Chapter 1390: 458. Directly into the heart_2


    Nnd Lee spoke in an even tone:


    “The Company gathered arge number of engineers to study the A.I.’s backend data. The A.I. designated to y the role of the Angel Enterprises Alliance is numbered T18. Its anomaly originates from a space station called Angel’s Voice, belonging to the Archangel Group. We must eliminate the brain-like facility within the space station to remove the negative impact and get A.I. T18 back on track.”


    “T18… The root of the anomaly is in the Angel’s Voice Space Station…”


    Liam Bet pondered and muttered, asking with confusion:


    “Boss, why would the root of the A.I.’s anomaly be in the game? Can we not simply erase the aberrant data on the corresponding physical medium to eradicate the source of the anomaly?”


    Nnd Lee understood what Liam Bet meant.


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    Simply put, Liam Bet believed the root of the anomaly was a cluster of data residing on some physical medium.


    For instance, a virus on a USB drive or hacking software on an external hard drive, and so on.


    In such cases, directly formatting the USB drive and the external hard drive might clear out what’s referred to as the root of the anomaly.


    So if it’s possible to resolve this issue from the physicalyer outside of the game, why would the official game need to clear out the anomaly within the Angel’s Voice Space Station?


    This was an issue.


    An issue that piqued the curiosity of Liam Bet, an experienced yer.


    Knowing the other party had this question, Nnd Lee exined:


    “It’s because when the A.I. was covering up this portion of the aberrant data, it adopted a distributed storage approach.”


    “So that’s how it is.” Liam Bet suddenly understood.


    Nnd Lee continued:


    “The distributed storage method aplishes decentralization. It divides the virus into countlessponents that are scattered across various physical media. Indeed, we could destroy all the physical media outside of the game to eliminate the virus, but that would also affect the game’s operation, and even cause a repeat of the mass logout that happened two months ago. Am I right?”


    “Yes, that’s correct,” Liam Bet replied, his tone slightly grave as he nodded.


    Nnd Lee said:


    “Therefore, we decided to take a different approach. The virus data in distributed storage is scattered when stored, but during operation, it converges. This ‘convergence’ phenomenon of the virus data happens within the Angel’s Voice Space Station, with the brain-like facility acting as a tangible representation. I’m not a professional data security engineer, so I can only exin it to you in this way, there might be slight deviations, but that’s the general idea.”


    Liam Bet wasn’t a professional in this field either.


    However, based on Nnd Lee’s description, Liam Bet basically understood the situation.


    “I see. Boss, do you need me to do anything?” Liam Bet asked.


    Nnd Lee didn’t hide anything andid out the pre-prepared justification:


    “The day after tomorrow, which is Friday night, the Magic Academy willunch a campaign event online. The theme of the campaign is ‘Straight to the Heart.’ At that time, the game will release a series of campaign tasks, guiding Academy Faction yers to break through the defenses of the Angel Enterprises Alliance andunch an attack on the Angel’s Voice Space Station. I need you to lead the Alliance yers as internal coborators, cooperating with Academy Faction yers to destroy the Angel’s Voice Space Station.”


    Liam Bet fell silent upon hearing this, then asked with some concern:


    “Boss, do you mean, we, a group of yers who joined the Alliance, are to collectively betray it? Won’t we be traitors to the Alliance after this event is over?”


    “No, no, no, you’ve got it wrong,” Nnd Lee said with a gentle smile:


    “I’m not asking you to openly betray the Alliance, but to drop the ball or ck off at the crucial moment.”


    “Drop the ball… ck off…” Liam Bet rubbed his forehead, mulling it over, his eyes gradually lighting up:


    “Oh, I understand your meaning now. You want us to ck in our efforts, right? And also provide inside information to the Academy Faction yers to help them break through more effectively.”


    Nnd Lee nodded in satisfaction:


    “Yes, that’s exactly it. It might not be appropriate for a Game Master like me to do these things, which might draw criticism. But it’s different for you. Additionally, I can tell you in advance that on Friday night, when the Academy Faction yers attack the space station, you and other yers who joined the Alliance will receive an emergent task to return to the United Bureau. You can ept this task to directly betray the Alliance, or dy epting the task and continue serving in the Alliance. How you choose specifically, I won’t interfere.”


