After the light screen appeared, it could not be completely frozen, and the text behind it failed to take shape in time.
This was enough to surprise the players from Country T. They stopped shouting and poked their heads out from behind the rain shelters.
"What is this? Text? Is this game going to issue 'orders' again?"
"Why is it the public screen this time? Can't there be separate pop-ups? This game is too annoying, with so many tricks?!"
But as everyone was discussing, the light screen seemed to have found a way to stabilize. After a moment, more words were written in the air in the form of electric current:
[Hello, all trapped players! ]
[This is a representative from Country T's Infrastructure Group. I'm communicating with all of you players from Country T on behalf of the nation's highest authority. Please be patient!]
[At present, the state has been informed of the trapped status of all players and is urgently investigating the cause of the entrapment and looking for rescue methods.]
However, due to the complexity of the situation, blindly removing the game chip could result in the death of the player. Therefore, until our delegation finds a completely safe way to rescue them, we implore all players to refrain from panic, confusion, or harming each other. Please trust the delegation and the nation, and actively cooperate with police officers and other public officials within the game. Play safely and maintain your health.
The light screen remained stable for only a few seconds before starting to flicker again.
The electric current that formed the words began to dissipate in the opposite direction, as if being swallowed and erased by an invisible force, and gradually disappeared.
These words shocked the players in Country T, as they had not expected that national power would appear in this form.
Immediately, someone shouted into the air: "Are you here? Are you here to rescue us? Here, here, take us out!"
Another sensitive player noticed something was wrong and asked loudly: "Is this thing of yours unstable? Are you going to disappear?!"
"What do you mean by cooperating with the police and playing the game safely? Is it true that removing the chip will kill the player? Then does that mean we can't die in the game, or we'll die in the real world too? Is this game really that ridiculous?!"
After these words were spoken, everyone became even more panicked.
Some people urged the person on the other side to type faster, while others told them everyone's current situation at once to ensure that they were not confused about the game status.
For a moment, the game was bustling with noise and players' emotions were high again.
Unfortunately, the task force could see everyone’s eagerness, but could not hear clearly or answer their questions one by one.
In a hurry, Wang Teng, adhering to the principle of maximizing efficiency, asked Xiaowu's technical team to input:
[Due to the immaturity of the technology currently used, this communication cannot be maintained for long.]
But please rest assured, players from Country T, this delegation promises: From now on, we will do our utmost to protect the personal safety of every player both inside and outside the game, and actively research more mature technologies to achieve stable and effective communication with you as soon as possible.
[At the same time, before the players are rescued, we will also organize and guide everyone to play infrastructure, and strive to lead everyone to complete the game as soon as possible and return as soon as possible, without leaving anyone behind.]
As soon as the message was conveyed, the chip's artificial intelligence detected this abnormal code and began to counterattack them.
The information was quickly devoured, and the chip, as Xiaowu had said, simultaneously tampered with the program, cutting off this unique communication channel of electric current writing.
In the end, Xiao Wu and the others were forced to log off before the channel was completely closed, leaving only a few words: "Please be patient and cooperate actively!"
When the game screen disappears, the players in the game say: "Where are you? Where are you? Don't leave!"
Some thoughtful players noticed something was wrong: "It seems they were forced to quit by the game program or the chip program. If so, does this mean that there is a serious malfunction in the game or the chip, or even that there is some other force behind it?!"
"What do you mean? Does it mean that the country can't deal with this problem?"
"It's not that we can't deal with it, but we may not be able to break through in a short period of time."
"Then how long will we be trapped?"
"Who knows? The government doesn't know either! Otherwise, how could they ask us to be patient? They must be conducting an emergency investigation!"
There was another heated discussion among the crowd. Some hot-tempered players directly insulted and attacked indiscriminately, while some players persuaded and refuted. However, most players felt inexplicably calmed down when they saw the country go online, and they were finally not so panicked.
On the other side, Xiaowu and others who were forced to log off leaned back in their chairs with regret, and were already feeling depressed.
Wang Teng, however, was thinking about another important task. He turned around and asked Xiao Wu, "How is the other task going?"
Xiao Wu looked at the computer desktop and said, "The information has been fully transmitted. To prevent detection, we used a single fixed-point transmission method. Now it depends on whether the players in the game can discover and receive it as soon as possible, and whether this method can be discovered and eliminated."
Wang Teng nodded. "As long as it's successfully conveyed, that's fine. Even if it's only a few minutes, it should be enough for people to receive it. Now it's up to them."
As he spoke, some well-trained national police and soldiers in the game had already sensitively captured unusual signals from the surrounding wind, raindrops, and even the amplitude and swaying of leaves swaying in the wind.
Everyone immediately observed and analyzed the situation, and then followed the guidance of the country, began to reveal their identities to the surrounding players, organized them to gather and discuss countermeasures.
After the country intervened, the players in the game calmed down a lot.
When they saw the military and police show up, they finally stopped putting them in opposition, and quite a number of players became obedient.
At this time, Si Lan, who was looking at the light screen and thinking, also noticed that something around her had changed.
She stopped collecting resources and looked up at the sky. As luck would have it, she heard a short burst of muffled thunder that was sometimes long and sometimes short and varied unpredictably.
She suddenly said "hmm".
