"According to your arrangement, we are urgently adjusting your son's mental condition, but... there seems to be no relief..." Facing the middle-aged man's question, the researcher responded cautiously.

"Other players at the top of the list have not experienced this situation." The middle-aged man suddenly sighed: "Why did my child become a lunatic after just one game..."

"According to research, players who have experienced the dungeon world generally experience a decline in mental state. What's more, they are even accompanied by various mental illnesses." The researcher said:

"A related case also appeared in the case of Larco, the 69th player on the ranking list. After experiencing the third world copy and being brutally tortured, after returning, he was in a trance, manic and often depressed. He immediately I sought help from the psychological department of the United Regiment and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, accompanied by Stockholm Syndrome... Since then, there has been no end.

Alebella, who was once ranked 123rd on the rankings, suffered from Cotard Syndrome after her body was broken apart by sulfuric acid in the second world copy. She believed that her own body and internal organs were damaged. She claimed that her lungs and intestines were completely rotten, and she believed that she had already died of ulcers all over her body. Even if her healthy physical data were shown to prove it, she thought that she would have died long ago. He had already died of sulfuric acid in the White Sun Floating City.

At the same time, Iris, who failed in the previous world, seems to have a tendency to be mildly depressed. She is unwilling to show up, communicate with others, and is unwilling to leave her personal space. We judge that she may have lost the ability to participate in the game again. qualifications……

This kind of mental pressure is very common among players at the top of the list.

We investigated the players who came for help and found that they all have two characteristics. The first is that they are emotionally paranoid and easily fall into misunderstandings. The second is that they died tragically when they returned and have not yet been able to relieve the feeling of death. come over……

The stronger the player's ability, the easier it is for his spirit to weaken. If timely treatment is not provided, this situation will continue.

Previously, the department did not pay much attention to this aspect and did not take measures related to psychological treatment. It was not until more and more players came for help that we realized that death is not that simple for a human being. Something about closing and opening eyes.

Each organization has decided to open a new psychological department to treat players who have lost their will to fight and are on the verge of mental collapse to help them continue to fight..."

"Okay, okay, I'm not interested in hearing this, it's unlucky, it's ulcers, it's dead." The middle-aged man interrupted him and waved his hand, his expression seemed to be in pain: "I just want my son to come back normally. Don't let him go crazy like this again, please try your best to save my son."

"We will do our best." The researcher nodded immediately.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps at the door, and a young woman walked in.

The researcher knew how to wink and immediately retreated, while the woman slowly approached the middle-aged man.

"Mizushima Kawaharu still hasn't returned." The woman said, "There's a big fuss over Kobu. Their heir, Mizushima Kawaharu, seems to be about to have some problems."

"It doesn't matter about the little dispute over Kotake." The middle-aged man said: "There is one missing Mizushima Kawaharu. Even if she does not return after the end of the fifth world, she may have become another identity, don't pay attention to it—— In the face of greater interests, these are nothing at all. This prosperous age requires us to unite, and what the alliance needs is not only reliable allies, but also suitable chess pieces."

The woman said nothing.

After becoming a never-ending player, she accompanied the middle-aged man to participate in secret meetings between various organizations, and saw with her own eyes the intense discussions they had at the conference table. After the relevant mechanisms for casual players were gradually improved,

This group of people can go back to their old business, use their personal connections to build a net for earning points, and reap more benefits...

In the words of a middle-aged person, "Adventurer players are just pawns that earn points for them, they are the charge number."

And these people who retreat behind the scenes are the key hands in controlling everything.

After all... adventure players walk on a knife's edge and may lose everything in one instance at any time. However, casual players like them who have mastered the game can continue to accumulate capital without fear of losing everything in one step.

They are very safe.

To them, these adventure players who work hard to earn points are just bricklayers working in 996 on the line of life and death.

In addition to the top group of adventure players, those adventure players who are wandering in the middle and low-end, and may be wiped out at any time, and just want to end up once or twice, are the source of their wealth.

In their view, [the positioning of the world] has not yet been understood by the vast majority of people.

While everyone is still arguing about who is the strongest adventure player and who can lead the world, these casual players with tens of thousands of points in their hands are already infinitely better than those who are on the line between life and death.

These middle school topics of who is the strongest have little meaning to people like them who have already matured and seen through this.

When the progress bar appears and the future of mankind is bright, this group of people are even more determined to tighten their money bags.

For both types of players, those at the top of the pyramid make the most profits. Others are just stepping stones and paving materials.

No matter what kind of world you are in, there will only be the smallest group of people who will make the most profit.

"Elland has already written out the strategy?"

"Well, it's written down and His Highness Edward has read it. Aiden seems to be very interested in it too, so we also gave him a copy."

"Give it, one more person, and one more hope." The man looked at his son who was howling miserably in front of him, and said calmly: "As long as they don't suddenly become madmen and slow down the progress of the world, everything will be fine.

