Devin Thomas was just laying down for bed after binge reading light novels on his favorite app when...

Humans have grown to be the one of the rulers of the Earth, if not, the most powerful. The supernatural have no choice but to yield and cooperate, war is not an option.
Or so they thought.
Angels and Demons have broken their peace with each other and have ignited the flames of war, where will the Humans stand? Will this be the era that everything ends?
In the midst of all this, one Human, Aiden Beaufort, tries to live through these trying times and find his Fated Ones.

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THE EDEN NOT FOUND ON THIS EARTH
Genre: BL, Fantasy, Romance
Tags: Fantasy, BL, Romance, Adventure, Harem, Doting Love Interests
READING WARNING: This book is not a light read, with chapters reaching up to 3000 words each. This book goes against traditional story telling, the story can be told through records or memories by the characters. This book can be considered an epic saga. This book can also be considered an erotic fantasy.
TRIGGER WARNING: Contains child abuse, reader abuse, foul language, violence, multiple relationships, possible incest, and sexually explicit scenes that is either non-consensual, with dubious consent, and/or consensual which may or may not contain themes of BDSM. (male-on-male)

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Rated R (foul language, violence, & steamy scenes)

All Rights Reserved | Copyright 2020 to Sansense I. of The Rainbow Crayon
( @The_Rainbow_Crayon ) Wattpad | Copyright 2021 Jay Deiro ( @ Jay_Deiro ) Webnovel


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Started: March 27, 2020 - April 1, 2020, May 10, 2021
Ended: TBA

This story was first published on Wattpad. It is currently ongoing, and updates first appear on Wattpad. The author has chosen to publish on Webnovel as well, just for a certain reader of theirs. Due to the difference in publishing formats, chapters on Webnovel are split for easier reading.


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Humans have grown to be the one of the rulers of the Earth, if not, the most powerful. The supernatural have no choice but to yield and cooperate, war is not an option. 

Or so they thought.

Angels and Demons have broken their peace with each other and have ignited the flames of war, where will the Humans stand? Will this be the era that everything ends?

In the midst of all this, one Human, Aiden Beaufort, tries to live through these trying times and find his Fated Ones.

First published and updated on Wattpad.

￼Chapter 575: Sparring 1  Worlds' Apocalypse Online￼

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Chapter 575: Sparring (1)
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Gu Qing Shan felt a bit nervous

Ilya had been the Bramble Bird Kingdom's military general for many years, her title wasn't just for show.

The only reason why she got wounded was that she was up against a large number of Entropy Ghosts and an army of several millions while trying to defend the city.

If she really wanted to beat me up for that…
I can only use a Divine Skill to run away.

Deciding that, Gu Qing Shan stood still and waited.

A few moments later, Ilya returned.

"Your pill was great, my wounds have gotten much better" she praised him.

Gu Qing Shan nodded to signal his agreement.

Indeed, in the cultivation world, individual strength wasn't actually that great.

-----especially after meeting the Combatants of the 900 million World Layers, Gu Qing Shan understood that even clearer.

But the reason why the cultivation world managed to hold off the demon's fierce invasion for 10 long years was due to the 6 arts.

Divination, Formations, Pills, Smithing, Talismans and Cooking.

These were the culmination of a civilization's knowledge, they were created by humans, at the same time becoming the tool and basis for them to advance.

"We can set off now to see what the ghost army is planning" Ilya said.

"Yes, I also wanted to do that" Gu Qing Shan replied.

But he didn't go right away, instead summoned a sword.

The Six Paths Great Mountain sword.

The autumn-like blue sword spun once in the air and turned into Shannu.

"Gongzi, you have use for me?" Shannu asked.

"In case Entropy Ghosts stage an ambush, the people here won't be able to stop them, you stay here to watch over them and take care of Laura"

"Yes"

"If something happens, use inner sight to contact me right away, you already know all my techniques and abilities"

"Understood, I will pay close attention" Shannu answered.

Gu Qing Shan was a bit more assured.

Since a flying sword and a sword cultivator were always connected through inner sight, no matter what happens, Shannu could temporarily hold the fort for him.

And since Gu Qing Shan had [Ground Shrink], he could easily return here faster than anyone else.

Seeing him be that careful, Ilya silently nodded in approval.

"Ok, let us go" Gu Qing Shan said.

"Indeed" Ilya replied.

The two of them flew out from the city wall, heading towards where the ghosts had retreated.

Gu Qing Shan thought about it for a bit but didn't take out the airship.

Since they were scouting, there was a need to stay hidden at all times, Ilya herself didn't summon any steed either.


The two of them melded with the darkness, quickly flying close to the ground.

It wasn't until they got to the border of the plains that they slowed down.

It was here that the ghosts had rallied before being scattered by Gu Qing Shan again.

There were chaotic marks of destruction all over the place.

"What do you think they're going to do next?" Ilya asked.

"I'm not sure, I haven't met many ghosts or revenants yet so I don't know them well"

Gu Qing Shan explained.

Entropy Ghosts were a unique type of Chaotic Demon Lord, having the ability to pass through everything.

After infiltrating this world, they could scatter into countless ghosts and hellspawns of Huang Quan, or use summoning techniques to call in more ghosts from outside.

This was a unique monster with unique capabilities that Gu Qing Shan had only met for the first time.

Ilya sighed and said: "This was also the first time I've seen so many Samsara Daemons, it seems we have no choice but to find them first before probing their next moves"

She pulled out two long daggers emitting a cold chill from behind.

Gu Qing Shan grabbed the air and held the Chao Yin sword in his hand.

Ilya looked at the Chao Yin sword.

"Laura said you have three Legendary swords, enough for her to want them for herself"

Using the Mystic Zones' standards, items were divided into 4 tiers: Wondrous, Epic, Legendary, Divine.

Wondrous items are only considered decent in a Bramble Bird's eyes, but they're first-rate magical items in any other world.

Epic items in any other world are considered treasures that everyone wanted to get their hands on.

But the Earth sword, Chao Yin sword and Six Paths Great Mountain sword were judged by Laura to be Legendary items.

That was why every time Gu Qing Shan used his swords, Laura would watch him closely with clear desire burning in her eyes.

"Ah, that's right, she said she wanted to trade other things with me for them, but since these three swords are like parts of my own body, I didn't agree" Gu Qing Shan smiled.

"Then you should be careful, it's very easy for swords of this level to draw unwanted eyes" Ilya reminded him.

"I understand that"

Ilya changed the subject a bit: "We're going to have to infiltrate the enemy's base from here on, but we still aren't clear of each other's strength so it won't be easy to coordinate"

"You mean?"

"Let's spar for a bit and get to know each other a bit more" Ilya said.

Gu Qing Shan looked at her in surprise as his thought turned quickly.

Ilya is the supreme military general of the Bramble Bird Kingdom, together with Triste they are the two strongest people of the Bramble Bird Kingdom.
And she's considered a decent Combatant even with the infinite worlds' standard.
But she wants to spar with me.
This…
…is probably because of that pill…

"How can I actually fight you?" Gu Qing Shan smiled bitterly and continued: "We're here to scout, let's leave sparring for later"

"It'll be a short sparring session, don't worry, we'll just exchange 10 attacks, after 10 attacks, I'll stop"
Ilya looked at Gu Qing Shan and added: "Don't worry, I'll limit my power to be just around your level"

Saying so, her presence gradually reduced until it matched Gu Qing Shan's level.

Gu Qing Shan sighed.

Seems like a fight is unavoidable.

He thought briefly and spoke: "If you limit yourself to just around my level, there might be a problem"

"What problem would that be? Or do you want me to lower my strength further?" Ilya stared straight at him and asked.

"That's not necessary, I'm just afraid you might be at a disadvantage" Gu Qing Shan replied.

Ilya looked at him and smiled.

"Say that again after you can take 10 attacks from me"

Saying so, she swung both daggers and rushed forward.

