Michael Wilson
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10
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2.5 M
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Ashley sat in her office, going over the reports of the most recent game released, Ascension. She let out a small sigh, realizing that the numbers were speaking for themselves. In a persistent world with real-time development, very few players wanted to enjoy a full sandbox experience. Unless there was some unique mechanic that drastically changed the game itself, she could tell that Ascension would not be a very popular game. Moreover, within three days of the game’s release, only four Keepers…-
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Phisher’s eyes jolted open, his back covered in a cold sweat. It had been more than a decade since the last time he had actually slept. With how peaceful things were starting to look now, he decided to indulge between training sessions, and drifted off during a brief period of meditation. When he said this, there was a pause before Udona asked in a more serious tone. Udona paused, closing her eyes. Phisher thought back to the dream, trying to remember anything that could prove to be a helpful hint.…
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Naturally, five hundred simultaneous attacks weren’t possible, even if Tsubaki sent out that many avatars of herself. After all, each minister would have a different level of defense. Some might be in public, in which case the avatar would need to wait until they were in a secluded location. Some might be in well-defended bunkers, requiring her to navigate their defenses. Many, naturally, would be easy to target, but five hundred simultaneous kills were unreasonable to expect. Thus, those that completed…
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As Tsubaki left the office where she had been interrogating the minister, there was a grim expression on her face. As she had feared, there was a mind alteration process involved when it came to the hosts of the thought bugs. Fortunately, it wasn’t complete brainwashing, but it was still a problem. Although the thought bugs did not brainwash their hosts into being their followers, they altered their memories. Any memory related to the bugs themselves would shift, leaving them unaware of any involvement…
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As Jack had expected, there were actually several of us intently watching this first interaction between our people and the Hajit. To be honest, we didn’t immediately take notice of anything unusual. However, when Jack himself started acting strange, as if wanting to cut the conversation short so that they could leave, we began scanning things a bit more closely. Naturally, we came to the same conclusion that Jack had, which led to us checking the rest of the Hajit. We did a wide-area scan for any Hajit…
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The group did not resist when more than a dozen other officers showed up, all seeming prepared for a fight. They peacefully allowed themselves to be escorted through back passages to avoid excessive contact with other citizens. After about fifteen minutes of walking, they were brought to a secluded bunker and left alone in a black room. The six of them sat around a single table, waiting. By the time that anyone else came in, the group had gotten bored and started playing cards. The person that entered was…
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For the first time in over twenty floors, Fyor had found a new, civilized race. More than just that, they actually seemed incredibly advanced. When this news was released, people saw it as a warm welcome amidst all the unfortunate news that had been released in recent weeks. There were, admittedly, those who were simply waiting for the ‘other shoe’ to drop, to find out that this race secretly ate babies or that they were a villainous group that would attack outsiders without warning. Both to…
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Lifre hummed lightly to herself as she skated along the icy tunnel on the sixty-second layer of Fyor. Her right arm had changed into the shape of a sword, which she was using to cut down any monsters that tried to intercept her path. While the other worlds were dealing with their memetic crisis, Fyor was essentially unaffected by this news. Instead, they were still focused on boring a giant tunnel through the ice, wanting to uncover the next layer’s gate. By this point, they had long since made a secure…
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Amidst the news of the destruction of so many ships, people couldn’t find much solace in the new game that was announced by Darkflame Technologies. Many treated the game as a way to distract the public from the horrible news. Of course, there were a few diehard fans that cared more about the game than others, but they were ultimately the minority. Around the same time, another piece of news was released to the public. Great progress had been achieved related to fifth tier magic. A research paper was…
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Ashley’s heel tapped impatiently against the floor as she sat at her desk, waiting for the first report to come in from her team. To her, this was an incredibly serious problem. If a monster were capable of hacking into the system to create a new class, even if that class was meaningless, it opened the door to a window of possibilities that she did not want to deal with. For instance, what was to stop a monster from simply deleting a class from the world? Soon, a familiar face entered the office,…
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