Thanks to its connection to the river and its position along a vital transport route, Moon River City, though merely a county town, was quite prosperous.
Merchants came and went in great numbers, while common folk from every region gathered here. As its population steadily grew, the web of interests within Moon River City naturally became ever more intricate.
At the bottom were gangs standing thick as trees, Martial Halls throwing open their doors one after another—pay enough silver, and one could enter the gates of martial learning. There were also Jianghu Heroes passing through, stirring up the winds and clouds within the city from time to time.
Above them, the Imperial Court governed the people through the county magistrate and monitored the martial world through the Divine Arrest Hall, keeping a firm grip on the orthodox order.
In this vast world, the only one who seemed to have entered this Moon City was the Little Player behind Chu Mu.
As they chatted idly along the way, although the restrictions of the intelligent brain kept them from touching upon the Real World, this scattered conversation was enough for Chu Mu to gain some understanding of the Little Player.
After all, he had personally approved and implemented the list for the advance testing group.
In the terms of the Real World, this Little Player had been a top-tier expert in the previous virtual game, repeatedly ranking within the top thousand on the Virtual World leaderboard.
At his peak, he had even entered the top hundred.
This leaderboard was clearly not comparable to the so-called rankings of games before the Smart Brain Era.
After all, the virtual game world had never been created for profit or other such interests.
Its fundamental purpose had merely been to put the grand concept of Turning