Her stance was flexible and sly, seemingly capable of stabbing through Gu Qing Shan at any time during her blade dance.

Even stranger, as Ilya wielded her daggers, her body seems to have entered a blurred state.

Her movements became difficult to judge, both direction and speed.

Gu Qing Shan silently praised, feeling like he had his eyes opened again.

Using the swings of the blade to obscure her body movements, at the same time using those movements to attack, not only did it perfectly fit the characteristics of a dagger, but it was also the pinnacle of the art of assassination.

Although Ilya did reduce her strength, her fighting techniques and experience were still fully there.

Gu Qing Shan decidedly took a few steps back to carefully observe her.

Ilya wasn't using any special abilities or spells, purely attacking with her daggers.

…without a hint of killing intent no less.

Seems like she's still sensible enough.

Gu Qing Shan couldn't use any special sword styles like Secret Arts either.

Seeing him backing off again and again, Ilya stopped and disapprovingly asked: "Do you only know how to retreat? I've already limited my strength and you still can't spar?"

Gu Qing Shan just smiled and stepped forward with his sword.

In a flash, the sword and daggers clashed, both sides not letting up, leaving countless blurry afterimages as they attacked.

Clang, clink, clang, clang clink~!

Soon enough, 10 attacks had passed.

The sword held both daggers back and pushed.

Ilya was pushed back together with her daggers, only regaining stability after 7-8 steps.

She was surprised at Gu Qing Shan: "Seems like you aren't all talk after all"

----at which attack did he notice my flaw?
That final attack just now?
No, let's confirm it again.

Deciding that, Ilya's presence began to rise.

Gu Qing Shan noticed it right away.

Her power waves now far exceeded the Sainted realm.

And Ilya herself looked extremely excited.

Indeed, normally in battle it's always a step away from death, how often do you have someone to reduce their strength to your level and spar with pure sword or blade skills?
This was also a good chance to learn from her.

Thinking that, Gu Qing Shan brandished his sword, asking: "Again?"

"Again!"

Ilya disappeared on the spot and reappeared behind Gu Qing Shan.

Her daggers drew several arcs of cold gleams.

Kih!

Gu Qing Shan's sword stopped them all, quickly maintaining a distance.

"Running again?" Ilya smirked and pursued.

Two figures quickly moved about in the air and ground, weaving evasion with attacks, occasionally metallic sound of weapons clashing could be heard.

At the 30 attack mark, Gu Qing Shan once again held both daggers back with his sword and pushed.

Ilya was sent backwards again.

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.
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.
Sigh, another boring day.
I think I am breathing a bit harder than before…
Did I catch a cold?
I think I had a bit of fever too… But now I feel quite better.
I had some very strange dreams… But now I can barely remember them.
I only know they were weird.
Well, anyways…
I wake up from my bed, as I smell my t-shirt.
Ugh, it stinks.
I gotta go wash it, I guess.
I stretch my body a bit as it aches.
Perhaps, I should not have stayed until so late playing games while sitting on the floor, it's killing my back.
I walk out of my room as I see that everything is rather dark yet…
Did I wake up earlier than before?
That's odd, I usually sleep until like 2 pm.
I get to the toilet and do my necessities, and then, I guess I decided to take a bath.
Been some time since I took one.
Ah, the warm water really does relax me.
As I feel the warm water wash out my body, I begin to think about what to do today.
I think today is the weekend, right?
Hm… Yeah.
Man, I am hungry.
I quickly dry out my body and get some fresh clothes that smell way better.
I walk towards the dinner table as I see my parents.
My father is reading the newspaper, as always, while my mother is drinking tea and watching videos on youtube.
They greet me rather carefreely.
"Huh? You woke up quite early today, did you finally stopped playing games until late?" asked my father.
"What? Why would I stop playing games, old man? I actually just woke up early for some reason…" I said.
"Then how many hours did you slept at the end?" asked my mother.
"Err… I slept at like… 5 am… And then it's around 10? So five hours?" I asked.
"That's quite little…" said my mother.
"Well, he's young, so maybe his body can take it," said my father.
"Anyways, what's for breakfast?" I ask, I was rather hungry.
"Ah, cereal, your favorite," said my mother.
"Aw come on, not even pancakes… What about Rimuru's pastries?" I asked.
Eh?
What… did I just ask?
Rimuru's pastries?
What?
What is that?
Why did I say that?
From where did those words come?
"Rimu- what?" asked my mother.
"Ah… never mind," I said.
"Maybe you're finally getting schizophrenia for living indoors for so long," laughed my father.
"Don't even joke with things like that, old man…" I said, serving myself some cold milk and chocolate-flavored cereal, well, it is better than nothing.
I tap my phone as I glance at the news.
Nothing much other than some political issues on Twitter…
I then move into my Discord server, where I see some stupid memes that bring me a dumb smile from time to time.
Ah, then I search around my other discord server.
Monster Girls…
This is a special Discord Server where true monster girls lovers gather.
We simply share monster girl art, and well, there is also a wiki about franchises where monster girls are the protagonists, we also like to look them around.
Ah, Monster Girl Encyclopedia Volume 4 will soon come, I cannot wait…
Man, I already want it on my bookshelf.
I then glance around at light novels, there is a lot of stuff I gotta read…
Hm?
When I tap into the Webnovel app, I find this odd novel.
Epic of Caterpillar.
There is… a main character that is a caterpillar?
That's dumb.
And it evolves into a fairy, basing it on the cover.
Damn, she is hot though.
And who are those two at her sides?
There is a blue-skinned girl with multiple arms, long black horns, and a beautiful black dress, she seems to be a witch of sorts.
And to her other side, there is this beautiful slime girl with shiny rainbow eyes.
Oof, is this a monster girl novel?
Even if the premise is stupid… if it is about monster girls…
I then read the first few chapters, they were rather similar to the one novel about the spider, but it had some twists.
The grammar was quite ok, although I cannot expect much from Webnovels, they are often of low quality compared to paperback books after all.
At first, the character is pretty cringy, screaming a lot, and the author writes a ton of stupid 'BOOM!' sound effects…
Well, it gets better as I go.
But…
Where is the monster girls' harem?
So lame…
Oh, there it is.
It actually happens pretty late… the introduction is pretty much monsters battling against each other until the main character finally gets to evolve into a hot fairy girl.
As I finish eating cereal, I sit on the couch and enjoy the breeze coming from the balcony, my parents are just as relaxed and silent as me, so everything is quite good to read.
I keep reading for a few more couples of chapters.
And I can't help but find odd things.
There is a Rimuru character in this… and it oddly reminds me of the words I said earlier.
Also, the main character…
I don't know why but its backstory is very similar to mine?
It even speaks similarly to me and all…
It must be… my imagination.
But for some reason…
I find most of the events going on in this thing familiar.
It was odd at first and I thought it was simply the familiarity of other books.
But no, this familiarity is different.
This is…
As if I had lived all of this.
So weird.
Was this an odd dream that ended up similar to this Webnovel?
Weird.
I then glance at the author, her name is PancakesWitch…
Pancakes…
Nah, it's just a coincidence.
I look at her profile and she has this second novel.
It's named Demon Queen Rebirth, and honestly, it is quite better than the caterpillar one.
The author has really progressed since then, huh…
Hm…
Odd.
I feel like these two protagonists…
They are… familiar too?
I remember something.
Clouded memories about talking with them.
Maybe I am really getting crazy.
I guess this is how people think that they have prophetic dreams?
They just happen to go through a series of weird coincidences.
But even with all the coincidences, it's not like I can do anything anyways.
But it still quite weird, isn't it?
Anyways, so what?
I just had some weird dream and we got into this crap.
Not like I can do anything about it.
There is not some kind of magic or special power in this world.
It's all dull and simple, boring.
There is nothing much about all of this aside from what humanity had created…
I guess the entertainment is fairly good.
I mean, I live for it.
However, I cannot help but find something odd about all of this.
I glance at my parents the last time as I walk to the bathroom.
There, I wash my face one last time and see myself through the mirror.
The same old neet.
Yeah…
But why?
Why does this feel odd? It's my face.
I mean, why would I look odd to myself?
I walk back to my room and sit on my bed, I get to read some light novels while listening to music.
Nothing much I can do about all of that, so I decided to simply forget it.
However, as much as I try to read, I cannot seem to focus.
I am still thinking about this weird novel.
I leave the book away and open the app.
I begin reading the novel again…
It's oddly fun.
Epic of Caterpillar seems like a mix of a lot of the novels I like…
Oh, although it being gender bender and female main character probably makes a lot of the audience neglect it.
After all most folks hate gender bender and do not even read female main character novels.
Even when they are so filled with action and awesome things like this one.
I do not really care about those Tags because I am not such a crybaby like these guys.
I mean look at the reviews, they are just talking biased bullshit.
…
Really, as I keep reading, I cannot help but… feel like I actually lived all of this?
I know it's freaking odd, but I cannot help but think this…
I continue reading, go to have lunch, and then come back to read again.
I am simply entailed by this novel.
I keep reading more, feeling as if I am being absorbed by this imaginary world that this author created.
And I keep having this exhilarating sensation that I lived all of this for some odd reason.
It is already 10 pm.
I feel quite exhausted.
My eyes feel tired too.
I cannot help but… force myself to read more.
This is really fucking… annoying.
But something is calling me to it.
It is as if…
This is fucking weird!
I try to take my eyes off this novel, but I cannot!
My entire body aches, but I keep reading.
Hours and hours go by.
I have already caught up with the novel.
The latest chapter was left on a huge cliffhanger…
It was when Kireina was about to devour the Origin Core Fragment while her family and friends defended her Empire from an army of Demons and Gods.
Can't the author upload more chapters?
I glance at the last time it published a chapter…
What?
One year ago?
No way…
What is up with the author?
I try to see her history, whenever she commented the last time or something.
I find her last comment being 11 months ago…
It said: "Sorry, but a lot of things came in my life, so I won't be able to continue the story for now… But do not worry, whenever things stabilize, I will come back to it."
What do you mean?!
Come back now!
No…
It all was left without an end…
Haahh…
Maybe I am getting crazy or something.
I feel so tired.
But it was all so odd.
I even felt as if I was that fairy.
Did I really live all of that?
No way in hell, that would be way too fucking weird.
I am an ugly ass man, how would I even reincarnate into a hot babe?
That would be strange and weird.
But for some reason…
Man, I miss those characters.
Eh?
Why?
Why do I miss them?
I have never met them in person…
In fact, they are fictional and do not exist.
Why would I miss them?
It's already like 4 am…
I drink some water and then I fall asleep.
…
I gain back my sight, as I find myself in a strange place.
A palace of sorts.
I am… surrounded by a lot of people.
These characters…
They look really similar to the descriptions and art of Epic of Caterpillar…
What is going on in here?
I glance at my hands, as they are pale white, with long purple nails.
At my back, there is… a pair of butterfly wings…
My hair is silky and long, of the same color as my nails.
My entire body feels slimmer and… sexier?
And I got these… enormous boobs now.
While also wearing this sexy dress.
Man, these heels are a bit too much now.
What is up with this?
I am a man!
…But.
This is… weird.
Am I… dreaming of being Kireina?
Oh my god, this is like those cringe fanfics.
No way…
So was I always this cringy?
Holy shit…
"Masta, I'm hungry!"
A beautiful slime girl speaks to me, calling me 'Masta', as she would to the original Kireina.
Man, my dreams are quite something.
"I-I see… Well… lets… have breakfast?" I ask.
"Guuu! I will make some donuts~!" said the slime girl, Rimuru.
So… odd.
I glace around me, and the people are all doing their own things.
Some talk, others practice wrestling (?), and the kids play and run around.
So odd.
Yet…
So familiar.
This feeling of familiarity, from where is it coming?
It makes me want to keep being in here…
To make all of this real.
It is surely…
Better than reality.
The old and boring reality.
The old and boring world.
The old and boring life I have.
All of this feels way better…
Maybe I could…
Maybe this crazy dream can last some more.
I might as well try to interact with the people in here?
All of them are just fictional, but they seem so real and familiar to me.
It feels so odd.
What can I do about all of this?
I glance at my surroundings, as Rimuru comes inside the hall again, alongside many Arachne wearing maid outfits.
They all carry a lot of things to eat…
All of it looks delicious.
I can't help but feel a lot of hunger.
As I try to move, the Dream begins to fragment…
The entire place begins to fall as if they were mere pieces of glass reflecting a fictional world, a world that doesn't exist.
However, the people in here notice it, as they scream in pain…
In agony…
I cannot do anything about this, I try to help them, but I can't.
The dreams quickly fragment more, as the people around me disappear.
Rimuru cries, running towards me.
I run towards her, trying to grab her hand.
But it all fragments when we were a few millimeters away from touching our fingers.
"Masta!" she cries, as her entire being fragments into pieces that dissipate into nothingness…
I wake up, noon.
I guess it was all just a dream, once more…
It was all a dream.
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Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! 
Demon Queen Rebirth: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?! 
My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death
Vampire Overlord System in the Apocalypse
Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System
Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse

