Generational Change, Version Upgrade

After arranging a series of matters, Lu Changsheng vanished from Primordial Internet Headquarters in a flash.

He took out the Crystal Machine and checked the chat records in the Cultivation Chat Group. It had to be said that even cultivators had plenty of chatter; in just a few days, there were nearly a hundred thousand messages.

After briefly skimming through the contents, he shifted through space once more and headed for the Shang Dynasty.

The Shang Dynasty was now vastly different from its original trajectory. King Zhou of Shang constantly built relationships with the cultivators in the group and pried secrets of fate from their mouths.

The happiness of the Shang Dynasty's citizens was steadily soaring.

During Lu Changsheng's absence, the Shang Dynasty had vigorously developed agriculture and researched technology. King Zhou had also secretly cultivated a force of his own and dispatched large numbers of spies to the regional feudal lords. Perhaps when that force matured, the Shang Dynasty would usher in turmoil.

King Zhou of Shang named this force that belonged solely to him the Bad People.

At the same time, Lu Changsheng discovered that Boros had entered the Shang Dynasty under the alias Yang Jian and taken up the title of Great General.

He wondered what the future greatest war god of the Three Realms, Yang Jian, would think when he found out.

The Ancient One had become the Shang Dynasty's Imperial Advisor. Some time ago, Nuwa had sent three Fairies to seduce King Zhou of Shang and bring disaster upon the Shang Dynasty. Yet before two of them could even meet him, The Ancient One slapped them to death.

The remaining one fled while injured.

Lu Changsheng watched with great interest.

After figuring out several major matters, Lu Changsheng's consciousness sank into the Chat Group once again.

Iron Man: The Group Mall has refreshed. Let's see what items are available.

Takanashi Rikka: Batman's Golden Belt, Iron Man's armor, Youthful Appearance Pill, Vitality Pill, Longevity Pill, Nichirin Blade, Cthulhu's Whisper... Takanashi Rikka's panties???

Passerby Kamen Rider: For a moment, I don't know what to say. All I can say is, rest in peace, Rikka. Social death is unavoidable.

Yatogami Tohka: Whoa, this Chat Group is so perverted.

Takanashi Rikka: Waaah! I'm crying.

Batman: This is outrageous. I've never uploaded my belt before, yet the Chat Group refreshed it directly.

Iron Man: I already bought your belt. Seriously, why was it so expensive? It nearly emptied my savings.

Batman: !!!

Iron Man: What is this glowing green stone? You even kept something like that inside your belt.

Batman: I don't want to answer.

Dragon Maid: What does the Youthful Appearance Pill do?

True Lord of Future Expectations: It preserves your appearance. Whatever age you are when you take it, you'll keep that appearance until death without changing.

Yatogami Tohka: What about the Longevity Pill?

True Lord of Future Expectations: Just as its name implies, it extends your lifespan. Taking one increases your lifespan by a thousand years. Of course, the second one has a weaker effect and can only add a hundred years. The third only adds ten.

Mumen Rider: A thousand years of life... Just thinking about it feels terrifying. It would already be pretty good if ordinary people in our group could live to a hundred.

Passerby Kamen Rider: Correction: there are no ordinary people in this group anymore.

Daigo: We're all cultivation people.

[Second Uchiha, Shinigami Elementary School Student, Kaneki Ken have joined the Chat Group.]

Takanashi Rikka: Whoa, newcomers suddenly appeared.

Daigo: Welcome, newcomers.

Mumen Rider: Welcome, welcome. Let me explain to the newcomers what the Chat Group is...

[The number of Chat Group members has reached the requirement. A version upgrade will begin. The Chat Group cannot be used during this period. The update duration is undetermined. Final countdown: ten seconds.]

[Ten, nine, eight, seven...]

Dragon Maid: Huh? It's suddenly upgrading?

Daigo: So the Chat Group can level up too?!

[The Chat Group has been closed and is currently upgrading...]

In an instant, every online group member was forcibly logged out.

In the Primordial World, Lu Changsheng blinked and called out, "System? Are you there?"

[Yes, my precious. What is it?]

"The Chat Group has shut down for an upgrade. Why are you still here?"

[The Chat Group is the parent system, while I'm a child system. What does the parent system updating have to do with shutting down the child system?]

"I like the way you put that."

Originally, Lu Changsheng had thought that if the Chat Group upgraded, the Internet servers might crash.

But since the system was still here, there was no problem. Besides, on second thought, the processors were the Void Mirror and Chaos Bell. Even if one server crashed, it did not seem like a big deal. At most, they would just replace a server.

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Detective Conan World.

Edogawa Conan had been solving a case when an unfamiliar voice suddenly appeared in his mind. Following a detective's principle of curiosity, he randomly picked a name and joined.

But soon after, it said something about upgrading, then went silent.

This made Edogawa Conan wonder for a while whether his mind had gone wrong from recently searching for traces of the Black Organization.

"Maybe after I return to Beika Town, I should go to the hospital for a checkup." Edogawa Conan, also known as Kudo Shinichi, scratched his cheek.

Naruto World.

Second Uchiha—Uchiha Sasuke.

His face was full of confusion as he looked around. Was it genjutsu? Damn it, when had he fallen for it?

Uchiha Sasuke was especially vigilant. He could not die yet; he still had to take revenge on that man.

After observing carefully several times, he found nothing unusual around him.

"I should go find Kakashi." Uchiha Sasuke was scared out of his wits as he eagerly ran toward where Kakashi lived.

Tokyo Ghoul World.

The Yasashi Kaneki Ken still had a head of black hair. He held a book in his hands as he sat beneath a cherry blossom tree. The breeze gently brushed his cheeks, and pink petals fluttered down, caught between the book's pages filled with literary fragrance.

He blinked and lowered his head to look at the steaming coffee.

"Um... are you there? Chat Group."

"System?"

[Hello, my respected little angel. Welcome to Chat Group Child System Version 2.0. I will be serving you.]

"Ah, so that wasn't an auditory hallucination just now?" Kaneki Ken's hand trembled in fright, and the book on the white table fell to the ground with a thud.

[That's right. You have joined the Chat Group, but the Chat Group is currently upgrading and cannot be used.]

"Chat Group?" As a modern young man, Kaneki Ken naturally knew what a chat group was. He asked in confusion, "Are chat groups this advanced nowadays? You can talk directly in your mind?"

[This Chat Group is not that kind of chat group. Once the upgrade is complete, you will understand.]

"Oh, okay then." Kaneki Ken scratched his head.

Kaneki Ken's expression right now: ò.ó

Let me eat first, then I'll go write the second chapter. Ծ‸Ծ