    “Okay, okay, let me think this over…”


    In the subsequent time, Nnd Lee and Liam Bet discussed the details.


    Once Nnd Lee was sure that Liam Bet hadmitted the matter to memory, he ended the conversation.


    “Next is the Assassin Angel. I need to consult with Them and make thorough preparations.”


    Nnd Lee set up the ritual array in the Office Room tomunicate with the Inner Cosmos.


    A faint energy fluctuation spread, and the atmosphere became quiet as Nnd Lee immersed himself in the ritual.


    …


    …


    Time passed swiftly like a white steed shing past a crevice.


    Dusk, two dayster.


    Nnd Lee was conversing with the Order ne’s Core through the game interface.


    He knew he couldn’t do without the help of “Command” to rescue the true form of the Assassin Angel, so Nnd Lee had made contact in advance.


    “Command” agreed to help and promised to intervene at the critical moment if necessary.


    Nnd Lee was not surprised by this.


    Two months earlier, after “Command” made indirect contact with two Angels within the Inner Cosmos through him, both parties had basically confirmed each other’s identities.


    The Scroll Angel once told Nnd Lee that “Command” was almost certainly Senati, who had been missing for a long time.


    Although “Command” did not explicitly reveal its thoughts about the two Angels to Nnd Lee, its attitude at the moment suggested it had also grasped the situation of the two Angels.


    They were only waiting for the Assassin Angel to sessfully break free; once it revealed its true form before “Command,” the thin veil between them would be torn, and they would officially meet.


    “It’s about time,” typed “Command” in the game interface,


    “This time point is the peak period for yers to be online. The number of yers within the Magic Academy has also reached its peak.”


    Nnd Lee nodded upon hearing this, raised his hand, and tapped a few times on the game interface to release the task he had prepared in advance.


    Soon after, a bustling noise came from outside the Dean’s Office Room.


    yers were shouting and running around the Academy, hurriedly heading to the Magic Shop to purchase Magical Items, and then they rushed to the Teleport Array leading outside the Academy to set off in their ships.


    Nearly within 10 minutes after the task was released, the items in the Magic Shop were swept clean.


    Elixirs that temporarily enhance magic maniption, Magic Powder that could strengthen the firepower of Battleship Cannons, and Limited Invincible Potions that could provide a brief state of invincibility.


    No matter how expensive these things were or what they did, they were all snapped up by yers about to join the battle campaign.


    Nnd Lee immediately ordered the Academy Elves to restock the shelves, continuously supplyingbat resources for the yers.


    The Magic Wand Shop and Magic Robe Shop next to the Magic Shop, among other durable goods stores, also saw a sales peak.


    The yers, who usually thought of exchanging Angel Crystals for real currency, now ungrudgingly purchased a whole set of Magic Robes and Magic Wands, not even sparing the smaller essories like Magic Gloves and wristbands.


    Some yers who had been promoted to First-Rank Wizards even bought numerous vials of “Blue Medicine”—the expensive Mana Potions—to quickly replenish their Mana.


    In the yers’ secondary market, the Magic Scrolls capable of producing effects like “Space Walk” and “Magic Leap” skyrocketed in price and sold out instantly.


    Thus began a sudden and aggressive decapitation operation.


    Ship after ship entered the Star Gate, teleporting to the territories of the Angel Enterprise Alliance.


    Wave after wave of fully-armed yers rushed to the battlefields, their faces glowing with the excitement and joy brought by the substantial task Rewards, like fearless warriors ready to die in battle.


    Furthermore, a vast number of yers who heard the news offline immediately logged on and joined the forces pushing towards the Angel’s Voice Space Station.


    So, what was the secret that made the yers so enthusiastic and determined?


    Heh.


    What else could it be?


    Of course, it was the Reward.


    The highest standard of reward Nnd Lee offered was a direct promotion to Five-Ring Wizard.


    He promised that the top ten thousand yers in the battle rankings would all enjoy the Academy services of a guaranteed promotion to Five Rings.


    This alone was enough to make all yers spare no expense in battle, not to mention the tangible rewards like items, Academic Points, and Credit Points.