I Don't Agree to the Terms

Chapter 922 487: Player Management Bureau_2

Unfortunately, they haven't been able to succeed again, so they've started thinking of some crooked ideas.

Liao Tai understands that every year, there are people who come to the Player Management Bureau through connections, thinking they are geniuses and the only ones, just unlucky.

Anyway, since he started working here, he hasn't seen anyone succeed. Ninety percent of the people who do this end up dead, and the remaining ten percent survive by luck but only to be thrown in jail, as a means to appease and placate players.

"No problem, but about this matter..." Tu Chengyuan hurriedly said. He's arrogant, but not stupid, and vaguely noticed that Liao Tai seems to know his intentions.

"What matter?" Liao Tai also pretended to be ignorant, anyway, it's not him who's in trouble.

"Nothing, nothing." Tu Chengyuan said with a smile, secretly thinking: 'Cowards afraid of death are easy to manipulate, stay on the right path, once I become a player, I'll spare your life.'

Liao Tai naturally doesn't know what Tu Chengyuan is thinking, but even if he did know, he wouldn't care much. In his position, having interacted with players so often, he has seen it all.

Most players are actually of the calm and desire-less type, focused on becoming stronger without any miscellaneous desires.

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"The Player Management Bureau is hidden so deeply."

"But it makes sense, this flow of funds and various behaviors of players would attract attention more or less. As long as something is leaked by accident, it will definitely be deeply investigated, even with the world's protection, traces won't disappear."

"Moreover, some players have families, like wives and children, lovers, illegitimate children, and all that."

Gu Shanhai found out about Liao Tai, the other party being a seasoned investigator, mainly responsible for investigating new players and filing reports.

Normally, the Player Management Bureau doesn't directly interact or communicate with players, but rather serves them in a safeguarding manner, similar to giving them the green light and solving unnecessary troubles, to maintain a positive and good mindset among players.

It's not that they don't want to directly assimilate and control players; it's just because they can't.

Originally, it wasn't called the Player Management Bureau but the Transcendent Control Bureau. The higher-ups wanted to keep players in their hands and turn them into a force under their control, you can guess the outcome—grass can't grow on their graves.

As for Tu Chengyuan, Gu Shanhai didn't pay much attention. This person is just a fool pushed out to be a test subject.

His Tu Family was once a player family, now it's fallen, but even when fallen, they know quite a bit of inside information. Arranging for him to enter the Player Management Bureau, having him gain player information to seize player qualification, if that could succeed, the Transcendent Control Bureau wouldn't have become the Player Management Bureau.

Gu Shanhai can take action because he can transform player qualifications and data into a port. Tu Chengyuan, a normal person who doesn't even know what transcendent means, tries to get it with 'Give it to me'? Then he's not the main character.

The main character of this world is the game "Civilization Road" itself, a special type of protagonist.

"It's just not deeply researched on players." Gu Shanhai soon hacked the Player Management Bureau's internal network through Liao Tai's authority and directly obtained all the data with methods.

"Some basic information, more like used for control."

"Oh, right, they indeed call it a Management Bureau."

Gu Shanhai browsed through and quickly found information on Tian Dong.

Currently, Tian Dong is marked as missing and suspected mission failure in the Player Management Bureau.

However, they contacted Gu Shanhai not because of Tian Dong's disappearance, but suspecting that Gu Shanhai inherited Liu Shen's player qualification, Liu Sheng was the player who died suddenly in the rental house due to the Great Unification's extermination of civilization forces.

Of course, it's just suspicion; now, after confirmation, he's no longer a suspect.

How could they possibly uncover Gu Shanhai's details; he already sensed when their so-called detector was activated.

Can't deny, the Player Management Bureau does have something; at least they can produce quite a bit of transcendent characteristic items in this inert energy environment, it's really not easy.

As for the effect, it's really unimpressive, only effective on the transcendent, which means it only works on players and has no effect on ordinary people.

These transcendent items aren't like something that can release Fireball Technique with a magic wand or enchanted guns; they can't achieve this level at all.

After all, it's just the End of Dharma era, at most can indirectly influence, like causing a small illness, sneezing, or affecting thoughts, nothing more.

The reason they can't affect ordinary people is because ordinary people are incompatible with inert energy, they entirely lack the condition to accept them, if used on ordinary people, it only passes through their body just like the inert energy.

"No wonder players want more to be calm and desire-less and just focus on playing games."

This is because as players grow stronger, they become more transcendent and instinctively find the outside uncomfortable.

With the improvement of civilization in the game, player qualifications form a field and inert energy counterbalance, opening a region suitable for players like these transcendent beings to exist.

And the inert energy dissipated is absorbed by players, eventually forming low desires, only focusing on playing games and getting stronger rather than going out to show off or dominate the world.

Players are not in danger, especially stronger players, they have less desire for everything worldly.

The premise is you don't provoke them or act excessively, like Tu Chengyuan, if he wants to seize a high-level player's qualification, then even if this player cultivates for a hundred years, he'll crush him immediately instead of advising him.

Ninety percent of the deaths recorded in the Player Management Bureau are not false, the remaining ten percent are because they wanted to seize newbie or newly qualified players, in the end, they were counter-killed due to the world's protection.

"Control measures are indeed high-level." Gu Shanhai said, but not referring to the Player Management Bureau, rather "Civilization Road" itself.

Otherwise, with the little effort from the Player Management Bureau, what could be high-level, if players really wanted to do something, especially high-level players, the bureau wouldn't have any means to resist.

"Hey, can I use the Player Management Bureau to harm other players?" A thought suddenly struck Gu Shanhai.

There are plenty of high-level players, but they're not impossible to kill.

This world is in the End of Dharma era, if he advances technology, this bureau might be restructured as a control bureau.

"Mechanical technology from Ascending Empire, probably usable with some modifications."

Gu Shanhai thought, and quickly compiled a document.

As for why he's targeting players, this is where he's misunderstood.

He never intended to target players; he's targeting "Civilization Road" itself.

Planning to undermine "Civilization Road's" foundation through the Player Management Bureau, then further analyze and control it.

At first glance, players seem to be "Civilization Road's" puppets, but actually, they're part of its strength.

So destroying players is basically cutting into "Civilization Road."

It's simple not to act personally, such things can't be done openly. Let the Player Management Bureau be the blade, when "Civilization Road" really wants to settle scores, it can't be pinned on Gu Shanhai.

Perhaps "Civilization Road" can't beat Gu Shanhai, but if it can be achieved without bloodshed, why have direct conflict.

He keeps the two principles of cautiousness and low-profile in mind, and if there are pieces to utilize, there's no need to act personally. What if things go wrong, no matter how small the chance, it's still possible.