Chapter 110: Come Have Some Tea, Youngster
At the same time on Earth.
"Brother Ran, Liu Zong wants us for a meeting!"
A colleague said to Ranqilaile, who was waiting to rush home after work to tirelessly play Star Sea.
What the hell... scheduling meetings during dinner time, who did he learn that from?
Liu Zong had been very unhappy these past few days.
After the planned publicity live stream was ruined, ninety percent of the heat in the entire gaming circle was snatched by Star Sea. This was worse than the game content simply not being appealing.
Comparison is truly the thief of joy.
The shareholders naturally stopped giving him a good look.
While saying platitudes like 'even the best horse can stumble', 'young people shouldn't fear setbacks', and 'learn from shame and rise stronger', he knew in reality,
There was definitely no room for promotion in this company from now on.
And with the current results, forget about jumping ship for double the salary!
The subsequent promotion for their own game was still ongoing, after all, the money had already been spent. But that repetitive game content, once lacking the boost of online popularity, was nothing.
Nobody remembers the second place.
"Grinding for equipment affixes again, I'm about to puke."
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It was very annoying!
"Look at Star Sea, after players worked together to clear a major event and get blueprints, everyone can customize their own sets according to their needs. They just need to find ways to make money. That's people playing a game, what you have is a game playing people."
"To be precise, it's the dog developers playing people. Their salaries are still too high."
Too bad!
These people from Star Sea are too bad!
After the subordinates were all seated in the meeting room, Liu Zong rattled on about a bunch of nonsense, then started talking about the issue with Star Sea.
"Brothers! If we want to attract enough users and get good revenue later on, the arrogance of this competitor must be suppressed. Do you have any suggestions?"
The employees looked at each other.
"None? I knew it.
"Use underhanded tactics! Why can Star Sea grab popularity? Isn't it because they used the 'experience nuclear war' angle! What kind of behavior is this? This is spreading panic to the public, promoting doomsday Decadent Thought, using any means necessary to achieve their goals, it's courting death! Do you know? Anyway, I've already hired internet trolls. This time I'll have them report it to the relevant departments under their real names. I estimate the iron fist will soon smash down on Star Sea's head!"
Are you sure?
Ranqilaile really wanted to speak up and remind him, but after thinking about it, he held back.
Why should I care about this idiot?
"Liu Zong, isn't this not good?" a colleague whispered.
"Where is it not good?"
"The players of Star Sea are going to be on a TV show tonight, so doesn't that mean the officials actually approve of them?" "TV show? What show?"
Liu Zong quickly had someone turn on the TV in the meeting room.
At this moment, Jubian was talking eloquently with the host.
It turned out that the show wanted to use the popularity of the game event to do a national science popularization program, teaching everyone about nuclear protection.
They just happened to learn that the veteran of the game, Shenceng Jubian, was actually a researcher in reality, making him a perfect guest.
After contacting the Star Sea official website, the production team also successfully obtained permission to use the in-game nuclear explosion footage. Those scenes, more realistic and grand than any special effects, greatly enhanced the program's interest and Topical.
Host: "The audience is more concerned about this: although the players' camp was hit by a nuclear bomb, it is still operating normally. Is this realistic, or did the game developers give you a cheat?"
Jubian pushed his glasses in front of the camera.
"No, it's definitely not a cheat."
"The performance in the game is actually very realistic. The power of a nuclear bomb decays rapidly with distance. If it exploded within 500 meters, we would be dead. But the closest explosion in the game was 2.7 kilometers away, creating a shock wave overpressure of about 15 psi on the cliff of Devil Mountain, so it's okay."
Host: "This psi refers to—"
Jubian: "Pounds per square inch. 15 psi is roughly equivalent to standard atmospheric pressure, or eight or nine times a person's normal blood pressure."
Host: "Oh~ So it seems it didn't reach the level of destroying the world."
Jubian: "Right, far from it, so we survived."
Host: "What about the subsequent nuclear radiation problem? Doesn't that need to be considered?"
Jubian: "That's okay too. In the game, Apollo likely used a three-stage nuclear bomb. The pollutants after the explosion are mainly Iodine-131, Cesium-137, and Strontium-90. However, most of them rose into the stratosphere with the mushroom cloud and were evenly diluted in the planetary atmosphere. As long as you don't go to the central area within one kilometer of the nuclear explosion, it's safe."
