Escape in Reality

"The most important duty of village guards is to protect the Ancestral Hall of Inheritance."

"You are not here to protect ordinary villagers."

"As long as the Ancestral Hall of Inheritance remains, the village can continue its legacy. It can shelter a certain number of people and exempt them from most attacks by aberrations."

"Your second duty is to protect the elders. You need not concern yourselves with anyone else."

"You players have immense potential. Do not underestimate yourselves. As long as you level up properly and improve your attributes, the village has class inheritances that will surely help you become distinguished class bearers in the future."

"When that time comes, extending your lifespan and even achieving immortality may be possible."

"Some fools only see the tiny benefits before them and abandon their long-term future. When they grow old, they will regret it."

Though it was just empty promises, Gao Linzhi strongly agreed with the Fourth Elder.

This also confirmed his earlier suspicion. Some players had indeed pretended to become guards, scammed equipment, pills, and jade talismans, then logged off and fled...

There were too many scammers these days; there were not enough fools to go around.

As he thought about this, something stirred in Gao Linzhi's heart, though his expression remained unchanged.

An urgent warning sounded again on the Minimap in his mind!

[Warning: The player has encountered a life-threatening crisis in reality.]

[Please log off immediately to deal with it and avoid property damage or threats to personal safety caused by becoming addicted to the game.]

[Warning: Xu Corporation will not be responsible for real-world losses caused by the player's personal mistakes.]

Seeing the warning, Gao Linzhi pretended to frown, as though he had suddenly remembered something.

He said to the Fourth Elder, "Fourth Elder, I just remembered that there's an urgent matter at the company today. I need to log off and deal with it."

Just as he was getting into the swing of things, Gao Linzhi suddenly had business to attend to.

The Fourth Elder was clearly displeased, but he still casually agreed.

"Then go take care of your business."

"But let me remind you: compared with the opportunities in this world, many things in your world are truly boring."

Gao Linzhi deeply agreed. "Yes, I understand. This is my first time entering the game. In the future, I'll do my best not to let this happen again."

"Then hurry along." Seeing Gao Linzhi's sincerity, the Fourth Elder's expression softened, and he waved him away.

Gao Linzhi logged off and vanished.

The Fourth Elder shook his head slightly.

He was only an extra, anyway. As long as he could train Lin Qing properly, that would be enough.

He looked at Lin Qing and spoke earnestly.

"Although your world has so-called technology, it cannot extend one's lifespan by much."

"And while a person lives, the most important thing is their life. Only in this Skyfall Realm do you have a chance at immortality."

"In your world, even if you reach the very pinnacle, once a hundred years pass, you die."

"Do you know how old this old man is?"

Lin Qing was startled and instinctively asked, "May I ask how old you are, Elder?"

"Thirty-eight." The Fourth Elder stroked his grizzled beard and spoke with great pride.

"Uh..." Lin Qing froze.

She wanted to say, What the hell are you so proud of?

"Hehe, you must find it strange. Although I am thirty-eight years old, I have actually enjoyed three hundred years of life. This is a secret. Once you become a class bearer, you will understand." The Fourth Elder smiled.

At that moment.

After logging off, Gao Linzhi suddenly opened his eyes in his room.

He immediately checked the Minimap in his mind.

Sure enough, three Red Dots had appeared on the Minimap!

When he zoomed in, they turned out to be people from Xu Corporation's Security Office!

All three were fully armed and carrying small-caliber pistols.

Their faces were grim and their eyes vicious. They had clearly come prepared to kill on sight!

"Would they rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go?"

As a transmigrator who had lived two lives, Gao Linzhi was not surprised in the slightest.

If he had not possessed the game cheat, then after obtaining the game's opportunities, he definitely would have fled into the game immediately, just like Lin Qing.

But now, he was going to have some fun with the company.

They believed they held an absolute advantage.

But Gao Linzhi would show them that the days when a single phone call could make an employee obediently report to the Security Office for questioning were gone forever!

Gao Linzhi immediately used the Minimap to check their route.

One person was guarding the entrance to his building, while the other two had entered the entrance of Unit 2.

After thinking for a moment, he immediately took his bank card, ID card, cash, and phone, stuffing them all into the Game Backpack.

He then put bottled water, instant noodles, and a lighter from his home into the Game Backpack.

He also took a boning knife and some vitamin tablets...

The defensive talisman and escape talisman given to him by the Fourth Elder were also safely stored in the Game Backpack.

As a result, the Game Backpack naturally did not have enough slots.

Anyone else would have had to abandon many things, but Gao Linzhi did not need to do that.

He directly topped up.

He spent another thousand Skyfall Stones to unlock a pile of slots, more than enough for his needs.

The rich played games; games played the poor.

Finally, he put on a large mask and a sun hat.

His phone could be tracked, but it would be fine inside the Game Backpack.

As long as he did not use his bank card or ID card, they could not be tracked.

He understood such common knowledge.

Then he left his home, took the stairs, and headed all the way up to the rooftop.

The purpose of going to the rooftop was to reach the neighboring unit.

The stairwells of Unit 1 and Unit 2 on his floor shared a rooftop, allowing him to move between the two units through it.

That made things convenient for him now.

He did not intend to start a massacre in the city yet. It could easily lead to uncontrollable consequences.

The three men from Xu Corporation's Security Office clearly had not considered this possibility.

It was not stupidity, but arrogance.

In their eyes, Gao Linzhi was merely an ordinary technician.

When faced with something like this, he would only obediently stay home, hide under the covers, and wait for someone to come find him.

They had never imagined that he would flee in advance.

Gao Linzhi looked at the Corpse Vine in the Game Backpack but did not release it.

This was not an environment suitable for it to fight in.

He quickly reached the rooftop, then made his way to Building 6.

This time, he did not take the elevator, instead walking down the stairs.

In the past, if he had been made to face a colossus like the company alone, even as a transmigrator, he would have lacked confidence.

After all, he had not had a Golden Finger before.

This world's technology was slightly more advanced than Earth's, making it difficult for him to confront the company head-on.

But things were different now.

He had obtained the complete Game System and could rapidly grow stronger through spending money.

Frequent gamers all knew that big spenders and free-to-play players had completely different gaming experiences.

He left Building 6 and brushed past the three people from Xu Corporation's Security Office.

The lucky ones should have been those three.

Gao Linzhi still did not intend to start a massacre in the city.