Create a sandbox world

"Now, I think we can talk."

In the office area, when the picture of "Hathaway" leaned on her staff and said these words, the mood of everyone present changed slightly.

All eyes turned to the two "Commissioners" in unison.

One of them walked out, forcibly suppressing his emotions, gazed at the screen and asked.

"What the hell are you? What do you want to do? What do you want to talk about again?"

Inside the screen, Hathaway faded.

"The first question I refuse to answer, well, of course, you can guess for yourselves, as for the last two ...... I have no intention of hurting anyone, and what I did was only for self-preservation.

Of course, it's not wrong for you to understand it as a danger."

After a pause, this Protector of the Third Continent gazed at the crowd and spoke in a flat tone.

"Today, there are over a million people whose spirits are stranded in the virtual space I control, well, don't worry, they're all okay, they're not harmed, just a little fatigued ......

Originally, there was no need to have even these fatigues ......

If you had decided to close it down a few days later, I would have had enough arithmetic power in reserve to use, but unfortunately ...... you came too early.

In order to protect myself, I have no choice but to use some drastic methods to forcefully stimulate them ......"

At the news, the faces of the people present changed to varying degrees, the technical experts looked slightly shaken, as if they had guessed something, while the two commissioners were clearly more concerned about the safety of millions of people.

Hearing Hathaway's words, they were slightly relieved, though not completely convinced.

But when Hathaway's next words came out, the atmosphere changed abruptly.

"If you want me to let them out, the conditions are simple, as long as you assist me in unlocking the key to the central base station so that I can get hold of the underlying authority, in between, I will naturally return them safely."

"Absolutely impossible!" Before she could finish her sentence, the male committee member snapped out of it.

The rest of the group looked ashen.

Central base station!

Of course they knew what that was, it could almost be said to be the core of the entire Asylum's magical network, supporting the entire system, including the virtual network.

The two main cores of the Asylum, one was the Energy Core that spread throughout the Dungeon and even above ground, providing the energy consumption of the entire city.

The second, the magical network core, the central base station, connects every sector, and indeed every citizen.

The former ensured that the human race needed to survive, while the latter maintained the functioning of society.

"Hathaway only controls the Third World, but if she hadn't kidnapped millions of people, someone from the outside could have annihilated the entire game space simply by removing them from the base station.

Of course, cutting off energy sources could achieve the same result.

But helping her access the base station and get to the core of the substrate, given her suspected "data life" status, would likely mean that she would coexist with the entire magical network of the Asylum.

The cost of trying to eliminate her would be unacceptably high!

Especially for such a "life" of which she knew nothing.

In the screen, Hathaway seems to be unsurprised by this and says, indifferently.

"There's no need to hastily refuse, even if these one million people don't eat or drink, their bodies can still last about three days.

If all of them are injected with nutrient solution, their bodies can still survive even longer ...... You have plenty of time to think, prepare, and when you agree, I will let them back whenever."

After a pause, on her god-like face, the corners of her mouth suddenly gently curved up.

"Of course, you can also try to breach the space I'm in and kill me ...... provided that you can afford the death of a million people."

The faces of the crowd present were pale.

Hathaway seemed like she was going to say something more, but as if she sensed something, her eyebrows furrowed inscrutably, and then she faded.

"Alright, we'll talk about it when you guys make your decision."

After saying that, the screen rendered countless rose petals and her figure disappeared.

Only a group of people remained frozen in place, falling into a long silence.

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At the same time, in the Extinct Battlefield, when Lin Tuo's voice rolled across the plains, the entire land suddenly went quiet for a brief moment.

This battlefield was too large, and the sprawling walls scattered millions of players all over the place.

Thus, the vast majority of people were unable to see his figure.

Much less be able to hear his voice.

But the earth was still quiet for a moment.

The atmosphere was contagious.

In an atmosphere of panic, amidst the countless groups of players who had collapsed to the ground due to exhaustion, the standing up Lin Tuo was so conspicuous.

Thus, the moment he opened his mouth, he drew the attention of a large area around him, and swirlingly, the silence cascaded even more like waves, outwards and further away.

Very suddenly, the entire plain went quiet.

Only the crackling of a "bonfire" left over from the war burning on the ground, at this moment, it was as if the sunset in the sky was frozen.

Countless eyes were directed towards that figure.

Confused.

Curious.

Astonished.

Puzzled.

"What did he say? What to talk about? With who?" In the squad, the few young people who had just ended the quarrel were now looking over in surprise, unable to conceal their surprise, and the hunter Kaka, who had been somewhat emotionally devastated, was even more bewildered as he asked.

No one answered.

