Ling Pingan woke up in the morning and felt that his mind was a little fuzzy.
He subconsciously walked up to the third floor and looked at the small peach tree in the plastic basin at the wall.
The small peach tree had grown to almost three inches tall.
The leaves were tender and furry.
It looked very healthy under the sunlight!
“It seems that I’ve watched too much Calabash Brothers…” Ling Pingan scratched his head. “I’m so stupid to believe that my tree would grow into a little girl…”
But then again…
The little girl in his dream last night was cute!
Even he, who was suffering from face blindness, felt she was cute.
Dreams were indeed unreliable!
So, he turned around and walked down the stairs to the ground floor.
The Little Cat Bastet was already waiting at the top of the stairs.
Meow!
The little one rubbed against his pants.
Ling Pingan squatted down, picked up the little one, and stroked its head. “Let’s go shopping later together…”
“Hmm… it’ll take about an hour…”
It would take about ten minutes to drive from the bookstore to the supermarket.
Then, it would take only about fifty minutes to go shopping and come back!
Meow!
The kitten purred happily.
Ling Pingan walked to the door, opened the door, and pushed the shutter up.
The streets outside had become lively that time of the day.
Cars drove past the street, and pedestrians walked on both sides of the road.
That morning was still normal and boring.
He walked to Aunt Cai’s shop next door and bought breakfast as usual.
Ling Pingan returned to the shop, sat behind the counter, and turned on the television.
Unexpectedly, there was no news about the college entrance examination on the television.
Instead, it was science and technology quick news.
“It is reported that the research group of the future materials of the Federal Empire led by Grand Scholar Gao Qing has produced the latest carbon-based chip in the laboratory…”
“This latest research result will be published in this month’s ‘Empire’s Materials’…”
“From the information revealed so far, the research group led by Grand Scholar Gao Qing has successfully overcome the difficulties of the carbon-based chip. They have integrated more than one billion transistors on a chip that is less than five nanometers…”
“The next generation of chips will be released in the foreseeable next two to three years…”
Ling Pingan’s jaw dropped as he listened, and he even forgot to eat.
Carbon-based chips?
Didn’t they say that it was still a theoretical product?
They were successfully produced in the laboratory so quickly?
And they have integrated more than one billion transistors at one time?
That was striving to the heavens!
He couldn’t help but take out his phone. He knew very well that he was going to witness history again.
The shape of the phone was going to change greatly!
“In the future… I’m afraid there won’t be any workers’ computers…” he said, “One phone is enough to bear all the functions that computers can bear…”
“Maybe artificial intelligence will take off quickly too…”
The appearance of carbon-based chips meant that the chips were more advanced, faster, and had less consumption.
It also meant that a new era was already in front of them.
Just like how a smartphone appeared out of nowhere ten years ago.
New technological products would soon reshape the entire society of the Federal Empire.
“It seems that…” Ling Pingan leaned back in his chair and said, “My decision was indeed correct…”
“I still can benefit from it even if I laze around!”
The news on TV was the best evidence!
He didn’t do anything and had witnessed the rise of many eras in these twenty years.
He witnessed the beginning of the Internet era when he was young.
He witnessed the flourishing development of the mobile internet when he was in university.
At that moment…
A brand-new era was about to be witnessed again!
He alone witnessed three changes that his grandparents would never encounter in their entire lives.
That made him feel smug.
At that moment, a text message appeared on his phone.
He tapped on it and saw that it was from the game official of Legend of Nightmare.
“Dear player, Legend of Nightmare is about to receive its final version before beta testing…”
“Is beta testing around the corner?” Ling Pingan thought.
He had roughly guessed something.
It was probably related to the carbon-based chip project on the news.
Did the breakthrough of the carbon-based chip make this game company feel the call of the times?
It was like a duck in the spring river, knowing the temperature of the water before everyone.
These game companies were the most sensitive to the development of technology.
That made Ling Pingan hesitate.
If the Legend of Nightmare started beta testing, then as the first virtual reality game.
Its popularity was inevitable.
In other words, he might have a chance to become the main character in the game.
It was the kind of the main character who would drop godly equipment when he went out to fight monsters and beat up 100,000 players in a group.