Tao Zhenzhen was puzzled and turned to ask her, "What's wrong, sister?"
Si Lan listened to the muffled thunder and tapped her legs with her fingers.
"This thunder is interesting."
Before he finished speaking, a voice came from the side: "Do you understand?"
Si Lan and Tao Zhenzhen turned around and saw a man dragging a bundle of branches and holding a little rabbit, walking quickly out of the woods.
Si Lan listened to his words, thought for a moment, and asked in return: "What do you understand?"
The man stared at her for a moment, then, noticing the straw shed that had been woven and erected behind her, he walked over, placed the bundle of branches on the ground, and extended his hand toward her and Tao Zhenzhen: "Fang Xun, officer, are you in the same business as me, Miss?"
Before Si Lan could react, Tao Zhenzhen was surprised: "Oh my God, the police are really here?! Sister Lan, you are so awesome!"
She was still young and had just been bombarded with a bunch of unexpected situations, so she couldn't figure out what was going on at the first moment.
But she accurately caught the word "police" and thought of what Si Lan had said not long ago about waiting for the "uncle policeman".
Tao Zhenzhen's words also caught Fang Xun's attention.
He looked at Si Lan in surprise: "Are you waiting for me?"
After a moment's thought, he had an objection and changed his words: "Waiting for the police?"
This time, Si Lan answered quickly: "Don't they always say 'If you have any problems, call the police'? Isn't that a correct idea?"
Fang Xun heard this: "That's right..."
But it's still a bit strange to hear this sentence in this situation.
"Then aren't you in the same industry?" He asked, staring at Si Lan.
Si Lan calmly turned around and placed another straw mat she had woven on top of the large shed supported by thick branches. She calmly replied, "No."
"The thunder you mentioned..."
"I just feel that it's different from usual. Is there really something wrong with this thunder?"
This question made Fang Xun stunned.
But then he thought that in the current situation, this was exactly the fact that needed to be made known to the public, so he did not hesitate for too long.
"This is an internationally recognized signal code. The country is asking us, the people's police, to actively organize and protect players."
Before he finished speaking, Tao Zhenzhen asked in surprise: "Signal code?!"
"What is a signal code?"
Fang Xun's attitude towards her returned to a more friendly tone. He leaned forward, his hands on his knees, and smiled, looking her in the eye. "It's a form of communication that utilizes simple signal patterns. For example, this is a call for help, this is a request for people to come here, and this is a request for people to stay away."
As he spoke, he gave Tao Zhenzhen a simple demonstration.
"Remember the first distress signal. You can use it later if necessary."
After reading it, Tao Zhenzhen was puzzled: "How can it be like this?"
"OK."
"But why use this kind of signal?"
Fang Xun was stunned and didn't know how to explain.
At this moment, Si Lan said calmly: "If it's inconvenient, just use it."
Fang Xun looked over and saw her weaving a straw mat while she said calmly, "Using words makes it easy to be discovered, and it's also troublesome to operate. This way, everyone who needs to know can be known, and what is not necessary to know is harmless, and it is easier to operate."
Fang Xun raised his eyebrows: This girl reacts faster than him.
What he said made sense, and he couldn't help but ask, "Did you really not understand?"
"It says above that the police and soldiers need to gather. If you're traveling together, you don't need to hide it. Will you come with me?"
Si Lan: "If I could understand and we were in the same business, I would have confessed right from the start, right?"
"No, I don't have that kind of identity. I'm just an ordinary salesperson. You can ask her."
Fang Xun looked at Tao Zhenzhen in surprise.
The latter nodded obediently: "That's right, I did meet the sister in the game city. It was she who took me to experience the chip, which is why I was trapped in the game..."
Fang Xun was surprised again: Salesperson?
——This temperament?
However, since Si Lan didn't say anything, he didn't force her. His mission was not here.
Seeing that Si Lan had already set up a small camp, but there were not many tools nearby, he handed her all the dry branches and rabbits in his hands: "It's cold at night, make a fire to warm the children. The country just said that we must live well."
"Also, if you don't mind, please don't move for the time being. We'll organize the other players and come back to gather everyone in the plains—of course, you can go there tomorrow, as we'll basically be organized by tomorrow."
Si Lan had plenty of resources and had no intention of taking his.
Who knew that before he could even open his mouth, Fang Xun had already put his things down and left the place like the wind: "I'm leaving first, you guys be careful, bye!"
Si Lan's hand paused in the air, and she lost the opportunity to return the supplies.
Tao Zhenzhen waited until Fang Xun disappeared before she turned around and looked at the bundle of firewood in confusion: "Why did the police officer keep things? Doesn't he want them? Isn't he cold? We still have branches and food in our small warehouse."
Si Lan looked at the branches and the rabbit, and finally withdrew her hand.
"Maybe all police officers are like this."
She continued to listen to the thunder in the sky. After listening for a while, she told Tao Zhenzhen to go to bed quickly and said to her, "We will go out tomorrow. Sleep well tonight. We will be busy with many things next."
Tao Zhenzhen, who had been very sleepy for a long time, did not ask her why she had to leave or what she was busy with. She hid under the straw hut and fell asleep.
Si Lan leaned against a tree trunk, holding a spear made of sharp stones tied to the aerial roots of a large tree, and spent the night in a half-asleep and half-awake state.
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