Xu Lu, lurking in the [Iron Blood Regiment] group chat, felt a headache looking at these active local players.
Another all-nighter writing reports!
Xu Meng's security measures are more comprehensive than before.
Outsiders all believe: [Bitstorm] was a major battle where Dream Building, a single company, fought against seven multinational corporations.
But the National Security officers are very clear:
That's not the case at all.
When that internet war broke out, the employees of Dream Building didn't participate at all.
What they did was similar to ordinary netizens—frantically refreshing social media while exclaiming, "Damn, that's awesome!"
It's not that no one wanted to help.
But as soon as they walked to the boss's office door, they were stopped by Assistant Chen.
Even Dream Building's security team couldn't participate.
Internally, they all said that the pace of attack and defense was too fast, and they simply couldn't keep up.
As for Wu Shuang and the others, they only helped contact more server resources; all technical team support was rejected by Xu Meng.
So, in reality, the only participant on the [Bitstorm] side was Xu Meng alone!
—Oh, and that pink-haired, cat-eared little girl he always kept by his side.
Two people fought the entire internet war.
They consecutively defeated 7 large multinational corporations and 1 CIA-affiliated cyber attack agency!
Xu Meng also packaged a large amount of evidence he scraped from that agency, proving the CIA's violation of international law and attacks on foreign government agencies and large corporate servers, and sent a copy to the Security Bureau.
There was so much data that the General Bureau hasn't finished organizing it yet.
Therefore, in the eyes of those who understand technology and know the inside story, Xu Meng's title of [Digital Emperor] is not just a nickname.
Given him enough computing power support and personal protection, he really has the hope of turning the nickname into reality!
But are the measures to protect a "genius scientist" enough for a "Digital Emperor"?
Obviously not.
Xu Lu had never done, or even heard of, something like "long-term lurking in a local player group."
But now she was assigned to urgently fill in.
She would have to do this job for half a month before a dedicated person came to replace her.
Xu Lu didn't expect the job to come so quickly.
The identity of "player" is already too broad, and allowing players to get close to Xu Meng is already a risky thing.
Now these people are planning to wear mascot costumes and approach Xu Meng while covering their faces.
Xu Lu felt that the problem was huge just thinking about it!
What if someone brought a weapon and mixed in?
Wearing that kind of loose mascot costume, you wouldn't even be able to see if they were hiding an AK in there!
There are quite a few people who want Xu Meng dead right now!
While staring at the dynamics in the group, she urgently reported the matter.
—
Most players don't have the advantage of these locals and wouldn't think of such a clever trick as "going to the Dream Building company to ask Xu Meng."
After most people couldn't think of a way, they simply continued their game in the guise of frog people.
Many people didn't even want to lift the curse and just let themselves go in the Overgrown Metropolis.
Because there were so many frogs letting themselves go, the team grew bigger and bigger.
The atmosphere of the entire city was slowly changing.
From the beginning, when frogs appeared on the streets of the Overgrown Metropolis, they would be surrounded by a large number of normal players.
It has become that when normal players appear in Frogtopia, they will be surrounded by a large number of frogs.
The whole city became cheerful and free.
Like an unexpected grand carnival.
Many people couldn't help but join in and let themselves go together.
Only those players with a strong sense of purpose were not caught up in it and were still tirelessly pursuing their goals.
Zhang Siming and his teammates were like that, still fighting hard in the Huaiwa Rainforest.
But in the end, they were inevitably affected.
……
Their plan to "bypass the early missions and directly explore the Huaiwa Frost Prison" encountered insurmountable obstacles that day—
In the frost-frozen area, there were several large dragons blocking the way.
And their bodies were covered with thick frost.
When primary weapons hit them, the ice layer would only show some small cracks—and then quickly recover in the severe cold.
In other words, their weapons couldn't break through the defense at all.
Although there is a saying circulating online—as long as you accurately hit the same position multiple times, even a primary weapon can shatter the ice and complete the break.
But Zhang Siming seriously suspected that this was some kind of misleading rumor.
