"As for whether the world behind the projection is real or not, to be honest, we have no way of knowing. Right now, we are standing at the gate of the Quantum Realm, and all we can do is look and speculate."
"Then, Elder Teng, which one do you prefer?" Lan Bing asked.
Elder Teng glanced at Lan Bing, but still did not give a direct answer.
"Everything that happens in the M3 World is not real; it is merely a virtual world that we have completely Simulation based on projection, and it can only Simulation 100 days forward from the current time."
"In fact, we had already conducted numerous Simulation tests based on Quantum projection before this, but the results of each Simulation were the same: doomsday, destruction."
"It's just that each disaster is different, but the outcome is always the same."
Lan Bing asked cautiously, " Elder Teng, if we assume this happened in Parallel World, does that mean we will eventually experience these things too?"
After a moment of contemplation, Elder Teng said, "The sun is in its prime, while our planet is still very young."
The subtext of those words was already quite clear, but what followed was not appropriate to say in a live broadcast.
Otherwise, it will inevitably cause considerable trouble.
Lan Bing immediately understood what Elder Teng meant and changed the subject, saying, " Elder Teng, will death in the virtual world affect the players?"
"No, the virtual world is just a data projection. To put it in a more fantastical way, only the player's consciousness belongs to them; everything else is just data."
Afterwards, Lan Bing asked some popular questions that netizens were concerned about.
Elder Teng's answers were all very ambiguous, giving the impression that Elder Teng said everything, yet said nothing at all.
The viewers in the live stream were clearly dissatisfied, even Lan Bing herself was unhappy, but there was nothing she could do about it.
Less than ten minutes later, Elder Teng left the main live broadcast room, citing being busy.
Just then, Number Four and Number Five appeared in the main live stream, led by staff.
Number Four, Li Yu, was clearly a bit frustrated, after all, he had brought his own death upon himself.
Number Five, however, still wore a lingering fear on his face, which was somewhat pale.
Next came a simple question and answer session, and the two gave fairly standard answers, nothing particularly outstanding.
The purpose of having these two people appear in the live stream was simply to tell all viewers that dying in the virtual world is not real death, nothing more.
The scene returns to Ling Yi's side.
Ling Yi was still in that van.
Following the navigation, the car was not far from the Ruidu Commercial Building.
But at that moment, the tall, thin young man driving suddenly slowed down and pulled the car over to the side of the road.
"Boss, we've arrived at Ruidu Commercial Building. Get out of the car and pay the fare!" the tall, thin young man said to Ling Yi with a smile.
Ling Yi was speechless. This place was at least sixty kilometers away from the Ruidu Commercial Building. Was this what they called reaching their destination?
Ling Yi knew perfectly well that these two guys were clearly trying to rob him.
"Wait three minutes!" Ling Yi said while fiddling with his phone.
"What are you waiting for? We're very busy. You either get off the bus or give us 10,000, and we'll all travel safely."
As the tall, thin young man spoke, he pointed to the burly, fat man in the back seat, the threat of which was self-evident.
"We want money, not our lives, but we can also choose to have both, Mike."
Ling Yi didn't say a word.
Instead, he put his phone back in his pocket and gave the two of them a cold look.
Suddenly, Ling Yi reached behind him and precisely caught the fingers of a large hand that was reaching out from behind.
Then, with a sudden burst of force.
A sharp cracking sound was followed by a scream.
The scream came from the burly fat man behind him, and the finger was, of course, his.
The fat man originally just wanted to teach Ling Yi a lesson, so he reached out and tried to grab Ling Yi's neck.
I'll just scare him a bit and Ling Yi 'll obediently hand over the money.
These two had done this countless times before; they were quite adept at it.
But I never expected to run into such a ruthless person today.
The fat man clenched his other fist, ready to smash it down on Ling Yi's head.
But just as he raised his fist, he lowered it again, and the screams of agony only grew louder.
Because Ling Yi didn't loosen his grip on the broken finger; instead, he increased the pressure.
The saying "the ten fingers are connected to the heart" is no joke; the pain was so intense that it almost made the fat man faint.
"Let go, let go, it's broken, it's broken!" the fat man pleaded with Ling Yi.
The tall, thin young man was also frightened by Ling Yi and didn't know what to do next.
Although they committed robbery, they only robbed ordinary people, and their targets were people who appeared to be powerless.
Ling Yi looks like just a high school student, and he came to Gao City alone, making him the perfect target in their eyes.
But to everyone's surprise, this seemingly harmless boy was actually so ruthless.
Is Ling Yi ruthless?
He himself didn't realize that after Ling Yi got on the bus, he had already used his phone to find the information of the two people through hacking techniques.
These two men have blood on their hands, and more than one.
They were already being lenient by only cutting off one of the fat man's fingers.
Just then, a dozen or so black SUVs lined up from the opposite side and arrived in front of the van in the blink of an eye.
