The High-Level Player Zone

At that very moment.

A figure flashed out from a nearby alley.

He was wearing a large trench coat.

However, he did not conceal his face. He was a 40-year-old man with a thin face, a pair of thieving eyes, and an extremely lewd expression. He approached Qin Yiguan.

Swish.

The man stood in front of Qin Yiguan, his trench coat open at the chest!

The boy wasn't afraid and looked inside the trench coat.

The walls were covered with various pictures, including images of housewives, schoolgirls, and blonde-haired, blue-eyed Europeans.

She was dressed scantily and moved with alluring grace.

The boy was speechless. "What era are we living in? They still sell porn videos?"

But the sleazy man burst into laughter upon hearing this, "Young man, a complete newbie, huh? I say, little brother, why don't you buy one and give it a try? I guarantee it'll open up a whole new world for you!"

Want to try it?

The boy squinted, then tilted his head slightly and Jingye Meinan.

Clearly, this photo isn't meant to be eaten; it must have touched upon a blind spot in one's knowledge.

But I'm not afraid.

There's a great master by my side.

Jingye Meinan, being quite perceptive, immediately smiled and said, "Boss Qin, there's a memory inside."

"Memory?"

The boy was stunned.

Jingye Meinan laughed and said, "When you input the information from the photo into your AI, you will enter a time period and become the protagonist in the scene, experiencing everything that the protagonist experiences, including but not limited to sight, hearing, and touch... and your brain will also make corresponding reactions. Of course, the girl in the picture is just a supporting character in this time period, understand?"

The boy suddenly understood.

But then Jingye Meinan suddenly pursed his lips and looked at the men with their faces covered as they hurried by.

He added, "Now do you understand why they cover their faces? They're here to sell their memories, and those memories, along with this kind of buying and selling, form a complete industry chain."

"Sales memory?"

The boy was stunned. "The woman in that picture, isn't she their..."

"That's not necessarily true."

Jingye Meinan responded to the boy, raising his hand to shoo away the lewd man. "Boss Qin, you're really naive. This kind of 'memory-shifting' game is outdated, it's incredibly low-class. Even lower-class are the streetwalkers. Judging from their prices, you should understand that they rarely have customers anymore, because prostitutes and respectable women are incomparable."

Qin Yiguan remained uncomprehended.

The idea of 'memory transfer' is already absurd enough.

But at this moment, Jingye Meinan, unusually deep in thought, slowly said, "In this restless era, what is truly genuine?"

"Anything that's superficial is fake."

"Only desire is truly real!"

"Experimental Zone have always been known for 'unleashing human nature'."

"So."

"The name of the most beautiful city in the entire Metaverse beneath our feet..."

"It's called, 'The True World' City!"

Jingye Meinan patted the somewhat stiff boy's shoulder.

He laughed and said, "Boss Qin, what we're passing through now is just the area for ordinary players. Come on, I'll show you what the area for high-level players is like!"

The boy snapped out of his daze.

Only then did they discover that the 'True World' city did not collect taxes.

Moreover, the most precise location of the coordinates left by Jiao Shensan was still 3 kilometers ahead.

"Young man, your ' Sweat Points ' is zero."

In front of a hundred-story building, a waiter in a tuxedo stopped the young man. "Sweat Points, as the name suggests, are the sweat you shed while cooperating with others in this True World City. Each time you cooperate, your Sweat Points increase by one drop."

"Our Jasmine Osmanthus House Club, as the top-tier club here, only accepts Level 3 VIPs from the true World City."

"Friendly reminder: Level 3 VIP requires 100 Sweat Points."

The waiter looked up at Qin Yiguan's face, his disdain undisguised. "Don't blame me, this is a rule set by the city lord. If you don't spend money here, you're not our honored guest."

"Of course, you have no right to blame our city lord."

The waiter, hands behind his back and head tilted back, said, "He's always been fair, just like our boss. He came here alone, and in just three years, his Sweat Points' reached 1000 points, making him a Level 6 VIP. So the city lord gifted him this piece of land, where he built the renowned Jasmine Osmanthus House!"

Qin Yiguan looked at the coordinates in his field of vision.

The final location is inside the Jasmine Osmanthus House building; it's just 30 meters ahead.

But they weren't even qualified to enter.

What an absurd city lord!

What filthy rules!

"Cough cough!"

"Boss Qin, let me do it."

But then Jingye Meinan behind her slowly stepped forward, waved his hand, and casually opened his data panel.

The waiter's face, illuminated by blue data, stared blankly upwards.

Thump.

The waiter in the tuxedo knelt down, his facial muscles trembling, overwhelmed with excitement. "This is... I... I never imagined that in my lifetime I would actually see... a Level 47 VIP!"

"My lord, please accept my bow!"

Jingye Meinan covered his mouth with his fist, coughed lightly, and pointed at Qin Yiguan, saying, "This is actually my boss."

"What?"

The waiter in the tuxedo turned around on his knees, terrified, and exclaimed, "The boss's boss is my boss! I was blind to your greatness!"

