25: Chapter 25 GM Arrives? Just Take Them Away

The teleportation array in Luofeng Village was still flashing wildly.

Batch after batch of players squeezed in, all saying the same thing.

"Hurry up! Any later and there won't even be any spots left!"

"Big Shot Lin added another buff over there!"

"I heard you can get green gear drops just half an hour after entering the village!"

The world channel of the entire "miracle" had already been flooded by Luofeng Village.

On the large monitoring screen in the official technical department, the three characters for Luofeng Village were glowing an eye-piercing red.

"It's overloaded again!"

"The player inflow is fifteen times that of a normal beginner village!"

"Seven of the top ten forum trending topics are about Lin Zhe and Lin Chen!"

Technical Director Zhou Heng stared at the screen, his expression ugly.

The last time a regular GM failed their probing attempt, he could still comfort himself by thinking it was a low-privilege account issue.

But now, the matter could no longer be suppressed.

A Refugee NPC.

A newborn epic-grade baby Archon.

And he had turned the entire beginner village into the most exaggerated leveling holy land in the whole server.

This was no longer a small bug.

This was dancing right on the official team's face.

Zhou Heng gritted his teeth.

"Activate a level 1 GM account."

The technician next to him was startled.

"Director, the level 1 GM is the highest internal inspection privilege."

"What if something goes wrong again..."

Zhou Heng said coldly, "It's just a beginner village NPC, what could possibly go wrong?"

Soon, a level 1 GM account with a golden privilege mark was activated.

The disguised appearance was still that of a normal level 1 beginner player.

The ID was also very ordinary.

[Mountain Pass Traveler].

"Enter the server, stop talking nonsense, get close to Lin Zhe directly, and sync the background scan."

"Yes!"

A white light flashed.

The level 1 GM account appeared in Luofeng Village.

As soon as he landed, he felt something was wrong.

There were too many people in the village.

The area around the teleportation array was crowded with players, and in the distance, there were only sounds of people shouting for teams, shouting to give gifts, and shouting to wait in line.

"Don't block the road!"

"Go to the right to grind monsters!"

"If you want to see Big Shot Lin, go to the back and line up!"

The level 1 GM's eyelid twitched, and he walked quickly toward the village entrance.

The further he walked, the darker his expression became.

Because the background scan was always running.

But Lin Zhe's data column remained a blur of garbled code.

"Attempt a deep read within fifty meters."

Zhou Heng's voice came from the background.

The level 1 GM continued forward.

Forty-nine meters.

Forty-eight meters.

The moment he stepped into the fifty-meter range of Lin Zhe—

Lin Chen, who had been held in Xing Jianwan's arms, suddenly raised his little finger.

He spat out two words in a milky voice.

"Seal."

Hum—

A very thin golden light flashed by instantly.

The level 1 GM's expression changed abruptly.

A row of scarlet prompts popped up in front of him.

[Warning: Abnormal high-order prying privilege detected]

[The Archon of Luofeng Village has executed a ban]

[Current status: GM privilege being stripped]

[Level 1 GM privilege has expired]

"What?!"

Before he could react, the background scanning window turned black with a snap.

All GM command bars turned gray!

At the same time, before he could stand steady, the pale golden anti-shock light shield around Lin Zhe flashed gently.

Bang!

The level 1 GM was hit as if by a heavy hammer, and his whole body flew backward ten meters!

"Ah—"

While in mid-air, his health bar was instantly cleared.

A white light flashed, and he returned to the respawn point on the spot.

The surrounding players were stunned at first, then burst into loud laughter.

"Another one with itchy hands!"

"Daring to trespass within fifty meters, serves him right!"

"Did the little Archon Lin raise his hand just now?"

"Nonsense, he must have banned him first before carrying him away!"

In the background, Zhou Heng stood up.

"Privilege gone?"

"Level 1 GM privilege was banned?!"

The technician operating the account was shaking.

