Ling Ping’an carried Bastet and walked into the cafeteria. He chose a steamed bun and a bowl of porridge then took some cold dishes such as kelp strips. He sat in a corner and slowly ate his breakfast.
There were not many customers this morning.
This was very normal. The Get-together Party would end tomorrow.
Everyone would go back to their own homes.
At this time, those who had found a partner would usually go on a date.
Under the moonlight, they would be lovey-dovey, and it couldn’t be more joyous.
Those who didn’t have a partner would seize the time and fool around in the Imperial Capital.
These young masters from all over the world had caused the restaurants in the Imperial Capital to increase in price.
It had attracted a lot of gossips.
Therefore, those who were obediently staying in the Monsoon Villa were basically like Ling Ping’an, who weren’t interested to go on a blind date, nor wanting a female company.
They were guys who had other motives.
This made Ling Ping’an happy and quiet. He sat alone in the corner and slowly ate his breakfast.
Halfway through the meal, two young men took their plates and sat at the table next to him.
They looked at Ling Ping’an and smiled kindly.
Ling Ping’an also smiled.
Then, they continued with their own matters.
Ling Ping’an was busy drinking his porridge while they began to chat.
“Have you heard?”
“Yes?”
“Last night, the massacre of the Shi Family… I heard that it was the work of an evil spirit… the entire Shi Family was chopped up by the evil spirit!”
“That scene was tragic!”
Ling Ping’an curled his lips when he heard that.
Evil spirit?
He naturally didn’t believe it.
But the two of them only chatted for a while before changing the topic.
Very quickly, they started to talk about the most popular Legend of Nightmare.
“Do you know why Wang Xiao’er has disappeared since yesterday?”
“Huh?”
“That guy got called and was immediately picked up by his family. They protected him like a treasure!”
“Was it that exaggerated?”
“Of course!”
“As the old saying goes, if you learn the arts of literature and martial arts, the goods will belong to the Royal Family!”
“And that Legend of Nightmare is the place to obtain the arts of literature and martial arts sold to the Royal Family!”
“That’s because the arts of literature and martial arts nowadays are superpowers!”
“Do you know about the Long Group?”
“It’s a special organization formed by extraordinary people with superpowers!”
“I’ve heard that the power of the Long Group is so big that it scares people to death!”
“The higher-ups can investigate the country’s affairs, and the lower-ups can command the local military police!”
“The Long Group was the one who took over the massacre case of the Shi Family last night!”
Ling Ping’an couldn’t help but shake his head when he heard this.
Since he was almost done eating, he picked up his cat, took a napkin, and wiped his mouth. He planned to go out for a walk to digest his food.
Walking out of the hall, he carried his cat and walked to a garden in the distance.
Speaking of which, he had lived in the Monsoon Villa for so long, but he had never seen this royal palace before!
Now that he was about to leave, he needed to take a good look around.
Thus, he took out his phone and planned to find a place with a good view and take a few photos.
To keep it as a souvenir.
In the end, just as he entered the garden area’s gate.
He was stuffed with a promotional poster in his hand.
“Mister, if you reach the game cabin…”
“You can call the phone number on the poster at any time…”
The man in formal clothes stuffed the poster into his hand and said to him, “My girls will definitely not let you down!”
He held the poster and took a look.
There were several pictures of young girls on it, and there was a brief introduction beside it.
Shangguan Qing, 23 years old, studying in the third year of the Literature Department of Imperial Capital University…
Shangguan Rou, 25 years old, graduated from the Advanced Mathematics Department of Beizhou University and is currently a director of Great Xia’s Jing’an Stock Management Co., Ltd…
At the side of the pictures of these young girls, there was a sentence in bold: Since ancient times, a beautiful lady has always been sought after by a gentleman. Now that I have a daughter, I am willing to welcome a son-in-law of the dragon with the gift of the east bed.
If there are any gentlemen with the criteria of the Legend of Nightmare, please make a call…
You could choose one of the ladies!
Ling Ping’an blinked his eyes.
He finally felt the wave of this Legend of Nightmare.
Although he had never heard of Shangguan Qing or Shangguan Rou.
He did not know whether these people were beautiful or ugly.
But just by looking at their resumes, he knew that these were so-called ladies.
They were modern women who had received higher education.
