Immediately a notification popped out saying "the player will be notified if there is a chance of pregnancy after having sex with power beings. The player can decide if she wants to have the pregnancy or to convert that into the experience points through cultivation technique. 
 
This is notified if there is an actual chance of the player being impregnated if not no notification will be received. Because of the special blood line and cultivation technique the player can only impregnated by high class beings like dragons, demon monarchs…etc"
 
Suddenly Rose spoke again "Mohini you don't have to worry about being pregnant. If you want to have descendents you can even impregnate other women when you awakened the special abilities of the succubus blood line."
 
Listening to Rose's words Mohini was shocked a little and asked "do you mean to say is I can switch my gender into a man and impregnate other women to have my descendents after I awakened the special powers of the succubus blood line?"
 
Rose said "yes not only you can enjoy the pleasure of coupling as a woman but also as a man hehehe don't you think it is wonderful."
 
Mohini's face becomes completely red hearing the words from Rose and there is also shocked expression on her face.
 
After a few minutes Mohini came out of her shock and washed herself completely of the filth from the dog. After that she again sat on the bed naked and then started to see the notifications that she ignored preciously when she was in misconception of the dog being dead.
 
The first notification is saying that she has received 20 quest points for getting fucked by the dog in the broad daylight and in a publicly visible place.
 
Then the second notification is that her attempt to steal is successful and the stolen things are stored in the extra's page of the inventory.
 
Finally the third notification is the experience points that she received through cultivation and the usage of skills is mentioned.
 
After looking at these Mohini immediately opened the extra's page to see what she obtained from stealing from the dog. Upon opening the page Mohini saw that there are few columns in the page detailing various things similar to the status page.
 
--------------------------------
Experience points: 35100
------------
Stat points
------------
Body: 25
Mind: 16
Soul: 16
Beauty: 14
Luck: 12
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Skills
-----------
Keen sense (mortal level 3)
---------------------------------
 
Looking at this Mohini was a little startled at the same time Rose also a little shocked too then she spoke "Mohini with this you can level up very quickly don't you think."
 
But there is a sudden notification that appeared out of nowhere in front of Mohini saying "the player can steal other's experience points but the amount that can be added is not the visible amount because the experience points are originally obtained through cultivation and through sparing with others, the stolen experience is not player's own.
 
So the experience points cannot be completely given to the player directly. Also in order to add the stat points and experience points to the player's status player has to use the points transferring device set by the game system. The amount of stat points and experience points received will be based on the user's compatibility with the obtained experience points.
 
The points transferring device can appear anywhere as long as the player wishes to add the points into her own status and the points are available in the extra's page. The points transferring device is invisible and intangible to all others except for the player and this can only be used by the player. As for the skills that will directly be added to the players skills page.
 
Does the user want to add the stat points and the experience points now if please select an option below. 'Yes' or 'no'.
 
"Let's try and see what that point transfer device is? Currently we should grow stronger quickly this is just the mortal realm and it is not that useful for us. Even though it is an enjoyable place we still have revenge to take right and there are more enjoyment being higher power." Rose said
 
Mohini nodded her head and said "yes we still have revenge to take and many magical realms and worlds to explore."
 
Mohini selected the 'yes' option with a thought and immediately a big burly naked man appeared out of nowhere and stood beside the bed completely motionless like a statue. But there is one part that has some motion to it that is this man's dick that was over 10 inches long and 3 inches diameter it was completely bulged and ready for some action.
 
Then a notification popped out in front of Mohini saying "the player has to use her cultivation technique while engaging in the sexual activity with the point transferring device.
 
The player has to take the experience points from the point transferring device with the use of the player's cultivation technique. This way all the experience points will turn into the player's own experience points.
 
As for the stat points they will be added to the player directly using the same method as receiving experience points she can use her mouth, pussy or asshole to receive the stat points. The stat points and experience points in the form of cum. Every time the pointing transferring device becomes excited there may be a chance of reducing the loss of points while adding.
 
The point transferring device can be upgraded to receive some higher benefits for the player like assistance in cultivation and some other things like reducing the amount of time needed to transfer the points. Even the looks of the point transferring device can be improved based on players tastes. Quest points are needed to upgrade the point transferring system.
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“Yak! How smelly” 

“She is ugly too”

“Sigh, this comments never change even though it is my birth day today” it has been like this all my life, I am 40 year old working as a freelance erotic game designer for a living because they don’t want me to come to their office for work. My mother died when I was a kid and my father abandoned me. All my life is useless no one to share, no lover, no friend no nothing.

I hope if there is a next life I will definitely live a little better life. What is that thing it looked like a short sword but it is round and no edge.

What is this why am I in this dorm again where are my stuff 

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New Heliopolis

The Roma's sensors detected a hyperspace window opening eight hundred thousand kilometers away. A quick scan determined the vessel was the Aurora Class vessel Frazier, named after the late Dr. Janet Frazier. In orbit around the two earth vessels were two O'Neill class ships of the Asgard.

New Heliopolis was the result of the exogenesis device. The planet had been transformed from an arid desert landscape to a lush forested world. Sensors detected a single structure on the landscape. Coordinates relayed from the Asgard informed the Frazier where the expected Earth delegation was expected to appear from transport.

With a flash of brilliant white light General Jack O'Neill, Dr. Daniel Jackson, and Lt. Colonel Paul Davis appeared. Awaiting their arrival stood Thor, Supreme Commander of the Asgard Fleet. Bidding the newly arrived individuals greetings Thor ushered them into the large building before them. Entering the complex, Daniel was taken by the sudden realization that they had seen a building just like the one they were now in.

"Thor, several years ago we came across a building much like this one. I believed it to be a place of meeting for the Ancients, Asgard, Nox, and the Furling." said Dr. Jackson.

