It was common knowledge that there was no one behind the File Transfer Assistant; it was just a placeholder. Where would a human customer service representative even come from?
Yet, Ren Yi was exceptionally persistent, showing no intention of giving up.
Seeing that the File Transfer Assistant remained unresponsive, Ren Yi simply began to flood the chat, tagging the File Transfer Assistant over and over again.
He accompanied his tags with a long string of emojis showing a little ghost bowing in thanks. They served no practical purpose; he was simply spamming.
In just a dozen seconds, the group chat screen was filled with rows of identical little ghost emojis. They lined up from top to bottom, dense and quite a sight to behold.
Zhang Qiuqiu, Lu Zihan, and Lord Cha watched this scene in silence at first, their faces eventually darkening with exasperation.
Although they completely failed to understand Ren Yi's actions or why he was spamming a mere tool, they followed the principle of "respect what you don't understand" and silently joined the queue.
Since they were idle anyway, they figured they might as well join in the spam.
In an instant, the group chat went completely wild. Four Anomalies spammed in unison, the screen covered in bowing ghost emojis. Message after message jumped up the screen at an incredible speed, with no sign of stopping.
They continued this for nearly five minutes. Just as it seemed the pattern would continue indefinitely, Ren Yi suddenly caught sight of a different dialogue box popping up in the group. It was nearly buried under the emojis, and he immediately called for a halt.
"Stop, stop, stop! Stop spamming, a message just got buried!"
Unfortunately, as soon as he spoke, his message was covered by a new round of emojis. No one saw it, and the spamming continued, the group chat remaining boisterous.
Ren Yi felt helpless. Just as he was about to mentally smack each of these three follow-the-leader Anomalies to stop them, the messages in the group chat suddenly froze. The spamming stopped abruptly, as if a pause button had been pressed.
Then, a thin gray line slowly appeared at the bottom of the group chat, followed by a line of light gray system text.
【This group chat has been muted by the Administrator due to malicious spamming.】
Ren Yi blinked, stunned for a moment before his eyes lit up. A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
Heh, there really is an administrator. My guess was right.
In truth, he had suspected this for a while, but he hadn't expected to actually lure the administrator out and get everyone muted. This person really responded when something happened?
According to the Alliance's style of doing things, they ostensibly practiced a loose form of education, ignoring the various actions of their members and letting everyone mess around as they pleased.
However, behind the scenes, a complete bottom-line protection system was running at all times, keeping all risks within a controlled range.
The Parents of the Alliance dared to let them roam free not because they were careless, but because the system provided a safety net, with specific "personnel" responsible for handling various accidents.
Just like those world-invasion social practice missions—before a world-level Calamity was triggered, the Anomalies within the Instance would be forcibly teleported away in advance. They would never let a member fall into a guaranteed death trap.
Ren Yi deduced that the one responsible for that teleportation work should be 【The Mirror】.
After all, their entry and exit from various Instances were all completed through mirrors. That was the most direct clue.
Furthermore, Dr. Lin had once asked Ren Man with a sly look if he had gone to see 【Anomaly Web】 and 【The Mirror】 because of what happened to Ren Yi in the Three Cities World.
【Anomaly Web】 was responsible for account and information management. At that time, his account was suspected of being interfered with, so looking for Anomaly Web was logical. But why would it involve 【The Mirror】?
After thinking it over, the only function Ren Yi could think of was teleportation and providing a safety net.
In that case, when he ran into trouble in the Three Cities World back then, Ren Man had gone out specifically to hold the heads of 【Anomaly Web】 and 【The Mirror】 accountable?
His thoughts strayed for a moment before Ren Yi quickly snapped back to the matter at hand.
In short, by that logic, if even Instances in external worlds had dedicated personnel for safety, then a club Instance within the Alliance—even a half-finished one that looked unreliable at a glance—must have a corresponding person in charge and a protection mechanism.
Since the safety net for the Three Cities World was 【The Mirror】, the Instances within the Alliance naturally had their own regulators.
