A group of intelligent students joined forces to rebuild the Quintessentials, a dissolved VR Athlete club of Quantum City High School.

They aim to become the Champion of Cyber World Online for them to become official VR Athletes. But, Joden, their leader know that it is not that easy to achieve their goal.

There are three levels they should overcome in order to become official VR Athletes...

Level 1: District Cyber World Online
Level 2: Regional Cyber World Online
Level 3: National Cyber World Online

Can Joden guide his team towards the success of their goals? Will they be Cyber Wolrd Online's Champion?

The discussion online continued even after the livestream ended. In fact, it became even more heated as more people watched the video recording afterwards.

It was also at this moment that the Black Stars fan club demonstrated the early signs of its impressive unity.

iHateIrisLong: "Iris Long sucks! Don't be blinded by her recent performances. She's just having some good luck. It won't last. Don't forget what a b*tch, a sl*t, and a wh*re she is."

CaptainBlackStar: "Die, you evil demon!"

"User @MrsLovePhantom reported @iHateIrisLong to the administrator."
"User @JJNumber1Fan reported @iHateIrisLong to the administrator."
"User @JJNumber2Fan reported @iHateIrisLong to the administrator."
"User @JJNumber3Fan reported @iHateIrisLong to the administrator."

iEatSlippers: "Shut up, b*tch! You want a taste of my slippers? I'll shove them down your throat. I hope you choke. Damn b*tch."

Administrator: "The user of the account @iHateIrisLong is temporarily suspended due to an excessive number of reports by other users. We are currently reviewing your account for violations. If you are the owner of this account, please contact us to confirm your identity and/or to file an appeal in order to regain access to your account." 

CaptainBlackStar: "Our first victory, my fellow Black Stars!"
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+2,091 likes and counting.

iEatSlippers: "Heh. This is the power of my slippers. It can ward off evil."

iStillHateIrisLong: "F*ck you all! You think a simple account suspension can stop me? Wake up, losers. Iris Long will always be a b*tch! A sl*t! A wh*re! You're all stupid sh*t for following a dirty sl*t like her! F*ck you!"

CaptainBlackStar: "Comrades, attack!"

All the members of the newly-formed Black Stars fan club immediately swarmed around and virtually beat the account user "iStillHateIrisLong" black and blue until the administrator suspended this account again.

iEatSlippers: "Come on, bastards and b*tches! Come at us and I'll whack you all with my mighty slippers!"

iHateIrisLongForever: "F*ck you, you motherf*ckers! What Black Stars? More like Iris Long's dirty and smelly dogs! You don't know sh*t! You have sh*t for brains! You should all be buried along with that sl*t Iris Long!"

CaptainBlackStar: "What a persistent cockroach."

iEatSlippers: "Taste my slippers, b*tch!"

"User @MrsLovePhantom reported @iHateIrisLongForever to the administrator."
"User @JJNumber1Fan reported @iHateIrisLongForever to the administrator."
"User @JJNumber2Fan reported @iHateIrisLongForever to the administrator."
"User @JJNumber3Fan reported @iHateIrisLongForever to the administrator."

The administrator suspended this account again.

@iHateIrisLongForeverAndEver: "Ahahaha! You can never stop me, stupid motherf*ckers! As long as I live and have internet access, Iris Long's name will never be clean online. I'm not afraid of you, you Black Sh*tters!"

CaptainBlackStar: "What a vengeful evil demon."

iEatSlippers: "My mighty slippers aren't enough to whack this cockroach to death. Let me call some reinforcements."

"User @MrsLovePhantom reported @iHateIrisLongForeverAndEver to the administrator."
"User @JJNumber1Fan reported @iHateIrisLongForeverAndEver to the administrator."
"User @JJNumber2Fan reported @iHateIrisLongForeverAndEver to the administrator."
"User @JJNumber3Fan reported @iHateIrisLongForeverAndEver to the administrator."

As expected, this account got suspended again. The Black Stars members expected another account to pop up again, but surprisingly the peace wasn't disturbed this time. Moments later, a new user explained why.

MonkeyFace: "Brother @iEatSlippers, everything's done. That person won't be able to create new accounts and bother you for the time being."

iEatSlippers: "Thanks, bro. I'll treat you sometime."

CaptainBlackStar: "Thank you, brother @MonkeyFace. But what did you do?"

iEatSlippers: "He's my friend, my bro. He's an expert with computers and that kind of stuff."

CaptainBlackStar: "Oh, I understand now. Thank you! Brother @MonkeyFace, are you interested in joining our Black Stars fan club? It will be great to have a computer expert like you in our ranks."

MonkeyFace: "Sure, I'll join. I'm free, anyway. And my brother @iEatSlippers is also a member, so why not? Looks interesting."

CaptainBlackStar: "Awesome! Please accept my friend request."

The founder of the Black Stars, CaptainBlackStar, created a private group chat with the newly signed up members to discuss the formal establishment of the fan club. Soon, everyone called him Captain and voted him as the fan club's President. iEatSlippers was voted as the Vice-President. Some members objected to his nomination because they remembered him as an Iris Long critic, bordering on a hater, before. However, he accepted his new post with gusto, waving his virtual slippers in triumph, proclaiming that he was now an Iris fan. The complainers could only grumble to themselves after this. MrsLovePhantom and her three friends were voted as the PR Officers, with MrsLovePhantom as their leader and the fan club's official spokesperson. MonkeyFace was also appointed as the Chief IT Officer.

MrsLovePhantom and her three friends promised to provide the initial funding to formally establish the Black Stars fan club. They also promised to contact Iris Long's management to ask for recognition as Iris' official fan club.

In the meantime, MonkeyFace was tasked to create the fan club's website so that the members could have a permanent home online. With MrsLovePhantom and her three friends' promise of funding, he felt very motivated to create the fan club's website.

Although it was still in its early stages, the Black Stars fan club was officially established. There was so much progress in one day. A bunch of online strangers gathered together to form a fan club that was already displaying such strong sense of unity and organization.

iEatSlippers: "This is all thank to my mighty slippers."

A world-famous hacker and daughter of the most powerful criminal family who ruled the international underworld for many generations is killed when their organization is annihilated in a single night.

She is reborn into the body of Iris Long, a teenage pop singer, wild party girl, and spoiled brat. For the former princess of the underworld who lived an overprotected and shackled life, this new life is a chance to finally live the life of freedom and independence that she always wanted.

Jin Liwei is the most powerful man in the country's business world. Cold and ruthless, he is someone only a few dare offend. When the infamous Iris Long, who used to chase his younger brother, wakes up from a year-long coma, his unfeeling heart moves for the first time and he falls hard for this unexpected genius girl.

She wants to fly freely and soar high beyond the sky. He wants her everything, to tie her to himself and to never let her go.

This is her journey to super stardom. This is his journey in accompanying her. Together, they will rock the world while facing many challenges.

But what will happen when she discovers that she can never escape from the shadows of her previous life? Will she still be able to live her dream life of freedom and independence? Will he be able to protect her from the dangers?

