This Twisted Three Kingdoms Game Is Brutally Insane

Chapter 120: The Special Task Force’s Shocking Discovery!

Toasting the Moon had been online for over twenty-four hours.

He spent the first six hours investigating at the base camp, and the remaining time frantically farming monsters near the territory.

Because the monster distribution and respawn intel were already extremely detailed, Toasting the Moon chose not to party with other Players for efficiency. Instead, he rode solo and farmed alone.

This indeed made leveling up faster.

In less than a day, he reached Level 4.

The leveling difficulty of this game wasn’t high. Each level required relatively little experience. As long as one didn’t die frequently and lose experience, and made good use of traps and terrain while farming, at least during the early stages, leveling up was quite fast.

Toasting the Moon wanted to level up to Level 5 in one go.

That way, he could enter the Wo Niu Mountain region and participate in the latest storyline.

But the system had already issued a warning. Since he had been in the game for nearly thirty hours, to prevent physical functions in the real world from being affected, he could be forcibly logged out at any time.

In addition to that—

His Fatigue value was already very high.

This body needed rest.

Toasting the Moon had no choice but to return to the barracks and log out.

When he opened his eyes and returned to the real world, he found himself lying inside a brand-new gaming capsule.

It was a custom-made capsule specially prepared for him by the department. It was remodeled from a high-end gaming pod that retailed for several million and allowed for longer online sessions.

When Wang Yue opened the capsule door—

He found himself in a lab-like environment.

At least ten staff members were scurrying around in a frenzy. Every one of them had dark circles under their eyes as if they hadn’t slept in two days and nights.

Wang Yue was led into an office.

Team Leader Zhou of the Special Secret Investigation Team appeared before him with a solemn expression, accompanied by an elderly man in a lab coat with a gentle and refined demeanor.

“This is Academician Xia. Starting today, he will be our Special Task Force’s chief scientific advisor.”

Team Leader Zhou first introduced the elderly man in the lab coat.

Wang Yue was shocked upon learning the name Academician Xia.

This man was a national treasure-level scientist—an undisputed authority in the domestic life sciences field and one of the most renowned figures globally in the same area.

Even such a heavyweight had joined the Special Investigation Team?

Team Leader Zhou continued asking, “How do you feel right now?”

Wang Yue answered honestly, “A bit hungry. No other discomfort. After nearly thirty hours in-game, not only do I not feel mentally fatigued, I actually feel like I had a rare good sleep.”

Both Team Leader Zhou and Academician Xia grew serious.

Wang Yue asked, “Did something happen?”

Team Leader Zhou paused briefly and said, “Actually, during the time you were inside the game, we used a series of the most advanced methods to try and trace the game’s data flow and operating model.”

“Any findings?”

“You could say there were none. Or you could say there were major findings.”

A huge question mark appeared above Wang Yue’s head.

Team Leader Zhou continued, “The game’s servers and data packets might be fake. At least, with our current information technology capabilities, we’re completely unable to decode its secrets.”

“We even suspect the entire game is just a façade. Its essence may not be a game at all. Perhaps under extreme conditions, even cutting off the internet and power wouldn’t stop it from functioning normally.”

What?

How was that possible!

Although Wang Yue wasn’t a tech investigation specialist, he had received some basic training in electronic information technology.

If Team Leader Zhou’s bold speculation was true, this wasn’t just black technology ahead of its time—it was a ghost story science couldn’t explain!

Even though Wang Yue was shocked to his core—

He was professionally trained.

He quickly composed himself and asked, “What did the higher-ups say? Is there a need to take compulsory measures?”

Compulsory measures?

How could they take compulsory measures!

Team Leader Zhou shook his head and said, “The risk is too great. On one hand, we have no idea who or what’s behind the creation of this game and what their stance is. On the other hand, we might not even have the capability to ban such a game.”

Wang Yue nodded. “If the truth is so disruptive that it could cause social unrest, then it’s better to let everyone just treat it as a game!”

His years of work experience had taught him—

For the majority of the public, ignorance was bliss.

