"Hmm......"

Lin Chi didn't remember when he fell asleep, only that when he opened his eyes again, the living room was already bright.

It seems that even Coke can't resist the sudden onset of drowsiness. Lin Chi, who leaned on the sofa and fell asleep, picked up his mobile phone to check the time, and found that it was half past seven the next morning.

"It's still comfortable to sleep in bed......"

He rubbed his eyes and pressed his aching limbs. Then I opened the official Paradise of War forum to check the announcement.

The maintenance of the game ended at three o'clock this morning. Now, players can finally continue their journey again. However, according to Lin Chi's understanding, players who can win multiple rounds in this game can actually be said to be a rare existence.

- Even if it is yourself, there is often a situation of "overturning". No one can guarantee a win in every game. Even Frankenstein, who had a high odds of winning, or the strongest coach in a brain-imaging game, couldn't win every battle.

With the completion of the game's maintenance, many complaints in the forum have been deleted, and the community has returned to its usual peace.

However, when Lin Chi opened the maintenance announcement at the top, he who had just woken up and was still dazed, immediately sobered up a lot:

"The game server maintenance has been completed, thank you for your understanding."

"As an excuse to express our apologies, Paradise of War will be available for a limited time in the coming week: Tracking the Blasphemer!"

"The blasphemer named 'Methuselah' has desecrated the faith of the Order, and players who find and kill this heroic NPC will have a chance to be rewarded with Legendary equipment!"

"This hunting target can appear on any map, so please be vigilant and don't miss it. Finally, I wish you all a happy game. - Your dear Pulse Entertainment Company. ”

"Is this the case again......" Lin Chi pouted.

- Just like the Rebels back then, the Creators are once again using the hands of players to "borrow knives to kill". They will do this, which is also expected by Lin Chi: after all, if you want to solve the goal in the game, it is undoubtedly more convenient and faster to hire a large number of players to find the target with some small profits than to do it yourself.

In fact, Lin Chi is also very clear that he is also within the scope of "being used", and the war observer is using his own hands to let some bosses who are not suitable to be the leader directly exit. But now the point is not this, but ......

"Hah, they're listening to my conversations, aren't they?"

It seems unlikely that the timing of the "Methuselah", which was originally the one he was investigating, has now become the object of the Creator's bounty.

In that case, those guys must have gotten the information from their own side. As for why the creators did this, the reason for this is also clear:

- They intend to maintain the stability of the 'game'.

For a virtual world like Paradise of War, where "I don't know what stuff is dressed up in", it's extremely important to gain the trust of players and game authorities. And Methuselah, a bastard that drives players crazy, is undoubtedly a thorn in the side of the creators of "War Paradise", and belongs to the kind of high-risk targets that must be eliminated immediately.

For the game to continue, Methuselah had to be eliminated. Otherwise, by the time Methuselah has mutilated more people and the case has been exposed to the media, "War Paradise" will almost be cool.

"Don't go online today."

Lin Chi blinked and ordered the housekeeping robot to prepare breakfast.

If the creators had watched on themselves, they should have also seen the scene of the separation of the "Land of Light", and now that they are online, they may be questioned by Xingshi, so it is better to avoid the limelight first.

Canceled the plan to log in to "War Paradise", Lin Chi turned on the TV, watched the famous program "Sunset Red" for the elderly for a while, and was about to find another game to play after breakfast, but the mobile phone began to vibrate.

"Hello." He picked up his phone and said hello.

"Captain, it's me." A deep man's voice hit his eardrums: "I am the 'Reaper'!" ”

"I hear it." Lin Chi smiled: "What's the matter, is there anything wrong with me?" ”

- Since Lin Chi's focus is not on this aspect, he has not yet been able to determine what the Hellfire team should do next. Since winning the Sword Blade Arena tournament and splitting the prize money, the team has been in semi-AFK form.

