And so it went.
In the most prosperous and flourishing age of peace in the Sixth Epoch, Gabriel and Gael settled down in Yunhai City.
Gabriel bought a luxury duplex high-rise apartment in one of the busiest parts of downtown Yunhai City.
She had originally wanted to rent, but then she realized that renting and buying made little difference to her, and buying would make it easier to renovate the place exactly as she wanted.
After all, to her, one yuan and a hundred million were merely different numbers.
She bought the apartment that very day, hired several renovation crews, and pitched in herself, finishing the renovations in just a few days.
The power of money was still formidable in this era.
Then she equipped the place with the world's most advanced computer, all kinds of gaming consoles, and electronic devices.
Just like that, a hardcore gamer's room was complete.
Gabriel soon became absorbed in this colorful world of online gaming.
Within a mere month, she had evolved into a seasoned gamer across all the major games, with an impressive mastery of the national art of swearing.
And she typed faster than she spoke, with a rich and creative vocabulary. Even many veteran swearers were no match for her, and the sound of keyboards being smashed often rang out in the middle of the night.
She could even pull off excellent plays while doing so.
Her ability to spend on games was formidable too, and she soon became a big spender whom all the major game operators needed to pamper.
Of course, games in this era had already evolved to a highly advanced level, and virtual reality technology had long since become widespread. In any case, she was like a fish in water.
As for Gael, she had plans of