Knowing Hongyan's personality, Ling Yuan smiled faintly and sent a message in the group chat.
Ling Yuan: "@First Prince, Hongyan, you can't reveal anything about the group chat to anyone else, or I'll kick you out."
Hongyan, who had been laughing heartily, froze.
He narrowed his eyes at Ling Yuan.
First Prince: "You're not from this world, are you?"
Ling Yuan: "Of course not."
As soon as those words were spoken, Hongyan's eyes lit up.
First Prince: "@Ling Yuan, tell me! Tell me everything about your world and mine!"
Lightning Dragon Slayer: "? @First Prince, you seem to really like history. Want me to lend you my library?"
First Prince: "Please do!"
Ling Yuan: "Hongyan would do anything for knowledge."
Katarina: "@First Prince, come over and beat up a few people for me, and I'll give you the history books from my world."
Eighth Princess: "You're not allowed to treat my brother like a thug!"
First Prince: "Sure."
Eighth Princess: "???"
Ling Yuan: "Hongyan is the kind of person who would sacrifice himself for knowledge. So, everyone, feel free to command him as much as you like in exchange for books."
Eighth Princess: "Don't say such scary things about commanding him, Brother Ling Yuan!"
Akame: "Confirmed tool."
First Prince: "..."
Just then, a dark mass pressed down from the distant sky.
"Is that Koumei and the others?" Hongyan raised his head, the joy on his face gradually fading as he returned to his imposing expression.
"Brother Yan!"
"Lord Hongyan!"
A group of people landed on the ground and surrounded Ling Yuan, watching him warily.
Lightning Dragon Slayer: "What can a bunch of ordinary people do? Ling Yuan keeps something that terrifying."
Laxus, who did not understand what had happened, looked at the soldiers surrounding Ling Yuan with disdain.
At the very least, Ling Yuan was a man who could defeat him. Destroying a city would be effortless for him.
"Everyone, stop."
However, Hongyan's voice made everyone present pause.
Hongyan walked past the soldiers, came before Ling Yuan, clasped his hands, and gave him a slight bow.
"I'll leave what comes next to you, Group Owner!"
Hongyan's change in attitude shocked everyone present.
"He actually made Lord Hongyan bow. Just what did this man do?" Li Qingxiu asked in astonishment.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, Ling Yuan frowned and sharply turned in one direction, spotting someone whose energy was vastly different from everyone else's.
Having received feedback from Ophis's power, he could naturally distinguish the energy around him. In simple terms, it was elemental vision, get it?
Buzz—
A golden magic circle unfolded in the sky.
Lightning Dragon Slayer: "? You can cast Fairy Law instantly? @Ling Yuan, how did you do that?!"
Unfortunately, no one in the group chat could answer him.
The next second—
Golden light shone down.
"Ah!"
Screams rang out as the black light was dispelled by the golden radiance.
When the light faded, seven or eight people were missing from the five-hundred-man guard unit.
In their place lay several shattered puppet dolls.
"What is this?"
Koumei and the others were shocked.
"You'd better thoroughly inspect your army. Don't let Elmeron's people infiltrate your ranks," Ling Yuan said to Hongyan.
He patted Hongyu's little head, said goodbye, and then a pitch-black void opened behind him.
Hongyan narrowed his eyes. He knew that beyond that black hole lay Ling Yuan's world.
But now was not the time to seek the truth.
"Goodbye, Brother Ling Yuan." Little Hongyu waved.
Ling Yuan smiled softly before turning and stepping into the spatial passage.
"Hey! What gives you the right to just leave like that?" The others had been intimidated by Hongyan.
But Judal, who feared neither heaven nor earth, was not. He controlled the Rukh and flew over.
Just as he was about to make contact—
A petite figure in a white Lolita dress appeared behind Ling Yuan.
She stretched out a hand toward Judal.
Her cherry lips parted slightly. "Get lost."
Boom!