Especially since this was inside the university. Ren Yi had great confidence in the troublemaking abilities of this group of cubs, so the Alliance would never leave them unmonitored.
Ren Yi's lips curled slightly. Speaking of which, wasn't there an entity in this Instance whose presence was actually quite high?
That's right—it was the very medium they used to communicate, the great fifth member, 【Anomaly Web】.
After all, they were on Alliance territory. It was only natural for Anomaly Web to monitor all information and member activities, being on call to handle various anomalies.
Thinking of this, Ren Yi silently praised the attentive service of the great Anomaly Web.
He had originally just intended to give it a try by requesting a human customer service representative, but he hadn't expected it to actually trigger the backend monitoring.
Although the result was the group chat getting muted...
But this proved precisely that they had a backer!
Ren Yi instantly felt emboldened.
Just as he was thinking, a small loading icon appeared at the very bottom of the group chat interface, spinning slowly to show that someone was typing.
A few seconds later, the "File Transfer Assistant," which had been silent all this time, finally sent a message.
【Thank you for your feedback, dear. The situation you encountered has been recorded in detail.】
【Upon verification, this club Instance is a regular practice project registered with the Alliance. The details within the Instance were compiled by the Instance owner, and our side does not interfere with the operation of custom rules.】
【The current physical imprisonment anomaly is due to the opposing world's will exploiting a rule loophole. Our side cannot intervene during the Instance's progress. We ask you to handle this appropriately on your own and complete the Instance.】
【Afterward, our side will hold the opposing world's will accountable according to regulations and compensate you all for the corresponding losses. We ask for your understanding and cooperation. Wishing you a smooth Instance journey.】
Wait, Big Boss, isn't your way of speaking a bit off?
Ren Yi was about to type a question mark when he noticed the mute icon on the group chat quietly vanished, and his permission to speak was restored.
He stared at the official customer service response and mentally performed a blunt translation, breaking down the corporate jargon.
The subtext of the 【File Transfer Assistant】 translated to:
"I'm watching the whole time. This little situation isn't life-threatening. You won't die."
"This time, the rules you wrote yourself were trash, and the opposing world's will exploited the gap. You brought this on yourselves, so the authorities can't step in to help."
"Afterward, we'll step in to settle the score with the other world's will and provide a safety net to make up for your losses."
"But the mess in this Instance? You have to clean it up yourselves."
"You made these rules; you have to see them through to the end, even if you have to do it on your knees!"
"The above being said, stop spamming and annoying me."
Understanding the subtext, Ren Yi instantly realized that this backer clearly had no intention of stepping in to help right now.
This was bad. The backer didn't want to get involved.
Ren Yi knew full well that the squeaky wheel gets the grease, so he quickly continued to tag the "File Transfer Assistant."
【Big Boss, you can't just ignore us! This is clearly the other side bullying the small with the big, taking advantage of a rule loophole. It's too unfair!】
【If you really won't step in, at least help us unlock our companion's physical imprisonment, okay? She's like a disabled person right now. It's too much suffering!】
【If even that's not possible, just give us a small cheat. Our demands aren't high—just give us X-ray vision so we can see the identities of the humans on the other side. We won't ask for anything else!】
Zhang Qiuqiu, Lord Cha, and Lu Zihan also suddenly realized what was happening when the "File Transfer Assistant" started responding.
In an instant, the group chat was filled with a chorus of wails and complaints.
【Big Boss, you can't ignore us, wahhh! This really isn't our fault. We weren't notified of anything beforehand, and then we were suddenly locked down. We're being treated so unfairly!】
【I'm trapped in a human body right now. I can't use my abilities, and I can't even transform into my True Form. It's so uncomfortable.】
【Exactly, Big Boss! These half-finished rules are full of loopholes to begin with. The other side is clearly cheating. As the disadvantaged party, we're losing too much. It's not too much to ask for a little bit of care, right?】
Regrettably, the next second, a few lines of text popped up in the group chat.
【"File Transfer Assistant" has left the group chat.】
Before leaving, He left behind two letters.
【TD】
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