Chapter 340: Delivery

Led by Shivana, Lin Chao passed through the narrow streets and walked out of Koya City.

The road outside the city was not wide, and perhaps because it had rained, there were many mud pits on the path.

When walking, one had to be extremely careful; otherwise, one might accidentally step into some livestock feces.

However, even so, one would often encounter adventurers on the main road.

These adventurers were mostly professionals.

They obtained coins by slaying monsters in the wild.

Along the way, many adventurers fixed their gazes on Shivana; after all, Shivana's figure and appearance were top-tier even in Koya City.

Shivana came from the Royal Capital; she had fair skin and a beautiful face, had never done manual labor, and had no calluses on her hands, making her look delicate and naturally eye-catching.

However, those who could become adventurers were not stupid.

Young men and women who dared to go out into the wild alone were definitely not simple characters.

"Prince, ahead is Tieshi Mountain; the Space Rift appeared there," Shivana said, a look of worry in her eyes. "Yesterday, adventurers already discovered that demons had appeared."

Every demon from the Abyss was incomparably powerful and could only be dealt with by adventurers.

If a Commoner encountered one, there was only death.

"What does the City Lord Mansion say? And what about the priests of the Wealth Church?" Lin Chao asked from the side.

At present, the Space Rift had not yet expanded.

If the High-level Professionals from the City Lord Mansion and the Wealth Church took action, combined with some High-Grade mage scrolls, it would be enough to seal the Space Rift.

Hearing Lin Chao's words, Shivana's expression turned ugly: "The City Lord said we are overly worried; the Space Rift has not yet expanded and is not worth dispatching a large number of personnel to handle."

Could it be that they didn't know that by the time the Space Rift expanded, everything would be too late?

How many residents in this vicinity would die here?

A look of sorrow appeared on Shivana's face.

Every Space Rift leading directly to the Abyss, once expanded and drawing out endless demons, was a huge disaster for Commoners.

The crops they planted would be gone, their houses would be gone, and to survive, they could only leave their homes; many died on the way, and many others became wanderers in the city.

That was still considered lucky.

More often, one would wake up to find countless demons appearing, and everything would be reduced to ashes.

"What's even more excessive is that the Captain of the Guard at the City Lord Mansion hinted to me that since the Space Rift is still small, subduing it now wouldn't count as a great merit."

"It must be that the rift is large enough, the demons coming out are numerous enough, and the disaster caused is great enough—only then would subduing such a rift have meaning!" Shivana's face was full of anger.

Lin Chao couldn't help but recall a famous saying: "Those who are good at fighting have no illustrious achievements."

A general who is godlike in the use of troops finds it difficult to establish great military exploits.

Because, before the enemy has even displayed their powerful combat strength, he has already annihilated the enemy army.

Therefore, the battles experienced by those good at fighting are always dull and tedious, without thrills, and are not remembered by the world.

Lin Chao naturally understood the intentions of the City Lord Mansion and the Wealth Church.

"Alright, Shivana, we just need to do our own job," Lin Chao comforted her from the side.

Shivana was quite intolerant of evil.

Precisely because of this, she had offended many people in the Royal Capital and was assigned to the side of Lin Chao, an unfavored prince, becoming Lin Chao's female knight.

"If the Prince..." Shivana said only half of her sentence and did not continue.

What she wanted to say was that it would be good if the Prince had a talent for singing and gained the favor of the Royal Family.

In that case, the Prince would have real power.

Coming to Koya City, he would not be looked down upon by others like this.

After all, in this world, divine power was higher than royal power; a prince without real power and without favor truly had a status and position inferior to a City Lord with real power.

The reason the Saya Royal Family could rule the kingdom was because the Saya Royal Family was favored by the God of Song.

The King of the Saya Royal Family was also the High Priest of the Song Church.

Lin Chao did not hold any position in the Song Church either.

Following Lin Chao, Shivana withdrew her previous emotions, and the two dismounted and cautiously headed toward Tieshi Mountain.

"Prince, follow behind me; be careful, there are many fierce beasts here," Shivana raised her vigilance.

"Mm," Lin Chao nodded.

Shivana was a High-level Professional; her main profession was Swordsman, and her secondary profession was Wizard.

In Koya City, Shivana could be considered a powerhouse.

As long as they didn't encounter top-tier professionals or Legendary demons, the two could be said to be safe and sound at Tieshi Mountain.

The cultivation system of this world was somewhat similar to a game.

Everyone was divided into levels: Level 1, Level 2, Level 3.

Levels 1 to 5 belonged to low-level professionals.

