Took the laptop on the table as well after he finished speaking.
If it weren’t for the call from the other side warning him not to alert the enemy, he’d have definitely smashed that broken helmet too.
"I gave birth to you!"
When Li Jian Country rushed to the Harbin Institute of Technology’s Precision Engineering Research Institute office, he found several people already inside, including quite a few familiar faces.
He hastily squeezed into the crowd, found his old friend Dean Zhang, grabbed the other’s sleeve and whispered
"What’s going on, why are there so many people, you didn’t report my daughter’s issue, did you?"
His eyes were like a tiger ready to devour.
"Big deal, but your daughter is fine." After Dean Zhang curled his lip and replied, he grabbed Li Jian Country and introduced him to someone next to him. "This is Professor Li from our engineering institute, and this is Comrade Wang from the information department. He’s mainly here to gather some info from you."
Information department...
Li Jian Country glanced at the logo on the other’s chest, his head suddenly felt bigger, and his legs went a bit soft.
For heaven’s sake... what kind of cult could summon these security department folks... could it be that something worth 500K appeared in my house...
"Hello Professor Li, I’m here mainly to gather some information from you."
Seeing the hand extended, he could only muster the courage to shake it, "Hello, hello, I’ll definitely be open and honest."
They sat down one after another, Comrade Wang first distributed a few hardcopy materials to everyone, Li Jian Country flipped through them. It seemed to be all about introducing a certain game website and users’ comments.
Though he didn’t like these video games, he couldn’t spot any issue after looking for a long while.
Finally, it was someone’s dossier, Li Jian Country didn’t recognize.
The forum chat logs didn’t have any major issues either, wasn’t it just discussing the synthesis of explosives and the exoskeleton settings? In some majors at Harbin Institute of Technology, this was extremely common, and this was just a tiny sliver; what they played was far more dangerous than this.
The other party said, "This is the situation: the website appeared a little over twenty days ago. Initially, we thought it was a promotional strategy from some game company, marketing promotion, but later we discovered we couldn’t find anyone behind this game company at all. It’s completely blank from start to finish; the webpage registration IP and server addresses are all anonymous. Our information department tried various ways but couldn’t break through their information blockade, almost burning down our server room."
"The only suspect target disappeared a few days before the website appeared."
"Lin Miao, male, ancestral home Jiangsu, born in 1997, education level undergraduate, parents passed away, disappeared on July 13 this year, website appeared days later, still missing to this day, but his online account continues to post, yet can’t be traced for the network IP address...."
The details on the dossier might be even more comprehensive than what Lin Miao himself knew, including how many girlfriends he had, his ancestors’ names over three generations, how many times he was hospitalized for surgeries, how many times he won awards for being a good student in elementary school, where he drank before disappearing—all written clearly.
Li Jian Country couldn’t find any issue after flipping through for a long time, isn’t this just a normal person?
"Is this... is this the cult leader?"
"No, he is the planner of this game, claimed to utilize holographic realism technology for the game, currently continuing to distribute game slots, reservation numbers have already surpassed ten thousand. To this day, we haven’t found any relevant technical documents or names of developers, but based on the information we have, there’s a high probability this holographic realism technology is real, but the exact principle is unclear."
A suddenly appearing website
Sounds like some supernatural urban legend.
But since the information department claims it’s true, could it be fake?
"Why does this person have the same name as the NPC in the game?"
Though the person in the game looks completely different from reality.
Comrade Wang: "I suspect it might be a twisted joke from the production team; he should be one among the creators. After all, this behavior is quite common in the creative industry, especially in the gaming circle."
As an internet cop, he was very familiar with online terms.
This behavior is called "skin swapping", seen from the impoverished scholars hundreds of years ago to the 21st-century game copywriters, repeatedly.
However, Li Jian Country sensed something odd from the other’s words and actions, if it were just this, how could it attract these gloomy stars?
Even if you talk it up to the skies, it’s just a game, right? Even if they plan to seize the technology, there’s no need for them to come; wouldn’t a team of armed police suffice...
"Here’s the situation." Comrade Wang spoke as calmly as possible, "We found out your daughter is one of the registered players, and has already played for some time, so we’d like to know some in-game details from you."
Though Li Jian Country felt uncertain, he was still willing to cooperate with them; after all, what reason would they have to harm him?
So he took out the daughter’s laptop from his bag, opened it on the desk in front of everyone to reveal the industrial 3D software.
Comrade Wang looked curiously at him, waiting for an explanation
"It’s the exoskeleton industrial model my daughter said she brought out from the game. Although there are some... sci-fi elements in it, the mechanical design aspect of the exoskeleton is extremely professional. I suspect they have a very skilled team of engineers behind them; I think you could start from that angle."
"Absolutely capture this group of lawbreakers and bring them to justice! Can’t let them continue to harm us ordinary folks..."