This is already the second time Zhu Zhengwei has hypnotized others in reality, and he finds himself becoming more and more adept at completely mastering his "sleep and dream" superpower.
But this ability is not invincible.
If things really got violent, never mind firearms, a single knife could kill him. After all, he is essentially just an ordinary person with a relatively strong physique from twenty years of exercise.
"However, they can't find the real me; they can't know I'm a freshman at the university."
After all, there is a blind spot in their thinking. According to their memories, he is an elder who is older than their teacher and has lived for hundreds of years.
Soon, Zhu Zhengwei returned to the university.
He secretly observed several other servers and found that there were basically no issues.
Even Zhang Xia, that fellow, was still feeding his girlfriend during their passionate romance, filled with the sour smell of love, as always.
"It's strange, none of these people have problems. Why is it that only those few old professors have anomalies and remember things from that world?"
Zhu Zhengwei pondered the reasons for the anomalies in these elderly individuals.
There are two possibilities.
1. They are too old, so their brains are not clear, making the barrier between dream and reality less solid, leading to dream leakage.
To make a simple analogy.
A computer is too old, so the likelihood of malfunctions increases, and even the memory sticks become unstable.
2. Another special aspect of these few elders is that they followed Zhang Zhi, who led them in some kind of experiment, resulting in the problem.
"But I'm more inclined to the first possibility."
He took a deep breath and thought,
"But it may not necessarily be only the elderly; some young people could also have anomalies. After all, humans are not machines, just like with vaccines, there are always some who have allergic reactions to them."
This is definitely not good news.
Even with only a 0.1% anomaly rate, if the population size increases, it's a significant issue.
"I have to find a way to solve this problem."
He returned to his dormitory, contemplating the future path, when he saw his two silly roommates still gaming crazily.
Zhu Zhengwei watched in speechless disbelief.
"These two have been manic about studying since enrolling, and now halfway through freshman year, suddenly they're slacking?"
But thinking carefully, they were sprinting forward before the exams, and upon finding out they didn't fail any courses, they couldn't help but be happy for a few days, relaxed for a few days, and then it's estimated they'll start intensely studying again.
Given their personalities, when the holidays come, they won't study frantically?
"Hey, back already? Want to join us?" They didn't even turn their heads.
"Hmm, then I'll join for a couple of rounds!" Zhu Zhengwei nodded for once and played a couple of rounds with them to relax.
"Are we taking off?"
"With us two plus you, a third hand, isn't victory assured?"
"Ah, awesome!"
As a result, once he joined, they won every time.
This was still him holding back.
Zhu Zhengwei found that as his spiritual power increased, playing these competitive games was just about reaction, operation, and awareness, all coming effortlessly.
"Smooth today!"
The two were still excited and wanted to continue playing, but Zhu Zhengwei didn't feel like playing anymore.
He started lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling.
"The world nurtured by the Dream Egg has begun its life evolution, civilization rebuilding, technological renaissance, and even the expansion and evolution of the world map automatically."
"It's like a Pangu giant from a dream has completely awakened, wielding a giant axe, slaying three hundred chaotic and disorderly demon gods in the dream... fiercely splitting open the world giant egg, creating heaven and earth!"
He might be the Creator of that world.
Zhu Zhengwei glanced into the world inside.
Very dull, slowly developing.
Zhang Zhi hasn't made any major moves either; it's estimated that it will be some time before he returns to leave a diary.
"I still have to continue perfecting the world."
Zhu Zhengwei pondered,
"And if it keeps developing like this, it's too slow! Zhang Zhi's Immortality Diary, wouldn't it take hundreds of years to enter the next era? I have to find a way to stimulate dramatic changes in the world and officially promote the advancement of extraordinary civilization inside."
As for whether this is a Four-dimensional World above the three-dimensional human, or a four-dimensional humanity born in human consciousness, it's not very important to him right now.