A young adult man dies from a fever and is reincarnated in a world of swords and magic dominated by a strange and mysterious Game-like System as the weakest being, a Caterpillar! 

Gaining abilities from the monsters that it eats, Kireina uses her sharp adaptability and wits to overcome the odds against her in a world where everyone wants to eat her alive!

As Kireina evolves and gathers a group of followers and subordinates, discover how our protagonist builds a monster Kingdom from zero, in a world dominated by Humans, terrifying Monsters, and arrogant Gods who only wish her death!

In front of her enemies, there will be only two options!
Will you obey me or will you be eaten?

You can check the Illustrations of the Novel's characters in the first Auxiliary Chapter!

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*Updates: 1/day, 2 chapters/day in the last four days of the week
*Chapter Lenght as of latest chapters; 2.2k words or more. Cannot bring me to write less. 

-Spoilers Below!-

This story has a monster's main character quickly growing stronger through trials and battles, learning skills, and evolving both mentally and physically. 

There is also a large cast of characters with their own personalities and interesting backgrounds, chapters filled with battles and a lot of teamwork, an ever-growing Kingdom of monsters and demi-humans, and wars against humans and other monsters kingdoms. 

The Main Character quickly gathers strong allies and a warm family, alongside adorable children which she loves more than anything. It becomes a story about a ruthless family of powerful monsters that seem terrifying for her enemies but are indeed incredibly adorable and heartwarming to each other and their Kingdom, which they treasure greatly. 

There are chapters filled with war and intense battles, alongside parts where the main character settles down and has a few days of a carefree slice of life with her family while exploring the mysteries of this ever-growing world filled with gods and powerful beings roaming everywhere. A World filled with countless Realms inhabited by different Gods and their unique flora and fauna, waiting to be explored and conquered. 
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Known as the Realm Menace, Kireina's power grows stronger and stronger by each day, how will the Realm of Vida deal with such a menace?

Her Chronicles are just starting, but, surely, her appearance and her actions will leave a mark of destruction on this Realm that shall never be forgotten.
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This story is about a normal person that slowly turns into a devil, a selfish demon, bringing change and destruction to the entire Realm where she was born. 

The MC is not at all a "good villain", neither someone who do "bad things" blindly, but someone that is completely self-aware of its actions and the damage that it causes. Doing them for the benefit of herself and her family. 
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Taking Advantage of wars between Kingdoms, and crushing the weakened winning side, taking all the benefits for herself, brainwashing heroes to become her servants or heartwarming times with her family, things like these will be very common.

Kireina grows to become very versatile, she can be incredibly ruthless to her enemies and future enemies, and a doting and loving parent to her family. 
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Original Covers Illustrations made by the amazing Lumi and Sadi_Eve! 

