182 Public Opinion Attacks

“Mindy, something has happened. Take a look online. Star Empire is trending.”

“Trending?” Guo Miao frowned. Her game hadn’t even officially entered the open beta, so how could it be trending?

She clicked on the fifth Weibo trend result: [#StarEmpire is all the rave.]

Guo Miao was browsing through the topics. The reason was that a blogger had posted a vlog of his experience in Star Empire, especially about how to use the hibernation pod, and even showed the scene of the parkour competition.

In the beginning, most of the comments were that the game’s graphics were cool and that the holographic experience was very real.

Meanwhile, the name ‘Mindy’ was soon pushed to the top of the hot topic list.

[Looking at the background of this account, he should be a leader in research and development. He’s really amazing.]

[Yeah, his performance in the game is so cool.]

[And this set of equipment is also jaw-dropping!]

Just as everyone was discussing the game’s contents, an article quickly rushed to the top of the hot search.

The title of the essay was very eye-catching: controlling your brain, the conspiracy behind the holographic game.

The entire article was full of conspiracy theories, describing the hibernation pod as something that stole other people’s information, controlled their brainwaves, and stored their consciousness, which might be used for some bad intentions.

It was even possible that this game could change people’s consciousness. It was simply insane.

Guo Miao looked at the comments. Because this person had described consciousness as very mysterious, everyone’s ability to understand was limited, so it was quickly circulated.

Many players also expressed their concerns about the hibernation pod, afraid that the game would damage their brain nerves and so on.

Just as public opinion reached its peak, the article was deleted.

The netizens were always very sensitive to this kind of sudden deletion of posts.

[The post was deleted so quickly. It means that there’s a big problem.]

[That’s right. This article must have been deleted by the Jinyue Group. How could a gaming studio respond to such a risky issue? ]

[Yeah. It’s a gaming company after all. It’s all about making money. Why would they care about health or privacy?]

Guo Miao had a headache reading these discussions. Since the age of the internet, privacy had always been a problem.

If her information was exposed on the internet, it would soon be sold everywhere by immoral merchants, which might be used for the wrong reasons. Guo Miao also knew the seriousness of this matter.

Now, everyone’s distrust of holographic games and neural connection technology might lead to the problem of no one daring to play the game after it was released.

Guo Miao pondered for a moment, then sat in front of the computer and started typing.

She would have to face this kind of thing sooner or later, so it was better to simply solve it this time.

At three o’clock in the morning, Wendu was still discussing countermeasures with the people in the public relations department. The game was about to conclude the closed beta and begin the recruitment for the next phase of the closed beta. At this time, such a thing would be a disaster.

Wendu had also invested in this game, and he did not want his investment to go to waste.

“This neural connection technology is indeed very dangerous. There’s no precedent in the world, so it’s hard for us to give you a standard solution.”

“Yeah, our colleagues in the technical department also said that this technology is many years ahead of our scientific development. Actually, it would be better if we used it for scientific research first, but we’ve already invested in the game. I’m afraid this matter will be criticized in the end.”

Wendu frowned. Guo Miao was indeed a talented person, but she had never experienced the ways of the world. Therefore, he was afraid that she would not be able to solve this problem.

Just as everyone was at their wits’ end, an email was sent to Wendu’s mailbox.

Wendu’s mouth was wide open as he read the contents of the email. This was a very detailed research report. The report carefully analyzed the risks of using neural connection technology and the measures to avoid the risks.

As he continued to read, it was a research and promotion plan for neural connection technology. This technology would later be used for medical, food, and even military purposes. Guo Miao even drafted a proposal for the use of nerve connection technology.

She was truly powerful.

If these were released as public relations information, it would definitely calm public opinion.

“Public relations department, write a press statement immediately and arrange for our navy to fall back.”

Wendu sat at his desk and started working. At this time, his phone suddenly rang.