Crisis in Reality

" Ding~"

"The system is placing the character under management..."

"Management successful! Exiting the instance..."

After successfully exiting the instance,

Zhou Ming opened his eyes, and all his status returned to reality.

Because the time flow ratio between the "Magic Surge" instance and reality was 1586:1, Zhou Ming had spent 1,260 years in the instance, while less than a year had passed in reality—only about ten months.

He glanced at the clock in the lower-right corner of his computer screen. The date outside was Wednesday, August 5th, X020 Year, 10:20 a.m.

The outdoor temperature was around 33 degrees Celsius. It was a fairly hot summer day.

At that moment, Zhou Ming was in the president's office of Genesis Technology Biological Technology Co., Ltd., sitting in a genuine leather swivel chair before his work computer, handling company affairs.

In truth, although Zhou Ming set aside five days a week to work at the company, aside from certain important meetings that required him to preside over personally, he left all emails, documents, and similar matters to the artificial intelligence, Source Yi.

Most of his time at the company was spent staring blankly at the computer, while most of his consciousness traveled into otherworldly instances, striving to clear them.

And this state of "distraction" had continued for more than half a year. Only after clearing an instance could he return to normal.

Deep down, Zhou Ming did not particularly like this state. Instances were indeed important, but as his various real-world undertakings developed, they too had become increasingly important.

There was also his family. Not long ago, his wife had given birth to another daughter. Zhou Ming now had a son and a daughter in reality, and with a net worth exceeding a trillion, he had no trouble supporting his family. But care