secret chat room

(The protagonist of this book is in the third person. The wedge contains a diary, so it is in the first person.)

Time: June 22, 2019

Weather: cloudy

Something strange happened to me today.

At first I thought it was just a bad joke or a scam.

But the text message on the phone clearly stated that my personal account received 2 million alliance coins.

In order to prevent it from being a scam, I went to the bank myself to verify the authenticity, and it turned out to be true.

I should be happy to have received such a large sum of money out of thin air. To be precise, according to my usual experience, I should express my happiness.

Because this means that my personal studio can be saved, but the weirdness of this matter makes me feel something is wrong.

There was suddenly such a huge and unknown fund flow in my bank card. I wouldn't be surprised if the bank called the police immediately.

However, the bank has no doubts at all, as if I already have so much money in my card. This is contrary to common sense. Is the anti-money laundering system of Alliance Bank not just a setup?

Is there an error in the banking system? Or is someone borrowing my account to launder money?

Or should I say...

Is that chat room that mysteriously appeared on my computer desktop, and the joke-like reward description in the game applet included in it real?

I suddenly had an unreal feeling. Who was playing such a big joke on me?

Is it Tricky Games or The Truman Show?

Do you need to spend 2 million real money to prepare the ground?

This aroused my interest for the first time in a long time. Is this what they call curiosity?

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Time: June 23, 2019

Weather: light rain

I went to the studio for a tour, then went home to play video games...

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Time: June 24, 2019

Weather: cloudy

I went to the studio for a tour, and Xiao Zhang asked cryptically about the studio's funding. I also understood that it was not just Xiao Zhang, but the other members of the studio who glanced at me from time to time clearly told me that they were also paying attention.

This is an issue that is closely related to them.

I immediately and readily announced that our studio has received private capital injections and has sufficient funds. I also announced that as long as everyone successfully completes the current tasks before the end of the month and allows the game to be released as expected, the company will pay bonuses.

We will also organize a team-building tour, and the company will cover all expenses!

Encouraged by the carrots of real money, the morale of the employees has obviously improved a lot, and there is joy in their eyes.

In fact, in a sense, no matter where the mysterious huge amount of funds came from, it can be said that it saved my urgent need.

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Time: June 25, 2019

Weather: light rain

Fun, fun! Incredibly fun!

I originally thought my situation was bizarre enough. But there was something even more unexpected in that mysterious game chat room!

The group member whose ID is Clay Sculpture said that his/her legs, which were originally paralyzed and could not move, were completely healed overnight.

It’s a medical miracle!

The most important thing is that the people around the clay sculpture are not surprised at all by his/her magical self-healing, as if the clay sculpture just sprained his foot before and now it has just recovered.

The other five members in the group were dubious. After all, only Clay Sculpture and I won the final prize in the first week of that mini-game.

If the members of this group called Clay Sculpture are not lying, considering the fact that there are 2 million funds from unknown sources in my bank card, the bank has been abnormally unresponsive.

Based on my little knowledge, I made a bold inference that is almost impossible to imagine!

That is, this chat room can not only change reality, but what is even more terrifying is that it can distort people's cognition in reality!

Having always been an atheist, I felt that my outlook on life had been greatly impacted!

Who is the manipulator behind this mysterious game? Nothing is known.

However, even though this bizarre unknown and the weird feeling of being out of control made me very uncomfortable, I still couldn't help but become extremely interested in this chat group. This is really an interesting game.

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Time: June 26, 2019

Weather: cloudy

I went to the studio to patrol twice, then returned to the office and closed the door to play games...

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Time: June 27, 2019

Weather: Sunny

The weather has finally cleared up in the past two days.

My originally terrible work life was back on track, I also started to resume my morning jogging habit, and everything was moving in a good direction.

In addition to me and the clay sculpture, among the other five people in the group, Huang Mao and Xing Mang also received rewards. They were also amazed at the incredibleness of this game. Huang Mao even declared that the seven of us were the chosen ones.

This man is a middle-aged boy and has not run away.

The two group members with the IDs of Hammer and Ben Lian still scoffed, thinking that we were making a fool of ourselves. The group member with the ID of Dahlia began to look forward to it.

