After uploading the files, Xie Yu didn't continue training.
He sat by the window, gazing out at the dark night as his thoughts churned.
He wondered whether the report he'd uploaded would be like a boulder thrown into a pond, sending ripples through the real world.
After all, verifying that cultivation techniques from a game worked in reality was enough to upend everything people knew.
It would also force the leadership of every race to redefine Monster World.
Just then, his phone vibrated.
He looked down and saw a call from an unknown number.
Xie Yu took a deep breath, deep in thought, and answered.
At once, interweaving beams of light descended from the ceiling and rapidly coalesced into a holographic figure in front of him.
The caller was a man who looked to be around forty. His features were stern and sharply defined, his jaw clenched tight, and his bearing was rugged.
He wore a dark uniform without any insignia and sat ramrod straight. His piercing gaze seemed to cut through the virtual projection and land on Xie Yu. "Xie Yu, formerly of the South Pole Monitoring Station, retired at thirty-five. I suppose that makes us half-colleagues." The man immediately recited Xie Yu's credentials, then introduced himself without waiting for a reply.
"My name is Duan Hong. I belong to the Deep Space Observation Department."
"Deep Space Observation?" Xie Yu repeated silently to himself.
He'd never heard of the department, but he was certain the man had contacted him because of the files he'd uploaded.
"Hello." He nodded decisively in reply.
"We've received your report." Duan Hong skipped the pleasantries and got straight to the point.
"The Information Stone you obtained by chance in Monster World, the history of the civilization associated with it, and the data verifying the