Survivorship Bias

    This report is both unexpected and reasonable.

    "***..." Noah sat on the cabinet with his legs dangling, "Is this also a cult, or why would you have to burn yourself in public?"

    Indeed, An Wujiu thought to himself that if such an accident happened suddenly, there might be almost nothing else.

    In just two days, the frequency of cults and religions is too high.

    In the real world.

    "Have you found it yet?" Zhong Yirou frowned slightly and said, "There seem to be more and more religious-related events around us, not only in games, but also in the real world. ."

    Yang Erci seemed to have expected it long ago, and it was not too surprising to see such news.

    "Just from the name, the altar itself has a strong sense of religion."

    Shen Ti sat on the carpet, with his legs crossed, one hand resting on his cheeks, and the other hand drew something on the carpet.

    An Wujiu said: "I have always been curious, what is the government's attitude towards the altar? Now that so many people have died in the game, has the government not interfered until now? ?"

    Yang Erci's face was solemn, "When he first entered the altar, no one thought that he would die. I am afraid that even the government thought this was just a simple virtual reality game. But later, the first The next time someone is eliminated, players start to panic on a large scale."

    She was the one who went through that mess.

      Players who want to escape, and call on other players to leave the game, promising to protect them."

    An Wujiu had expected the result.

    Shen Ti looked up at Yang Erci, her eyes dimmed.

    "Because the production team of the altar is anonymous and not under the name of a big company, their mercenaries should not appear to hurt the players, so the players who escaped thought they had the protection of the army , you can successfully escape the control of the altar."

    "But it's not like that." She looked up at An Wujiu who was standing upright, "The army watched them die, everyone."

    Noah did not experience that escape, she asked curiously: "How did you die?"

    Yang Erci said it very simply, "After entering the altar, the game cabin automatically installs the altar brain machine for each of our players. In addition to the simple virtual reality experience and various somatosensory functions, There's also a self-detonating device."

    Everyone understood in an instant.

    Zhong Yirou felt unwell, she was not the players present, but the soldiers of the army who thought they could save these people, they must be very desperate at that time.

    "So after that, the government will not dare to control it."

    Yang Erci shook her head, "I heard from someone I know that the government is still investigating, they have set up a secret special group, and several researchers are responsible for finding the organization behind the altar, but this news Whether it’s true or not, I don’t know who these researchers are.”

    Although An Wujiu had long regarded Yang Erci as a teammate, he always felt that Yang Erci was hiding something.

    It is very unreasonable for a person like her to give up the chauvin company research experts to enter the altar to fight. She does not need to make money, and she does not need to be a social class. purpose is not met.

    Then there is only the third type, what she is looking for from the altar, maybe a person, maybe the truth.

    Up until just now, An Wu Jiu couldn't figure out her purpose, she only knew that she was well-connected.

    What Yang Erci described—the player fouled and tried to escape from the altar and was annihilated. It is impossible for a player to know, at least not to witness.

    After all, the players who did not foul at that time must have returned to the game cabin and entered the next round of the game.

    So she can only listen to the people present, this is not a routine operation, and it is impossible for any passerby to witness it, so she can only be told to the government army, or even the government top of the army.

    Yang Erci's identity is extraordinary, An Wujiu also understands that she doesn't want to reveal these things, after all, it is a taboo to have deep conversations at the altar.

    But just now, she talked about the secret investigation organization, An Wujiu finally understood.

    Yang Erci came to the altar probably because of this special group, or a member of this secret group, who made a special trip to find out the altar organization to go deep into the tiger's den, become a player, and seek the truth.

    Or, she is looking for someone, and she is looking for the player in the special team.

    An Wujiu's speculation was almost subconscious, so when he came to the conclusion, he felt a little chill, not for Yang Erci, but for himself.

    He was terrified of his deep thoughts.

    It turns out that he is really about to merge.

    After everyone learned that the altar was completely beyond the control of the government, they couldn't help but feel a little sad. The only straw that they could rely on seemed to have died. After reading today's news, I am afraid that this straw itself has been lost. precarious.

    Yang Erci didn't go into that topic, An Wujiu didn't plan to break it, and didn't ask too much.

    He knew that when Yang Erci truly trusted them, he would definitely speak up.

    There was a knock on the door, Yang Erci checked the face through the electronic housekeeper, and said to everyone, "It's Wu You."

    Noah seemed to like opening doors very much, and was the first to jump off the cabinet and run to open the door for them.

    Zhong Yirou was calling her from behind, "The housekeeper system can open the door."

    "Yo." Shen Ti, who had not said a word, put his hands behind his back, still sat cross-legged on the ground, and said very awkwardly, "Even the functions of the housekeeper system in other people's homes are clear. Chu."

    Zhong Yirou almost couldn't help knocking him on the head, "Don't break your mouth here."

    Shen Ti suddenly pounced on An Wujiu, who was standing right behind him, hugging his legs, "Wujiao, she bullied me."

