I might have been playing a fake cultivation game.

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After submitting the report, Zhou Yunshen checked the time.

It was now 9:00 AM.

He spent less time writing the report than actually spent in the hellish dungeon during this operation.

It was a quick and decisive victory.

Zhou Yunshen habitually opened the game forum and then clicked into the group chat of "Hell Trial Strategy Group".

At this moment, the group chat was buzzing with lively discussion.

Various messages were rapidly flooding the group chat.

Everyone was discussing how terrifying the Underworld General was, and how terrifying Fengdu City was.

That's really scary.

Not to mention the BOSS hidden in Fengdu City, none of the Underworld Generals are simple. If players fight alone, they will only be instantly killed by these Underworld Generals.

Even if dozens of players act in unison, there is still a risk in dealing with the Underworld General.

At this moment, Kang Yong of the Great Zhou Dynasty said in the group chat: "The BOSS in Fengdu City is indeed terrifying, no doubt about it, but as for the Yin Marshal, he's really not that bad. Our team almost killed Bai Wuchang. If that bastard hadn't run away so fast, we would have already gotten the first kill on him. We chased him all the way to Fengdu City."

One player tagged Kang Yong from the Great Zhou Dynasty: "I know your team is amazing, you've said this so many times, I can recite it by heart."

Kang Yong of the Great Zhou Dynasty: "Actually, our team is just so-so. I just didn't expect your team to be so weak. So many people gathered together, and you can't even beat a Yin General."

"The captain can't command! What can we do? After Yin Shuai arrived, he unleashed a powerful attack, and the team collapsed instantly. Then Yin Shuai picked us off one by one, and we're being chased down."

"My team leader was the first to be killed. The vice-captain didn't understand command; he went straight to fight Yin Shuai and was predictably killed by him as well."

The Importance of Having a Good Captain.

"Doesn't your team have any players who possess a natal spirit weapon? A natal spirit weapon should be able to harm the Yin Marshal, right?"

"I have my own natal spirit treasure, and while it's powerful, it's useless if I can't hit it. This Yin General is too slippery; I can't hit him at all."

Liu Xi of the Great Wei Kingdom: "Use restrictive spells! Restrictive spells are fast and not so easy to dodge."

One player responded: "I possessed restrictive spells, but they couldn't control the Yin General at all. Instead, the Yin General targeted me, and I was instantly killed."

Liu Xi of the Great Wei Kingdom: "It's probably because we didn't have enough restrictive spells. Our team threw out five or six restrictive spells right away, completely controlling Bai Wuchang."

"I've long ago suggested to the government that a good captain be important, and that they select capable leaders to be captains, but the government won't listen. What can I do?"

……

Zhou Yunshen silently watched the screen.

He had thought that his team's performance was only average compared to all the other teams.

Judging from the comments in the group, his team's performance was actually quite good.

What's going on here?

Did the captains of the other teams not make any preparations before taking action?

Perhaps they felt that focusing on improving their own skills was enough, and there was no need to waste time on any preparations...

Actually, it didn't waste much time. After all, cultivation was just the character's cultivation in the game world, not the cultivation of the real person.

Just as Zhou Yunshen was thinking about these things, his phone vibrated, and then a message popped up.

Zhou Yunshen opened the message and found it was from Chen Xin'an.

Chen Xin'an: "Did you see the messages in the group chat? Everyone's praising you for being a good team leader."

Zhou Yunshen: "I saw it. I just did what a team leader should do, nothing special."

Chen Xin'an: "You're too modest. You've already done a great job. Unlike my team, which has three captains, they all give bad orders, refuse to listen to anyone, and are no good at anything."

Zhou Yunshen: "Haha, your team encountered the Black and White Impermanence back then, right?"

Chen Xin'an: "Hmm, how did you know that?"

Zhou Yunshen: "I saw your body then; you died a horrible death."

Chen Xin'an: "...Don't our players' corpses disappear after they die?"

Zhou Yunshen: "I don't know about that."

……

In that unassuming office building on the outskirts of Kyoto.

In the office, the director was holding several newly printed action reports, reading them carefully one by one.

Outside the office, at the end of the corridor, two staff members were smoking and chatting in hushed tones.

One of the tall, young staff members said in a low voice, "Deputy Director Chen proposed to gather all the players together and implement military-style management, and then assign one or more observers to each of the more skilled players to guide their actions. I think this suggestion is quite good. This way, the strength of all the players can be united as one, and they can attack wherever they are directed. But the director suppressed this suggestion, which I don't quite understand."

The older, shorter staff member gave the taller staff member a deep look, then gazed into the distance and said in a low voice, "Put yourself in the player's shoes. If you were a player, suddenly forcibly incorporated into the 'combat order' by the government, forced to follow orders and be monitored for every move, and required to report everything you did... how would you feel?"

The tall staff member thought for a moment and said, "You might feel a little uncomfortable, but there's no other way. Everything is for the sake of preparing for the apocalypse three years from now. We have to sacrifice some things. We have to be prepared for that."

The short staff member chuckled upon hearing this and said, "Awareness? How many players do you think have that kind of awareness?"

The tall staff member opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

The short staff member sighed and said, "Never test human nature. If we actually do as Deputy Director Chen suggests, even if we survive the apocalyptic crisis three years from now, what will happen to those players who have gained extraordinary powers? They'll all be filled with resentment. What will they do? Before, they didn't have the power to resist, but once they do, they could turn the whole world upside down in no time! We'll all be doomed!"

Seeing that the tall staff member remained silent, the short staff member sighed again and said, "If this world is destroyed in three years, then everything will be over. If it survives, the world will be turned upside down. At that time, this world will be ruled by these players. This is the inevitable trend, and it cannot be changed. As for us..."

At this point, the short staff member gave a wry smile and said, "When dealing with these players, we should be nicer to them, especially those with potential. We should try to befriend them as much as possible; it only benefits us."

The tall staff member's expression changed several times. Finally, he sighed and said dejectedly, "Why didn't I download this game back then?"

"I clearly saw that the game was over..."

"I saw it too." A bitter look appeared on the face of the short staff member.