The Arrival of a New Era, the Emergence of All-People Professionals

At this very moment.

The secret base of "Thorn Bramble".

Inside an ordinary residential community.

The area is densely populated and filled with tall buildings.

The 34-story high-density residential complex is gradually turning into a new era of slums.

Due to maintenance difficulties, this batch of residential communities built 30 years ago is facing problems such as poor property management, difficulty in paying property fees, and the misappropriation of maintenance funds.

As a result, the exterior looked dilapidated, with an old and worn-out facade and tiles frequently falling off, so much so that the temporary residents' management committee had to install a barrier net underneath it.

And a warning in red was written:

"Walking near the wall is prohibited; violators will be held responsible."

The community has a large population, and at some intersections, you can often see stalls, barbers, razors, and knife sharpeners, creating a scene resembling a market.

"Old Li, still fixing scissors? Why don't you go into the God's Domain Game? You could be a dog there and earn hundreds a day!" a neighbor said to an old man.

"What game? I'm colorblind, I can't play games, you know, I can't tell red from green," Old Li sighed.

"Haha, once you enter that game, all these illnesses will be cured. Look at me, I used to have chronic rheumatism and high blood pressure, but after only half a month in the game, they're basically all gone."

"Really?"

"We've been neighbors for 20 years, would I lie to you?"

"I'll join too. Does this game cost money?"

"It's free, and they even give out helmets for free, you just have to join their guild."

"Joining a membership? Could it be a scam?"

"How could that be? We've known each other for so many years, and besides, my home is right here. How could I possibly run away?"

"Alright then, I'll go take a look."

So, another old man packed up his stall and started playing the game.

Such situations are commonplace in these dilapidated neighborhoods.

One after another, cheap laborers flooded into the God's Domain Game, becoming part of the hard-working players in God's Domain.

What they did was earn a basic living, do hard labor, and work as porters.

The advantage is that it's a green job, so there's no need to worry about pollution or workplace injuries, and there's also the opportunity to make money.

If you get a high-level piece of equipment in one guaranteed drop, you can turn your fortunes around.

Meanwhile, various offline service industries began to experience a large-scale downturn.

This has forced the vigorous promotion of various drones and unmanned equipment.

Previously, unmanned factories faced some opposition, with concerns that they would take away jobs.

Now you don't need to worry about that anymore.

Within this ordinary, dilapidated neighborhood, the Thorn Bramble Organization was lurking.

"Those despicable upper echelons of Dragon Han are tightening their scrutiny of us. Has the leader considered moving headquarters to a neighboring country?"

"The neighboring Hazel Kingdom currently has relatively lenient regulations on people with superpowers, and is even actively trying to attract us there," a senior executive of Thorn Bramble suggested to their leader, "Thorns."

"Currently, Dragon Han has the largest number of people with superpowers, and their potential is the greatest."

"Moreover, it won't be long before a large number of people with superpowers emerge in the Dragon Kingdom, at which point the government will be completely unable to control them."

"We need to lie low here for now and wait for the right opportunity."

"You should know that a powerful S-class ability user can decide everything."

"When the new era arrives, it will be the day when Thorn Bramble) can realize its grand ambitions."

"The Dragon Kingdom will eventually have a place for us..." Leader Thorns looked even further into the distance.

Leaving Dragon Han was certainly safe, but it meant losing the opportunity to acquire Powerful superhuman immediately.

In that case, they will only become cannon fodder in the future.

Even if you're safe for the time being, what's the point?

And at this time...

Despite increasingly compelling evidence, numerous voices continue to rise, and of course, there are many superhumans overseas broadcasting live, displaying their abilities of fire, ice, flight...

These messages simply cannot be contained.

After all, travel is frequent these days. You can block the internet, but you can't completely ban people from going out, can you?

Therefore, after much consideration, the official Dragon Han organization finally revealed the mystery of the "God's Domain" to the public through all media channels.

"Dear players,"

"It has now been confirmed that abilities acquired in the game will affect the real world after reaching certain levels."

"Player attribute growth will simultaneously enhance real-world physical abilities; specific data is still being calculated."

"For more game information, please continue to follow official announcements."

"The underlying reason is a top-tier brainwave stimulation technology."

"Please don't panic, continue with your normal lives, everything is under control..."

This announcement naturally caused a nationwide uproar.

"As expected, I knew this game was extraordinary!"

As soon as the news broke, existing players frantically leveled up.

Those who had previously hesitated and had never tried games also flocked to the virtual world.