Easy to say..."

…

On the screen, the issues of the joint group are still going on, and the current issue is still: [Why does the organizer want to hold such a game?]

"I won't be Wang Xingkong." Su Mingan said: "Neither can you, no one can. At least judging from the current situation, our future is very optimistic."

"...Is that so?" Noel smiled, as if he wanted to say something else, but suddenly looked away.

Su Mingan also turned his head at the same moment, his eyes firmly fixed on the screen.

What caught their attention was a shift in the camera in the live broadcast room.

Wearing a white suit, he was standing like a focal point in the light.

In front of him, the green button representing "unlimited right to speak" was shining brightly.

"I think it's a game." The young man in the white suit said with a smile: "A dangerous and desirable dimensional game in which the fate of a civilization is staked."

The barrage surged like crazy:

【He spoke! It turns out he can talk!】

[I thought he was going to sit in meditation until the end, but I didn’t expect that he was going to start anyway!]

【Coming, finally coming...】

[Is it "desirable"? So the first player... agrees that the world game is an opportunity for mankind? ]

[The players at the top of the list are a group of lunatics. It is normal for them to like this kind of game. Only lunatics can resonate with the organizer who is like a lunatic!

"Is this your order?" Noel asked.

"It's surprising." Su Mingan raised his eyebrows: "Ming's answer is similar to what I thought."

On the screen, someone stood up, as if to refute Ming's point of view.

The camera shifted slightly and focused on the woman holding the black knife at the side. Her long black hair was not tied up and flowed behind her like a waterfall. The hibiscus kimono embroidered with pink cherry blossoms highlighted her soft body lines. Her expression was like

As cold as frost.

"Do you think this is a game?" Mizushima Kawa Sora said: "But how can there be a game that costs human life and death and the fate of civilization?"

Facing Mizushima Kawakora's questioning tone with a knife-like tone, Ming smiled softly and behaved calmly.

"I remember that my point of view was clearly expressed at the opening ceremony." He said: "Since we can't resist, we should do our best within the circle drawn by the organizer. Looking at a destiny mechanism that makes us despair

Playing games, passing motivating tasks bit by bit, in exchange for points, and in exchange for a ladder to move up, and players will always have endless possibilities - isn't this the best way to motivate?"

"You know something, right." Mizushima Kawakora clenched the black knife with his veins exposed: "About observers, about hunters, about snipers...about those people who are independent of the player's identity."

Ming smiled and looked at her, like a Glen gentleman patiently waiting for the lady to speak.

Everyone was watching the confrontation between the two, countless eyes were gathered here, and no one clicked the button to interrupt the conversation.

They are also looking forward to what kind of ideas these two people, who have always been silent, can collide with.

"Those who became special identities and gave up their identity as players never came back after a copy ended, and were [assimilated] by the game." Mizushima Kawakora looked at him, his usually determined eyes trembling slightly at this moment:

"...Can they still come back? After the world game is over, they can still..."

"Bang bang."

Wilson banged his gavel:

"Ms. Mizushimagawa, your remarks have nothing to do with the current issue. If you want to discuss [the impact of special status on world games], please discuss it in our topic 14 later."

"I just want to ask a question temporarily." Mizushima Kawa Sora said.

Lying quietly on the empty seat next to her was a bouquet of bright red roses.

"...Mizushima Kawaharu, after you killed her." Mizushima Kawaharu looked at Ming: "She never returned to the main god space. Do you know where she went?"

…

Noel looked back.

"It's a boring question." He said: "Things that can be figured out with a little thought. Ah, this woman actually wastes our time on such an occasion. It's really boring..."

"Mizushima Kawaharu has become an observer, right?" Su Ming'an said: "I have read people's conclusions on the forum. If you die in the world copy and do not return in time, you may have obtained the conditions to become a special status. See

The same goes for Raimizushimakawa Haru - she really wants to help her sister in this way."

He remembered Mizushima Kawaharu's appearance in the fifth world.

In front of herself, she lowered her head, knelt on her knees, begged for mercy in front of the whole world, shouted sorry, and trampled her face into the mud. Everyone was laughing at her.

Under Hui Shuhang's pressure, she died as light as a feather.

Before that, she put down all her dignity and transformed from a willful and proud young lady into a chess piece of a wealthy family who sold her body.

...Perhaps after that, she felt truly powerless and decided to find a path that suited her in another way, not as a player.

"Yeah." Noel nodded: "That's probably it. It has nothing to do with us anyway. And now - I've finished asking my questions."

He stretched out his hand, his action simple and straightforward.

"Now, Su Mingan, I sincerely invite you to cooperate with me." He said:

"You are the number one player and the hope of mankind. You are currently the strongest and most qualified person to stand at the end.

You have deviated from the original intention of playing the game... and it seems that you have also lost a better opportunity to [evolve yourself].

What this world game brings is not a crisis, but a battle between the weak and the strong, and an evolution.
To be continued...