Chapter 121 Game Public 2
"Maybe everyone is unfamiliar with our department. To put it simply, we are the department that handles game-related matters in popular science films."
"The Tourism Management Bureau consists of the Operations Department, Information Department, External Relations Department, Logistics Department, Research Institute, Education Institute and Rescue Station, with a total of 2,436 regular employees. We have served you for three years and seven months, and we are able to meet you today."
"In the past three years, in order to avoid causing social panic, people from the External Relations Department have been contacting various social departments day and night, people from the Logistics Department have secretly dealt with the aftermath of 1,029 games, people from the Action Department have solved 715 difficult games, and handled 171 vicious social incidents caused by players. The Information Department has registered and managed 13,023 players, the Research Institute has developed game clearance and detection methods, etc., the Education Institute has educated and disciplined 456 players, and rescue stations have traveled to 68 cities."
"The original intention of the establishment of the Tourism Administration was to manage gaming and maintain social stability. We are sorry that we cannot continue to maintain a peaceful and stable social situation for everyone. Gaming is appearing more and more, involving more and more families. The Tourism Administration is already stretched to its limits and unable to continue. Therefore, tonight we officially open gaming to the whole society in order to draw on more social and public forces to fight gaming."
"Next, I will give you a brief introduction to the game and the players."
…
With Lao Wang's introduction, the door to a new world slowly opened to ordinary people in the society.
As Xia Bai listened, he saw that all the hot searches and headlines on the Internet were about games. People were discussing it enthusiastically everywhere, with some gentle voices and some cursing.
Meanwhile, the entire neighborhood was in a mess, and traffic outside the gate was in chaos.
Xia Bai expected this to happen, and knew that it wouldn't be long before the situation would return to normal. Overall, games hadn't reached the point where social order would collapse. Slowly, the public would accept the existence of games, get used to them, and like the players, society would slowly stabilize.
——If the game doesn’t go crazy and suddenly explode on a large scale.
Lao Wang spoke for an hour, and for an old man like him, his voice probably reached its limit.
Next up, there’s another gaming documentary that goes into more detail about the game.
Xia Bai knew most of these, but his parents were complete novices at gaming, so Xia Bai watched them carefully along with them.
At the same time, the official website of the Tourism Bureau was officially launched, which includes an introduction to the Tourism Bureau, live game updates, as well as game cases and tutorials.
The first announcement on the official website of the Tourism Bureau was to tell everyone that in order to let the public have a more realistic understanding of the game, the Tourism Bureau will publicly broadcast two games, one of which is a small map "Youth Beauty Salon" and the other is a rare large map "Dahui No. 2 Middle School".
[Dahui No. 2 Middle School! It suddenly feels so real, I am from Dahui City. ]
[When Dahui No. 2 Middle School said it was blocked due to pollution, I felt strange. It turned out that the game had come. ]
[I suddenly realized how much work the Tourism Management Bureau has to do. There are about 800 to 900 people in No. 2 Middle School, including the teachers. How do they handle all of this? It gives me a headache just thinking about it.]
[In fact, I had heard the noise, and I knew at that time that they did not die from toxic pollution.]
[I also heard a lot of rumors at the time, including one about a ghost killing someone, but I didn’t expect it was the game that killed them.]
[The killing in the game cannot negate the killing by ghosts. Maybe there is a murderous ghost in the game world. I saw a ghost doctor in the large map of the orthopedic hospital.]
When Xia Bai was reading the online discussion about Dahui No. 2 Middle School, he received a call from Ling Changye. Xia Bai did not leave the living room, but went to the balcony to answer the call.
"Everything's okay?" Ling Changye's voice came through the noise from the phone. It was a little hoarse, and very reassuring.
Xia Bai said: "It's okay, everything is fine, my parents and Erwa are at home, watching TV."
"Are you missing anything?" Ling Changye said, "I have prepared a warehouse and a cold storage for you near your school in advance."
Xia Bai: “…”
Why do people like to buy warehouses?
It's okay for my mother, she's new to the game and might be a little nervous. Ling Changye is the captain of the assault team, how could he not believe that the Game Management Bureau could quickly stabilize the situation?