Host: "What if this kind of nuclear explosion happened in reality? Because, as you know, in reality, people definitely don't have high-tech combat suits, and their tolerance to radiation is much lower than that of game characters."
Jubian: "Right, that would definitely require extra protection. Iodine-131 easily accumulates in the thyroid, so after a nuclear disaster, you need to urgently take iodine tablets made from a clean iodine source. This is actually what we do in our camp. After about a month, the radioactivity of Iodine-131 is very low due to natural decay."
Host: "What about Cesium-137 and Strontium-90?"
Jubian: "The radioactivity of Cesium-137 and Strontium-90 can last for about 30 years. Strontium-90 easily replaces calcium and enters the bones. Once it enters, it is very difficult to eradicate. So our solution is to quickly carry out decontamination operations after the nuclear explosion, flushing the radioactive dust with a special reagent solution, collecting these dirty things, and transferring them underground in a remote area, letting nature slowly handle it. Besides this, there is no better way.
"In addition, for at least two weeks after a nuclear explosion, try to only eat sealed food, stay away from low-lying areas downwind, and avoid rain and puddles."
Host: "Okay! Thank you, Shenceng Jubian. It seems that as a double expert in both the game and reality, your explanation is comprehensive!"
Jubian: "Haha, you flatter me!"
Since the program was public service-oriented and the footage was very exciting, it gained high discussion immediately after airing in several famous online communities.
Praise was like a tide.
Because of this program, more and more people began to learn about Star Sea, this mysterious masterpiece with "technical capabilities far exceeding current limits."
Lu Yuan knew that in the future, the problem of labor would no longer be a concern.
Cangyuan will gain a continuous stream of human resources!
As for Liu Zong, after seeing the TV station logo of the program, he felt a darkness before his eyes.
Can my over 200 real-name reports be withdrawn?
Just then, two strangers in black jackets pushed open the door of the meeting room.
The receptionist followed behind them with a look of panic: "Liu Zong, I'm sorry, I tried to stop them, but they said..."
"Oh, so you are Liu Zong," one of the black jackets nodded, "Let's go, there are some things we need to understand from you, let's talk while having some tea."
What the hell!?
Having tea... Is this the legendary Ranqilaile's heart sped up because he saw an exciting scene, and he almost laughed out loud at the same time.
"Who are you?" But Liu Zong had no sense of crisis and was very unhappy, "Why should I go with you? What tea? I'm not drinking! Go back where you came from! If you don't leave, I'll call security!"
Ranqilaile really couldn't hold back anymore.
Liu Zong is quite interesting. His learning and growth experience is overly "pragmatic." He knows how to handle things, has high emotional intelligence, and has no sense of shame. He believes that a combination of connections, petty cleverness, and underhanded tactics can perfectly solve all problems in the world, allowing him to navigate freely wherever he pleases, while lacking the most basic understanding of things that truly deserve reverence, almost bordering on ignorance.
The other side had no choice but to show their IDs.
After Liu Zong saw them clearly, his throat trembled, and he swallowed.
"No—Two big brothers! I didn't commit a crime—I'm a law-abiding citizen! By any standard, you can't just take me away like this, right?
I—I want to complain about you."
The other side was silent for a second or two.
"Have you heard of the term 'Fourth Kind of Contact'?" the black jacket who showed the ID asked in return.
"No—"
Ranqilaile frowned.
He had heard this uncommon term before, first learning it in a low-budget sci-fi suspense movie. It seemed to refer to being physically or mentally abducted by aliens.
"You are responsible for developing sci-fi games, and you haven't heard of this concept?" the black jacket asked.
"I don't like sci-fi, and I like games even less," Liu Zong said righteously.
"Heh, alright—" The black jacket brother was almost amused, "There are people like you in every industry now."
"Let me explain simply," another younger black jacket stepped forward, "Once something is linked to this term, our laws, or the laws and regulations of any other country, probably won't be effective.
"Liu Zong, complain if you want to complain, but I'm afraid there won't be any results."