It must be miHoYo's doing.

By the time Tianming produced the twentieth technical list, the heavy rain outside had stopped. The setting sun shone through the window, tinting the "National Strategic Partner" authorization letter before them golden.

"One last question, young man." The old man suddenly pressed the back of his hand, the rough calluses on his palm rubbing against Tianming's skin. "Why did you choose Longguo?"

From the distant training grounds emanated the shouts of soldiers engaged in evening drills, the clatter of their orderly footsteps shaking the earth. Tianming's eyes reflected the red flag rising outside the window, fluttering like a blazing flame.

"Because..." he whispered, "I like this country..."

When Tian Ming came out of that conference room, the future development process of this world also underwent a huge change.

The Dragon Kingdom has once again left the world far behind in various fields such as military, medical care, and technology.

Jiu Ming Lu Si Qi 2 Of course, this is all a story for the future.

At this moment, Tianming returned to the Chen Ge Hu space and began to repair the system using the system fragments exchanged from the Dragon Kingdom.

"System repair progress is 87%, and the rule coverage has been expanded to..." The mechanical sound suddenly froze, and the three large words "Worn Version" flashed red on the light screen.

"Is the system not fully repaired yet?"

Tianming complained for a while and then looked at the new features.

This upgrade further reduced the cost of portals to other worlds. At the same time, the system also gained higher-level rules. This meant that the previous situation where players were sucked into another dimension and unable to open it in the outside world would no longer exist.

Similarly, Tianming can also use the system rules to do other things.

Looking at the sunset outside the window, Tianming smiled slightly.

It was not until today that the miHoYo Group truly gained a foothold on Blue Star.

What will the future be like?

PS: 7 chapters left

Volume 2 must be done by miHoYo! 乆! : 001 Sa-chan is blocked and begins a retaliatory investigation

"Hey! Have you guys seen the latest PV for Honkai Impact 3rd? It's truly stunning. This is like a next-generation 2D game."

"I'm not really interested in this. Compared to the game, Kiana and the others' channels and livestreams are more interesting. Just after the miHoYo trial last week, Kiana suddenly started updating and livestreaming more frequently, and even created a new column called - Valkyrie's Table. Although it's just watching those characters cook and eat, it's particularly heartwarming to watch an episode after a tiring day."

"Indeed, I rarely watch anime anymore. I wait every day for the videos released by those virtual anchors under miHoYo. Not only is the picture quality more exquisite than the best animation, but the content is also interesting."

"Yeah, there seems to be some activity on Genshin Impact recently, seemingly preparing to launch a beta test. I heard it's a game that's headed for the world! Second-tier games are already quite underrepresented in the current gaming market, and miHoYo actually dares to make a second-tier game that's headed for the world. I'm waiting to see."

Lin Xiaosa was currently in a 2D maid cafe, and all she could hear was discussions about miHoYo.

As for why she, an up-loader, doesn't make videos or live streams at home but instead sits around in a maid cafe, it's because...

"By the way, did you guys visit Sa-chan's homepage today?"

"Which Sa-chan?"

"It's Sa-chan from Bilibili. I checked her profile today and found out she's been blocked for three whole days. This is really weird. Sa-chan is the top girl in the 2D area of ​​Bilibili. They're not afraid of anything happening when they suddenly do this."

"Blocked? No way. Last night when I watched her live stream, she was still saying bad things about miHoYo. Do you think it was miHoYo who did this? Haha~~"

“It’s possible~~Hahaha~~”

"Bang!!"

The porcelain cup collided with the table, and a loud noise echoed throughout the maid cafe.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and found a girl wearing a mask sitting in the corner.

"What happened to that girl? She suddenly smashed the cup..."

"I don't know, maybe he's heartbroken."

Everyone watched for a while and then ignored it. The maid and waitress hurried over to clean up Sa-chan's broken cup.

"Sir, please don't..."

"Don't disturb me, I will pay double compensation!" Lin Xiaosa replied in a muffled voice.

"Okay...okay..." The maid waitress didn't say much and could only leave in disappointment.

Lin Xiaosa was biting her lips at this moment, and tears were almost coming out.

Anyone who gets blocked for no reason and receives no compensation would be upset. She approached someone she knew at Bilibili, but the only response she got was, "It's best not to make any radical comments lately. The three-day block is just a warning. If you do it again, there's nothing I can do." That's what the higher-ups said.

"What the higher-ups mean..."

Lin Xiaosa's eyes were red, and the more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt.

"Will the higher-ups care about a small blogger like me? Besides, I haven't done anything wrong. I haven't made any radical remarks or anything!"

Lin Xiaosa was complaining madly in his heart, as if this was the only way to vent his dissatisfaction.

