The real world.
Long Nation.
Dragon City.
Inside the live-streaming hall at the center of the Underground City.
Ye Qing, the mayor, hung up the phone directly and immediately left like the wind. He even used an escape technique at that moment, swiftly arriving at the door of the small room where his son, Ye Tian, was staying.
The entire process took less than five minutes. Even the secretary beside him was somewhat astonished by Ye Qing's speed.
Of course, the male secretary clearly knew that Ye Qing was rushing so frantically entirely because his son was named Ye Tian.
Nobody was a fool. At present, in the game world, there was only one player with the nickname [Ye Tian]. There was absolutely no second one. This made Ye Qing desperate to verify whether his guess was true.
If his son Ye Tian really was that Ye Tian from the game world, then many things would change completely!
"Knock—"
However, before Ye Qing could knock, a bone-chilling cold aura climbed out from inside at that moment. Accompanied by a creaking sound, the door automatically opened while a layer of frost formed over it.
Immediately afterward, Ye Tian could be seen smiling at his father.
Ye Qing froze outside the door.
"That's right. It's exactly what you thought."
"You can report this information, or you can choose not to. But remember, you must leak it to those spies in an 'unintentional' manner."
"While I was in the game world, I gathered some information. This is the full list of spies currently in Dragon City. Dad, handle it carefully."
After Ye Tian finished speaking, he chuckled. Immediately afterward, his figure flashed out of the room as if he had teleported.
At that moment, after hearing all this and seeing the Jade Slip his son had taken out, Ye Qing couldn't help but freeze slightly.
His son had actually been waiting in the room for this moment all along!
"You little brat, next time you log into the game, remember to contact me through your father's friend notifications. Your old man may be getting a little old, but helping you establish a foundation and rapidly increase your strength is still no problem."
"That's right. Your father is absolutely right. And you still have me, Uncle Li. The two of us have been partners for at least fifteen years. Ye Tian, don't worry. The upcoming Long Nation and Dragon City support plan will definitely be yours!"
Hearing the two of them, Ye Tian chuckled.
Yes, that was right.
The reason he had waited for his father and Secretary Li was precisely this Long Nation support plan!
Although these people's levels and strength were generally lower than Ye Tian's, there were a lot of them.
If they used overwhelming numbers to rapidly pile up resources and experience, then stacked everything onto Ye Tian himself, it would feel far better than grinding monsters alone!
Just imagine: if tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people were simultaneously gathering resources for him, what a terrifying logistical support that would be?!
No one could even imagine such a situation!
At the beginning of the game, Long Nation's higher-ups had issued an order for this kind of support plan. Whoever had outstanding battle results and proved themselves to be powerful could enjoy a team support plan involving at least ten thousand people.
Moreover, the personnel in the support plan were basically elite soldiers and super employees from the Security Bureau.
Therefore, they were existences that ordinary players could never compare with.
Thus, after giving a brief explanation, Ye Tian's figure flashed, and he vanished from the spot.
"That kid's thinking goes much deeper than ours."
Secretary Li looked at Ye Tian's father, Ye Qing, the mayor of Dragon City. His palm was still trembling slightly.
Although he spoke calmly, now that he had truly confirmed that Ye Tian was the level-20 Ye Tian they had been searching for—the number-one player in the world—the shock he felt could not be described by the word "shock" alone.
"Of course. Just look at whose son he is. That kid has been smart since childhood, and he's humble, too. If he had lived in ancient times, he would have been the very picture of a refined gentleman."
"Enough. Let's handle it according to what he said. Next, let's see how many of the people on this spy list there really are..."
The two of them communicated while directly channeling spiritual power into the Jade Slip.
But the moment they infiltrated the Jade Slip, they were instantly dumbfounded!
"Damn... 321 people?! There are that many?!"
Mayor Ye Qing and Uncle Li were both stunned. With the memories of his previous life, Ye Tian naturally knew the distribution of spies in Dragon City very well. That was why he had wasted no time taking out the list, treating it as a gift for his father.
Now, he had hurried back to the square in the Underground City because five minutes later, a major change would occur in the real world.
Although the Underground City was a refuge for humanity, it had never been synonymous with "safety." The moment the game Primordial Chaos went online, the real world would face even more terrifying threats.
So—
He had to stop these Demon Beasts that had burrowed underground from destroying the city.
It wasn't that Ye Tian was some great hero or self-righteous saint. The reason he was saving this city wasn't merely because his father, Ye Qing, was here. More importantly, in the real world, saving cities and humanity could also earn merit!
Merit could even enable one to attain enlightenment in the end. Ye Tian had never considered merit points to be excessive.
Besides, the inner cores of these Demon Beasts were also beneficial in different ways for leveling up. At the same time, those humans could provide him with even better assistance in leveling. With so many benefits, why wouldn't he do it?
Just then.
After Ye Tian arrived at the square, he looked closely and saw that some other players had also come over. Some were cultivating techniques, some were secretly flirting, and some had even started playing rock-paper-scissors strip games.
Looking carefully, there were more than thirty young people in the square.
"Hey, Ye Tian, you're here?"
"What do you think? I reached level 5 in the game. Fast, right? Back in school, I was inferior to you in every way, but now my level should be higher than yours, right? Remember to treat me to a meal later!"
Before long, someone's voice rang out.
Looking closely, it was a person who looked like a thin monkey. He was also Ye Tian's classmate, and the two had a pretty good relationship.
Ye Tian turned around and saw Shou Hou smiling happily. He didn't reply, instead staring intently at the ground.
"I say, Ye Tian, why aren't you responding to what I said..."
However, before he could finish speaking, the entire ground suddenly began to tremble violently.
Crack!
With a crisp sound, a huge fissure five meters wide instantly split open across the square. Before long, monsters covered in fur emerged one after another from the fissures.
They roared and began surging madly toward Ye Tian and the others.
Demon Beasts—
Riot!
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