Chapter 486: The Tomorrow Plan

Hong Ying's face bore an expression of incomparable shock.

Beside her, Black Monkey and Tun Ye also could not help but stop hiding at this moment, stepping out from the shadows.

Their faces carried expressions of shock and pleasant surprise.

"Manager?"

They looked at Lin Chao, their eyes filled with excitement, reverence, and the joy of a long-awaited reunion.

To them, the Manager was an extremely special existence.

Over ten thousand years of time, they had experienced much.

Yet, what they remembered most deeply was still that period of gaming time.

That game was as real as life, bringing them much.

Not only powerful mental strength but also extremely precious combat experience.

It also opened the Gate of the Supernatural for them.

Their ability to grow rapidly and become powerful later in the Beast Taming World had an indescribable connection to the gifts from the Manager.

To them, the Manager was mysterious and powerful; in a certain sense, he was also their mentor.

Especially now that their strength was great, they understood all the more what a... heaven-defying opportunity it was when they first entered the game world to grow and become strong.

"I never imagined that after so many years, I would be able to meet you all again," Lin Chao sighed slightly.

According to his calculations, ten thousand years had passed since he last saw them.

He also had not expected that so many of the former players were still alive today.

And that they had grown to this point.

When the group met, after confirming that Lin Chao was indeed the real Manager, they were overjoyed.

Hong Ying led Lin Chao into their stronghold in this realm.

"After I annihilated the Light Master, I fell into a deep slumber.

Upon waking again, the world had changed," Lin Chao sighed, "What happened afterward?"

"The Manager actually fell into a deep slumber?" Hong Ying pondered, also coming to some realization.

In the game world, the Manager had incarnated as the Heavenly Dao and ultimately executed the Light Master.

Although, in their view now, the Light Master was nothing special.

However, the act of incarnating as the Heavenly Dao was exceptionally terrifying.

To them, the Light Master was just like a Chosen One of the Beast Taming World, and even more favored by the world.

And the Manager, incarnating as the Heavenly Dao, was a level they could not comprehend.

Perhaps even the Saint Domain, or even beyond the Saint Domain, could not achieve such a feat.

Otherwise, the Beast Taming World would not have remained at a disadvantage when facing the attacks of Red Pupil.

However, the Manager annihilated the Light Master, and the game world shattered.

They, the players, returned to reality.

"At first, we thought the game backend had crashed; I even went to the Bureau of Industry and Commerce to complain about your game company!" Hong Ying couldn't help but laugh when she said this.

She had invested a lot of emotion into the game; the game was her spiritual world. When the game disappeared, she naturally went crazy at the time and even caused many jokes.

"But later, Shengtian found us and told us... that it was not an Ordinary game," Hong Ying mentioned this, her gaze filled with nostalgia, "Only then did we know that the experience in the game could also be borrowed in reality.

The experience in the game also made our mental strength much stronger than that of ordinary people.

Later, under the call of Shengtian, some of our core players united and headed to the Beast Taming World.

Shengtian was actually a prince of a fallen kingdom in a world.

At that time, we were ambitious, with tens of thousands of people scattered across various worlds, and after achieving success in cultivation, we helped Shengtian restore his country.

For a time, we were also incomparably glorious.

But I never imagined that after ten thousand years, only about a hundred people would remain."

Hong Ying sighed when she mentioned this.

It could be said that this group of core players were all true comrades-in-arms, trustworthy, and had common interests, which was why they could band together.

"What about Shengtian?" Lin Chao asked.

"Thirty years ago... he failed to forcibly break through into the Saint Domain and fell," Hong Ying said, her face full of pain.

However, Hong Ying immediately said, "Manager, please forgive us; we never imagined that the person we were to ambush was actually you.

Shengtian's death is also related to this matter."

"Oh?" Lin Chao's gaze turned cold.

"At that time, we core players formed an organization, and everyone grew together.

However, we also attracted the attention of a Hall Master of the Yuan Palace.

That Hall Master discovered that our former Ordinary world had actually produced quite a few... powerful Beast Masters.

To get to the truth, he sent people to capture the members of our organization.

He also learned of the existence of the game world and the Manager, wanting to uncover the secrets within.

Over these years, he has been sending people to capture our members.

As the Yuan Palace is one of the three great palaces, we were no match at all and could only flee.

Decades ago, that Hall Master's lackeys, the Shangguan Family, led Beast Masters to besiege our organization.

To protect the organization, Shengtian forcibly broke through to the Saint Domain, failed, and ultimately died in battle.

A portion of our organization also fell into the hands of the Shangguan Family.

This time, the Shangguan Family told me that if I killed one person, they would return half of our organization's people, so I agreed to this agreement."

Hong Ying's eyes were filled with anger when she mentioned this.

A trace of killing intent also flashed in Lin Chao's eyes: "The Shangguan Family."

He also had a grudge against the Shangguan Family.