"Unless it's really miHoYo bribing the top management, otherwise..."

When Lin Xiaosa complained to this point, he was stunned.

"Wait, miHoYo, could it be..."

Lin Xiaosa quickly took out his cell phone and started searching.

She remembered reading a piece of news this morning - platforms such as Yinfu, Jubao, and Bilibili were suspected of having large-scale investments and their senior management were replaced.

After a little thought, Lin Xiaosa suddenly felt a little terrified.

These platforms were all owned by the largest internet companies in China. How much capital would it take to acquire a stake in them? Could the miHoYo she remembered as a company that only made games really do this?

"No, there's definitely something wrong here! I must know the truth!"

Lin Xiaosa suddenly perked up, quickly went to the front desk to pay the money, and then hurried back home in a hurry.

…………

In Lin Xiaosa's apartment, the blue glow of her computer screen cast a shadow on her weary face. She stared at the glaring "ban notice" on her social media account, her fingers tapping mindlessly on the desk. Neon lights flickered outside the window, and in the distance, the lights of the miHoYo headquarters shone like eternal stars.

"I can't figure it out on my own..." she muttered to herself, grabbing her phone and quickly scrolling through the address book. Her fingertips paused on a name - Gu Jingyan.

Memories of the demo day surfaced. The photographer, wearing black-framed glasses and calling himself "Mirror Hunter," had slipped her a business card amid the chaos. "You probably feel like your memory has been erased, too. Want to join me in exploring the secrets of miHoYo..." he said mysteriously.

Lin Xiaosa's finger hovered over the dial button and she bit her lip. Three days ago, she thought this guy was in the late stage of Chuunibyou, but now she was actively contacting him.

The call went through faster than she expected.

"Hey, isn't this our Master Sa-chan?" Gu Jingyan's voice was tinged with joking. "I heard that you were banned from Bilibili?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Lin Xiaosa lowered his voice. "Last time you said you were going to investigate miHoYo... do you still mean it now?"

"Hmm?" The tone on the other end of the phone suddenly became serious. "What happened?"

"I suspect miHoYo has invested in Bilibili. I need to know which company is behind this." Lin Xiaosa stared at the miHoYo building outside the window. "Can you...find out?"

A keyboard tapped from the other end of the line. "What a coincidence! I'm looking into this. Want to join?"

"I need the truth."

"Then let me check it out. Let's meet at the most famous maid cafe in Shanghai later." Gu Jingyan said briefly and hung up the phone.

At the same time, in Gu Jingyan's apartment——

Gu Jingyan put down his phone and pushed up his glasses. His room looked like something out of a hacker movie—three curved monitors flashing dense code, posters of miHoYo characters plastered on the walls, and all sorts of photography equipment piled in the corner.

"Tsk~~ Sa-chan is looking for me? This is really a rare guest~"

As soon as he finished speaking, a petite figure suddenly emerged from behind him.

"What?! Stupid brother, do you have Sa-chan's contact information?! Let me see!" Gu Xiaoqing pounced on him like an agile cat and snatched his phone away.

"Hey! Give me back my phone!" Gu Jingyan reached out to grab it, but found nothing.

Gu Xiaoqing, his 10-year-old cousin, had become a completely different person since the demo. Her original plan to be picked up by her uncle had been thwarted when his uncle and his wife suddenly decided to travel the world, and now this troublemaker had become his "roommate."

The most terrifying thing is that this girl is actually a famous genius hacker on the dark web.

"Wow~" Gu Xiaoqing stared at the phone screen, her eyes sparkling. "MiHoYo's biggest hater is actually investigating MiHoYo's investment in an internet company? Interesting~"

She nimbly dodged Gu Jingyan's attempt to grab her, did a backflip and landed on the gaming chair, then spun around.

"Although I'm a Mi guard..." Gu Xiaoqing quickly opened her laptop, "but to be honest, I'm also very curious~"

Volume 2 must be miHoYo's doing! 乆! :002 Hacking into miHoYo? Fair warning!

Lin Xiaosa's fingers flew on the keyboard, and more than a dozen windows popped up on the screen in an instant.

Gu Jingyan sighed and leaned over to look: "Don't you like Kiana the most? Just now you said you would never help me even if you die, why are you suddenly..."

"I like it, but the truth is more important." Gu Xiaoqing said without looking up. "And..." Her expression suddenly became serious. "I have a feeling something happened on the day of the demo, but I just can't remember it..."

Gu Jingyan narrowed his eyes. He felt the same way—those blurred fragments of memory, those disconnected images, like a deliberately painted canvas.

"Let's start with the business registration." Gu Xiaoqing opened an encrypted website. "Let me check... the recent equity changes at Yinfu, Jubo, and Bilibili..."