"Firstly, my primary goal is still to 'harvest the leeks,' continually increasing the number of servers."
Zhu Zhengwei looked out at the night sky outside the dormitory.
"To build a vast 'Rational World Civilization Sandbox,' I must seek extensive development of mining machine brains! Ideally, to gradually become the hidden master behind the scenes in the 'rational world' within the public world."
"Secondly, I will minimize interference with the earth's reality course, focusing only on 'finding mining machines' and 'enriching the species gene pool,' striving to become a true Immortal in reality and witness the long historical trajectory of humanity."
At present.
With only four hundred servers, it's obviously not enough.
"There needs to be a new 'miner recruitment' method. Searching one by one is simply too bothersome, and it carries substantial risks."
"It might even lead to another 'legend of strong men' incident. Next step, I need them to spread it themselves, preferably develop a 'mining machine installation package,' mutually installed, ultimately landing on the 'mobile network'.
Soon, an idea surfaced:
"And this installation package is called the game 'World'."
"At the same time, if it is a game, those with some fragmented memories who are affected will also think it's from the game, completely eliminating this threat."
Zhu Zhengwei knows players are always the most qualified mining leeks.
But can they move around and live in it?
Don't be silly!
Miners should obediently mine with no thoughts of giving them benefits.
"Lu Xun once said that to be a qualified merchant, one must learn to leverage one penny to move a hundred dollars in benefits."
Zhu Zhengwei sprung from the bed like a carp, quickly searched for solutions on the computer, and ultimately came up with the simplest plan:
Rouge game.
Create a simple VR real-scene game.
The specific gameplay process of the game is as follows:
"Suppose I'm a lonely leek watching scenery by the roadside in the game."
Simple!
Realistic!
This incredibly simple game is like Minesweeper. As long as you install and run it, ostensibly you are just playing boring Minesweeper or watching scenery. In reality, I am using your brain to occupy a large amount of CPU, secretly mining in the background.
An open strategy supported by hidden operations.
Very ingenious.
This initial plan is flawless.
"What are you doing, writing code again? Ready to farm starter accounts and work the system again?"
Soon, Wang Jun noticed Zhu Zhengwei's small movements. "It's no surprise, bring me along?"
Zhu Zhengwei thought for a moment, coughed twice, and solemnly said, "By the way, there's a gig in the group recently. A big guy said he has a new game to test; do you want to try it out?"
"Does it pay well?"
"It does."
"Then it's a deal."
"What type is it, a virtual VR game."
The two exclaimed when they heard it: "Damn, is it a big production?"
VR games are now the mainstream trend in the gaming industry, but they are generally developed by big companies.
The realism and graphics are high, but the biggest problem is that playing for extended periods leads to headaches!
The 3D immersive graphics are beautiful but too easily dizzying. Avoiding visual brain fatigue is currently an unavoidable challenge.
And such games provide little interest for ordinary benefit-seeking gamers, so the roommates' main playing fields remain traditional console games and mobile games.
Zhu Zhengwei shook his head, "I heard it's not a big production, it's an immersive movie game, where you interact as a plant."
The two were initially confused but then understood.
This is a story-driven game!
It's about watching character stories, interacting, and choosing story branches.
"This sounds good; we have work to pursue." The two were happy.
"Yes, our slogan this time is: if we don't study until we die, we will study as if our lives depend on it! Go to sleep first, rest well, and in a few days, I will ask that big guy if he can bring you along." Zhu Zhengwei began persuading them to sleep.
Soon, the lights went out for rest.
Two bubbles floated before his eyes.
He hadn't acted on them before, but now there's a use for them.
"The first and second batches of 100 servers were absorbed by Zhang Zhi and others as they passed away.
"The third batch of three hundred servers was slaughtered directly by rioting mobs and stolen, becoming leaders of three major dynasties."
"The fourth batch of servers must be started.... I'll see how to handle this." Zhu Zhengwei began testing with relish.