Chapter 2974: Stability and the Platinum Eye
The open letter challenging the government stated that they had randomly selected some people or buildings to plant bombs. If their demands were not met, they would detonate the bombs at irregular intervals until the government capitulated!
Whether outsiders or locals, there are always people who take advantage of chaos to loot, and the government has a familiar set of procedures for dealing with such situations.
The instruments in the current game are far better than the detection machines they used before. Some problems that were originally difficult to detect are now not hard to solve. For example, the randomly placed bombs mentioned in the threat letter were not as difficult to find as imagined.
After receiving the threat, players who were already scattered across various areas began deploying instruments for screening and investigation, and indeed, they found some bombs one after another. Most of them were placed inside buildings, with a few carried by individuals. As for those who sent the threat letter, the government quickly traced them down.
These people were not very clever, or perhaps they hadn't thought things through thoroughly enough to completely cover their tracks, and they were caught one by one through the network.
In addition to the group that openly provoked, some individuals who were planning crimes but had not yet carried them out were also arrested. During this special period, they were all locked up by the Special Defense Department.
Xu Huo went to the hospital to check on those who had been poisoned. Although their conditions fluctuated, the Special Defense Department had ample supplies of antidotes, and no one had died so far. As for who exactly poisoned them, no clues had been found yet.
Although no leads regarding Instance Authorization or other instance-related clues were found, the situation in Jing City was generally stabilizing, and people were gradually evacuating.
Xu Huo helped deal with several groups of players who had surfaced, while also keeping an eye on the outside situation.
The entire 014 District seemed to be improving due to the death of Jin Feixue of the Eerie Sound Knights. The clearance players from other districts were no longer as aggressive, and few would band together to openly threaten the government.
Of course, minor conflicts continued without interruption, but they were much better than the truly war-torn areas, and they wouldn't cause massive casualties all at once. At the same time, the rate of instance creation slowed down.
The situation in the entire district was getting better.
This state of affairs continued for two or three days without major changes, and everyone knew that the peak period of the 014 District's integration with the game had passed.
It was at this time that a new incident erupted in the game.
The Box Carrier attacked the Platinum Eye but was forced back by the super player "Sun Eye." He was then intercepted by super players from other districts, losing an arm before managing to escape.
Later, a small-scale battle broke out at the Platinum Eye. Bai Kou, the seriously injured heir of the mayor who had returned, forced back other player forces attempting to seize the Platinum Eye, represented by the Lang family. After multiple negotiations, the Lang family withdrew, and the Platinum Eye returned to the hands of the original mayor.
Naturally, many plausible but unverified rumors spread. For example, the district government also wanted to intervene in the Platinum Eye, there were internal problems within the Platinum Eye, or the mayor had lost power and the person standing at the forefront was his daughter Bai Kou... As for the previously rumored powerful energy weapon chip or the news that the super player "Sun Eye" had fallen out with the district government, it had all disappeared.
Overall, the Platinum Eye had stabilized.
This was good news.
The Box Carrier being injured was even better news.
Xu Huo searched on Under Dimension but found no further information about the Box Carrier. He probably found a place to hide.
After hesitating, he still did not post the location of the Box Carrier's super instance. Even if super players really chased him there, they might not be able to kill him, and it could instead affect the districts outside.
However, not long after, war broke out in D07-013 District. It was unclear how those people found the Box Carrier, but according to witnesses from the 013 District, they indeed saw the Box Carrier and several other players. The Box Carrier's appearance was too iconic. As for the others, they were all very powerful unfamiliar faces with no special identifying marks, and even their faces might have been fake.
In short, shortly after the Box Carrier returned to his own instance site, he was found again and forced to leave the 013 District.
Afterward, various true and false news continued to circulate, but there was little solid evidence. However, for a wanted criminal of the Box Carrier's level, if he were killed or captured, there should have been a game notification.
What a pity.
"Mr. Xu, this is the newly updated information." Xiang Yao entered with new materials, some publicly updated data, and some recorded meeting materials.
"Currently, changing the government structure, reconfiguring welfare distribution, reducing the population, amending laws, and increasing protective public facilities are all effective measures. In the past three hours, there have been no new cases of death by suffocation. However, the instances have also stagnated as a result, with no related notifications."
"Our people have already gone to repair the damaged buildings."
Xu Huo flipped through them one by one. Everything that could be thought of, the government had already put into action, all aligned with the standards issued by the game. The only thing that couldn't be caught up with in a short time was the living environment. But since this was an instance in the 014 District, resource allocation should be adjusted according to the district's actual situation, so the problem likely wasn't here.
"Have you communicated with the Game Government?" he asked.
It should be about time, logically speaking.
"Not yet for now," Xiang Yao said. "Perhaps they will only connect with the district after the integration is complete."
Xu Huo thought for a moment and then said, "First, set up the district government. Temporarily use location items as office space."
"And the first Grand Archon..." Xiang Yao hesitated. Once the district government building was established, a Grand Archon would have to be elected. How to elect one, and who to elect, would likely cause conflict again.
"Decide among yourselves," Xu Huo said, closing the projection.
Xiang Yao nodded upon hearing this, then put away the materials and left the room.
"If I become the Grand Archon, can I get a lot of houses?" The Painting Woman came up at this moment, opened a world map, and circled the location of Country X. "If I become the Grand Archon, can I have this entire area for myself?"
"You can have anything in your dreams." Xu Huo pointed to the bed next to him.
"Why?" The Painting Woman hesitated. "There's nothing in my dreams."
Xu Huo paused. "Do you dream?"
"I don't know." The Painting Woman couldn't understand what dreaming was. In fact, she didn't even fully understand the state of "sleep." Did hanging on the wall count as sleeping?
Xu Huo thought for a moment, opened the electronic map, zoomed in on the location of Ting City, and pointed to a nearby area. "You can think about this area nearby."
The Painting Woman was a bit disappointed. "I'm tired of Ting City. Can't you give me Jing City?"
"No," Xu Huo said directly. "You can also choose to have nothing."