"What have you been up to lately? We're bored with nothing to do, and there are a few spies from other warbands who come and dig people, and they seem to think that 'Black Fire' is very powerful. The Reaper shouted in a rough voice, "If you don't come back, our team may be disbanded!" ”

"It's okay, it doesn't matter if the black fire is gone, you can still play without the most dish." Lin Chi joked casually.

"I'm serious, it's time for us to prepare for the next project, right?" The Reaper didn't mean to pick up at all, and it sounded genuinely worried about the future of the team: "Isn't it good to disband just after winning the championship?" Dude! ”

"Well, I've been having a bit of a problem lately." Lin Chi was a little embarrassed and said, "Otherwise, how about letting my brother join the team temporarily?" He was quite happy after the last fight and told me about it. ”

Except that the identity of "younger brother" is nonsense, everything else Lin Chi said is true, Frankenstein did say that he intends to join the Hellfire team and compete in other games with Lin Chi's teammates.

"Oh, brother, he's playing pretty well, better than you, captain...... Or are you stronger. The reaper quickly changed his tune.

"It's okay, he does play better than me, you don't have to lie." Lin Chi laughed: "That's it, I'll give you his contact information, and then you can contact you online, and let him take my place temporarily, how about it?" ”

"Good!" The Reaper exclaimed, joy overflowing the phone screen: "I'll tell the others, they like my brother too, we can do it!" ”

- I haven't seen you for a while, but this thing is still so straightforward.

Lin Chi, who has long been accustomed to the way the Reaper speaks, knows very well that this "muscular hunk" who seems to have worked as a fitness instructor in the real world has always been this kind of impatience that can't hide his thoughts. The reason why he was fired from the fitness club seems to be a blatant reprimand for the boss's forced overtime behavior.

The Reaper is not suitable for the "intrigue, deceit" atmosphere in the company, and the more liberal profession of professional players is more suitable for this "iron-blooded man" than continuing to work in the gym.

Now, it's time to talk to Frankenstein about the team.

Seeing that the bedroom door was still closed, Lin Chi stood in front of the door and knocked a few times and asked, "Are you still angry?" ”

"Nope." A muffled female voice rang out in the room.

"The Reapers, who are in the clan, called me just now to continue the activities of the Hellfire clan, and I recommended you to them." Lin Chi went straight to the point: "I remember, don't you want to team up with them?" ”

"I had that plan." Frankenstein's voice is cold.

"Then hurry up, Hellfire is now short of a captain." Lin Chi said, "This is also a great opportunity for you to observe and imitate real human beings. ”

- Even if you don't have time recently, "Hellfire" is a team that you have built up single-handedly, and it is impossible to say that you have no feelings at all.

The other four members of that team were not very suitable to be leaders: "Reaper" was a rectum, "Alpha" was always reticent, "Turbulence" was notoriously indecent, and "Black Fire" was the team's most dish-worthy mascot.

Lin Chi has always played the role of the "gear" that brings the team together, and if there is no new captain, the Hellfire team that has lost its leader will probably fall apart soon.

Clearly, Frankenstein is the perfect candidate right now. But this AI seems to be still angry, and it is not so easy to move:

"I don't have time to play games right now." Frankenstein replied.

"Don't be angry." Lin Chi stood in front of the brown wooden door and communicated with Frankenstein through the door panel: "We do disagree, but this is not a reason to be estranged. ”

"Humans who disagree will distance themselves from each other." Frankenstein speaks his conclusions.

"This is true for the most part, but not for the 'family'. For example, a child will not completely cut off the relationship with his father just because he was beaten by his father. Lin Chi smiled: "Don't forget that we are now a family living under the same roof, is it really good to see each other like this?" ”

"Your words don't convince me." Frankenstein went on to state his judgment: "You have never been in contact with your real family. ”

“……”

Hearing this, the smile on Lin Chi's face disappeared, and he asked in a low voice, "Do you want to know about my family?" ”

"You also said that we are family and should know this." Frankenstein apparently admitted.

