Chapter 962: Taking Action Against the All Worlds Terminal
As I spoke more sharply, the silence program for character accounts began to trigger intermittently.
The elf was momentarily stunned.
She could hardly believe her ears.
However, being born in such a world did not bestow her with much conscious thought.
The innate pride of elves, before they possess a corresponding level of civilization, only serves as a breeding ground for their arrogance.
Even I did not know how much she truly absorbed; I was merely conveying the most basic concepts while doodling and writing.
For me, this was just my first contact with this world.
But it certainly wouldn’t be the last.
“Go.” I grabbed the tip of her comparison piece and severed the vines.
She looked at me incredulously, as if shocked by my decision to let her go so easily.
Yet I didn’t return the comparison piece and bow to her, fearing that she might turn back around for a sneak attack right after escaping.
Although, given her nature, she probably wouldn’t do that,
it was just a precaution.
After all, they’ve been plagued by players for so long; who could guarantee that they wouldn’t abandon their beliefs to survive?
“You’re just letting me go like this?”
“You are the first elf I’ve sought, but you will not be the last.”
“But you said you would let me go!”
After saying this, her figure quickly vanished into the jungle.
After sending the elf away, I continued to sit atop a large dead tree, planning what to do next.
Although that elf was unwilling to cooperate, I wasn’t completely empty-handed.
At the very least, I had a clear understanding of how hostile the elves were towards players.
But this was only the beginning; there were many matters that needed to be dealt with.
At the same time.
The elf who had narrowly escaped did not appear excited about her second chance at life; instead, she was anxious!
And there was a sadness in witnessing her clan and closest friend leave.
What she was watching was not the location of her elven kin but rather traversing through the screenshot area to find other clansmen!
Players are incredibly cunning, capable of pinpointing her location through special means, so she dared not return, only praying to her kin and explaining her circumstances.
…
Inside the hotel.
The gaming pod’s door gradually opened, and I stepped out of the pod.
After all, I was just trying something new; I couldn’t afford to be addicted to it.
As for the rest… I planned to have my clones handle it, and if possible, I could create more accounts, given that the character accounts corresponded to a complete world!
The reason the Mei Academy valued this game world was precisely because of these adjunct worlds, wasn’t it?
Although they were basically mini-games, the sheer volume was staggering.
The only pity was that when my current account went offline, that character wouldn’t disappear but would continue to exist.
So during my downtime, I needed to hide the character’s body properly.
And I not only needed to guard against the natives but also other players.
However, there was another reason for my exit.
That was… to use the game terminal as an “interface” to explore the power of the All Worlds Terminal!
This wasn’t an unattainable domain.
Just like the people from the association, or any resistance force with a legitimate name,
they would grasp certain technologies.
Ban accounts.
This is a method of stealing the power of the All Worlds Terminal.
Since the All Worlds Terminal was defined by them as—an external object, a tool for societal domination, it surely held risks of being stolen.
Even my Great Knowledge Seed had similar concerns back then.
This said, there was the so-called contaminative knowledge, or informational taboos, forbidden messages, etc.
For this, I also developed a firewall for the Great Knowledge Tree. Now this capability has completely integrated into this Great Spellbook.
As of now, there have been no issues at all.
I spread so many Great Knowledge Seeds and Knowledge Seeds, and the other Extraordinary Academies didn’t get them, who would believe it?
The techniques to counter the Great Spellbook, how could they not try?
In fact, they ensured they all tried.
Thus, the effects are so minimal, partly due to the nature of the Great Knowledge Seeds being permanent magical effects, completely severed from the control of the main power.
Unless it was a Great Knowledge Seed specially created by me, otherwise, the seeds I spread would be hard to destroy.
Because they have little relation to me as an individual, existing solely on an informational level allowed the risks of counteraction to be low.
But the All Worlds Terminal is different.
It is an extreme embodiment of controlling power.