And the equipment and currency of the game could be directly exchanged for money in novels.
“Should I go play and accumulate advantages?” He thought.
Then he denied his thoughts.
Because he knew that his account was the official testing account.
In other words, the official could take back those privileges at any time.
So, he couldn’t make money from the privileges.
At most, he would have a good time!
Moreover, even if he could make money from the game equipment like the main character in the novel, so what?
He didn’t care about money.
It was good enough to have enough money to spend.
He liked his current life very much.
He didn’t want anything to change. It wouldn’t be beautiful anymore if it changed because he had money.
“Enjoy what we can enjoy today…” he recited Li Taibai’s poem. “you might as well wear your hair long and set sail for fun tomorrow!”
Although the front part of the poem didn’t match with what he recited after it, it did reflect his attitude toward life.
Money was a bastard. It was good enough as long as he had enough.
Everything was good as long as he was happy.
It was better than having a mountain of gold and silver if he was happy.
What would it mean to him even if he had a mountain of gold and silver if he was not happy?
Could he buy happiness?
So, he put down his phone and looked at the computer.
He opened the website, logged in to the account he applied for last night, and uploaded the first chapter.
Then, he turned off the computer.
“Let’s go!” Ling Pingan waved at his pet.
Meow!
The little one jumped into her master’s arms.
Then, he picked up his pet, walked to the door, and closed the door.
“Well…” he looked up at the sunshine, which was very warm today.
He thought about it and gave up the thought of taking a taxi.
It was only twenty minutes walk from his shop to the nearby shopping mall.
And he hadn’t taken a walk for a long time.
Hence, he held onto his pet and hummed as he walked along the road.
“When I was 18, at my school prom, I stood there like a flunky…”
A tint of Guangnan accent came out of his mouth.
… … ..
Realm of Nightmare.
Chu Weiwei opened her eyes.
She did not quite understand why the Realm of Nightmare would suddenly recruit her.
However, one figure after another began to appear around her.
Soon, the entire Nightmare Square was packed with people.
Everyone looked around in confusion.
They were also surprised.
In fact, many of them had just been urgently summoned from a Nightmare World.
That could be seen from the fact that they were still on battle alert.
“Nightmare Game participants…” Chu Weiwei looked at the densely packed heads in the seemingly endless square. She was extremely surprised. “I’m afraid it’s no less than 100,000 of them…”
The number of Nightmare Game participants in Realm of Nightmare increased exponentially in more than a month after she joined Nightmare Realm and became a Nightmare Game participant.
Now, it had reached the limit of 100,000.
One had to know that the battle losses in Nightmare World were also increasing with the influx of new players.
Large numbers of new players were eliminated the moment they entered Nightmare World.
In other words, the mysterious Realm of Nightmare was recruiting new players every day for more than a month.
Chu Weiwei had also heard about the method of recruiting new players.
Some had inexplicably seen a notice in the newspaper, saying: Do you want to change your fate? Do you want to control your fate?
One would be pulled into the damned realm as long as they said the word ‘yes’.
Some people who had gotten into a car accident or had a fatal disease heard a voice asking before they died: Do you want to have another life? Do you want to rebirth again in another life?
As long as they agreed to it, they would appear in that damned place.
There were even people who were recruited when they were playing games.
Chu Weiwei had met two new people in the Nightmare World.
According to them, they were playing for a certain battle in the canyon studio.
They had accepted the contract and wanted to help the streamer score points.
Thus, they all lined up opposite the host and used all sorts of tricks.
As a result, when they finished playing the game and wanted to go to the bathroom, they directly stepped into the Realm of Nightmare.
In short, the recruitment method in the Realm of Nightmare was becoming more and more casual.
The restrictions she faced were also becoming lesser and lesser in reality.
She was afraid that before long…
He would be able to forcefully summon humans from reality.
When she thought about that.
A mechanical electronic voice suddenly sounded above her head.
“Participants of the Nightmare Game…”
“The Realm of Nightmare is about to usher in a brand-new evolution…”
“Great…” a series of noises covered up the name that he wanted to say. Chu Weiwei could only hear a series of vague words.
However, she knew that it was a long title.
It should belong to the mastermind behind the scenes who controlled all the changes in the Realm of Nightmare.