Xia Bai told him about his mother's preparations.
Ling Changye seemed to know what he was thinking. He said, "The Tourism Bureau has stockpiled food just in case."
After knowing that everything was fine on Xia Bai's side, Ling Changye chatted for a while and then went to do other things.
Just as he hung up the phone, Lin Xiang called again, "Xia Bai, the traffic in the university town has been paralyzed! The public security is fine for now, but you'd better not go out. Oh, by the way, do you need anything? We have dozens of mobile phones in stock. I can send you anything you need."
Xia Bai: “…”
Once again, he expressed that he lacked nothing.
Then, Xia Bai answered Yang Mei's call again and asked him if he needed anything.
Xia Bai: No, there is a supermarket at my home.
Then, Xia Bai received another call from Hua Haoming.
Before Hua Haoming could say anything, Xia Bai said, "I don't lack anything."
Hua Haoming paused for a moment, "Oh, if you don't need any, can you give me a few corpse-suppressing and corpse-controlling talismans?"
Xia Bai: “……?”
Only then did Xia Bai realize that the players of the "Youth Beauty Salon" game map had already been confirmed. The three members of the assault team, Hua Haoming, Yang Mei and Jing Yan, led the team. Just like the previous missions, they issued a bounty mission in the player exchange center.
The difficulty of "Youth Beauty Salon" is estimated to be 4 stars. Among the three, one can hear what is in one's heart, one can charm everyone when encountering a ghost, and Hua Haoming has high intelligence, so there should be no problem. However, this will be broadcast live and people all over the country will pay attention to it, so Hua Haoming, who is leading the team, is still under some pressure.
Hua Haoming: "It's not as simple as just clearing the game. With so many people watching, shouldn't I bring more people out? Give them some corpse-suppressing and corpse-controlling talismans, so I can feel more at ease."
When Xia Bai heard this, he felt even more pressure and immediately agreed to his request.
Hua Haoming was a little surprised, "You agreed so quickly? I haven't even mentioned the money yet?"
"No money required." Xia Bai said.
Since he can use the cinnabar pen to draw the talisman, he doesn't need to pay.
Hua Haoming was flattered.
After hanging up the phone with Hua Haoming, Xia Bai looked out the window at the brightly lit neighborhood and the streets in the distance, then lowered his head and asked in the [Never Contact Each Other Again] group: Do you need anything?
No one replied to him.
Humph, they are indeed a bunch of old foxes and old players.
After dealing with these things, Xia Bai turned around to sit back down and saw that his father, mother and Erwa were all looking at him.
Jiang Yitong smiled so much that her eyes curved. "Baby, it's great that you have so many friends who care about you."
Xia Bai felt a little embarrassed, scratched his ear and laughed.
In the evening, Jiang Yitong and Jiang Qingfeng were watching TV and checking the official website of the Tourism Administration. Xia Bai could not spend more than two hours online, as he would feel tired if he exceeded that time. So he went to the study to draw talismans.
What Hua Haoming said also made him feel pressured. The large-scale live broadcast map already made him feel a little stressed. He also heard Hua Haoming say that with the attention of the national audience, it would be a bit embarrassing for him if too few people came out, which made him even more stressed.
Xia Bai could feel the humiliation very intuitively. The game of Blue Tea Island was not difficult, but the percentage of people who could pass it was very low, and he did not want to go to the Game Management Bureau to recount the game.
Therefore, he wanted to give Hua Haoming the Corpse-Suppressing Talisman and the Corpse-Controlling Talisman to give his parents some self-defense, and he also wanted to give some to the players who went to Dahui No. 2 Middle School with him for the first time.
He would draw a lot.
However, drawing talismans consumes a lot of mental energy. Xia Bai used up 15 corpse-suppressing talismans and 5 corpse-controlling talismans and could no longer draw.
He planned to give these 20 cards to Hua Haoming first. After hearing this, Hua Haoming really wanted Erwa to kowtow to Xia Bai. He was so touched.