Also special thanks to TrueDawn for helping me out with the edition of the cover! He's an amazing writer check his book; "I Reincarnated as a Stick", it was a big inspiration for me!

When the objective 'to rest and prepare for the next raid' appeared on the Pandamonium App, Xiong Da noticed that there was a notification blinking in his inbox. As a person who disliked notifications annoying him all day long, he tapped on it to check what it was and if possible, clear it.  
"Is it a new curated list?" Xiong Da thought to himself as the Pandamonium App would sometimes create specialised lists for Pandarens to buy based on their buying patterns and behaviours. (Which was hauntingly accurate for most parts.)
But because of such lists, Pandarens discovered the multitudes of services that were increasingly available to them as they frequented Jin's store even more. Xiong Da thought it was that kind of notification since such an objective had emerged from the app. He had already believed the algorithms that Jin used were strikingly close to search engines and wondered what new items they would have in store for him to try out.
However, to his surprise, it was not a customised shopping advertisement for him. And instead, it was a banner for help.
"Assist in the war efforts against the Seven Cities! Contribute your Raid Points, Raid Emblems or even Panda Coins to recreate the cities defences!" The banner stated and Xiong Da was instantly intrigued by it. If anything, he could potentially turn the tide of this particular dungeon instance with the seemingly near infinite Panda Coins residing in his wallet. Perhaps, this was an event catered to the likes of him.
As he clicked on the banner, he was linked to a special page in the pandemonium app which was beautifully designed by none other than Kiyu. There was a large progress bar at the top of the page with various milestones being set by Jin.
"Hey, guys. Check this out." Xiong Da said to his fellow Pandawan teammates. "Looks like there is something that can give us an edge in the second phase of this ridiculously crazy raid." The rest quickly gathered and checked what Xiong Da was showing before he told them to check their notifications for a closer look.
Upon reading the details, they realised that if they were to contribute raid points, emblems and Panda Coins, they could increase the Demopolis city defences. As most of them knew how crumbled the entire place was with the previous infighting, there were not many defensible areas that could make use of.  
Instead, this particular Call For Help page had stated that if they were to get two hundred and fifty thousand raid points, they can instantly change the city's landscape to something suitable like a stronghold. And that was only the raid points' portion. If they were to contribute emblems, military vehicles could be issued for ease of transport as well as an increase in mobility. Likewise, for Panda coins, they could be temporarily converted into either temporary raid points or temporary emblems that could be used to contribute to the progress bars. However, it was heavily emphasised that none of those temporary points could be used to redeem items.
But because of the versatility of the Panda Coins, they even have a specific portion of just coins, where inserting money into the Panda Coin Progress bar and achieving their milestones would provide additional support for the NPCs and minions that would fight alongside them.  
In summary, achieving the three different progress bars would bring extensive perks for their battle against the Seven Cities Armies. This was something similar to a collaborative effort where their hard earned points would be used for the entirety of the raid instance.  
And right below the banner page, there was some quick 'frequent question and answers' column which the Pandarens might have in their minds which Jin had already anticipated was the continuity of those perks after the one hour interval.  
Q: "Would the progress bars continue if customers contributed during the second phase?"  
  A: Yes it would, however, there will be a significant advantage in upgrading the very first milestone in the Raid Point section as the current interval allows the city to change without much interference. Should the milestone reach within the current interval, the city would instantly receive basic foundation upgrades for the upcoming second phase.
Q: "Would I have a refund of the points if the milestones were not met by the end of the raid?"
  A:  Yes, they would. If a certain milestone was not met before the end of the raid, those points and money would be refunded. However, once a milestone had been achieved within the progress bar, those points and coins would not be given back.
Q: "I am losing hard earned points, why should I contribute?"  
  A: For the benefit of the entire raid! I can assure you that the rewards for winning the entire instance would outweigh the charity you give to the people.
More FAQs were below these answers but the Pandawans reading it had already noticed that there were bubble notifications of people contributing at the side of their Pandamonium App. They thought not many customers would ever do this as these points were all earned with sweat and blood. Not to mention, the redemption store had quite a lot of items that were very enticing even for the Pandawans themselves. So, to see Pandarens actively putting in points for the raid was somewhat heartening.  
Also, the bigger the contribution, the bigger the bubble mention. And naturally, their dear Sir Spendalot had decided to chip in the largest portion of his benefit into the fray. The Panda Coins which he had been rewarded for assisting in the construction of the Tree Mall were spent frivolously in the Raid Points progress bar, allowing the entire raid instance to achieve the first milestone of rebuilding the foundations of the city.  
"Heh, I knew he would do that." Both the Pandawan Team and Jin thought the same and chuckled to themselves. But then being Xiong Da, he tends to like to exceed people's expectations, especially Jin's.
Not only the first milestone of the Raid Points Progress Bar had been fulfilled, but the Raid Emblems, as well as the Panda Coins initial milestone, had been completed too, giving the entire Pandarens team the perks of having a brand new city defence foundation, a truckload of jeeps and motorcycles in their disposal as well as an experimental batch of guns for the current guards.  
The bubble mention instantly filled the entire screen indicating Xiong Da's major contribution and because of his epic donation proportion, Jin who was watching at the sidelines had decided to make a holographic form of him being projected live the same as how King Rex had shown himself to the entire city. Everyone saw the innocent looking Xiong Da smiling down at his phone and subsequently realised that he was being projected in holographic form for everyone to know his contribution. The flustered look in him caused Ruo Ying to laugh loudly and hugged him from his back. The inspectors also rushed and hugged him, thanking his generosity to the raid instance, allowing everyone to see the big hippo cultivator being loved by his friends dearly via the giant hologram.  
And because of Xiong Da achievement in hitting all three milestones, everyone who logs in for the second phase had been given a free defensive temporary inscription courtesy of the Dungeon Supplier.  
Without a doubt, everyone went bonkers.


In a modern world where cultivators need a place to cultivate or vent their boredom, there are private businesses that set up instance dungeons with the aid of technology and cultivation magic to enable cultivators to train and commoners to experience the life of cultivation. They are called dungeon suppliers.

Xie Jin's one and only dream was to be a dungeon supplier and when his only relative passed away, the relative's inheritance gave him a plot of land and surprisingly, a 'System' Module which the relative had previously used. 

With the help of the system, Xie Jin decided to pursue his dream of becoming the number one dungeon supplier.

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(13/8/2020) Author's opinion: At this point, this book had hundreds of chapters worth of content which I had planned for a long time. If you wish to undertake the book and appreciate the story, please read it up till chapter 300s to understand the sudden twist in chapter 100s.

i will admit that during that time, I am still a young budding author and could have expressed the story better in the early hundred chapters. But I assure you the story development is worth it. 




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Chapter 61

Recruiting: Floor 2 Boss Mob Raid

*/Z- Greetings fellow adventurers, it is I, Z, of the Knights Who Go Ni. I am reaching out to all of you, to see if any of you brave souls would perhaps be interested in joining in on a grand quest! What quest you say? Well, it sadly isn't for the Holy Grail.

Instead, we have a foe in mind, a foe so terrible, we have nicknamed it the Blasted Beast of Arrrggghhhh, otherwise known as, the Terminus Rex.

As you all know, my guild tried previously to bring this beast down, yet due 'reasons' we failed. We are confident that when we log back in, we shall be victorious, but would like to guarantee that 100%.

This means, we need a few more friends to join in our jolly adventurers!

What we are looking for-

Solo adventurers, or a group of adventurers (we think 5 total would be nice) who are at least level 20 (because we want you to have your subclasses) and who are familiar with the second floor, and have floor 2 gear, are welcome to comment below.

Till the morrow, I look forward to a jolly good time of adventuring with some of you!

**/Birds!- Whelp, there goes another server first

***/Nostre- C'mon noob, you wouldn't have made it there, besides, that boss is tough, have you seen the screenshots they shared?

