"What? They signed a contract with Su Yue?"
"Yes, the Dragon Green Guild acted first, and so did we... we did too."
Yuan Hong's expression was grim. He said, "Didn't we find Su Yue before them?"
The Golden Eagle Guild subordinate stammered, "The 'Su Yue' we found has the same ID and name, but he's not Su Yue, the Lord of Canaan..."
"Scammed??"
"yes."
"How did you discover the clues?"
The vice president respectfully said, "Well, one of our subordinates said he wanted to arm wrestle with him, then got drunk and beat him up... He was exposed. If this is the real Su Yue—with the more than 70 attribute points he received as a server-wide broadcast reward, no one in reality should be his match."
"..."
What about that "fake Su Yue"?
"He initially said he had put all his free attribute points into intelligence."
"Then?"
"Then he couldn't cast spells..."
"And then?"
Yuan Hong covered her forehead, looked at her group of unreliable subordinates, and said, "We recovered 7 hours earlier than Dulin City, and Long Qing has already found Su Yue?"
"yes……"
"Was he just lucky, or was he prepared in advance...? Why did Dulin City recover ahead of schedule?" Yuan Hong's voice came through, but his subordinate couldn't answer his question. He could only continue:
"Hurry up and find that 'real Su Yue.' Even if he has signed a contract with the Longqing Guild, we must do our best and leave the rest to fate."
"yes……"
As the largest guild in the Dragon Kingdom, the Golden Eagle Guild has influence throughout the country. Yuan Hong's revived city is an old industrial city in the north, far away from Dulin City.
Just as he was pacing back and forth, looking somewhat anxious, and even taking the initiative to contact Long Qing.
Long Qing's communication came through:
"Vice President Yuan Hong?"
"..."
Gu Longqing asked, "I heard you found Boss Su Yue?"
"..."
Yuan Hong said, "If you're just trying to mock our Golden Eagle Guild, then so be it. The outcome is still uncertain."
Gu Longqing had indeed established a relationship with Su Yue, the top player in the entire server. While he was pleased that Su Yue had joined the Longqing Guild, he wasn't exactly ecstatic. He said:
"European and American players have issued an assassination bounty on the leader of the Su Yue region."
"..." Yuan Hong said, "Isn't this normal?"
Gu Longqing said, "I plan to join forces with all the major guilds in the Dragon Kingdom to protect the big shots; in short, whatever those damned foreign lord players do, we have to do the opposite."
“…”
Yuan Hong asked, "Reality or a game?"
Gu Longqing said, "There are always factors involved. In the game, there's no guarantee that there won't be traitors or other problems. Besides, the map of the Turin world is too big. We can't guarantee that we can protect the big boss... But it's always good to be prepared. In the real world, we Dragon Kingdom players and lords also need to join forces to resist internal strife."
Yuan Hong: "Benefits?"
Gu Longqing said, "Boss Su Yue cannot die, that's the bottom line... I'm currently questioning something and what might happen in the future."
"What's going on?"
As the vice president of the Golden Eagle Guild, Yuan Hong, despite only having a B+ talent, actually wields considerable power... representing the leading guild in the Dragon Kingdom. Therefore, Long Qing's first reaction was to speak with him. The Long Qing Guild has over ten thousand members in Dulin City and other cities?
Yuan Hong's Golden Eagle Guild, as the number one guild in the Dragon Kingdom, has more than a million players... and even more peripheral members.
And it's unclear whether it was a coincidence or a fluke.
Yuan Hu's Golden Eagle Guild was already expanding in the Turin world before the server even opened.
As a result, the world of Turin also acquired a considerable amount of scarce resources and minerals. The reason why large guilds are so powerful is because they have the ability to integrate resources.
A hundred lord players are of average strength? What about ten thousand?
What about the 100,000 lords?
Moreover, there are some situations that Long Qing is unaware of, but he is very clear about Yuan Hong's purchase of weapons from Su Yue. Where did the gold coins come from? They came from the gold-farming groups under his command. Originally, online gold-farming groups did not have the support of real-world interests; it was difficult to say whether they would maintain loyalty.
However, the Golden Eagle Guild's gold-farming team managed to maintain its overall combat strength and morale...
The real world has now recovered...
This means that players will have more room to develop than the natives of the ordinary Turin world.
"Online" and "offline" form two spaces.
They can also control offline members. The gold farming group also needs to earn real-world RMB and other currencies, whether it's British pounds or euros, to support their families in the real world.