The next day, traffic in Jiangqi City was still paralyzed, but it did not prevent Xia Bai from going to school. The school was close, so he could just walk there with his two children.
The school seemed noisier than usual, and Xia Bai heard people talking about games all the way.
I heard that kindergartens and primary schools are on holiday, but universities are not, and it seems that I can’t concentrate on classes.
Xia Bai was different. He patted the second child in his space pocket and put the textbook on the table.
During this time, classmates came to talk to him and asked him if he had watched the game on the news last night. Xia Bai discussed it with them calmly for a while.
It was not until he received news from Zhang Runyue that he began to feel some emotional fluctuations.
Zhang Runyue: [Xia Bai, the game has been released. The school wants to hold a memorial service for the volunteers who died while supporting Quan Guang City. Do you want to attend?]
When I just came back from Quanguang City, the school had already held a private memorial service for the students who died in the game at Huaning TV Station, but Xia Bai did not go that time.
This time it is public. Zhang Runyue said that the school leaders said they are worthy and want to use this opportunity to encourage more students from the Peace Medical College, whether they are still in school or have already graduated, to bravely participate in the anti-epidemic game.
Xia Bai: [I'll go quietly.]
Zhang Runyue: [Okay.]
She understood what Xia Bai meant. He didn't want to participate in any capacity, he just wanted to go and take a look.
In her opinion, among all the volunteers who went to Quanguang City for support, Xia Bai and Zhong Zicang made the greatest contributions. One of them died in the game, and the other could have been commended in various ways, but he never showed up.
Zhang Runyue understands him and respects all his decisions.
The memorial service was held at 6 p.m. that day. Xia Bai told his parents that he would attend the service and would be back later, and then he took his second child with him.
The memorial service will be very grand. I heard that the principal will also come. It will be held in the school’s largest gymnasium.
There were free white chrysanthemums outside the gymnasium. Xia Bai took one, covered his bright green shirt, and walked into the gymnasium.
The stadium that could accommodate a thousand people was almost full. Xia Bai searched for two minutes before finding a seat, sitting in the crowd inconspicuously.
The big screen in the gymnasium was showing images of their support for Quanguang City. Some students had taken videos with their mobile phones, and when they heard that a public memorial service would be held, they sent them over.
At this time, the big screen was showing the scene where Zhong Zicang was talking to them about the game in the bus as they set off for Quanguang City.
In the dim carriage, he said, "I have already explained the situation of the game to everyone. Now I will give you ten minutes to make a new choice."
Ten minutes later, the bus loaded with students headed for Quanguang City.
The second scene where Zhong Zicang appeared was in the ambulance.
Xia Bai remembered it very clearly. That night they had just completed a game reception mission and were about to return to school when they suddenly saw fireworks from the Huaning TV station building.
The driver said: "It's a player's abnormal movement. It's very dangerous. Do you still want to go?"
Zhong Zicang explained again what player movement is.
Wang Wei said, "Then we have to go too. We heard there were so many casualties!"
The scene changed, showing the bodies of Zhong Zicang and Wang Wei.
There were so many people in the stadium, but there was no noise, only the sound coming from the big screen.
All the teachers and students watched quietly. They only found out last night that a game had come into their world. It seemed very close and yet very far away from them.
Only then did they realize that their classmates had already been struggling with games, and that games were so close to them.
After the video was played, the first item was Zhang Runyue introducing the classmates who died in the rescue and telling the story of the assistance from Quanguang City.
After she finished, it was the principal's turn. The principal actually came to the memorial service and gave the very cordial speech that he had given at the beginning.
"To be honest with you, I am also a gamer. The Gaming Bureau has been stretched to its limits for a long time. When Quanguang City was blocked, you all should know by now that the blockade was due to gaming."
The principal said: "At that time, games frequently occurred in Quanguang City, and the logistics department of the Games Administration Bureau was under great pressure. When I heard about it, I said that our school would send 100 volunteers to support them. I still don't regret this decision. The founding principal of our Peace Medical College will definitely support me in doing so. I just feel sorry for those students who sacrificed their lives."