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After forming the club, the club's professional eSports team would need to train intensively.
The team that they formed randomly online had to foster their teamwork in real life and start group training.
This one idea of hers had given him something to strive for that entire summer break.
Zi Chuan was busy with the club's matters. The few people he worked with often were mostly students.
Playing video games was seen as a distraction from their studies by parents, so everyone was in a dilemma.
That was the most difficult and tough period of time for Zi Chuan. He even fought with his family because of this.
She showed her support, "Zi Chuan, you still have me. This is our club. I won't leave you."
She had thought that she would stay with him until the end no matter what. She had even began to imagine that both of them would become the "Batman and Catwoman" of the gaming scene, as they conquered the world after they got together. 
However, she could not have ever thought that the development of the club would be much faster than she expected.
He called her. "My Royal Princess, the club has been established and is ready for your inspection."
At that time, she had been filled with pleasant surprise and bitterness.
Pleasant surprise because they could finally meet in real life, after close to two years of online dating.
Bitterness…
Tears started rolling down her cheeks all of sudden. "Zi Chuan, I'm sorry. I can't be in the club anymore."
She had ended up being the first person to betray him in the team.
As soon as she said that, he became silent.
After a while, he simply hung up on her.
Even though she had wanted to give an explanation, she knew that at this moment, any explanation would be futile.
Zi Chuan ignored her for a whole week. Neither did he reply her messages, nor did he pick up her calls. 
He did not even go online on the game.
At that point in time, she had thought her and Zi Chuan were over and Zi Chuan would never forgive her.
Until he finally returned her call a week later.
In the call, he remained silent for a long time before explaining, "Something happened in my family. My phone ran out of battery and I didn't have the chance to charge it."
She immediately started crying and yelling at him, "I thought you did not want to talk to me again!"
"… Stupid."
His mood was very bad, so Qiao Lian could not help but say carefully, "Since it's summer break, I'll go see you to Beijing."
After remaining silent for very long, he replied, "Ok."
_
Qiao Lian's gaze focused more while she tried her best to recover her thoughts from the memories.
Although Zi Chuan was petty and had always said mean things, he had never been one to bear grudges.
Hence, it had never crossed her mind that Zi Chuan would not forgive her and give her a hard time.
She had not said her reason for not being able to be part of the club because she had wanted to explain it to him face-to-face.
However, never could she have thought that she had lost the chance to explain since the start.
So, had Zi Chuan actually heartlessly dumped her because he was angry over this matter?
Qiao Lian looked down while she stretched out her right hand from under the blanket suddenly.
That hand was fair and flawless.
But after holding it there and staring at it for five minutes, that hand began to tremble uncontrollably.
A sense of helplessness surged in her, causing her to put away her hand.
She liked games. She loved games.
However from that day onwards, she had rarely played any games.
Throughout these years, she had regretted a lot.
She had regretted not standing by Zi Chuan's side eight years ago.
But now, she wanted to help Shen Liangchuan.
Even though they would eventually separate.


They say the greatest blessing is marrying the idol you always dreamed of.

But Qiao Lian knows that reality is different...

The Internet claims that Best Actor Shen Liangchuan is a male god who is unaffected by any sexual drive, but Qiao Lian vehemently disagrees. It's a lie!

After finally carrying out the contract, Qiao Lian burst out, "I want a divorce! I don't want such a life!"

With the loud sound, all of us turned our heads towards the door.
 
A girl was standing there looking haggardly.
 
"Senpai! Look! I've found something!", the girl shouted.
 
But as soon, she said, she stopped as if she became frozen upon seeing us.
 
"Ehem", she coughed a little then her whole aura changed in a matter of seconds.
 
"Hello, I see that we have new potential members.", she then gracefully bowed at us.
 
What's with the bow, though?
 
I stared at her while contemplating if whether I knew her or not. The girl who seems to be a first-year like us, she got bright auburn hair... amber eyes... She seems familiar... Don't tell me... Is she really... There's no way! But, at a closer look, if I put on the mask and the glasses, they exactly look alike.
 
I leaned my head forward while holding my chin seriously, then her face went red and cast her head down.
 
But suddenly, I got stabbed at my sides.
 
"Ouch!", I hold my sides as I was grunting in pain.
 
Then, I looked at the culprit.
 
Naoki was looking at me while puffing her cheeks, "No. Bad Tatsu."
 
"Eh?", I looked at her in bewilderment.
 
Not only that, even Yokota and the two senpais are looking at me with puzzled faces. The two senpais that I was talking about were the girl and the unknown entity that is dressed up like a guy from earlier, the girl has the color green ribbon which is meant that she's a third-year, meanwhile, the unknown entity who's got a guy's clothes have the color red which is for the second-years.
 
"Eh? W-w-wait! You got all wrong! I was just looking at her because I thought she looks similar to someone I knew! I swear! That's my sole reason why I looked at her, like that!", I panicky exclaimed.
 
All of them are looking at me with doubt all over their faces, and the worst of them all was Naoki, she's not trusting me at all!
 
"I swear! I'm telling the truth! Look!", I proceed to take out of my phone and went to my messages with Zeno-chanღ, viewing the picture that she sent me, "See?!"
 
Naoki and the three except for the red-hair girl who was still standing at the door, all looked at the image that I had given to them. I was expecting that they would understand it but to my surprised, the three looked at me confused and blushing, while Naoki was looking at me with teary eyes.
 
"Oi, oi, oi, what's with the look?!", I looked at them with distress.
 
"Umm, I didn't know that you guys are in a relationship...", the third-year girl shyly said, following that, the other two agreed.
 
What relationship?! What are you guys talking about? Are they misunderstanding, something? How could one picture tell our relationship? I'm not even sure if she's really Zeno-chan.
 
While Naoki on the other hand went straight to me, and said, "Tatsu... Why are you exchanging pictures with her, while we aren't?", she was tugging my arm.
 
"Wait! Wait! What are you guys misunderstanding? I only told that she resembles the picture of this girl, and nothing more.", I exclaimed while massaging my glabella.
 
"Eh? Aren't you guys like that? You know? Sending someone...? You know... online 's' thing...? And what's more, this is clearly Shiori-chan...", the third-year girl shyly said, as she kept glancing at it.
 
"I didn't know Shiori-chan can do this kind of stuff...", she added.
 
Shiori? Is that her name?
 
"WAIT A MINUTE! WHAT ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT?! I HAVEN'T MET THIS GUY EVER IN MY LIFE?! AND WHAT ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING AT?! GIVE ME THAT!!", the red-hair girl shouted and snatched the phone.
 
After taking a look at it, her expression changed every second, first, she was confused, then she got angry, but after a while, her face flushed with redness all over her.
 
She then turned her face over me and pointed a finger at me.
 
"Y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-you a-a-a-are X-X-X-X-Xeco?!", she was stuttering in bewilderment.
 
"Hm? Wait... Are you really, Zeno?!", I looked with my eyes widen.
 
"Y-y-y-y-yeah, AHHHHH!", she screamed then threw my phone towards me.
 
"Oh shit.", but I caught it.
 
Then after that, she quickly got out and ran.
 
She vanished...
 
I was just standing there, looking at the door perplexed.
 
"What just happened?", I said.
 
Then, I looked at my phone to know where all of their reactions came from because I'm pretty sure it's only a picture that she had taken to prove her gender. There's no way people could misunderstand that, right?
 
But, I've eaten my words as I froze while looking at the picture.
 
"W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-WHAT IS THIS?!!!!!!!", I shouted.
 
All the people in the clubroom were surprised by my sudden shout.
 
I was bewildered by what I'm seeing. I didn't notice it earlier when I looked at it since I'm all focused on her face that I didn't bother looking at the whole picture, or maybe I'm just half-asleep earlier.
 
In both of the pictures that she sent to me— She's only wearing her underwear!! Even though she sent me a selfie, there's actually a mirror behind her that reflected her whole back body. To be honest, that's really hot as fuck, as a pubescent male my male hormones are on full turbo mode, right now.
 
Then I snapped, I remembered that I need to explain this.
 
"W-w-w-wait! This isn't what it looks like! I have an explanation! I-I-I was just asking her if she's really a woman!", I panicky exclaimed as I tried to explain to them as hard as I can.
 
"Don't worry, as my Kohai, I'll make sure that I will not say anything to anyone. People have few secrets here and there...", the third-year girl said as she pumped her fist to her chest.
 
SENPAIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
"Y-y-y-y-yeah me too, I-I-I-I will keep it a secret too since you guys are friends with Yokota-chan...", the unknown entity second-year said while shyly avoiding my eyes.
 
