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Chapter 88 Global Uproar_1

Chapter 88: Chapter 88 Global Uproar_1

Mu You wasn’t entirely sure about this. Perhaps they had recognized some special power he possessed. Shaking his head, he decided to continue reading the post.

"Beyond the second-tier forces, there are also third and fourth-tier forces, or even those not worth mentioning. But I won’t waste time categorizing them here. After all, these organizations are too weak and there are too many of them. Just a few pals come together without even having a level ten player, and they dare to call it a ’force.’ The major forces can send any expert and wipe these organizations out with ease."

"For all organizations below the second-tier, I have only one suggestion - dissolve early! Don’t blame me for being blunt, but the future world holds no place for weakened forces. Unification over division will be the inevitable trend of the future."

The main post ended here. Below were some links to highlight previous threads, which could be clicked without costing any more money.

Mu You read through all these posts without skipping a single one.

When he finally came to his senses, he realized why this thread was priced at 2 million - it was truly worth it.

This main thread coupled with the added highlighted threads resulted in tens of thousands of words, all in-depth information!

Even someone like Mu You who was ignorant about the player’s world had completely understood the domestic and even global player force’s distribution status after reading this post.

After digesting the information from this post, Mu You didn’t have time to rest and decided to read more posts while he still had the 2 million on hand.

Fortunately, the prices of general posts weren’t as expensive, with 400 or 500 thousand considered high.

After scrolling for a bit, Mu You quickly came across another post that caught his attention: Bounty list issued by the Ten Commandments!

"What kind of person would the Ten Commandments specifically set a bounty on?"

With curiosity, Mu You clicked to take a look.

The first bounty left him stunned.

"Bounty on any member of the Dragon Group, 50 million for a single head, plus an Epic Equipment!"

What the hell, does the Ten Commandments have such audacity?

Mu You was shocked. This kind of post, which would surely be immediately banned in the real world’s network, was actually allowed to exist here with quite a number of likes.

This also made Mu You deeply realize the strength of this forum. It was not restricted by any country, and even the forces representing countries were just regular members in this forum.

Moving on, the rest of the bounties were mostly aimed at individuals.

Mu You didn’t recognize most of these IDs, but it was clear that none of them would be weak if they were specifically targeted by the Ten Commandments.

As Mu You continued to scroll, he suddenly froze. Among an unfamiliar list of names, he actually found an ID he had seen before: Torchbearer.

"Bounty on Torchbearer, 50 million for the head, plus an Epic Equipment."

"Does this girl have such a high credit level? The same price as a member of the Dragon Group..."

Mu You looked at this bounty and suddenly understood why the game version given by Lu Yao didn’t have a forum.

If a newbie Little White were to visit the forum and see this bounty, they’d switch sides in a heartbeat!

Shaking his head, Mu You clicked on ’Torchbearer’s’ ID, going into her homepage for a look.

Turns out this girl’s forum account was actually pretty high, reaching level 36.

There was even a hot post below that was pinned by her, with a staggering ten thousand plus responses.

"Selling game Activation codes, 5 million each, or equivalent items. Prices are final, only one left, hurry up if you want it!"

So there are still Activation codes!

Mu You curiously clicked to take a look.

"Wow, Sister Zuan is selling mummies again!"

"Always the last one, can you come up with something new? How are you any different from those street vendors who shout ’last 3 days’ every day?"

"The last post was 3 million, the one before was 4 million, and with the public test coming up, why is your price going higher?"

"3 million each, prices are final, take it or leave it."

"Swindler! Everyone, open your eyes, this is a swindler! I bought a code from her last month, paid her but she didn’t deliver!"

...

"Hmm..."

Mu You was stunned. The post wasn’t as heated with eager buyers as he had imagined. Instead, several people were bad-mouthing it.

It was clear that Torchbearer’s reputation on the forum wasn’t good.

But what puzzled him was how a post like this, which wasn’t popular, could get over ten thousand replies?

With doubts, Mu You continued to browse through a few more pages, and soon he understood.

Starting from the tenth floor, the Torchbearer appeared, replying to the one above who called her a scammer.

"Screw off, you asshole. You sent me a Freeze Card with just 50 million in it. Do you think I’m an idiot?"

The majority of the comments below were one-sided spam by the little lolita, drawing each of those who spoke ill of her and scolding them severely.