"Because the game was kept secret at the time, no one else was involved in this matter. It was handled by me, teacher Zhang Lin, and former student union president Zhong Zicang. The one who put the most effort and care into it was Zhong Zicang. I would like to thank him again here."
"At the time we said we were going to help alleviate the pollution in Quanguang City, and more than 3,000 students signed up."
"More than 3,000. Later, we selected 100 students to go and told them the truth about Quanguang City outside the university town. After they saw how terrifying the game was, 97 students still went without hesitation."
"Later, Director Wei from the Tourism Bureau's Logistics Department personally called to thank our school. She said our students performed exceptionally well and that she had truly seen what it means to be a doctor who saves lives and heals the wounded."
"Our school was founded during a war." The principal looked around the gymnasium, "Students, what is our school motto?"
A clear and loud voice rang out in the gymnasium: "For the family and the country, save the dying and heal the wounded!"
Xia Bai lowered his head.
His fingers were fingering his pants again and again, and he couldn't explain the complicated emotions in his heart.
He knew where some of the people who would open the large map of Dahui No. 2 Middle School would come from.
Sure enough, on Wednesday, announcements and posts recruiting game volunteers appeared on the school's official website and school forum at the same time, when the Game Management Bureau's Action Department began discussing the player members of the Dahui No. 2 Middle School game.
When the game came to Dahui No. 2 Middle School, there were more than 900 teachers, students and other school workers in Dahui No. 2 Middle School, and no one came out alive. Dahui No. 2 Middle School was called the most difficult game.
Not only was it difficult because it was a large map with over 900 deaths, but it was also difficult because of the secondary attack.
It may take nine hundred people to tackle this game, otherwise the game cannot be started. Moreover, the personnel needed are very special and must fit the theme of middle school.
It is impossible for the Tourism Bureau to allow 900 players to go together. Whether or not they can offer a reward to attract so many players is one thing, but if they fail, the loss to the entire society will be too heavy.
After the game was released to the public, many ordinary people absorbed the knowledge about the game very quickly, especially the highly educated people. The Game Management Bureau did not announce it to the public, but only said that the map of Dahui No. 2 Middle School would be made public. Then they knew the difficulty and difficulties of the game.
There are 197 freshmen and 32 students from other grades in Heping Hospital who signed up to participate in this game.
That day, the memorial service of Peace Medical College was reported by a media. It was seen that Peace Medical College was recruiting game volunteers, and three other well-known universities were recruiting volunteers.
There are already several threads in the Player Communication Center discussing this matter.
[At that time, they said that after the game was released, ordinary people would cry and scream in fear? You still want to feel superior to them, but look, they are much better than you! ]
[I think it's OK. As far as I know, every year there are two or three people from Dahui No. 2 High School who can get into the top 2. They all failed to get out of the game. This shows that this game requires players with very high IQs. If old players go, they may die in vain. It's better to let these top students go.]
[But, there are more than 200 students in Peace Medical College. They will all be talents in society in the future. How precious they are.]
[Are players not valuable? Skilled players can contribute more to society, so they are also valuable! They are even rarer!]
[You guys are so funny. If you don't want them to go, go sign up and take up the bounty mission.]
[Some people are also very funny. They let a group of 18- and 19-year-old students fight for you, and use the excuse that students with high IQs need to take exams. Do you know that you must take exams in middle school? ]
[No, do we have to complete this game? This school doesn't occupy much land, can't we just keep it blocked? ]
[Yes, you have to clear the game. As an old player, don't you know this? Because of this large map, small map games appear frequently in various parts of Dahui City. You must clear this large map to suppress the appearance of small maps. ]
The Tourism Authority’s Operations Department is also discussing the participants.
They have currently confirmed that Xia Bai and Ling Changye will participate in this game. In addition to the two of them, they also want to select four more people to join the assault team.
When selecting people, they also prefer those who still remember high school knowledge and can get good grades in exams.
All they know now is that it is a middle school copy, and the game world must be in a middle school, so this is their only choice.
Moreover, if it is really related to the exam, the top students in the senior year of Dahui No. 2 Middle School failed to pass it, which means that the exam is very difficult. They must find at least a few students whose exam scores are better than those of the top students in No. 2 Middle School.