NOT YOU TOO!!!!!!!!!
 
"Umm, even though we don't know each other that much yet, I'm not the type of person who likes gossips or spread it, that's why your secret with Iwamoto-san is all kept in my mouth, I will not tell a single soul.", Yokota said as her face was flushed in redness as well.
 
NOT YOU TOO, YOKOTA!!!!!
 
As for my last hope, I looked at Naoki but she is fidgeting her fingers, and said, "If you want Tatsu, I can send you some of mine later when I got home.", while shyly kept glancing at me back and forth.
 
THAT'S NOT IT, NAOKI!! AND, HOW COME YOUR FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT?!
 
"Nooo! Look! I've been her online friend for a year! And this is our conversation!", I bought my phone and facing it at them while looking desperate.
 
All of them gathered around me, while I explain to them what really happened, mostly our conversation from earlier in the morning. And then, I added how I met her online which is only a brief explanation of how we met in an online game. With, all the explaining I did to them, come after that, they finally understood.
 
"And that's why.", I said with a tired expression.
 
"Oh, I-I'm sorry...", the third-year girl said.
 
""Yeah, me too."", the unknown entity and Yokota said.
 
"So, we're not doing that? B-but, I-I kind of want t-to...", Naoki said dejectedly.
 
What? You're really adamant about that picture thing?
 
"We'll talk about it later, Naoki.", I said.
 
"Really?! Okay!", Naoki's eyes widen, she looks like a child who got her new favorite toy.
 
She's too cute.
 
Meanwhile, the other three looked at us dumbfoundedly and only kept their mouths shut.
 
"Okay, now, where were we? Oh, yeah, the online 's' thing you mentioned, senpai.", I said.
 
"Eh? There's no need for that, you explained it to us so there's no need for that, right? Rin-chan?", the third-year girl said while tapping the unknown entity's back.
 
Wait? Rin? It made me more confused!! Why are you guys making it hard for me?!
 
"Y-yeah! What Fumiko said was correct! There's no need!", he or she said.
 
Yokota stayed silent.
 
"I know you said something, you whispered it...", I turned my head to Naoki, "... what is it, Naoki?"
 
The two whispered something earlier to Naoki and Yokota, and Yokota's face became expressive when they mentioned it, which I got a feeling that it's bad. Naoki got suddenly worried about it and she became jealous of it.
 
"Oh, they said it's about an online sex dating, you know like those what you get from dating apps? Well, I don't really know that much, but she said it's really lewd.", Naoki nonchalantly said.
 
Naoki said that without getting embarrassed when she said that I can't coup myself of wanting to hug her when she's acting so innocent, but I can't since there are people here.
 
"You know what, it's better if I don't know anything about that stuff."
 
The two senpais let out a relieved sigh.
 
"With all of that out of the way, I'm Okita Tatsuya.", I introduced myself.
 
"Hello, I'm Ikeda Naoki.", Naoki introduced herself.
 
"O-O-Oh yeah, I forgot to introduce myself,  I'm the president of the Mystery Club, Maeda Fumiko."
 
"Hi! I'm the vice-president, My name is Oishi Rin.", he or she smiled at me, I still don't know the gender.
 
"I-I'm really sorry about earlier, I shouldn't have said that!", Maeda-senpai exclaimed.
 
"It's okay.", I said.
 
"I really am sorry, but are you guys interested in joining our club?"
 
"Oh, we're currently looking for one, but since Yokota is here we could consider joining here.", I responded.
 
"Yeah, it will depend on Tatsu's decision, I'm just following him.", Naoki added.
 
"Eh? Oh, right...", I said.
 
I remembered Naoki saying that no matter what the club is, as long I'm in there she will join.
 
"Ohh, I see, want to take a seat with us, first? I'll give you an explanation of what our club does.", Maeda-senpai said.
 
We all sat at the table.
 
Then Maeda-senpai spoke, " So, basically... We only do like puzzle games those kinds of stuff or maybe research some unsolvable stuff that is on the internet for fun."
 
"So, basically...?", I looked at her confused.
 
"Yes, we do nothing other than just play games or solve brain-teasing cases that we could find.", Oishi-senpai said.
 
For real though, what's your gender? I've been trying to find out Oishi-senpai's gender ever since I got here. Then adding, Zeno my online friend whom I haven't met is basically studying here. I can't even fathom how baffled I am, right now. A friend whom I met online a year ago is from my school, I can't really punch the idea in my head at how much of a coincidence that is, plus she literally just sent me a picture earlier which ended up, not going well.
 
"I thought this school is strict in terms of academics? Why are they allowing this club then?", I asked them.
 
"Eh? Where did that come from? Well, school club exists for extracurricular activities, it doesn't mean that it's only meant for academics purposes. The game club exists, right?", Oishi-senpai said.
 
"Now that I think about it... Yeah, sorry for the stupid question, I thought clubs exist for students to have extracurricular activities that could help them.", I said.
 
"Every club is helpful to every student, Okita-kohai, it helps the students to relieve some stress from our studies. Even though our club doesn't really do anything, we have mystery-solving cases that could test our intellect and logical minds. We, students, have our day-to-day stresses, that's why letting out some steam is very helpful. Stress can make your studies difficult as it can really affect your mood.", Oishi-senpai said.
 
"Ohh, I see, I'm very sorry about that.", I apologized.
 
"No worries.", Oishi-senpai smiled at me.
 
Suddenly a loud bang sound came from the door once again.
 
ANOTHER ONE?!

Okita Tatsuya, a soon-to-be freshman. He decided to live with his Aunt as fate guides him to his new life, a life where he will experience various things. From that point, Mother Fate who seems to be always playing with him will give him a chance to overcome the obstacle that has been tormenting his life ever since. In a game of love and hate, the only game where he can only have one chance to change it all.

But in a twist of fate—"Do you believe in fate?", the girl said, He met a girl who will join his journey as he conquest this so-called game, created by Mother Fate.

Will he overcome his past? Will he live a peaceful life? Will he turn the odds against him? Follow his journey as he plays the game of love, hate, and despair.