    An Wujiu pretended to be unmoved, "You bully go back."

    Shen Ti sighed, "My wife doesn't help me, alas, it's so bitter."

    An Wujiu was like being hit by something, he stepped back, "What nonsense are you talking about, don't yell."

    As soon as Wu You stepped into the door with one foot, she heard Shen Ti's words, and now she just wants to retract her foot.

    What kind of evil fate can make him always hurt by Shen Ti.

    Yang Erci got up from the sofa and greeted Wu You. Knowing that he was going to the black market, Yang Erci directly called him who was relatively familiar with the black market.

    An Wujiu thought of Gabriel, so he said hello to Zhong Yirou and gave her Gabriel's contact information.

    Zhong Yirou is a straightforward person. As soon as she heard that the other party was a rich upstart, she immediately nodded like garlic and took over the contact information.

    “But be careful.” An Wujiu remembered and added, “He is very lecherous.”

    Yang Erci, who had been talking to Wu You, raised her head to look at them, but Zhong Yirou didn't notice it at all, instead she asked An Wujiu, "Did he hook you up?"

    “No.” An Wujiu felt helpless for her brain circuit, “He is a straight man.”

    Zhong Yirou immediately let out a long "Oh", "No wonder Shen Ti didn't care and let you go so many times."

    Shen Ti, who was sitting on the ground, politely responded to her: "I don't care, some people care. Be gentle."

    Zhong Yirou almost vomited to him.

    Only at this moment did An Wu Jiu realize that she, who always pretended to be charming, was actually very insensitive to emotional matters, even dull.

    It's a huge contrast.

    Wu You came to An Wujiu, "Let's log in first and see if there is anything you want on the black market network."

    An Wujiu agrees.

    Wu You logged in to a virtual ip with his own host, entered the account password, and entered a layer-by-layer encrypted network, which is what he called the "black market".

    But after opening the website, An Wujiu found out that this is not an ordinary shopping or second-hand trading website, they do not list the products, but more like a social network, a community .

    Wu You clicks on the people he has followed to read his latest post.

    Yang Erci on the side noticed that the man just sent a picture of a bag of potato chips without even a word.

    But when Wu You clicked in, she found that it had been set to not be able to leave a message.

    "No." Wu You looked at An Wujiu, "It's already sold."

    "This is the Citizen Chip?" Yang Erci asked.

    "Well." Wu You explained to her, "The English word for potato chips is chips, which is the same as chips, so many sellers take this as a slang term."

    In addition to citizen chips, organs, prosthetics, illegal genetic drugs without drug testing and illegal weapons, including living human bodies, can all be traded here. Obviously, all sales on this website are illegal and also Violating the rights of those big companies, so all the sellers here are extremely careful.

    The website does not provide a way to privately chat with the seller to avoid being tracked by the government, so only the seller can post it, and the buyer leaves a message to give the contact information. The message here is only visible to the poster, and then mailed by the seller Or face to face.

    "Are chips difficult to buy?" An Wujiu asked.

    "Yes, the control is getting stricter now."

    The only source of transaction found was cut off, Wu You was a little disappointed, he once traded with this seller, but because he was about to enter the altar at that time, the transaction failed, and he also There is no contact information for the seller.

    "Usually this kind of seller will not have only one in hand, but we may not be able to contact him." Wu You said.

    "Why?" Shen Ti stood up and stretched, "Since he has posted a record, shouldn't he be able to trace his ip?"

    "Everyone here uses virtual IPs," Wu You pouted, "No one would be so stupid to use their real IPs, not to mention that the website has multiple layers of protection mechanisms, even virtual IPs are all fake. It is impossible for ordinary people to find out, unless it is a very powerful hacker.”

    Shen Ti cleared his throat, "To tell you the truth, I really have a little hacking skills."

    Wu You has an expression like a ghost believes you, "What are you doing."

    An Wujiu almost laughed, he turned to look at Shen Ti, "Really?"

    Shen Ti shrugged, "I'll try."

    After he finished speaking, he borrowed Yang Erci's studio and Wu You's host to start writing code.

    Wu You originally thought he was bragging, and just wanted to see his jokes, but Shen Ti really didn't lie this time.

    It didn't take too long, Wu You's host began to screen all possible virtual IPs, and automatically screened them out.

    "No, how can you do this?" Wu You's face wrinkled.

    "Learn." Shen Ti snapped his fingers, "Go up, go up, go up, one player is a hacker."

    Yang Erci asked: "Teammate?"

    Shen Ti shook his head, "Your opponent."

    Wu You didn't believe it: "You lied!"

    "Believe it or not."

    Shen Ti looked shy, and Wu You was even more angry.

    About two or three minutes, the program written by Shen Ti found two possible IPs, and the addresses located by the two IPs were not far apart, both in the same city.

    After success, Shen Ti looked at the time, then took An Wujiu's hand and shook it twice.

    "Want to look for it?"

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