Player Reload

Chapter 777: Chapter 658: Bald Head (4K)

"I can’t connect to the gaming pod..."

"Me neither..."

In the high-rise buildings of the city, a young couple emerged from two single-person gaming pods, looking at each other in confusion. They instinctively picked up their personal information terminal (AR glasses, which track eye movements and input commands through brainwaves) placed on the small table.

The network interface remained stuck on the homepage of Skytop Company. The live broadcast space still showed only the suited commentators —

These commentators had been awkwardly chatting for over half an hour. They talked about game strategies, team honors, and the history of the tournament. The commercials had been repeated several times.

They eventually ran out of topics and, losing their minds, began chatting idly about whether sharing a multi-use guillotine might cause cross-infection.

Until the commentator sitting in the middle suddenly shook himself awake, reached to adjust his Bluetooth earpiece, and listened to instructions from the director group.

His pupils involuntarily enlarged, and his expression became exceptionally conflicted and strained. The commentator gritted his teeth but managed to squeeze out a smile and passionately said, "Dear viewers and players,

now our Home Game S20 Season Super Grand Tournament Finals have concluded. Congratulations to the team led by Wanli Sealed Blade, ’Difficult Bronze Aspires for First Silver Hurricane’, for winning the S20 Season Championship!"

After a brief delay, a flurry of comments flooded the screen.

"WTF?"

"Upon learning that Wanli Sealed Blade won the championship, the entire esports community went crazy. Everyone is asking, who is Wanli Sealed Blade?"

"Scandal! Fake match! RNM refund!"

No wonder the comments were furious. You must know that the live broadcast of the finals went black halfway through, supposedly due to network issues requiring repairs. The audience had no idea what happened afterward.

Now, suddenly informing everyone that the match was over and the championship was awarded to an obscure, baffling team?

Not to mention whether the fanatic fans of various teams would accept it,

even those betting on platforms like polymarket would tear into Skytop Company.

In the living room, the couple looked at each other. They were not exactly fanatics (they supported another all-Chinese team, but because the RLG Team had too much traffic, fans of all-Chinese teams aside from RLG were deprived of nationality),

thus they were merely puzzled by the outcome.

Ooh—

A muffled sound came from outside. The couple put on slippers and ran to the balcony (equipped with a retractable transparent plastic film to avoid extreme weather like acid rain and sandstorms), then looked outside through the film.

In the high sky, a large airliner was nearly in a stall, plummeting. It was getting closer and closer to the skyscraper cluster,

but then the airplane engine suddenly resumed normal speed, urgently ascending to avoid crashing.

The airliner was not an isolated case. On the streets, the autonomous vehicles that had stalled, with doors locked, trapping passengers inside, suddenly regained order, and the traffic congestion instantly cleared.

Even the air conditioner inside the room emitted a faint humming sound —

The couple only then realized that the house’s ventilation system had inexplicably shut down at some point, opening only now. No wonder they felt slightly dizzy.

The same situation was occurring worldwide.

On the 127th floor of Skytop Company headquarters, at the command center temporarily set up by the cybersecurity department, the bald supervisor stared blankly at the large screen covered in densely packed red dots representing global network disruption, which were rapidly fading.

Has the disaster calmed...?

Crack-crack-crack!

In the corner of the room, the server suddenly emitted a shrill noise. Everyone turned their gaze toward it, only to see a human hand reaching out from the narrow gap of the server, followed by an arm and a thigh.

"Ah, finally out."

Li Cheng crawled out from the server, his feet stained with dirt, stepping onto the spotless epoxy terrazzo floor.

"Put your hands up!"

"Squat down where you are!"

"Hands on your head! Stand against the wall!"

The web monitoring agents, highly nervous, instinctively raised the firearms in their hands — that server didn’t look like it could fit a whole person.

Facing the gun barrels, Li Cheng calmly retorted, "Three commands: I should raise my hands, put my hands on my head and stand at the wall, or squat — can you guys make up your mind first?

No wonder conflicts often inexplicably exploded in videos of United States police enforcement."

"It’s a pleasure to meet you..."

The bald supervisor took a deep breath. Even though the previous intelligence indicated that these otherworld visitors with true extraordinary power had temporarily allied with them,

there was no binding force between them.

If the other side decided to break the agreement, the United Government would face unimaginable disastrous consequences.

With this in mind, the bald supervisor continued his flattering words without showing any emotion, while his left palm reached under the table, lightly gripping the remote control button —

The cybersecurity department had already planted high explosives throughout the Skytop Company building as a last resort to perish with the AI.

"What is your little brother’s hand doing?"

Li Cheng casually said, "In about twenty seconds, your Bluetooth earpiece will receive a call from a high-ranking member of the United Government. He will thank you for your contributions and then instruct you to grant me command of the scene.

To prove the call is not an AI fabrication, he’ll reveal a secret command known only to you and your direct superior."

The atmosphere on the scene froze momentarily. A few seconds later, a faint vibration came through the bald supervisor’s Bluetooth earpiece.

He silently pressed the answer button with his right hand, "Uh... okay... yes."

After the call, the bald supervisor seemed to be relieved of all strength, took a deep breath, and said to Li Cheng, "What do you need us to do?"

"First, let Card Emperor, Carlos, and Zak out of the special prison inside the Home Game."