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Old Zhou laughed. "The H4 Club will be doing extra training soon. None of you will be able to escape it if you are to follow the DGE Club's model exactly." 
"I'm very happy! Do you know how uncomfortable it has been for the past few days without exercise? I will add on to my training tonight! Also, my teammates have such poor constitution; we have to get Coach Yaling to train them well!" Huang Wang replied.
The DGE Club's new midlaner and the members of the H4 Club showed an 'oh sh*t' expression after listening to that conversation.
Pei Qian watched all this silently and was lost.
What was going on? 
The GOG division with the H4 Club was moving to Jingzhou?
I did give you money to provide a better training environment for Huang Wang, but I did not allow you to come to Jingzhou!
What the hell, I sold one club member, but I obtained an entire club back! 
"Boss Pei! I haven't had the time to thank you. If it were not for your generous funding, we would not have enough financial resources and not made up my mind to come to Jingzhou. In short, please take care of us in the future!" Team Leader Su came to Boss Pei and spoke with emotion. 
Pei Qian: "…" 
Why the f*ck was it my fault again?!
However, Pei Qian could only smile, unable to say anything.
"Don't stand outside. Everyone, go inside and have a seat. Jiang Huan, you all help out with their luggage." Zhang Yuan called out.
Everyone entered the DGE Club one after the other. Zhang Yuan greeted Manager Cui of Ming Yun Villas and asked him to find a vacant villa to rent. There would definitely be no discounts, but it would definitely still be cheaper than in Shanghai to the H4 Club.
They would still have enough for tables and chairs, ROF computers, and gym expenses since Boss Pei gave them 2.2 million yuan to 'improve their training conditions'. There were abundant funds. 
Pei Qian realized that this money went one whole big round but a huge part of it seemed like it would be back into his pockets soon…
In addition to the rental of the H4 Club, fitness, buying of computers, food delivery… all of these would be earned by Tengda!
"You continue your work, I'll leave first." Pei Qian could not take this scene of them moving in and chose to slip away.
"Why do I feel like Boss Pei isn't very happy?" Team Leader Su asked Zhang Yuan after Boss Pei left.
Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment. "Really? Oh, it might be your illusion. Boss Pei was originally a person who guards his emotions.
"In fact, Boss Pei attaches great importance to esports. He might not say it, but you can tell from his actions.
"Today, for example, he heard that we have new members today so he came over amidst his busy schedule to take a look, worried that this new member may not be able to get along well with the team."
"That's it! Boss Zhang, we have just moved to Jingzhou and are not familiar with this place. We need Boss Pei and your support. Please also share more information about Boss Pei with me." Team Leader Su realized something.
Zhang Yuan patted his chest. "Of course!
"By the way, Team Leader Su, what do you think about the other clubs moving to Jingzhou?"
Team Leader Su smiled. "Still wondering about it.
"In fact, these clubs are also watching our every moment and looking forward to playing mock competitions with us. They want to see the effect of us buying the player and changing the training methods before they follow."
"That's good. We can take advantage of this time for mock competitions and widen the gap between us. The gap between us will be so big that they would be shocked!"
… 
…
August 28th, Sunday…
In a coffee shop near Handong University, in Qiu Hong's last lesson…
"Boss Ma, I have basically taught my experience of failure. Uh… there is one last one."
Qiu Hong paused, seemingly thinking that 'taught' was not very appropriate. However, for the lack of a better-fitting word, he still used it. 
"This last one might not be right, but it is definitely the last item I can mention."
Pei Qian nodded. "Please continue."
Qiu Hong was silent for a moment and said, "Pursue your dreams."
Pei Qian froze for a moment. "Is this… a failure experience?"
Qiu Hong nodded, his voice a little sad. "Yes."
"Has Boss Ma ever seen my resume? You should be able to find it online. I had been a systems designer as early as 2001 in a fairy-themed game with paywalls.
"Boss Ma, don't you find it strange that I can be a chief systems designer of a large-scale client-side game when I just entered the industry?"
Pei Qian gave it a thought and did find it a little strange.
That was because Tengda had always promoted people in an exceptional way, be it systems designers or chief planners. They were always newcomers from the bottom-most staff. Pei Qian, therefore, did not think there were any problems with Qiu Hong's resume at the beginning.
However, now that Qiu Hong took the initiative to bring it up, Pei Qian realized that it was really quite strange for an ordinary game company to make a newcomer a systems designer when he first joined the industry.
The systems designer was only secondary to the chief systems designer in domestically-produced games with paywalls. That was because the most important part of the game was the combat system, paywall system, game experience, etc… they were all closely related to each other.
The systems designer could be regarded as the right-hand man of the chief systems designer. Many chief planners were promoted from systems designers.
Generally speaking, even a graduate from a top university could only start out as an ordinary administrative planner. Such a person would only be promoted to a systems designer after one to two years.
Such a situation would only be more obvious in large companies and projects.
He was a systems designer for large companies and projects when he first entered the industry. He was fully responsible for the system of the game. Disregarding the possibility that he might be related to the boss of the company, the second most likely situation would be that he had actually had experience previously.
Even if the previous work experience was not successful enough, but as long as he was outstanding enough, he would be able to obtain the position of the chief systems designer.
Pei Qian thought for a while. "So you actually did not enter the industry in 2001, but earlier?"
Qiu Hong nodded. "Yes, I entered two years earlier."
"It was the golden age of domestically-produced standalone games when I entered. 'Magical Swords, Deity Fate' sold 300,000 sets with an income of 10 million yuan; the popular 'Dark Age 2' was introduced to China and sold for about the same amount of money. 
"It might not be comparable to their performance overseas, but it was a record-breaking figure. 'The Heroes' was also selling well.
"The people who entered the industry at the same time as I had dreams. We all thought we should sell domestically-produced standalone games internationally. We'll be able to stand on the international stage one day and win awards.
"However, everything changed in a mere two years.
"I was fortunate to meet the President of a standalone game company then. He told me that standalone games had no hope and that I had to quickly transit into online games. I did not listen; neither did the producer of our project."
"Then, in 2001, all the standalone games could not be sold. The first game we worked so hard to develop was not even published at all.
"The company did not pay wages. Our company hung on for two months before our producer gave up.
"Therefore, I submitted my resume everywhere. Many companies called me up for an interview because I'm in systems. Their first question would always be: do you have experience in internet game development?
"Why did that happen? Why did domestically-produced standalone games die out in just two years?"
Pei Qian was a little confused. "Die out? Not so bad, right? Aren't the standalone games doing alright now?"
He was a little pissed off. If the standalone games really died out, then there was no reason why the standalone games he made became so popular, right?
Qiu Hong smiled. "Boss Ma, you are still young. You might not be even 10 years old by then so you wouldn't know about it. Domestically-produced standalone games did die out during that time.
"The reason why domestically-produced standalone games are doing well now because the official ESRO platform was established in 2006. Piracy was strictly prohibited in various fields so domestically-produced games slowly regained traction.
"However, even so, there was a vacuum of about five to six years. That opened a huge gap between our domestic game industry and the international industry. We have not been able to catch up even now.
"Then, why did the golden age of domestically-produced standalone games die out in just two years?"
Pei Qian thought for a while. "At that time, it should be the rapid popularity of online games. It seized the market for standalone games and a large number of games companies transited."
Qiu Hong nodded. "Yes, the transformation of numerous standalone game manufacturers to online games was a direct cause of the demise of domestically-produced standalone games. Then, the question was 'why didn't international standalone games die under the impact of online games?'
"Moreover, even if online games made more money than standalone games, they would not lead to the death of standalone games because not all companies were good at making them.
"There would always be companies making standalone games as long as there was money to make.
"In fact, it was a very complicated problem. It was definitely not caused by a single thing. It was just like the death of a dynasty would not be solely because of a flood, a plague, or a war.
"All disasters would always happen together.
"That era happened to be the time when overseas game system units were booming. We did not have system units locally, only personal computers. The computer is a platform that is easy to write and modify so it quickly entered the era of piracy."