***/Birds!- Psh, it's only the second floor.

***/MechaKnight2854- Well, I doubt either of you will make it, go back to the farm

**/Troll'd- Hey, my guildmates and I just hit level 21, can we join?

***/Z- Hey, you're that Troll Hunter I've seen with the funny little gnome thief right?

****/Troll'd- That's us.

*****/Z- meet us at the Tipsy Dicken? That's where we are going to be meeting before the raid, we can decide if your team works then.

******/Troll'd- I'll let the guys know!

The list of conversations within Z's thread went on and on, James had just found the portion with Skar's group the most interesting to him. If what he was reading was correct, then Z and Skar's parties were going to be forming a 10-man raid party to take on the Terminus.

"Chat's going to love this." He whispered to himself as he cracked his knuckles, a pointless motion considering there was no one around him.

The Knight's fight against his level 27 Terminus had been epic. The level 24 adventurers had put up a great fight, showing off their teamwork and abilities to a whole new level. However, the upgrades James had given his Terminus had won out in the end. Especially since the Terminus had also been level 27 when they fought it the second time, meaning it's stats had improved nicely.

Excitement filling him, James pulled his DCO app back up. While he was going to put off upgrading all of his mobs en-masse for when he hit Tier 2 Rank 5, he figured he could at least upgrade Terminus. How could he not, now that he knew Z was planning on forming a raid party to take down the boss.

It took him a little longer to get to his mob page and his boss mob's information than usually, as he wasn't as used to using the app as he was to utilizing the UI in game. Mainly because he had a day's worth of use put into the app, whereas he had spent 13 days in game fooling around with his commands and interfaces. Ah well, he got there in the end, and it wasn't like the few seconds were going to cost him anything.

Tier 2 Boss Mob

Steampunk Dino King – Terminus Rex

Lvl 28

HP- 2421

MP-1211

ATK- 319

DEF- 243

Unique Abilities

King of All- Emits a roar every time it loses 20% of its HP. This roar has the chance to stun adventurers for 10 seconds, and cause a debuff that decreases adventurer stats by 15%

Big Head- Utilizes its large mouth to completely consume an adventurer, trapping the adventurer in its mouth for 20 seconds, and dealing 25% of their health in damage.

Little Arms- Utilizes cannons on its arms to launch small grenades. Grenades will detonate on contact with adventurers, or after 10 seconds. Grenades will deal 150 damage in a 5-yard radius, and 50 damage in a 15-yard radius.

 

James scanned over the basic information on his Terminus, noticing exactly 1 point had been added to each of the stats, just as Steve's achievement had stated. He knew in under an hour, when he hit Rank 5, his boss's stats would all increase by another .05% of the base to the stats, which he had found was the normal increase rate on his boss mobs as they leveled. Additionally, his mobs were all getting a 6% of their base increase to their stats, courtesy of his level 6 Boss Mob research. While his mobs had level caps, limiting their natural growth, James had already figured out that as long as he had time, he could keep giving his mobs even greater stat growth.

He would have to think long and hard about that as he continued to grow. If he got his research too high, even his first floor mobs would be a bit too strong. However, that was a problem for a future him, and he was sure Xander and his precious team would figure something out if that became too much of a problem. Speaking of the developer, James made a mental note to remember to make a tribute to him when he logged back in. The developer had demanded it, but in his high and mighty state, had never actually dictated where or how James make the shrine to the god Y-rax. James was going to have fun with that.

Chuckling, he flicked to the next part of the Terminus's page, pulling up the traits. Unlike in DCO, where all of the information was available to him, in the app, it was broken down, almost like a playing card. Or, more so, like a pokedex entry, considering he even had a graph showing the strengths and weakness of his boss mob, and how far in each area the boss had stats in. This page also showed the fruits of the past three skill points James had put into the Terminus.

Unique Traits

Armor Plating- The Terminus Rex takes 20% less damage from physical attacks. (After Def is applied.)

That trait had been a given. Making a boss with a high damage output, such as the terminus, tankier, seemed like a great idea. Then again, James didn't have to sit on the receiving end of that damage. Ha.

Leather Insulation- The Terminus Rex gains leather insulation throughout, decreasing incoming magic damage by 10%.

Leather insulation was the only option James had to give his boss magic defense. While he hated it only offered a 10% decrease, he figured beggars couldn't be choosers, especially on his second floor. He just really hoped his third floor would offer mages a little more of a challenge. Mainly because, the stronger mages got, the better chance they would have at one-shoting mobs, even of higher level, if they didn't have good magical defenses.

Terminal Fire- The Terminus Rex upgrades its inner core, creating a passive aura of intense heat that damages enemies within 3 yards for .5% current hp per second. Additionally, the inner core will detonate five seconds after defeat, dealing 2x Damage as fire damage in a 5 yard radius, and afflicting all players within a 25 yard radius with dino-aids.

Alright, so maybe that last trait hadn't quite been necessary. In fact, James had originally been debating between a trait called Try-Rex, which gave his boss increased melee attack range, or Godzilla?!!!!, which would have given the terminus a new long range attack, and apparently spiked plating on its back.

Both had seemed great, but the moment James had read Dino-aids, his decision had been made. He had originally thought he developers were just trying to find ways to mess with players. Now that he had met the lead developer, and knew it was X-Ray, he was positive half of the developer team had to be full of trolls. Elite gamers loved a few things, one of which was trolling other players in any way possible. Which is why James was baffled that Xander had kicked Steve off the team. He was sure there was more to it than either Xander or Steve let on, but that wasn't James's problem.

Now, James had a skill point to use upgrading his- he stopped as he looked at the screen, noticing the notification, the 1 that should have been there for the upgrade, wasn't. He glanced back at Steve's achievement, reading through it one last time, before letting out a sigh. Steve's achievement had given all his mobs a free skill point, not his boss mobs.

He let out a groan and prepared to close the window, before a little flash of light flickered onto the screen, and the 1 appeared. Apparently, he had been so caught up in reddit, and reminiscing about his Terminus and how awesome it's abilities had been, that he had lost track of time.

That also meant, he needed to get heading to class, otherwise he may end up being late. And, while the education system really was more of a social construct than useful, showing up late was not on his agenda.

However, he already knew what he was going to add to his Terminus, who was now level 29. There was a skill, that while sounding ridiculous, he was certain would help out, especially now that he knew a raid was coming. Raw power was great, but what you really needed in a fight, especially against multiple organized enemies, was wits of your own. He clicked the skill, reading over it, before closing the window and heading out the door, on his way to the train station. The text was still playing in his mind as he hopped on the train.

Like a Sir- Someone has given the Terminus a Top Hat, with a brain: While the Terminus is wearing this top hat, it's intelligence is greatly increased, enabling more complex attack patterns, as well as advanced features during boss fights. It also looks quite proper.

Unlocks philoso-dino skill tree for dinosaur related mobs on the same floor as the Terminus.

James hates his real life. He spends his days being bullied in school, and at home he simply reads and plays games. The only thing he has to look forward to is immersion. When he is immersed in the virtual world he can be whatever, whoever, he wants: He can escape the world that has thrown him away.

As such, when a new game, Dungeon Core Online, comes out, James is excited to play. He immerses himself as soon as he can, but when he is set to create his character he is instead offered a different choice. Now, James is the Dungeon Core and he suddenly finds himself wielding more power, with more options, than he's ever had before. The only downside... there are people in the real world who do anything, even kill, to gain the power of a Dungeon Core in the virtual world.

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"Pssh, Jin, wake up!" Jun called as he climbed up on Jin's window through the nearest tree.

"Ugh, it's still midnight, what are you doing here?" Jin spoke up, still didn't realized who he was speaking to.

"I just wanna greet you a happy birthday first, any problem with that?" 