"We are aware Dr. Jackson. You are correct in your estimation of that structures purpose. New Heliopolis is a recreation of that planet, and this facility is an exact copy of our former assembly hall. Contained within this hall is also an archive of the joint knowledge of all the combined races." said Thor.

"Thor, why are we here?" asked the General.

"O'Neill you are here as it is your place to be here." responded the Asgard cryptically.

Entering a large chamber the three the SGC members saw a large conference table. Seated around it were the Nox, a man they had never seen before, and a woman who looked strangely like the holographic avatar found upon the discovery of Atlantis. Introductions were made and the jaws of the Tauri delegation fell. Seated around them were representatives of the Ancients and the Furling. Daniel was thunderstruck.

"Dr. Jackson, this council has watched over your world since the Ascension of the Alterran's in conjunction with the Asgard." said the Furling Ambassador named Dorin.

Melia, the Alterran representative rose from her seat to address the Tauri. "What I say to you now I say with a heavy heart, for you may not understand the reasoning behind our actions. My people seeded life throughout this galaxy. Upon our return from the Pegasus galaxy we spread out amongst your people hoping to kindle the spark of civilization. Our Ascension was done to allow you to further your development without our direct influence. You are our children, and as your mother and father my race sought to allow you to develop in such a way that your full potential and strength could be unlocked. Though you may never understand nor accept our actions it was we that allowed the Goa'uld to lord over humanity for so many generations. We did this in the knowledge that your great potential could only be unlocked in the presence of such adversity. It was we, violating our highest directive never to interfere, that planted the seeds of rebellion among the people of Earth leading to Ra's eviction. You have surpassed our highest hopes for what you would accomplish and become. In your creation we sought to create children capable of surpassing our own achievements."

"The Goa'uld exploited humanity in this galaxy. Hundreds of generations knew nothing but servitude and tyrannical control." responded Dr. Jackson.

"Although the Furling and Asgard did not agree, this was done. It is understood the amount of resentment this would cause you to feel. It is never expected that you forget, but it is our supreme hope that you can forgive." stated Dorin.

"Now that you have taken your rightful place as the Fifth Race we are prepared to relax our noninterference directive. Your understanding of elements of the technology we left for you to find is impressive. For your new role you will need a full understanding of our legacy. Our people will now freely interact with yours. We ask that we be allowed to educate your people so full understanding can be found. A contingent will be sent to Atlantis and others will be sent to Vis Uban. If you agree we will unlock all the mysteries that you have sought answers for in our database." stated Melia.

"If it is full disclosure and technical understanding as your children we ask that nothing be held back." replied Dr. Jackson.

"The Alterran's have already agreed to this demand when we posed it to them. The full body of knowledge of the Furlings will also be shared. Furthermore, we will aid you in ending your conflicts in this galaxy and within Pegasus. You now stand as the equal of every people within this alliance." said the Furling Ambassador.

Thunderstruck the delegation returned to the Frazier to report the day's events to the SGC.

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When the flash of light was gone Cole and Leo saw something amazing. Chloe's scratch marks were gone and she was no longer bleeding. But at the same time something bad happened Crystal was passed out on the floor. Cole and Leo ran up to crystal. They tryed waking her up. Chloe woke up and said " What happened?" Chloe then looked over to see Crystal passed out on the floor. Then Chloe noticed that her scratch marks were gone and she wasn't bleeding anymore. Chloe got up and walked over to crystal. Cole and Leo was worried they were scared because crystal was still passed out. Chloe picked up crystal and told Cole and Leo " Follow me to the medical den." They walked over to the medical den. Kindle the medical wolf said" what happened to her?" Chloe said " I don't quite know but I think the boys could explain." Cole and Leo told Kindle what happened. Kindle and Chloe was shocked to hear what happened. Kindle said " I don't know how to handle this but just let her rest she is probably very drained." Chloe Said " Thanks Kindle we will head back to our den Again thanks for the help."Then Chloe carried crystal back to the den and Cole,leo followed. When they were back at the den Chloe put crystal down to let her rest.Leo asked " mom is something wrong with crystal?" Chloe looked at Leo and said " No dear crystal is just drained from using all that energy to heal me now dear just lay down next to your sister and go to sleep." Leo and Cole layed next to crystal to keep her warm and cuddle up. Chloe was so scared because of the state Crystal was in. Out of no where Crystal began to glow and slowly lift up in the air. Chloe got up and tryed to grab Crystal but she got shocked. Chloe didn't know what to do in that moment. Chloe felt hopeless she was so concerned on what was going on with crystal.But when Chloe was watching Crystal float she noticed something off she couldn't believe it at all. Crystal was changing....

