Chapter 676: The Cheater Server Exposed
The developers of these cheats were initially very satisfied with their technology, believing that the most advanced cheats could perfectly fool the detection programs of the VR gaming pods. They thought that using a subtle aimbot was essentially the same as a mouse macro, directly altering the player's conscious signals, so the system logically shouldn't be able to tell the difference.
But the officials had detected them anyway, and with an incredibly high accuracy rate!
The creators of these cheats were racking their brains, trying to find various technical loopholes within the cheats and adding more deceptive methods, but it was all useless!
No matter how they updated, they were still detected and then assigned to the Cheater Server!
This problem plagued all the cheat creators for a long time, and it also resulted in many test accounts being wasted...
These accounts could only be considered tuition fees paid to Chen Mo...
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Meanwhile, on the Moyu streaming platform, after that Battle of the Gods, streamers like Haimi and Tianchong took a day off before starting their streams again.
Publicly, they claimed they were taking a leave to rest, but in reality, these streamers who had used the subtle aimbot knew they were switching to new accounts.
Of course, switching accounts couldn't be hidden, since the character names were different. But it wasn't hard to brush off. Haimi's excuse was that his previous account had terrible luck, so he was changing accounts to turn his fortune around.
After the viewers spammed a wave of "Rich guy 6666," they quickly forgot about it.
This time, Haimi didn't dare to use the subtle aimbot anymore and had to rely on his own real skill to play. Unexpectedly, the game had become far, far easier. He could get a chicken dinner two or three times a day...
Many viewers expressed shock—changing accounts really did turn his luck around! Was this a case of paying to change your fate? After all, an account cost 980!
As for Haimi, he felt he had learned a profound lesson. Why the hell did he ever use a subtle aimbot? He had real skill anyway; he should have just played honestly from the start...
Although these streamers had switched accounts and the situation looked optimistic, they couldn't help but worry.
Since the officials had a way to identify subtle aimbots and send them all to the Cheater Server, would this list be exposed in the future?
Doing bad things and having someone hold leverage over you—that feeling was truly awful.
However, after a few days of anxiety, everything remained calm. The officials showed no intention of exposing the Cheater Server or the subtle aimbots.
Only then did these streamers relax and happily continue streaming to make money.
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Qin An walked out of the VR internet cafe again, scratching his head in confusion.
"What's going on? What's happening?"
He couldn't remember how many times he had landed and immediately become a loot box. At first, he had ambitiously jumped to the airport and the school, then switched to jumping to Pochinki, and later could only jump to those godforsaken remote areas!
There was no choice; he died too fast!
These people's aim was ridiculously good. Long-range headshots were practically routine, and as for close-range gunfights... Qin An basically never won.
Occasionally, with good luck, he might kill two or three people. As for getting a chicken dinner... that was wishful thinking.
Qin An had played the internet cafe version of *PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds* before, using a public account, and he really didn't remember the game being this hard!
"Maybe it's because the original owner of this account was a pro? So I'm matched with high-level players? Yeah, that must be it. At first, I thought *PUBG* was pretty easy, but it turns out there are so many masters in high-tier matches. I guess I still need to work harder!"
Qin An quickly came to terms with it. After all, he was different from other players. He was a hardcore player among hardcore players. He didn't care about whether the game was fun; he cared about whether he could get stronger!
He actually wished he could get a "high-tier account" to practice his skills in high-level matches. It would make it easier to interview with major clubs and go pro in the future, right?
"Alright, I'll keep fighting tomorrow! Hmm, should I have braised pork ribs or pickled cabbage noodles tonight?..."
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On the official forum for *PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds*, the topic about that "Battle of the Gods" was still brewing.
Many players had watched that video countless times. The view count on video sites had even reached millions. Zou Zhuo had also benefited; after that match, his follower count successfully broke one million, making him one of the top five streamers in the *PUBG* section on the Moyu platform.
It could be described as a meteoric rise...
Although many people followed him because of Chen Mo, a number of viewers were attracted by the chubby guy's personal style. After all, in today's world of skill-based streamers, occasionally switching things up to watch a low-tier teaching streamer was a nice change.
As for Haimi and Tianchong, the two players who had cameo roles in the video, they also saw some increase in popularity.
However, a few days later, some players noticed something: it seemed like several streamers had changed their accounts?
Some idle fan discovered this and compiled screenshots of these streamers' old and new account IDs, posting them on the official forum.
At first, many players thought the original poster was just bored. If someone wanted to change accounts, let them. After all, they paid the 980 themselves. Going to the low-tier lobbies to stomp noobs was very unethical and not encouraged, but it wasn't something to get all worked up about and criticize.
Moreover, these streamers weren't buying accounts on a large scale to bully low-tier players. They just switched accounts and then played normally.
However, a group of players gathered in that thread. After all, the world is never short of conspiracy theorists.
They quickly found some commonalities.
These streamers all had good aim.
Before switching accounts, their records weren't great, and they often failed to get chicken dinners for various reasons.
After switching accounts, most streamers played better, but it was also clear that their opponents' skill levels had dropped significantly. A few streamers seemed to have gotten worse, but if you weren't paying close attention, it was hard to tell.
For a time, various speculations and theories abounded.
However, the vast majority of players were just reading the thread for fun, and they even mocked the original poster's conspiracy theories.
After all, without solid evidence, relying only on coincidences to claim something fishy was going on couldn't convince most players.
But an anonymous reply in that thread instantly reignited the topic!
"Yes, your guesses are correct. *PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds* has a cheater server, also known as the Cheater Server. The footage from the 'Battle of the Gods' was a true battle of the gods, because all the players in it were cheaters!"
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