Gu Longqing said, "National War."
"?"
What determines the map of the real world?
"...the predatory capabilities prior to the nuclear age."
"That's right."
Gu Longqing said, "What if one day the power of the Lord World surpasses the nuclear deterrence of reality? That might sound a bit far-fetched; but from another perspective, what if everyone in the future possessed extremely powerful Lord power?"
"China's conflicts with the US and Europe are already deepening..."
"you mean?"
"Nation War..."
"...I'm not just referring to in-game nation wars; nation wars could also break out outside the game...Given the current situation where foreign European regions all want to assassinate the Su Yue leader, if the competition among our major guilds becomes too fierce...like a war plan, many loopholes and weaknesses will appear. What is the US best at?"
Yuan Hong frowned and hit the nail on the head: "Interfering in the internal affairs of other countries."
"right."
"If the US supports proxies and sows discord when internal competition erupts in China... We already have contradictions, and if these contradictions and conflicts are amplified by large foreign guilds and lord players, and even become points of hatred, how should we resolve this?"
Yuan Hong: "..."
Gu Longqing said, "Su Yue is very valuable. Our domestic guilds need to unite. We don't need to form an ironclad alliance, but the managers of the upper-level guilds should cooperate, and can only cooperate."
Yuan Hong said, "What did Su Yue say..."
Gu Longqing said, "Of course I agree."
Yuan Hong said, "What you said makes a lot of sense, but reason is just reason; the benefits aren't enough to sway me. I need to think about it some more."
He stated that he was inclined to join forces with the alliance, but he had not yet seen any greater threat or localized damage from the European region and the United States, so he was unwilling to side with the Su Yue and Long Qing Guilds.
Gu Longqing said, "I've drafted a document, 'Major Guilds in the Dragon Kingdom Turin World: Avoid Malicious Competition for Reputation'..."
“Heh…” Yuan Hong knew exactly what Gu Longqing was thinking.
He claims to be avoiding malicious competition, yet now that he holds the "Imperial Seal of the State" in Su Yue's possession, he demands peace from all the feudal lords while secretly developing his power and becoming a hegemon? There's no such thing as a free lunch.
To put it bluntly, throughout history, too many people have raised the banner of national righteousness while secretly engaging in trade and private interests... Humans are complex creatures.
Does Gu Longqing's "national righteousness" based on the nationalist stance of the Dragon Kingdom account for 30%? Or 50%? Or is it that only 10% is for the Dragon Kingdom's sake, while the other 90% is self-interest? Yuan Hong doesn't know either.
He opened the document "Joint Statement of the Dragon Kingdom Guilds on Avoiding Malicious Competition," chuckled, and shook his head.
—Su Yue is, after all, the number one player in the entire server.
Subordinates, Hero Lords, Artifacts, Territories, Money, Resources, Pet Rankings.
The top-ranked figure across seven lists.
A "symphony" is taking place between the Turin world and the real world, with all the major guilds eager to meet this top-tier Dragon Kingdom player... Meanwhile, the official team and the Dragon Azure Guild have already secured Su Yue's position; the Dragon Azure Guild, in particular, feels a sense of being in a superior position.
The official response was to anticipate assassinations by foreign powers like the US and Europe, and to protect Su Yue's personal safety as a precaution.
All of this, it can be said, revolves around Su Yue's "personal value".
"But how much of this value can it actually have in reality? Or is it only effective in the world of Turin?"
A queen wearing a black mask, Zhang Cheng'er, the guild leader of the "Deep Sea Women's Guild," and a B-rank talent lord of the Turin world, pondered and said:
"Have they found Su Yue yet...?"
A girl in a black mask said, "He has been 'surrounded' by the authorities and the Dragon Azure Guild. Now this Su Yue lord, who is number one on the seven lists and number one in the entire server, has chosen to join the Dragon Azure Guild... If it were me, I might wait for the highest bidder to win... His choice clearly shows a tendency to provoke conflict and a lack of 'human relationships'."
Zhang Cheng'er shook his head and said, "Perhaps he doesn't want to make a complicated choice."
What should we do?
"The Dragon Azure Guild issued a statement entitled 'Major Guilds Avoid Malicious Competition,' which feels like they're doing the opposite of what they're supposed to do; on the one hand, they took Su Yue, a top-tier character, and on the other hand, they demanded that the Dragon Kingdom protect each other... Isn't that a bit too hypocritical?"
"...That's a normal stance."
