Chapter 758: Chapter 718: Donating Super Computing


    Giselle is aplete novice who hasn’t even tried the game’s main storyline. Standing here purely as a nk te without any skills or weapons, she is truly pitiable.


    Fortunately, she’s not alone.


    Today in Rio, there are at least 200,000 yers just as helpless as her.


    That’s because just yesterday, arge deep-sea cargo ship finally arrived at Rio’s port after drifting at sea for a month.


    A whopping 4 million Mirage Consoles reached Brazil, and the local gamepany, Samba Game Studios (SGS),pleted the receiving process as quickly as possible and distributed the consoles nationwide.


    Orders from Rio itself were prioritized due to its geographical advantage.


    As a result, arge number of Rio’s yers sessfully logged into the virtual world today with the help of that “mysterious software.”


    Due to the innate desire of gamers not to miss out on thetest events, many flocked to Cloud Dream’s newest activities as soon as they entered the game.


    Among them, yers who chose casual games and the Dinosaur Ind had a generally good experience, as there were no entry barriers, and other yers were happy to help, making it easy for them to join the masses and have fun.<div>


    However, for the yers who chose toe to the Metropolis to join the [Giant Dragon Invasion], things weren’t so great.


    With no max-level physical abilities and no [Assassin Bloodline] skill effects, they were hardly qualified to step foot into the extraordinary battlefield, not to mention being weaponless.


    They could onlye here to watch the excitement and then either die miserably or switch locations.


    Yet, this still pales inparison to those yers who attempt to y [Extraordinary Battlefield] thinking they could also get an [Armament Box].


    Their experiences were nothing short of tragic.


    Throwing untrained newbies into a battlefield filled with veterans and immortals could only result in disaster, even without considering what might happen.


    If they went to y a normal mode game with matchmaking, they might get matched with other newbies or weak old hands.


    Even if they tried joining nationwide warfare, they could still match against T3 War Zone opponents and even y a Fish Pond round.


    Even if they lost, at least they had fun.


    But [Extraordinary Battlefield] is no ce for newbies, as they don’t even know how they’re dying-


    Crossing paths with raised gun barrels, their heads start spewing blood.


    Attempting stealth, their bullets miss, and the opponent’s silhouette blurs before slipping away!


    Sheltered behind cover shooting mortars, bullets curve and end up blowing their heads off.


    …


    Finishing an entire game with 0 kills and 50 deaths is typical.


    Although they could use those abilities too, they just can’t turn the tide and end up being abused mercilessly.


    In short, their gaming experience was terrible!


    *


    While Giselle was helplessly contacting her ssmates, Lincoln came to thepany.


    However, before going to the “Chang’an” development team, he noticed arge number of American yers connecting to the server.


    It wasn’t that the yers’ints reached him. Instead, their connection to Cloud Dream’s server was a bit strange.


    Lincoln still remembers that America’s Inte infrastructure differs from Europe and Daxia’s due to its status as America’s backyard.


    Furthermore, Cloud Dream had been “cklisted” by America for a long time, refusing any cooperation, including console sales, and demanding that other American countries reject Cloud Dream’s coboration.


    American countries being extorted by America for a long time naturally weren’t willing toply easily, insisting on refusing cooperation but still wanting consoles.


    But that was the most significant achievement, as they heavily relied on America’s Inte and had no resistance power.


    As a result, Cloud Dream didn’t have servers throughout America, be it North or South.


    But in thest two days, arge number of American yers connected sessfully — not only from Brazil but also Mexico.


    Both these major Latin American game markets had yers essing the servers, and in just two days, over a million had sessfully connected, with the number growing every second.


    Lincoln understood the console situation since a month of ocean transport meant they should have arrived.


    But how did they solve the inte issue?


    He first tried to trace back the technical measures but found it led him only to a sensitive node―the embassy.


    Daxia’s Embassy in Brazil and Daxia’s Embassy in Mexico.