Jin rubbed his both eyes, and just realized that it was his lover, Jun, who just crushed on his window. "Jun! You should've told me you're coming! I don't want my parents to know that you're such a bad influence to their son!" Jin whisper shouted at him.

Jin and Jun were lovers since their 9th grade. And they are currently 17 for now. They met because of an online game named 'Mobile Legends: Bang Bang' on their 8th grade days. Jun introduced it to him through Jin's live stream on a streaming app. 

They became the game buddies of the mentioned game as Jin started to play the game. Played classic a thousand times, ranked up to Mythic together, and made a squad that teaches the amateur players on how to play their main roles or hero.

And sometime after Jin's midterm exams, he decided that he wants to meet JunX69, Jun's username on his both streaming app and MLBB app. Then boom! That happened.

Back to present, they actually planned to make an epic skin givaway on his birthday, Jun totally forgot about it, so he arrived on Jin's place on midnight.

"So let me ask my parents first." Jin said. Yes, you read it right. His parents support his gaming life as if it's his profession. It's not they don't care about Jin, but they just really want the best for their son, which is his happiness. But they also tell him to balance his gaming and study, and he's really doing well on school.

They opened the door of Jin's parent's room, finding them sleeping safe and sound. 

"I really don't want to wake them up now. Let's just leave a note and go back." Jin whispered.

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"Hey guys! It's EatJin and welcome to my live stream! So I am here with my sweetest boyfriend who really went to my house at this hour just to greet me a happy birthday, JunX69!" Jin happily said

"As we promised, we are going to make an epic skin giveaway to our lucky watchers! Just conment down '#EatJinGiveaways' and we'll pick the winners by next week!" Jun said as he entered on the screen frame.

Then, they started to play the rank game together, and just by an hour, someone knocked at the door. 

"Mom? Dad? Are you awake?" Jin said, looking at the door. And nobody answered. 

Then it started to knock the door again. They first nevermind it. But as the knocks are getting louder, they started to worry if whoever knocks on the door, since Jin's parents are asleep.

"I'll open it, Jin" Jun stated, leaving his phone on the table.

As Jun opened the door, he didn't saw the other room across Jin's.

He did saw an another world behind those blinding lights.

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Witness the journey of a gamer entering the world of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang!

Thirteen violet metal sheets were connected to each other like a mini-comic book. Its contents were viewable the moment he opened it. There were tiny words densely packed on every page and on both sides.
Zhou Wen began reading from the back of the first page. It was indeed the opening of a typical Essence Energy Art. It mentioned things like the human magnetic field and Essence Energy Art. As he read it, Zhou Wen suddenly felt hungry. Recalling that his favorite salted eggs were among the food he had bought yesterday, he put down the Lost Immortal Sutra and peeled one to add it to a bowl of instant noodles.
After he had finished eating, he returned to read Lost Immortal Sutra, only to realize that he had forgotten his reading progress.
Zhou Wen frowned slightly. He was confident in his memory and although it wasn't a photographic one, he wouldn't forget anything he read for a couple of years.
Yet, in less than ten minutes, he had forgotten the few lines he had just read.
Reading the Lost Immortal Sutra again, he was astonished to realize that it wasn't as simple as forgetting his reading progress. When he read it from the beginning, he found the content equally unfamiliar as though it was the first time he was reading it. He had apparently forgotten all the content he had read just minutes ago.
There's indeed something odd about this! Zhou Wen continued reading before finding himself feeling hungry again. He needed some more food.
This moment of distraction was enough to make him forget his reading progress in Lost Immortal Sutra. When he read from the beginning, he found the content he had just read unfamiliar once more. He had forgotten the content again.
Zhou Wen refused to have his beliefs shaken as he picked up his phone, opened its notes app, and began recording the content he read from the violet sheet.
However, whenever Zhou Wen memorized a sentence and turned his gaze to the phone, he would find his thoughts a blank when he tried to input the content. He couldn't recall the line he had just memorized.
After attempting to memorize the Lost Immortal Sutra again, Zhou Wen quickly discovered that he could clearly remember the content when reading it, but once he moved his gaze away in a bid to record it, everything would be forgotten.
Zhou Wen attempted to write as he read, but it was useless. Just any level of distraction was enough to wipe his memories of Lost Immortal Sutra's content.
He tried using his phone to snap pictures of the Lost Immortal Sutra, but after taking a few pictures, he found that the pictures only showed the metal sheet being a uniform violet color without any engravings.
This Lost Immortal Sutra is indeed odd. Not only can't I divert my attention to read it, but I'll be affected by the text within when focusing, getting distracted by my various emotions. It's truly bizarre. Zhou Wen thought as he looked at the Lost Immortal Sutra engraved on the metal sheets.
Unbeknownst to him, this Lost Immortal Sutra wasn't only simple but bizarre. He just experienced distractions in the beginning, but towards the end, it escalated to something far more fatal.
Many Epic stage experts in history had died because of reading of Lost Immortal Sutra. Even if they were lucky to survive, they would go crazy and become no different from an idiot.
Even Jing Daoxian wasn't able to finish reading Lost Immortal Sutra after obtaining it. He closed it after reading it midway without daring to continue. If it wasn't because the Lost Immortal Sutra had a magical connection to its owner, making it impossible to forcefully abandon it, Jing Daoxian wouldn't have kept it on him.
If it wasn't because of the influence that Lost Immortal Sutra exerted on him, Jing Daoxian wouldn't have been injured inside a dimensional zone. He had originally planned on finding a way of disposing of it.
When Zhou Wen declined Jing Daoxian's Skyfiend Treatise, the latter was insistent that Zhou Wen cultivated in the Essence Energy Art he had given. Not only did he want Zhou Wen to cultivate it, but he also wanted Zhou Wen to suffer for his actions. He even wanted him to die a tragic death. This was the reason why he had given the Lost Immortal Sutra to him.
His vile nature was absolutely nothing the average person could compare with. He was truly a devil.
Due to the strangeness of the Lost Immortal Sutra, Zhou Wen didn't continue reading. He even wanted to experiment if anything would happen to him if he distanced himself from the metal slab and the Lost Immortal Sutra.
…
In a hotel suite in Guide City, a few people were sitting around a table, discussing something. If Zhou Wen were around, he would have recognized them to be the uniformed personnel he had met that fateful night.
"We let Jing Daoxian escape once again. Damn it," a man said angrily.
It hadn't been easy for them to acquire clues of Jing Daoxian's whereabouts. Furthermore, the latter was heavily injured, giving them their best chance of apprehending him. Yet, they had still failed to catch up to him.
"Despite being so heavily injured, how did he break through our blockade and escape without us realizing it," a woman said, perplexed.
"Regardless of how injured he is, he is still Jing Daoxian nonetheless. We shouldn't take it to heart. If we had locked down all of Guide City in the beginning, we might have stood a chance of finding him."
Everyone exchanged their views, except for a man who remained silent. At the seat of honor, he rhythmically tapped the table's surface as he hung his eyelids low, seemingly in thought.
"Minister Qiao, what's your take on this?" a blonde, green-eyed lady gave the man a teasing look as she asked with a coquettish voice.
Qiao Siyuan looked up slightly when he heard her question. Stopping his tapping of the table, he swept his gaze across everyone.
"How long did Jing Daoxian spend in Guide City, from the moment he entered until he left?" Qiao Siyuan didn't reply to the lady's question and returned with a question.
The woman switched on her tablet and said after taking a look at the information. "For a person like Jing Daoxian with extremely powerful perception, it won't be easy for cameras to capture any traces of him. Thankfully, the Eye in the Sky is a rather well-refined system. There are certain areas that make it impossible to escape surveillance. From the video feed we have at present, we can determine that Jing Daoxian entered Guide City at approximately 8:30 p.m. and left at 9:20 p.m., spending a total of fifty minutes in Guide City.
After Qiao Siyuan heard this, he picked up his pen and drew out a red line on Guide City's map. "This is the path we took while pursuing Jing Daoxian. Based on the information we have at present, he has suffered grievous injuries, so he can't advance too quickly. In addition, there are no reports of him using any transportation."
"Based on the snapshots occasionally taken by the Eye in the Sky, that's indeed the case. Jing Daoxian didn't walk very quickly, reaching the square's vicinity at approximately 8:55 p.m…." the lady briefed him in detail.
"Then, did you notice that the distance between Xiangjun Road to Changjiang Road only takes up less than 5% of his entire trajectory in Guide City. Yet, he spent nearly ten minutes there. Can someone tell me why?" Qiao Siyuan glared at everyone as he asked.
"Perhaps he needed to tend to his wounds?" a young man suggested.
Qiao Siyuan said stoically, "Does anyone of you remember our encounter with a high-schooler on that stretch of road?"
Everyone took some time to recall. When the lady realized what he was talking about, she hurriedly said, "The youth who you asked about Jing Daoxian's direction of escape?"


