Chapter 744: Ancient Game (A tribute to the alliance leader 'Hui Chi Ji Shi Hao Mao'!)

"Demon Heart Art..."

Aaron walked out of the supermarket and couldn't help but sigh: "Truly a divine skill..."

"Humans are truly too fragile. You think your mind is controlling your body, but in reality, it is hormones controlling your body and emotions..."

"Therefore, as long as you control the hormones, you can control a person, even without them noticing in the slightest..."

He carried the plastic bag, returned to the rented room, waited patiently for another seven days, and restarted the Simulator:

【27 years old, you travel far to Jincheng, create three Secret Martial Arts, and cultivate them all to Small Success...】

"And look at how good the environment is here; nearby is the university town... there are a lot of young people."

"Sure enough, I didn't choose the wrong Golden Finger with my Simulator."

While providing his information, a trace of a smile hung on the corners of Aaron's mouth.

The bald landlord wearing a white undershirt searched for a long time in the key ring in his hand, found the key to the rental room, and opened the door for Aaron: "Take a look... not bad, right? There's even an internet cable..."

However, superficial appearances still had to be maintained.

Although he died young, Aaron's eyes widened slightly: "Finally... the curtain of this world has been lifted a corner by me... The 'Ancient' game and players?"

Lin City.

"Damn it... if it weren't for the Simulator, who could have guessed..."

After all, there were still enemies there who hadn't died!

Besides that, it seems that in his hometown of Lin City, it is easier to trigger settings like the Mysterious seeking him out.

【34 years old, you obtain an 'Ancient' game invitation, you enter the game... your game character dies, you die...】

"Six hundred is a bit expensive, you'll have to give me a discount on the water and electricity, landlord..."

"Nothing can stop my pace of playing games!"

Aaron decided immediately to infiltrate the gaming circle of this world.

There are many young people, so there are many who play games; there are many internet cafes nearby, and many university students don't do anything, just focusing on dating and playing games.

The next day, Aaron bought an anonymous mobile phone card, changed his phone, started surfing the internet, and searched for keywords like game and 'Ancient'.

In reality, Aaron had earned quite a bit of money before, and after paying off his bank debts, he still had tens of thousands left, so he didn't have to be this frugal.

Aaron brushed a wave of superiority over the landlord's appearance, then went into the room to take a look, indicating he was fairly satisfied.

After all, he specifically looked for housing near the university town.

As long as Hua Gou and Ye Rongtian were still looking for him, they would definitely find him!

Subsequently, he went to a snack stall to solve his hunger, and before the Night Curtain had descended, he ducked into a nearby internet cafe named 'Lanhai'.

He knew, this was the bait!

After getting the key, Aaron went to the small supermarket downstairs to buy daily necessities, as well as a broom and a mop... and cleaned the inside and outside of the room thoroughly.

His expression was grave: "The transcendents of this world actually obtain abilities through a game; it really exceeds my expectations... and, when the game character dies, I actually die along with it?"

Aaron lay on the bed, scrolling through mobile news while charging his phone, thinking about the problem on the side.

Aaron's past life also belonged to this type, but he only focused on playing games.

Next to him, separated by one seat, sat a youth dyed with yellow hair, gnashing his teeth and glaring at the screen while holding a cigarette, seemingly playing a gunfight game.

Even on some game forums, 'Ancient' was actually a censored word, and posts couldn't be sent at all.

Regardless of what other games he played, as long as he gained fame and the circle grew larger, he could always catch some clues about the 'Ancient' game.

"Fine then... looking at you, you're clean and neat, and don't look like those unsavory people." The landlord was fairly satisfied with this tenant, then took Aaron's identity document copy to sign the contract.

【33 years old, you learn from a player that they obtained strange abilities from a game, and you finally understand the mystery of this world.】

Aaron went to the counter girl to get an access card and found a seat at random to sit down.

Revisiting this old place now, he felt quite emotional.

Inside the internet cafe, various cool mechanical-style desktops were lined up in order, and many people were already sitting in front of the computer desks, most of them playing games.

【30 years old, you return to your hometown, Ye Rongtian visits you personally, kills Hua Gou to vent your anger; you smile and bury the hatchet on the surface, while secretly manipulating Ye Rongtian to jump off a building and commit suicide in front of everyone.】

"Young man, it's not that I'm lecturing you... my house is one bedroom and one living room, with a separate kitchen and bathroom; charging you six hundred a month is really not expensive..."

【32 years old, you know of the existence of 'players', but cannot understand it; you decide to continue investigating.】

It was obvious... those were very likely all played to death by the game!

However, there was no harvest.

"Or rather... even if I could investigate it, it would consume a lot of time and energy... unlike now, where I have clues in less than two months, and even know the danger..."

From this perspective, it seems there should be something like a player stronghold over there?

"It seems I still have to go back..."

He thought of the mysterious death events mentioned in several simulations.

"This game looks quite dangerous."

【28 years old, you decide to become famous so that the Mysterious will take the initiative to contact you... you decide to become a Qigong Master.】

"Hmm... looking at it this way, my life needs to be replanned; earning money to become a billionaire, or becoming a famous master, is not as good as playing games!"

A look of reluctance appeared on his face, and after bargaining with the landlord again, he finally set his intention.

【29 years old, you become famous by performing feats like catching bullets with bare hands, becoming a Demon Sound internet celebrity with a daily income of one million, and are called a 'Qigong Master' by netizens!】

"Open a card for me..."

"The more it's like this, the more problematic it is."

"Landlord, the life I dreamed of in my past life... now it seems, it's nothing more than this... If the price of becoming a landlord is sacrificing my looks, then forget it..."

Aaron carefully studied his future simulation: "... If the game character dies, will the player in reality also die?"

Three days later.

Aaron turned on the computer directly and saw the installed games on the game platform.

【At 31 years old, your fame is growing, and a Mysterious organization has approached you.】

Back when he entered the internet cafe, he had already scanned the room slightly, and combined with his previous memories, he knew that the target's most popular games were only two: one was the shooter "Desperate Gun God", and the other was the MOBA game "Glory of Champions".

The latter was even more popular, possessing quite a few clubs and Electric sports teams; it is said that the market scale had long since reached over one hundred billion!

Electric sports players had also gone from being obscure to stepping onto the public stage; a third-tier player could earn tens of thousands a month, and the true top-tier ones earned tens of millions, or even over a hundred million, annually!

Of course, every industry is a Pyramid; people only see the brilliance at the top, completely ignoring the piles of bones beneath the base of the Tower...

(End of this chapter)