A Genius, a Difficult Choice

At the same time.

The players also became lively in the event channel.

Players on several nearby islands practically started spamming the chat.

"Holy crap, they're at the store!"

"Go in and take a look quickly."

"I went in. It's filled with gold. Sure enough, only gold can break through the barrier of time and space!"

"They also offer a gold exchange service; gold can be exchanged for Gold Coin, Silver Coins, and Copper Coins. One gram of gold can be exchanged for one 'gold coin'."

"Holy crap, they even sell Revival Stone inside! But they're way too expensive, a whopping 100,000 gold coins, which is 100 kilograms of gold!"

"That's about the same weight as two people."

"I've finally found a way to spend my gold! I'm rich! I finally made the right investment! I've turned my life around! I'll never get involved in those shady loan schemes again!"

"Damn, I just sold a batch of gold for 15,000 yuan a gram. I thought I'd hit the jackpot, but it turns out I sold it at the bottom of the valley."

"Gold prices have skyrocketed! A year ago, it was 800 or 1000 yuan per gram, but now it's increased tenfold!"

"Damn it! If I'd known, I wouldn't have bought my wife a diamond or a piece of imperial jade back then. That woman insisted that gold was too tacky. We had a budget of 100,000 for the three gold pieces, and we ended up with worthless stones!"

"Haha, I made a profit too! I secretly stole all the gold from the house. I even replaced my mom's big gold necklace with a gold-plated iron one. I just heard her arguing with my dad!"

"Good heavens, this is outrageous!"

Players had various opinions, but most were happy.

After all, it only feels like a game when there's a game store.

Moreover, this shop can reliably sell Revival Stone, although they cost 100 kilograms of gold, but compared to life, that's not much.

After all, many people work hard to create their accounts and level them up to where they are now, and they can still earn that money by making money in the real world.

"It's easy to imagine that prospectors, miners, and equipment that enhances related skills are about to become incredibly popular!"

"Damn it, I need a part-time job, so I learned the Berserker, but it turns out it's pretty useless. I don't need to fight the little monsters, and I can't fight the weirdos either."

"Clearly, the game encourages Life Profession. With this ancestral hall serving as Safe Zone, players can log in and out directly within the Safe Zone, and all they need to do is conceal themselves in real life."

"Yes, I give this update a 99 out of 100. I'm afraid the game developers will get arrogant if I give it any more!"

"That's right, everyone, let's work hard! Drill down three thousand meters underground, the gold is hidden deep underground, the ones on the surface have already been dug up."

"That's right. Gold is especially heavy, and it naturally sinks deep into the magma within the earth's crust. If someone can raise their physical constitution to a very high level, and combine it with specialized modern deep-mining equipment and a prospector, there's actually no shortage of gold."

"Yes, the planet's interior contains at least trillions of tons."

"Gold is wonderful! It has amazing chemical stability and exists almost entirely in its pure elemental form in nature. It won't rust or corrode like iron, nor will it oxidize and turn black like silver, and it won't be eaten by insects."

"That's right, gold represents eternity and immutability."

"The planet's interior contains a staggering 1920 trillion tons, but the vast majority lies within its inaccessible core, making it extremely difficult to obtain with current technology."

"Wait, I remember that souls are immune to physical obstacles. Could we bring the ancestral souls of these villagers to our world, or perhaps we could just let them continue their in-depth excavation in place..."

Wow, everyone's a Paradox Interactive player.

Gao Linzhi discovered that what he could think of, others could also think of, and even more so, without any bottom line.

At least he had his ancestral spirits perform tasks related to passing on skills; these people, on the other hand, were calling upon the villagers' ancestors to work as miners.

The hardships and dangers faced by miners are even greater than those of hardworking farmers.

Ancient miners were also among the most organized and capable of rebellion.

In ancient times, young and strong miners often did not live more than three years, while farmers, as long as they did not encounter the end of a dynasty or natural disasters, could easily live past the age of thirty.

With the completion of the shop, the ancestral hall upgrade project has come to an end.

The upgrade event has successfully concluded.

"The player has received a reward."

"The ancestral hall in East Wolf Village has been upgraded ten times consecutively, rewarding you with a level ten Blessing Buff."

