More than two months later.

Inside the storage warehouse of the Black Hole Magic Academy.

The snow-winged cat shuttles between the glass jars stacked with angel crystals, with a light posture and an elegant body, dragging a brilliant light.

It is helping Li Nuo check the inventory of angel crystals in the warehouse.

After half an hour, the snow-winged cat flew to Li Nuo's shoulder and stopped, rubbed his owner's cheek affectionately, and meowed out a string of numbers.

Li Nuo rubbed the cat's chin with his fingers, and couldn't help but sigh:

"The players are just working so hard. Terrible, terrible. I thought it would take three full months to get enough Angel Crystals. Unexpectedly, only 65 days have passed, and I have met the request to rescue the assassination angel itself. ”

Looking back on the past period of time, the state of the players can only be described by the word "top".

Ordinary players such as brick moving parties, leisure parties, and old toys are all intoxicated with the thrill of exchanging angel crystals for money.

Professional players have their own duties, either as second-tier dealers to hype up angel crystals, or as the commander of the plundering team, leading the team to plunder angel crystals.

What's more, in order to better organize people to snatch angel crystals, a large guild for angel business consortiums was established, named "Angel's Guillotine".

All players can find their place in the disputes between the academy and the consortium, and no one will be at odds with money, willing to fall and hide behind the fish.

In this way, there were so many angel crystals in the warehouse that they exploded, and Li Nuo had to advance the rescue of the assassination angel.

"Let's choose to post the task the day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow is Friday for players. I'm posting campaign missions on Friday night, and I'm sure to get the most out of the players. That night, the assassination angel would have been able to break free from the seal. ”

Li Nuo thought to himself, returned to the dean's office, and skillfully contacted the cucumber slice who was a spy in the consortium.

"You've been doing well in the Consortium lately, haven't you?" Li Nuo asked in his heart.

The voice of cucumber slices sounded, and he responded happily:

"Yes, big. Thanks to you, I'm about to turn into a pilot of artificial angels. ”

At this time, the cucumber slice is enjoying a nutritious meal in the space station's cafeteria.

The restaurant has a large grid-like floor-to-ceiling window with a pale blue background of cosmic stars.

Recalling his life for the past two months, Cucumber Slices had to give a big thumbs up to GM.

The other party did what he said, and all the promised items were fulfilled.

In addition to the game, Cucumber Slices used the exclusive game materials provided by the GM to release strategy videos related to the Angel Enterprise Consortium, which greatly boosted the studio's reputation.

Let's put it this way, with the current traffic of the studio, just inserting an ad for a certain product in a video can make more than a million net revenue.

This is all a great credit to GM.

Without the intelligence channels provided by the other party, Cucumber Slices would have spent several times more energy to achieve today's achievements.

In addition, in the game, the GM treats him very well.

Aren't academic players going to loot angel crystals?

It just so happens that cucumber slices can greatly understand the movements of players through GM, and then take the initiative to ask their bosses to be on duty at space stations, ground bases, and other places that are about to be plundered by players.

With his understanding of the players, Cucumber Slices united with the two brothers of Winter Melon and Kelp to organize players to plunder angel crystals several times and protect the property of the consortium.

After several battles, cucumber slices, winter melons, and kelp have not yet officially turned into regulars, and they have no less than the combat exploits of official pilots.

Mu Xiu is in the truth that Lin Feng will destroy it, Li Nuo knows it in his heart.

In order not to make the performance of the three cucumber slices too outstanding, Li Nuo deliberately asked the cucumber slices to bring other players who had defected to the consortium to make war achievements together.

Isn't there a saying that "the mouth that eats people is short, and the hands that take people are short"?

The same is true of the exploits.

Thanks to the fact that the cucumber slice is well-informed, the players who follow him have made several hard money.

Gradually, the status of cucumber slices in the minds of consortium players has risen.

The group simply set up a chat group that belonged exclusively to the consortium players, exchanging information on a daily basis and exchanging tips on dealing with academic players.

Li Nuo usually checks the situation in the chat group from the perspective of cucumber slices.

In the beginning, there were only 30 people in the chat group.

