Fantasy Game: Infinite City

An armored vehicle carrying an energy machine and game cabin fragments was driving smoothly on the road. In this world, the undersea tunnel has not been built yet, and it takes a long detour to reach the opposite city K. In order to save some time, Han Zu chose to go in another direction. There is a tourist attraction there, but he doesn't know whether the buildings near the attraction have been built in the timeline of this world.

"So what do you think of the three factions?"

"What do you mean?"

"Regarding what they want to do, it seems that two of the three forces have some conspiracy, and it is related to you."

"Let me guess. You think it's the chairman's faction and the former chairman's faction. Compared to them, the board of directors with obvious intentions is better."

"Yeah, but from your tone, you don't seem to think so."

Han Zu was not in a hurry, as could be seen from the speed of the armored vehicle. He picked up a notebook and a pen, drew a simple tree analysis diagram on it, and handed it to Garcia.

"You remember I told you before that I've been to Infinity's headquarters on the moon, right?"

"Well, what happened?"

"If I hadn't been there, I'd probably have the same idea as you."

"So when you were helping them with the tests at the Moon headquarters, what changed your opinion?"

Han Zu stretched out a finger, tapped a position at the top of the tree analysis diagram, and began to explain his thoughts.

"Then let's start in order. First, let's talk about the current chairman's faction. Garcia, you are an expert in the field of living organisms. If you come across a living organism that is difficult to kill and is tolerant to a large number of things, but you have a way to kill it, would you want to kill it?"

"Of course not! This kind of living tissue can help me conduct a lot of research. Unless it dies naturally, I will never do that. Wait, you mean, this is the reason for the chairman's faction?"

"Almost. I've seen the expressions and eyes of those researchers looking at me. They were as enthusiastic as a child who got the birthday present he wanted. In addition, with the huge wealth I got from Infinity Company, they did this to make me continue to help them conduct more tests, and at the same time gave me enough compensation, at least for me. So if nothing unexpected happens, I am willing to cooperate with them. They don't have any conspiracy. We are just doing a deal."

"Although you said you are a money-grubbing person, I don't think you would really do something you don't like for money."

Garcia was a little bit unconvinced, but after Han Zu reported the balance, which was longer than his phone number, although Garcia was still a little bit unconvinced, he could understand Han Zu's approach.

"And not only did they give me money, they did me a favor, and it seemed like they did a good job."

"What's the deal?"

"Would you like to guess? I'll give you two hints. First, a previous survivor mentioned this. Second, it has something to do with my changed mentality after I acquired a huge fortune."

Garcia thought about what the survivors had said before and tried to find relevant connections from what Han Zu had told him before. Garcia was very smart and she quickly figured out the reason and what Han Zu meant by "help".

"You said before that you started playing Infinite City to make money. In the Infinite City dungeon, whether you clear it or not, there will be live broadcasts and replays, which means that more strangers will pay attention to you. This is contrary to your personality of hating to communicate with strangers, but in order to make money, you have to do this at first. However, when you obtained the huge wealth given by Infinite Company, finances are no longer a problem. So judging from your personality, you definitely don't want others to know you anymore, but you also want to play Infinite City without any scruples because it arouses your interest, so..."

"Hiss... Huh... That's right. It was a deal I made with the chairman's people. I continued to help them with occasional tests, and they helped me delete the live broadcast and recording functions, as well as previous recordings. At the same time, they helped me find a way to weaken the impression of people who knew me before, and it would be best if my information became completely opaque."

"I see. So theoretically, you and the chairman's faction are in a cooperative relationship, so there is no need for them to kill you. But was it them who brought you here? The survivor said that it was someone from the chairman's faction who located you."

"He's lying."

"why?"

Han Zu told Garcia that he had a deal with the chairman's group and had given them his tissue samples for research. If they really found him in this world, they would take him back instead of leaving him here. He felt more like he was trapped in this place, thus cutting off his connection with the chairman's group.

"Then who do you think did it? The board of directors? Didn't they think you would be an obstacle? But what the survivor said was a bit contradictory. Why did the board of directors want to win you over first?"

Garcia pointed to the board branch on the tree analysis diagram and raised a question, and Han Zu also gave his own thoughts.

"I have already guessed what the board of directors meant by the 'grand plan'. It is to use Infinite City to gain power far beyond the company. They want to control the entire world. You know, Infinite City has not been exported to other countries for a long time, but apart from the three major ones... Oh no, there should only be two left now. Apart from the two superpowers, 70% of the other countries in the world are actually controlled by Infinite Company."

"Then won't the remaining two superpowers find a way to resolve this matter?"

