Monsters Are Coming

"It stands to reason that virtual transactions in games are quite normal. The Federation spends a vast amount annually on virtual goods and also receives a large amount of foreign exchange revenue from other races. This belongs to normal virtual transactions."

"But the problem is that the current games have built-in virtual transaction channels, allowing cash to be directly exchanged for game currency within the game. Why are there these unrecorded virtual transactions? After reading the report sent by the chairman yesterday, I feel this matter might be related to the cracked version of Dark Land. It’s likely that the cracked version did not embed an automatic currency exchange transaction system, thus requiring operation through transfer methods after exiting the game."

"My report is complete." After speaking, the representative from Yelan City pressed the switch, and the green light on the table immediately went off.

"The situation you reported has been recorded on my side. Since this meeting is held offline, it’s not possible to use the Intelligent Brain for detailed calculations. I will follow up on the investigation later. Do any other city representatives have any findings?"

Bai Chen’s gaze scanned around the conference hall, finally focusing on the Skywind City seat where the green light suddenly lit up.

Sitting in the seat was a fair-skinned middle-aged man, with delicate features, a straight nose, and well-maintained skin. He wore a pair of frameless smart glasses on his face and a well-fitted white shirt paired with dark trousers.

"Speaking of transaction anomalies, recently there have been several similar transaction records in Skywind City, which I manage. However, trade freedom was a rule established at the inception of the Earth Alliance, so I did not follow up on an investigation at the time. After all, property belongs to citizens, and they have the right to free consumption. But there are indeed inexplicable phenomena in the transactions, confirming they belong to virtual asset transactions without going through the built-in game transaction system."

"Aside from expenditures to Fish Harbor City, most of them are virtual transactions within the Federation... As everyone here knows, there was once an isolated area in Skywind City, also known online as the slum. The residents there were descendants of those isolated after being attacked by poisoned weapons. Every year, we dispatch medical teams for checks and assistance. The isolated area has now been eliminated, and we’ve equipped the residents there with free virtual game pods."

"Some transactions flowed out from the eliminated isolated area, and one player named Li Zheng accumulated close to 3.8 million in non-system transaction profits from other players, likely obtained from the virtual game. I believe this player might be a user of the cracked version of Dark Land, profiting handsomely from it. I have also monitored this player’s online activities, including group chat records and other content."

"What can be confirmed is that the player named Li Zheng was previously realizing real-world profits through the trade or conversion of game resources, known online as a virtual gold miner or virtual miner... His previous transactions all went through the built-in transaction system, except for the recent high-profits, which were done through real-world transfers without clear remarks. I infer he switched to a different game, most likely the cracked version of Dark Land. However, due to restrictions on the Intelligent Brain, I cannot follow up on any information regarding the links, and there’s no relevant content related to the cracked version links in the group chats."

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