Protection Fees

In the warden's office, Han Che turned off the live stream of the press conference, sighed, and leaned back in his office chair.

"This Anderson is really shameless, spouting all this nonsense without batting an eye."

"Was that aiming technique and pre-firing skill developed through practice?"

"Is it really just that it's not as good as a deer, has high sensitivity, and feels good to the touch?"

Han Che was so angry he gritted his teeth. "However, that reporter just said that brain-computer interfaces are a technology officially banned by the United Nations..."

He stroked his chin, pondering the origin of the brain-computer interface in the game from his memory.

"Isn't brain-computer interface technology the technology Hafk researched? Isn't that a hugely popular technology in the gaming world? And it's banned?"

There's not enough information to connect the dots, but we can be fairly certain that these three Bald Eagle Association agents probably used brain-computer interface technology as a kind of cheat.

"They said at the press conference they're coming again in two days, what are we going to do?"

Learning from the previous lesson, the plan to ambush the enemy from a hidden spot where they could see through things was no longer feasible, as the enemy could see through objects.

And they will also be given props.

Next time, we'll have to fight head-on, just like last time when we almost wiped out the enemy team.

However, this will bring a new problem: the three opponents will learn from their mistakes and become more difficult to approach. In direct combat, the opponents will have an even greater advantage by using wallhacks and aimbots.

Han Che scratched his head in frustration, unable to come up with a solution for the moment.

He looked up and his gaze fell upon the office, where the tall, newly arrived machine gunner was idly sitting, his eyes darting around as if he had never seen an office like this before.

"Um... machine gunner?" Han Che waved to attract his attention.

"Huh? Oh, boss, you called me. What's up?" The machine gunner snapped out of his reverie.

"Do you have a name? Where did you work before?" Han Che asked.

The machine gunner straightened up, scratched his helmet with his big hand, and said, "Boss, I don't have a name, and I don't remember where I work. Today should be my first day on the job."

Just as Han Che had expected, the machine gunner's situation was exactly the same as that of the prison guards in Tide Prison. They had no names and no memories, as if they had been created out of nowhere.

But what is that portal that looks just like the human world when the system distributes rewards?

Although it had shrunk considerably, Han Che felt that the portal might lead directly to another area or another map.

"I'll call you Dazhuang. From now on, you'll be part of my personal guard and under my direct management."

Da Zhuang seemed to really like the name, chuckling. His smile was visible even through the bulletproof mask. "Alright, boss, I'll definitely protect you from now on and take bullets for you!"

Shi Lei, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore. "Dazhuang, you need to show some respect. You should call him 'Your Excellency the Warden'."

"Hey! Stop!" Han Che reached out to interrupt, "Dazhuang, don't listen to him, just call him Boss."

Then Han Che looked at Shi Lei, "When we were drinking earlier, I told you guys to just call me 'Boss,' but you insisted on calling me 'Warrior,' saying you couldn't bring yourselves to it. Da Zhuang, that's fine, just call me 'Boss'!"

Shi Lei blushed. "No, Your Excellency Warden... I'm just showing respect."

"Haha, alright, call him whatever you want! Shi Lei, take Da Zhuang to the prison for a tour, so he can get familiar with the layout of the house."

"Yes!" Shi Lei then led the machine gunner, who was a head taller than him, out of the office.

Logically, he should have gone to Xiaobai's place to buy some guns to replenish his personal account.

However, this time there wasn't much time, and it would take another day to go back and forth, so Han Che asked the system to open the live streaming software again.

He then contacted the customer service of Club 78's live stream and sent them a private message saying, "I'm going to release a batch of weapons in three days, so get your money ready."

The message on the customer service screen showed "typing..." for a long time before it finally arrived.

"Who are you?"

"You still owe me 40 HAF coins."

The reply was instantaneous: "Oh, Mr. Han! Why are you using a live streaming app to send messages today? I didn't recognize you, haha! I'll go get Sister Bai, please wait a moment!"

However, less than 10 seconds later, the other party replied.

"Boss Han, this is Xiaobai! What's the approximate value of your next shipment? We'd like to prepare accordingly!"

"This time there are 6 fully modified guns, and some accessories."

The other party was clearly taken aback by the message.

"Six items? Great! Great! I'll definitely raise the money!"

"Okay." Han Che replied and was about to log out when another message from the other party caught his attention.

"Boss Han, did you know that casual players can sign up for the next prison map operation?"

Huh? What's going on? Han Che had no idea about this news. The operation two days from now is going to send a group of outcasts to the prison?

Seeing that Boss Han hadn't replied, Xiao Bai continued,

"The Bald Eagle Society secretly leaked information to us small clubs, saying that the other major clubs are afraid of their technology and will not participate in the next operation."

"So, the prison operation two days later will allow small clubs and casual patrons to enter, but..."

"The Bald Eagle Association demands 50 per person in protection fees. They promise that if you pay the money, their three operators will stop hunting you down and will even protect the operators who pay the protection fee."

"I wonder if Boss Han would be interested in participating? I know that you can get these fully modified guns, so your strength is not to be underestimated."

Han Che looked at the text sent by Xiaobai and carefully analyzed the information within.

Several major clubs have stopped participating? It seems that the Bald Eagles' cheating software has indeed made several major clubs fearful and troubled, but there is no substantial evidence to make them stop.

Next time, the three members of the White Eagle cheat team will enter the prison again, bringing along independent players and small clubs. This is clearly intended to improve their status within the clubs and their influence on the prison map.

After all, the stock price dropped so sharply a few days ago, now is the perfect opportunity to show off our strength and boost the stock price!

"No, I'm busy this time," Han Che replied and closed the live stream.

He needs to deal with these three cheat codes quickly, but—

Maybe it will really happen in the future?

……

"So, Sister Bai, did Boss Han agree?" Kai asked from the side.

"What are you going to agree to? They're busy, they don't have time."

"Huh? This is a prison! Such a great map, it would be a shame not to go!"

"Sigh, how would a nobody like me know what the big boss is thinking?"

Kai returned to his computer, bored, then suddenly turned around and asked, "Sister Bai, what do you think of this Boss Han's abilities?"

"I don't know," Xiaobai glanced at the fully modified M4A1 hanging on the wall, "but I have a feeling, it's hard to say whether he's really the big boss."

"But there's definitely something special about it. If we have the opportunity to cooperate with him in future map operations, our club might really take off."

"Why would someone of their stature cooperate with a small club like ours?"

Xiao Bai smirked. "Then why do you think he specifically chose us to ship his goods? I think that possibility is actually quite high!"