This gave me a familiar feeling, very similar to when I was designing a card game in a pig farm. Individual players were allowed to draw SSR cards and then displayed on the public screen to stimulate other African players to earn money.

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Time: June 30, 2019

Weather: Sunny to cloudy

The development of the game designed and developed by the team in my studio is gradually getting on track.

But at this time, I don’t know why, but the enthusiasm I had at the beginning gradually faded away without realizing it.

I rarely go back to the office anymore. Even when I do, I am mostly studying this mysterious anonymous chat room.

After all, what game can be as fun as this game chat group that has the power of a creator?

To transfer this chat room to the office computer, you only need to copy and paste the icon that looks like Penguin chat software into a USB flash drive, take it to another computer and pull it out directly.

It can even be sent to a mobile phone as a file, and can be opened normally and used as software. It is simply an unreasonable black technology, but compared to other unreasonable things revealed in this chat room, this small problem seems insignificant.

Another anomaly today is that the group member with the ID name Lunchbox left the group chat today.

I guess he may think that we are all scammers, and we are just trying to make up a story to defraud him of his money.

He has said similar things in the group more than once.

However, if I am not the first person among the group members to see the extraordinary features of this mysterious chat group, according to my personality, I will see others say that just by clearing the game, I can suddenly gain an unexpected windfall of 2 million, or be paralyzed.

If a patient miraculously recovers or something like that, then I definitely think that the person who said this either has a mental problem or wants to rub my IQ and defraud me of my money.

Of course, it's also possible that he works in the UC shock department.

It's a pity that the group member named Lunchbox is really unlucky. If he had cleared the game even once, he wouldn't think so.

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Time: July 4, 2019

Weather: light rain

Today, Xing Mang, who has always been the most taciturn in the group, suddenly revealed his identity!

He said his name was Wu Yuhe and his real identity was a policeman.

The reason why he revealed his identity was because he brought another piece of news that shocked the other five of us.

The group member named Lunch is dead!!!

Box Lunch’s real name is Zhu Chaoyang. He lives in Longxidong, Jiangnan District. He was found dead accidentally at home!

Longxi Cave is under Wu Yuhe's jurisdiction.

According to Wu Yuhe, when the forensics department was investigating Zhu Chaoyang's interpersonal relationships, they found an anonymous chat software login interface with an icon disguised as Penguin Chat on his computer.

However, after Zhu Chaoyang's autopsy, it was determined that his death was accidental. This slightly strange clue did not attract the attention of the forensic police officers.

But Wu Yuhe was different! When he learned the news, he already had suspicions in his mind.

When he took out the computer stored in the evidence room and saw the icon and the familiar avatar that he clicked on, Wu Yuhe was sure that the deceased was our group member, Box Lunch.

After dinner tonight, I carefully read tonight's news reports. I did see the news in the social section that Zhu Moumou died unexpectedly at home in Longxidong, Gangnam District. Although it was only a short three minutes, it still confirmed the news clearly.

What Wu Yuhe said is indeed true.

Although according to Wu Yuhe, the death of Zhu Chaoyang's lunch box has been determined to be an accident, my heart still felt a chill unconsciously.

Does Zhu Chaoyang's death really have nothing to do with the mysterious chat group?

If this is really a game, who are the players behind the scenes?

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July 5, 2019

Weather: cloudy

Ever since Zhu Chaoyang's accident, the atmosphere in the group has become depressing.

Yesterday, Wu Yuhe suggested that the six of us make an appointment to meet.

In fact, I guess he suspected that Zhu Chaoyang's death was related to this extraordinary chat room, so he risked the suspicion of violating discipline and revealed the case to us before the news broadcast, hoping to test our attitude.

Should we go meet? I'm not sure.

Let me see other people's reactions first...

Besides, I seemed to have found some clues that something was wrong... After hesitating for a long time, I decided to speak out.

July 7, 2019

Weather: heavy rain

Someone died again! Something is wrong! This is definitely wrong!!!

There is a problem with this chat group!

There is definitely a problem!!!

Will the designer of this game finally start charging money?

A sense of fear surged into my heart for the first time in a long time.

No, I can't sit still and wait for death!

I have to take the initiative! Otherwise I might be the next one to die!