I really just want to lose money! T_T
Best boss ever, prodigy of the business world, genius creator, visionary of the century.
These are the descriptions used for Pei Qian, President of Tengda Corporation.
Ever since his rebirth, Pei Qian finds himself in possession of a system that rewards him if he manages to lose money.
Instantly, a brilliant idea comes to mind — making crappy games!
"If the game flops, all my investment cost will be lost!"
"How difficult can it be to lose money?"
Indeed... how difficult can it be?
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"I see. Last night at the dinner, I thought you and Mr. Lin are good friends," Luosang shrugged and said.
'Alright, since you like pretending, I'll pretend with you,' she thought.
"Luosang, go take these few bags downstairs and put them in the car," Jian Fei pointed at the bags with her chin while giving an order.
"Sure," Luosang lifted the bags, then turned and left. Right after that, Jian Fei shut the door and asked Zhong Yi, "Why is Mr. Lin arrested? Didn't you say that nothing would go wrong? Did Xu Luosang do that?"
"Gu Feng has earned its fame because of its solid background. Which ordinary person would dare to lay a finger on it? Even the police wouldn't arrest anyone from that club without consideration. Could the powerless Xu Luosang possibly manage to do that?" Said Zhong Yi with a serious face, "Maybe the club owners have offended someone. Xu Luosang was really lucky last night. I can't believe I've failed to destroy her last night."
"Mr. Lin is arrested in an anti-vice action, so if anyone knows that you had dinner with him in the club last night…" Jian Fei glanced at Zhong Yi with hesitation, then continued, "If the public knows, things will become a little troublesome. People may think that you were making some kind of improper trade with Xu Group and Mr. Lin."
The look in Zhong Yi's face changed as she said, "Xu Luosang knows."
Jian Fei closed her eyes and said, "Don't overthink the issue. Even if there would really be a problem, Mr. Yi will solve it for you."
Before her voice faded, Zhong Yi's cell phone began ringing. Yi Jingxi's name was showing in the screen.
"Hopefully he's not calling for that…" Zhong Yi took a deep breath, then answered the phone and immediately heard Yi Jingxi's icy-cold voice, "I've only left for one day. What stupid thing did you do last night?"
Zhong Yi clenched her teeth and said, "Mr. Yi, what's happening?"
"You're asking me?" Yi Jingxi sounded quite angry, "Go check in the forums and Weibo yourself. Everyone is saying that you were in Gu Feng club last night before it was closed down. Some people even claimed to have seen you having dinner with Mr. Lin. Do you know what he's arrested for? Multiple underage girls testified that he had forced them to make improper trades. And, a few girls from the club said that he had drugged them and forced them to sleep with some high-positioned people. The police closed the club down last night, and there're pictures from the scene."
Zhong Yi gave a start and asked, "Is there a picture of me?"
"Mr. Yi, I had dinner with Mr. Lin last night because of the project that he's going to work together with Xu Pictures. I was trying to help you…" she added with a trembling voice.
"When is your turn to help me? Besides, I've never even thought about working with someone like him," said Yi Jingxi wrathfully, "You just can't do anything right. Now, people are all talking online about how Xu Pictures make their actresses do improper trades with Mr. Lin. They've found the film invested by Mr. Lin last year. That's one of our films. This whole thing has caused a negative influence on the company. If you're not still useful, I'd have destroyed you already."
"So-sorry," Zhong almost cried, "I'll never do anything like that again without your permission. Mr. Yi, please help me."
"Watch your behaviors. Gu Feng Club has a strong background, but it was torn down. The club owners must have offended someone really powerful," Yi Jingxi remained silent for a short while, then said to Zhong Yi with a low voice, "Fortunately, there isn't a picture of you in the club this time. And the people who're talking online don't have any backgrounds. They're just some fans."
Zhong Yi sighed with relief. She understood that Yi Jingxi was willing to solve the problem for her. "Thank you," she said.


It was supposed to be a perfect deal in which both parties got what they needed. However, after the child was born, he tore up the agreement with discontent and told her, “Who said that we'd only have one child? I want twins! Twin brother and sister! You’ll continue giving birth to more children until you bore me a pair of twins!”
Luosang was beyond endurance. “Nian Junting, damn you…” she raised up against him, “Nian Junting, is this fair to the pure love in your heart?” 
Then, a marriage certificate was thrown at her. 
He landed on her, slowly curved his lips in a smile, saying, “Aren’t you my pure love?” 

Walking to the venue, both Syth and the girl did not talk a single bit. Everything Syth would try to say something, his eyes would trance over the gun, and he would forget what he was trying to say while the girl simply did not want to talk to him.
It was awkward, but luckily the girl broke the silence.
"Are you going to tell me your name?" She made it sound like it was his fault for not saying his name.
"Umm.... yes. I'm Syth. What should I call you?" He asked.
"My name is Vilma Sinclar Everwood. You can just call me Vilma." 
'Why are everyone's names so damn long?' While it wasn't a big issue, Syth felt inadequate for some reason.
The silence continued for another minute before Syth broke the ice.
"Vilma, what type of club are you looking to join?" 
"Any, it doesn't matter, but my father wants me to join one. He said something about finding reliable friends."
"Then why don't you try Extreme Needle Development Club, I heard it was pretty good."
"You're not trying to recruit me are you?" Vilma stopped walking and faced Syth with an annoyed expression."
Syth was terrified. While he knew she wouldn't shoot him, the fear of the gun was still there. He was unable to resist her eyes which glared right through him. A voice in his head freed him.
<This god has found out who she is>
'Just tell me.'
<The Third daughter of the Everwood family, Vilma Sinclar Everwood. She has 5 brothers and a father who could kill you instantly if you try anything. Not to mention without any consequences.>
Syth gulped. 
"No, I wouldn't dare do something like that… Recommend. Just Recommending. You don't need to join. I don't think its a good club anyway." 
"Lead me to them. It doesn't matter which club I join anyways." Vilma continued walking while Syth began to panic.
'Ptye, what should I do?' He couldn't keep such a dangerous figure in his club else he wouldn't know when a bullet would go through his head.
<This god prays for your luck. This thing called anime is quite interesting.>
'Who the hell cares about your anime'
As they entered the gymnasium and walked up to Rodney, Syth could only hope for the best. Standing behind Vilma, he tried to signal to Rodney. He crossed his arms, and worded out "Reject Her", but Rodney didn't get the hint.
"Hey Syth, you're back. Are you okay?" Rodney had called Tilo to drag Syth away before when he passed out.
"So you were trying to recruit me?" Vilma said with a grin. It was by no means a nice one.
"I'm sorry. I only wanted the best for my fellow classmate." He said, but Syth didn't feel sorry. If he felt sorry, he would disband his club this instant. 
"Then I will join."
He wanted to protest, but the words couldn't find its way out of his mouth. After jotting down her student id and registering online, Vilma left. When other recruiters went up to her, she ignored all of them and continued walking.
Only when Syth couldn't see her, did he karate chop Rodney's head in anger.
"Ow. What was that for?" Rodney felt like he was wronged.
"Do you know what the hell she is?!?"
"Yea, Vilma Everwood of the Everwood family right?"
"Wait. If you knew then why didn't you reject her?"
"If we have her in our club, the school wouldn't dare disband us."
Rodney was only correct to a certain extent. The academy gives a set amount of funds to each club for club activities. By implementing a quota for club members, the academy is able to increase the funding for larger clubs.
But it was different if certain people like Vilma were to create or join a club. Not only will the club receive more funding, but the club would also not need to meet any quota which meant Syth's club would easily have meant the quota. As long as Vilma was still in the club.
'But would the benefits overweigh my life?' Syth thought.
"What's wrong with you this morning?" Rodney asked.
"Nothing, nothing… Show me the needles." If he wanted Vilma to stay, then he would actually need to research needles.
Rodney handed thin long metal pins to Syth. They were roughly made using a silicon mold since their club couldn't afford the superior machinery. Each needle was unique in its own way. One needle even had two tails.
<This god has found information on crafting better weapons. Would you like to receive the information.>
"Yes, send it."
His head was instantly flooded with hundreds of books about blacksmithing. Unable to withstand the mental attack, Syth tipped over onto the table, dropping the needles. He was barely able to stay conscious. It was like having a brain freeze and a heat stroke at the same time.
"Syth, are you okay?"
"Yes… better than okay. Pack up everything, lets go to our club room. Quick."
"Shouldn't we recruit new members?"
"We have Vilma."
"Fine." 
'Ptye, where did you get all those books? How come I didn't find them online?' While Syth only searched for an hour at most, he should have been able to find some advanced beginner books, but he couldn't find even one.
<This god is able to access all databases even if they are restricted. Do you still want to remove this god?>
'No, you're slightly more useful now.' 
The overload of information contained the methods of thousands of manuals through all levels of smithing. While some came with strength requirements, Syth was sure he could use them all someday.
The clubhouse was located right next to the gymnasium. The sizes of the rooms ranged from twice the size of a dorm room to the size of a stadium. Every month, each club has to pay a certain amount to rent the room used.
This was what made a difference between a gathering and a club. Each room was equipped with a mana generator which could allow students to replenish their mana easily without waiting. The poorer rooms had level 1 mana generators while stadium-sized rooms had level 5 mana generators.
As Syth and Rodney entered their clubroom, they only had one thought in mind.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!?!"