Levels 6 to 10 belonged to mid-level professionals.

Levels 11 to 15 belonged to High-level Professionals.

Levels 16 to 20 belonged to Legendary Professionals.

Above level 21 was the realm of gods.

Returning from Tieshi Mountain, Shivana was filled with worry.

The situation of the Space Rift was more serious than imagined.

She sighed a little.

If the Prince were favored by the Royal Family, or held a position in the Song Church, I am afraid the result would not be like this.

However, she still cast aside this emotion.

Did she not choose to assist Lin Chao precisely because she took a fancy to his character?

As for the other princes, their characters were mostly corrupt, licentious, and lawless.

Other High-level Professionals like her, who became female knights for those princes, were truly there to be ridden.

She, Shivana, looked down upon those princes and did not want to accept that kind of life.

In her view, good character was greater than strength.

"Shivana, after tomorrow, some adventurers might appear in my Palace, and their behavior might be very strange," Lin Chao reminded her from the side.

Tomorrow, the players would arrive here.

However, in the early stages, there would only be three.

Regarding the origin of the players, Lin Chao was not prepared to introduce it to Shivana.

After all, it was not easy to explain.

Should he tell Shivana that, in fact, they lived inside someone else's game?

Of course, Lin Chao also knew that it was not actually a game, but merely a world of a different dimension and a different limit.

"Understood," Shivana nodded, guessing in her heart that the prince was preparing to recruit some adventurers to begin strengthening his own forces.

However, she did not think highly of it.

In the Saya Royal Family, the most important thing was to possess a good voice.

By pleasing the Song God and obtaining divine favor, strength would naturally follow.

Like the King of the Saya Royal Family, who never practiced cultivation, but having pleased the Song God and obtained divine favor, he directly became the High Priest of the Song Church, gaining strength comparable to a Legendary Professional.

Diligent cultivation was not the path taken by the Royal Family.

Late at night, Lin Chao looked up at the Starry Sky.

The starlight was dotted, dense and numerous; according to the records in the books on the Continent, every star represented a god.

"The path to godhood is too far away.

Moreover, if a mortal wishes to ascend to a God Position, they need to obtain a divine office and a godhead."

The divine office and godhead were the foundation of the gods.

Only by Slaying a god could one cause the divine office and godhead to drop.

How could a mortal possibly Slay a god?

Therefore, ascending to a God Position as a mortal was very, very difficult.

"By practicing cultivation step by step, I still need at least one year to step into the Legendary realm.

If only I could be like the players, gaining experience by killing monsters."

Lin Chao sighed.

However, he was also very expectant.

Possessing the 【Manager】 talent, the arrival of the players would certainly be of great help to the improvement of his own strength.

……

Canghai World.

Ye Xiaofan was a rich second-generation, an unemployed vagrant, a parasite, and a "lying flat" person; he had an ID online called "Forty-Nine Meter Broadsword," and he was addicted to various games.

At this moment, he threw his computer down directly, cursing: "Trash game, trash teammates, a five-star Pet Beast losing a PK to someone else's four-star Pet Beast!"

Just then, the doorbell rang, and Ye Xiaofan walked through the villa to the Gate.

"Is this Forty-Nine Meter Broadsword? There is a delivery for you here," the courier said, holding a package and standing outside the door.

Delivery?

Did I buy something?

Ye Xiaofan was a bit confused.

"I am."

He signed for the delivery.

Returning to his room, he tore open the packaging, and a transparent glass shard appeared in his field of vision.

"What is this?"

It was a small glass shard, very thin, transparent, and looked very Ordinary.

However, when he touched it with his hand, an electronically synthesized voice entered his mind.

【Welcome, player, for obtaining the closed beta qualification for the Twilight of the Gods game. Do you wish to start registering an account?

Friendly reminder: One game chip can only be bound to one player; it cannot be transferred or gifted.】

"Holy crap, high-tech!" Ye Xiaofan suddenly remembered the link the Manager had posted in the group yesterday.

At the time, it was said that a new game was launching and needed closed beta testing, so some closed beta spots were being issued.

At the time, Ye Xiaofan had scoffed at the Manager's introduction of the game and did not trust it at all.

But Ye Xiaofan was an incredibly bored rich second-generation, so he went and reserved a spot.

He didn't expect that they would really mail the game chip, and it wasn't even cash-on-delivery.

This game chip looked like high-tech at a glance.

This was the realization of the conceptual game helmet.

"Register." Without hesitation, Ye Xiaofan hurriedly registered.

