The Scourge of Plug-Ins and Cheats

Xu Zhi was a little annoyed these two days.

Jumping the Line of Fire had been publicly beta-tested for more than half a month. Not only did he have to introduce a variety of measures to prevent the impact of other companies launching new games that imitated Jumping the Line of Fire, but even their game itself also had many problems after more than half a month.

The biggest problem was the impact of plug-ins, which were essentially cheats.

On the second day after Jumping the Line of Fire went online, there were already plug-ins on the market. Now that half a month had passed, there were more than ten pages of Jumping the Line of Fire cheats on the internet.

They were all free!

Although this could also help promote Jumping the Line of Fire, in the long run, it would be double destruction for both the game and the players.

The game environment would not only become worse but some players who really wanted to play would also be driven away.

When a large number of players were driven away by the cheats, only the cheats would be left, and the healthy game environment would no longer exist.

Before long, Jumping the Line of Fire would be destroyed by itself.

Also, it was not so easy to defend!

Since ancient times, it was easy to attack and defend, and easy to destroy and build.

Moreover, the development time of Jumping the Line of Fire was only one month. In this aspect, it was innately inadequate, just like a city. The city walls were all made of earth, so there were naturally many loopholes.

During this period of time, under Xu Zhi's instructions, the company's technical personnel had also sealed some of the plug-ins. However, they suppressed the calabash and raised the ladle. After sealing one, ten more were raised, or even more.

As a profitable venture, the plug-ins attracted a large group of people to invest in them.

There were even people who started selling plug-ins on forums for Jumping the Line of Fire.

Recently, there were more and more voices about the hope for official anti-plug-ins in various large forums.

The newly established customer service department had recently received eight or ten feedback calls regarding plug-ins.

Xu Zhi saw it, but he did not have a good idea for the time being.

His experience in his previous life was not 100% universal on Bluestar. Different conditions meant that he had to do different things.

In his previous life, he was in Tengda company, which was a top internet company. The number of employees in the company alone was close to 100,000. There was no lack of talent.

In the face of the plug-in, although it could not be completely cut off, it could be controlled to a very small proportion, such as 5/1000, or even smaller. The impact of the plug-in on the game would not be so great.

However, in Dream Game Company, although it had already experienced a small expansion, there were only around 200 people other than the customer service department. It was really difficult to get these people to go against hackers.

Xu Zhi wanted to set up a special anti-hacking department, but this was different from the recruitment of customer service. It was really difficult to recruit high-end talents. The recruitment had been going on for almost a week, but they were all small fries and could not carry the banner of the department.

It was too late for Xu Zhi to spend time training them.

When Qin Zishu was around, although Saber 777 and Ghost's Dream also had cheats, these two games were different from Dream Game Company. Their cheats did not have much lethality.

Realistic games were not that popular, and they did not attract too much attention from cheats.

Jumping the Line of Fire's sudden appearance brought an unprecedented opportunity to Dream Game Company, as well as an unprecedented challenge.

Xu Zhi knew that the anti-cheat issue could not be delayed any longer.

Dong, dong! 

There was a knock on the door.

"President Xu, here is a copy of the mid-autumn Festival Employees' Welfare Plan. Please take a look."

His thoughts were interrupted. Xu Zhi smiled and took the plan from the director of personnel. After reading through it and signing, it was already noon.

He planned to go down for lunch first.

In the restaurant, Xu Zhi was chewing on a chicken drumstick while looking at the table.

Although he was eating, he was still thinking about the anti-cheat issue in his mind.

"Hey, have you seen the news? Someone got out of prison today." There were people around Xu Zhi who were eating and discussing, but Xu Zhi did not care.

"There are many people getting out of prison. There are people every day. What's so strange about that?"

"This person has some connections with our company. His online nickname is Panda Man. He was sentenced to three years in prison back then."

"Are you talking about the famous Panda Man? I remember that the cheat he created swept through the game market. He was also the assistant to Saber 777 who once ran amok in our company."

Xu Zhi pricked up his ears.

"It's him. He seems to be a self-taught hacker who is proficient in creating cheats for any game. I heard that he earned seven figures with his cheats."

"I know him. I think he was caught because the amount of money on his bank card was abnormal. In the end, I found out after checking."

"That kid is lucky. Back then, it wasn't strict. He was only sentenced to three years. Now, he'll be sentenced to at least eight to ten years."

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"Panda Man?? Making a cheat and sweeping the market?"

After hearing this, Xu Zhi could not care less about the drumstick in his hand.

He frowned and started thinking.

After thinking for a while, Xu Zhi quickly finished his meal and ran back to his office.

On the computer, Xu Zhi was browsing information about Panda Man.

"His original name is Wang Xiangliang. He dropped out of high school and became a self-taught worker. His skills are top-notch. He made 82 types of cheats a year. After that, he was caught and imprisoned in Xijing North City Prison. He is released today."

"Panda Man, he is released from the North City Prison Today!"

A line was formed in Xu Zhi's mind. He felt that this might be an opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

He could not be bothered to deal with other matters. Xu Zhi picked up the Samurai key and headed downstairs.

"Hello, President Xu!"

Someone greeted him downstairs, but Xu Zhi did not return the greeting. At this moment, he only hoped that he could still make it in time -- to meet Panda Man.

In Xu Zhi's opinion, this person might be a person who could solve their issue. He was so proficient in cheating that he might be able to help him solve the big problem of cheating in the game.

Talent was always hard to find at any time.

Driving the Samurai, Xu Zhi quickly arrived at the North City Prison. Unfortunately, the prison staff of the Xijing North City Prison were all arranged to work at 11 am. It was already 1 pm, and there was no one at the door.

He wanted to ask where Wang Xiangliang was going, but no one knew. His house was rented, and the money he earned from cheating had been confiscated. No one knew where he was going.

Xu Zhi held the Samurai's steering wheel and looked into the distance.

He was thinking about where Wang Xiangliang was going.

When he was searching for information, Xu Zhi learned that Wang Xiangliang was an orphan, so he had no home to go back to. He had seen his own photo. He was about 1.7 meters tall and had a thin face.

Where would such a person go?

Suddenly!

Xu Zhi thought of a place. He turned the car around and sped away.

The street closest to the Xijing North City Prison was Science and Technology Eighth Street, and there were nearly ten internet cafes on the street.

Xu Zhi felt that for a person like Wang Xiangliang, the first thing he would do after getting out of prison was to go online. Perhaps he would be found in the internet cafes.

He stopped the car and searched seven internet cafes in a row, but he did not find Wang Xiangliang.

He raised his head and looked at Ah Long Internet Cafe that he was about to enter. Xu Zhi hoped that he would be able to find something.