After traveling through space, Syth realized one thing. He was no longer in his own world, but instead in a world of magic and fighting. 

Entre to WPC #132: Need Power Stones.

The cover is not mine.

"I... I... You... You know me?" Yan Xiaoling interrupted when she recovered from the shock.
Even Box and Jin don't know this nickname Little Changye. My current QQ name is Master Hua!
At this very moment, the stunned girl had two ideas.
My hidden identity is revealed!
I'll talk! I'll tell everything!
Amused by Yan Xiaoling's response, Yan Zheke tried hard to restrain her laughter. She waited for a moment to answer. "I'm a frequenter on the forum and have seen many of your posts and your photos. I always find you cute and adorable. I've been looking for you."
She added silently, "Also very amusing!"
Yan Xiaoling blushed. "I'm not that good... "
Hang on. She must know how I got an online father and a bunch of online elder relatives... She must know how I poked fun at myself... She must know my nickname Shit Eating Moderator...
Hmm... I'd rather die! I'll hide in my room for six months without going out!
"Wait! She's a member of the Martial Arts Club. She often visits Lou Cheng's forum. She's a gorgeous senior sister... " Yan Xiaoling's brain worked hard and finally reached some conclusion. She blurt out, "You are... "
Her high pitch drew much attention from the crowd.
Their eyes quieted her down and her imposing manner shrank. She continued with a lowered voice, "Are you Lou Cheng's Girlfriend?"
Otherwise, how could she have the first-hand information on his matches?
She claimed to be a student of the Songcheng University. She called herself a cute girl.
"Yes!" Yan Zheke answered with a faint smile.
To be honest, my heart had quite a journey before deciding to come over and say hi generously.
A female fan of her boyfriend... Watching in a distance online seems fine but once she physically appears in reality, I can't help feeling complicated. I always try to act maturely and rationally but after all, I'm a young girl just under 19 years old. I do have concerns and I do lose control of my imagination. I sometimes make several plans to respectively handle each specific situation.
However, after I made all those plans, I found it rather ridiculous and I decided to be simple and bright. Maybe Little Changye in real life is just as amusing and funny as the girl online.
"Ohh!" Yan Xiaoling nodded continuously with excitement.
There is a forum member in the Martial Arts Club! And she is a cute girl!
The excited girl could no longer hold her mouth. She asked curiously, "Sister, are you really Lou Cheng's girlfriend?"
Otherwise, why would she pick such a name?
He Zi and Mu Jinnian had totally lost in their conversation until this question popped up, their eyes locked, attention paid fully, crying out their desire for gossip.
"Yeah," answered Yan Zheke calmly, her lips curved.
Considering how shameless Cheng and I can get showing off our love, Little Changye will figure it out herself in no time once she joins in the Martial Arts Club and comes to classes for a week.
"I knew it!" Shouted Yan Xiaoling in great delight with her right hand waving in the air.
How exciting it is! I'm chatting with Lou Cheng's girlfriend now!
Hmm! They doubted my intuition!
"I saw you guessed so." Yan Zheke's dimples appeared along with a sweet smile. She then naturally changed the topic to interesting stuff on the forum.
She was a girl of details, very good at socializing. She didn't mention any of Eternal Nightfall's dark history, so she wouldn't feel embarrassed in front of her roommates. However, she underestimated Yan Xiaoling. How could a girl so used to self-deprecation control her mouth when it came to a familiar topic? She immediately revealed her true form and exposed many of her embarrassing moments.
He Zi and Mu Jinnian didn't know much about Yan Zheke or Lou Cheng's fans club. It would have been hard for them to get involved in this conversation but Yan Xiaoling's self-deprecation made it a lot easier. They couldn't help asking for details and the conversation went on merrily.
Once Yan Xiaoling calmed down, she at once realized how wrong it had been and noticed her roommates' strange eyes on her as if saying,
Yan Xiaoling, we didn't expect this from you!
"Boo... I want to die!" Yan Xiaoling covered her face with her hands.
Yan Zheke covered her mouth and chuckled, her body rocking back and forth slightly. She took a glance at her watch and asked, "Little Changye, will you participate in the special training?"
"Special training?" Details about the special training flashed in Yan Xiaoling's head and her face turned paler.
"I... I don't think I will... Look at my skinny arms and legs... "
Four hours training every day... I'd rather die!
Lazy as me, I only eat one meal a day so I don't have to get up early... No way I'm joining in the special training!
However, a sudden disappointment and pity hit her. "Not in the special training, I can't watch Lou Cheng exercise or get first-hand information... "
"I... Knew... It..." Yan Zheke said word by word silently before putting on a gentle smile. "What about some office work for the club? Do you want to help Sister Xiaowen organize on-site cheering?"
Yan Xiaoling was pleasantly surprised! "No special training but I can hang out in the Martial Arts Club all the time! This is amazing!"
"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" She happily agreed.
"Go and find Sister Xiaowen later. That one." Yan Zheke pointed at Li Xiaowen before giving her QQ number to Yan Xiaoling. "I have to go back now."
"Bye, sister. You are so nice!" Yan Xiaoling waved excitedly.
She's a perfect match for Lou Cheng!
Yan Xiaoling took out her mobile and published a new post on the forum, beginning with an arrogant and complacent emoji.
"Ha-hah... Breaking news! But I'm not telling anyone!"
"Not interested! Get lost!" Brahman, waiting for her live broadcast, replied at once.
Yan Xiaoling didn't feel scolded at all. She sent a waggling emoji and replied, "Brahman, I really want to share with you but the senior sister is so sweet. I must keep the secret for her."
Ask me. Ask me!
How soft-hearted I am!
"Senior sister... Lou Cheng's girlfriend?" Okamoto's Fan hit right at the point.
"I... I didn't say anything!" Yan Xiaoling pouted innocently as she typed.
"Really? Is it the beautiful member of the Martial Arts Club?" There were not many possibilities. Brahman began with the most likely one.
"How did you get it so easily? That makes me feel less good about it!" Yan Xiaoling added the "face full of tears" emoji.
Mu Jinnian asked out of confusion, "Ling, do you know how to organize on-site cheering?
"You agreed to it so fast with zero hesitation."
"Of course!" Yan Xiaoling straightened her chest. "I'm a pro... "
She felt disbelief in He Zi and Mu Jinnian's eyes and quickly added,
"Fan."
Hah... A professional fan.
…
Yan Zheke stepped back to Lou Cheng quickly and lightly, carrying a smile while recalling Little Changye's amusing responses.
"You... You went to meet Eternal Nightfall?" Asked Lou Cheng nervously. He didn't quite understand why he felt so nervous.
"Can't I?" Yan Zheke tilted her head with a faint smile.
"Sure. No problem!" Lou Cheng made his attitude clear before continuing with his questions, "I'm just curious... I thought you would stay away from her just like me."
He didn't forget to give himself some credit.
Yan Zheke chuckled, her eyes glancing across Lou Cheng's face. "I had a very complicated feeling at the beginning. Then I thought it through and decided to be more open-minded about it. Hmm... Little Changye didn't let me down. She is a very interesting and honest kid."
"Don't try to sound old. Ke, you are only 18 years and 10 months old." Lou Cheng felt relieved and poked fun at his girlfriend.
Yan Zheke bit her lower lip and said with some emotion,
"Cheng, sometimes I feel confused. Am I too rational, too polite or too concerned about interpersonal relationships? I want to do my best at everything. This time when I went back for my grandpa's birthday, some relatives made improper jokes at me and introduced me to some youths promising and talented to their standard. They said I should keep these options open for after my graduation but I just wanted to walk away and yell at them that I have a boyfriend already. Then I thought that would be silly and rude. So I smiled hypocritically instead of saying anything.
"Sigh... Sometimes I just want to be capricious and be myself."
At the beginning of the special training, the Martial Arts Club only gave three days off during the long holiday. Yan Zheke went back to attend her grandpa's 70s birthday celebration and Lou Cheng's short trip plan failed before made.
Listening to his girlfriend's rare complain, Lou Cheng tried to comfort her humorously. "Aren't you already capricious? Your family doesn't want you to have a relationship during your university years but you are dating me. How does it feel to free yourself?"
Yan Zheke glared at him with affection, her lips pursed and her head turned away. She lowered her voice so no one could hear her,
"Not bad!"
Cai Zongming walked into the ring to host the orientation as the club manager.
Lou Cheng burst into a laugh as soon as he saw him.
"Ha-hah... Is it really Talker?
"He used to describe Manager Chen's brows as flying bugs... Now his hair is so sleek that no bug can land! Any bug would slip on his hair!"
Yan Zheke was also amused by Little Ming but her comment was interrupted by the vibration in her pocket.
She took her phone out, confused, and saw a message from Yan Xiaoling with an emoji brimming with expectations.
"Sister, may I ask you a question? What kind of person is Lou Cheng? We are all very curious."
Yan Zheke pursed her lips and smiled, recalling the past and praising her thought into words, her eyes softening gradually.
She lowered her head and began to type, the corners of her mouth turning upward subconsciously.
"Just like what you felt before."
A boy very warm, very thoughtful and very caring.
About how funny he is... I'll keep it to myself.
…
Time went by quickly in their hard training. One week before the Professional Ranking Event, the sortition ceremony for the regional stage of the national university martial arts competition took place, two weeks earlier than that of last year.
Every member of the martial arts club gathered in the office, waiting for the live broadcast.
Their performance last year was awful. Lou Cheng and Lin Que were not invited to the scene of the event. A teacher of the university was assigned as the representative.


