Conquering OtherWorld Starts With a Game Chapter 17.2: Anti-Harassment Protocol

As soon as this minor thesis was posted, the number of comments exploded.

There were copypastas like "Boss Vanilla with 37 Potential is big-chested and brainless," while someone lamented, "Is there any hope for those starting with 2x Potential?"

Others opposed Unceasing Entropy's idea of focusing on intelligence and called her pretentious for claiming to be an average straight-A student. One user also demanded that the aforementioned "Ou Huang" who boasted about having maxed Potential prove his identity or be considered a liar.

When Qin Guan, the prominent "OtherWorld" player, managed to anger Warrior Instructor Charlie Rex, getting slain and forced offline, he realized that he had been the target of many bullets on the forum…

After reading Unceasing Entropy's mini thesis, Qin Guan was fuming and quickly uploaded a scan of his diploma certificate to prove that he wasn't a bad student.

Then, the player "Ou Huang," who had probably returned from lunch and was about to log back in, replied with a new comment: "I'm not a genius, but I think there's some truth to Unceasing Entropy's speculation. Potential value might really be correlated to mind and spirit."

Attached to the comment was an image of an honorary certificate from a provincial mountaineering association, verifying that the holder had reached the summit of Mount Everest at the age of 18.

For a moment, all the players that were engaging in a war of words on the forums, including Qin Guan, fell silent…

Mountaineering, a field that most people had little knowledge about, was like a blow below the belt for the gaming community, severely making them feel out of their depth.

Yang Qiu, who followed Earth's schedule, also returned to Earth at noon for lunch and naturally came across this discussion thread.

"Haa, quite a few strong ones among the players," Yang Qiu couldn't help but smile when he scanned through Unceasing Entropy's thesis.

Among the first 281 players to log into the game, a tenth had Potential values (mental strength) below 30, over 80% ha

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