【Inputting player information, please do not interrupt.】

【Player information input complete, please confirm your nickname.】

"Ye Di." Ye Xiaofan did not hesitate and confirmed the nickname directly.

【Player nickname confirmation complete, starting to generate character model.

The character model can be adjusted based on the player's real-life appearance.

Please select a character...】

"70% similarity to reality, make it three points more handsome," Ye Xiaofan said hurriedly, "Brother is handsome, very confident, use my own face."

Instantly, in his field of vision, a human figure appeared, with a similarity to him as high as 70%, but even more handsome.

However, that figure was stark naked, everything that should be exposed was exposed, and the exposed parts were almost identical to reality, even beautified.

"Damn, what a loss. If I had known there were such perks, I would have created a female character!"

Ye Xiaofan stomped his feet and beat his chest, regretting it immensely.

Just then, the prompt continued to come through.

【Player identity bound, the game will be activated in three hours.】

The field of vision before Ye Xiaofan brightened.

That figure disappeared, and his gaze fell back to reality.

"This tiny game chip, so powerful?" He looked at the game chip, unable to see what kind of technology it contained, "Probably something those guys in the Special Zone cooked up."

In the current Canghai World, the upper and lower layers are severely divided.

Ye Xiaofan was not surprised that such technology appeared in the Special Zone.

"The shipping origin is actually 'None', sent anonymously?" Ye Xiaofan muttered, his heart even more certain that the game chip came from the Special Zone.

The Special Zone is full of people above others.

It is likely that this game will also be exclusively provided for the big shots of the Special Zone to play in the future.

It's just that, for now, they are letting them do a closed beta test.

After all, the phantom and such that appeared from the game chip just now, Ye Xiaofan guessed that this level of technology was worth a fortune.

"Could the Manager have lied to us? Is this really a virtual reality game?" Ye Xiaofan thought for a moment, then hurriedly moved his new computer and logged into the Unserious Beast-Taming Group.

"Manager, I received the game chip. It's awesome, very high-tech. Is there anything I need to pay attention to in the game?"

Ye Xiaofan tagged the Manager and asked in the group.

Others in the group also understood that it was about the game beta test from yesterday.

"How did the 49-meter broadsword turn into a shill?"

"Don't get scammed until you lose your underwear!"

"I have a virtual reality game, give me one hundred bucks and I'll give you an activation code."

Seeing these, Ye Xiaofan ignored them.

That kind of game chip looked like high-end goods at a glance.

To scam people, the cost would be too high!

Just then, the Manager came online again.

"Like an Ordinary game, players can live and level up.

However, because Twilight of the Gods is the first virtual reality game, aiming to create a world with over 99% restoration to reality and become the player's second world, players need to value their own lives more in the game.

Once dead, you will be unable to log into the game for 48 hours.

Moreover, there are death restrictions; if a player dies frequently, they will be unable to log into the game."

Lin Chao recited these words silently, and through the 【Linker】 talent, his words were sent to the group in the real world.

After all, this is not a real game.

The players are not a bunch of real code.

Death and resurrection are not without restrictions for them either.

"Forty-eight hours, that long?" Ye Xiaofan was instead even more excited.

In a normal game, for the sake of daily active users and traffic, how could they make such a restriction?

Just then, the group owner 【Shengtian Banzi】, who had not spoken all day, suddenly spoke in the group.

"Today, I was in a no-man's land... and received a delivery.

The delivery was... a game chip.

What kind of delivery company... does business in a no-man's land?

Manager, is the delivery guy also from your company?"

Shengtian Banzi was very surprised.

In the Canghai World, there are many no-man's lands.

No-man's lands have not been developed by modern technology, have no communications, and no commerce.

Today, he had just spent the night observing the reproduction of gorillas and was just about to take a nap when a delivery guy suddenly arrived and gave him a package.

That was a no-man's land!

How did the delivery guy get there!

And he even knew his location.

He originally wanted to chase after the delivery guy to ask, but in the blink of an eye, the delivery guy disappeared.

He even thought it was a ghost.

Next, he opened the package and obtained the game chip.

After registering an account, his head was full of confusion.

He even applied to add the Manager's account, but the friend request was never accepted.

That is why he asked in the group.

"The group owner has been bought off too!"

"This group needs to change its name!"

"The decline of domestic games begins with not focusing on game quality, and instead doing marketing and buying Water armies every day."

Lin Chao looked at these messages, his heart calm, and he did not pay them any mind.

He slowly sent out two lines of text.

"Twilight of the Gods welcomes you."

"I hope you all obtain a new life."

(End of this chapter)