After a series of sharp braking sounds, the van was surrounded.
Ling Yi then released the fat man's fingers, didn't even look at them, opened the car door, and got out.
A middle-aged man with a full beard got out of the passenger seat of one of the SUVs.
Upon seeing Ling Yi, his eyes were filled with disbelief, as if he hadn't expected Ling Yi to be so young. A cold glint flashed in his Guangzhi, but he quickly put on a smile and took the initiative to greet Ling Yi.
He asked, "Boss?"
"It's me. West City ready?" Ling Yi asked in return.
"Don't worry, boss. Thanks to the information you provided, our trip went very smoothly." The bearded middle-aged man didn't underestimate Ling Yi because of Ling Yi youth.
Far from underestimating them, they were extremely wary of them.
There was no way around it; in front of this young man, they were completely transparent, with no secrets whatsoever.
Not to mention themselves, even their entire extended family has been thoroughly investigated by Ling Yi.
That skill alone is enough to Intimidation them.
Moreover, Ling Yi is very generous; the money they made on this deal is equivalent to the total they earned in the past three years.
The bearded man glanced at the dumbfounded, tall, thin young man inside the van and the fat man groaning in pain, tears streaming down his face.
His pupils constricted sharply, especially when he saw the fat man's fingers, which were almost bent at a 180-degree angle.
Indeed, this young man should not be underestimated; his ruthlessness is something most people don't possess.
"Give me a gun!" Ling Yi said to the bearded man, his tone leaving no room for argument, as if ordering a subordinate.
The bearded man hesitated for less than a second before pulling a pistol from his waist and handing it to Ling Yi.
Ling Yi glanced at the pistol, ejected the magazine, checked the bullets inside, then put the magazine back in before releasing the pistol's safety.
Although Ling Yi has never touched a real gun in either of his two lifetimes, there are many videos related to Firearms online.
Ling Yi hasn't used it before, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know how.
Ling Yi fired two shots directly at the ground.
The recoil of the pistol was greater than Ling Yi had imagined, but that was all.
Ling Yi's current attribute is already at the Lesser Transcendent. The recoil of the pistol is considerable, but it has almost no effect on Ling Yi.
After the two shots, a new skill entry for Firearms level 0 appeared in Ling Yi's system interface.
After checking his remaining skill points, Ling Yi immediately upgraded his Firearms skill from level 0 to level 5.
A wealth of information about Firearms suddenly flooded his mind, and his strength increased even further. The most noticeable Changes was in Ling Yi's eyes.
Things appear clearer, and the motion capture capability has reached a level that is Lesser Transcendent.
Ling Yi raised his hand and fired four shots in Extreme Speed.
Inside the van, the tall, thin young man and the fat man both suffered bursts of blood from their ears and arms almost simultaneously.
Then came screams.
Ling Yi nodded in satisfaction, very pleased with the level 5 Firearms skill.
The bearded man and the others standing nearby were all visibly shocked.
Firing four shots in an instant is something many people can do.
It is extremely rare to find a device that can maintain both speed and accuracy.
The bearded man glanced at the two unfortunate men inside the car, his eyes filled with even more apprehension towards Ling Yi.
"Let's go!" Ling Yi shoved the pistol into his pocket before speaking to the bearded man.
Without uttering a single unnecessary word, the bearded man turned around and opened the car door for Ling Yi.
A moment later, seventeen black SUVs sped away.
Only two people remained, groaning in pain, inside the van.
As for their outcome?
Ling Yi didn't care.
[Something's not right with Ling Yi.]
[Wow, they just snapped my finger! I don't know why, but even though it was through a screen, I inexplicably felt a sharp pain in my own finger.]
[This guy looks like a gangster Big Shot, doesn't he?]
Is shooting someone in a virtual world illegal?
[Upstairs, why don't you report it to the inspection department?]
[Regardless of whether it's illegal or not, Ling Yi will definitely be investigated. His marksmanship and ruthlessness are far from ordinary.]
[To be honest, you're all overthinking it. Ling Yi is in a post-apocalyptic simulation world. With the apocalypse upon us, anything can happen.]
In the apocalypse, one cannot stand firm without ruthlessness. Ling Yi is using these methods to Intimidation Big Beard and his gang, a group of ruthless individuals specializing in transnational arms trafficking.
[If Ling Yi cannot Intimidation them, the consequences are predictable.]
[They don't want to give him the goods, but they want the money. Ling Yi will probably be devoured by Big Beard and his gang, leaving not even bones or scraps. His fate won't be much better than Number Four's.]
[And what's with that Ling Yi marksmanship?]
[Upstairs, what's it to you what Ling Yi's marksmanship is? We'll just watch the show and that's it. You're just being nosy.]
At that moment, in the bearded man's car, the bearded man, sitting in the passenger seat, glanced at Ling Yi in the back seat through the rearview mirror.
He asked, seemingly casually, "Boss, is the end of the world really coming?"