    这要是新型的屏幕也能显示彩色该有多好，那个时候，甚至手机的屏幕都能被更换了。
　　黄梦寒以前用过室友的kindle，在写论文的时候，需要查阅大量的文献，所以有一个长时间观看也不会伤眼的电子墨水屏的电子阅读设备，是很幸福的一件事情。
　　但是用kindle的时候，有一点快把黄梦寒烦死了，最后还是有用回了电脑。
　　黄梦寒收集到的有很多pdf人资料，放到kindle上面，需要几分钟才能同步过去，这还好。
　　但是在6英寸上面阅读pdf的体验实在是……一言难尽。
　　竖屏看，能把人的眼睛给瞅瞎，伤不伤眼不知道，肯定能锻炼视力，视力不好的都看不清楚那么小的文字，黄梦寒也是在那个时候才真正理解了一个成语的意思——蝇头小字。
　　那文字真的和苍蝇的脑袋似的，就那么一小点，几乎微不可查。
　　既然竖屏看有这个问题，那就横屏看吧。
　　横屏看文字倒是大了一些，但是有另一个问题也很烦人。
　　pdf的文档是一页一页的，横屏看的时候每屏显示的文字多余一页的三分之一，但是小于二分之一。
　　kindle上面的软件整的，一页需要点击三次，前两页还好，但是到了第三页，他最下面是当前页的最下面，最上面显示的文字不是第二页的最后，是第二页的中间的内容。
　　每次看到一页的最后一屏的时候，黄梦寒为了找到自己看到了哪里，都需要花费很长的时间去寻找，用户体验极差。
　　还不如我国的一个叫做多看的软件做的好，多看这个软件，他是粗粮公司开发的一个软件，可以在水果手机和安卓手机上面使用。
　　多看这个软件在手机上有连续观看的选项，开启之后就能在手机上面连续的看下一页，不会遇到kindle上面那种尴尬的问题，一页必须分三屏才可以。
　　另外他还可以，手动的拖动一点一点的向下滑，这在用了电子墨水屏幕的设备上是一种奢望，因为电子墨水屏的刷新率是一个很大的问题。
　　他上面还有裁减的功能，遇到影印版的pdf文献，甚至可以把边边角角裁掉只看最重要的一部分。
　　这样无形中就增大了屏幕的可使用的面积。
　　听说是有人把kindle越狱后能刷上这个系统。
　　但是毕竟不是原装的，刷上之后，设备死机的概率还有耗电率都明显的上升了。
　　显然第二智慧科技生产的这种叫做智慧电子阅读器的产品，考虑到了kindle上面的那种不合理的设计，根据这种新型屏幕的特点给出了两个解决方案。
　　和手机一样，第一就是可以连续翻页，第二就是可以手动一点点的滑动。
　　“没有数据线，如果我有一些资源，怎么传过来？”黄梦寒向店员询问。
　　“这个简单，你看到了首页的个人图书馆了吗？这里，对就是这里……”店员一边说一边给黄梦寒指出来在哪里进入个人图书馆。
　　“这里有两个，一个是云端的，一个是本地的。云端的图书馆顾名思义，这里面存放的书籍都是在大后端，而本地的就是从云端下载到本地的书籍。”
　　“至于怎么把书放到云端，有好几种方式可以进行，第一也可以利用想kindle那样类似的，用邮件推送的方式，把一个邮箱加入到信任邮箱列表，然后用这个邮箱向一个自定义的邮箱发带有附件的邮件就可以自动同步到云端，这样的速度是毫秒级别的，不想kindle那样，需要十多分钟。”
　　“第二种也是很常见的，就是公众号那样的，在深信上看到什么好的文章可以直接推送过来，不过我们做的更广泛一些，可以在深信上面也可以在球球上面，直接绑定了自己的账号，然后退送过去，当然了，时间也是毫秒级别的。”
　　“第三种，可以用球球账号，加一个固定的好友账号，然后把书籍或者其他附件直接发给他，发完之后，就可以在电子阅读器上的云端图书馆这里看到他的身影，只需要点击一下下载就能下载到本机。”
　　“第四种，如果你使用的是生物计算机，那么在里面的浏览器里面，通过简单的设置就能在右键菜单里面看到推送到电子阅读器的选项。”
　　“第五种，如果使用的是生物计算机，系统级别就支持推送到电子阅读器，如果你的这个账号注册过电子阅读器，右键点击电子阅读器可以识别的文件格式的文件时候，就会有一个选项是推送到电子阅读器上面，可以通过这样的方式来进行推送，当然了，如果你嫌这个菜单碍眼，可以通过简单的操作去掉的。”
　　“那这样的推送的方式还真是推陈出新了，没有想到第二智慧科技居然把一个简单的提送功能都玩出花来了。”黄梦寒对于这点还是给予了肯定。
　　“这些书城里面的书版权怎么说，如果购买的话怎么购买？”黄梦寒问了她关心的另一个问题。
　　“书的版权问题，你不用担心，这些全部是正版的，没有盗版，这些版权都是由我们的王路王总还有杨翰林杨总和很多家电子出版社共同讨论的结果。”
　　“购买的方式有两种，第一种就是单独购买，比如你就喜欢某一本书，那么你可以单独购买这个本书，电子书的价格比实体书的价格便宜很多，原因就是因为实体书需要印刷、装订、传输、放到实体店或者网点售卖，中间经过的环节太多了，每一个环节都是成本的增加。”
　　“第二种方式，也是现在有人正在尝试的模式，那就是包月或者包年的读书服务。这种方式非常简单，和现在很多的视频播放软件类似，通过冲会员的方式，可以观看付费的影片，这个服务就是那种意思，只要交钱，就能看一些付费的书籍。”
　　“第一种方式我懂，但是第二种方式我知道有一些弊端，比如kindle也有这个服务，他们的名字叫做 Kindle Unlimited。
　　但是上面有很多的书籍都没有加入到这个服务中，也就是我交钱了很多书籍仍然看不了，不知道你们对这个怎么看？”
　　

　　现代人有三个不足：电量不足、流量不足、余额不足。
　　在超级辅助系统的帮助下，林奇创造了无数黑科技，发明的可变烯电池解决了人们电量不足的问题，量子通信解决了流量不足的问题，人工智能解决了余额不足的问题。
　　制造的产品可变烯电池、量子通信、生物电脑、人工智能、无人驾驶共享汽车……对现代人类生活造成了深刻的影响。
      人们都说接下来的十年不是人工智能的十年，不是虚拟现实的十年，而是第二智慧科技的十年
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After a great deal of preparation, Danika begins her new digital dragon's life in a very small way.

They say the "Living Jade Empire" creates individualized quests. They say it can read your mind. They say you can find your heart's desire. They say that there's never been a game like it, and they're right but… they're also wrong.

The game is a data mine, built to retell the old tales that humans have been telling each other since language was invented. It doesn't read your mind, but it reads your search history, your favorites, and your blogs. The "Living Jade Empire" is literally crafted from fables, legends, fantasies, and maybe just a bit of stardust.

But in the end, will the game be able to figure out what Danika wants most? Will the desires of other players take priority? Or, will playing it change her, until she desires what it can give her?

A journey is always made up of many small steps, and this game has still only just begun.

