Chapter 159 This is not a dark place!

Chapter 159 This is not a dark place!

Chapter 159 This is not a dark place!
[Payment successful, Dark Land game account has been successfully activated. ]

Ding!
After the account is successfully activated, a text message pops up notifying you of the bank card deduction.

Tong Xin looked at the electronic bill information on the computer and tears welled up in her eyes.

After countless days and nights of struggle, this moment has finally arrived.

All the bitterness and pain that we have endured have now transformed into sweet rain and dew, nourishing our hearts.

He has paid too much for this day.

Looking back on the road I have come, those sleepless nights, the lonely figure in the high radiation environment, the flattering figure smiling and nodding in the bar... The memory finally returned to the scene when I got the qualification for the cracked version, but missed it, and fainted in the game cabin crying.

But now, he finally got the qualification to play in the Dark Land.

This goal that once seemed out of reach is now truly within our grasp.

"Cool!"

Click Download and a download progress bar will pop up in the upper right corner.

Sitting in front of the computer desk, Tongxin opened his arms and imagined countless figures cheering for him in front of him.

At this moment, he really wanted to share his feelings.

But the adopted sons in the group were not online, and he felt that happiness lacked sharing and was missing something.

While waiting, Tong Xin went to the refrigerator, took out a customized pre-prepared meal that he usually didn't want to eat, opened a can of beer, and enjoyed the meal.

When I returned to the room, the download progress bar had reached the bottom.

Ding!
【Download successful, whether to adapt the game.】

Click Adapt, the game files will be transferred to the game compartment, and the lights on it will start to decompress the files.

After a while, the green light indicating that the adaptation is complete comes on.

After changing into his gaming clothes, Tong Xin couldn't wait to enter the gaming cabin.

As the hatch cover was pressed down, Tong Xin felt extremely proud and it seemed as if thousands of troops were galloping in his chest.

All the setbacks in the past have now turned into motivation for his future.

"Brothers, your sleeping godfather has awakened!"

The screen in front of you jumps to the virtual desktop at this moment. Click the game icon and a prompt will pop up indicating that you are entering the game.

I could hear a slight "buzzing" sound from the game console as it was running, and the picture in front of me turned into a blurry blue light curtain, which began to change as the system started up.

The blue light curtain gradually became transparent, like morning mist blown away by the breeze, and four dark golden characters "Dark Land" emerged from the darkness.

At this moment, the picture suddenly went dark.

Several figures emerged from the darkness, and a naming box popped up.

With consciousness, Tongxin entered "kindergarten principal" in the naming box.

【Tip: The game name has been used, please change the game name. 】

"grass!"

Seeing that his favorite game name was actually used, Tong Xin cursed inwardly and then changed to a new name: Kindergarten Principal.

This time, a green prompt indicating that the name was successfully chosen appeared.

The figure in the darkness became clear at this time and entered the character selection interface.

The game Dark Land has a high degree of freedom. There is no specific career choice in the early stage. The only options are gender and talent specialization. The game does not support face-shaping, and players use their real-life appearance as the initial setting for their appearance.

The only thing that can be modified is the "Completion" setting.

The so-called completion is specifically for players with physical disabilities.

For example, a player who has lost limbs can obtain the missing parts of the body that fit the missing parts through the completion setting.

There are 18 options for choosing talent specialization.

For example, mechanical proficiency, shooting proficiency, weapon proficiency, rune proficiency, medical proficiency, forging proficiency, and so on.

When the game progressed to the stage of talent specialization selection, Tongxin's mind was full of questions.

"No...the opening setting is wrong!"

Although I have never experienced the game Dark Land, I have heard the adopted children in the group talk about the game.

The player's initial choice at the beginning of the game seems to be an ability called Soul. Various Souls can be combined through the Star Vein to create powerful combo skills, and the Souls can be replaced in the later stages.

So...what the hell is this talent specialization?

Is it an option only available after entering the game?

Well, it should be.

The childish mind, full of questions, automatically filled in the answers, and then carefully read the detailed introduction of each specialization.

