GRMFBS CH203

{Is anyone watching the points leaderboard?}

LZ:

I Just Saved the World! and Approaching Science’s point rankings are jumping around like crazy. Is there a bug in the forum?

2L:

OP, just wait. The admin @Ling Yu is coming to kill you.

3L:

Hahaha, the forum was built with the participation of cyber ghosts, you know.

5L:

So what’s up with the points leaderboard? Why are their points changing so rapidly in such a short time?

7L:

So are Approaching Science and I Just Saved the World! repeatedly transferring large sums of points to each other?

Even I Just Saved the World!’s ranking moved. That must be a huge amount of points!

10L:

Who cares how many points it is? It’s not mine anyway. But why are they transferring points like this?

15L:

Who knows? I’ll @ them for you to ask.

@I Just Saved the World! @Approaching Science

17L “Come out and ask”:

Why call me? I don’t know either.

20L:

Approaching Science has dropped to 67th place. He’s about to fall off the leaderboard. He probably transferred most of his points to I Just Saved the World!, right?

What’s their relationship?

24L:

Could the amazing information-type partner I Just Saved the World! mentioned in a reply last time be Approaching Science?

25L:

Anyone got gossip? Anyone got gossip?

No one had any gossip. And the rankings of these two were still jumping back and forth repeatedly.

Zhan Yan and Gu Jiancheng, under the aliases of Approaching Science and I Just Saved the World! respectively, were engaging in a back-and-forth tug-of-war akin to fighting over red envelopes during the New Year.

The core content revolved around “No, how can I accept this?” and “If I tell you to take it, just take it!”

People on the forum were getting tired of watching the list.

57L:

Big shots, if you find these points too hot to handle, why not give them to me?

Big Shot Deep Shadow was too stubborn, and Zhan Yan finally accepted his kindness. In this case, if he saved up another thirty-something thousand points, he could exchange them for the Lightning Talisman for his boyfriend!

Thanks to Big Shot Deep Shadow! He would definitely pay frequent attention to gossip feeds related to Deep Shadow in the future, guaranteeing not to miss any crisis with forewarning!

Gu Jiancheng had been in a good mood recently because his internship at the pig farm was ending soon. He had hung a little countdown sign in his heart, counting down the days until he could see Yanyan every day. So he was in the mood to play tug-of-war with points a few times.

Seeing Approaching Science‘s grateful reply, Gu Jiancheng’s mood improved even more. So what if the Wan Yao Alliance and the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau were both trying to win over Approaching Science? He won this round!

I Just Saved the World!: “No need to thank me.”

“You are worth it.”

“How do I send the Candle Dragon power?”

Approaching Science: “Just help me hand it over to the Wan Yao Alliance.”

Gu Jiancheng: ???

Hmph!

After sorting out the Candle Dragon power from Deep Shadow, Zhan Yan temporarily had nothing to do. He could only try searching for useful information in the search bar while waiting for the Candle Dragon to wake up again and give him a blessing.

A couple of days later, there was a message in the family group chat.

Zhan Jinli: “Several boxes of grapes were sent from Mentong County. I’ll deliver them to you guys.”

“[Photo]”

The grapes in the box were packed very carefully, almost completely intact.

Ji Yueming: “No need to send them to me. A batch was also sent to the company.”

Zhan Yunkai: “Just send them to the film company.”

Zhan Suiru had already returned home from her “art salon.”

Zhan Suiru: “I’ll deliver the ones for Yanyan.”

She said last time she would go see her little brother, but actually, a puppet went. She wanted to go see him with her own eyes and trim his curly hair.

Zhan Jinli immediately messaged: “Then take Xingxing over too.”

Last time he brought Xingxing to see their brother, Xingxing fell asleep when they left. Neither he nor their brother woke Xingxing up; Zhan Jinli just carried Xingxing away. As a result, the little guy started throwing a tantrum after waking up, blaming Zhan Jinli for not saying goodbye to Zhan Yan.

The tabby cat had quite a temper; it had been so many days, and he was still throwing a fit.

Zhan Jinli couldn’t stand it anymore.

Zhan Suiru: “OK”

Seeing this, Zhan Yan remembered it was already July, and the earliest ripening grapes were starting to hit the market.

He immediately contacted Luo Luoluo.

Zhan Yan: “Sister Luoluo, help me pack a few more boxes of grapes and send them to these people.”

The Luo family’s old master, fitness fanatic Wen Yinghui, cat-huffing maniac Professor Miao… and various other acquaintances.

For seniors in the cultivation circle like Old Master Weng Yan and Granny Zhuo Shu, who had taught him morning exercise methods, there was no need to go through the company. He could directly contact the old grape demon Puyang Xia to have them sent directly from Mentong County.

Zhan Yan pulled up a list for Luo Luoluo and remembered the game. He didn’t know if his popularity had passed. On a whim, he had changed the fruit held by his character from an apple to grapes for promotion. But he had been too busy recently to handle this. Now that the grapes were on the market, he could do a wave of promotion along with it.

He sent his idea to Luo Luoluo as well.

Luo Luoluo: “It hasn’t passed completely; the heat will last for a while.”

“Do you want to open a Weibo account too? I’ll handle the promotional content here; you just need to post it when the time comes.”

Zhan Yan thought that was excellent. It felt so good not to worry about anything!

He registered an account and posted a few photos taken during the makeup fitting.

After a while, the first comment appeared below:

“Heh, another high-imitation account.”

Zhan Yan: ???

What was going on? Did people start making fake accounts of him?

Zhan Yan searched around and found there were quite a few. Since his name had never been disclosed online, the names of accounts imitating him were varied. Some used the game character’s name, some tried to link to Shoude Company, and some fabricated names that sounded like real people.