Team Leader Zhou nodded. “That’s what the higher-ups think too, which is why the investigation into this game must be conducted in secret. All the truths must remain within our special task force only!”

“From this moment on, any secret we uncover will be treated as top-level national secrecy. Absolutely no leaks are permitted!”

“Not only that, we also need to provide necessary cover and protection for this game to prevent certain foreign forces from catching on.”

Wang Yue said, “Understood.”

In other words—

Although the special task force had already discovered some secrets about Twisted Three Kingdoms, not only could they not make those secrets public, they even had to cover for the game, preventing more people from uncovering the truth.

If someone accidentally discovered the secrets hidden within the game—

Silence them.

Blacklist them.

Even if someone grew suspicious, they would have to press down on their head and make them believe this was just a game.

The special task force was even preparing to construct an entire theoretical framework specifically tailored to explain the many phenomena in the game that defied modern scientific understanding. When the time came, they would release it to mislead the public.

Only in this way could the investigation and research continue in secrecy without triggering panic, chaos, or foreign interference.

Team Leader Zhou asked, “Wang Yue, you’ve spent quite a bit of time inside the game. What are your thoughts or speculations about it?”

Wang Yue answered in a low voice, “This game, despite its clear game-like elements, feels far too real. Every detail is flawless. There’s no sign of any cracks. There’s no way something like this could have been created by humans of our time. Considering what you said about those bizarre phenomena, I think…”

He hesitated.

Even he felt his guess was too absurd.

Team Leader Zhou said, “We’re still at the early stage of the investigation. Any guess, no matter how wild, is worth discussing. As the saying goes—dare to hypothesize, verify carefully. You don’t need to hold back.”

Wang Yue said, “I suspect that this game might be the doing of an advanced extraterrestrial civilization. It’s even possible that the place the players enter isn’t a game at all, but a special real-world realm.”

If he had said that anywhere else, in a different context—

Wang Yue might have been packed up and sent straight to a mental hospital.

Team Leader Zhou and Academician Xia exchanged a glance. Their eyes and expressions were full of strangeness.

Academician Xia coughed lightly before speaking, “Actually, when you entered the game, we ran some tests on your body. The results showed that as your in-game activities progressed, your cells were undergoing extremely subtle changes.”

Wang Yue froze. “Changes? What kind of changes?”

Academician Xia responded, “The explanation is a bit complicated, but in short, it’s because of these minute changes that I’m starting to suspect—this game may not be just a game.”

Wang Yue was confused. “I don’t quite follow.”

Academician Xia continued, “Twisted Three Kingdoms may be influencing players… or even the real world.”

“What?!”

“Of course, this is just a bold hypothesis based on a preset standpoint. We lack sufficient evidence to verify any of it right now. It’s merely a direction I think is worth observing closely in the future.”

Wang Yue was once again deeply shocked.

The mere existence of this game was already astonishing.

But if this game could subtly affect players and even the real world, that was just too incredible!

Could it be that the mastermind behind this game intended to transform humanity, or perhaps to exert some unknown kind of influence?

Of course—

Judging from the current situation—

The influence on the players appeared to be positive.

In fact, Wang Yue had seen more than one Internal Test Player mention on the Forum that ever since they’d become obsessed with Twisted Three Kingdoms, abandoning sleep and food, their physical condition hadn’t declined—instead, it seemed to be returning to a peak state.

This kind of talk stirred some attention on the Forum.

Some believed it was purely psychological, while others cited a set of pseudoscientific theories to argue that operating in a one-hundred-percent realistically simulated virtual environment could deceive nerves and cells, thereby achieving the effects and purpose of physical training.

In response—

Cloud Players weren’t particularly concerned.

What kind of serious person played a game for the sake of physical fitness?

What everyone cared about now was only one thing: when would they finally win a game slot!

Now, hearing Academician Xia say this, they suddenly felt that things weren’t so simple. It had only been half a month since the appearance of the game, and players were already experiencing some fitness-like effects.

These changes might be extremely subtle and slow.