After some selection, he chose the combat-oriented defense specialization.

[Congratulations, you have successfully created your character. Next, you will be assigned to a novice village... The novice village you are assigned to is Feng Yunlan.]

[The novice village scene is loading, please wait. 】

Soon, Tong Xin, wearing the linen clothes exclusive to novices, appeared in the Novice Village.

All kinds of noisy sounds filled my ears, and looking around, I saw players everywhere.

In addition to human players, there are also a large number of alien players.

But the question is, where did the soul option go? How should I choose my gargoyle soul?
Never mind, upgrade first.

Feeling confused, Tong Xin chooses to upgrade first and then consider other issues. He has already opened up a considerable level gap with his adopted son. He must work hard to catch up as soon as possible and contact them to help him upgrade after leaving the Novice Village.

After a preliminary experience and understanding, he learned about the background settings of the game.

The background of the game begins thousands of years ago, when the invading force "The Black Tide of Terror" came into the world, sweeping across the world and bringing endless disasters.

Just as the world was about to be shrouded in darkness, a group of chosen people fled to another world and built a new civilization there.

Thousands of years later, the escaped Destiny Man (player) returns, vowing to take back his once lost homeland.

In terms of background setting, as the brothers in the group chat said, the game unfolds with the terrifying black tide as the strongest opponent.

The world a thousand years later is full of corruption and pollution. Players need to collect resources, upgrade and grow, and then fight against evil in this world.

During this period, you will also meet many descendants of your home world thousands of years ago, but they have all been infected with serious corruption.

1 hour of game experience.

However, the more Tong Xin played, the more confused he became, and he discovered more and more problems.

The game Dark Land didn't seem as perfect as he had imagined.

In other words, the game does not have the expressiveness that the adopted sons boast about.

When he first entered the game, the realism of the game scenes really impressed him.

But after an hour of playing, many details became apparent, which really affected the sense of immersion.

Before leaving the village, he strolled through the bustling streets. The NPCs along the way seemed agile, but in fact they were like puppets.

For example, the villagers selling fruit on the roadside always shout the same words in the same tone no matter when you pass by, and their expressions are always enthusiastic, without any sense of being living individuals.

This problem is understandable. After all, apart from the core NPCs who need to be endowed with highly intelligent AI, unimportant NPCs should not occupy a large amount of data processing resources.

But since this problem has occurred, the game should not be called perfect.

Looking at the architectural details, the buildings and houses in the village appear to be finely modeled from a distance, but appear to be rough when viewed up close.

The brick and stone texture of the city wall outside the village becomes blurred when you look closely, as if it were hastily smeared blocks of color, lacking the bumpy texture and signs of time that real bricks and stones should have. The modeling created by AI is not repetitive, but it has no characteristics.

Secondly, the weather system in the game is also a mess.

The weather system should have been a highlight in creating atmosphere, but there are too many unreasonable aspects.

Just a moment ago the sky was clear and the sun was shining, but the next second it started to rain heavily without any warning. There was no transition to cloudy day, no gradual gathering of dark clouds. The weather changed suddenly and illogically, and the scenes in the rain were full of loopholes. The raindrops fell on the characters but did not splash any water, and the ground became wet for an instant, but there was no dynamic process of the rain water gathering into puddles.

What's even more strange is that when he was running in the rain, his clothes were only wet on the surface, without the heavy feeling of being soaked by the rain, as if the rain had no effect on the clothes at all.

There are also problems with the details of the combat system.

When he swung his weapon to attack the monster, there was a lack of real collision feedback at the moment the weapon came into contact with the monster's body, let alone the pain feedback mentioned by his adopted sons. When the sword hit the enemy, the feedback was very rough, without any impact force or muscle resistance.

What is certain is that this game performs much better than both the Bad Land and Conquest games.

It’s even enough to be called a promotional concept for a cross-era game.

But he entered the game with the highest expectations, and what he wanted to experience was the perfect virtual game that his adopted sons talked about.