"Our Dragon Kingdom has such a huge population that the number of guilds is like a swarm of locusts. Even a small county town has many game studios. Once a game studio grows up, it becomes a small guild. The potential and value of the Turin world are now being recognized by everyone."
"More small guilds will gradually emerge; mid-level guilds will continue to expand; and high-level large guilds will swallow them up like big fish eating small fish."
Having grasped this understanding, Zhang Cheng'er then said:
"Now that the Dragon Azure Guild has the trump card of 'Su Yue,' our Deep Sea Guild can talk to the Dragon Azure Guild."
How should we negotiate?
"Join, become a vassal of the Dragon Green Guild!! A small boat is easy to turn around. Since Boss Su Yue has already signed a contract and is with the Dragon Green Guild, we should immediately join forces with the Dragon Green Guild. This is equivalent to Boss Su Yue standing with us."
What does it mean to be number one on all seven leaderboards: Subordinates, Hero Lords, Artifacts, Territories, Money, Resources, and Pets?
Some even predict that Su Yue's real-world strength will be extremely formidable.
It might even be able to withstand bullets without any problem.
This is certainly a denigration of firearms, as well as an excessive admiration and speculation about the strength of the Soviet Union and Vietnam; but what if? What about the future? What if the Turin world becomes a central bargaining chip in the future world that influences the development of humanity beyond the real world?
Just like the attraction of big cities to migrant workers... it creates a vortex and centralization effect, like the "Su Yue" brand.
After being taken over by the Dragon Green Guild.
Gu Longqing hadn't expected so many small and medium-sized trade unions to make requests for subordination.
His phone had been ringing off the hook late at night. Why wasn't Gu Yu by Su Yue's side?
Because she also became busy.
"Qualifications? Review? A women's guild called Deep Sea Guild wants to become our vassal?"
"You guys want to join the Dragon Azure Guild too?"
On that day, all the phone lines at the Longqing Trade Union were busy. Every time a line was opened, it was overwhelmed with calls. This scene was reminiscent of the TV commercials that aired in 2005, which made advertisers a fortune and swept the country.
With the addition of "Su Yue Lao Lao" (a nickname for a prominent figure in the Su Yue gang), the Longqing Guild has become more than just a tiger with wings; it has transformed into a bustling pink sheet market, much like the trading of popular stocks on Wall Street. It has become like Liu Jiang, who was once the Asian sprint champion.
Under such circumstances,
Su Yue slowly rose, looking at the stunningly beautiful and elegant woman beside him, Elisa…
"Are you up?"
Eliz clung to Su Yue's arm; he now understood what a "land of beauties" truly meant.
It's really hard to get started.
Su Yue didn't have any work during the day, nor did he need to post or give speeches on player forums, but looking at the private messages Gu Longqing sent him in the WeChat group...
"Boss, now all the world lord players in the Dragon Kingdom regard you as a role model; is there anything you want to say to them? You are now a hero of the Dragon Kingdom... How about giving us some inspirational words?"
"No……"
"..."
"It either exists or it doesn't. The development and situation of my territory cannot be replicated. 'War scholars' and 'strategists' have more authority to speak on the understanding of war and campaigns than I do; they know how to create death and destruction."
"As lords of the world of Turin, we are merely soldiers on another level, or rather, rulers of a territory in another world—a dictatorial monarch."
"Under such circumstances, the internal affairs of each territory are different, and it is difficult to generalize."
Gu Longqing said, "Very good, next question..."
He conducted a small-scale interview with Su Yue.
Then he asked Su Yue if he could publish the chat logs as a draft.
"..."
"Fine, whatever you say."
Their conversation didn't involve any secrets, so Su Yue naturally couldn't stop Gu Longqing from posting it...
He shook his head, wondering when he would be able to return to the world of Turin.
The stunningly beautiful woman beside him also got up.
What are you going to do?
Elisa suddenly stood up in surprise, looking at a woman in a black military officer's uniform with a red shirt not far away...
"soldier?"
"Yes, the official body sent someone to protect me yesterday, codenamed 'Nancy'."
Nancy stood calmly not far away... One by one, officers from the Dragon Kingdom appeared beside Su Yue, and his upcoming trip would be under tight protection.
Just as Su Yue was pondering how to spend the day, the Luoyan Yellow Mark on his right arm suddenly flickered twice...
"This is?"
"The Yellow Seal of the Snail Annihilation, how come it was suddenly triggered?"
"puff……"
Su Yue's neck, arms, and fingernails seemed to be undergoing strange, kinetic changes...