Hao Ren had been waiting for the old general to say that. Wading in the wilderness and forest of Collow for the past 10 days, he never had a decent meal. Even if there was no lack of food and water, enjoying a meal in the alien realm was not a good idea. When Marcus said that meals were being served, Hao Ren suddenly liked the guy.
The old general admitted that they had limited resources in Fort West, and since Princess Veronica was not fastidious, he decided to hold a simple reception in this room. Hao Ren had learned that this room was, in fact, the best looking room of the entire Fort West. This fortress might look magnificent on the outside, but it was purely a battle fortress from the inside out. Everything here was functional for the sole purpose of resisting the Chaos. There were no extra luxury and decoration. Even the quarter where Marcus lived was only a little larger than that of the ordinary soldiers. Channeling all their energy to fight the Chaos, and squeezing the last drop of their resources for the war was a normal state of life at this border.
The banquet was not sumptuous, but delicious and nutritious. The kingdom would not mistreat its soldiers when soldiers were fighting on the frontline. Fresh vegetables and soft and sweet bread had caught Hao Ren's appetite. There was a kind of soup made with fungi that could reduce the fatigue he had over the past few days.
All Hao Ren could think of now was eating. But Princess Veronica was not interested in the food in front of her. The princess was very worried about the abnormal changes in the chaotic border. "When did the monster attack on the city start?" she asked.
"On the day of your disappearance, Your Royal Highness," said Marcus who was sitting across the table. His size made him look like a behemoth beside the table. "It was the fourth hour after the collapse of the entire Shadowy Forest defensive line to be exact. When the Chaos reached the peak of the day, those things suddenly appeared in the air. The attack came without warning, and even the wizards in the magic tower did not find any signs. If not for the perpetual Runes of Order on the wall of Fort West, we would not even be able to survive the first round."
"Was the attack continuing?" Veronica asked.
"It lasted for one to three days, and the interval between attacks was uncertain. The Chaos would linger outside the city. No matter how many times the power of the Kindle Tower broke them apart, those things seemed to have no signs of weakening. It is an alarming trend. This year is already the seventh year of the tide of Chaos. After the peak period, they should gradually decline, but now it seems it is strengthening instead."
"The territory of the kingdom—"
"Thank goddess. The road is still open, and so is communication. A small number of the Chaos' forces have infiltrated the corridor in the mountains of the western front, but they are not a threat. If the reinforcement from the Kingdom is interrupted, this place would not stand."
Veronica breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. Father and General Gloen should have been discussing countermeasures."
"Countermeasures? I am afraid there is no countermeasure." The old general shook his head. "Your Royal Highness, I have been battling the Chaos for seven years, and in the year of the Order, I have been fighting the various chaotic tearing points in the kingdom. I know very well what kind of enemy we are facing; it is unknowable and uncontrollable. It is sad but true that in the face of the tide of the Sea of Carnos, humans can only passively accept and resist. Every time we survive the tide of Chaos, it is not because we have defeated it, but because the tide has ended before we are extinct. If this trend continues, I can only fight until I die on the battlefield to buy more time—this is the only countermeasure."
Hao Ren looked at Marcus in surprise.
He did not expect to hear such pessimistic and desperate words from this veteran. But he knew this was the reality the people of Collow had accepted.
But for the old man to have such undying courage to fight to his death was indeed most admirable.
Veronica knew the old general was stating the fact. She could only bite her lip. "I got it. There is another matter. It's about the furnace outposts in the Shadowy Forest."
"After that day, we lost contact with all the outposts," Marcus said. "The Chaos attack was frequent and had completely blocked all the crossings between the fort and the defenses in the forest. Our best reconnoiters could not even make it through the shadows. Until recently, a team of death squads succeeded in crossing the chaotic blockade and found the nearest outpost. But only two scouts made it back alive, bringing back a piece of terrible news."
"I know." Veronica lowered her eyes. "The outpost guards are all dead. They all seemed to die from a frenzy."
Marcus pressed his hands on the table and looked at the princess. "You and your knights miraculously crossed the forest. Do you know what happened there?"
Veronica shook her head. "I have no idea, General. There are no signs of attack, all buildings are perfectly intact, the guards did not even open the arsenals, but the soldiers inside have all died. We have found some clues though. Some of the outpost commanders seemed to have guarded the furnace for a long time, they held up longer than other soldiers and left behind..."
Veronica detailed her discovery in those outposts. Marcus did not interject during the whole time. The old general was only listening attentively with his eyes tightly knit together.
"We didn't even know anything about these things." Marcus' face was downcast. "I have let your father down."
"General, no man is perfect," Veronica said, trying to comfort him. "You have contributed immensely to the kingdom by being able to defend Fort West. What happened in the Shadowy Forest was unusual—not just the attack on the furnace outposts, but also our defeat that day. The behavior of the Theocracy was odd. They are no doubt arrogant, but they have never made this kind of mistake for the past many centuries. We need to investigate all these things. I'm afraid we have to count on the royal scholars in this matter."
Marcus frowned. "The scholars? Yeah, sound like we can only count on them. We need to report back to the king immediately. I will send a messenger."
"Messenger?" Veronica's eyebrows arched. "The teleporting—"
The teleporting device has been useless for the past 10 days." Marcus shook his head. "The interference is becoming stronger every day. The wizards say that a shadow vortex over Ansu is gradually taking shape, and the space-time structure on the mainland has become very unstable. Other than those of the hinterland of the kingdom, teleportation in other parts of the kingdom have been completely deactivated."
Veronica thought for a moment. "I have to go back to meet the king," she said with determination.
"Well, the king must also can't wait to see you."
"Not just for this reason." Veronica put down the tableware in her hand and looked at Hao Ren beside her. "We have experienced a lot of incredible things in the realm of Chaos. Some things are best to tell my father in person. Besides, my sister is more knowledgeable; she might be interested in the guardian. I am also worried about what happens back in the palace. If I don't still show up, some people may not be able to sit still."
"Haha, those nobles!" Marcus' voice was filled with disdain and annoyance.
Hao Ren looked around him and felt that he did not have to get involved. So he lowered his head and continued with his meal.
As the banquet ended, Hao Ren and the other knights returned to their respective rooms while Veronica and Morian stayed.
Together with General Marcus, the trio climbed up a spire via a spiral staircase. The Kindle Tower was right on the pedestal behind them, letting out a brilliant glow and putting the entire fort under its illumination.
Looking into the surroundings, the Shadow Forest was like a dark cloud creeping over the horizon on the west and further away the was all darkness. The mountains on both sides of the fortress extended upwards in the light and disappeared in the dark clouds at high altitudes. Only on the east side of the fort, a shimmering road stretched all the way to the heart of the kingdom through the unpolluted hills and mountains.
If looking to the west alone, there was a feeling of being surrounded by a sea of darkness and stuck on a remote island.
Fort West was the bridgehead of the World of Order, the border of the land of light.
"About the ancient guardian," Marcus looked at the forest in the distance, "Your Royal Highness, do you trust him?"
"He saved everyone's life, including mine," Veronica said faintly.
Marcus could read between the lines. "It seems that you are not so sure about his background too."
Veronica did not say anything.
It was indeed the princess who first identified Hao Ren as the ancient guardian. But this did not mean that she did not think critically. In those few days of thinking and observation, especially when she discovered that Hao Ren's understanding of this world was mistaken or even ignorant, she became more suspicious of him.
Memory confusion was not a good excuse all the time.
Marcus waited for a few seconds, and when Veronica did not respond, he continued. "You should already know it; there may be a hermit in the wilderness that has survived in the last century, but it is unlikely to have something from the previous generation. In every hundred-year cycle of the Chaos, except for a few specific tearing points, there are almost no ancient relics in the world that exist have not been discovered."
Veronica looked at the veteran general. "Mount Cassouin is at a tearing point. Whether it was 100 years ago, 300 years ago, or 1,000 years ago, the Chaos always shrouded it. I know this is unbelievable, but there is a temple there."
Marcus' eyes widened.
"His origins are indeed a myth," Morian finally said. "But he is certainly not a Servant of Chaos, nor a cult. He carries many potent sacred objects. The power of those sacred items not something from this era. I'm afraid that they are ancient relics."
"No matter what, the most important thing is that he is on our side," Veronica said with a sigh. "You might think that I am naive, but I have well thought it out. I trust him, and believe that he is the guardian of the sanctum, whether or not he comes from ancient times."