As a result, various problems were found in the game.

These details are like grains of sand, small but prickly, constantly reminding him as he immerses himself in the game that this is not a perfect virtual world. This seriously weakens the immersion level of the game and causes him to lose focus from time to time during the game.

"Something's wrong. How can this game be perfect? ​​It actually deceived me for several months."

Although he thought the game was really good, it was far from what he had imagined.

Tong Xin, feeling suddenly sad, immediately called out his friend list, ready to add his brothers to reprimand them.

Enter "小班铁锤" and select Add.

Soon, a notification popped up indicating that the friend request had been approved.

Kindergarten principal: You are a bunch of bastards. You actually deceived your dad. You made my expectations too high. Now I feel really bad.

Xiaoban Tiechui: Are you sick???

Kindergarten Principal: How dare you. Scolding elders is unfilial. That is really outrageous... Remember to help me level up when I leave the Novice Village.

Xiaoban Tiechui: What an idiot, are you sick? I curse you as soon as you add me as a friend, you XXXXX.

After being scolded, Tong Xin suddenly realized that something was wrong.

With doubts, he chose to connect via video.

After a few seconds, the connection was successful, and a light blue screen appeared in front. A burly figure of an alien appeared in the screen, with his mouth open in anger.

Tong Xin didn't wait for the foreign player to start scolding him, he just hung up the connection and deleted the other party from his friend list.

"Fuck, something's wrong!"

In the last group chat, he asked his brothers about the name of the game in advance to make sure there were no problems.

“Is there an ID code?”

The childish imagination came up with a possibility.

ID coding is a setting used in many games to identify different players, making it easier to accurately identify different players in the game and avoid confusion caused by duplicate names.

This type of game generally has the same name, but there will be a string of codes after the name.

But now all the brothers have entered the game, and he can't get the identity code information in the group even if he goes offline.

This made Tong Xin feel distressed. He couldn't contact his brothers for the time being, so he could only level up first and leave the Novice Village.

Now that he had entered the game, Tong Xin decided to have fun.

Outside the Novice Village, players are everywhere in the mountains, and it is extremely difficult to snatch monsters.

Finally, his level reached level 2.

At this moment, a translucent light screen appeared in front of his eyes, indicating that he had received the initial task for the novice.

This reminder made Tong Xin stunned.

Initial mission?!
He clearly remembered his good brothers saying in the group that the game Dark Land was completely free to explore, and there were no main quests or skill quests that grew with level.

This setting is inconsistent with what the brothers said.

Could this be the mission to receive the "Guiding Water Ball"?

His doubts grew stronger, but he still chose to continue the mission, wanting to see what would happen after completing the mission.

Half an hour later, the mission was completed.

A skill disk appears on the task panel, like a lush tree. Each node has a skill ring, and the basic abilities at the root are used as the starting point for development upwards.

There are two skills to choose from initially.

They are the active skill Dark Grasp, and the passive skill Dark Amplification.

When Tong Xin saw the skill options, he was completely confused.

"Something's wrong, something's definitely wrong!"

He found that the settings in the game were completely different from what his brothers had described.

He can come up with reasons for other questions, but skill settings are the core of a game.

Brothers would often mention it in group chats and discuss ability combination plans, so there was no possibility of deceiving him.

The brothers call the growth system of the game Dark Land the Star Vein Combination System.

The characteristic is that by matching different souls, powerful professional schools are combined. There is no fixed way to play, and each player can play with his own understanding.

The strength of a single soul is not important in the brothers' description.

Some life souls that seem to be of low strength can produce miraculous effects when combined with other life souls.

It is this extremely high degree of freedom in the combination of abilities that allows the game to flourish in a variety of styles. There is only the weakest soul in each version, but there is no eternally weakest soul.

Every time a new soul is taken in, the strength of each school will be reshuffled.

But the skill tree growth model in front of us is completely different.

Starting from the initial skills, the skill paths branch out, and each path has a clear genre, so there is no possibility of free combination.

