Chapter 47 (1/2)

Three days later, Li Ang sat in front of the computer and browsed the web with a solemn face. The mottled, brilliant light was reflected on the glass lens.

“Maco’s first online reading site has opened…”

The pretentious female voice shouted sweetly, and a variety of ladies in skimpy clothes flashed across the web page.

Li Ang was not browsing through some kind of R-rated website. To be precise, this was an in-depth forum established by some Killing Field players who used this website as a cover to facilitate communication.

The forum was located deep in the web. The standard search engine couldn’t search for any relevant information at all. One had to type the URL directly and reach it after several jumps.

The forum URL would automatically add a Tor Browser package for visitors, help users prevent traffic filtering, explore and analyze using automatic crawling software, and achieve an anonymous External Connection and Hiding Service.

In other words, even players who did not understand IT technology could visit forums safely while unsupervised at home.

The evening that he had completed the [Solitary Temple] quest, Xing Hechou transferred 900 Game Credits to Li Ang through their friend status and sincerely invited him to join the Special Affairs Bureau.

After thinking about it for a moment, Li Ang refused politely but promised to maintain a good relationship with the Special Affairs Bureau and have intelligence interactions with it. On the other hand, Xing Hechou revealed to him some relevant information about the Killing Field.

The information included the URL of this player forum.

Maintaining such a deep web forum required considerable manpower, material resources, and financial resources. Li Ang also speculated that the high probability behind the establishment of the player forum had been promoted by the Special Affairs Bureau.

The staff of the Special Affairs Bureau or the network supervision department of foreign intelligence organizations might specialize in collecting intelligence information on the players who were on the forum right now.

There were a lot of boards on the forum, as well as strategy guides, black market replacements, and even online discussions.

[Currently known types of spirits and analysis of their special abilities]

[Method to obtain an S Rank clearance evaluation! Includes some hidden knowledge.]

[New idea about stat point configuration for players below Level 5]

[Buying Melee Skill at a high price without a limit on the grade or level! Can pay by Bitcoin or Game Credits! Will pay more than the official sale price!]

[Selling high-level Werewolf Teeth! All grown by me! They carry the rabies virus, so if you mind, don’t buy them! Limited quantity. First come, first served. Payment methods supported are Bitcoin, Game Credits, and cash!]

[My quest rating is always B Rank or C Rank… Game novice asking for guidance.]

[My sister-in-law seems to have become a new player. As a Level 4 player, what should I do?]

All kinds of posts emerged one after another, and the refreshing frequency was relatively high. Furthermore, many lurkers were looking at the posts and not taking the initiative to post anything.

The number of players was relatively high…

Li Ang browsed a little and closed the web page.

On the forum, player transactions were generally conducted through Game Credits or Bitcoin. Game Credits could be directly exchanged for equipment and items in the in-game shop, while Bitcoin, which had hidden attributes, was naturally exchanged for cash in reality.

The official website of the Special Affairs Bureau pretended to be the official website of an outdated small fertilizer company. The price of one Game Credit was 10,000 in cash.

The price of Game Credits on the forum’s black market was 10% to 20% higher than the official one.

This was also normal. The Killing Field had been launched seven months ago. Financial organizations and overseas intelligence organizations with more channels of information and resources than ordinary people must have planned and gotten prepared.

Money did not make any sense to them. Instead, important resources in the game, such as Game Credits, got them closer to possessing extraordinary powers. They were more likely to continue to occupy the upper class in the upcoming wave of time.

Li Ang believed that if they were not afraid of the collapse of the currency market, the financial organizations that only had money would very likely offer 200,000 or even 500,000 to acquire some Game Credits…