As a person who is down-to-earth as well as a good Samaritan, Hao Ren desires to live the rest of his life as a benevolent landlord. Stumbling into a curious yet mysterious lady, he began his journey of “collecting” abnormal and supernatural tenants. 
His life only became more chaotic when he receives a labor contract from “God”. Discover the many races, myths and worlds that lie beyond what humans define as normal! This bizzare fantasy full of fun is sure to bring you on a crazy rollercoaster of emotions!

"The navy did not suffer a defeat! The navy, did not suffer a defeat, let me repeat this for one more time! The navy did not suffer a defeat against the Ottomans!" 
The following day, In the various forums and streets, various leather-lunged broadcasters can be seen or heard shouting on the streets to passers-by. While they also know that their effort to eliminate these rumors spreading across the city might end up in vain as it is a natural instinct for people of Rome to suspect, question, believe in conspiracies and intrigues rather than listening to government figures. 
There is even rumor spreading around that the mégas droungarios Antonius De'Ricci has died in the exchange of gunshots yesterday, thus Antonius had to come out to make a public statement to soothe the nerves of people which is already pulled like a spring that might break at any point. 
It did not take long before the Ottomans, whose morales are boosted by successfully deferred the Roman's attack while not knowing that they no longer have a standing navy, decided to try an assault on Constantinople, and this time they mean serious unlike the last few occasions. 
Zaganos Pasha himself planned and commanded this assault which involved a total of fifteen thousand troops attacking the walls from three directions, divided into the northern army group, central army group and the southern army group, with the other two as a smoke bomb and the real deal on the most vulnerable portion of the city defense, the walls of Blachnarea. 
Zaganos Pasha chose a good timing too, he picked a time slightly after noon to initiate the attack, a time when the Sun is slightly on the west and is still powerful. This means that the Ottomans attackers have their back facing the Sun while the Roman defenders have their front facing the Sun, thus the Ottoman attackers can look up at them with ease while the Roman archers will have the endure the blazing rays of Sunlight directly at a high place where the sunlight is at its strongest, greatly lowering their accuracy and persistence. 
Zaganos Pasha rode on horse slowly behind the breath-taking sized Ottoman siege tower while bragging to his sub-coordinates a quote that he came up with. 
"A small trick in a legendary battle might not look like a big deal, but a lot of them, when combined them, can be a decisive factor that lead to your eventual victory." 
With a tilted head and dimpled grin, he happily accepted the flattering and compliments by his subjects around him, led out a series of garish guffaws and continued bragging in an unabashed manner. "Remember you people, it is an honour that our Sultan has granted you low lives to partake in this epic battle, and perhaps next time you shall see my big name in your children's textbooks, Zaganos Pasha, when you see it, do not forget to tell your children further of my legends, clear?"
…
Back on the walls. 
"Things are not looking good." Antonius frowned as he stands on one tower looking out at the Ottoman formations inching forward slowly but steadily. 
Antonius is entrusted by Giovanni and Constantine to defend the Blacknarea portion of the walls. While Giovanni stays on the central facing the Ottoman central battle group, Constantine himself sitting on the southern portion of the walls facing the Ottomans southern battle group, while Mauro and the Mega Doux Loukas Notaras sits at the back with reserves. 
"Under this bloody Sun me and my men cannot even have a proper shot at those infidels, admiral!" An old captain of a galley from Antonius' fleet called Castello groaned aiming with a cross bow.
Beneath them, three Siege Towers have crawled to a distance dangerously close to the Theodosian walls, thousands of Ottoman archers are already getting into a position ready to shoot with a light infantry ahead of them holding an over-sized shield, forming a basic hit and defend combination while the Roman archers cannot do anything against it except trying the best of their luck hoping that somehow there projectile can find its way through the shields onto the enemies. 
"I think I have seen a similar situation like this somewhere…" Abdullah murmured at the back. 
"Where?" Asked Andronikos Laskaris curiously by his side. 
"When I was studying Hellenic literature, you are a Greek…. ahem, Roman right? You must remember the famous play of 'The Clouds', right?"
"Oh…" Andronikos Laskaris tried his hardest to recall to not appear to be ignorant in their own national culture and replied. "Is it Euripides?"
Abdullah tried not laugh. "No, its Aristophanes."
"Oh…"
"Get to the point my friend, what is your point?" Antonius by the side saw his political counterpart Andronikos in a dilemma and came to help out, also anticipating the later would give some useful device to save his dilemma as well. 
"Oh yes, it is mentioned in that play by Aristophanes and Hellenic historical studies, it did mention a mirror that burns, like in the renowned sentence 'Strepsiades. Have you ever seen a beautiful, transparent stone at the druggists', with which you may kindle fire?'"
Abdullah paused for a while realising Antonius is losing his interest, and quickly changed the topic. "Also, in the Hellenic histories, roughly eight hundred years before the Great Prophet migrated to Yathrib, or as you Christians call it two hundred plus years before the birth of Christ, Archimedes of Syracuse faced a similar situation like this, and suggested the defenders of the city to use mirrors to reflect the sunlight and incinerated the Roman ships besieging the…." 
"Oh my brother, Abdullah you are a genius!" Antonius exclaimed and gave Abdullah a tight hug which almost suffocated the later, patted him on his back filled with excitedness.
"Abraham, listen." Then Antonius turned around and instructed. "I want you to lead a hundred brothers to go around and get all the mirrors in the city, and bring it here onto the walls, get all the workers in the iron works too, I want them to be here as soon as possible!"
"Aye captain!"