If you want to change the genre, you can only reset it.

The feeling he had was that... the Dark Land he was playing and the Dark Land he was talking about with his brothers seemed not to be a game at all.

"No way."

With doubts, Tong Xin immediately chose to log off.

Then he took out his cell phone and called Tiechui, selecting the emergency contact mode.

In today's era, virtual games have become an indispensable part of life, so the contact modes are also divided into ordinary contact and emergency contact.

Many people spend most of their time in the game and rarely log off.

Emergency contact is used in emergencies and can directly alert players in the game cabin.

After a long beep, the phone was connected, and Tiechui's questioning voice came:
"Director, what's going on? Did they get the qualification to play the game?"

"I got it, but the game I played wasn't right."

"Hahaha, congratulations... By the way, you said something's wrong with the game, what's wrong?"

"Didn't you say that the first step after entering the game to create a character is to choose a soul, but why did I encounter the choice of talent specialization?"

"Talent specialization? Director, you are kidding, right? There is a containment wall at the beginning, and the first generation souls on it are all selectable initial souls."

"There is no containment wall, only a talent specialization selection page."

After hearing the director's explanation, Tiechui was also confused.

If the initial interface is different, it can be explained by game updates. Many games will change the login interface with each update.

But there will definitely be a problem if the initial skills are different.

"Director, I want to ask you a question."

"put."

"Did you believe the rumors? Someone said he had a channel to buy the genuine game, and then you placed an order with him?" "Don't be ridiculous. I bought the game qualification on the Dark Land official website, and I still have the electronic bill. How could I buy it from other channels? I'm not a drunkard who would be scammed online."

"Something's wrong. Why are the game settings different? Did the cracked version make some changes to the game content?"

With doubts, Tiechui asked about the details of the game.

The head teacher immediately recounted his gaming experience in detail, emphasizing the issue of the game's authenticity.

After learning the specific reason, Tiechui was completely stunned.

What the director described didn't seem like the Dark Land. Apart from the similar settings of evil spirits and black tides, the rest of the content was completely different.

The realism cannot be compared with the cracked version of Dark Land that I played myself.

It felt like two completely different games to him.

"Hey~ Director, I have a bold idea now."

"explain."

"Is it possible that the genuine Dark Land you play and the cracked Dark Land I play are two completely different games? The one I play is the real genuine one, which is only distributed to the public through a link, while the one you play is a simplified test version of the genuine game. Although it costs money to buy, it is only a semi-finished product. Compared with the one I play, it can only be regarded as a defective product."

Tiechui's answer made Tongxin's brain freeze for a long time, and the hand holding the phone couldn't stop shaking:
"Iron Hammer, don't fool me, or someone will die."

"Why would I fool you? The only people with the technology to develop high-fidelity virtual games are the Eclipse Clan. It's certain that the cracked version was most likely leaked from the Eclipse Clan. So both of these games are genuine, but yours is the simplified genuine version, and mine is the complete genuine version, so both the physical performance and the game settings are different."

"Fuck, don't mess with me. I worked so hard to get the qualification, and now you tell me that I only paid for the simplified version. I don't believe it!"

After listening to Tiechui's explanation, the headmaster's mentality completely exploded and his eyes couldn't help but turn red.

My mood at this moment is very similar to that of a cultivator named "Tianbing" in the Feisheng clan's breeding farm.

I thought that by overcoming numerous difficulties and dangers I could achieve immortality and reach the ultimate goal in life, but when I uncovered the truth I found out that everything was fake.

The stark contrast between the joy before and the sadness at this moment made the headmaster completely unable to control his emotions.

"Director, I'm not very clear about the specific situation. Why don't you go to the Human Rise forum to ask, or go to the Eclipse Clan official website to seek a solution."

"I'll go right away. I'll hang up now."

"Well, I'll wait for your news. This is the first time I know about your situation. I'll go to the forum to ask and learn more about what's going on. When I figure it out, I'll call you. Keep in touch. Don't be stupid."