    Tracing back to this node, although it is technically possible to continue in depth, it would carry certain risks and would not be quite appropriate, especially as it concerns their own country’s embassy’s dedicated line.


    After some thought, he chose a simpler and more straightforward approach: calling Lorin.


    “Director Lorin, good morning,” Lincoln greeted enthusiastically.


    “Lincoln? What’s going on? Is something wrong?”


    “There’s something I wanted to ask you.”


    “Let me know, but don’te to me about the rocket, I can’t help with that,” Lorin didn’t want to get involved in such a crazy matter.


    “No, no, it’s not that. I just wanted to ask about the millions of Brazilian and Mexican users essing Cloud Dream servers these past two days. I noticed that they all came in through nodes at the embassies, so I wanted to ask if you know what’s going on.”


    Upon hearing Lincoln’s question, Lorin breathed a sigh of relief.


    He just happened to know the answer and replied, “There’s something you might not be aware of. Since Daxia’s inte infrastructure is different from that of America and Europe, a dedicated protocol is required to interconnect them, which can cause inconvenience for bothpanies going overseas and students studying abroad. As a result, Daxia and many other countries with established diplomatic rtions have mutually agreed to set up dedicated inte nodes for their respective embassies, overseaspanies, and students. These nodes are registered under the embassies to facilitate management.”


    This answer only resolved half of Lincoln’s question; the other half was, “If these nodes are intended to serve visiting Daxian nationals, why are the million-plus Brazilian and Mexican users allowed ess?”


    Lincoln could see the users’ information here, and these yers were indeed Brazilian and Mexican, not Daxian.


    With an evident chuckle in his voice, Lorin replied to this answer, “Oh, that might be because the software that connects to the node was identally cracked and leaked. We’re also trying to find a solution.”


    identally cracked and leaked?


    Over a million leaked in less than two days?


    And you still can’t do anything about these millions of non-national users logging in?!


    Who are you kidding?!


    Simply adding an identity verificationyer would block out 99.9% of illegal logins, posing no difficulty whatsoever.


    , “We’re still figuring it out,” tantly says, “We did this on purpose!”


    Lincoln didn’t ask why anymore. If he had to guess, it probably had to do with global inte hegemony struggles, the establishment of unified inte regtions, and political rtions between Daxia and Latin American countries, among other factors.@@novelbin@@


    He didn’t understand these matters and wasn’t too eager to get involved either.


    As long as it benefitted him, he’d ept the favor.


    Of course, he also had to consider another issue: with the embassy managing such an essential inte node, they must have their own servers.


    However, when these servers were set up, the nned number of users they would serve certainly wouldn’t include foreign nationals.


    Now that there are over a million usersbined from both countries, there might not be much pressure, but if the number continues to grow, whether the servers can handle the load will be a question.


    With this batch of Mirage consoles, over 8 million units were delivered, and there are still 6 million units floating at sea, arriving in half a month.


    If all of them are activated, the embassy’s servers may not necessarily be able to withstand it.


    Lincoln thought about it and asked, “Director Lorin, does the embassy ept donations?”


    Lorin hesitated, “What do you want to donate?”


    “Supeputing.”


    “It’s not normally epted, but your situation is unique, so it should be possible. Which embassy do you want to donate to? Brazil or Mexico?”


    “Both!”


    “Both?!” Lorin was once again reminded of Lincoln’s extravagance, “Two supeputers?”


    “Yes!” Lincoln didn’t hesitate and even thought it wasn’t enough, so he added, “By the way, do the embassies of America, Canada, United Kingdom, and Persia need an upgrade inputing power?”


    Apparently, he was thinking of the four countries currently unable to ess the Cloud Dream servers.


    “No need!” Lorin promptly refused, “Don’t upset the bnce!”


    This kind of thing could never be kept from the local government. Going ahead like this with Brazil and Mexico was possible because there was tacit agreement on both sides.


    But to do the same in America and the United Kingdom as well?


    Do you think the world is too peaceful for you?!