"It is time to deal with the Shangguan Family." Lin Chao's eyes carried a trace of killing intent.

He settles his grudges when he has them.

……

Yuan Palace.

The old man had a head of white hair, and his body exuded a mysterious aura that was difficult for others to fathom.

At this moment, a burly man walked in, his face wearing a look of respect.

"Palace Master, a letter has arrived from the Holy Palace."

The old man was one of the three Palace Masters of the Yuan Palace, named Duanmu Xie.

Throughout the entire Beast Master Great World, Duanmu Xie was a peak-level existence.

Duanmu Xie took the letter, a look of curiosity appearing in his eyes: "I never thought that the original Tiedie Chamber of Commerce still had remnants alive in this world, and that one had even become a Xuque Zhuque Shengnü."

As a high-ranking figure of the Yuan Palace, Duanmu Xie had always been ruthless.

Ten thousand years ago, he fought his old rival Yu Nianheng, and in the end, he was the victor.

All the bloodlines of the Yu Clan were wiped out by him in a single thought.

The Tiedie Chamber of Commerce, which had once spread almost across the entire Beast Master Great World, had disappeared.

"Palace Master, shall I go and eliminate her?" The burly man's expression turned stern, revealing killing intent, "If she becomes a Chosen One, I fear she will threaten you, Palace Master."

A Xuque Zhuque Shengnü already had the qualifications to become a Chosen One.

A Chosen One, favored by the Beast Master Great World, and a Chosen One who was also a Zhuque Saintess, was enough to threaten him.

"Am I the kind of person who envies the talented?" Duanmu Xie laughed heartily, "She fights for the world, I should offer my blessings, so why would I obstruct her?"

"Her ancestors had some friction with me, but ten thousand years have passed; everything has long since been blown away by the wind."

"The Palace Master is magnanimous; it was my heart that was narrow." The burly man lowered his head, but then he immediately raised it again, "Palace Master, the Shangguan Family seems to have had some unusual movements recently."

The burly man and the Shangguan Family were both forces under Duanmu Xie.

The two were in a competitive relationship.

"Oh? Is that so? What has that old scoundrel of the Shangguan Family done?" Duanmu Xie asked casually.

"Palace Master, the head of the Shangguan Family, Shangguan Sheng, has actually been cooperating with the Shengtian organization in private."

The Shengtian organization helps Shangguan Sheng kill a person, and he returns half of the captured Shengtian organization members to them.

How could their Shangguan Family have the qualifications to decide the fate of the Shengtian organization members?

The fate of the Shengtian organization members should be decided by you, Palace Master," the burly man said, appearing to be angry on the Palace Master's behalf.

"The Shengtian organization?" After pondering for a long time, Duanmu Xie finally remembered such an organization.

At the time, that organization had caught his attention, and feeling somewhat curious, he had ordered the Shangguan Family to capture people from that organization to get to the truth.

In reality, he had not attached much importance to this matter; it was just a casual mention.

"Indeed, the Shangguan Family has overstepped its bounds." Duanmu Xie's smile vanished.

Although he did not care about the fate of the Shengtian organization members.

But to him, the attitude of the Shangguan Family made him feel displeased.

"The Shangguan Family should change its head," Duanmu Xie said, closing his eyes.

Hearing this, the burly man was somewhat disappointed.

The Palace Master clearly did not want to escalate this matter.

He also understood that it was time for him to leave.

"As you command." The burly man bowed respectfully and left.

In the vast Palace, only Duanmu Xie remained.

And at this moment, Duanmu Xie picked up the previous letter again.

The letter suddenly burned, and from within it, a phantom appeared before Duanmu Xie.

The phantom was a hunched old man with yellowed skin, as if half of his body were buried in the earth; he looked as if he would fall over if the wind blew.

However, Duanmu Xie would not be deceived by the false appearance before him.

The person before him was none other than the Xuanwu Saint Lord, the powerful Beast Master who was the most skilled in defense among the Five Saints.

Duanmu Xie looked at the old man before him, his eyes carrying a smile: "Xuanwu Saint Lord, it has been a long time."

"Duanmu, how is the progress on the Yuan Palace side?" the Xuanwu Saint Lord also said with a hearty laugh.

"Everything for tomorrow's plan is normal." Mentioning this, Duanmu Xie's gaze became solemn.

"The Yuan Palace Master has not discovered anything unusual, right?" the Xuanwu Saint Lord asked.

"He has not." Duanmu Xie shook his head.

"The Imperial Palace, the Yuan Palace, and our Holy Palace have everything for the plan proceeding normally.

The more critical the juncture, the more careful we must be, otherwise, we will fall short of success," the Xuanwu Saint Lord instructed, his expression quite solemn.

"Naturally." Duanmu Xie agreed immediately.