"The person who contributes the most gets 100 days, the second-best gets 99 days, the minimum is 10 days, and so on down."

"Level 10 Ancestral Hall Upgrade Blessing Buff: During the duration, monster drop rate, learning efficiency, and monster escape rate are increased by 50%."

"Level 1 Blessing Buff reward: 5%"

At this moment, Gao Linzhi also successfully received the reward. What he valued most was the Free Attribute Points, 5 points, which he immediately added to his spirit.

Therefore, the mental state changed from 7+575 to 7+580.

His basic attributes are:

[Constitution: 5+790]

[Spirit: 7+580]

Basically, the two are now on par.

This is undoubtedly good for him.

Soon after Gao Linzhi collected his reward, he chose to sneak into the shop in the backyard of the ancestral hall.

At this very moment.

It seemed very strange to him.

There were long lines in front of all three shops.

Their eyes were glazed over, and they were muttering something like, "I want this."

"I want that one."

There is only one merchant.

Gao Linzhi quickly understood.

In reality, these three shops consisted of only one physical entity, but it was impossible for them to accommodate thousands of players simultaneously, so they used illusion magic.

Since all transactions between the two parties are completed through the Game Backpack, it's quite simple.

Gao Linzhi could also glean from this that the game developers were trying to reduce the game's workload as much as possible.

Unlike other mainstream games, it doesn't have many shop instances.

Normally, when players enter a shop, if there are too many people, multiple shop instances will be created, or there will be no physical collision, allowing everyone to directly interact with the shop NPCs.

This is a real game, so it's impossible to avoid physical collisions. The other side simply used illusionary abilities to allow people to trade directly within the shop area.

However, when he used the Anomaly Dungeon Ticket before, it was a real Dungeon Space.

Clearly, this game treats the supernatural as a major enemy.

This is normal. In this Skyfall World, the bizarre is the true background and the decisive force.

After observing for a while, Gao Linzhi entered the area of the three shops.

Then he also experienced a hallucination, and Gao Linzhi did not choose to resist.

A hallucination appeared before my eyes.

Three shops appeared one after another.

A waiter appeared in front of Gao Linzhi:

"What would you like to order, sir?"

"The shop has all kinds of herbs, equipment, and materials, renowned far and wide."

"Welcome to purchase."

Then, a shop panel appeared in Gao Linzhi's field of vision.

This reminded him of his own item shop.

He seems to have glimpsed a deeper aspect of the game.

If you think about it carefully, virtual games are also based on communicating with the human brain and directly transmitting game data.

It makes people's brains visualize images.

However, this Skyfall Game, does have a powerful aspect: it can genuinely strengthen the human body and spirit, not just in a virtual way.

Then consider that this game was originally incomplete.

This led him to a bold conjecture.

He had thought about it before.

The game has core functions, but lacks auxiliary functions, so the game developers started using various methods to create mods and DLCs to complete the game.

The increasing number of events and ranking competitions can be seen as supplements built upon the core gameplay.

Gao Linzhi thought for a moment, then shook his head. No matter what, he just needed to ensure his own strength.

One week later.

Gao Linzhi was training in the elders' courtyard when Xu Gou reported some news:

"Boss, the lab is basically finished, and we're starting to study the materials you brought."

"That's good. Are there any other difficulties?"

"We found a brilliant scientist, but unfortunately he's tied to a company and can't get away."

"Genius, how genius?"

"He has reviewed the questions we provided, and he said he can resolve them within a month."

Upon hearing this, Gao Linzhi immediately became interested.

He knew how powerful a genius could be.

In another timeline, Gauss solved a problem in one night that humanity had been unable to solve for centuries.

This is what makes a genius so terrifying; the brain cell structure that nature randomly produces is one in a billion.

The real skill lies in preserving such a mindset, rather than simply eliminating the other party because they lack understanding of the situation.

"Hmm, then it's worth the trouble of digging him up."

What difficulties are you facing now?

"That's a big company. They also valued him and even used a honey trap, and even gave him a player identity. But we know that they will only use him and then kill him. The reason is that they are afraid that he will figure out the player's tactics, quickly become stronger, and turn the tables on them," Xu Gou explained one by one.