"No, there are three possibilities. First, you know that there are all kinds of incredible abilities in the Infinite City. Maybe the Infinite Company has used some method to block the outside news, but the possibility is not high. Second, the Infinite Company is already powerful enough to become the third "superpower" and even surpass them, so it can't be done. Third, the Infinite Company was originally established by them, but now the company has the ability to overturn the table and is ready to do so. This possibility is the most likely."

"Since they have already stretched their hands so far, why do they think you are an obstacle? Although you are indeed very powerful, they must have more powerful ones in their hands. After all, they created the Infinite City."

"In fact, I only recently figured out the reason why they did this. It's all because of something called 'Gift of the Realm of Death'."

"You don't even know what that thing is?"

"Yes, if I'm not mistaken, this thing is not something that can be found in the Infinite City, so they are so "fascinated" by me."

"I understand! The game cabin of Infinite City is essentially a special teleportation device. According to our experience, those so-called "copies" are real places, but they are probably not located on Earth, but somewhere else. The Infinite Company, which has the ability to transform these places into game copies, must have ways to counter all the abilities that can be obtained here. So under normal circumstances, no matter how powerful you are, they have a way to kill you. The reason why you are still alive now means that they are not sure of killing you. In other words, there is a variable in you that they don't understand at all, and it is even possible for you to kill them in return!"

"Yes, and this variable is this thing called the Gift of Death."

"But you said before that you got this thing on a train. The people from the Infinite Company should have seen this thing. How can you be sure that the variable is this thing?"

"The container that contained that thing was a secret sealed device. The monster at that time had not come into contact with the solution of the Gift of Death. It was able to absorb enough energy to move simply by relying on the radiation emitted. This shows that Infinite Company does not have the ability to directly study the solution."

"But they have a way of sealing it."

"You can put a fish in a fish tank, and even if the tank is full of tools that can break glass, you don't have to worry about the fish escaping, because a fish can't use tools. But if there is a shark in the tank, then you may need to reinforce the tank, but if there is a person pretending to be a shark, you have to be careful, because the tank is full of tools."

"But according to your analogy, if the Gift of Death is the tool to break the fish tank, then you are at most a shark, right?"

"Remember those Creation Engines?"

"I remember, but wouldn't Infinity Corporation... ah! That's right! That rotten creation engine under the island! Could it be...?"

"Yes, the Rat Removal Company should be a branch of the Infinite Company. Judging from the rotten creation engines, they have no way of understanding how they appeared. They can only make simple use of them."

"And the Creation Engine you visited before, which you reached through a strange gate, had a humanoid creature that looked like an elf. He told you that humans were also products of the Creation Engine, but you were not. You just looked like one. If what he said is correct, then what the Infinite City controls is "fish", and they are "sharks", and you are the "human pretending to be a shark"? "

"I think it's more radical. The elf-like creature is the "human pretending to be a shark", and I might be something outside the fish tank."

"So the ultimate goal of these 'sharks' on the board is to become humans and use the Gift of the Dead Realm as a tool to escape the fish tank. But they can actually just wait for the 'humans' to break the fish tank and then follow them, right?"

"They first misjudged me as a 'human disguised as a shark' and thought I might attack them first or abandon them and run away. So they thought that even if I could use tools, I was still a 'human' and there was still a chance I could be killed if I tried. As for whether I could become a 'human' and get out, that was a secondary issue."

"This is just too stupid."

"I can't help it. This is the bad nature of human beings. Fortunately, I am outside the fish tank. Although I don't want to get involved in these messy things, if I really get mad, I will drain the water in the fish tank and dry these guys out like dried fish."

"So one of the reasons why you play Infinity City is to find a way to overturn the table. According to your personality, you can be different, but you can't be without it."

"almost."

Garcia pointed to the tree analysis diagram, and the last force on it was the former chairman, the old lady.

"Her, what do you think?"

"She was just trying to find a way to revive her husband. It's related to the Creation Engine, but has nothing to do with the Gift of the Dead Realm. I saw reports of her husband's death when I was a kid. The old man was a good person, and so was the old lady. After they made their fortune, they did a lot of good things for society from the bottom of their hearts, such as free medical care, free education, and aid to mountainous areas. Although I don't know how she is now, she should not be a person without bottom line, even if she wants to revive her dead lover."

"It sounds like these two are very much in love."

"Anyway, there's not much to worry about right now. The board of directors can't get rid of me for now, at least on the surface. So on the surface they will still try to find a suitable reason to win me over. What I have to do now is to neither refuse nor accept, and just maintain an ambiguous relationship."