AD1453, a year that divides Medieval and Modern.
Caused by the fall of one city.
Her name is Constantinople.
Stood there for one thousand years.
Strong and firm as always.
Persistent against all foes that dreamed to take her.
But tonight, everything changes.
The young sultan on the outside.
And the old emperor on the inside.
Guns fired, woman weeps, men yells.
They pray to god, for god will send them a saviour.
To save both the falling city, and their helpless souls.
In the twist of history, god answered their call.
For god has sent them a new emperor.
Antonius, came from the seas.
Who shall lead the Romans.
Back to another peak.
And end the terrible fate of the city.
In the year 1453.

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AD1453, as the city of Constantinople prepares for its final fate, a pirate captain and crew sailed into the golden horn, history made an abrupt turn from this point onward....

Discord: https://discord.gg/eZKHzjNZz9




Local News Only
Susan Bristle could talk about the beautiful hiking paths, rural boutique stores, or Revolutionary War attractions of Lenoir, North Carolina. But that's not what Susan wants to talk about.

Susan, like so many residents of Lenoir, has one thing on her mind -- the bombing.

"It's just so strange," says Susan, a server at Paula's Diner in Lenoir. "The man was in town for months, and he just seemed so nice. How could he do something like this?"

The event has shaken the small town of Lenoir, North Carolina (pop 18,228) to its core, but it's likely you've never heard about it.

A search online provides nothing about the bombing or the bomber, John Nielsen. And yet the case has gripped the attention of nearly every resident in town.

"I just want to know what he was doing here for the last year," says John Mitchum of Mitchum's Appliances. "He was buying up business from all us local folk, providing subsidized loans to others to expand. It's like he cared about the town, and then he goes and bombs us. It just don't make no sense."

The bomber, Google Strategies and Development Chief John Nielsen, is all but certain to face conviction when his trial starts later this year.

There is ample evidence that on February 3rd, 2019, John Nielsen detonated 560lbs of homemade explosives at the Google data center outside Lenoir. The questions that remain are why he did it, and why only the residents of Lenoir are cognizant of what should be national news.

Based on interviews with John Nielsen, prosecutors, law enforcement and correctional officers from Caldwell county, and supported with interviews from residents of Lenoir, independent investigative reporter Myra Kindle, for the first time, tells the story of the Lenoir, North Carolina bombing, and the Google Strategies Chief that allegedly did it.

Angel Investor
On December 15, 2018, the attitude of the town of Lenoir towards John Nielsen culminated in celebration.

John, who for the past six months had invested more than $4.3 million into Lenoir local businesses, was being awarded a 'key to the town' -- a first for for Lenoir.

"Other than our namesake, there's never really been a town hero before," says Heather West, owner of Tybrisa Books, one of the business John invested in. "He was smart, and honest, and he seemed to care. He wanted to make our lives better, and he couldn't have come at a better time."

Ms. West is referring to the town's fledgling economy. The main economic engine, Broyhill Furniture, recently moved their headquarters, and with it has gone a key supporter of local commerce.

According to Ms. West, when John Nielsen arrived last summer, the first thing he did was vow to buy the building Ms. West rents from, and reduce her rent by more than half.

"If John hadn't done that," says Ms. West, "I don't know if I'd still be in business right now."

This story is repeated a dozen different ways all around town.

John Mitchum, the appliance store owner, says Mr. Nielsen offered him a reduced rate on a sizable loan that the store uses to fund its appliances.

"I pay so much money on the interest of the loans of getting the machines in the store," says Mr. Mitchum, "that John's offer completely changed my books. My accounts are much healthier now."

In other cases, John simply became a friend.

