Chapter 10 Offline

Ye Xiaowu didn't waste any time after logging off. Gu Fei's issue was still on his mind. After pondering for a while, he suddenly jumped up and dashed out of his office, heading straight for the game company's operations department. "Parallel World's" game company was both developer and operator. Ye Xiaowu actually belonged to the development department. The operations department was truly responsible for the game's daily operation and maintenance.

Within the operations department, there was a special team responsible for examining the game's various data trends. Once they discovered something abnormal, they would lock onto it, track it down, and investigate to see if it was within the game's balanced state. To put it bluntly, they were looking for people using hacks.

The Tao is one foot tall, the devil is ten feet high. No matter how advanced the game technology was, even reaching the level of full-sensory simulation like "Parallel World," the demon-like appendage of hacks was still difficult to avoid. Eliminating hacks was still the top priority for online games, where the benefits absolutely outweighed the drawbacks. Although "Parallel World" possessed cutting-edge technology that ordinary individuals or small groups could never match, they still didn't dare to be careless in this area.

Ye Xiaowu practically crashed through the door of the surveillance team's office. Several guys working inside were startled and jumped up. After seeing who it was, they breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, it's Chief Ye. Did Chief Ye find another bug to catch?"

As a core member of the development department, Ye Xiaowu often found bugs in the game design and would run to the surveillance team to verify the data. The two sides had quite a bit of contact. Generally, Ye Xiaowu would find the problem, and then people from the surveillance team would verify it. So everyone jokingly called him Chief Ye.

"The game account is named 'Qian Li Zui' (One Drunk for a Thousand Miles). Monitor this account's data," Ye Xiaowu said.

"This..." The surveillance team members exchanged glances, and one person said vaguely, "This isn't in accordance with the rules, is it?"

Logically speaking, accessing players' data and information in the game was no longer within the jurisdiction of Ye Xiaowu and the development department.

"This player is a bit strange," Ye Xiaowu said.

These words immediately alerted several people. This was within their scope of authority. They immediately put down what they were doing and focused all the major data monitoring systems on Gu Fei, who was still in the game killing monsters and leveling up. Someone was muttering, "We haven't found anything unusual!"

Frankly, if they needed Ye Xiaowu to remind them to find a problem account, it would be a serious dereliction of duty. At this time, everyone was very uneasy.

Ye Xiaowu had no time to care about their mood. He was already staring at the screen, wanting to do a final confirmation of Gu Fei's data. As a result, all monitoring systems showed that his previous inferences in the game were not wrong at all.

Of course, the other staff members were also staring at the screen. After watching for a long time, they exchanged glances and finally breathed a sigh of relief. The monitoring results clearly showed that this account did not use any external programs.

But Ye Xiaowu's eyes were still fixed on one screen. After the others looked at each other, they followed his gaze and, after watching for a while, all showed a look of surprise.

"Who is this person?" one person asked.

Ye Xiaowu didn't say anything. He also had his own unspeakable secrets. As the boss said, game staff were prohibited from participating in the company's games. Although they turned a blind eye to him now and gave him the green light, he absolutely couldn't publicize this.

The staff looked at it again and again. One person seemed to mutter to himself, "This person's attack is always the maximum damage he can achieve. This... really isn't using a hack?" Gu Fei's powerful performance had made these professional game practitioners doubt their own judgment.

But after another thorough check of all monitoring systems, the conclusion was still the same: no hacks.

"Oh my god, is this still a human? Chief Ye, how did you find him?" one person exclaimed.

"Heard it from someone," Ye Xiaowu perfunctorily said. He immediately changed the subject: "There's nothing wrong with this account, right?"

"No!" everyone answered firmly.

"Then this kind of performance isn't against the rules, right?"

"Of course not." One person said with a smile, "Precise attack position and force will produce the maximum damage. This is the concept you, Chief Ye, designed. Now someone has really achieved it. Don't you feel very gratified, Chief Ye?"

"Gratified, very gratified," Ye Xiaowu nodded.

"From a traditional point of view, this guy is the top operation master in our 'Parallel World'," one person said.

Ye Xiaowu smiled, waved his hand, and said, "Alright, it's fine if there's no problem with the account. You guys are busy, I'm leaving."

On the way back to his office, Ye Xiaowu was still thinking about this problem: "Is this Qian Li Zui a game balance destroyer..."

Gu Fei, the suspected game balance destroyer, was practicing his kung fu heartily in the leveling area when he suddenly received a message from Fireball, eagerly inviting him back for "a drink."

