27 Chapter 27 - A Misunderstanding Caused by a Burlap Sack (1/2)

Ye Xiaowu did not idle around when he went offline; his mind was still mulling over the oddity that was Gu Fei. After pondering for a while, he sprang up in an instant, leaving his office and heading straight to the Game Administration Department of the company. The gaming company behind Parallel World was in fact a company that handled their own R&D¹ and game administration. Ye Xiaowu was someone from the R&D Department, and the department which was in charge of the daily activities and maintenance of the game was actually the Game Administration Department.

In the Game Administration Department, there was a small group of people in charge of monitoring the various in-game data. Once an anomaly was detected, they would keep track of and analyze it further to check if the anomaly matched the settings of the in-game data. In short, it was a checkup to see if the players hacked the game.

There was an old saying that went: ”While the priest climbs a foot, the devil climbs ten.” No matter how advanced the technology used, being hacked was almost inevitable, even for a game like Parallel World that had achieved the full-immersion technology. For online games, it was only natural to prioritize the elimination of hackers, as the benefits of having zero hackers outweighed the risks by far. Even though Parallel Word was implemented with cutting-edge technology, which was impossible to be cracked by the work of individuals or rogue hacker groups, the company did not dare to be sloppy in this particular aspect.

Some employees of the monitoring team were so shocked that they leaped from their seats when the office door was shoved open by Ye Xiaowu. It was not until they saw clearly who it was that they breathed a sigh of relief, ”Oh, it's Chief Ye. Have you noticed yet another bug that needs fixing?”

As a core member of the R&D Department, Ye Xiaowu constantly pointed out the bugs for the game designs before going to the monitoring team to make adjustment for the in-game data. They often collaborated for work, and since it was usually Ye Xiaowu who noticed the bugs before the monitoring team could fix it, everyone on the team usually addressed him as Chief Ye.

”Gaming account's name is 'Thousand Miles Drunk.' Do a checkup on the data of this account,” Ye Xiaowu said.

”That's...” the members of the monitoring team looked one another in the eyes, before one of them blurted out, ”That's against the rules!”

Normally, anything that involved the in-game data for the game was out of bounds for someone from the R&D Department like Ye Xiaowu.

”There's something fishy about this player,” Ye Xiaowu said.

All were alerted by what Ye Xiaowu just said, as this was exactly something that they were in charge of. They stopped their on-hand tasks immediately to direct every data monitoring system at Gu Fei, who was currently grinding inside the game. Someone could be heard mumbling, ”Nothing unusual could be detected at all!”

To be frank, if someone like Ye Xiaowu had to remind them personally to check on a suspicious looking gaming account, it meant that the monitoring team had not been doing their job well. The entire team felt on edge right now.

Ye Xiaowu did not even care about how they felt. He fixed his gaze on the screen, as he wanted to confirm something with Gu Fei's data. In the end, all the data monitoring systems had confirmed something for Ye Xiaowu; what he presumed before was right all along.

The rest of the employees had their eyes fixed on the screen as well. After staring at the screen for a while, they all looked at one another to confirm before breathing a sigh of relief. The result from the monitoring system was apparent: This account did not rely on any external applications.

However, Ye Xiaowu was still paying attention to the screen. Everyone followed along as they looked at one another once more. After observing for a while, everyone wore a surprised look.

”Just who is he?” one of them asked.

Ye Xiaowu remained silent. He had his reasons, of course. As stated by his boss before, all the employees were prohibited from playing the game directly. Even though his boss had turned a blind eye over this matter, he was still required to keep this a secret.

The employees took a closer look, and one of them muttered, ”This person manages to deliver maximum damage output with every single attack… Is that really not a result of hacking?” Gu Fei's remarkable performance had left these professional game employees skeptical of their judgment.

But after another round of checking with all the monitoring systems, the result was still the same: There was zero hacking involved.

”Goodness! Is he even human? Chief Ye, how did you find him?” one of them asked, astounded.

”I heard it from the others,” Ye Xiaowu spoke in an offhand manner before he changed the subject, ”There's nothing wrong with this account, right?”

”None at all!” everyone answered firmly.

”And the thing he's doing is permitted, right?”

”Of course,” an employee smiled, ”Maximum damage output can be delivered by the precision of attack and power. This is the concept which was designed by you and the rest of the R&D. You must be pleased seeing that someone is actually capable of doing this.”

”Yes, very pleased,” Ye Xiaowu nodded.

”Conventionally speaking, this person is the top expert of control for Parallel World already,” one of them said.

Ye Xiaowu laughed and waved his hand, ”Alright, there's no issue now that we are sure that the account isn't hacked. I am leaving; carry on everyone.”

On his way back to his office, Ye Xiaowu was still pondering on a question, ”Thousand Miles Drunk, can he be considered as a game balance breaker?”