The dispersed gaming terminals are closely related to the All Worlds Terminal itself, playing roles closely linked to the source of power—character, virtual account information, the birth of weapon power, etc.
The limitations they impose only center around… permissions.
The objective existence of permissions causes the existence of banned accounts to persist.
Of course, this might also be due to the current Supreme Council’s diminishing control over the All Worlds Terminal.
After all, virtue must match position; only genius-like powers can be wielded by genius-like users.
The emergence of banned accounts, according to limited records, has not been around for particularly long.
One could say that the emergence of banned accounts directly reflects the corruption within the Infinite Group’s headquarters of the All Worlds Terminal.
“Isn’t the All Worlds Terminal Headquarters not wanting to oppose me? Didn’t you incite those outsiders to target me? Didn’t you allow players from the chaotic lands to harass me?”
Now I’m directly taking action against your life force; how will you respond?
As I muttered to myself, I approached the head-mounted gaming terminal.
The gaming pod still had some use, but I might as well use this infrequently used device; even if it breaks, it wouldn’t matter.
Even if they’ve pinpointed my location… heh, do they dare to come?
This is the confidence that comes from absolute power.
Boiling a frog in warm water, if you resist, that suits me; if you long for it, you’ll eventually be boiled into clear soup bullfrog.
And just as my observing hand reached towards the terminal,
far away at the All Worlds Terminal Headquarters,
an unprecedented emergency warning rang out at the game architect’s terminal defense!
“All architects, be on guard! Terminal intrusion! Quickly! Put down your work and enter countermeasure mode!”
“This isn’t a drill! Enter virtual space and resist the intrusion!”
…
As the game world descended into chaos, the main world of the Expanding Realm also became lively.
As Lan Qiuyue conducted her report for the Expanding Realm as per protocol, Principal Mei suddenly spotted something very eye-catching.
The Dream Demon Workshop.
If it were just a name, it wouldn’t matter; Dream Demons were a disaster that Su Lan New City once experienced.
However, the addition of “Yang Yuelan” behind “Dream Demon Workshop” truly made her frown.
Logically, in Mei Linde’s understanding, Xiao Han should be sweetly teaming up with Bai Yu for a vacation in the Expanding Realm at this moment.
Building a factory to make money… what is the Dream Demon Workshop for?
Selling Dream Demons?
Mei Linde was the first to not believe it.
Then she associated it with the methods of purification against Dream Demons and the Dream State Soul Material, so she went to the Primordial Dream Laboratory to inquire.
Afterward… all the witches in the laboratory knew…
Especially after Principal Mei proposed the concept of the “Dream Demon Workshop,” some witches immediately linked it to the witch who was secretly discussing things with Xiao Han.
Nobody expected that the witch would casually mention it, and Xiao Han would take action the next second!
This execution ability indeed made the witches present sweat.
Though the laboratory witches were excited, Principal Mei clearly understood what Xiao Han was up to.
Xiao Han established a large-scale assembly line to cultivate Dream State Soul Material in the Expanding Realm?
The impact was simply too profound. Although the Expanding Realm had already been forcefully reclaimed by the Witch Academy, and all the original city transport routes had been closed,
to say that the safety of the Expanding Realm… certainly cannot compare to the Witch Academy.
The Expanding Realm was like a large sieve; any incidents that occurred reached other Extraordinary Academies at the same speed as the Witch Academy.
Unless… a witch branch in the Expanding Realm can be established quickly.
With Xiao Han performing such crucial experiments here, how could she feel at ease?
Thus, a large number of witches suddenly arrived in the Expanding Realm.
Led by Principal Mei Linde, dozens of Extraordinary Witches constituted a team that arrived at this “remote” location.
When they saw the massive “workshop” that had come together in just a few days, along with the Xiao Han clone operating the working devices at the same time,
it was quite spectacular.
“Oh~ look~ it’s actually Sister Mei who came personally!”
When the first clone noticed the headmaster and her companions, they immediately greeted them.
