Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1450: Chapter 177: The Return of the [yes/no] Email

“…Well then, Da Zhe my dear brother, just relax and enjoy yourself here! Don’t worry about me; I’ll be just fine, so rest assured… I will help you with your work, sky~~~”

There was always a feeling of unease… Da Zhe silently watched as Tai Yinzi opened the return passage and left with a bright face. He opened his mouth, but ultimately failed to express his refusal.

The little girl created by the Magic Mirror was currently holding his hand… looking anxious.

Da Zhe sighed softly, reaching out to gently stroke the little girl’s head… How many times had he just been able to hide in a corner, quietly watching her?

Back then, he felt that just being able to see such a smiling face was the most satisfying thing… He had never dared to hope there would be a time like this.

The name “Magic Mirror” truly wasn’t misnamed… Da Zhe thought to himself as he once again approached the Magic Mirror.

Since [daughter] had already appeared through the Magic Mirror, then… he once again pressed his hand onto the surface of the Magic Mirror and began to recall… recalling his most precious memories, long hidden.

“Da Zhe…”

The woman’s voice softly whispered in his ear… Finally, a pair of soft hands gently caressed his face.

At this moment, Da Zhe didn’t want to think about anything else—he just wanted to stay here, never wanting to leave.

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So exciting! Feels like life has already reached its peak~~

The moment Tai Yinzi returned to the present world from the Main God Project world, he twisted his hips flamboyantly, singing a tune. It wasn’t that he hated the world of the Main God Project; it was just that after indulging in gourmet food, he occasionally craved the taste of simpler meals.

Actually, it was mainly because, ever since most of the link to the present world was cut off and the entrance was set in another sub-world, the conditions for connecting to the present world through the network became increasingly poor—sometimes there was no signal at all!

No signal!

This could not help but remind Tai Yinzi of a particular question: If you were given a million US dollars a year, but had to live on a deserted island for five years—during these five years, you had no friends, no girlfriend, no problem. But you had no internet! No internet! No internet!

Pop songs! Hippies! Anime shows!

“Mr. Tai Yinzi, are you planning to leave your post?”

“This isn’t leaving, it’s called resting! I have rest time, Adam!”

Tai Yinzi gave Adam’s head a hard knock—previously, Tai Yinzi would never dare to knock Adam like this (this was a creation personally made by the maid, akin to her ‘son’), but after working together for so long, both sides were familiar with each other.

Mainly because such a knock wouldn’t be reported by Adam—there didn’t seem to be a protocol in Adam’s cognitive circuits for such knocks.

Of course, Adam had a protocol for self-defense when attacked—but the key is, self-defense protocols are triggered for unfamiliar entities… Obviously, a Black Soul envoy is not within the threat parameters, so its knock wouldn’t be deemed as a hostile attack.

Tai Yinzi’s knock caused Adam’s head to wobble several times—as if it were a gong on a drum rack. “Alright, Mr. Tai Yinzi, recording your rest time now… Per the owner’s instructions, after working a thousand hours in the Main God Project, you can earn one minute of rest… You currently have five minutes of rest.”

My gosh! This stingy maid!

“Oh, alright, Adam, I understand.” Tai Yinzi nodded without expression—he wouldn’t argue with Adam because Adam was just executing orders… Only an idiot would argue with a bunch of code!

Actually, the primary concern is that if there were any questions about Adam’s operations, it would report immediately to the maid…

“Oh, by the way, Adam, isn’t your energy almost at the point where it needs recharging?” Tai Yinzi’s eyes shifted, suddenly asking.

“I currently have 47% power remaining, completely sufficient for work, Mr. Tai Yinzi.”

But Tai Yinzi shook his head and said, “That’s not good enough, Adam! As a service program, with less than half power, I have reason to believe you’re not at your optimal state and simply can’t handle all special circumstances—I demand you fully recharge your energy!”

Adam’s electronic eyes flashed continually, seemingly judging if there was any conflict between Tai Yinzi’s request and its own program—ultimately, after consideration, Adam determined that being below 50% power did indeed restrict certain specialized features from full function.

“Alright, I understand, Mr. Tai Yinzi, I will recharge now.” Adam straightened, “This recharge will cease once it reaches 70%… charging time will be one hour and twenty-seven minutes.” Adam said slowly, “Main God Project external server activation of hosting program… hosting time will be one hour and thirty minutes. Mr. Tai Yinzi, please return to your post in three minutes and twenty seconds.”

“Don’t worry! Once you finish charging, you’ll see me back in the Main God Project world.” Tai Yinzi said with a serious expression.

After putting the external server into hosting mode, Adam quickly went to the designated charging station—it required entering a dormant state to charge.

“Mr. Tai Yinzi, you have two minutes and forty-five seconds of rest, please enjoy it wisely…”

Tai Yinzi waved towards Adam, “Don’t worry, I’ll be back soon enough, no need to stress… We’ve been working together for so long, you should know I’m quite punctual!”

Finally, Adam’s electronic eyes dimmed completely, and the gentle smile on Tai Yinzi’s face gradually disappeared, replaced by a sneer.

Resting his hands behind his head, he whistled as he approached Adam… The whistle continued, and then he turned around, his hand ‘accidentally’ brushing over the charging interface.

In reality, he did nothing wrong; he simply extended Adam’s charging time by fourfold… Fast charging is bad for the battery, after all—this is for its own good. Adam would only wake up in six hours.