The opposing side occasionally retorted, but neither their speed nor quality could compare.

Looking at the situation, a group of people was being one-sidedly scolded by her. And they were extremely harsh words, demonstrating a high level of knowledge about reproductive organs. If these comments were broadcasted in the real world, they would be bleeped out from start to finish...

"No wonder the reply count is so high. Seems out of ten thousand replies, eight thousand are piled up by quarreling..."

All Mu You could do was sigh in admiration of this ’talent’. She had been quite restrained when he spoke on the phone with her earlier. It could be described as ’gentle’.

Mu You didn’t have the energy to get involved in this squabble between schoolkids. However, after skimming through, he did grasp an important piece of information: this little girl has a lot of activation codes, and she doesn’t hoard them all at once. Instead, she releases one at regular intervals...

"So, she possesses an artefact that produces an activation code at a fixed time?"

This possibility occurred to Mu You.

This artifact could very well be the item she stole from the Ten Commandments. No wonder they are offering such a high bounty for her.

However, as the game nears its large-scale internal beta test, the value of these activation codes will drop steadily. Once the game enters open beta, they will become worthless, and the bounty on her will probably decrease accordingly.

With these thoughts in mind, Mu You glanced at the calendar.

It was Friday today, and in five days, the time to distribute the ten million activation codes would arrive.

Originally, Mu You was worried that the authorities might suppress this news. However, after seeing the post analyzing the player power structures, this worry vanished.

The power of domestic players is currently the strongest in the world! This was a huge advantage, and the authorities would not permit its dissipation.

If his guess was correct, a large-scale promotion would take place over the next few days.

And reality was indeed as he expected. Just one day later, the discussion about "Fool" was already burning across the domestic internet.

The cause was a video thread someone posted on a forum that evening.

In the video, that person boastfully displayed their ’superpower’ and revealed a lot of inside information about ’players’ and the ’Fool’s game’.

Once this post went live, it immediately caused a sensation on the forum.

Many people were waiting for the officials to block this video, or for that big shot to come forth and prove that these special effects were photoshopped.

However, nothing happened. The video was left unrestricted, no one intervened, and it hung there for an entire day!

This in itself was a sign. That the authorities tacitly accepted the existence of this video means that what it conveyed is likely true!

So following that, the video started to spread wildly across the internet in China, and even worldwide.

At the same time, an increasing number of players started speaking up, confirming the existence of superpowers on various websites and forums

Overnight, this mobile game named "Fool" gained global popularity.

Countless people flocked to the official "Fool" website to pre-register.

The number of registered players quickly rose from 200 million to 2 billion, and it was still growing rapidly...

Of course, with such a significant change, some inevitable turbulence appeared. For example, the Supernatural Doomsday Organization, Cult Organization, alien invasion plans, doomsday salt and grain robbery, and so on... All sorts of unusual people emerged. However, before they could stir up any waves, they were quickly suppressed.

It was clear that the state was well prepared, especially in terms of maintaining stability, the Great Dynasty had particularly outstanding experience.

...

No matter how tumultuous things were outside, it had nothing to do with Mu You. He had quite a peaceful few days.

During the day, he played the game, created cards, refined potions, fed pets. At night, he would post updates, then intensely browse the forums, scavenging every walkthrough he could find.

As for inside the game, he didn’t do anything else for a few days, just went back and forth between the Thatched Cottage and Foggy Mountain, gathering a large amount of medicinal materials.

The only regret was that he didn’t come across a single herb required for the Spirit Summoning Potion after looking on the mountain for three whole days...

With the approach of Thursday, Mu You started to get anxious. If it really came down to it, he would have to trade his life for the artifact and force himself to buy from the store. This was the worst method but also the last resort.

Fortunately, it seems that ’every cloud has a silver lining.’

On Tuesday evening, when Mu You logged into the game as usual, had dinner at the old lady’s place, replenished his stamina, and continued mountain gathering.

Just as he stepped out the door, there came a pleasant surprise.

[You leave the Thatched Cottage when you hear a croaking sound from behind.]

[You turn your head, and a toad suddenly jumps onto your shoulder. It’s Pocket Toad, who bid you farewell several days ago to go find treasure! Long time no see, you really miss it. Seeing its bulging pocket, you know it must have obtained substantial rewards this time!]