The data stream on the screen scrolled rapidly, and Gu Xiaoqing's brows became more and more furrowed.

"Strange..." she muttered to herself, "The shares of these companies have been transferred to a shell company called 'Anti-Entropy Investment'..."

Gu Jingyan leaned closer to the screen: "Anti-entropy investment? I've never heard of it."

"What's even stranger is..." Gu Xiaoqing pulled up another set of data. "This company's registered capital is only 100,000 yuan, yet it managed to acquire three internet giants for a total of over 100 billion yuan!"

Gu Jingyan's glasses reflected the cold light of the screen: "This is impossible... unless..."

"Unless someone is deliberately concealing the flow of funds," Gu Xiaoqing continued, her fingers tapping the keyboard even faster. "I'm going to hack into the central bank's system and see..."

"Wait!" Gu Jingyan quickly held her hand, "That's illegal!"

Gu Xiaoqing curled her lips: "Coward~ Then how do you say we should check?"

Gu Jingyan thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "We can start with miHoYo's financial transactions."

He opened another program and began searching for miHoYo's recent bank records. The moment the data popped up, they both gasped.

"Is this...the military's encrypted account?" Gu Xiaoqing widened her eyes.

The transfer record displayed on the screen was marked as "National Strategic Project Funds", and the recipient was clearly "Against Entropy Investment".

"I knew it..." Gu Jingyan's voice trembled a little, "There's a lot behind miHoYo..."

At this moment, Gu Xiaoqing's computer suddenly issued a shrill alarm.

"Someone's tracking us!" she exclaimed, her fingers rapidly tapping on the keyboard. "Their skills...are amazing!"

The windows on the screen turned red and closed one by one, until only a dark window remained with a line of white text popping up on it:

[Fair reminder - curiosity kills the cat, kids^_^]

Gu Jingyan suddenly unplugged the network cable.

The two looked at each other, and the only sound in the room was the sound of rapid breathing.

"What is this fair? We... have been discovered?" Gu Xiaoqing asked in a low voice.

Gu Jingyan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Looks like we've stirred up a hornet's nest..."

Gu Xiaoqing's eyes suddenly lit up: "Wait! I have another idea!" She took out her phone, "Let's go find Sa-chan! She must have found something too!"

At the same time, Lin Xiaosa was standing at the door of the agreed-upon coffee shop. She had just received a location sharing request from Gu Jingyan on her phone. She looked up at the dark cloud-covered sky and felt that a storm was coming.

On the rain-soaked street, two figures, one large and one small, huddled under a black umbrella and hurried toward the street. Gu Jingyan held the umbrella with one hand, protecting Gu Xiaoqing with the other. The rain soaked his trouser legs and sneakers. As they trousered through puddles and ran into the "Cute Cat Cafe," a damp, cold wind blew.

"This way!" Lin Xiaosa stood up from the corner and waved. The three cups of coffee in front of her had already gone cold, and the condensation on the cups had left a circle of water marks on the table.

Gu Jingyan put away his dripping umbrella, and Gu Xiaoqing had already scurried over to the seat across from Lin Xiaosa like a nimble kitten, pulling her laptop from her backpack. Her wet bangs plastered her forehead, but her eyes were surprisingly bright.

"We found out!" Gu Xiaoqing couldn't wait to open the computer. "The company that invested in those companies is a shell company called 'Anti-Entropy Investment'!"

Lin Xiaosa sat up straight abruptly: "Anti-entropy investment?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Gu Jingyan asked with a frown, wiping the mist off his glasses.

Lin Xiaosa's face turned pale. She grabbed the computer and quickly scrolled through the information on the screen: "Anti-Entropy... Isn't this that organization?!"

Gu Jingyan and Gu Xiaoqing looked at each other in surprise: "Sa-chan, do you know this organization?"

"Didn't you two also participate in the trial?" Lin Xiaosa looked up in disbelief. "How come you don't even know about Anti-Entropy?"

Gu Jingyan turned his head awkwardly. "I... couldn't get through a level in Chapter 3, so I switched to free mode and wandered around the bridge..."

Gu Xiaoqing stuck out her tongue, twirling her hair with her fingers. "To finish Umbrella 4: Dark Seven 2: Hiss (Eight) as quickly as possible, I skipped all the scenes I wasn't interested in..."

"So!" Lin Xiaosa slammed her hands on the table, drawing glances from the guests at the neighboring tables. She lowered her voice and gritted her teeth, "Skipping through the game's plot is bad etiquette!" She glared at the two of them, angrily saying, "I'm now recognized online as miHoYo's number one anti-fan. Even I'm playing so seriously, shouldn't you MiHoYo guards reflect on this?"