"Director, my privilege bar is all black, really all black!"

"He was stripped of his privileges as soon as he got close, and then instantly returned by the anti-shock!"

Zhou Heng's face was livid.

"Change account!"

"Go on again!"

The second GM account entered the server.

As soon as the white light landed on the Luofeng Village teleportation array, a system announcement hit his face directly.

[Abnormal privilege account identified]

[Luofeng Village area refuses access]

[This account has been temporarily banned]

"Banned? Banned just after entering the village?!"

That GM hadn't even taken a step, and the account screen went directly black.

Zhou Heng's scalp tingled.

"Third one!"

The third GM account was more cautious, didn't even turn on background scanning, and pretended to be a normal player to approach slowly.

As a result, just after passing the wooden fence at the village entrance, Lin Chen's little hand raised again.

"Throw him out."

Swish!

A ball of golden light wrapped around the GM account, directly bouncing the person out of Luofeng Village.

The account didn't die.

But the character was forcibly kicked offline.

The technician's voice changed pitch.

"Director, he didn't even see Lin Zhe!"

"Fourth one, come again!"

The fourth GM account didn't believe in evil, and rushed toward Lin Zhe's position while bearing privilege protection.

As a result, just as he reached thirty meters, Lin Zhe's layer of anti-shock golden light flashed.

Bang!

Another white light.

Instantly returned.

The entire technical department was completely quiet.

Four GM accounts.

One stripped of privileges and instantly returned.

One banned just after entering the village.

One kicked offline directly.

One died upon approaching.

Didn't even touch the hem of Lin Zhe's clothes.

Zhou Heng's forehead began to sweat.

"I'll come myself."

The technician next to him was anxious.

"Director, don't be impulsive!"

"This thing is too weird!"

Zhou Heng gritted his teeth and sat in front of the main console, not entering the game directly, but switching to the highest background scanning channel.

"I don't believe an NPC's data can block the backend."

He quickly typed commands with both hands.

[Target locked: Lin Zhe]

[Submit highest priority data read request]

[Force scan underlying privilege source]

Enter.

The next second.

The entire technical department hall suddenly went black!

Snap!

All screens went out at the same time.

Main console crashed.

Monitoring crashed.

Logs crashed.

Even the lighting flickered twice.

"Holy shit!"

"It crashed!"

"Everything stopped!"

"Disconnect quickly! Disconnect quickly!"

Zhou Heng's face turned pale instantly, and he slapped the console frantically.

But it was useless.

A full ten minutes.

The entire backend was like dead, with no reaction at all.

Ten minutes later, the main screen lit up again.

The first thing that popped up was not a recovery prompt.

But a line of cold gray text.

[Warning: Target data is untouchable]

[Suggestion: Stop all unauthorized probing behaviors]

Seeing this line of text, the entire technical department felt a chill down their backs.

Zhou Heng's throat felt dry, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

Finally, he took a deep breath and spoke in a low voice.

"Record it."

"Mark Lin Zhe as a highest priority special NPC."

"All GMs, without approval from higher-ups, must not approach Luofeng Village again, and must not attempt to read his data again."

The technician nodded quickly.

"Yes!"

On the Luofeng Village side, Lin Zhe just glanced lightly at the direction of the teleportation array in the distance.

Lin Chen leaned in Xing Jianwan's arms, patting his little hands, as if he had just carried away a few annoying flies.

Xing Jianwan looked down at the little guy in her arms, then looked at Lin Zhe, her eyes deepening a bit more.

And the surrounding players were still laughing non-stop because of the unlucky guy who was bounced away.

"How many is this today?"

"Don't know, anyway, whoever wants to touch Big Shot Lin, one comes, one gets carried away."

"I'll see who dares to try randomly in the future."

Lin Zhe withdrew his gaze and didn't speak.

Only the pale golden light of rules on the dirt slope was a bit more stable than before.