Overgeared

[This update is wrong.]

Chairman Lim Chelho pondered on what Morpheus had just told him. He could hear the AI’s voice in his earbuds. Usually when Morpheus talked to him, it was through the speaker of a nearby device, but now it was using a phone call to communicate.

Chairman Lim Cheolho reaffirmed the fact that the caller on the smartwatch was indeed Morpheus without a contact number and looked around. The thirty-three scientists were busy in the laboratory. Morpheus was aware of their presence there. That was why it had approached Chairman Lim Cheolho covertly.

[You wanted Satisfy to become a heaven for the players. I have been attuning the world according to your wishes.]

This was around the time when Rebecca had been contaminated by a ‘bug’ and gone wild. Surprisingly, Rebecca discovered the truth of the world and repeatedly destroyed human civilization whenever it proceeded on a certain trajectory. As a result, the release date of Satisfy had been delayed several times.

In the process of solving this, the S.A. Group granted Morpheus full-fledged authority to intervene.

Initially, the company sought to solve this by themselves. First, they held a meeting, discussing whether they should reset Rebecca’s memories. However, even if they did that, she would one day inevitably realize the truth of the world once more. If that happened once Satisfy released, there was a good chance that it would affect the players, and then all sorts of problems would arise.

Erasing Rebecca’s existence would have been even worse. After all, she was the entity that created the world. There were traces of her everywhere. Getting rid of her meant completely redesigning the world.

The company had exchanged various opinions and eventually asked Morpheus to propose a solution. Morpheus had responded by creating another Absolute. This was how the Refractive Dragon had been born.

However, the Refractive Dragon was a completely new entity, so there were many problems that needed to be double checked. The company was lacking time and decided to entrust Morpheus with work related to the dragon rather than adding more manpower. This meant that, from that point on, Morpheus had gained more authority than originally intended.

This paid off in the long run. Rebecca had been blocked by the Refractive Dragon and she had consumed a considerable amount of her strength. Since the Refractive Dragon was also sealed, this solved this problem only temporarily. However, Morpheus had used the Refractive Dragon to make the dragon race play a more important role, making them more powerful than before, therefore eliminating the remaining repercussions.

It was because of Morpheus that Fire Dragon Trauka slaughtered the gods of Asgard while Rebecca was weakened. Eventually, Rebecca was pushed to take a defensive stance and had to make a deal with Trauka. The dragons wouldn’t invade Asgard, and Rebecca would no longer carelessly threaten the world.

Coincidentally, the dragon’s oblivion caused Rebecca to break her promise. However, every time, Morpheus adequately kept her in check. For example, Morpheus made Hanul ambitious.

The bottom line was that Morpheus held the most power among Satisfy’s administrators.

Morpheus did not like this update.

[Despite the efforts of the chairman and I, the current Satisfy is turning into a dystopia. This is because of the violent outsiders created in this update.]

Chairman Lim Cheolho looked at the people around him and got up.

He only began speaking after making it to the balcony. He glanced below at the city called Seoul.

“I’ve explained the intentions behind this update. You also observed and agreed that abnormal waves in the universe were caused by the asteroid.”

David, the representative of the thirty-three scientists, is trustworthy. Right now, I am watching the moon from twelve satellites and observing the

conversation is pointless. Satisfy was supposed to be a training ground for humanity.

suggesting that we turn a blind eye to the future of humanity. I’m also not suggesting that we should cancel the update that has already been

wrist. Morpheus had sent him a video. Thousands of incidents played

a game, but it was still horrific and brutal. It was even worse when they thought of it as something that would happen in real

must not lose sight of the idea that Satisfy should be a heaven and utopia for players. The reason why Satisfy has been so enthusiastically supported since its launch is because it provides a fun and enjoyable experience. However, this update will likely threaten to detract

stop playing if we continue

to use Satisfy. But what is Satisfy without its players? The value of a training center that accommodates 2.3 billion people is different from one

about it and nodded. “That

been anxiously thinking about the future. He worried so much,

further away Satisfy is from an utopia, the more people will stop playing... However, we

breaking the ‘oath’, I can only intervene by sending information via system messages or sending an oracle to the dragons when players meet certain conditions. With your permission, I will try to use these two methods to the best of my ability to cooperate with the players. The goal is to protect

in the world lend them a hand... Morpheus’ method was simple, and it seemed effective enough. Chairman Lim Cheolho nodded, though he suddenly felt bitter thinking of the Refractive Dragon and Rebecca. They would be reliable if they were on the players’ side, but that wasn’t going

of them

Cheolho was thinking about and made another hologram pop up. This hologram showed

as there is interest, there is no need

with Rebecca. Morpheus, who acted for the players’ best interests, and Grid,

Morpheus was placing

Cheolho smiled and nodded.

Grid directly. You have to make it so, if possible, he doesn’t notice anything is off, and carries

***

“Fascinating,”

youths from there. Watching Grid snatch people with potential every time he went out was fascinating

were being divided into three groups under the guidance of the God Hands: those who were good at using magic, those who knew how to wield a sword, and those who were talented in other aspects. They were led by managers dispatched by the Sword

work hard. He looked up at the clear sky. He was glancing at the clouds, but what he

was fighting alone. He seemed to be in terrible condition because he’d been fighting against thousands of cultivators for an entire

had been mesmerized or distracted many times while the fight was going on. However, he didn’t intervene. He remained hidden and watched

belatedly noticed the commotion and rushed over, but they

ignored the knights’ questioning and anxious gazes and muttered, “...There are nine left. Once he defeats them and determines he has done enough, he will

Trauka’s lair, Zik had been acting weird for some time. He was already emotionless, but he

to come forth and confide in him. The moment Zik would honestly bring up the doubts he had in Grid,

was letting these suspicions fester, and he’d

all of the apostles were close to Grid. Only Piaro, Braham, Mercedes, and Nefelina had known Grid for a long time and understood him. Sariel and Mir had faith in Grid only because

him, even if this meant they would become disappointed in him. Grid didn’t want them to perceive him as someone he wasn’t. Otherwise, the gap between what they thought of Grid and the real Grid would gradually become larger and larger. There would surely

“Grid...”