Qin Yiguan remained silent for a moment.

He then looked at Jingye Meinan, "Logically speaking, I can accept this kind of wish-fulfillment plot, but what happened today feels really strange. I actually slapped someone in the face in this way. Why do I feel a little embarrassed? Level 47 VIP? How come you didn't die of exhaustion?"

Jingye Meinan curled his lip, "Boss Qin, as the old saying goes, everyone has their own ambitions. If it weren't for me today, could you have reached that coordinate?"

"Too."

The boy pursed his lips and spat out a few words through gritted teeth, "Meinan and outstanding!"

"Gentlemen, don't just stand there, welcome!"

"Given your level, if I were to charge you, the city lord would likely object!"

"Come on, you there, you accompany these two big shots the whole time. Whatever they want, you'll give it to them unconditionally!"

But then the waiter in the swallowtail coat stood up, raised his hand and beckoned a young man dressed as a waiter, who then stood at the door bowing and waiting.

The boy and the Jingye Meinan walked through the Jasmine Osmanthus House, followed by the young waiter.

The surroundings were incredibly luxurious, with an endless corridor in front of you, and rooms lined up one after another on both sides of the corridor.

"I heard that one of the two distinguished guests is visiting for the first time?"

The young waiter smiled ingratiatingly, "Then I'll secretly give you some different perspectives so you can 'learn' and 'observe', making it easier for you to enjoy the experience later."

Jingye Meinan chuckled, "This young man has potential!"

In that instant.

The doors on both sides suddenly became fogged up, then the colors disappeared, and they became completely transparent!

The boy grinned, "Is there a hidden mechanism in this door?"

The young waiter smiled mysteriously, "Don't worry, the guests inside... are unaware of this. They're at most VIP4, nothing compared to you two."

"Tsk tsk..."

"Wuliang merchants."

The boy turned his head to look.

But inside one of the luxurious rooms...

A middle-aged man, shirtless, sat on the edge of the bed, holding seven or eight cards in his hands, seemingly selecting some.

Look closely.

The cards featured beautiful women of various styles.

"Is this still the kind of 'memory transfer'?"

"Isn't this supposed to be the high-level player zone?"

The boy was puzzled.

"My esteemed guest, you are unaware of the following."

"The technical expertise of our Jasmine Osmanthus House is far beyond what mere memory transfer can achieve."

The waiter pointed to the room, "That customer is holding a set of sophisticated codes. Once he has made his selections, we will have the corresponding equipment to visualize those codes."

Jingye Meinan suddenly interjected, "Then a 'person' will appear in this room. Depending on your choice, she could be a top star, the girl next door, or even someone from another time who is a famous beauty from history!"

"Furthermore, all of this 'person's' data will be optimized by the computer in advance."

"You won't find a single speck of dirt on her. Her skin is so smooth, you couldn't find a single pore even with a magnifying glass."

Simply put, flawless.

"Any one of them could easily outshine those streetwalkers by a thousand times."

"Certainly."

"You can also pre-book your chance to meet your dream goddess whom you've always longed for but could never have."

"And then, a lone man and a lone woman."

One is completely obedient, the other acts recklessly.

Qin Yiguan was stunned. "So, that means the legendary ' Digital Human ' are inside?"

But then the young waiter smiled and suddenly said something that made the boy ponder deeply.

"This distinguished guest..."

"The Metaverse technology is now mature."

"A key word in this technology is 'immersion'."

Therefore, the development of the sex industry is a logical and reasonable thing.

"It's even inevitable."

Because that's human nature.

"And those who speak grandly, claiming that the Metaverse can only be used to develop human technology, explore the unknown, and benefit our world, while remaining completely silent about all gray areas."

"That's somewhat hypocritical."

After saying this, the young waiter politely bowed slightly, "What you see is the true Metaverse."

The boy pondered these words.

Jingye Meinan nodded silently.

now.

The half-naked man in the room finally selected a card, stood up, and inserted the card into a device on the wall.

The room dimmed, and a stunning blonde woman with a gorgeous figure slowly appeared, indistinguishable from a real person.

The boy didn't look any further; he walked 10 meters forward, and that was the end of the coordinates!

But deep within this corridor lies a separate, even more luxurious private room.

Of course, the door to this room was still transparent.

The boy stopped.

This is it.

But he immediately frowned. "The clue Jiao Shensan left me before his death, as the chief of the Research Society, was that a fat man and another fat man were doing something unspeakable in a room? Jiao Shensan..."

"Distinguished guest, were you just calling me?"

But it was the young waiter who suddenly stepped forward.

The boy was taken aback. "I didn't call you, I was calling... wait."

The boy squinted and realized that the young waiter's face seemed somewhat familiar, only decades younger than the face he remembered!

Qin Yiguan suddenly said, "Excuse me, you've been serving us for so long, but we still haven't asked for your full name."

The young waiter nodded slightly. "My surname is Jiao, my full name Jiao Shensan, and I am 28 years old."

Qin Yiguan was stunned. "So the clues have always been with me all along. You... are him when he was younger!"