"Okay." Tong Xin's eyes were red and she responded with trembling lips.

After hanging up the phone, the sky fell.

Tong Xin sat in the game cabin and cried like thunder:

"Who the hell can stand this, wuwuwu."

After releasing his emotions, he dragged his tired body, got up and walked to the computer desk.

Not even bothering to change clothes, I opened the web page and entered the Rise of Humanity forum.

……

the other side.

After Tiechui entered the game, he immediately spoke in the team chat channel:

Xiaoban Tiechui: Brothers, something big has happened. I’m afraid the head teacher is going to have a mental breakdown.

Xiaoban Zuina: What happened? I didn’t get it this round. But it’s normal not to get it. Didn’t he say that if I can’t get it, I can continue to get the cracked version? Why did he suddenly lose his temper?

Small class black ball: Poor principal, you are destined to have no chance of getting the genuine version. You'd better try to get the cracked version like us. We will buy the cracked version when the genuine version is fully open to the public.

Xiaoban Tiechui: It’s not a question of not getting it. The head teacher had already prepared for not being able to get it. The problem is that he got the qualification to play the genuine game.

Small class monitor: You got it and you're still upset? (The God of Wealth is confused.jpg)

Xiaoban Tiechui: The specific situation is like this. After the head teacher grabbed the genuine qualification, he entered the game, only to find that the settings of the genuine game were completely different from the settings of the cracked version of Dark Land that we talked about in the group chat, including the physical performance of the game, and the realism of the modeling. It is basically certain that the Dark Land sold through the genuine channels and the cracked version of Dark Land that we downloaded using the link are two completely different games.

Xiaoban Tiechui: So you realize the problem, right? The gaming experience of the genuine Dark Land cannot be compared with the cracked version we are playing now. The headmaster was looking forward to experiencing a perfect virtual reality game, but he found a bunch of problems after entering the game. He didn’t take it seriously at first, thinking we were fooling him. But when he added me in the game, he found out that the player he added was a foreign player. After completing the initial task, he was even more confused, because he found that the skill settings were different. Only then did he realize that the game was not the same as the one we described...

Drunk Girl in the Small Class: Damn, this is too exciting. No wonder the head teacher is so upset. If it were me, I wouldn’t be able to handle it either.

Little Class Gulu: What should we do now? Should the headmaster apply for a refund or go to the official website to complain to the customer service of Eclipse Clan?
Xiaoban Tiechui: The director plans to go to the Rise of Terran forum to inquire about the details and understand why the two games are different, and then decide whether to refund. It's really too much of a mentality issue. I didn't even realize that the genuine version and the cracked version are two different games, and I was thinking about buying a replacement ticket in the future.

Little class cute kid: So the people who play with us are all players who downloaded the cracked version through the link???

Small Class Marbles: Let’s go to the forum and post a question first to find out the specific situation, give the principal a clear answer, and then think about how to solve it. The principal is in urgent need of comfort now. Let’s figure out the situation later and then go offline to find the principal together.

Xiaoban Tiechui: Okay, I will go to the forum and post a question.

Soon, the posts published by Tiechui were refreshed on the forum, constantly attracting players to join the discussion.

[Brothers, something big has happened. Please go to this thread to discuss the details. It is related to the game Dark Land released by the Eclipse Clan]:
Posted by: Xiaoban Hammer.

Contents:

First of all, I would like to ask everyone a question: how did you get your game qualifications?

Don't lie. Tell me whether you purchased and downloaded Dark Land through genuine channels, or downloaded a cracked version of Dark Land through a mysterious link.

Let me confess the truth first. My brothers and I in the kindergarten group downloaded the cracked version of Dark Land through a mysterious link.

I came to the forum to seek help because one of my good friends encountered a problem that I found puzzling.

The specific situation started five months ago, when the Dark Land issued the first round of qualifications...

The current situation is that my good brother finally succeeded in grabbing the genuine game, but when he entered the game to experience it, he found something wrong.