Xia Bai, who had just finished the college entrance examination with a score of over 700, was the most suitable candidate for the entire Tourism Administration.
Ling Changye, who just graduated from a top 2 school, is barely suitable.
As for the rest of us…
The minister suggested: "Let Yang Mei go too. If there is any ghost, he can handle it."
Xia Bai: “?”
Silly Yang Mei?
Yang Mei seemed to have just woken up, her voice was slow and a little confused, "Okay."
Xia Bai: “…”
What's good about that? Don't you have a clear understanding of your own IQ?
At this time, they were all in a group specially created for Dahui No. 2 Middle School. All members of the assault team and the backbones of the operations department were there.
Xia Bai was about to object to Yang Mei's participation when Ling Changye's message came through the small window.
:[Yang Mei is dumb, but he is good at taking exams. He and Yang Yi were admitted to the same university. If he wants to join, let him join.]
Xia Bai: “…”
It turns out that being stupid and having a high IQ are not contradictory.
Jing Yan sent a voice message: "I really want to participate, but I'm just a student from a low-end second-tier university. Brothers, I really can't help you this time."
What he said was almost exactly the same as what Lin Xiang said yesterday.
Hua Haoming: "What about me? Can I try?"
Ling Changye said: "You can."
Hua Haozhi is smart enough, but what Ling Changye didn’t say is that when he can’t do it, there is still Heihua.
That’s four people now. That afternoon they selected two more people. One was a junior girl from the assault team named Wen Yuxin, and the other was originally another person from the assault team, but was later replaced by Yang Yi.
Xia Bai later learned from Ling Changye that Yang Yi had inquired from the minister about the members of the assault team, and when he heard that Yang Mei was one of them, he wanted to join.
The minister certainly hoped that Yang Yi, a genius with a high IQ, could replace the team member they were most hesitant to choose.
He reported the matter to the director, who turned a blind eye and agreed.
After the team leader is selected, it is the turn of other participants.
They read the discussions online and at the player communication center. What the players at the communication center said made sense, and they were really troubled for a while.
The minister said: "What I want to say first is that Dahui No. 2 Middle School must pass the test successfully this time. We cannot afford a second failure and cannot afford the loss. At the same time, we cannot let society lose confidence in the game."
They all understood what he meant. He meant that the selection of people this time must be safe.
But do we really need so many top students from top universities? What if this is not an exam-type game but a battle royale one, wouldn’t their sacrifice be a pity and a huge loss?
This was the first time that Xia Bai seriously expressed his opinion on this matter. He had been thinking about this matter since he attended the memorial service that day, and this was the solution he came up with, which he thought was relatively good.
"Even if it's really an exam, we don't need that many top students. Just a few dozen, or even a dozen, will be enough."
His words attracted everyone's attention, and the text and voice messages in the group stopped.
"We already know that as long as one person can come out of the game alive, the game is completed. If this is a test, it is a competition for the highest score rather than the average score."
"It would be better to select the best of the best and pick out the ten or so with the highest IQs to play the game and pass the exam."
This was the method he could think of with the least loss, although it was also selfish.
When Heping Medical College was selecting volunteers to support Quanguang City, Lin Xiang called him and said that they were all students of Heping Medical College and it would be a pity if they died.
How did he respond to Lin Xiang at that time?
He said that everyone is equal.
All human lives are equal and no one’s life is more valuable than another due to their high level of education. The volunteers who registered for Heping Medical College last time and this time should all think so.
He thought so too.
Therefore, nearly a hundred people went there from Peace Medical College last time, and he hoped that the 900 people this time would not be transferred in such a high proportion from Peace Medical College.
The world is so big and the Peace Medical College is not that big. We cannot accept it all with a clear conscience just because they voluntarily choose to sacrifice.
"So," the minister pushed the question to him and asked, "Where do you want to transfer the others from?"
Xia Bai was about to speak, but Ling Changye didn't let him be the villain. He spoke first, "Prison, death row inmates, voluntarily sign up."
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