Fireball could be considered Gu Fei's first friend in the game. Although they didn't usually level up together, they still met up every now and then. They hadn't contacted each other much lately. Gu Fei immediately packed up and set off on the road back to the city.

Gu Fei's encumbrance was quite low. But Gu Fei's monster-killing efficiency was amazing. Every time he finished leveling up, the loot was surprisingly large. For this reason, Gu Fei had to make a sack himself, specially used to carry this miscellaneous stuff. Unlike putting it in a pocket, you would really feel the weight of this pile of things in your hand. At the same time, it was not protected by any system.

At this time, Gu Fei was carrying such a sack and walking hard on the road. Although Gu Fei had the help of the emblem today and had a little more strength, it was also because of the emblem that Gu Fei's monster-killing efficiency had also increased today, and the loot was more than usual. With more strength, he had to carry heavier things, causing Gu Fei's pace to still be as difficult as usual.

While passing a leveling area, Gu Fei's pace seemed even heavier. After trying to move two more steps, he threw the sack to the ground, leaned against a tree, and gasped for breath, preparing to rest for a few minutes.

The players who were killing monsters in the leveling area noticed this strange person and strange thing. Several players' eyes lit up, and they suddenly rushed over one after another.

"Need help? Let me help you carry it!" Several people rushed to Gu Fei and shouted one after another.

"No, actually I..."

"You're too polite, let me help you!" One player had already grabbed Gu Fei's sack without explanation, swung it over his shoulder extremely boldly, and looked into the distance with deep eyes: "Say it! Where are you going?"

"Cloudrise City," Gu Fei replied, "But I..."

"Let's go!" This person didn't say anything and strode forward. The other players actually showed envious expressions, with a bit of unwillingness.

"But I'm not an NPC, I'm also a player!" Gu Fei finished his second half of the sentence blankly, but unfortunately, the person in front couldn't hear him. The few who were still around him heard him clearly, and after being stunned for a moment, they suddenly winked at the striding one, all covering their mouths and laughing, fearing to startle him. At the same time, they gave Gu Fei a thumbs up: "Buddy, you did it on purpose! This trick is high, really high!"

Most players were influenced by YY online game novels and were so tickled by various strange hidden quest triggering methods. Everyone expected that one day they would also have such a magical encounter. Gu Fei's strange clothes and a large sack that was currently unique in the game made everyone think that this was an NPC.

These days, Gu Fei carried a sack back to the city and passed by these leveling areas, and this misunderstanding happened repeatedly. But every time, after Gu Fei explained a few words and everyone used an Appraisal spell on him, they would disperse with self-deprecating remarks. Today, this guy was good. His pursuit of hidden quests had reached the point of no return. He didn't even listen to Gu Fei's complete sentence and almost snatched the sack and left.

"Hey! You..." Gu Fei chased after him and shouted.

As a result, the other party waved his hand smartly: "Today, no one can stop me from helping you carry the sack back."

Gu Fei shut his mouth. Since the other party had such firm conviction, he might as well fulfill him. Gu Fei would never do things that were difficult for others. Carry it if you want! Gu Fei was happy to be idle and slowly followed behind this person. This person was wearing heavy armor, and the sack was as light as a feather on his shoulder. He was obviously the most powerful warrior. However, in terms of body shape, he was a little too thin.

Of course, fat and thin in the game did not represent strength. Thinking of Gu Fei's good body cultivated for more than 20 years, wasn't it as weak as a piece of paper in the game?

It also took several minutes to get from here to Cloudrise City. The other party's waist was straight all the way, which made Gu Fei couldn't help but feel sad again: It would be good to be a warrior if I didn't become a grappler! This mage's body is too weak.

Finally, the two returned to the city. This person shook his shoulder and put down the sack, looking at Gu Fei's eyes very affectionately.

"Thank you!" Gu Fei patted the other person's shoulder, lowered himself to carry the sack, and continued to walk forward, swaying.

The other party was stunned, but quickly reacted and hurriedly chased up, enthusiastically saying, "Where else do you want to take it? I'll help you!"

"No need, isn't the warehouse just ahead?" Gu Fei said.

"Warehouse..." This person was stunned again. Indeed, the warehouse was a few steps away, but this warehouse was exclusively for players. This person faintly felt something was wrong and looked at Gu Fei and said, "You are..."

"Hello, my name is Qian Li Zui," Gu Fei said.

"You... you're not an NPC..." The other party seemed to be about to faint.

Gu Fei sighed deeply and said, "I'm not."