Perhaps it's due to the nature of life forms being separated by a layer of internet; skills like brain search, soul capturing, and mind control tend to be less effective on players like Garrosh and Yawei who have neural plugs at the back of their heads.
However, through indirect probing, Li Cheng and his team still managed to gather a lot of information about the outside world.
For example, the current timeline is the year 2068 AD, which is also year 20 of the Earth Federation Calendar since the end of the Third World War.
Due to the aftermath of the war and the rise of unmanned factories, the Earth Federation Government deliberately guided the public to invest their energy into the neural-plugged network Metaverse.
Just the "Home" project alone boasts 2 billion monthly active users.
Such a massive user base naturally led to the emergence of a virtual economy dependent on the Metaverse and a large number of professional teams.