Others were much more dedicated than him, posting content about daily life and banquet photos. Judging by content alone, they looked more like the real person than him, who only posted a few fitting photos.

Zhan Yan: Eye-opening!

Luo Luoluo was extremely efficient. While Zhan Yan’s verification was still in the queue waiting for approval, she had already finalized the joint promotion for the “Li Buru” Big Grapes.

Luo Luoluo told him to interact with the official game account “Dawn Continent” first to prove he was real, and then use his own account to promote the grapes.

After interacting with the official game account, Zhan Yan directly posted the grape-selling promotional content Luo Luoluo sent him.

After posting, Zhan Yan closed Weibo and continued to eat melons and go to work.

Dad was busy collecting Candle Dragon power and couldn’t come home for the time being.

Mom also couldn’t come back temporarily. Infinite was injured this time, and the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau planned to pursue the victory.

Zhan Yan organized some information keywords that might be useful for Yang Ran’s condition and constantly revised them based on actual results. Now, every time he searched gossip feeds, he would add these keywords and search again. Maybe one of them would work?

He habitually added his newly adjusted keywords for a combined search. Still nothing.

Unable to find anything for so long, Zhan Yan was a bit anxious. Although his sister looked normal on the surface, she must be suffering more than him.

Didn’t the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau keep asking about the “Artisan” before the apocalypse contact? Why couldn’t he dig up any useful gossip feeds?

Zhan Yan started scrolling down one by one.

Scrolling and scrolling, he found a melon he hadn’t noticed before:

[Before the apocalypse contact, Mom and Deputy Director Ning Xi had already guessed that the Artisan was Rong Sui!]

Zhan Yan was slightly shocked. This was the first time someone else had eaten the identity-reveal melon before him. The big shots were indeed not to be underestimated.

After the shock, Zhan Yan realized something was wrong.

Given Ning Xi’s controlling temper, how could he have done nothing after knowing Rong Sui was the Artisan? And now that the apocalypse contact was over, and his sister had caused such big changes on the coast… Yet the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau hadn’t looked for his sister until now—although his sister ran fast and hid well, according to their style, they shouldn’t have given up so easily!

They must have done something! He just hadn’t found it.

Zhan Yan decided to switch targets this time and started focusing on searching for Ning Xi’s gossip feeds.

Ning Xi’s gossip feeds were extraordinarily concise. Aside from work, it was daily life. Every melon was very short, often looking like this:

[After working for two hours, Ning Xi decided to stand up and look out the window.]

[After finishing lunch, Ning Xi went back to work.]

[During a break from work, Ning Xi changed the water for his pet marimo ball, still unaware that the little marimo ball his disciple gave him was plastic.]

[Ning Xi worked continuously for eighteen hours and was forcibly dragged to rest by subordinates who were afraid he would die from overwork.]

…

Little marimo ball… Pfft. The Deputy Director’s daily life had a bit of gap moe.

But that wasn’t the point! The point was that the information content of his gossip feeds was too low!

Although Ning Xi’s gossip feeds weren’t un-refreshable like the Monster Doctor’s, wasn’t this brevity another form of censorship?

Of course I know he’s working! But the content of the work is what’s important!

Other big shots also had high vigilance regarding important information, causing some information depth to be too deep for the Gossip System to dig out. But Zhan Yan scrolled through a hundred or so of Ning Xi’s melons, and they were all in this style!

Did he not have any unimportant information in his heart?!

Zhan Yan was a bit confused.

Was the confidentiality of everything the Deputy Director handled daily this high, or was the control freak just super vigilant?

Heh! Isn’t it just insufficient information depth? I’ll go upgrade right now!

Zhan Yan opened the information panel and took another look. The “Organization” column was responsible for information depth.

Very well, his next goal was to frantically grind information keywords for various organizations!

Organization-type keywords weren’t his collection focus before, but there were quite a few he could collect. Big and small sects in the cultivation world, circles in the information world, and organizations of ordinary people all counted. But recently, there was a big one! After the apocalyptic world merged into the game world, the new world had a more stable substance. The locations, “NPCs,” item organizations, etc., inside were all leveled-up information keywords. For Zhan Yan, it was an undeveloped new upgrade point.

Speaking of which, he hadn’t had time to investigate this new world since its birth. He wondered what kind of world it was.

Zhan Yan searched for gossip feeds. The new world needed a new name. The apocalypse had been reborn, and the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau temporarily gave the new world a code name. They thought the game’s name was quite good and temporarily called it “Dawn World.”

Dawn World integrated both the game world’s settings and the apocalyptic world’s rules.

The apocalyptic world was damaged too severely, almost equivalent to a blank slate. Therefore, the two worlds only took a day to harmonize basic world rules like physical laws. As for other detailed settings, they all followed the original “Game World” settings.

Qi Ye and Wan Shitong had spent a lot of effort on this game, and every aspect tended to be perfect.

Now, the two were leading the network-types from the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau and the Wan Yao Alliance to explore Dawn World together.

Wan Shitong proudly introduced the basic game settings to them: “…Furthermore, the natural lifespans in this world setting have all been extended. Humans live to a hundred and fifty, and those with other extraordinary creature bloodlines might live longer—there is also a probability of living shorter.”

They passed a bar, and Qi Ye tapped on the sign hanging on the wall: “So, ‘Minors Prohibited’ here refers to those under 23.”

Nie Yu suddenly had a bad premonition: “Does your game have a minor protection mode?”

Wan Shitong scratched his head: “Uh, that’s a must-have. When we made this game, we cross-referenced with the regular version of the game to find bugs, so all settings had to be consistent. The law stipulates there must be a game time limit for minors, so…”

[Because the Cyber Ghost Nie Yu is a minor, the “Deep Shadow” NPC kicked her out of Dawn World for reaching the 5-hour game time limit.]

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