53: Permanent suspension

Especially for those big-spending customers, at most, they would be temporarily banned for a few hours or a day as a warning, but they would never completely lose their accounts, so that they could continue to be exploited.

Therefore, the words "permanently banned" were indeed chilling.

"'Permanently banned'? That's too harsh..."

"Sigh, I can only say I support it, boo hoo hoo..."

"Oh no, I played Dragon Tower all night with a cheater two days ago, my account won't be affected, will it?"

"It's over, it's over, I'll never dare to use it again, I've already spent nearly ten thousand yuan!"

"They should have been banned long ago! These people spend nothing but deal damage that even tens of thousands of yuan worth of Krypton Gold players can't catch up to!"

"Support... (crying)"

"Boss, there are really a lot fewer people using external programs now."

Through backend data monitoring, Lin Weixin found that the number of cheating players was rapidly decreasing.

"Of course."

Xu Lian said with a matter-of-fact expression.

Although almost no one in this world had experienced the severe punishment of a permanent ban, they also didn't want their hard work to go to waste.

Facing this new rule, players had no choice but to give up external programs and return to normal game mode.

To further eliminate external programs, Xu Lian even added a rule that teaming up with external program players would also result in an account ban.

As a result, others no longer dared to risk cooperating with such people to farm dungeons, and all actively ostracized them.

In this way, the external program problem in Dungeon & Fighter could basically be solved.

"Boss, there are still some people who continue to use external programs to farm dungeons, do we really want to ban their accounts?"

Lin Weixin asked tentatively.

"Have they been warned before?"

"Yes, yes, emails have already been sent to notify them."

Lin Weixin nodded repeatedly.

"Ban them!"

Xu Lian made the decision without hesitation, then added, "Also, create a leaderboard and expose all these external program accounts."

If you want players to completely abide by the rules, simple prohibitions are not enough; you need to increase the deterrent! To deter players who use cheating software, a portion of the violating accounts must be banned to achieve the effect of killing one to warn a hundred.

They must understand that the announcements they issued are not a joke!

"Yes, yes, I understand!"

Lin Weixin responded repeatedly, her fingers rapidly tapping on the keyboard, her movements fluid and seamless.

Tens of thousands of cheating player accounts were thus directly permanently banned by her!

Afterward, Lin Weixin spent some time compiling a ban list, publicly exposing all the accounts of these cheaters.

Players were terrified when they saw the dense list of accounts.

It turned out that Aoyou Tianxia Game Company really meant what it said and showed no mercy!

Time flew by, and in a blink of an eye, a week had passed.

Under Xu Lian's iron-fisted crackdown on cheating, Dungeon & Fighter players gradually reined themselves in.

Xu Lian was very clear that if he wasn't strict with these cheaters, this game would eventually die out.

Of course, Dungeon & Fighter not only had the cheating programs Lin Weixin had previously created.

Developers of other cheating software also set their sights on this popular game, wanting a piece of the pie.

To avoid being caught by Xu Lian, the cheating tools they developed became increasingly advanced, some even undetectable by backend data.

Xu Lian originally planned to use the Sky Eye tracking system to locate these people and catch them all in one fell swoop.

But considering the company's recent busy schedule and lack of available hands, and with the summer vacation approaching, he had to put this plan on hold for now.

So, Xu Lian had Lin Weixin specifically design a reporting mechanism.

As long as a player reported someone using an external program, and it was verified, they would receive some generous in-game rewards.

Coupled with players' concerns that teaming up with cheaters to farm dungeons would implicate them, leading to their accounts being permanently banned, everyone became more vigilant.

In such an environment, players began to actively search for people using external programs and immediately reported them upon discovery.

Some players even secretly infiltrated external program groups and personally acted as "undercover agents" to lure the other party into revealing their weaknesses, all to get rewards.

Under this wave of nationwide reporting, cheaters were almost completely cleaned out.

Although there were still some players who risked using external programs, their external program technology was already very outdated, nowhere near as powerful as the version Lin Weixin had initially made.

Moreover, this small number of people was negligible and no longer posed a threat to Xu Lian.

Therefore, Xu Lian simply let go and entrusted all these matters to Lin Weixin.

Another month passed, and the temperature in Jianghai City became increasingly hot and stuffy.

In two more weeks, the long-awaited summer vacation would arrive.

During this period, Xu Lian's Aoyou Tianxia Game Company developed rapidly, growing larger and larger.

Through more than a month of effort, the download volume of the Aoyou Communication software launched by Xu Lian soared, almost catching up with the total number of Dungeon & Fighter users.

With the popularity of the two games, Xu Lian finally put this communication tool on the right track.

Xu Lian's main user base consisted of young people and students.

Now, in the internet field, especially among netizens aged 14 to 30, almost everyone has installed Xu Lian's Aoyou Communication software.

In just one month, Aoyou Communication software had already surpassed two-thirds of similar platforms nationwide.

Even Blue Fox Company and several other powerful enterprises were suppressed, losing a large number of users and experiencing a sharp decline in performance.

Only a small number of older users were still holding their ground, unwilling to switch platforms.

At the same time, Dungeon & Fighter's profitability continued to maintain strong momentum.

Xu Lian only introduced some simple sign-in tasks and weekend siege activities, and with just these, Dungeon & Fighter alone earned over 2 billion in net profit in just one month.

More importantly, besides the evergreen Dungeon & Fighter, the most discussed game on the market currently was another highly anticipated work—Xu Lian's first-person shooter game, crossfire, which had not yet been officially launched!

As early as a month ago, when Xu Lian released the promotional video for crossfire, the daily views exceeded ten million.

To date, this video's viewership on Weibo has soared to over 400 million, and its topic popularity remains high.

And the number of players who pre-ordered crossfire through Aoyou Communication exceeded 100 million, with every piece of information being a real user verified by real name.

Moreover, the number of pre-orders continues to skyrocket, showing no signs of slowing down.

The promotional video for crossfire has long been widely circulated in major forums, and countless players are eagerly awaiting its open beta.

Many FPS enthusiasts are already itching to control game characters and show off their skills.