3. The Actual Setup of the Allegedly Fraudulent Projects
According to informed sources:
The team operating RCT AI’s office in Shunyi, Beijing (Mainland China) consists of the exact same core group of individuals. They manage a vast network of outsourced labor—drawn from all corners of the country—to run various distinct projects across multiple parallel production lines.
💥Mirror World
@NextLabz
At the time, the core group behind RCT AI found themselves in a precarious situation: physically located in Mainland China, they faced security risks, yet they lacked a project specifically tailored for the crypto space.
Consequently, they sought out several new "frontmen" to compete in an internal selection process. The winner was a candidate who held a Canadian passport, cultivated an "elite" public persona, and—like the core group—was driven by an extreme sense of self-interest.
This frontman was Zhu Yuan (Chris Wu)
@Chrizhuu
Subsequently, within a short timeframe, this core group—working through Chris Zhu and utilizing their outsourced workforce—launched an NFT project called "Mirror World." Leveraging their personal networks and "offline promotion" connections, they sold these NFTs primarily to their own friends and acquaintances to artificially generate trading volume and performance metrics.
According to numerous sources, those who "bought in" (the "bag-holders") ultimately lost their entire investment.
Armed with the fabricated trading performance data from Mirror World, their carefully constructed public personas, and the information silos existing between different industries, they rapidly advanced to the next round of fundraising—demonstrating an even higher level of sophistication in their financing tactics.
The core group effectively "decoupled" Mirror World from RCT AI’s core business operations, raising capital for each entity separately. In essence:
One core team, two distinct brands—raising two separate pools of capital.
💥Delysium $AGI
@The_Delysium
Regarding the first strategic direction—RCT AI itself—they utilized the funds raised through Mirror World to acquire a struggling game development studio in Beijing known as "Lingxi Games."
Lingxi Games was on the brink of bankruptcy; their product was unfinished and barely clinging to life, and they believed they had found their final lifeline—a savior to rescue them from the abyss.
Little did they know, the RCT core group had no genuine intention of actually developing games. Their sole objective was to "borrow a flower to offer the Buddha"—to leverage the game studio's product pipeline merely as a vehicle for PR and marketing campaigns, thereby facilitating further fundraising (and profit extraction).
Following the merger, RCT AI assumed full financial control and rebranded Lingxi Games' unfinished product as "Delysium."
Subsequently, they successfully executed a strategy to issue a token and raise capital through Delysium. They established a strong foothold in the South Korean market through aggressive marketing and PR campaigns, sold high-priced NFTs at exorbitant rates, and ultimately secured listings on major centralized exchanges (CEXs) such as
@BithumbOfficial (in Korea),
@Bybit_Official , and
@Gate .
Finally, theydumpedtheir holdings of the $AGI token onto the market and split the illicit profits among themselves.
Currently, $AGI has plummeted from a high of $0.68 to $0.007—a staggering 98.93% drop—tantamount to a complete wipeout (Figure 1).
Meanwhile, Lingxi Games was ultimately and decisively abandoned by the RCT crew; the entire staff was laid off, and their proprietary product never even made it to launch.
Swarm Network $TRUTH
@GetSwarmed
Following the "harvesting" phase involving RCT and Delysium $AGI , the next step was to integrate the $TRUTH component—which "Baike" mentioned last week (Figure 2).
💥
@SonicSVM $Sonic
Returning to Mirror World: The RCT crew, working alongside Chris Zhu, successfully raised capital by operating Mirror World.
Given that both parties are consummate egoists—driven solely by self-interest—how could they possibly remain united for long? Especially considering that, from the very beginning, they were merely using one another.
Consequently, the RCT team selected a new protégé—Chris Zhu—to serve as their latest "frontman," who, in turn, was eager to continue climbing the ladder himself.
According to insiders, ever since securing the funding, Chris Zhu has exhibited an intense desire for independence; he is constantly poised to "stab them in the back" and has, for all intents and purposes, had a falling out with the RCT team.
However, since everyone holds compromising leverage over one another—creating a mutual deterrence—and because they still need to push forward with securing *new* rounds of funding to keep raking in cash, they are compelled to continue acting out this charade together.
Regarding the token issuance track for Mirror World, Chris Zhu has continued to lean heavily into his "elite persona" and "PPT-driven" narrative strategy.
The original plan was to build an NFT game; the second iteration shifted to creating a gaming platform; the third iteration pivoted to building infrastructure *for* gaming platforms. Eventually, however, it became apparent—and was subsequently debunked—that all these concepts were essentially pure nonsense.
Thus, for the fourth iteration, they pivoted once again—this time to building a gaming-focused blockchain called Sonic. This strategy was chosen because a blockchain itself is relatively difficult to falsify or debunk—much like the well-known
@Scroll_ZKP project.
Leveraging his carefully crafted "elite persona"—that of a "New Chris" (a Canadian-Chinese wunderkind), a "Mini-CZ" (a nod to Binance's founder), a former model, and an alumnus of NYU's Stern School of Business—Chris Zhu managed to thrive within the Solana community in New York.
After securing an endorsement from Solana, Chris Zhu successfully propelled Sonic—a Solana Layer-2 solution that previously had a daily active user count in the single digits—onto major exchanges such as
@upbitglobal .
Immediately after listing, however, they proceeded to relentlessly dump their holdings, "harvesting" profits before making their exit.
The $Sonic token plummeted from its opening high of $1.40 all the way down to $0.03—a 98% collapse that effectively amounts to a complete wipeout (Figure 3).
4. The Masterminds Behind the Allegedly Fraudulent Projects
The masterminds behind Delysium are Wu Xiankun
@roninsks and Zhang Yan, along with a third, lesser-known figure named Zhang Yan.
Mirror World was the first crypto-related project undertaken by Wu Xiankun, Zhang Yan, and Zhang Yan—among others—in collaboration with their associate, Zhu Yuan (Chris Wu).
The mastermind behind Sonic is their associate, Zhu Yuan (Chris Wu).
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