Here martial arts are no longer intangible legends. They have been passed on from generation to generation and from century to century. After the confrontation with science and technology, they have completely integrated into modern society and all kinds of martial arts competitions are taking place across the country as superiority among scholars are hard to reach a consensus but not as difficult among martial artists!
Lou Cheng has inherited the lost skills of the greatest martial arts sect. Towards his original dream and the glory in his heart, he advances step by step, becoming the warrior of this modern city and the hero of the era!

- Origins Internet Club in Jiuhua City -
Despite the storm outside, this shop was always lively with a big crowd.
"Well! When I first came to this shop, it only had a few seats." Nalan Hongwu lounged on a couch and said, "But now, it's so huge."
"Hehe, Senior, you were not here on the first day of business," Song Qingfeng said with a smile. "When I came, it was so small that there were only four computers. Four!"
"At that time, only me, this fat guy, and Old Liang were here." He pointed at Wang Tai and Liang Shi who were busy eating instant noodles and said, "There was only Resident Evil and nothing else. It was completely different from now."
"Right!" Lin Shao said in a loud voice, "You probably didn't experience that. We didn't have online games or online games guilds; we all played solo!"
"Hahaha! The Shop Owner was a great player back then, and we watched him play every day."
"Am I not a great player now?" Mr. Fang walked over with a bowl of instant noodles.
"Now that you mentioned guild…" Lan Yan frowned while sitting beside them. "Did you notice that people like Little White and Qi Xian haven't been online for a long time?"
"Who are they?" Mr. Fang was nonplussed. "Are they customers of the shop?"
"Yeah," Lan Yan said with a frown. "After you went to the Morning Star Sea Realm, the Legend of Mir 2 was released. We established our guild and recruited many new players. Some of them were close to us, but they have been absent for a long time now."
She still remembered a girl named Little White who was about 16 years old; they were on good terms with each other, and it wasn't like her to disappear without a word.
"Maybe she went to play other games," Mr. Fang said.
"Impossible," Lan Yan said, "It's weird that she hasn't been on QQ since then."
"Now that you mention it…" Mr. Fang said in confusion, "Several new players in our Heaven-Defying Online Games Guild ensured us that they would be online every day, but now they just disappeared."
"As the Guild President, why don't you ask about their whereabouts?" Lan Yan said, "After all, you are the Guild President."
"Where can I take the inquiry?" Mr. Fang said in contempt. "Do you want me to visit their homes one by one? Even if I want to do it, I don't know their true identities since I only know them online."
"So annoying," Lan Yan complained, "I told her that I would take her to play the next day, and then she just disappeared."
"Who are you talking about?" A teenage girl wearing pale blue clothes walked into the shop in high spirits. She was Ye Xiaoye, and she came in with a couple of cultivators of the Cloud Ocean Faction. "Who disappeared?"
"The new players in our guild. They were nice, and we had a good time chatting on the guild channel," Lan Yan answered. "Then, they just disappeared." 
"Disappeared?" Ye Xiaoye immediately asked, "You mean… they were just not online on the next day and couldn't be contacted through QQ or communication jade? It is like they had just vanished?"
"How do you know?!" Not only Lan Yan, but people like Nalan Mingxue and Song Qingfeng turned their attention to her.
Ye Xiaoye said, "I don't know much. Do you remember my Senior Sister Zhou Hongying? It was she who brought me to the shop in the first place."
"Don't tell me she disappeared as well!"
"She didn't," Ye Xiaoye said, "A while ago, a few cultivators came with Senior Sister Zhou and Brother Bai, those few sorcerers who got into top 16 for Diablo Competition, do you remember? Senior Sister Zhou told me that they were summoned back to their factions, and they couldn't be contacted anymore."
"What?!" Not only Lan Yan, but Mr. Fang had sensed the seriousness of this issue as well.
"They haven't been found since then?" People like Dong Qingli came over to join the conversation, and the grandmasters including Nalan Hongwu slightly frowned.
"I sense foul play in this…" Lan Mo, Nalan Hongwu, and the other grandmasters looked at each other.
"When did that happen?" Nalan Hongwu asked.
"About half a month ago," Lan Yan said.
"Only half a month?" Mr. Fang said. "The time doesn't seem to fit. Those few in my guild disappeared about one month ago. I thought they didn't play because they were short of funds."
"…"
The atmosphere in the Taixi Faction was different from that in the Origins Internet Club.
For most of the players in the Origins Internet Club, today was probably another enjoyable day spent on playing games.
However, for the small number of players in the Mystic Land in the Taixi Faction, they had to stay here and spend another day in darkness.
This had been a cultivation field for cultivators of the Taixi Faction, but now it had been modified. Restriction arrays were set up around this place. Locked inside, they couldn't escape even if they could dig out a tunnel, let alone flee by flying.
Disciples from various factions were forced into wearing greyish-white 'prison uniforms', and their spiritual essence was depleted with tough and high-intensity training.
A genial-looking, middle-aged man who was wearing white clothes was responsible for disciplining them. Although Duyou Holiness was behind this, he entrusted the execution of his plan to this cultivator named Tian Leizi who cultivated lightning spells.
"Lightning spells are the most righteous spells in the world!" the aquiline-nosed Tian Leizi said with a gloomy expression as he stared at the cultivators from different factions, "Holiness asked me to watch you, and I can use the lightning spell to remove the evil poison from your bodies!"
He stared at a disciple tied to a post with a gloomy expression and said, "The Taixi Faction has you under monitor for 24 hours a day in case you lose control due to the evil poison in your body. If you can't control the evil poison in you," he pointed at the disciple tied on the post and said, "Then, I will have to help you."
He cast a spell with both hands, and many pale blue lightning bolts viciously struck the brass pole behind this disciple. Then, everyone heard an extremely shrilling scream!
These disciples from different major factions had excellent talents and abundant spiritual essence, but right now, they were full and didn't even dare to glance over when they heard this scream. They continued their drills which were designed to drain their spiritual essence, and they looked scared and behaved like zombies.
A row of birds flew across the bright blue sky, and many disciples looked up at the flying birds in envy.
"Maybe you've heard that the disciples who had removed the evil poison have returned to their factions with their elders," Tian Leizi said, "If you cooperate with my healing process, maybe you can return to your factions one day as well!"
The disciples' eyes lit up in excitement but then quickly dimmed. Perhaps they were hoping for something else.
"Someone, please come and save us!"
"Sister Lan Yan… I miss you guys…" With tears in her eyes, a girl who looked to be 16 years old looked at the high walls covered with restriction arrays and thought in desperation, "I hope someone will come and rescue us…"


We’ve had systems that help the MCs make pills, steal skills from legendary masters, and even be forced to show off to earn points, but what about a system that allows one to run a virtual reality internet cafe, featuring all the classic games?