In the end, they had to give up taking shortcuts and silently return to the normal game path.
The subsequent strategy went much smoother.
With barely passing equipment, they worked day and night for three days and completed all the main hunting missions.
But to their surprise:
The main game line ended, but the frost of Huaiwa Frost Prison could not be lifted.
Only an unexpected game prompt was obtained—
[Congratulations, you have unlocked the [Master] difficulty!]
Following this prompt was a long list of game changes:
Monsters will no longer stay obediently in fixed areas, but will show migratory behavior.
Monster difficulty is no longer fixed, but special individuals will appear randomly.
As the number of hunts increases, the strength of the monsters and the value of the dropped materials will continue to increase.
And unlock the monster fighting mechanism.
The latest novels are first published on 6_9_book_bar!
Unlock more side quests.
Unlock NPC special dialogues.
Unlock daily hunting activities.
……
And—
White frost begins to spread!
Yes, they worked hard for three days for the [Honor Player] title.
In the end, not only did they fail to thaw the rainforest, but they also caused the frost to spread, and the frozen area became larger!
Zhang Siming and his teammates looked at each other.
Only then did they realize that the challenge Xu Meng proposed was not simply about speed.
It is not that whoever has good game skills and who can work harder will definitely be the first to complete the task.
If you want to dispel the white frost and lift the ice, you must look for clues outside the main quest.
But in order to complete the main mission as soon as possible, they played in speedrun mode, and even the main line told a confused story, let alone the side lines.
But it is impossible for them to give up.
They are all professional players, and their ability to adjust their mentality is first-class.
They began to make up for side quests and look for clues.
It's just that they are no longer as anxious as before, and even have the mood to participate in the [Hunting Development Team] activities.
As a result, they were also caught.
They couldn't find a way to lift the curse, so they simply continued to explore and hunt in the shape of frog people.
But soon, Zhang Siming saw:
After a teammate's thrust hit the Icefang Dragon, he subconsciously planned to connect a rising dragon.
The moment the webbed foot stepped on the frost on the scale surface of the Icefang Dragon and kicked down hard—
Suddenly, he slipped!
The character lost his balance on the spot and crashed into the body of the Icefang Dragon.
The person failed to jump up, so he failed to avoid the Icefang Dragon's chain impact, and was continuously knocked away like a green ball.
Before the person landed, he had already died violently.
When he finally landed, he fell directly into the stretcher unfolded by the cat people and was carried away from the battlefield by the cat people.
Zhang Siming and his teammates realized:
The shape of this frog person does not have no impact on the battle.
Although, under normal circumstances, it is possible to slip when stepping on ice while performing a rising dragon.
However, the webbed feet of the frog people are larger than the feet under normal circumstances, and the coverage area is therefore larger.
The probability of stepping on ice is indeed increased.
And I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but they always feel that frog webbed feet are more slippery than normal human feet!
What's even harder to bear is: watching teammates waving huge swords and fighting with dragon beasts in the comical shape of frogs is really too funny.
It makes them unable to be serious at all.
They will be distracted and make mistakes while fighting.
In the end, they had to stop temporarily and turn to Mengjin to find a way to lift the curse.
In Mengjin, there are too many such methods:
[It's hiding favorability! Find an NPC with a high enough hidden favorability, and kiss them!]
[It's a wedding! Capture the role of Silver City's parallel world, take them to the church to get married, and then you can kiss!]
[It's Icefang Dragon! When the Icefang Dragon sprints, use your mouth to catch the dragon car to achieve a true love kiss!]
[Refer to the fairy tale of "The Frog Prince", you should kiss the princess! [Neon Abyss] KTV Princess is recommended!]
[A super jump park is hidden inside the Red Lotus Volcano. You will see a magic frog at the end. Just kiss it!]
……
Like this, page after page is full of messages that are difficult to distinguish between true and false, making it difficult to make a decision.
Zhang Siming rested his frog head with his webbed hand and thought for a moment, then looked at his teammates: "Have you been to [Neon Abyss]?"
"Why don't we try this first?"