Today, the number has more than tripled to nearly 500.

In other words, at least 500 players have defected to the consortium - not counting those who have not yet joined the chat group.

Such a force, if used well, can work wonders.

Li Nuo knew that the cucumber slice was obedient to GM's words, so he planned to tell the other party some things in advance so that the other party could be mentally prepared:

"Cucumber slices, we have preliminary findings on the problem of chaotic brain operation."

"Oh?" Cucumber slices became interested and hurriedly asked:

"So what is it that causes the brain to be confused?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the cucumber slice added:

"If it involves game company secrets, I didn't ask."

Li Nuo chuckled:

"It's true that there's a secret involved, but I need to tell you about it, because we're going to need the help of your guys who have joined the Consortium to solve this problem."

"Okay, okay, please say, GM big." The cucumber slice listened attentively, and was faintly excited in his heart.

Li Nuo said in a steady voice:

The company mobilized a large number of engineers to study the background data of Zhibrain. The brain responsible for playing the role of the angel business consortium is numbered T18. Its anomaly originates from a main angel group space station called Angel Voice. We must clear the brain-shaped facilities in the space station in order to eliminate the negative impact and get the brain T18 back on track. ”

“T18… The source of the anomaly is in the Angel Voice space station..."

Huang Guangpian muttered in thought, and asked suspiciously:

"Great, why is the source of the brain anomaly in the game? Is it possible to eliminate the source of the anomaly by clearing the anomalous data on the corresponding physical media? ”

Li Nuo understands the meaning of cucumber slices.

In simple terms, Cucumber Slices believes that the source of the anomaly is a mass of data hosted on some physical medium.

For example, viruses stored in USB flash drives, hacking software stored in portable hard drives, etc.

In this case, directly formatting the USB flash drive and portable hard disk may be able to remove the so-called abnormal source.

So since this problem can be solved from the physical level outside the game, why does the game official need to be aware of the anomalies of the Angel Voice space station in the game?

That's a problem.

A question that curious the veteran player of cucumber slice.

Li Nuo knew that the other party had this question, so he explained:

"Because when Zhibrain covers up this part of the abnormal data, it adopts the method of distributed storage."

"I see." Cucumber slices suddenly realized.

Leno continued:

"Distributed storage has achieved decentralization. It divides the virus into an infinite number of components, which are dispersed across various physical media. It's true that we can destroy all the physical media outside of the game to get rid of the virus, but that can also affect the game's operation, even if it happens again two months ago. You're right? ”

"Well, that's right." The cucumber slice nodded solemnly in a slightly solemn tone.

Li Nuo Says:

"So, we decided to think differently. Virus data in distributed storage is distributed at the time of storage, but its data is aggregated when it is running. And this phenomenon of 'convergence' of virus data takes place in the Angel Voice space station, and is presented as a concrete manifestation of that brain-shaped facility. I'm not a professional data security engineer, so I can only explain it to you like this, there may be some slight deviations, but that's the general meaning. ”

Cucumber slices are also not experts in this area.

However, according to Li Nuo's description, the cucumber slice basically figured out the situation.

"I see. Big, what do you need me to do? Cucumber slices asked.

Li Nuo did not hide it, and explained the pre-prepared rhetoric and dissipation:

"The day after tomorrow, this Friday night, there will be a campaign event in the Academy of Magic. The theme of the campaign is 'Straight to the Heart'. At that time, the game will release a series of campaign missions to guide academic players to break through the defense line of the Angel Enterprise Consortium and launch an attack on the Angel Voice space station. I need you to lead the players of the consortium as an internal response, cooperate with the academy players, and destroy the Angel Voice space station. ”

The cucumber slice fell silent when he heard this, and then asked with some concern:

"Great, do you mean to let our group of players who have joined the consortium jump back en masse? Won't we be traitors to the Consortium after this incident is over? ”

"No, no, no, you misunderstood." Li Nuowen smiled and said:

"It's not for you to betray the union openly, but to drop the chain or touch the fish at the critical moment."