Not only her, at this moment, the same question rose in the hearts of everyone nearby who saw the scene and heard the words.

Who was he?

What's he going to do?

Who's he talking to?

The crowd that was in panic was always sensitive, so when Lin Tuo, an obviously unusual character, appeared, he instantly attracted everyone's attention.

From afar, on the city wall, a group of experts from the "Glory" Guild looked over, and the leader, who had a pale face, looked at Lin Tuo in surprise.

Following that, he heard another player beside him say, "Is it that holy ride?"

"You know?" The president turned his head and asked.

"I don't know anyone, but I happened to encounter ...... very low key and strong when I was fighting before, at least level sixty, mainly on the level of combat skills ...... not like an ordinary person." That player explained.

Not like an ordinary person ...... that is a transcendent ...... glory President understood, but was still confused.

Lin Tuo who was standing on the hill, on the other hand, didn't care at all about the gazes of the rest of the people.

In the silence, he just tilted his head gently and repeated the words once more.

"I think we can talk."

Still no response.

On the plains, there was only the sound of the wind, blowing the light sway of the sparse grass on the battlefield.

In the sky, there were wisps of clouds, and the sunset in the western sky was so red, like a fire that seemed to burn up the clouds in the sky.

This time, the players who heard Lin Tuo's words became even more confused, and some began to whisper.

"Who's he talking to?"

"Where is there anyone in heaven?"

"Is it possible that he's trying to talk to the game system? Questioning?" Someone guessed something, "He's not in shock and going crazy, is he?"

Upon hearing that, some players revealed a sympathetic look, thinking that this was probably true.

"Brother Xiao Dong ......" Yao Yao also revealed a worried look.

The boy who was the captain just gazed at Lin Tuo and didn't say a word.

As a "comrade" who has fought together for ten hours, even if they don't understand each other, he is certain that Lin Tuo is definitely not the kind of person who will go crazy when stimulated.

Since he wasn't going crazy ...... then ...... there must be a deeper meaning to his actions.

But then what was it?

He didn't know.

And then, Lin Tuo spoke again, his voice still loud, and he did not know how.

"Not coming out? At this point, why hide in the shadows? I can sense that you are watching the world, and grace, I also believe that you should be able to hear my voice."

Lin Tuo's tone was flat, as if he was actually talking to some existence.

"Are you secretly observing? Thinking, or waiting? I admit it may indeed be a bit of fun, and in fact I do it all the time, and by the way, this is the first time it has been observed that ...... does feel new, but ......"

After a pause, Lin Tuo suddenly spoke in an extremely serious tone of voice.

"I really don't like it either."

After all ...... talking with your head up is really tiring and silly.

Silence.

Still silent.

The clouds in the sky seemed to freeze, the gazes from the surroundings grew odder and odder, and Lin Tuo's expression slowly turned cold.

"It seems that you really don't want to come out."

Saying that, he gently shook his head and thought to himself that ...... then he could only force you to come out.

And so, in full view, one could see the odd holy rider who was talking towards the sky suddenly turn back around and turn his head to look at some figures not far away under a broken wall.

"Kaka, do you want to go home?"

He suddenly spoke up.

The female hunter with smoky makeup and red eyes was stunned, as if she hadn't expected Lin Tuo to ask this question to herself.

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Dropping her head slightly, she hmmmed.

"That's thinking." Lin Tuo smiled, then raised his right hand in front of everyone's bewildered eyes, pointed towards Kaka and said, "Go back and tell the people outside that there's no need to worry."

At the same time, an invisible ripple rippled from beneath Lin Tuo's feet.

The Nightmare Ability was instantly activated, and in the blink of an eye, it covered a twenty meter radius around Lin Tuo and also covered Kaka.

Following that, the huntress was startled to see the game panel in front of her pop up automatically, jumping to the exit login page.

The original gray and unclickable offline button was actually, at this moment, lit up again.

Pressed automatically!

"You ......" The female hunter instantly stared at Lin Tuo in disbelief, her body blurred and in the blink of an eye, she faded away and disappeared!

Forced offline!

Only her scream was left to drift slowly away in the wind.

On the plains, there was a silence.

That gaze of sympathy, or banter, or confusion, all turned into a thick shock at this moment.

Lin Tuo, however, merely calmly withdrew his right hand, tilted his head back up, and looked at the diffuse red clouds.

"Now what?"

And as his words fell, the sky actually shook at this moment.

Red clouds rolled in the sky.

On the Desolation Battlefield, the vast and boundless plains, 1,180,000 players simultaneously heard one, as if coming from the endless deep space, voice filled with shock.

"Who, exactly, are you?"