The gameplay mechanism, background setting, picture and sound effects... none of the content could match the cracked version we played. My brother was about to collapse. We finally got the genuine license, but the game turned out to be different from the one we played.

So I came to the forum to ask everyone, did you download the cracked version or the genuine version? Why did my good brother download the genuine version and the content is completely incomparable to the one I am playing now? I even suspect that the Eclipse clan sent the wrong game and sent my good brother the content of an early test version.

This question can only be answered by the handsome and beautiful friends in the forum.

Comment area:
Dark-skinned security guard: Brother, I confess that I downloaded a cracked version. Please delete the post quickly. If Star Network finds out that we are using a cracked version, all of us will be blocked. I beg you to delete your post. Star Network is no joke. I will be devastated if my account is blocked. Now I feel uncomfortable if I don’t play for a day. Even eating out doesn’t taste good. I can understand that you are posting for help for your brother, but you can’t harm other players.

Jinling Deputy General Ma Guocheng: Damn, there are so many cracked versions. I thought you all had genuine versions, and only I and a few friends had cracked versions. I am confused now. So how many cracked versions are there? Is it possible that all the players in the game have cracked versions?

I don't eat foxes: I feel like this post has become so popular that I can't hide it anymore. I'll be honest. I downloaded the cracked version, but when I talked about it with others in the game, I was talking about those who were lucky enough to buy the genuine version. I'm afraid those brothers who boasted about getting the game with great difficulty all used the cracked version. Let's just leave it to fate. I hope StarNet can show leniency and not ban my account. I don't want to leave this game (Explorer Wipes Tears.jpg)

Wosnidie: I confess, I downloaded the cracked version of the game qualification, but I bought the sacrificial power with real money transferred offline, so my account will not be blocked. If I had to level up from scratch, I would have fainted from crying. By the way, I tried to get the genuine qualification several times but failed. Otherwise, I would not have downloaded the cracked version. I always thought that the cracked version and the official channel version were the same game, but your post confused me.

God King: Oh my god, you all have cracked versions, only I have the genuine version... Forget it, I won’t pretend anymore. In fact, I also have a cracked version. I couldn’t get the genuine version at that time, so I was going to go back to fight and wait for the next round of qualifications. As a result, there was suddenly a download link in the guild group, and then some brothers actually downloaded the game, and then all the brothers in our guild came in.

Huangpizi I am not a God: After reading the post, I think your friend is really lucky. First of all, he encountered the cracked version, which is obviously a small probability. Secondly, you all got it but he didn’t because you were fast asleep. This probability is also very small. Then he got the cracked version, but he missed the account activation and it was taken back because he was sleeping. This probability is too low. Finally, he got the Dark Land distributed by official channels. Adding these probabilities together, I suspect that your friend is a lucky person.

Game Bricklayer: Seeing so many brothers admit that they downloaded the cracked version, I suddenly thought of one thing. No wonder I couldn’t see other players when the server was opened. At that time, I thought it was a server with divided channels. I entered a newly opened server so I couldn’t see other players. Now I think I might even be the number one player in the whole server... By the way, I also downloaded the cracked version.

Poor enough to eat dirt: My goodness, the truth is too outrageous. It feels to me like a group of people sneaked into a new country through irregular channels. In order not to be discovered, everyone said that they were native residents of this country, and they never found any problems. As a result, when the truth was revealed, it was found that all the people living here were illegal immigrants. It's too funny. I hope the account will not be blocked.

……

The post published by Tiechui was pinned to the top of the forum's popularity list in a short period of time, attracting more players to join the discussion.

During this period, the analysis post published by the strategy player "Night is Coming" received a lot of likes from players.

Night is coming:

After reading everyone's comments, I can be almost certain that all the versions we downloaded are cracked versions.

There are no players who purchased the game through legitimate channels on this forum.

So is there a possibility that what we are playing is the genuine Dark Land secretly released by the Eclipse clan, while the one that is promoted outside and needs to be purchased from the official website with money is actually the outdated version abandoned by the Eclipse clan?