"The official announcement should have come a long time ago! Why would I still be working? I should be playing games full-time by now," someone lamented.

"Our guild has known about this for a long time. It's an open secret in large guilds, and many veteran players have become superhumans."

"Game boosting services have more than doubled in price, and demand far exceeds supply!"

"Yes, with a large influx of new players and veteran players frantically leveling up, it might really become a global professional sport."

When Zhang Mingzhen logged into the game today, he found that Shuangyue Town had fallen into unprecedented chaos.

Those leisure enthusiasts, lifestyle lovers, and tourists of yesteryear are nowhere to be seen.

The entire game town was filled with a tense atmosphere, as if one could be swallowed up by the torrent of time at the slightest carelessness.

"It's rolled up again."

"Heh, anxiety really is everywhere."

He shook his head slightly, understanding their thoughts.

The world chat was filled with all sorts of shouts from players.

Some people are gathering their companions for a mission, while others are asking for help or asking questions—a variety of beginner-level questions that can be quite overwhelming.

"Will I lose consciousness?"

Will I die here?

"Would it be easier to use your brain here?"

What should I do if someone tricked me into giving them equipment?

"Holy crap, I got touched..."

Recruitment information for forming teams to go to the wild or dungeons is frequently appearing on the screen.

The team-up points are now overcrowded.

Finding a team with any real strength is very difficult for most people.

Most people can only haphazardly assemble a Wildling Team.

"Priest, please bring your own medicine!"

"Our extreme wilderness team is one short! Looking for a really skilled guy. Everyone on our team is a workaholic, so don't join if you're not really motivated!"

"Offering a 1000 RMB reward for a team to help you clear the wilderness. I'm a professional healer, guaranteed to keep you going for at least eight hours."

"Stop dreaming. Where can you find a reliable wilderness team these days for that price? You can't hire anyone who isn't a true top player."

"I'm a fairy sister who knows how to be charming and coquettish, is there any powerful older brother who can take me under his wing? I'm a lonely Priest, so pitiful."

"Damn, how can someone so ugly pretend to be someone they're not? Don't they know there are no filters in the God's Domain Game? They all act with their real faces?"

"Haha, thank goodness, otherwise I would have been fooled by a bunch of transvestites again!"

"If you're Priest, why not check out the Red Rose Guild? It's always safer to go into the wilderness with a guild group."

"Sorry, our guild has standards too. We don't recruit ugly, attention-seeking people who only know how to act cute."

After scanning the area, Zhang Mingzhen lost interest. He then sent his clone, "Flower Spirit," to the wilderness to automatically farm monsters, while he himself set off for the Training Tower.

During this period, through continuous and frantic leveling up, he has successfully reached level 35.

It just so happens to be Monday, a perfect time to collect the Weekly Dungeon rewards from the Training Tower.

The next plan is to visit the Monster Altar dungeon, which will allow me to gain both wilderness experience and dungeon rewards.

As for the Divine Ruins Dungeon, since his level has exceeded the entry limit, he can only enter using the special item "Execution Order" and can no longer gain experience.

He hadn't planned to set foot here again, but his friend list started flashing again.

It was Utterly Empty message.

He finally couldn't resist Utterly Empty's repeated pleas and asked to lead the team one more time.

For Zhang Mingzhen, the "Divine Ruins Dungeon" had long lost its challenge, and the dropped equipment was useless to him, so he could only resell it.

However, major guilds continued to frequently invite him to lead their teams.

After all, there are very few teams capable of conquering the Monster Altar, and the most difficult dungeon every week is still the Divine Ruins Dungeon.

And in the entire server, there is probably only one person, "Chongxing," who can easily lead a team to clear the Hell difficulty level of the Divine Ruins.

His strength is now far ahead.

Many people behind him couldn't even see his back.

"Can't you guys even play by yourselves? It's getting boring for me to lead you. You should be able to handle hard mode now, right?"

"Master, don't let your guard down! I still have plenty of cash waiting for you to earn."

As a veteran member of the Chongxing team, "Utterly Empty" has already acquired his full gear and can now solo in the wild without any problems, so he no longer needs to hire Gold Farming Team.

However, running dungeons is still quite challenging.

"Tch, I don't lack money, I'm not interested in money. The happiest time of my life was when I had no money," Zhang Mingzhen said casually.

"Well, for the sake of our past relationship, I'll give my brother a hand."

"Chongxing, many members of our guild are still not fully equipped, and we will have to rely on you to carry us through Hell difficulty."

