180: Chapter 180 The company will not treat you unfairly.

Zhu Jinghan was greatly astonished. In her line of sight, a large number of dogs appeared around the Base. Unlike ordinary dogs, their behavior was even stranger; as they walked past Zhu Jinghan, they liked to use their paws to nudge her a couple of times.

There were also some dogs with dull expressions. According to Professor Delison, the player controlling them had already left, and they were returning to their safe points.

By now, it had been over two months since Zhu Jinghan joined Third-Party Technology. In these two months, she had seen too many incredible things—technology that transcended reality, monsters from movie Worlds...

But when she was notified today to cross the Schwarzschild Channel and arrive on Titan, Zhu Jinghan still felt a bit uneasy.

"Don't be surprised; the World they see is much more exciting than ours," the middle-aged man beside Zhu Jinghan said with a smile after taking off a pair of heavy glasses, and he handed the glasses to her.

"This is a Synchronization Visor. Put it on, and you will be able to observe them."

"Alright, Professor Delison."

Zhu Jinghan said respectfully, taking the glasses.

This pair of black glasses was flat and arc-shaped, without the usual lenses or temples. Calling them glasses was a stretch; they were more like a precision instrument.

"Just fit it directly above your brow bone and cheekbones," Professor Delison instructed from the side. "It will automatically adjust."

Zhu Jinghan followed his instructions and gently pressed the arc-shaped device onto her face. After putting it on, she looked at the outside World again. Apart from her vision being a little dimmer, it didn't seem any different from before.

At this moment, Zhu Jinghan noticed a few lines of text appearing in the top left corner.

【Identity Verification in Progress...】

【Name: Zhu Jinghan】

【Access Level: B1】

【Position: Assistant Researcher】

【Physiological Status: Stable, Neural Fluctuations Normal】

【Access Purpose: Non-intrusive Observation】

【Verification Passed】

【Warning: You are accessing in 'Observer' mode. Do not interfere with player behavior, and do not reveal your administrator identity.】

【Information Stream Synchronizing 3... 2... 1...】

The moment the countdown hit zero, the entire World before Zhu Jinghan's eyes seemed to be activated. On top of the ordinary scene of the Base, flowing light and information were instantly superimposed.

The sky grew brighter, and the paint job of the Black Watch Base transformed from gloomy black to vivid colors. Names also appeared above every dog, and Zhu Jinghan could now understand what they were saying.

Just like the few dogs that had just stepped off a mineral collection vehicle.

General Da Da Guai: "Brothers, come quickly! There are two NPCs here; they must have hidden quests on them!"

As he spoke, General Da Da Guai used his paw to nudge the NPC's trouser leg, attempting to trigger a quest, but it had no effect. The two people looked incredibly dull, maintaining a standard standing posture, completely unresponsive to his harassment.

"Looks like they are ordinary NPCs," the Husky concluded with some disappointment. "They don't even have any dialogue."

Eternal Night saw this and said: "General, don't waste time. Let's go find minerals quickly."

"Eternity is right; this is just a brain-dead NPC," the Border Collie with the title "Warrior from Earth" above his head leaped onto the mining vehicle. After grabbing the steering wheel, he said: "Let's go. If we don't work hard to move bricks, when will we become humans? When will we be able to drive tanks? When will we have our own Base vehicles!"

"GOGOGO."

"We want to fight, we want to fight, Awoooo— Oh— O-oh-o-oh, monsters, here we come!"

Zhu Jinghan: ...

She watched as the dogs got into the vehicle and left.

Professor Delison was right; their World was much more exciting. Zhu Jinghan shook her head and looked at him, then was startled again.

She saw that Professor Delison, in the view of the Synchronization Visor, had completely changed his appearance, becoming an unremarkable ordinary person with an expression like a fool.

"Professor Delison, do you see the same thing as I do?" Zhu Jinghan asked after taking off the Synchronization Visor.

In her eyes, Professor Delison had returned to his original appearance.

Professor Delison chuckled: "No, my access level is higher, so I can see more clearly than you. If I wanted to, I could even issue quests to them."

Zhu Jinghan was speechless. Was this the power of a B5-level bigwig in the Company?

Professor Delison continued: "The Company utilizes their creativity and intelligence to develop Titan; naturally, we aren't just letting them develop haphazardly. The progress of those players just now was quite good. Record it, and we will move on to the next location."

"Alright, Professor Delison, I have recorded it."

"But..." Zhu Jinghan asked hesitatingly, "Will the players ever know the truth?"

Zhu Jinghan knew who was behind these controlled clones; they could even be her own classmates, friends, or family. Because of this, looking at these players who seemed to be in a low-dimensional World, Zhu Jinghan felt an indescribable absurdity.

"Xiao Han, you have also seen the dangers on this Planet. It is only separated from Earth by one channel, but the Company bears all of this. They only need to know that this is a fun exploration and construction game, and that is enough."

Professor Delison's eyes were deep. "Sometimes, ignorance is a form of bliss. Don't you think?"

"That's right."

Zhu Jinghan hurriedly replied, though her voice involuntarily carried a hint of trembling. Only after joining could one understand the greatness and terror of this organization. She didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse for human civilization, but regardless, she could no longer pull herself out.

"Haha, don't be nervous..." Seeing her like this, Delison laughed and comforted her, pointing his finger at the players running happily around them: "Look at them, aren't they very happy? In reality, they might be facing various life pressures, but here...

They can be fearless warriors, pioneers opening up a new World, and can strive for a great cause, gaining real happiness and a sense of accomplishment from it. Isn't that the best of both Worlds?"

"Perhaps this game can also change their real lives."

Delison paused, then continued to Zhu Jinghan:

"You don't need to think too much. Just do your job well, and the Company won't treat you badly. Besides..."

Moreover, the Company is also much more benevolent than you imagine.

Delison did not finish that last sentence. As a scientist brought back from Switzerland by Lin Fang, he was now in charge of clone research and naturally knew about the existence of the hades brain-control chips.

Back then, besides being shocked by these top-tier technologies, Delison's only realization was that the BOSS treated him, or others in the Company, entirely too favorably.