"Trash game."
Lin opened his eyes. Before him stood a lush forest. He had arrived in the forest region on the map, where there were two players: "Ultra Destroyer Ousa" and "Instant Noodles Are Better Hot."
At the same time, he triggered another event tile.
"Your life has gone smoothly. After graduating from university, you successfully entered one of the world's top 100 companies as an executive. You will receive a salary of 500,000 each turn."
In the player list at the upper left, 500,000 had appeared in the game currency column beside Dominating Moon Sea Fish Cat's name. He was the only player in the entire game with any currency.
Lin merely gave it another glance before beginning to search the forest. Since he knew Chrono and Su were also in this game, some things would be much easier.
But to his complete surprise, when he found Chrono, there was someone else he had never expected to see.
Kevin, Chrono, and Lin stared wide-eyed at one another.
"...Instant Noodles Are Better Hot?" Lin looked at Kevin.
"Dominating Moon Sea Fish Cat?" Kevin asked in return.
"Now this is interesting. Looks like this isn't just an accident—we've been targeted. By the way, what's with your usernames? Don't you feel embarrassed?" The man called "Ultra Destroyer Ousa," wearing nothing but elephant-print shorts, folded his arms and mocked them.
Kevin shook his head and asked Lin, who was pretending to ponder, "Lin, do you know what's going on?"
"No, not yet..."
"Ding. Three players have met, triggering the game event 'Intelligence Quiz.' The highest scorer will receive 10 million in game funds. Wrong answers will be punished."
The three men's vision went dark at once. The next moment, they appeared on a massive stage, each seated at a separate station, surrounded