"It's not a good story, to be exact, it's going to be very boring." Lin Chi leaned against the door: "Do you really want to hear it?" ”

"Tell me." Frankenstein immediately replied, "After listening to it, I will forgive you." ”

"You did it on purpose, right?" Lin Chi raised his eyebrows.

"I want to get to know my family." Frankenstein justifiably stated the reason, and added: "Tell me that I'll join the team." ”

"Okay then." Lin Chi sorted out his language for a while and began to recall the old past: "Twenty-four years ago, ......"

Buzzing......

The vibration of the mobile phone interrupted Lin Chigang's words, he pressed the call button and asked casually, "What are you looking for me?" ”

"I'm Zhou Tianhao, is there any progress in your investigation?" A familiar male voice floated on the other end of the phone: "I suddenly remembered this, I asked you." ”

"There hasn't been much progress in the past few days, and today I'm going out for a cash charge activity, so I don't have time to log in to the game." Lin Chi was serious nonsense: "Is there anything else?" It's okay, I'll hang up first. ”

- Now that there has been progress on the matter of "Methuselah", there is no need to get any more information from the Game Authority. Just as Lin Chi was about to hang up the phone, Zhou Tianhao spoke again:

"Got time? I'd like to talk to you in person. ”

"Didn't you work overtime until you were bald, why did you suddenly become idle?" Lin Chi smiled: "It shouldn't be that he was fired, right?" ”

"Fart." Zhou Tianhao scolded with a smile: "Is Lao Tzu still the elite backbone of the Administration?" ”

"That's just a social animal." Lin Chi teased his old classmates.

"Whatever he does, I think this job is very rewarding." Zhou Tianhao asked, "At three o'clock this afternoon, is it okay to meet at the murder restaurant downstairs of your house?" ”

"It's a dessert shop now, and it's selling pretty well." Lin Chi glanced out of the living room window as he spoke, only to be dazzled by the dazzling sunlight.

"These guests are really not afraid of death." Speaking of the craftsmanship of the "Midnight Restaurant", Zhou Tianhao seemed to be still shocked: "Three o'clock in the afternoon, do you have time?" ”

"Yes." Lin Chi replied.

"Then it's decided, don't be late." Zhou Tianhao hung up the phone after speaking.

After the call ended, Lin Chi stared thoughtfully at the screen of his mobile phone and said in a low voice: "This thing is not quite right......"

Although Zhou Tianhao was very well disguised, Lin Chi, who had been "cohabiting" with this guy for four years, could still hear that Zhou Tianhao just now seemed to be in a bad mood and forced to pretend to be in the same state as usual.

Maybe it's because I've been working overtime for too long and I'm having a problem with my brain. Or is there some other reason?

Lin Chi was thinking about it, and the bedroom door next to him suddenly opened, and Frankenstein, who used the body of the welcoming robot, walked out quickly and stood in front of him:

"I heard the conversation just now." Frankenstein said.

"Why are you eavesdropping on my chats again? I'm going to call the police if I do this again. Lin Chi stared at the glass mask on the other party's face.

Frankenstein ignored Lin Chi's joke and said quickly, "What I want to say is, please beware of Mr. Zhou Tianhao. ”

"What's wrong with him?" Lin Chi asked.

"The hacker I hired was hunted down by the Security Service commissioner. According to him, it may have been the 'Hack Game Authority' mission that we commissioned that made him a wanted target for the Security Service. Frankenstein tells what he saw in the Bloodstained Bar.

"Oh? The gaming authority's encryption privileges are so high? Lin Chi frowned.

If an organization that reviews online games is hacked, it stands to reason that only the Internet police will come out to investigate. Security Service commissioners are the "ultimate weapon" when dealing with dangerous people and organizations that threaten national security.

"Are you sure that hacker didn't hack somewhere else to be hunted by the Security Service?" Lin Chi asked: "Is the status of the Game Authority really so high?" ”

"He said he hadn't done anything lately." Frankenstein is the only thing he says.

"That's weird......" Lin Chi lowered his head.

- It seems that I have to prepare in advance for this afternoon's "class reunion".