1 drop of blood = 1-Up
Other people game overnight, I game overnight and bleed.
Ever since the dimensional storms descended upon Earth, numerous dimensional zones have appeared, bringing with them all kinds of dimensional creatures—Immortals, Buddhas, Devils, Angels, Elves, etc.
Yet, all these strange dimensional zones can turn into dungeon instances on my phone. Other people risk their lives adventuring, I spend all my time gaming.
Monsters drop dimensional crystals that boost stats, imbue new skills, and join me as Companion Beasts. These Companion Beasts fight alongside me or alone, augmenting me with their skills and strength. Rare monsters in real life? I'll just restart the game with a drop of blood to grind it.
I really need a blood transfusion.

Back at the Guild Alliance, Lin Yuan had separated his statuses of Creation Master and combat-class spirit qi professional. They were set apart for his two Star Web Cards.
Lin Yuan's status as Black, the healing-type spirit qi professional, was naturally bound to Lin Yuan's record when he climbed the Star Tower.
When Lin Yuan had climbed the Star Tower previously, he had stopped when he defeated the spirit qi professional who possessed three Bronze snake-species feys.
At that time, Lin Yuan's strongest fey had only been his bronze-grade Chimey.
If that spirit qi professional with the three snake-species feys hadn't publicly given out his feys' information, Lin Yuan wouldn't have been able to gain the upper hand first. Lin Yuan had used swift commands to Chimey and used tactics, along with the exclusive skill, Clear Sky, to win the battle. 
In fact, that spirit qi professional with the snake-species feys had revealed his feys' information because he had been trying to act tough!
Lin Yuan still remembered that the highest the spirit qi professional had climbed was the 37th floor. As for Lin Yuan, he was only on the 22nd floor. Therefore, that spirit qi professional had found a reason to flaunt his superiority.
Every ten floors of the Star Tower was a jump, so for a spirit qi professional who had been to the 37th floor, he had naturally not taken Lin Yuan seriously as the highest the latter had climbed was only on the 22nd floor.
Nonetheless, in Lin Yuan's opinion, exposing one's trump cards to others was the most foolish choice anyone could make.
As compared to the time when Lin Yuan had fought with the spirit qi professional with the snake-species feys, Lin Yuan's strength now had undergone an overwhelming change. 
Lin Yuan had yet to lose when climbing the tower, so his win rate on the Star Tower was still 100%.
Lin Yuan checked his Star Tower personal information card.
Name: Black
Gender: Male
Height: 178cm
Weight: 61kg
Star Tower Floor: 23rd Floor
Spirit Qi Occupation: Healing-type Professional
Occupation Rank: C-Rank
Contracted Spirit-Lifeform: 
Morbius (Bronze X/Legend)
Thousand Questions Beast (Bronze I/Legend)
Twilight Starbird (Silver I/Fantasy I)
Red Thorn (Bronze V/Epic)
Acid Corrosion Queen Bee (Gold I/Legend)
Duel Record: Duels: 23, Wins: 23, Losses: 0, Highest Floor: 23
While reading his personal and contracted feys' information, Lin Yuan couldn't help giving a satisfied nod. It was a great sense of achievement as this increase in strength was a result of his hard work over the past four months. He was no longer the same as before.
Lin Yuan's personal information card would only display the necessary information—name, duel record, and spirit qi occupation—on the Star Web during battles.
If Lin Yuan chose to reveal any of his contracted feys, his first choice would be his Bronze/Epic Red Thorn, whose quality was the lowest among the others.
As for Lin Yuan's other feys, their quality was at least Legend, and there were even Silver/Fantasy feys. He was afraid it would be so dazzling that it would blind his opponent and cause a huge commotion in the Radiance Federation.
The Silver I/Fantasy I Jasmine Lily, Bronze X/Legend Spirit-Gather Goldfish, and Bronze X/Legend Blue Flash Purple Butterfly were all under Morbius' exclusive skill, Spirit Lock. Thus, even if Lin Yuan's personal information would show Morbius as part of the data, those spirit-locked feys wouldn't be displayed.
After checking his information, Lin Yuan took a deep breath and let the Star Tower match an opponent for him.
Soon enough, Lin Yuan got matched with an opponent on the 24th floor and checked his opponent's personal information card.
Name: Wang Shuai
Spirit Qi Occupation: Defense-type Professional
Duel Record: Duels: 1557, Wins: 790, Losses: 767, Highest Floor: 31
Lin Yuan silently raised his brows. I got matched with a Liver Emperor[1]! He has actually fought 1557 duels!
However, when Lin Yuan was matched with the opponent named Wang Shuai, they were both stunned. They looked at each other and noticed they were both wearing similar silver masks. However, Lin Yuan's silver mask had a few distinct patterns, while Wang Shuai's silver mask was glistening with pure silver color.
The defense-type spirit qi professional, Wang Shuai, suddenly asked after snapping out of shock. "Are you also Lord Black's fan?"
Lin Yuan finally understood why he felt something was familiar. This black attire with the silver mask seemed to be his attire back at the battle outside of Millstone Town.
Lin Yuan didn't expect that his status as 'Black' had become this famous. After being absent from the Star Tower for four months, his first duel was actually against a fan of 'Black'. 
When Wang Shuai asked that question, Lin Yuan couldn't help pondering. Since I am Black, I should probably be considered Black's fan too, right?
Therefore, Lin Yuan nodded.
Unexpectedly, the moment Lin Yuan nodded, Wang Shuai suddenly roared, "How could Lord Black have such an unprofessional fan like you!? You might be wearing a silver mask, but you aren't even wearing black clothes!"
Lin Yuan couldn't help but scratch his head. He was wearing spirit qi clothes that had a mix of dark blue and light blue. Due to his clothes' color, his identity as Black's fan was actually being doubted, and he wasn't qualified to be a fan.
This was a rather strange feeling for Lin Yuan. Before Lin Yuan could speak, Wang Shuai suddenly exclaimed, "What?! Your name is actually Black!? And you are also a healing-type spirit qi professional!"
Wang Shuai turned serious and looked at Lin Yuan, approvingly.
"Your attention to detail on the attire might be inappropriate, but you are rather professional in other factors! I admit that you are a professional fan of Black. Later on, I will not be as harsh against you."
After saying his piece, Wang Shuai circulated his spiritual power to summon his two contracted feys. He summoned two Bronze feys, their quality Elite and Normal, respectively.
The Bronze/Elite Coiled Horn Goat and the Bronze/Normal Thick Wool Sheep were fundamental defense-type feys. 
Seeing Wang Shuai summon his feys, Lin Yuan also summoned Chimey.
As soon as Lin Yuan summoned Chimey, he heard Wang Shuai exclaiming, "WHAT THEEEE!"
[1] It refers to poor players that cannot afford to buy in-app purchases. Therefore, they grind the game so much to reach the same standard as Pay to Win players. It basically means hard worker


A century after the Spirit Qi Awakening, the world enters a new era. Humans are able to absorb the world's awakened spirit qi, allowing them to tread on a new path—spirit qi occupations! 
Simultaneously, the plants and animals on the planet are also evolving toward their ancestry line or developing spiritual mutations. 
Lin Yuan realizes that he can assist feys in evolving limitlessly and constantly purify their bloodlines. He starts off with a small fey evolution store on the Star Web and rises up from there. 
Lin Yuan: "There is no problem that I cannot solve to deliver the goods. If there is a problem, it is because the goods are better than expectations!" 
This is a story purely about pets!