"He would eat dinner in here every night right here at Paula's Diner," says Susan Bristle. "Always ate alone, but he chatted. We don't get too busy around 9. People around here don't eat that late. He was always nice, always listened to me."

"And he left great tips too!" she adds.

It's the contradictory nature of how John Nielsen acted before the bombing that makes his story the talk of the town.

"It's just such a shame it had to be him," says Mayor Joseph Gibbons. "I guess it really shows you never know someone."

The Bombing
At 8:42 AM on February 3rd, 2019, David Glass heard an explosion.

The bomb, a 560lbs combination of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, liquid nitromethane and Tovex, had just blown a 40 foot hole on the other side of the building.

"If I hadn't been in the Milliways Cafe -- the cafe on site -- it would have killed me," says Mr. Glass, an employee at the Google data center in Lenoir.

Law enforcement from the city of Lenoir and Caldwell county say the bomb was as dangerous as a homemade device could possibly be. One official describes it as "expertly made," and said it was "a miracle" that no one got hurt.

The data center itself suffered extensive damage to the cooling system -- itself a massive complex of refrigeration units used to cool the hot running servers that populate the building.

Although operations at the data center have been negatively effected, off the record, staff tell me Google is using the damage to renovate and expand the data center, which originally launched in 2007.

Google and their parent company Alphabet have been provided multiple chances to give a statement, but have not responded to calls or emails about the bombing, John Nielsen, or plans to expand the Lenoir data center.

"Not Crazy"
John Nielsen is feeling lonely these days.

Denied bail and have been held in Caldwell county jail since February, John says the world has abandoned him.

"My wife won't speak to me. My company won't even admit I'm here," says John. "They just - they just believe it. They just believe I'm this crazy bomber and, I'm not. I didn't do it."

Mr. Nielsen, while seemingly quite sincere in pleading his innocence, is facing a mountain of evidence to the contrary.

Local prosecutor Scott Reilly described the case as open and shut, saying: "If the jury doesn't finish deliberations within five minutes with a 'convict', then I've done a bad job."

Included in the evidence against Mr. Nielsen is more than 20 minutes of continuous capture across dozen cameras as Mr. Nielsen came to the data center, dropped off the explosives, and left.

Prosecutor Reilly also says he has receipts for online orders of the bomb's composite materials, and is currently seeking a warrant that would allow law enforcement to look at Mr. Nielsen's browsing history, where they expect to find instructions for how to build the bomb.

Mr. Nielsen, in his defense, says it is impossible for him to have made the bomb described by prosecutors.

"They say this thing was expertly made," says Mr. Nielsen. "Well I don't know anything about bombs. I don't know what materials you need, or what you even do with them once you have them. I just don't know any of that. I mean have serious issues with Google and what we're doing, but I'm not crazy - there's no benefit in me blowing up a server farm."

Ralph Basham, the Secret Service director from 2003 to 2006, believes it's entirely possible Mr. Nielsen built the bombs, saying: "It's dangerous, it's risky, and the chances are you'll be caught, but really what stops people from building these types of devices is not a lack of information - anyone can find out how to make this stuff online."

In response to the quality of the device, Mr. Basham says: "It is my understanding that the device was well made, but I don't think that should preclude Mr. Nielsen from being the likely culprit. All other forensic evidence is pointing in his direction right now."

Finding a Motive
Prosecutor Reilly may be able to get a conviction on Mr. Nielsen based on evidence alone, but for the people of Lenoir, it's a motive that they desperately seek.

Mr. Nielsen might just have one.

"Google is nobody's friend," says Mr. Nielsen, during our fifth interview. "You might think they care about you, that they care about giving you information. But no, that's impossible. It's a company run amok seeking profit at the expensive of everything else. And so poorly god damn managed that they don't even realize the extent of it, with so much f**king hubris that they believe only they can fix it."

Mr. Nielsen's grievances with Google are severe, but John's qualms seem to be with the internet more generally, or at least some aspect of how it is presented.

He describes in detail several stories from Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, countries where a lack of police presence in many regions, coupled with a lack of credible news sources, have led to numerous rapes, murders, community floggings and torture, all reportedly caused or exacerbated by rumors spread online.

In one instance, he describes a scene at a restaurant in Sri Lanka where the owner was nearly beaten to death. His crime? A patron had found a lump of flower in his curry, and from online reports of the local minority group providing sterilization pills to the majority group, a riot broke out that would lead to broken bones, thousands in property damage, and an eternally frayed and untrusting community.

John's examples are numerous, but his details are not always accurate.

In one instance he describes a group of rural travelers that came to a small community in India. The community, having read repeatedly online about outsiders of the ethnic minority group wandering into rural towns to steal children, "beat the men till police arrived after one was seen talking to a child", says John.

In reality, they were killed before the police arrived
(https://www.wired.com/story/how-whatsapp-fuels-fake-news-and-violence-in-india/)
.

Mr. Nielsen realizes these are not problems in the United States, and that specifically the medium of violent messages being spread is far more attributed to Facebook and WhatsApp, which is also owned by Facebook.

But in Mr. Nielsen's comments is a clear worldview -- he has severe reservations about how information rises above the water in an ocean of information, and feels Google is eminently responsible.

"Our institutions aren't so precious," says John. "You've seen it happen to everyone around you. It doesn't necessarily mean violence, but it definitely means anxiety and loneliness, and why, for what? So Google can have no competitors?"

Mr. Nielsen is nearly alone in his view. The internet, and big tech, has improved the lives of countless people all over the world. From information getting to remote communities on the cruelty of female genital mutilation, to an underground economy in North Korea, to literally thousands upon thousands of new jobs and rising wages that have led to improving the social and economic status of billions of people, it's difficult to see the merit in what John argues.

But as John makes his case, it's clear it's not the internet he sees as causing rifts, but rather the machine algorithms we let sort it for us. On information sorting, John has some support.