Therefore, he asked curiously, “Are these Shangguan ladies actually willing to get married?”
That person nodded, “Of course!”
“As long as you have a game cabin, my ladies are willing to go on a date with you!”
Ling Ping’an swallowed his saliva and asked carefully, “Aren’t your ladies picky?”
The other party was puzzled, “Why would they be picky?”
“There are no free men in the Get-together Party. They are all the descendants of the country’s meritorious officials, and they come from a scholarly family!”
“For my family, they are of equal status!”
Ling Ping’an was stunned when he heard that, “As long as they are of equal status?”
The other party said with a straight face, “Of course!”
“What else?”
“Do we have to talk about free love?”
“Forget it!”
“The young miss of the Han family pursued some kind of love back then. She insisted on marrying a manager of her own family…”
“And what happened next?”
“She was abused after marriage, and she was even cheated on!”
“In the end, she got a divorce.”
“Then she might as well marry someone of equal status and have a common topic… At the very least, no matter how much of a ruckus we make, we have to consider the dignity of both families!”
Ling Ping’an could not find any words to refute the other party’s twisted logic.
He heard the other party say proudly, “Mister, I shall tell you directly!”
“If you shake it to the game cabin, don’t talk nonsense and come with me now! I’ll bring you to meet the ladies of my family…”
“You can choose as you like!”
“Don’t worry, my family’s upbringing is strict, and all the ladies abide by traditional values!”
“They have a presence in public, and are also great homemakers!”
Ling Ping’an listened and carefully asked, “What if I’m a closed beta player?”
“Closed beta player?!” The other party screamed.
Immediately, a few people looked over with covetous eyes.
Everyone knew what the so-called closed beta player in the Legend of Nightmare meant?
Transcendent being!
An extraordinary transcendent being!
He was at least at the school level!
He was the ideal rich son-in-law, an existence similar to the ancient scholars!
Ling Ping’an listened carefully to the other party’s reply, “If you are a closed beta player…”
“All the property of my family will be given to you with both hands!”
“All the girls in my family would be willing to date you!”
Ling Ping’an was completely dumbfounded when he heard this.
He asked weakly, “Now… Isn’t it monogamy?”
“Monogamy? Hehe…” The other party seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. “Mister, if you really are a closed beta player…”
“Show me your skills now!”
“I’m not talented. Although my words are light, as long as you show me your skills…”
“I promise you, you have my words!”
Now, it was the post-Spirit Aura recovery era!
Transcendent being could move mountains and overturn seas and was omnipotent.
Although they had the Blackguard, they could control the world.
However, who knew how long the order maintained by the Blackguard could last?
Ten years?
Twenty years?
A hundred years?
It could not be forever!
Because history had long proved this point.
At the peak of the Tang Dynasty, it suddenly collapsed.
In the chaos, the previous dynasty was heading toward collapse.
Just as the puppet dynasty swept away the world, a great Xia ancestor appeared.
The colonists of the Land of Qin ate beef and sang in Beizhou, looking really happy.
Looking back, great Xia’s expedition squadron had already crossed the ocean.
The Fran Emperor of the Land of Qin had won the battle of the three emperors, and he had the momentum to take over the Land of Qin and unify the countries.
However, Lossia’s cold wind blew away all the dreams of the emperor.
Now, the Blackguard had been strong for two hundred years.
As the saying went, the sun was extremely narrow, and the moon was full.
When everything reached its peak, it would inevitably go downhill.
This was the objective law of things.
Even the Blackguard couldn’t avoid it!
Especially now, with the appearance of the Legend of Nightmare, this trend was even more obvious.
Otherwise, why would the commander-in-chief run around the world at this time, forcing the local power factions to declare their stance?
This was the reason why the Blackguard had also realized that they could not suppress the world forever.
Therefore, once the Blackguard could no longer act as strong as it was now.
Once he began to retreat and compromise.
That would be the time when the world would undergo a great change.
This logic was understood even by the new internet aristocrats like the Shangguan family.
Therefore, the wealthy merchants and capital in the entire Imperial Capital had already started to make plans for the future.
One of them was to recruit those lucky people who had rolled into the game cabin with a large sum of money.
Another way to spread money is to win over the hearts of the people.
In the Monsoon Villa, there was a large-scale distribution of flyers, and the third was to marry those people with transcendent being potential from the aristocratic families with deep roots.
