Chapter 66 : Isaac
Chapter 66: Isaac
“The floating user who went to the top post spoke a bit harshly, but said the right thing. Acknowledgment? Acknowledge it, won’t you?”
-ㅇㅈㅇㅈ Total ㅇㅈ
-Right words ㅇㅇ Getting hit words ㅇㅇ
-Aoh floating user execution
-You’re the one putting him down~ [This message has been deleted]
“Cut!”
Bekt, who started community exploration content and then declared “Sseup, I’m going to make a sincere statement about the current situation,” criticized those claiming the Hackphysical update theory.
In the process, he even mercilessly banned viewers expressing opposing views, but even that didn’t seem to be a particular problem.
Because he was already a problem child of the personal broadcasting world with over ten controversy and incident entries listed on Ant Wiki—yet still had near-major corporation level viewer numbers.
‘HackHaterClub’ donated ‘1000 won’!
[ㄹㅇㅋㅋ Hackphysical or Hackerphysical, they really praise him too much ㅋㅋ]
“Hey, are you trying to send me to hell again? When did I call Hackphysical Hackerphysical? You get out with those guys too!”
-Paid ban request ㄷㄷ
-Other broadcaster mockery is prohibited~ (while pillorying)
-Controversy and incident list adding one line ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Didn’t the operator say he’s not a hacker
“Don’t muddy the waters, you bastards! I never said Hackphysical is a hacker! I just said the Hackphysical update theory is too much excessive praising!”
Bekt’s viewers giggled watching him throw a fit.
To them, matters like Baek Woohyun being framed as a hacker or the validity of the Hackphysical update theory were things that didn’t really matter.
Anyway, they came to laugh watching the reactive clown broadcaster called Bekt.
Of course, some viewers were sincerely mocking Hackphysical while saying the update theory was bullshit, but that’s the same everywhere, isn’t it?
“They say fans create haters, right? This is exactly that case. Who doesn’t know Hackphysical is amazing. You can tell just from one video. Makes you wonder if that’s human.”
-Bektspeculation) Hackphysical is not human
-Huk! If not human, does that mean he’s a machine?
-This will have some controversy
-Ahem, it means his physicality doesn’t seem human~ Don’t misunderstand~
“···Aoh, you bad bastards. You won’t let me say a word. Looking at how you force hate like this, honestly half my controversy list was made by you guys!”
-?
-Bullshit ㄴ
-Hmm…
-Flexible blaming others
“What can I say to you guys, eu-hyu.” Bekt, who let out a deep sigh, continued speaking.
“Anyway, Hackphysical is amazing. Amazing, but does it make sense that he’s even involved in updates? He’s just a user, not a developer!”
-ㄹㅇ This is correct
-Update does cross the line a bit
-I can control updates. I can dominate updates!
-What nerf buff, but update ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
The Hackphysical update theory is just excessive praising by those wanting to make Hackphysical stand out—that was Bekt’s argument.
There wasn’t particularly special evidence backing the argument, but the other side was the same anyway.
Usually in such cases, the side with the louder voice wins, and in Bekt’s broadcast, the side with the loudest voice was Bekt himself, so public opinion leaning was inevitable.
‘ServerExpansionPlease’ donated ‘1000 won’!
[Then why did the update start right after Hackphysical obtained a pet?]
“Who knows?”
-Who knows ㅇㅈㄹㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Answer quality really ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Like he’d know
-Rude young man
“Just kidding. Well, somehow it just aligned well. If you really want to insist on the Hackphysical update theory, get an official statement from Planet Earth. You can do it like during the hack clarification, can’t you?”
Of course, the hack clarification and this update were completely different cases, but Bekt didn’t care at all.
Well, if he had cared about every such small detail, he wouldn’t have over ten controversy and incident entries.
However, surprisingly, he wasn’t the only one thinking this way. Quite many people were curious about Planet Earth’s opinion on this update.
Simply beyond whether this update happened because of Hackphysical or not, they wanted to know the reason for suddenly entering emergency maintenance with server shutdown.
Currently, Planet Earth has given no opinion other than the notice that they would update the pet system.
The pet system was content that could have been updated on the regular update date as usual.
→Yet they specifically shut down the server to update it?
→Planet Earth must surely have a valid reason!
This flow of thought also somewhat created curiosity.
“······.”
“”······.””
However, people couldn’t have imagined.
That even Planet Earth’s elite developers were flustered by this emergency update situation.
They gathered immediately when the update started and moved busily to identify the cause······ and were in a state of finding out astonishingly nothing.
That was why the conference room where developers gathered was sunk in silence.
“Team Leader, you know this too.”
“······.”
“The only person who can pull something like this now is ‘Isaac’.”
The moment the name ‘Isaac’ was mentioned from a developer’s mouth, the atmosphere inside the conference room became roughly twice as heavy.
It showed that ‘Isaac’ was a person wielding tremendous influence over them.
“Huuu-“
The woman called the Development Team Leader let out a deep sigh.
Because she thought the same.
As the developer said, the only person who could arbitrarily take down the server and update like now was ‘Isaac’.