"This period will certainly be looked at as the rule of the machines," says University of Turku anthropology researcher Dagon Jarvela. "There is no human editor anymore. There is no local community to push back. For so many of us, we are the whim of the algorithms giving us our next story, our next piece of the puzzle of the outside world. It shapes us because it seems more important, more accurate than what we actually see in our everyday lives."

Is Something Different?
"We all have the potential to be the monsters on Maple Street," says John, "and I think Google is doing exactly that."

Mr. Nielsen's claim is both bold and alarmist.

For the last several years, he claims, you've seen it happen to your friends, family, teachers and coworkers.

He describes it as a disease, saying it doesn't care about sex, age, political affiliation, class, or geographical region.

He says it is endemic and transforming, and yet so slow in its mechanism that we barely recognize it happening.

"We do it with news, we do it with video, we do with social media," says John. "All of us tech companies - cause it works."

Mr. Nielsen is referring (https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-youtube-drives-viewers-to-the-internets-darkest-corners-1518020478)
 to the well documented claim (https://www.cnet.com/news/youtube-ces-2018-neal-mohan/)
 that algorithms (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/technology/youtube-online-extremism.html)
 that provide information feeds to many internet users will consistently 'serve' more radical and divisive views over time.

"Not out of malice," says John. "Algorithms don't think for themselves. It arose naturally, but now it's clear the best way to hook a user is to scare them, to get them to think about the people around them as crazy and trying to take something from them."

John adds, "If YouTube can make it seem like the next town over is full crazy people, completely incompatible with how you see the world and in such a way that no compromise is achievable, then you're going to hunker down and not relate with them - instead you just fall back into YouTube. At some point in the future you might be afraid to travel to parts of the country because you just think they're too different from you."

Mr. Nielsen realizes that his comments have proved something of a motive in the bombing.

"A tech chief wants to destroy a server farm because he believes it is corrupting", prosecutors might say, but John insists this couldn't be further from the truth.

What Community?
$4.3 million is more than half the wealth John Nielsen has accumulated during his career in tech. Why did he spend it on local businesses in Lenoir, North Carolina?

John says his motivations were rooted in pragmatism to support the fledgling economy of Lenoir, but a closer look shows a much more specific motivation.

Heather West, owner of Tybrisa Books and a distant third cousin to Mr. Nielsen, was struggling financially when she received what she thought was positive news.

James Comey, former FBI director and then recently published author, was coming to Lenoir for a book signing.

"Book signings are really good for business if the author is well known enough," says Ms. West. "I realized it was a controversial book, but I didn't realize having him would hurt my business so much."

Caldwell county, like it's neighboring counties, has an approximate a 75-25 split in political leanings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_11th_congressional_district)
.

Heather's bookstore relies on on her neighbors, and appealing to the minority in political leanings, she realizes, was decidedly a bad move.

However when an online boycott was set up against her store, Heather struggled not to take it personally.

"I understand that you don't like him. Honest, I don't like him either," says Heather. "But to feel that he is such a menace that you need to take it out on me and my bookstore for months afterwards, it felt like a real insult, like I wasn't part of this community anymore. I sell Dinesh D'Souza books too for god's sake."

Mr. Nielsen says, and accepts the irony, that he heard about Heather's struggles through a rising story provided to him in one of his algorithmically controlled news feeds.

Upset not at the individual boycotters, but at the online outrage propagating the message that Heather's bookstore was a detriment to that region of North Carolina, Mr. Nielsen took a sabbatical and went to Lenoir in the summer of 2018.

There, he found what he described as a frayed community that he wanted to help.

"When people's position improves, and not like a little bit, but by like a lot, like something you notice," says Mr. Nielsen, "You know I can't really prove it, but I think we don't look inward anymore. We're, you know, happier, and that sort of just echoes out into the community."

Mr. Nielsen has no evidence of this, however generally speaking, people are indeed less 'anxious' when their economic security has improved (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4844458/). But this is obvious, and Mr. Nielsen realizes that.

More indicative of success was the celebration in December when the 'key to the town' was awarded to Mr. Nielsen. "The health of the economy," he says, "and not just small gains, brought that community closer together. I feel like, at least a little bit, I got the monsters off Maple Street."

A second reference Mr. Nielsen has made to the 1960 episode of the Twilight Zone, The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.

Algorithmic Decay
At the Comfort Inn on the edge of Lenoir, I search for an answer to my most basic questions: Why is no one reporting on this story, and why can't I read about the bombing online?

A search leads me down rabbit holes of Lenoir rumors, both ancient and new.

In one, I watch a YouTube video about General William Lenoir's stash of gold treasure hidden in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As the autoplay continues, a video discusses the altitude sickness of Lenoir that makes citizens go crazy.

Another makes claim that James Comey's visit to Tybrisa Books last spring was a way for him to hide key evidence of a pedophilia ring in the basement of the store, "where no one would ever suspect", says the video.

And as the autoplay goes on, the videos grow more brazen. Several in a row make claim Google's server farm is causing cancer in the citizens of Lenoir.

Before I turn the video off, I see next on the autoplay is a video about different uses for fertilizer.

Tired, I climb my way out of the rabbit hole and go to my trusted sources. Trending, a video on how Google's image search algorithm can replace digital video files to make it appear as though anyone could be in a captured video.

The report has me thinking about what John Nielsen said about Maple Street, and whether or not we're all there and the monsters are too. I watch the old Twilight Zone episode and am left with Rod Serling's final words:

The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices – to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill – and suspicion can destroy – and a thoughtless frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own – for the children – and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is – that these things cannot be confined – to the Twilight Zone.

As I prepare for bed, a new question pops into my mind. If an algorithm could gain consciousness, what would its priorities be, and who would it perceive as its enemies to that mission?

Myra Kindle is an independent investigative reporter. She covers tech, law, politics, and other stories that would be impossible to write about in more traditional outlets.



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