"Drop the chain and touch the fish" cucumber slices touched the door of the brain, and after the aftertaste, his eyes gradually lit up:

"Oh, I see what you mean, it's just that we don't have to do the work, right? By the way, it can also provide internal intelligence to academy players to help them better break through the defense line. ”

Li Nuo was satisfied:

"Hmm~ That's right, that's what I meant. These things may not be appropriate for me to do as a GM, and it will be criticized. But they're different. In addition, I can tell you in advance that the night after tomorrow, when the Academy sends players to attack the space station, you and other players who join the consortium will receive a surprise mission to return to the United Bureau. You can either take this mission and betray the Consortium directly, or you can postpone the assignment and continue to serve in the Consortium. I won't interfere with how to choose. ”

"Okay, okay, let me figure it out..."

In the following time, Li Nuo chatted with cucumber slices about the details.

After making sure that the cucumber slice took the matter to heart, Li Nuo stopped talking with the other party.

"Next up is the assassination of the angels. I'll have to talk to Him about it and be prepared. ”

Li Nuo arranged a ritual circle in his office to communicate with the starry sky.

Faint energy fluctuations came out, the atmosphere became quiet, and Li Nuo immersed himself in the ritual.

…

…

Time flies by like a white horse.

Two days later, in the evening.

Li Nuo uses the game interface to talk to the core of the "Command" plane.

The rescue of the assassination angel itself was indispensable for the help of the "order", so Li Nuo communicated with the other party in advance.

The Command promises to help, and promises to help if necessary.

Li Nuo was not surprised by this.

As early as two months ago, after the "Order" was indirectly connected with the two angels in the inner starry sky through him, the two sides basically determined the identity of the other party.

The Angel of the Book once said to Leno that behind the "order" is the long-lost Senati.

Although the "Order" did not explicitly disclose its views on the two angels to Li Nuo, it should have grasped the situation of the two angels from its attitude at this time.

As long as the assassination angel successfully escapes from the predicament and shows his true body in front of the "order", the two sides will tear off the thin veil and officially meet.

"It's almost time." "Command" is typed on the game interface and says:

"This is the peak time for players to go online. The number of players within the Academy of Magic has also reached its peak. ”

Hearing this, Li Nuo nodded, raised his hand and pressed a few times on the game interface to release the pre-prepared tasks.

After a while, there was a boiling noise outside the dean's office.

Players roared around the academy, hurried to the magic shop to purchase magic items, and then rushed to the teleportation array leading to the outside of the academy to drive the ship to work.

Almost 10 minutes after the quest was released, the items in the Magic Shop were swept away.

A potion that temporarily increases the power of magic, a magic powder that increases the power of a ship's guns, and a "limited potion of invincibility" that provides temporary invincibility.

No matter how expensive these things are and what they do, they are all swept away by the players who are about to join the campaign.

Li Nuo immediately commanded the Academy Elves to replenish the containers, providing a steady stream of combat resources for the players.

Durable goods stores such as wand shops and robes shops next to the magic shop also ushered in a sales peak.

Players who usually only thought of exchanging angel crystals for real currency did not hesitate to buy a complete set of magic robes and magic wands, and even small accessories such as magic gloves and wristbands.

Some players who have been promoted to the rank of Wizard have also bought themselves a lot of "blue potions" that quickly replenish their mana, that is, expensive mana potions.

In the second-hand market between players, magic scrolls that can provide the effects of "spacewalk" and "magic energy jump" suddenly rose to sky-high prices, and they were sold out.

At this point, a sudden and menacing decapitation operation began.

One ship after another sailed into the stargate and leaped out towards the territory of the Angel Business Complex.

Waves of heavily armed players rushed to the battlefield, their faces filled with the excitement and joy of the huge mission rewards, like predators who were not afraid to die.

There are also a large number of players who went online immediately after hearing the news offline, and joined the army of the Voice of Angels space station.

So, what's the secret to keeping players so motivated?

Hey.

What else could it be.

A reward, of course.

The highest reward for Li Nuo to move out is to escort the Wizard of the Five Rings.

He promised that the top 10,000 players in the battle rank could enjoy the academy service of escorting the five rings.

This alone is enough for all players to fight hard, not to mention the real rewards such as props, credits, credits, etc.

(End of chapter)