‘Isaac’, a genius developer who could be said to have created Reverse Planet single-handedly and the former Development Team Leader, had all related authority.
If it wasn’t something done here, by process of elimination, the one who caused this had to be him.
‘With that bastard’s personality, it’s practically one hundred percent.’
The Development Team Leader was even more certain because she had personal connections with ‘Isaac’.
Someone once said ‘genius’ and ‘eccentric’ were just two sides of one sheet of paper.
True to those words, ‘Isaac’ was certainly a ‘genius’ no one could approach, but simultaneously an utterly eccentric ‘eccentric’ as well.
Believable enough that he’d arbitrarily take down a live service server and update it.
‘Damn bastard. If you have time to pull this shit, come back!’
The Development Team Leader, who mentally poured out curses at ‘Isaac’ in a missing state—though everyone just speculated he disappeared on his own whim—opened her mouth.
“···What about ‘Deus’?”
“Still no response whatsoever.”
The Development Team Leader clicked her tongue hearing the update on ‘Deus’, the AI ‘Isaac’ created to help with his game development.
‘Deus’, which stopped responding simultaneously with ‘Isaac’s’ sudden disappearance, remained silent despite developers’ best efforts to wake it.
If ‘Deus’, which had the same authority as ‘Isaac’, was fine, a situation like this wouldn’t have occurred. At minimum, it would have bought time and notified the development team.
Though they didn’t know why it was silent, it was just unfortunate for the developers.
“Even I think ‘Isaac’ is behind this incident. He’s the only one who can and would do something like this alone.”
“”······.””
“I heard there was data uploaded in advance for future updates before? Probably when that activated, it immediately took down the server and updated.”
If Korean Reverse Planet community users heard the Development Team Leader’s story, they would be shocked.
This was practically the same as saying they proceeded with server shutdown updates because Baek Woohyun obtained a pet.
Meaning the Hackphysical update theory received official certification as Development Team Leader speculation, the highest-ranking developer.
“Look for whether there’s other data that might cause the same situation again if activated.”
“···Can we even find it?”
One of the developers asked in a half-dead voice.
It was a voice lacking confidence unbefitting a developer who joined the outstanding company Planet Earth.
It seemed not just his opinion alone, as most developers in the conference room squeezed their eyes shut and turned their heads.
Meaning they also didn’t think they could find the data ‘Isaac’ uploaded for updates.
Because genius developer Isaac’s abilities were that outstanding. Enough to feel like an overwhelming wall to all developers here.
“We have to find it. Somehow.”
The Development Team Leader answered firmly since it was work that absolutely had to be done regardless of ability.
Naturally, the developers’ faces turned black. To them, her declaration sounded like mandatory overtime for the time being.
More terrifying was not knowing how many days the overtime would continue, and the possibility of obtaining no results even after working like that.
‘Damn it.’
‘Cursed eccentric bastard who’s only good at his abilities. Huuu-‘
‘Need to smoke a cigarette.’
“And this update content is the pet system, right? Through what route was this activated?”
“According to investigation, in Korea, a person called Hackphysical obtained a pet, then the update immediately started. We speculate the pet system activated when the first user to obtain a pet appeared.”
The developer displayed video on a hologram monitor of the world message appearing to announce the update immediately after Baek Woohyun obtained a pet.
The Development Team Leader, who watched Baek Woohyun in the video with narrowed eyes, opened her mouth.
“The Hackphysical from Korea is that user who revealed the Fully Responsive AI even we didn’t know about.”
“Correct.”
“On top of that, he was the first to obtain a pet too. What the hell did that damn bastard ‘Isaac’ shove into no-assistance gameplay and how much.”
Information about Hackphysical, Baek Woohyun, had already reached Planet Earth’s development team too.
Thanks to foreign developers causing an uproar after it was revealed through him that Fully Responsive AI was in Reverse Planet.
Since it involved Fully Responsive AI, an unprecedented game changer, they couldn’t help but know even if they wanted not to.
However, interest in Baek Woohyun himself wasn’t very large, just roughly knowing about him.
Because even Planet Earth developers didn’t know Fully Responsive AI was in their own game Reverse Planet.
They were quite busy finding out when it went in and what conditions allowed its use, so their hands couldn’t reach Baek Woohyun.
“Put Hackphysical on special management list. He’s currently publicly broadcasting gameplay, right?”
“That’s correct.”
“Then definitely watch every broadcast. So we can take immediate action if anything happens.”
Of course, that was the story until now.
With Fully Responsive AI followed by first pet system activation both related to Baek Woohyun, developers could no longer think of him as just a user.
He would continue playing Reverse Planet from now on, meaning there might be more cases like the pet system.
“Let’s end the meeting here for now. I’ll keep trying to contact ‘Isaac’, so everyone go work!”
When the Development Team Leader dismissed the meeting, developers scattered in groups of two or three with gloomy expressions.
The Development Team Leader also soon rose from her seat, watching the developers’ backs as if heavy stones rested on their shoulders.
To send an email telling ‘Isaac’, who disappeared ignoring all contact, to return quickly.