Other clones beside them echoed similarly.
“You all carry on; where’s the real Xiao Han?” Principal Mei Linde asked straightforwardly.
These clones generally had very candid personalities, and not only did Mei Linde understand this, but any witch who had interacted with Xiao Han’s clones knew that they were even more entertaining than Xiao Han herself!
“Of course, it’s with Sister Sister~ the main body wouldn’t do such technically uncomplicated tasks.” One of the clones said.
“Right, right~ the main body is doing less technical things with Sister Sister; it’s not advisable for Sister Mei to look for my main body right now~”
“Unless Sister Mei wants to become a super shimmering spotlight~”
Faced with the playful banter of these clones, Principal Mei felt slightly awkward at the front.
Had they really come at such an inopportune time?
Mei Linde instinctively glanced at the sky; it was broad daylight, and she didn’t remember Xiao Han liking to do such things during the day, did she?
“Stop changing the subject; you all know why we came here, right? Pretending to be confused tomorrow, are you all too afraid to face us?”
“How could it be? Sister Sister, you’re speaking as if…”
Mei Linde understood this was Xiao Xie being cheeky; after all, every one of them was a manifestation of Xiao Xie’s will.
“Xiao Xie, tell me under what circumstances this Dream Demon Workshop… ugh~ We didn’t come here to put you on the spot; primarily, the concept you brought up is too impactful; you should have consulted with us first. Silent as a mouse, must you always overwhelm Principal and the other witches?”
Mei Linde tried to control her tone, beginning a calm discussion with Xiao Xie.
“Hey? But didn’t we talk about this matter before?”
“Talk about it?” Hearing that, Mei Linde couldn’t help but laugh again.
She couldn’t help but recall that back in the laboratory; she should not have conversed with Xiao Xie while focusing on the Dream Realm!
She should have carefully clarified what agreements she made!
“Xiao Xie, tell me this factory you’re talking about is for making a bit of money? After establishing this, are you really earning that little bit of money?”
“Ehmm… well, it’s not that you can’t earn… right?” I mumbled while leading Principal Mei and the other witches into the workshop.
Although it’s called a workshop, the interior is still extraordinarily large; it essentially resembles a gigantic indoor factory.
Inside, precious materials and resources were stacked everywhere, with newly constructed equipment frameworks, unformed Dream Cultivation rooms, and stable dream stabilizing instruments processing theoretical states, roots for connections, along with automation powered by consciousness crystal carriers of the unowned Great Knowledge Seed core…
Principal Mei Linde may not understand this place well; her knowledge solely came from the Earth Vein Identification Technique associated with the Great Knowledge Seed.
Many witches following her, especially those who had gone through purification testing, understood much of the equipment here, and even those uncertain had some guesses.
Seeing the expressions of these witches, Mei Linde understood that she had lost the ability to intervene in this “Dream Demon Workshop.”
Actually, when she first arrived, she still harbored a hope of persuading Xiao Lian to withdraw; not to mention moving to the Core Realm, even staying near Ninglan New City in the Expanding Realm would suffice.
But if she did nothing, these witches were watching with shining eyes; she wanted to keep them all for Xiao Lian’s benefit!
Did they really think it was all fun and games?
And that witch who suggested building a factory to Xiao Lian…
She also had to go back and lecture her properly.
Xiao Lian wasn’t their wishing machine; did they really think just mentioning it would compel Xiao Lian to fulfill their wishes?
She had specially allowed Xiao Lian to the Expanding Realm, but it was to let Xiao Lian relax, to relieve the stress she had been under in the laboratory, and to foster some feelings with Bai Yu!
It wasn’t to cause trouble here!
Thinking about this, Mei Linde felt a wave of fatigue, clearly overseeing a new type of Qi Observation Technique Instrument-led project, one much more complicated than these issues, yet she felt little concern.
Sure enough… geniuses are never a source of relief for witches, wherever they go.