After that interruption, the mechanical voice continued, “He has already opened up the passages of many Otherworlds…”
“The realm will select suitable candidates from all the players in the future missions…”
“They will become the vanguard for the expansion of the realm and the conquest of those worlds!”
“For that, the realm will specially recruit all the participants and explain to you!”
“The three Nightmare Worlds will be the test grounds for selecting suitable candidates in the future!”
“At the same time, the Realm of Nightmare will open up the Honor System and the Military Rank System!”
“All the participants who fight for the realm will receive Honor Points…”
“Honor Points can be used to purchase brand-new Nightmare Equipment and Nightmare Bloodlines. They can also be used to upgrade military ranks!”
“The higher the military rank, the more Honor Equipment can be purchased!”
An illusory screen appeared in front of Chu Weiwei.
Densely packed items were displayed one after another.
Chu Weiwei gulped, looking at these items that were almost all grey.
That was because these items were almost unimaginable and only appeared in mythical-grade legends.
Chu Weiwei raised her head and saw the spatial barrier above her head.
In the flesh barrier formed by countless blood vessels and tissues, whirlpool-like objects were slowly rotating.
The deep darkness was staring at everyone behind those vortexes.
Obviously…
These vortexes were the so-called passageways!
The grand mechanical voice continued beside her ears, “Everything…”
“It’s all for the great immortal…” countless interruption noise pierced into her eardrums.
The entire space seemed to distort.
It was as if space was talking about a name that absolutely should not be known by others. It was an existence that could not be known by others.
“Have fun!”
The grand voice was like thunder, exploding in everyone’s hearts.
“Have fun?” Chu Weiwei was stunned.
“We fought to the death in the Nightmare World and struggled for our lives just for someone to have fun?”
She gulped, but she had to admit it.
Perhaps that was the truth.
The struggles of mortals were just someone’s pastime for fun.
It was like children holding crickets in jars and watching them fight.
It was also like slave owners in ancient times who captured slaves and trained them into gladiators.
They let the slaves use their blood and lives to please the high and mighty nobles.
And…
Chu Weiwei lowered her head.
She knew that humans might have to be thankful.
Thankful that she could be seen as gladiators and crickets.
Otherwise, if that person, who could not even reveal his name, felt that humans were meaningless.
Everything that humans relied on for a living would probably be destroyed with a breath!
Chu Weiwei had a clear understanding of that point.
Because she had such an ability in a certain sense!
It was just a matter of thought to summon wind and rain, thunder and lightning.
And she was just a representative chosen by a certain important being. She needed to work within the framework of the rules and regulations.
She couldn’t overstep her boundaries!
Even so, she could still affect the daily lives of civilians to a large extent.
A hundred milliliters more or a hundred milliliters less rainfall every year was enough to reshape the entire ecosystem!
She could even decide whether a certain place was a green mountain or a desert!
Even a small being like her could influence the world under such circumstances.
Then, what about the Realm of Nightmare?
What about the mysterious existences that controlled the Realm of Nightmare behind the scenes?
If they needed it, what would happen to human reality?
… ..
Carrying the kitten Bastet, Ling Pingan walked into the largest shopping mall near the industrial park.
That day was the last day of the college entrance examination.
Therefore, the shopping mall was filled with parents who came to shop and were prepared to reward their children.
They carried big and small bags and pushed big cars and carts.
People came and went.
Ling Pingan was also at the supermarket entrance of the mall. He pushed a shopping cart and put his pet in it.
Then, he pushed the shopping cart and walked into the supermarket.
He saw a big screen on the side of the supermarket that was broadcasting an advertisement when he entered the supermarket.
“The eighteenth generation of Tai-Chi Hsing-I successor, Ma Baobao, will come to Fuchuang Mall today…”
An old man in his sixties wearing simple mandarin clothes appeared on the screen.
“Passing down the martial arts and carrying forward the traditions, I am Ma Baobao…”
Ling Pingan looked at it and pursed his lips.
Martial arts?
The martial arts in novels were naturally awesome.
But in reality…
Hmm…
It was just the art of performance!
Thus, he couldn’t be bothered to look at it anymore. He walked into the mall, pushing his shopping cart.