Our MC awakens in a new world (Truck-kun strikes again) and finds himself with a mysterious system that allows him to run a fully self-sufficient virtual reality internet cafe! What? Opening an internet cafe in a cultivator world? You can now surf the internet, watch dramas, and play video games?!

One Emperor Warrior cried after visiting MC’s shop, “Damn, Blizzard completes my life!”
Another Yuan River Realm cultivator gasped after drinking Sprite, “What is this sorcery?” 

What else did the MC bring to the cultivator world? Come join us on this adventure as Fang Qi faces off against cultivation sects and major forces with his collection of modern treasures.

WIZ Club Meeting
Wan is discussing the changes that will take place in the club, he is saying "We have to be ready for the coming national competition, from what was discussed in the meeting of the China Captured The Flag Federation (CCTFF) there will be a lot of  teams that will be competing this year, the Federation just approved three new clubs. China now has a total of seven registered clubs that will compete in the national level  to get in the Asian Championship that will be held in Korea."
"SH has already had two teams, EPIC, - a club that just registered last year, also has two teams, while the rest of the other clubs has one team each, that's including us…."
"The CEO of EPIC has a lot of cash.", Spirit cut Wan in the middle of his sentence.
"Starting this season WIZ club will have two teams too! We already informed the Federation of our plan and it was approved in the last forum, so in this upcoming National Competition we will have two teams, hence there'll be nine teams in total from seven CTF clubs, that will compete for a chance to join the Asian Championship." Wan continued.
A cheer of applause erupted in the meeting room. The excitement is palpable in the air.
"I know our plan to have two teams for the club has been on the table for quite a while, and everyone is expecting us to have it since SH has been doing it, and since we represented the country in the World Championship two years ago. But with the result we yield from that competition, we all see that outside China we are still weak!"
"And for that reason, for the past two years, we focused on developing each member's skills, because I want all of you to be given an opportunity to be best  in this industry, while you're a part of  WIZ, not just as a player but as a career in the future when you decide you don't want to be part of this sport anymore."
"And I'm happy with the result, though we have to wait for a long time, I want to make it clear to all of you that it's not because of you guys. It's because the company has a lot of things to consider to prepare us for all the changes that we are discussing today."
"And that will start with you Grand,"  Wan said pointing at Grand, who is sitting at the back.
"After you're done with your price of two days off, from winning the last competition, spend more time here in the club to practice with DT."
"But Boss! I have a new girlfriend," he whines.
"Dump her, from now on you'll be handling your own team, you don't have time for a girlfriend," he said.
"Woooh! Congratulations Bro!!", Seven shouted.
A speechless Grand was slapped and punched in a congratulatory manner by all the members. He was dumbfounded with the sudden announcement that all he could do was grin from ear to ear.
"There will be a lot of changes, within the club. You all want to know who will be the members of the team, right?" Wan asked in the middle of the commotion
"Yes!!!"
"It's not decided yet, because we will do a fair selection. Except for the team captain, that has been decided solely by me, the rest of the position will be determined by your national ranking, and the rank that you will get from the CTF game you'll be playing against each other at the end of the month. Slacking will not be tolerated because  I'm telling you now that each team will have a two stand by players instead of just one like before."
With the mention of new rules, the whole room fell silent and once they recovered from the shocking news,  an uproar of excitement erupted in the meeting room, as the issued challenge dawned on for the twenty members of the club.
"Silence!" Ghost shouted on top of the rumble of noise.
"The new rule in place is that these stand by players will be shuffled every competition, you will be chosen as substitute players, depending on your overall national ranking and ranking within the club. You might say, it's unfair because you don't have the opportunity to update your personal rank within the country, well, not only that there are changes in our club, but also in CCTFF, another thing discussed was holding an online CTF game all year round."
"They will be starting next week, they have a huge plan for it because they are looking in the future of allowing any individual who wants to play to join the online CTF game, as a way to headhunt potential players for all the clubs."
"Your asses have no time to play around, you all know what I want to see in those leaderboards!"
"Yes, boss!", a collective voice full of exuberant young men answered Wan.
He can't help smiling watching the eagerness of all the members.
"Another thing will be sending our players on the lower half ranking of our club for single, and double team players for the opening games at the end of the month. Each club can send ten players from their club, and it's up to them if they will send in a single or a double team player."
"That's a lot of games before the club team players' official preliminary face-off, boss." said One.
"It's because there are more clubs now, meaning more professional players around. The federation is giving way to new clubs to show off their own players before the main game. We are one of the founders, don't you all try to give me a result that would make you stay inside this building the whole year glued in your computer screen!"
"Boss, we will do our very best to make you proud." a beaming Seven, said, agreed by all the members.
"You better be." a threatening Wan, said. "Ghost, give them the names of the players that will play for the opening games." Wan said, sitting down to let Ghost do the talking.
"Okay, let's cut it short so all of you could whip your pretty bum bum with more practice! Look here on the screen, see your name? Then, congratulations, you're playing!"
"Let's see, we have Bot, Mantis, Underdog, MyPrecious, Hiring, and Boom; they will be playing singles, whereas Giant Dumpling, Masterjackass, DT and Grand, you guys will play double team players."
"Any questions? No, don't ask questions, because I have a flight to catch, and I gotta run!" Ghost said and then ran away from all the gaping boys that were ready to bombard him with questions.

With the never-ending holiday party at home, no one will miss her if she takes the same flight with that tall boy, right?  All she has to do is get on the plane, never mind if the plane will bring her from Oslo to China!

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"Would you like to come into my room, join me with some drinks and hear what I want?" she drunkenly said it at that time.

"Don't worry, I don't mean any harm," she said assuring the man before she dropped herself to the couch. 

"Are you traveling alone? Don't you have any adult companion with you?" he carefully asked as he stood in front of Ellise.

"Hey, mister, you must have difficulty understanding, I already said, I'm alone, right?" she answered back.

"You're clearly too young to be drinking alone in a hotel room, in a country where you don't know anybody and on top of that you invited a stranger in your room," he said with concern.

"Why, you're also too young to be having an affair with a married woman, meet her in a hotel away from the city in the middle of the night. How old are you, anyway?" she sarcastically answered back, avoiding the issue of inviting a stranger.

"I'm twenty, and I'm not having an affair with a married woman," he answered with a straight face.

"If you're not having an affair why the two of you clearly look like you're hiding," she said, not planning to lost an answer and question interrogation

"Listen, little girl. You better stop drinking because you're already drunk with all of these expensive wines," he said in annoyance.

"You see, I have a credit card that has no limit, paying for all of my expenses here. I've been here in Shanghai since the first week of January, and today is my birthday. It's almost two months already, but nobody has come or asked from my family if I'm okay." she said in a broken voice.

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