Gao Linzhi nodded.

This is also the Achilles' heel of companies today.

They can no longer make the most of the geniuses' intellect as they used to.

Therefore, for safety's sake, many people have learned from their ancestors' wisdom: to discard the bridge after crossing the river, and to put away the bow after the birds are gone.

One after another, these were geniuses who were used and then killed.

This is different from before.

In the past, after being exploited, they could still enjoy a luxurious retirement, which they used to attract young geniuses.

However, many companies are now short-sighted and seeking quick profits, resorting to short-sighted and self-destructive practices.

Once you've used them, you kill them.

Gao Linzhi was very dismissive of this.

Of course, from these companies' perspectives, they naturally have their reasons for doing so.

Han Xin could be killed, who else is beyond killing?

No matter how talented you are, can you surpass the War Immortal?

Moreover, the killing of Han Xin occurred at a time when Liu Bang was suffering humiliation at the hands of the Xiongnu.

No matter how critical the situation, as long as you, a genius, threaten these so-called superiors, they will kill you without a second thought or logic.

They're talking about ass.

He then said, "Well, such a genius shouldn't be erased."

"Take me to see him."

Bear City.

This place is located in the north and is named after a large forest near which bears are frequently seen.

In spring, bears often venture into the nearby suburbs and brazenly eat the sausages that residents have dried.

In a residential community.

A young man is looking at a mathematics paper, with a Game Poster next to him.

His name is Hai Zida.

He is worried.

He had heard about the Game Poster.

It can take people to another world.

He had initially disbelieved it, but later came to believe it because he had witnessed someone disappear before his eyes and then return with something that definitely did not belong to this world.

Now, as long as he activates this poster, he can have the same ability.

He just didn't want to do that.

Because he could tell that the other party harbored malicious intentions.

However, he fell in love with another girl.

A girl who loves to sing folk songs.

The girl was also a player; for them to be together, he had to join the game.

I also need to join that company.

It was a large company called "Fifth Generation Company".

Because he was a well-known young genius in the mathematics world, the company didn't dare to make a move on him casually.

After all, his teachers and school were top-tier, among the elite.

Large companies wield immense power, but they also have many concerns.

They were naturally unrestrained in their dealings with a former subordinate like Gao Linzhi.

But given that such a mathematical genius is someone who deserves to be recorded in history, they were naturally unwilling to act rashly.

Once such suspicion is placed on a company, it will be attacked by the masses, and a large enterprise may be ruined as a result.

This is entirely possible.

After all, a company that cannot attract top talent will quickly lose out in market competition and eventually suffer losses step by step.

They can only stay in their own city, but even the people in their own city are afraid of a company that kills even geniuses, so they choose to flee to other cities.

Therefore, even if they intend to betray their allies, they will do so in a more respectable manner.

For example, causing a disease.

The impact of dying from illness is completely different from dying in a car accident or being shot.

In contrast, feudal dynasties had far fewer scruples, and their practices were all quite unseemly.

Li Shanchang, who was over 70 years old, was dragged out and killed.

Some people repeatedly argue that the other party deserves to die, completely forgetting that there are tens of thousands of completely innocent people.

Hai Zida actually saw through this, but he was too lazy to engage in a battle of wits with the other party.

His mind was focused on how to crack that game world.

Therefore, he wanted to find a simple place where he could study that world in peace.

Instead of scheming against others.

In his view, it was a very boring thing, because there was no accumulation of knowledge and skills, and after thousands of years of scheming and infighting, it was still the same old thing.

Instead, we should study the ways of nature. By studying a little, we can achieve a little success, accumulate knowledge little by little, and eventually build a temple of science.

Instead of those cutthroat arenas of fame and fortune.

His current problem is that to enter that world, he has to outmaneuver those people.

If you don't want to scheme against others, you can't enter that world.

Just then, another company joined the competition for him.

This company comes from Xu City, which was previously unknown but has recently become quite famous.

They are the Four Village Trading Company.

This trading company is said to have taken over an entire game island.

A top player with the strength to be ranked number one on the Overall Ranking is leading the team.

They sound very capable.

But he still needs to investigate further.

But the girl who loved to sing folk songs had her eye on this big company.