Ling Ping’an listened and was puzzled, “What do you mean by showing off?”
When the other party heard this, he immediately laughed.
Those who were eyeing him with covetous eyes also withdrew their gazes.
He didn’t even understand this meaning?
Clearly, this young man wasn’t a transcendent being.
Ling Ping’an scratched his head, feeling that he didn’t quite understand the thinking of these people from the Imperial Capital.
They wanted me to show off my skills but they won’t tell me how?
However…
He didn’t have that intention.
Therefore, after a moment of doubt, he walked into the depths of the garden by himself.
He had to find a few good angles and take a few photos.
Of course, at the same time, he also had doubts in his heart.
“Virtual reality technology has such an exaggerated ability to shape society?”
The person’s words just now didn’t seem to be fake.
He was really prepared. If he could prove that he was a closed beta player, he would have to learn the story of how the ancient rich merchants captured the scholars.
Ling Ping’an even heard some possibility of the ancient scholars offering land and scholars from the other party’s words.
Although the form might be different, the core was the same.
As the saying went, the spring river was warm and the duck was a prophet.
These people who didn’t give up until they saw a rabbit must have known something behind the scenes.
“Legend of Nightmare…”
“Hidden secrets!”
“This secret might be able to change the entire world!”
“Just like the first industrial revolution, which completely shaped modern times, the second industrial revolution, which shaped modern international order, and the third industrial revolution, which completely changed human society!”
In the eyes of these people, virtual reality was the fourth industrial revolution.
It would not even be an exaggeration to say that it was a change that hadn’t happened in a thousand years!
But…
It was just a game…
Was there a need for that?
Even if the Legend of Nightmare contained such potential, it would still be in the hands of the authorities.
When had a consumer who bought a 5G mobile phone been able to dominate the electronic consumer market?
Unless…
“A player from the Legend of Nightmare can possess something that no one in real life can possess from this game…”
“Just like in ancient online novels, the main characters who occupy territories similar to real-life in online games!”
“To the extent that…”
Ling Ping’an recalled the description in a novel he had read before.
The main character could bring out equipment and even skills from the game!
But…
Ling Ping’an shook his head as he thought of this, “How is that possible?!”
It was just a game, everything was virtual.
“If that’s the case…” He thought of his experience in the game.
“Wouldn’t I be able to move mountains and overturn seas long ago?!”
As he thought of this, he gently raised his hand and made a gesture to swing his hand forward.
Then, he looked at the pavilion in front of him.
Nothing happened.
He smiled, held his cat, and walked forward.
…
After handing out the flyers, Shangguan Rong picked up his phone and walked to a nearby pavilion. He wanted to have a good rest.
He also wanted to recall the various people he had met today.
He walked to the pavilion, sat down, and gently leaned against the railing behind him.
Crack!
Just as his back leaned against the railing.
The sound of wood breaking came from behind him.
He turned his head and saw the wooden railing behind him begin to disintegrate bit by bit in his eyes.
“What’s going on?” Shangguan Rong was extremely shocked.
However, this was only the beginning.
The bench he was sitting on also started to make cracking sounds.
The logs were breaking one by one.
Crack!
The entire pavilion suddenly collapsed.
Countless logs and stones fell one after another.
Shangguan Rong screamed, “Ah!”
He raised his head in horror and saw that the pavilion above his head was breaking inch by inch.
The logs were falling apart, and the stones were breaking one by one.
Then, they turned into powder, turning into fragments.
Boom!
All of the structure of the pavilion had been shattered.
Whether it was the stones or the wood, they were all shattered by an unimaginable strength.
He saw with his own eyes that the pieces of falling wood had turned into sawdust.
The pieces of falling stones shattered and disintegrated in the air, turning into fragments that were like gravel.
Crash!
Wood fragments and gravel fell like rain on his head.
His entire body collapsed along with the pavilion.
“What happened?” Many people turned their heads.
Therefore, people saw that in a corner of the garden, a pavilion that had been there all along had turned into nothingness.
A large pit that had collapsed appeared on the spot.
The pit was filled with debris and lime.
A figure stood up from within.
His face was covered in lime and debris, and he was in a sorry state.
“Help!” The person screamed.
A few emergency personnel in Bianque’s uniform had already carried a stretcher and quickly rushed over from an emergency department.
