give us the murderer’s true information."

"Fourth, we have to train the supernatural ability users in our custody to be stronger. I believe our supernatural ability users will inevitably cross paths with the Night Ghost, or the murderer, in the future. That’s when we might ascertain their true identities."

"These are the only four points I came up with. You can add on to them later. Right now, I have one wish: that the Night Ghost is not really the murderer. If he’s not the murderer, according to the third point, we might easily obtain the real identity of the murderer."

"But I agree with your fourth point. No one can truly predict what society will turn into in the future."

"Elder Xiang, notify the higher-ups. Since Celestial World can produce Evolution Awakeners with supernatural abilities, I suggest that our department merges with the Heavenly World Department! Or at least, establish an information-sharing mechanism between our two departments!"

"Hmm, we’ve already considered this. It’s still under discussion at the moment."

"Alright, let’s wrap it up for today. Get back and think this over in your own time. Dismissed!"

None of them knew how close they were to the truth.

But....

If they knew that the Red Queen does not control Celestial World, that there exists another entity known as Empress Gray in the game, I wonder what they would feel or what kind of methods they would come up with?!

Because they did not understand the true essence of the event, they were led down a path away from the truth. The further they walked, the further they strayed.

...

In the game, Miao Jiuer’s level has already reached 52, while Dantai Jingning’s level has reached 54.

The speed of their leveling is astonishing! Little did they know, Miao Jiuer’s rapid rise in levels in such a short time had shocked the world’s players. No one had ever imagined that leveling up with a mentor could be so swift, surpassing all expectations.

Chu You had already deactivated mentor mode by now. The three players were no longer teamed up because they encountered a Boss. This Boss was a level 75, 7-star monster. Chu You knew what this Boss would drop, and he wanted to switch out his equipment to try and level up to 75.

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Just so you know, from today, the author is back at his home base after a trip to his hometown and will start updating more from tomorrow onwards. The author has been pushing himself to work towards this goal of pouring out Chapters.

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