The next moment, as the barrier shattered and the Rukh collapsed, Judal was sent flying back like a bullet!
He was ultimately embedded heavily into the stone wall.
By the time everyone looked again, Ling Yuan had already disappeared.
He left behind a crowd staring at one another.
It was the first time they had ever seen a MAGI in such a sorry state.
After returning home—
"Why did you come out?" Ling Yuan asked as he rubbed Ophis's head.
Ophis narrowed her eyes as well, clearly enjoying it.
"Master, you've tamed a new Contract Beast again."
Ling Yuan did not know whether it was just his imagination, but he heard a trace of dissatisfaction in her emotionless words.
"Don't worry. No matter how many Contract Beasts I have, Xiao Fei will always be my favorite."
Ling Yuan pulled Ophis into his arms and smiled.
Ophis gently buried her head in Ling Yuan's chest.
"Ding! Reminder to host: today's sign-in has begun."
Empty Law Promotional Video
"Ding! Sign-in successful. Congratulations, host, you have obtained the skill: *Computer All-Round Application*."
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Very soon—
An immense amount of knowledge was crammed into Ling Yuan's mind all at once.
When Ling Yuan opened his eyes again, a trace of astonishment appeared in them.
He now understood all knowledge related to computers.
Whether it was hacking or visual effects in film and television production—
He could now create all of it with ease.
"Wait, doesn't this mean I can develop games and anime by myself now?!" For some reason, the first thing that popped into Ling Yuan's mind was making a game of his own.
The newly signed-in skill naturally included computer drawing as well.
As long as his aesthetic sense was not too terrible, what he drew would at least be presentable.
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, two days had passed.
Today was Tianmang High School's graduation ceremony.
By rights, every senior graduate had to attend, and Ling Yuan was naturally no exception.
The moment he entered the classroom—
His best friend Wang Ming hooked an arm around his neck.
The other boy excitedly said, "Ling Yuan, do you know what happened a few days ago?"
"Did something happen?" Ling Yuan asked in confusion.
"Let me tell you, Tianmang City almost disappeared. A demon general left over from the Heavenly Peak War was actually hiding in the nearby Tian Ce Mountain Range."
"It's dead, right?" Ling Yuan smiled.
He knew about that.
"Huh? How did you know?" Wang Ming asked in surprise.
Ling Yuan smiled. "If it weren't dead, would you and I still be standing here talking?"
Wang Ming froze for a moment. "True, but that's not the important part."
"Let me tell you, my dad is doing everything he can to find that grandmaster of formations so I can become his disciple! Once I successfully become the grandmaster's disciple, I'll become a powerful formation master! Then you and I can swagger across the entire Flame Nation!" Wang Ming wore a smug expression.
He kept giving Ling Yuan meaningful looks.
Praise me, hurry up and praise me.
Ling Yuan chuckled. "Then let me congratulate you in advance, Young Master Wang."
"Why does that sound so sarcastic? I know, you must be jealous, right?" Wang Ming said as if he had suddenly realized something.
"Indeed. I'll need to ask you for a favor later," Ling Yuan said casually.
"? No problem. What is it?"
"I made an animated short. Help me take a look at it later, and if it's alright, get me a website," Ling Yuan said.
Wang Ming: "???"
"If you want to upload an animated short, won't any platform do? And since when did you know how to make anime? How come I didn't know?"
"I taught myself."
"Fine. Since you want to start a business, brother, I'll support you with everything I've got."
Wang Ming said this because such a matter was ridiculously easy for him.
His father, Wang Jing, was the director of Tianmang City's Monitoring Bureau. Countless big shots wanted to curry favor with him, so Wang Ming naturally had plenty of resources at his disposal.
The graduation ceremony was basically the principal's heartfelt brainwashing.
Ling Yuan did not feel much about it and was so bored that he only wanted to yawn, though quite a few people around him cried their eyes out.
After the graduation ceremony ended—
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