"I came this time to tell you one thing." The Xuanwu Saint Lord lowered his voice, "The Lord of Calamity told me to let us pay attention to the movements of Red Pupil and to keep Red Pupil under our control.

Otherwise... he might destroy our opportunity tomorrow!"

"What?" Duanmu Xie's expression changed slightly, "That small organization, Red Pupil, how could they? Should we take action... and annihilate them?"

Red Pupil invaded the Beast Master Great World.

The Beast Master Great World rose up to resist, but they lost more than they won.

Gradually, two voices appeared within the Beast Master Great World.

One type is the War Faction, and the other is... the Escape Faction.

Duanmu Xie and the Vermilion Bird Saint Lord are of the Escape Faction.

Under the leadership of the Master of Calamity, they are jointly formulating the Tomorrow Plan.

They have secretly built a Boat of Tomorrow, gathering some Elites of the Beast-Taming Great World together; once the God Game fails, they will take these Elites to break through the defenses of Red Pupil and escape to safety.

However, this also requires most of the power of the Beast-Taming Great World to be able to confront Red Pupil head-on; otherwise, they would have no chance of leaving at all.

However, the three Palace Masters of the Three Palaces are all of the War Faction and are bound to fight to the death with Red Pupil.

Therefore, the members of the Tomorrow Plan all communicate and carry out the plan in secret.

"The Master of Calamity says that Cang Tong might have a deep connection with Red Pupil," the Vermilion Bird Saint Lord said with a solemn face. "Red Pupil wants a complete Beast-Taming Great World, so naturally, it will not let our Tomorrow Plan be successfully implemented."

Cang Tong might just be a pawn of Red Pupil.

A low-level member of our Tomorrow Plan has joined Cang Tong; a small part of our Tomorrow Plan may have already been leaked to Red Pupil.

If we want the Tomorrow Plan to be successfully implemented, we must... but we cannot do it ourselves, otherwise, it will expose our existence."

The Tomorrow Plan is of great importance; many members do not even know each other and only maintain single-line contact.

"Borrowing the power of the War Faction, but..." Duanmu Xie's expression was ugly. "We have no idea who the traitor is; if we propose it, we might expose our existence."

Since the failure of the God Game several thousand years ago, these high-level figures have understood that among the Three Palaces, there must be traitors above the Saint Domain who have secretly defected to Red Pupil.

Even if they did not secretly defect, their consciousness might have been occupied by Red Pupil.

Unfortunately, even if they wanted to defect to Red Pupil, Red Pupil would not accept them.

The Beast-Taming Great World is enveloped by Red Pupil, unable to enter or exit, and cut off from contact with other worlds.

To them, a Beast-Taming Great World with a traitor is simply no match for Red Pupil.

Only the Tomorrow Plan can preserve the spark.

"So this matter... is difficult," the Vermilion Bird Saint Lord sighed. "We must sacrifice some people to finish off Cang Tong."

"I have no objections," Duanmu Xie replied.

However, he immediately asked in a low voice: "Who do you think is that traitor?"

The Vermilion Bird Saint Lord was silent: "The Vermilion Bird Saint Lord, the Yuan Palace Master, the Imperial Palace Master, and the two Supreme Elders are all possibilities."

"Then, among them, who is the Master of Calamity?" Duanmu Xie sighed.

The identity of the Master of Calamity remains a mystery.

Even people like them do not know the identity of the Master of Calamity.

However, the Master of Calamity must be one of these five people.

"The Master of Calamity has always hidden his identity, likely to avoid that traitor and prevent the Tomorrow Plan from failing," the Vermilion Bird Saint Lord said.

"By the way, some time ago, the Vermilion Bird Saint Lord mentioned the Saint Master," Duanmu Xie's eyes showed a thoughtful expression. "You are the Vermilion Bird Saint Lord, do you know if the Saint Master truly exists?"

"This..." the Vermilion Bird Saint Lord hesitated. "It might exist."

"Do you think the Saint Master could be the Master of Calamity?" Duanmu Xie asked.

"This..." the Vermilion Bird Saint Lord shook his head. "Whoever the Master of Calamity is, it is possible; let us not make wild guesses."

"Hmm, I will handle the Cang Tong you mentioned.

You must also push for it secretly on your side; you must ensure Cang Tong is wiped out, leaving no chance of survival." A thick killing intent surged in Duanmu Xie's eyes.

"Good." The phantom of the Vermilion Bird Saint Lord slowly dissipated.

Duanmu Xie closed his eyes and began to meditate again, as if the Vermilion Bird Saint Lord had never been there.

Half an hour later, a stream of light flew into Duanmu Xie's Palace.

A look of surprise flashed in Duanmu Xie's eyes.

"The Palace Master has come out of seclusion?"

A look of gravity flashed in Duanmu Xie's eyes.

The Palace Master coming out of seclusion meant that the date for the God Game had been set.

They did not have much time left for the Tomorrow Plan.

(End of this chapter)