"As long as the equipment drops, our guild will cover it all. The guild leader has already given the order," Utterly Empty assured.

Considering their past relationship, Zhang Mingzhen agreed.

However, having experienced the Illusion Realm of betrayal Regret Routine, he was already somewhat wary.

He decided to gradually distance himself from these people who habitually use emotions to manipulate themselves.

The people who went into the dungeon with me included members of the Dragon Diagram Guild.

"Dragon Diagram Jinghe" is leading several guild members in a raid, partly to level up and partly to acquire equipment.

More and more new players are now flocking to the God's Domain, and the various forces involved are becoming increasingly complex.

Their leader, Dragon Diagram Frenzy, is eager to improve the guild's overall strength and strive to win the championship in the next guild war.

"You guys at Dragon Map have been making quite a splash lately, collecting equipment everywhere. Are you planning something big?" another team member said Know by Heart.

As a member of the official Third Legion, "Know by Heart" hopes that all guilds in the District 3 can develop peacefully for the time being and avoid internal strife.

However, this is impossible.

"What big moves could we possibly make? Didn't we still lose to you guys in the last guild war?"

"Century Imperial City, on the other hand, has been on a roll since taking first place. I heard they're much stronger at stealing monsters in the wild, often clearing out entire areas."

"Dragon Diagram Jinghe" abruptly changed the subject, shifting the focus elsewhere.

"Brother, you're exaggerating. Our guild leader deals with monster-stealing very strictly."

"With a large guild, it's inevitable that Fish-Dragon good and bad people, and some who don't follow the rules will appear." The leader of Century Imperial City replied, "Yes Yes Yes??"

"Speaking of which, it seems you only recently joined, brother? I haven't heard much about you before."

"Dragon Diagram Jinghe" knows the management of various associations like the back of his hand, but the person in front of him is a complete stranger.

"Haha, I'm not as lucky as you guys. I only recently started playing this game. I was only attracted by the 'ability user' setting. Who wouldn't want to experience the feeling of flying and teleporting?"

"It's all thanks to the guild leader's high regard for me and his constant guidance in leveling up that I've been able to progress so quickly. It's all thanks to the great guild benefits."

In reality, "Yes Yes Yes??" is the cousin of Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven, who was originally in charge of the family business and had no time to play games.

Recently, due to the influence of the game "God's Domain" on the transformation of physical constitution in reality, the family required all members to enter the game to improve themselves, which is why he joined in.

Once he actually entered the game, he understood why his cousin was so addicted—who could resist the temptation to become stronger?

I can clearly feel my own growth every day, not to mention that the abilities in the game can now be reflected in reality, which is simply a miracle.

Every large family would certainly not let such an opportunity pass them by.

Anyone who falls behind will be eliminated in the future.

This marked the beginning of a new industrialization and a new Age of Grand Voyage.

Everyone knows how terrible the consequences of falling behind in these two eras can be.

That would mean the destruction of a nation and the extinction of its people.

Whether it's due to intensified guild competition or a chain reaction caused by the game's influence on reality, the relationship between the major factions in the game is becoming increasingly tense, with undercurrents surging.

When faced with interests, everything seems to become delicate.

When Zhang Mingzhen led his team to run dungeons recently, he noticed that the conversations within his team always carried a subtle, probing tone.

Everyone treated him like a rare treasure, no one daring to make the first move, yet secretly on edge, fearing that the slightest delay would result in being kicked out.

At times like these, he felt that it was more peaceful and comfortable to play alone.

"This concludes this week's dungeon run. I'm leaving now."

Zhang Mingzhen didn't want to listen to their roundabout talk anymore, so he turned around Yao Li.

He knew that these guys were friendly to him for their own benefit, but they would also betray him for their own benefit.

"Chongxing, please wait a moment, I have something I'd like to discuss with you." "Dragon Diagram Jinghe" called out to him.

Considering the fact that the other party had previously saved his life, Zhang Mingzhen had no choice but to agree.

At this moment, he experienced the awkward situation of the Minotaur Little Li Flying Dagger.

Indeed, one shouldn't have too high standards or be too concerned about saving face, otherwise, it's too easy to be emotionally manipulated.

The two arrived at a restaurant called "Turbid Wine Tavern" in Shuangyue Town.

The private rooms here are often used by players as temporary meeting places or rest stops.

Once inside the private room and confirming that no one was around, "Dragon Diagram Jinghe" lowered his voice and began to speak about the important matter.

"The expert must have noticed that our guild has been buying up a lot of equipment lately."

"Actually, this is for a hidden mission."