You're back already?
Ling Yi glanced at his clothes; it was still that same high-end casual suit.
This outfit alone is worth over a million.
Ling Yi tried to open the Twin Fish Jade Pendant Space, but found that he couldn't open it no matter what he did.
He could Perception the existence of the Twin Fish Jade Pendant Space, but he just couldn't open it.
"System, system, explain what's going on?"
[Host, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear?]
"Bad news?"
[The bad news is, we were tricked by that Old Liu from the World Consciousness. Simply put, we essentially worked for free.]
"You mean, the World Consciousness didn't pay?"
[He gave us 100,000 units of Origin, not a single one less, but when he was giving us the last 10,000 units, he suddenly activated the World Rule to annihilate us.]
[Once the erasure is successful, the 100,000 units of essence will naturally return to its hands.]
"Wo Cao, Blackheart boss, no, isn't he a bloodsucking boss?"
Ling Yi's face turned ugly.
[Fortunately, this system reacted quickly and had been on guard against this Old Liu World Consciousness.]
"And then?" Ling Yi asked through gritted teeth, his face dark with anger.
[We obtained a total of 90,000 units of Origin. Protecting the host's safe return consumed 60,000 units, and storing the functional modules and database content collected by this system consumed 20,000 units.]
[There are currently 10,000 units of the original essence remaining.]
[Of these ten thousand units of essence, the host can only Manifestation a limited number of things, so the host must make choices.]
Ling Yi took a deep breath. "How do you plan to choose?"
[The host has three choices: Option 1, the Twin Fish Jade Pendant Space; Option 2, 10 billion in cash; Option 3, Nascent Soul Realm cultivation.]
Ling Yi replied without hesitation, "Nonsense, just choose option 1. Is there even a need to choose?"
10 billion in cash?
For an ordinary person like Ling Yi, there isn't much difference between 10 billion and 1 million.
He was an orphan, all alone, and didn't have many expenses.
At most, it's just about moving to a better house and having more comfortable food and lodging.
Ling Yi is not a gluttonous or pleasure-seeking person.
Ling Yi had stored a large amount of supplies in the Jade Pendant Space.
Putting everything else aside, the Huangjin he's hoarded alone would be enough to make Ling Yi live comfortably in the real world.
As for the Nascent Soul Realm cultivation level...
Not to mention how safe it is in the real world, even if he wanted to start cultivating again, with the Jade Pendant Space, raising his cultivation level back would be a piece of cake.
Don't forget, Ling Yi's Twin Fish Jade Pendant Space brings double the joy.
After the world reset, Ling Yi had already retrieved the Twin Fish Jade Pendant that had respawned.
[Host, the Twin Fish Jade Pendant has fully Manifestation.]
Ling Yi nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.
It wasn't all for nothing.
With a thought, Ling Yi's body entered the Jade Pendant Space.
Although there is no Gravity or Gravity within the Jade Pendant Space.
However, Ling Yi specially created a piece of land within the Jade Pendant Space.
It is ten kilometers long and ten kilometers wide.
The area is not large, but it's not small either.
Afterwards, Ling Yi inscribed a large number of Formation on this land.
One type of Formation can control and adjust Gravity.
This prevented Ling Yi from being in a state of weightlessness after arriving in the Jade Pendant Space.
Ling Yi tried cultivating for a while.
The cultivation technique flowed smoothly, but Ling Yi was very dissatisfied with the cultivation speed.
"System, get to work."
[Sorry, host, in the real world, you have to rely on yourself for everything.]
Ling Yi wasn't disappointed.
"Alright, the real world is perfectly safe. Cultivating slowly isn't a bad idea."
[Host, there's more good news. Would you like to hear it?]
Stop keeping me in suspense!
[Hehe, remember those Awakened whose bugs we fixed? I left something on them all.]
[This is a bug I specifically compiled, or rather a virus, which I've named "Anchor Virus "!]
"What's the use?" Ling Yi's eyes lit up.
[Infect the World Consciousness, paralyzing it completely. When we return next time, the World Consciousness will kneel before you, host, and sing "Conquer."]
Ling Yi gave the system a thumbs up.
"Wairigud!"
[Hmph, originally, I was just using these Awakened as a backup plan to prevent the World Consciousness from causing trouble, and also to provide us with a safety net.]
[But unexpectedly, the World Consciousness is truly courting death; then don't blame us.]
"Well done."
After a pause, Ling Yi asked again, "Will Liu Ruyan and the others be affected?"
[It won't affect ordinary people; this Anchor Virus only targets the World Consciousness.]
Ling Yi was very satisfied with the system.
[However, it won't be so easy for the host to return to No. 1 World, as No. 1 World has now become True-Dimensional World.]
To enter the True-Dimensional World, two conditions are required: an anchor point and the origin.
Now that we have the anchor point, what we lack is the source.
Ling Yi glanced at the time on his phone.
October 6, 2025, 8:22 PM.
However, the time before Ling Yi's transmigration was October 2nd, which means that four days had passed in the real world.
Four days in the real world, eighty years in the Virtual-Dimensional World.
"In other words, one day in the real world is equivalent to 20 years in the Virtual-Dimensional World?"
Yes, that's true.
"Since the world of Ruyan has become True-Dimensional World, the flow of time should be the same as in the real world, right?"
[Yes, host!]
"Very good!"
Ling Yi sat cross-legged on the bed, wanting to consider the next steps of the plan.
Yet, his mind would involuntarily drift back to Liu Ruyan and other women.
Especially Liu Ruyan.
This is the only one among the nine female protagonists who has truly spent eighty years with him and given him her heart.
Although I often keep in touch with the other female leads, our relationship is really just so-so.
Especially during the final, drawn-out scenes, and for a considerable period of time, Ling Yi had no contact with the other female leads.
Ling Yi and Liu Ruyan went to university together, graduated together, got engaged, and then got married.
It can be said that in this world, Ling Yi's only Bond is Liu Ruyan.
Ling Yi looked at the grayish jade Jade Pendant Space.
Some ideas gradually formed in my mind.
"Moving tomorrow, then continuing the journey to earn more essence."
Early the next morning.
Ling Yi first found a way to sell some of the Huangjin and made several million yuan in savings.
Subsequently, I bought another house, which is relatively located in the suburbs.
The house was already renovated, and it was quite nice.
You can move in immediately with just your belongings.
Ling Yi moved into her new home that afternoon.
"System, tell me about Thousand Mountains Company in detail," Ling Yi said to the system while fiddling with his phone.
[OK!]
[ Thousand Mountains Company, founded in 2018, is an online game company. It initially focused on PC games, Later moving to mobile games, but several projects failed, leading to financial difficulties and the company teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.]
In 2020, the company faced a broken cash flow and nearly filed for bankruptcy. However, in the second half of the year, the company shifted its focus, starting to invest in and produce short dramas.
[In just six months, they achieved huge profits.]
[Originally, everyone thought that Thousand Mountains Company would continue to develop in the short drama industry, but who knew that in early 2021, Thousand Mountains Company would start making games.]
[This time, Thousand Mountains Company announced that what they are making is the World Number One virtual reality game.]
[After that, there was no further news, and Thousand Mountains Company gradually disappeared.]
"What about in reality?" Ling Yi asked.