Old players can recall an incident that happened four months ago.

At that time, "Brick Moving" found in the Terran Rise forum that some players were defaming the Dark Land, and what they said was completely inconsistent with the facts. Then he took his brothers in the Hardcore Group to criticize them, but they were criticized back by more players on the opposite side, and then they went to the forum to ask us for help.

I also participated in this battle at that time.

Looking back now, there were actually a lot of doubts.

I summarized the doubts that arose during the forum discussion:

The first suspicious point is that the player who posted the message at that time could see the purchase certification bill posted in his personal profile by clicking on his avatar, so why would he spread rumors?

At that time, we thought that although this guy bought it, he must be deliberately smearing it. After all, there are many netizens who hate the Eclipse Clan in real life.

The second suspicious point is where do so many water armies come from?

Now I think that all the players who participated in the battle were genuine players who purchased the game. They all discovered the problems in the game, but we were the only ones who didn’t realize it, so we started to criticize each other and thought that the other party was a scammer. In fact, we were not players of the same game.

The third suspicious point was that the two sides were scolding each other on the forum, and the content of the game they talked about did not match at all.

This is also the core reason why we think the other party is a water army.

We never encountered the series of problems they mentioned, such as game modeling, physical performance, etc. in the game, so we were extremely angry and felt that the other party was spreading rumors.

Now it seems that what they are talking about are really the problems encountered in the dark world of genuine channels, and we are the "water army".

But I don't think the cracked version of Dark Place that we downloaded is fake.

What is certain is that the quality of the cracked version of the game is much higher than the genuine Dark Land purchased from official channels.

This obviously does not conform to normal logic. Why would the Eclipse Clan officials hide the cracked version with perfect quality and then sell the cheap and obsolete version of Dark Land?

In fact, this problem can be seen from the distribution speed of genuine channels.

Maybe the game server resources are mainly used on the cracked version we use. The settings such as perfect physical performance require too much information to be processed, which takes up a lot of server resources.

Therefore, genuine channels, which only occupy a small portion of processing resources, need to issue qualifications slowly.

It can be understood that the brothers in the forum are all internal test players of the genuine Dark Land, and they are playing the core version developed by the Eclipse clan.

The version released through official channels can be understood as an old version that was eliminated during the early development.

I even suspect that the person who posted the mysterious link was actually StarNet.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain why the account has not been blocked until now. The entire online world operates under the monitoring of the Star Network. Human energy is limited and it is impossible to monitor all content, but nothing that happens on the Internet can escape the observation of the Intelligent Brain Star Network.

Pirated links should be discovered by StarNet as soon as they appear.

Everyone is experiencing the game with a fluke mentality.

Is it possible that we are the beta players selected by StarNet and there is no possibility of being banned?

If the account really needed to be blocked, they wouldn't have waited until now. Several months have passed.

With so much information being exchanged online, how could StarNet not have any reaction at all?

The summary is: StarNet knows about the existence of the cracked version link, and even the cracked version link is distributed by StarNet. We are all the internal testers chosen by StarNet.

……

The post "Night is Coming" mentioned a forum war event that only veteran players know about.

It also made many old players suddenly realize that the forum war at that time was a complete misunderstanding.

There were no water armies at all, it was just the wrong information that made them mistakenly think that the other party was a water army. In fact, everyone was telling the truth, but they were not talking about the same game.

The reason is that both games are unable to produce content to the outside world.

If there were players who could provide in-game videos or screenshots at the time, this misunderstanding would not have happened.

Regarding this issue, more and more players are participating in the discussion in the post.

At the same time, a post was published on the Terran Rise forum:
[Help, there is a problem with the official Dark Land I bought. It is not the same game as my friend. 】

This post was published by Tongxin.

But netizens commenting on the post were angrily criticizing Tongxin.

Some netizens believe that Tong Xin is showing off that he has grabbed the qualification for this round of the game. It seems to be a question, but in fact he is pretending to be cool. He said that he doesn't like the game and wants to refund the money quickly so as to give the extra qualification to other players who want it. It is shameful to pretend to be cool.

