After the Alliance banned all channels and game-related content on StarNet, including some story videos created by players themselves, it took some time for the banned StarNet players to be unbanned and a notice was issued to everyone.

The notice states that "ch" was sent by Star Exiles to infiltrate the Alliance, secretly inserting highly suggestive and illegal content into the game, instilling it in players with the intention of disrupting the Alliance environment. This behavior should be strongly opposed by all Alliance members. The Alliance urges all players to report anyone discussing "ch" or his games to the Alliance.

——This notice was issued by the Alliance and was posted for a long time where anyone could see it as long as they accessed the Star Network.

Players who were once addicted to "Shan Hai Lu", "Peach Blossom Spring", "Distance Between the Netherworld" and "Daydream Rewind" have complicated feelings.

On the one hand, they were thinking about what things in these games had disrupted the order of the alliance, but on the other hand, they believed the alliance's statement and gradually calmed down and stopped discussing related topics.

The players didn't know about other news, and even with the Alliance's information blackout, few outsiders knew about the third-class star being captured by the Star Wanderers. Under these circumstances, without those games to play, StarCraft players were left with nothing else to do, and other games that had been largely neglected over the past year saw a slight resurgence.

Regardless of what other game companies think, Hengxing is very happy anyway. It took this opportunity to launch many new activities and also came up with some gameplay similar to card drawing.

However, a week after the players returned, they abandoned the game again. When Hengxing conducted a follow-up survey, they either said that the game was boring or the gameplay was a bit monotonous.

It's not just stars who have this experience.

Amidst the calmness of the Star Network, these conversations only occur in players' private encrypted chat channels.

[…How boring!]

[I don’t know what to play now, so boring]

[I feel a bit uninspired when playing other games now. Sigh... why is it that producer who is so stubborn? If he has the talent to make games, why not go and help Star Exiles? The Alliance coins he earns from making these games can allow him to live whatever kind of life he wants, right?] A player complained implicitly.

Because there is a high probability of being detected and banned if you say the word 'ch' on StarNet, StarNet players use 'that producer' instead when discussing privately.

That's what I mean.

They did not doubt the alliance's statement and just sighed with regret.

But as they sighed, someone, for some reason, suddenly said in confusion, "But, I mean, the notice says they hid highly suggestive content in the game. But exactly what exactly is illegal? The Alliance Center didn't say anything at all."

[It seems that they didn't mention it. It must be hidden very deeply, so most people haven't discovered it, right? ]

[I'd like to know how the Alliance discovered that the producer was a Star Exile who infiltrated. It's been over a year since he released the first game. If I had discovered it earlier, I wouldn't have spent so much Alliance Coins. Now they're all gone. I'm heartbroken. QAQ]

[I'm so angry, I'm the same. I only need two SSRs to complete the Mountain and Sea Scroll! ]

【……】

This is the voice of most ordinary players after those games were banned.

As for Xiao Baicai, after these games were banned, he did not do a single live broadcast or play other games during this period. He just lay quietly at home in a daze, taking a rare break from the Internet for a while.

For those who had some contact with CH, the revelation that CH was an interstellar exile was surprisingly shocking. After seeing the announcement, his first reaction was: "You must be kidding! How could this be possible?"

But after confirming that it was true, the first emotion that arose in Xiao Baicai's heart was anger. She felt like a girl who had been deceived by a scumbag and all her feelings had been wasted.

During this process, the messages he sent to ch to inquire about their relationship fell on deaf ears, with no response at all. After getting angry, Xiao Baicai could only gradually accept this reality and try hard to forget the game between ch and TA.

But……

The more Xiao Baicai didn't want to pay attention to it and didn't go on Star Network, the more she couldn't help but think about it.

He recalled the first time he saw Xihe emerge from the pond, and the experience of riding the golden chariot with Xihe as they soared across the vast expanse of the ancient land. He also remembered the way Su Dongpo teased him, calling him the Cabbage Hermit. He remembered the three people who came to his village on a snowy day. He remembered Zhou Yu, who patiently taught him to play the zither.

"Baicai, the true nature of a thing is not determined by what others tell you." A voice seemed to clearly echo in Baicai's ears, "If you want to live in this world with clarity, you must have your own judgment. You must use your eyes to see, your ears to hear, and your brain to think..."

This is what another traveler said to him when he was prejudiced against a traveler he had never met because of a comment posted by another player in the discussion area.

Throughout the history of "Peach Blossom Spring", there are so many incompetent and useless rulers who can mess up a good hand. What the alliance tells them... is it necessarily right?

At a certain moment, this idea suddenly popped up in Xiao Baicai's mind.

His first reaction was to be shocked by his own thoughts and quickly suppress them, but the idea was so strong that no matter how he tried to dispel it, he failed. Instead, it took root deeper and deeper.