But if they continued for three years, five years, twenty years—would even greater changes occur? Could it be that aliens, thinking Earth’s human physiques were too weak, had specifically developed this game to strengthen the entire population?

It was too unbelievable.

No matter how one thought about it, it just seemed absurd!

Even someone like Wang Yue, an experienced and battle-hardened agent, felt his mind overloaded and dared not think too much!

He took a deep breath. “Then what’s my task?”

Team Leader Zhou said, “Don’t think too much for now. Temporarily forget your identity as a special investigator—just play the game purely as a Player. Your top priority is to establish yourself inside the game.”

Academician Xia also nodded in agreement. “The longer you play, the more time we have to observe the changes in your body. Moreover, if this game really was created by a civilization beyond human comprehension—or even is a real world—then you will surely find more valuable information inside the game.”

“Understood!”

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The Special Task Force had only one mission.

And that was to mobilize all possible resources to help Wang Yue play the game well!

Even Wang Yue himself felt it was surreal. A special agent playing games all day was odd enough, but now he even had state-level resources backing him up to help him establish himself inside the game.

……

Twisted Three Kingdoms special zone Forum.

Two hot topics emerged today.

The first, of course, was that the Ancient City of Shansang, just acquired two days ago, had already come under severe external threat. The Dragon-Lizard Army was now at the gates, potentially launching a large-scale siege at any moment.

The Calamity Legion and the local garrison were currently preparing intensively.

A stream of real-time information continued to be posted online.

Many Cloud Players expressed deep concern.

The second topic—officially, a new batch of game slots had been released. Unlike previous waves, this time some of the Internal Test Player slots had gone to overseas reservation users.

A few overseas Players appeared on the Forum to confirm this news.

A stone dropped into water, and waves surged in all directions.

“What’s going on?! What’s going on?!”

“Foreigners got selected and I still haven’t?!”

“Why are we giving out slots to foreigners? Our domestic players haven’t even all gotten in yet!”

“Everyone reserved on the official site. If it’s the same prize pool, there’s nothing strange about someone being selected!”

“Don’t tell me Twisted Three Kingdoms has gone international?”

“Duh, the Lord’s Video released by Little Bell (Xiao Lingdang) the other day already caught the attention of major overseas media. While most people questioned it, I bet many secretly signed up!”

“So, you’re saying our Twisted Three Kingdoms will become a global game?”

“Going global!”

“It’s time for our culture to break out of the bubble!”

“Let foreigners get a taste of the Three Kingdoms shock!”

“Let’s see who dares say Daxia can’t make good games again!”

“……”

At that moment—

Hang Yu sat inside the City Lord’s Mansion of the Ancient City of Shansang.

He was browsing the Forum-Spammers section, reading through player comments.

Among the four hundred and fifty newly issued Internal Test Player slots from Xiao Ba, about thirty had gone to overseas players. This move was to further expand the influence of Twisted Three Kingdoms, aiming to turn it into a globally popular sensation as soon as possible.

Although the game’s domestic popularity was already extremely high at this stage, because it limited the creation and dissemination of videos and images, its impact on overseas platforms remained limited.

But with the addition of overseas players—

It was believed that it wouldn’t take even half a month—

Before the game heat of Twisted Three Kingdoms would dominate globally.

As for whether overseas players would face language barriers after entering the game? That was not a concern at all, because even now on Blue Star, there already existed highly advanced, low-latency simultaneous translation technology.

The Abyss World itself had no language barriers.

This could be explained as the game having built-in real-time translation functionality.

Of course, to make it feel more realistic, Hang Yu could have the Heavenly Dao Cube produce some options for Players to decide for themselves whether to enable simultaneous translation. While there might still be some grammatical hiccups during communication, it would not affect basic interaction or progression through plot.

Just then—

A dull boom sounded.

Shansang City quaked slightly.

Had the Dragon-Lizard People finally made their move?

Hang Yu didn’t dare to be careless. He immediately exited the Forum-Spammers, then activated the Lord’s View, ensuring that he could keep track of the battlefield situation at any moment and personally intervene if needed.

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