Some netizens also said that the poster must have been fooled by his friends. It is a game that perfectly simulates real-life physics performance. When did the Eclipse Clan have this technology?

Some players even said that the poster was just making up stories to attract replies. It is impossible for a cracked version to exist. Even if it does exist, StarNet will make the cracked version disappear in the next second and all players will be collectively banned. Does StarNet really think it is doing charity? It is an efficient robot without emotions.

Although some players agree with Tongxin's words, this kind of agreement is more of an agreement with the "mentally retarded" discourse.

Use "yes, yes, yes" to respond to the original poster's point of view, jokingly saying that what the original poster said is right and we all believe it, and also give a bunch of self-made reasons to answer.

The reality is that all the netizens who replied to the post do not believe what Tong Xin said.

After all, the content described in the post is too outrageous and does not conform to reality.

After seeing the replies, Tong Xin felt desperate. He found that netizens didn’t believe what he said at all.

It even made him feel like the whole world had gone crazy and he was the only one who was still sane. He simply couldn't communicate with a group of netizens who didn't believe the truth.

"So... is there a possibility that I'm crazy?"

Thinking of this, Tong Xin began to have serious doubts about his mental state.

Just when Tong Xin was doubting himself, many players of Monster World went offline and responded to Tong Xin's post.

It means that what the OP said is true and that he is playing a cracked version.

However, since they were unable to provide evidence, the responses from these players were mistakenly considered as a mockery of the original poster.

Therefore, when it goes against the logic of reality and it is impossible to provide screenshots, videos and other evidence, it is impossible to prove the truth of the facts based on oral statements alone.

Even the voices supporting childhood innocence will be understood by the crowd as being on their side.

In order to prove that what he said was true, Tong Xin chose to edit the post and posted screenshots of the chat at that time and the electronic bill of the genuine Dark Land in the post.

This time, there are finally voices expressing doubts about the existence of two Dark Lands games.

As the discussion of the post became more and more heated, it even attracted netizens of other races to watch and comment.

This matter was quickly reported, alarming the top leaders of the Human Federation.

They know better than anyone whether there are two games, and naturally know that the player who posted the message is not lying.

Players from both the Genetic Research and Development Department and the Weapons Research and Development Department can prove this.

They have also made arrangements in advance in the cracked version of the game.

Now, the human leaders are faced with two choices.

1. Delete posts, suppress heat, prevent public opinion from spreading, and trigger a series of uncertain events.

Second, allow the incident to continue to be discussed and fermented, attracting more people, even netizens of other races to participate, and making the existence of the two games completely public.

The top leaders of the Human Federation held a meeting to decide what to do.

This meeting will also be held offline to prevent being discovered by StarNet surveillance.

The meeting lasted 2 hours.

The human leaders, who were already confused about why there were two games, finally decided to let the incident continue to ferment and then see how the Eclipse tribe reacted.

Only the Eclipse Clan knows the true answer to this question.

As the popularity of the post continued to rise, the content was even moved to the alien star network forum, where it also sparked heated discussion.

But no one can prove one thing, whether there are really two different games, or whether this post is just a conspiracy theory.

Just like the flat earth theory, lizard people, and other conspiracy theories.

After all, bored netizens can always come up with all kinds of weird and eye-catching topics.

Just as the discussion of whether there are two games in the Dark Land gradually became a hot topic on the entire star network, the Eclipse Clan issued an announcement to the public.

It said that one day later, Archon No. 1 would come forward to explain the hotly debated issue on the internet and give details on whether the two Dark Lands really existed.

The reactions of the Eclipse Clan once again sparked heated discussions across the Internet.

Even the onlookers were confused.

In their eyes, this incident was purely a fallacy to attract attention, but they did not expect to receive an official response from the aloof Eclipse Clan, and it was Archon No. 1 who came forward to explain.

This made netizens around the world realize that this incident was far more complicated than they had imagined.

(End of this chapter)