The Green-skinned Orc’s ID is "Garrosh," while the Elf’s ID is "Yawei," both only at level ten or so.

As the saying goes, "Online romance is a thread, one careless moment, and you’re conned out of thousands." Across the internet cable, who knows what kind of person hides behind the avatar, so Li Cheng didn’t bother with formalities like mister or miss, and just called out their IDs, "If you don’t mind, could we have a chat?"

"...Can I say no?"

Garrosh’s expression stiffened. The AR glasses he wore were playing live news, showing footage that was rumored to be hackers breaching the Home World.

Home World had invested massive amounts of money into network security, even creating many AI antivirus programs for high-intensity automatic patrols to eliminate security risks.

To overcome countless obstacles and hack into Home World would require hackers from an official government organization of a sovereign state.

Garrosh instinctively didn’t want to get involved in such a conspiracy. He exchanged a glance with his companion and quietly activated the player panel function of his AR glasses, preparing to exit.

But Li Cheng was a step ahead of him. He opened the large backpack on his back, releasing those inside who were tormented by acid and crying out in distress,

Sunset Melting Gold took the lead, jumping out first. His already miserably sparse hair lost a few more strands, his shiny bald spot turning bright red like a light bulb.

Clap clap.

Sunset Melting Gold brought his index and middle fingers together to form a sword and quickly tapped twice on Garrosh and Yawei’s foreheads.

This move, called "Cyber Martial Arts·Mind Steel Seal," is specifically aimed at individuals far weaker than oneself, implanting a strong notion into their brain,

like the Earth is flat, the Earth is secretly ruled by Lizard Men, or using the exit function is absolutely prohibited.

After the light taps, Garrosh and Yawei were shocked to find that they couldn’t open the player panel no matter what, and panicked, "What did you do to us?!"

"Just a small favor, please."

Sunset Melting Gold casually wiped his hair, his handsome face appearing chiseled under the sunlight reflecting off the snow. If you ignore the stomach acid stains all over him, he indeed looks quite handsome,

"You should be able to open the teleportation gate to other game worlds, right?"

"...Yes."

Garrosh gritted his teeth. If seeing Pifu breaking the map limit was just intimidation, now it was sheer terror.

The gaming pod with brain implants has a playtime limit, allowing players to spend a maximum of 8 hours a day in the game. Exceeding this will forcefully kick them back to the real world to eat, drink, and stay healthy.

These hackers in front of me can actually forcibly block my exit game function, it’s simply horrifying,

The horror level is comparable to casually posting on the internet "I think Zhang Yuanying and Liu Zhimin aren’t as good-looking as Ke Li," and then immediately seeing your frontal portrait and full ID documents in the comment section.

If these people did something along the internet cable, letting me stay offline for 48 hours in the gaming pod, there’s a real chance I could dehydrate and go into shock in the pod.

To die wouldn’t be so bad, death is like a cool summer night, a worry-free rest,

The problem is, I usually like to go into the gaming pod naked!

If my body is found by the landlord who calls the police, and my friends and relatives witness my dehydrated naked body, it’d be too embarrassing to live with...

Thinking of this, Garrosh took a deep breath, squeezed out a flattering smile with his fanged mouth, "May I know which game’s teleportation gate you want me to open?"

"I’ve got a monthly pass, with 30 free teleportation gate uses left this month."

Sunset Melting Gold didn’t answer and instead glanced at Carlos, who was pouring an alkaline baking soda solution on himself to neutralize the acid.

"Eight golden coins, at least eight game projects. If we continue together, there won’t be enough time. We must split into two groups and act separately."

Carlos paused and said to the two strangers, "Can you open the teleportation gates to CON075 and XZD098 games?"

Thanks to the proliferation of brain implants and AI technology, what once required hundreds or thousands of team members to produce a AAA game (with massive amounts of money, resources, and time),

now can be crafted by just two or three people, or even a single person.

The artistic quality and playability of the game depend entirely on the producer’s personal taste and dedication.

Thus, in the vast game library, you can find indie masterpieces like "Undertale," "Animal Well," and "Interstellar Pioneer,"

but also "Monkey King Returns," "Star Cry Special Attack," and "The Lord of the Rings Gollum," which are infamous creations that are quite fresh and flavorful.

Hmm.... Actually, putting these three together might be a bit disrespectful to "Monkey King Returns" and "The Lord of the Rings Gollum," at least these two games had low production costs,

while "Star Cry Special Attack," launched by Sony in 2024, cost $400 million, took 8 years, and had a peak Steam online player count of only 697. It was shut down and refunded after just 10 days online, truly making it the highest mountain and the longest river of the trash domain.

All in all, due to the overwhelming variety of games, some niche titles are usually referred to by their code names.

"Sure."

Garrosh and Yawei exchanged a glance and nodded, "These two are a first-person shooter and... a dating sim?"

————

At the same time, in another game world.

"Cough, cough, cough."

Zak, whose physique resembled a small mountain, stumbled forward two steps and fell into a pile of rubble. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

This place was the single-player game "Wanda and the Giant" from the early PS2 era, where you could see the hundred-meter-tall giants wandering alone in the wilderness in the distance.

Zak was in a terrible state. Both shoulders were full of needle marks from enhancers, and his chest and back were scorched from stun baton shocks.

However, he managed to escape through the layers of security guards and entered another potential game world with golden coins that Carlos mentioned earlier,

not forgetting to blow up the teleportation gate device.

Zak’s physique shriveled and shrank at a visible rate, reverting to a weak and powerless university professor.

He struggled to turn over, skillfully taking loose clothes from his Backpack and changing.

His smaller size and renewed sharp intellect regained control, Zak mumbled to himself, "’Wanda and the Giant’ is the game that first popularized the Boss Rush mode, where the entire wilderness has only 16 giant bosses roaming around, with no lesser monsters.

Every boss has its corresponding weaknesses and methods of defeat. If I act quickly, I should be able to finish it in two or three hours..."

As he talked to himself, he took out a pager, attempting to contact his distant companions.

Every boss has its corresponding weaknesses and methods of defeat. If I act quickly, I should be able to finish it in two or three hours..."

As he talked to himself, he took out a pager, attempting to contact his distant companions.