    “但是游戏品质和体验可能会有差异吧？你难道不觉得成龙大哥代言的游戏更有保障？”
　　“一刀999的游戏能有什么差异啊？就那个画风，我打开一看就够了，满大街都是我玩哪个不行？”
　　莫妮卡“啪”的一拍手，“这就对了！AdMob第二个功能叫做‘智能细分’，用处是，假设你做了一个low逼广告，目的是去低智商用户里割草，但是，可能会让已经付费的用户反感而流失，或者让潜在用户里高智商的敬而远之，怎么办？智能细分可以预测某个用户属于上述类型，然后过滤掉他，不让他看到这个low逼广告，只推给非付费用户，这样就两全其美了，不至于因为low逼广告造成流失。”
　　楚垣夕嘴巴张得老大，佩服得五体投地。非付费的那些玩家嘛，再治疗一下，反正他们也不付费，low逼广告可以再low一些，爱看得起看不起，不影响潜在用户和已经开始消费的大爷们就行。这个策略对游戏运营商来说简直太棒了！楚垣夕感到即将看到下限被屡屡突破的场景，想到这个策略的人简直是天才啊！
　　半晌，他喃喃的说：“可惜啊，暂时对咱们没什么大用？”
　　“对，不过下一条有用。AdMoB还有另一款产品，是给广告主竞价用的，叫Open Bidding，是个广告联盟，目前已经有八家广告服务商加盟了。”
　　“呃……基于谷歌的广告联盟，这样的话，应该是为了APP的广告位竞价而成立的吧？”所谓“广告主”就是买广告的人，而提供广告位的叫做“流量主”，相当于卖广告的人，莫妮卡说的这个情况，按楚垣夕的理解就是APP开发商谓了卖自己APP中的广告所组建的联盟，让买家进行竞价去买这些广告位，以实现广告位价值的最大化。
　　“对，你之前不是强调说咱们今后也要推聚合类产品么？”莫妮卡讲完，把手提推给楚垣夕，“到时候咱们估计也得进这个联盟赚钱？”
　　“卧槽说得我有点后悔把产品代给奈特码宝了。不过还好只签了两国代理。要不，《乱世出山》咱们在其它市场自己投一下试试？”
　　“这个先不忙，我下面要说的事情可能更有启发。”莫妮卡说着打开另一份文档，不过与上一份PPT式的大相径庭，里面的东西杂乱无章。
　　她问：“你知道Keemstar吗？”
　　“不知道，一个公司？”
　　“不是，是外国一个大网红，Youtube和Twitch上都有四五百万粉丝，简称胡子哥，米国人。”
　　楚垣夕点头表示了解，Twitch是国外最大的游戏直播平台，而游戏直播历来都是比美女直播更有人气的品类，在海外尤甚。在Youtube和Twitch上都有四五百万粉丝，那几乎可以算得上头部了，真要做影响力排行的话前30名总是有的。
　　“我接到胡子哥的邀请，在咱们的IGTV上跟他做一次联动，为一款国内吃鸡山寨手游。”
　　“国内、吃鸡、山寨、手游？跟咱们联动，你是说免费的？”楚垣夕相当之迷茫，甚至不知道从哪问起，只好等莫妮卡解释，然后发现故事意想不到的精彩。
　　事情得从胡子哥Keemstar跟Epic Games结怨说起。
　　由于《堡垒之夜》大火特火，Epic Games作为一家米国游戏公司大概已经无人不知了，但在业内这公司早就威震天下，因为著名的虚幻游戏引擎是他们家开发的，目前已经开发到第四代，和Unity并称为3D游戏商业引擎界的泰山北斗。
　　胡子哥是个电竞大主播，搁国内就算比不了骚猪，五五开也是有的，在吃鸡界有很强的号召力和人脉资源，基本上叫得出名的网红主播他都认得，于是筹办了一个赛事名叫“星期五的堡垒之夜”。
　　然后Epic Games挖他的根，自己办了个联赛，把“星期五的堡垒之夜”里面的知名选手全给薅走了，让胡子哥的比赛直接凉凉，把胡子哥气得吐血。
　　在国内，《堡垒之夜》可是大企鹅代理的，想推一个山寨游戏无异于找屎。因此代理运营商把目光瞄向了海外，但海外也不好推，投渠道纷乱复杂风险极大，因此他们就想找电竞大主播带货。
　　这一点可以说跟楚垣夕的思路不谋而合。
　　然而，要推的是一款山寨《堡垒之夜》的游戏，这问题就大了，好多大主播一听说推这么个产品直接败退，犯不上为了接个广告冒犯Epic Games。
　　只有胡子哥头铁，正跟Epic Games闹别扭，二话没说就把这活儿揽下来了，而且号称要向所有人证明自己可以推广任何游戏，相当于赌上名誉之战。
　　事情的情况就是这样，胡子哥不但要推，而且不光自己推，要发动自己的一切力量，靠刷脸的方式带动别的大主播一起推。
　　现在胡子哥亲自找上莫妮卡了，就问妹妹这忙你帮不帮？
　　这个问题被莫妮卡踢给了楚垣夕，让楚垣夕不得不陷入深思。
　　要知道，大企鹅是Epic Games的单一最大股东，2012年的时候就入股了48%，6年间估值翻了几十倍，是大企鹅可以作为标杆的投资case，随着《堡垒之夜》大火，很有可能是最佳投资也说不定。
　　因此就算是打Epic Games的脸其实楚垣夕也无所谓，但要是没掌握好力度打到南极去，可就大大的不妙了。
　　合着外网也有江湖啊！而且这个江湖上的水也不浅，因为资本的流通，和国内的水系混杂在一起，让人不敢随便喝。
　　而且还没钱，人家是来刷脸的。不过钱不钱的倒不是大问题，楚垣夕嫉妒羡慕恨，这是买一送一百的节奏，山寨手游公司简直赚大了！
　　冷静下来之后，楚垣夕发现问题其实也不大，因为可以先答应下来，到时候再看情况骑墙嘛。
　　对于巴人娱乐来说，楚垣夕虽然想要布局海外但实际情况其实是自身只能先做歌舞号吸粉，然后靠奈特码宝反向引流到漫画上破局，路子非常窄。
　　这样是否能做起来，其实取决于奈特码宝的推广能力，这且不说，关键是，就算一时侥幸做成了，也无法形成行之有效的方法论，以及可以复制的模式。
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　　早晨的章节本章说很多，但是被屏蔽了。这已经是被屏蔽的第二章，我要做自我批评并加强自律。
　　

2018年1月，楚垣夕一觉醒来发现自己穿越到平行世界的自己身上了，一脸懵逼。
原本的世界中，他在2014年辞职创业，两次踏中潜在风口，四年里三掷千金，已经跃升为互联网新贵。
而在这个平行世界中，他没有辞职更没创业，混到2018年，活成一个大龄剩男。
这不是重生！没资历没人脉怎么办？必须拯救这条咸鱼的人生！
作者君五年创业三年撕逼，请放心食用
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看似向着目标前进，真正想要的永远得不到。
在空旷的天地间，人生何其渺小，仍然想诉说。
你是唯一照亮我的星，却不陪我到天边。
有型之物消失了也仍然存在过，不是梦幻不是水。
这残酷的世界里，冷漠的人也能发现梦想。
冲锋的人必会忽略脚下，只有温暖的火花才能将我包围。

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