But if CH was from the Interstellar Exiles, then what about what CH had said before, that the travelers had all truly existed and that each of their stories was adapted from real history? Was that true or false? He still refused to believe that CH, who had brought travelers like Dongpo to him, could be a bad person.

Xiao Baicai could only empty his mind and get up, turn on his light brain and wander around the star network aimlessly.

The discussion area was calm, with no sign of the heated discussions that had taken place before.

Xiao Baicai went to browse various chat channels again.

As he was flipping through the chat channels, he discovered that while many chat channels related to CH's games had been quietly disbanded, the chat channel composed of the "Taohuayuan" beta test players was still there, and it was quite lively!

Xiao Baicai clicked on it and took a look.

It turns out that the topics in this chat channel seem a bit strange.

Does anyone have the video of the previous episode "When China's Stars Shine"? If so, please send it to me, urgent!

Didn't Mr. Hewlett upload that video to the channel for us to download? Everyone should have it, right? What's the point?

[When I uploaded it before, I uploaded it directly to the homepage without saving it separately. Now I can’t find it. Someone I know contacted me and said they want to study it.]

What are you researching?

Is there any violation in the research?

People in the group were talking about it.

After all, in this situation where the alliance has banned all related content without saying a word, it is too bold for someone to suddenly say that he wants to do research. Even if some people still have the video collection in their hands, it is not easy for them to spread it out casually.

Finally, the man asked in the chat channel for a long time, and finally Hewlett came out and said that he had it and asked the man to come to him to get it.

Xiao Baicai couldn't help but secretly go and chat with Hewlett privately.

【Do you have any thoughts on ch? 】

Hewlett: For example?

Xiao Baicai hesitated, unsure whether to speak out loud, and only managed to utter, "What a pity! If I could never see Su Dongpo, Taibai, Zimei, Gongjin, and the others again, I would definitely be very sad. Don't you feel the same way?"

After all, Hewlett was the one who once competed with him for the exclusive anchor of CH - although Xiaobai Menu thought so.

Hewlett didn't answer Xiao Baicai. Xiao Baicai was still waiting for him to reply, but while waiting, she suddenly found that Hewlett had pulled someone into the chat channel on the other end.

The person's ID was just two simple characters. Xiao Baicai almost mistook it for 'ch', but when she looked closely she saw that it was 'hx'.

...Wait, this hx also seems to be...?

Xiao Baicai had a premonition in her heart, and that premonition was soon confirmed.

Hello everyone, I'm ch. I want to apologize for the ban. The loss I caused was not my intention.

After a moment of silence in the entire chat channel, it suddenly exploded!

[ch? Is this really him?!]

[Did the Alliance make a mistake? I can't think of anything illegal in your game. If it's a mistake, we can file a joint complaint!]

[Or you can join the alliance. It should be possible as long as you show your willingness.]

【……】

Some people are taking a bystander attitude and don't really believe it.

[hx: Thank you for your concern. I'm here to try to compensate everyone for their losses. Below is a temporary virtual network address I've created. You can use it to log in to the four games I own. Currently, all four games are operating normally. Please apply for in-game deposit settlement or cancel your game account. Players who cancel their game account will have a portion of their deposit refunded.]

After sending this message, the account sent a string of addresses and prompted to save it as soon as possible.

Xiao Baicai was stunned and hadn't reacted yet, but his hand had already subconsciously saved the address. A few minutes later, he saw that the content sent by the new account 'hx' in the chat channel gradually faded away, as if it had never entered the chat channel. Even searching the code records could not find it.

The same situation occurred in many other places. These messages were actually set up by Xu Piao in advance and then sent to various places by 079.

【this……】

【Want to go and see it? 】

[It doesn't seem like a good idea to go there. The Alliance will probably ban me if they find out about this address. But they said I can get a refund. I deposited quite a bit, so a refund would be great. Should I go get it refunded before this one gets banned too?]

[Yeah, that's also a way to reduce losses]

[Then we can just cancel our account and stop playing games.]

[So we agreed that I'll just quit and not play. Don't tell anyone else until I've finished quitting, okay?]

Xiao Baicai watched as fewer and fewer people talked in the group. They probably all went to try to wait for the virtual network.

He looked down at the virtual network address that he had quickly saved on his computer, and after hesitating for a long time, he put the address on the jump page.

Then he would... go and take a look at Dongpo and the others, at least to say goodbye to them!

The author has something to say:

Then after entering...

But the event is still going on / But the things I stocked up are not enough for the travelers to eat for a long time / The destined person is still smiling at me

The refund statement is a special situation and special strategy. In order to give players an excuse and a reason, some people will be lost, but most will be retained.