Note that the external server’s hosting time is only one hour and thirty minutes… naturally there’s no problem—even if there is, aren’t Zhao Le and Chen Mingming here to cover it?

These two little dogs are so ‘competent’, surely they can handle it well! If they don’t handle it well, it must be because they’re not capable enough!

Oh… you two entry level guys, just give it your all!

“Six hours… I can get a lot done!”

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China, Magic Capital… Binjiang District.

As a new development zone, it is home to many emerging industrial companies — naturally, there are numerous companies involved in the internet industry.

Among many industrial parks, there is a building that has seen little foot traffic since several months ago — not long ago, it was filled with numerous game industry professionals.

The building is now completely sealed off — not even the windows are open… but at all times, there are people working inside the building — a large number of personnel from the logistics department of the Shen Zhou Administration Bureau.

Of course, besides the logistics department, there are also quite a few Bureau Investigators — and even three Advanced Investigators guarding here.

The reason the Bureau takes this so seriously is because the game called [Jade Fantasy] has absorbed far too many citizens.

Those whose souls have been sucked into the game world have been secretly sent to a medical facility in a military Forbidden Area, and despite a massive investment of manpower and resources, they still can’t be woken up.

Modern medical technology is fundamentally unable to treat these [patients]’ symptoms — doctors can only strive to maintain the Life Index of those who’ve lost their souls.

But once the people inside the game die, no matter how healthy their body index is outside, they will still die directly!

Three thousand nine hundred ninety — this is the number of deaths so far!

Such a staggering death toll would be considered a panic-inducing disaster in any country — unless this country has incredibly powerful mechanisms running wildly, it would be impossible to suppress it — but if such a situation cannot be improved, it would eventually be discovered one day.

Thankfully, recently, the number of times ‘patients’ have been discovered has mysteriously nosedived — after a long period of study, the Bureau concluded: the soul-devouring game may have reached some level of saturation, hence the recent dwindling number of soul absorptions.

We must thoroughly understand the essence of this game before it once again begins large-scale soul absorption!

To this end, the Shen Zhou Administration Bureau has gone into overdrive — they’ve even halted many pre-scheduled activities to allocate more personnel.

But so far, after much effort from various parties, the Bureau has only successfully allowed one logistics personnel’s soul to enter the game world — although this logistics personnel can communicate with the Bureau through the chat channel within the game world, the Bureau helplessly found that the way this logistics personnel entered the game is completely irreproducible.

— First, one must receive a [yes/no] email.

Except for this logistics personnel, no one else has received such an email!

This has inevitably turned into an awkward situation — a large number of Bureau personnel must constantly protect this logistics personnel inside the game world from any danger that may result in their death, thus severing the only link with the game world… protecting their in-game safety!

24-hour protection ensures at least thirty game accounts are positioned around this logistics personnel… swapping shifts every six hours to completely eliminate any risky situations!

If this logistics personnel inevitably participates in risky activities (in-game missions), additional protection personnel are deployed.

In simple terms — hundreds of logistics personnel and numerous investigators in the building have become the playmates of this [fortunate one] who accidentally entered the game world.

“It’s really ironic…”

One of the three Advanced Investigators in this building, Zhan Taiping, rubbed his temples wearily — he had just finished his [protection] duties and logged off.

As an Advanced Investigator of the Bureau, staying here every day and playing computer games all day long was something that would make people laugh — ironically, as a Bureau Investigator, he couldn’t reveal anything to his family — and Zhan Taiping had told his wife and children he was working at a game company, and his daily work was related to games!

He was just covering up at the time… unexpectedly, his work really became nothing but playing games!

“Good work, team leader.” A replacement investigator came over and sat in Zhan Taiping’s spot, powered up his machine, looked at it for a moment, and exclaimed, “Wow, this guy has climbed into the top five rankings now…”

“After all, we are covering him here around the clock.” Zhan Taiping shook his head and said, “Even a pig could be forcefully pushed up, right?”

“True.” The team member chuckled, then shook his head, “Team leader, you say we have hundreds accompanying him, and he can only climb into the top five… what kind of monsters are the other four in the top five? Is it possible they also have large teams behind them? Especially the first and second… they’re actually a couple! They’ve completed seven legendary missions, and three unique hidden missions… is there any room left to breathe?”

Zhan Taiping said, “I’m also curious about the couple who are first and second, so I’ve researched them for a while… I found that most of the time they are an ordinary team, and often it’s just the two of them doing missions, occasionally teaming up with scattered players, there shouldn’t be a team helping them in the back.”

“It’s strange… all mandatory nine-year education, yet why are they so outstanding?”

“Stop joking around!” Zhan Taiping knocked on the team member’s head, lit a cigarette and started smoking, “This couple in first and second place seems to be among the earliest batch to enter this game world… they apparently obtained many rare items in the early days, and these items have vanished in subsequent updates… relying on these rare precious items, they were able to surpass other players significantly. Although they are in the top five, according to my estimates, if we count our friend in fifth place, along with fourth and third, they might not be a match for this couple… of course, in group combat, it’s naturally a different scenario, right?”

At this point, a broadcast suddenly started.

“Attention! Attention! Server disturbance detected!”

With the broadcast’s appearance, a [yes/no] email suddenly appeared on the equipment of the team member next to Zhan Taiping…