All Novel Full Chapter 982
Chapter 982: Chapter 912: Absurd Guess_1 Chapter 982: Chapter 912: Absurd Guess_1 “In this ban, the ones caught in the predicament are small companies without connections and resources, even individual businesses.
As investors in this industry, we don’t need to worry about this.
We can not only profit from it but also help our users reconnect to the virtual world, reaping multiple benefits…”
“In addition, given the current intensity of public protests, there’s a great possibility that this ban will be revoked.
Our window of opportunity is short, we must act quickly…”
Erman had obviously given this plan much thought, even presenting to Lincoln a detailed proposal.
Lincoln didn’t want to read it.
But considering Erman’s emotions, he flipped through a few pages, then decisively nodded and said, “Good, I agree, go ahead with it.”
Erman blinked.
Looking at how Lincoln hastily flipped through the pages – just checking the table of contents maybe?
It’s questionable whether he even finished reading the summary!
But Erman overcame his bemusement within seconds and promptly responded, “Thank you for your trust, boss!
I won’t let you down!”
With that, he left exuding confidence, maintaining a stark contrast to Lincoln’s laid-back demeanor.
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That’s because their perspectives on the situation were aligned —
Under the extensive and intense wave of protest, this “Internet cutoff storm” couldn’t persist.
To appease the protesters and the affected citizens, the ban would certainly be revoked, and the 30 million American users would ultimately “restore connection”.
Their objectives, however, were different.
Erman hoped that when users returned, they would do so through his proxy channels, snagging the profits from “connections” out of the hands of hundreds to thousands of network proxy agencies.
And once the ban is lifted, users would undoubtedly favor familiar proxies they’ve used before over the new agencies he invested in.
Even if those proxy agencies don’t dare to take action again, competitors will emerge in large numbers.
—Cloud Dream’s brand wouldn’t work in this scenario.
Therefore, Erman must accelerate expansion as swiftly as possible before the ban is lifted!
With time pressing, he has to act urgently.
Lincoln, on the other hand, didn’t care about this.
He just needed users to return to the virtual world.
Since users will come back with or without effort, there’s no rush.
Plus, the card of “blocking network ports,” once played and proven ineffective, will lose its deterrence in the future.
For Cloud Dream, this might not be a bad thing.
In fact, after the nationwide protests causing traffic and production paralysis in cities, the federal government should reassess its relationship with Cloud Dream.
Indeed, the very next day, a politically savvy individual came forward to oppose the ban.
As time goes by, with the expansion of Mirage smuggling and Cloud Dream user scales, politicians advocating for “cooperation” over “confrontation”, will undoubtedly increase in number.
The money Lincoln gave to Erman wasn’t entirely for protests.
Sizable sums were also spent on smoothing relations with politicians at all levels.
This is why Erman is confident that even if the ban hasn’t been lifted yet, he can still go about his business publicly.
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“Enough of this, let’s go.
I’ll take you guys for a spin.”
Lincoln shook his head, no longer contemplating future matters, then turned around inviting Mavis and Camille Victoria to a joyride in race mode.
After so many days, he has finally mastered the All-Star Racetrack skill.
He can now navigate the track from start to finish without using any Author’s Channel.
Naturally, he wanted to show off his driving skills.
Despite the fact that the All-Star Racetrack is now dominated by skilled racers.
This track even has two leaderboards!
One records the official in-game records, meaning there are no restrictions, and players can use the Author’s Channel freely.
As long as they cross the finish line, it’s all right.
Players also refer to this as the any% Rankings.
The record for the first place on this leaderboard has been rolled down to 14 minutes and 27 seconds by players.
All the Author’s Channels left by Lincoln have also been thoroughly explored.
—There are a total of 18 Author’s Channels!
This outrageous conduct was heavily criticized by players for a week, and to this day, it is still being brought up in the live streaming rooms of speedrun anchors.
Another ranking, called the [100% Rankings,] requires players not to utilize any Author’s Channels, but to rely solely on their pure driving skills to reach the final destination.
This ranking was also rolled up into a ridiculous 18 minutes 44 seconds by racers from all over.
After entering the 19-minute mark, new records were almost rolled up one second at a time!
Fortunately, Lincoln only took Mavis and Princess for a joyride, which was a little thrilling at most, but he never thought about breaking a record.
——For such a complex racetrack, unless the data is manipulated directly, even cheating would find it hard to break the record…
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Afterall, America is one of the centers of the world.
This grand nationwide protest stirred up the global media and public opinion, even reducing the number of programs mocking the President significantly.
——If this was the President’s aim, then he had already succeeded.
But it is uncertain whether he had anticipated the cost of this…
With the world caught up in the commotion once again, Lincoln and Cloud Dream, the creators of this chaos, are enjoying the tranquility in the center of the storm, pushing forward with their various projects at a steady pace.
The promotional material for the second part of “Pacific Rim” was also released in this bustling atmosphere.
The content of this promotional material once again showcases the entire process of Drivers piloting their mechs one step at a time
However, the protagonist shown in this promotional material has been changed to not be the [Dangerous Wanderer], but instead——
[Crimson Storm]!
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In terms of popularity, the [Crimson Storm] is actually more well-known than the [Dangerous Wanderer].
And of course, it’s because Lincoln had released the blueprints in advance, and also because Journey Prosthetics made a killing selling [Crimson Storm mechanical arm peripherals].
Therefore, when [Crimson Storm] was exposed in detail in the video to all people, it immediately caused an uproar.
The pre-order count for the Crimson Storm mechanical arm peripheral even jumped quite a bit!
However, this video also caused a fascinating misunderstanding.
In Yi’s live streaming room, after Yi watched the new promotional material several times over, he said with certainty: “I’ve figured out the multiplayer mode of ‘Pacific Rim!’”
“What?” Viewers were quite taken aback.
“Check this out!” Yi began his rigorous explanation:
“[Dangerous Wanderer], two arms, two Drivers!
[Crimson Storm], three arms, three Drivers!”
“By the same logic, we can speculate that there will be a four-armed mech piloted by four people and a five-armed mech piloted by five people!”
“The more drivers, the more arms, the stronger the combat power!”
“???” Viewers were immediatelyconfused by this explanation.
“So, the strongest form of the mech is a snake demon with eight arms?”
“Wrong!
The strongest form of a mech is a thousand-arm Kannon [Bodhisattva]!”
“Why must it be hands?
Can’t everyone control a leg?
A mech with three legs, the middle one is adorned with a plasma jet cannon!
It sounds so powerful, it’ll counteract the thousand-arm Kannon!”
“Shouldn’t the Kannon counteract you?
A few hands can easily grab your middle leg…”
“Are you guys really talking about mechs?!?”
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Yi’s guess was wild, but what was even wilder was: there were quite a few people who believed him!
They even thought that the multiplayer mode was about multiple people piloting a mech together, sounding almost plausible.
Cloud Dream didn’t respond to this in any way.
They didn’t confirm or deny this, but rather kept releasing materials according to the original plan.
Lincoln also didn’t pay much mind to it.
He was currently being troubled by another issue——
Before “Pacific Rim” even finishes, “Gravity” is almost completed a step ahead!