The Puppeteer died inside Mo Yu's consciousness. That in itself caused little stir, but once the Puppeteer was dead, order across the channels collapsed completely.
The Infinite Channel fared relatively well, since the Dark Night Guild had already taken full control of its instances. Players in the other channels weren't so lucky, though, and even the connections between channels began to malfunction.
Some monsters from the games even appeared in the Leisure Areas where players lived.
Rifts began appearing without warning throughout the channels. One careless step into an abyss could send someone straight into a horror game instance.
For novice players who had never experienced horror games, this was nothing short of a catastrophic nightmare. With no way of knowing when or where rifts and monsters would appear, almost everyone stayed behind closed doors. Apart from the Infinite Channel, every channel was gripped by panic.
As a result, after Shen Ru emerged from Mo Yu's consciousness, he didn't get even a moment's rest before being forced to take over as Acting Guild Leader. He plunged straight into the work of repairing rifts and saving the various channels.
At first, Shen Ru had been deeply resistant to the prospect of tedious work day after day. But when he heard he could kill bosses without entering instances, with no need to worry about the inhumane restrictions on clearing them through brute force, he accepted the assignment without hesitation.
The day before they set out, Shen Ru specifically gathered the team members for a formal operations meeting.
The guild members took it very seriously, but they were also a little worried. Everyone knew a new leader liked to make a show of authority, and this one was President Mo's lover to boot. They all feared he might impose some unreasonable demands.
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