Poverty makes me capable of anything.

The spread of foreigners within the empire was as rapid as the cancer that once threatened human survival; in just three years, they had spread throughout the entire empire.

The arrival of outsiders has made a certain contribution to the economic development of the empire, and the evaluation of outsiders should be viewed from two perspectives.

On the positive side, we must mention their contributions to combating theft and maintaining public order.

On the contrary, the outsiders were not united, and some of them devoted themselves to the cause of disrupting the peace of the empire, which had an extremely negative impact.

Foreigners are a group worthy of study.

But as time goes by, just as the moon waxes and wanes, strangers will eventually leave.

Only now do we realize that the stranger has left.

Unfortunately, we have not been able to conduct more in-depth research on strangers during these three years.

The other world remains shrouded in mystery before us.

Blah blah blah...

babbling on and on...

The research article concludes by reflecting on the past and looking to the future, expressing deep emotion at this wondrous encounter with another world, stirring up a strong sense of sentimentality.

however……

The second week after the article was published.

The "Stranger" is back.

They were like divers diving to the bottom of the water, and as soon as the crowd tagged everyone, they all popped their heads up.

Wow, there are so many people!

So everyone started chatting happily, and the atmosphere was even more lively than before.

Upon receiving the news, the report writer collapsed to the ground.

Holy crap!

you……

Damn it, why is it back again?

He felt his future was completely ruined. He had written an influential article that made him famous, but the final result proved that it was a completely wrong conclusion. The higher you are praised, the harder you will fall.

Even if the public doesn't criticize him, the Academy of Social Sciences, whose reputation has been damaged because of him, will not let him off the hook.

In the midst of the chaos, this guy suddenly turned evil!

The fault doesn't lie with him, it lies with all the strangers in the world!

The world is grateful; this time, they finally don't have to take the blame.

But the player was inexplicably blamed.

They noticed that the NPCs were looking at them strangely. A few days later, several different pseudonyms appeared in certain media outlets, all using the same narrative to condemn the players, saying that it was their arrival that had plunged the empire into trouble.

This is unacceptable. Don't you see that the empire has split apart and rioters have become rampant because of the arrival of foreigners? Even the safety of the capital has been affected.

We must start taking this seriously now and drive these outsiders out of Aixing!

They could even be expelled from the empire so that the empire would not fall into a state of illness due to the invasion of cancer cells.

"Such a thing is true?"

Anran, who had already left Baplo, received the news from Heloise.

"There must be someone pulling the strings behind the scenes," Heloise guessed.

She prefers a straightforward approach.

For example, if she develops feelings for An Ran, she will simply push open the door and let An Ran prepare for battle!

Emmm...

That's roughly the idea.

This could cause conflict between the empire's leadership and the players.

If it's like last time, they hype it up, then the hype dies down, and players go back to what they were doing, and it won't have any impact at all.

However, considering that this is a special time, with the Royal Council about to convene to decide who will succeed the emperor, there seems to be a lot of room for maneuver.

An Ran saw a breakthrough here.

If the vast majority of players are put on the opposite side of the Empire, when version 2.0 arrives, and she raises the banner of revenge to attack the Empire, wouldn't she be able to summon thousands of troops with a single shout?

This is an army of millions, or even more, of "undead"!

Who could withstand this?!

Even working professionals wouldn't be able to do it!

"Increase the intensity!"

Anran gave a four-word instruction.

Forums hire online trolls? We can do that too.

She now has the power to stir up emotions and pit the two sides against each other.

Even if one wants to take concrete action, that's not impossible.

Unfortunately, after getting caught up in more questions, in order to find out what was going on with the lost part of her memory, after asking Zeta, Anran and Ella had already embarked on a journey to the Republic of Noire.

This will probably be a relaxing trip for two.

However, Anran did not reveal her whereabouts, and the only one who knew the situation, Heloise, was still remotely controlling the situation from Dolphin Star.

Juliana has already been sent to Baplo to oversee things.

Besides Ella, if there's one other person who wouldn't betray Anran, it would probably be Heloise.

Maggie can be considered half right, but whether that's her true intention is hard to say.

After receiving the instructions, the task was quickly assigned.

Enron provided Heloise with several possible actions.

First, pay more!

Regardless of the motives of those pen names who are speaking out now, the bottom line is: more money!

A shovel of biscuits thrown in their faces stimulated their work enthusiasm.

Secondly, it encourages more like-minded people to step forward.

The term "shared ideals" means that everyone likes money, and the term "shared values" means that everyone is willing to speak up for the person who gave them the money, as long as they have the money.

A two-pronged approach.

The boycott of players quickly spread from local tabloids to Imperial Television.

In particular, several minor conflicts that broke out during this period caused this conflict, which was originally only debated online, to suddenly expand to offline.

Those star hunters, assassins, and adventurers who deeply feel that their rights have been violated by players...

They all disguised themselves as law-abiding citizens, sparking a massive parade that shocked the entire empire.

This wind blew and blew, even reaching the neighboring Covenant.

A heated debate unfolded on television.

"Should foreigners be allowed to stay within the Empire's borders?"

"Is the impact of outsiders on the empire positive or negative?"

"If strangers are allowed to stay, should their behavior be restricted?"

[Damn it, are these NPCs infected with a virus?]

[The flames of empire? Wow, this new version is terrifying!]

[Open world, okay, this game is definitely too open.]

The player was confused.

Many NPCs have become indifferent to them.

Can anyone tell me what's going on?

You game designers are toxic!

The game designers are also wronged.

Can anyone tell me why this stupid console is pushing the game off track?

But no one dared to take a hammer and question the main unit.

Before they do that, the mysterious board members will first treat them with a hammer.

In this cold world, only the trans-dimensional Nai... only here has a little bit of warmth!

"The number of outsiders joining the Transcendental Dimension has increased recently, reaching 170,000. Should we consider building a second branch city?"

Listening to Heloise's report, Anran stared at her hands for a long time.

"These hands..." she remarked, "they're quite white."

Even with skin smoothing and filters, you might not be this fair-skinned.

To say I'm the mastermind behind this is utter slander!

Forget it, Lady Anran won't stoop to your level.

Let's go, we're going to Lush God Star!

Chapter 01 Incident in Front of Parliament Square

While the hype is rising.

There's a third method they haven't used yet, which involves time travel.

The "elite team" of players from the transdimensional world have quietly arrived on Planet Ai in their spaceship.