Nancy seemed to have received a communication; she said:
"An anomaly has occurred in the misty region..."
"An anomaly?"
Su Yue looked up at Nancy. The Turin world is essentially a special large-scale multi-dimensional universe, which is divided into material planes and multi-dimensional elemental planes such as lightning, steam, minerals, radiation, gas planes, and water planes.
In this context, the separation from the real world can be viewed as the separation from a small material plane...
Would you like to go and take a look?
"Can."
Su Yue suddenly looked up in surprise, and just like in the Three-Body Problem, a 24-hour countdown suddenly appeared in the upper right corner of his eye socket.
"?"
Eliz said, "I saw a countdown in my eyes: 23:59:43 seconds..."
Is this the return time?
"Is it possible...we're all going back? Can we log in and out freely?" Elisa wondered; the current world of Turin felt like a place where players were only allowed to be "forced to log in" and "forced to log out".
They are not allowed to freely travel between the real world and the Turin world... This is quite similar to the feeling that the Trisolarans were forced to travel back and forth between the Constant Era and the Chaotic Era, and that their civilization was destroyed more than 1,000 times. This feeling of being out of control.
Su Yue's impression of it was also not good, but the Turin world is a material plane.
He doesn't need to consider the game experience and feedback of players worldwide... they won't even take responsibility for it or make any changes.
"..."
"Less than 24 hours until return?"
At this moment, "Nancy" said, "Many monsters have appeared in the misty area."
"monster?"
Su Yue's expression was a half-smile. With the S-level talent of the Divine Ruler, plus his ability to sense danger... he had even slept with demons and dealt with devils. What kind of monster could be called a "monster"?
"Skaven, elves, orcs, dwarves? Or skeletons and undead?"
"..."
Nancy said, "Not any of the species you mentioned, but..." He projected the communication onto the luxury hotel's electronic screen.
"..."
"This is?"
Elie stared in shock at the amorphous black monsters. They were completely different from the troops of the Dwarven Empire, the Skaven, and the High Elves. They were a blackish-gray slime, as if a human was living inside the slime.
They resembled winged demons; their shapes were bizarre, including one that looked like a lobster. What struck Su Yue and Elisa as even more strange was that at the 16-second mark, the monsters' forms seemed to change again.
"?"
Nancy said, "The higher-ups in the government have concluded that the rules of the Turin world may have infiltrated the real world... and the auction house is now usable."
"oh?"
Previously, Su Yue could only access the friends panel in the Turin world, but now he discovered that the auction house had also been unlocked in the real world outside of Turin.
"Two worlds are merging, the real world is recovering... and the rules of the Turin world have emerged?"
"Then what about my troops? My Canaanite subjects? Won't they be able to enter Earth in the future?"
Su Yue's expression shifted between anticipation and astonishment.
He was unaware of the impact and devastating effects that the Devil's Reef and the Canaanian Devil Cult might have on the real world if they entered it.
But he knew that the foreign lords and the Eagle, the guys in the Greater Europe, especially the monkeys from the White Elephant Country and the non-Chinese countries, were definitely doomed.
—At that time, I will reign supreme…
"Science, and some of the instruments, are all malfunctioning?"
In a hospital in Dulin City, Dragon Kingdom: "Our most expensive surgical equipment... has malfunctioned?"
"What happened?"
Inside a cutting-edge research laboratory in the Dragon Kingdom, a professor suddenly opened his eyes. He had just become a lord from the world of Turin and was marveling at how "science and technology" could still be effective in reality when a situation similar to that in The Three-Body Problem suddenly occurred.
In his eyes, a countdown appeared that was not only visible to Wang Miao.
"Teacher, we also see a countdown... 23 hours left..."
Are we going back to the world of Turin?
"I'm not sure, and I can't be certain... that part of the effectiveness of physics has failed..."
He immediately picked up a piece of scrap paper and wrote down mathematical formulas on it...
The master's and doctoral students, senior students and junior students in white coats in the laboratory got to work urgently.
"Physics...physics has been changed!!!"
"The Three-Body Problem... The Three-Body Problem seems to have come true!!"
At this moment, a shocking sound rang out in the academic circles of the Dragon Kingdom... The Turin world has changed the rules of the material world... A large number of strange creatures appeared in the mist, which were not monsters classified as races of the Turin world... There was no information or data above their heads, and they did not pose any immediate threat to the urban and rural populations of the Dragon Kingdom.
However, national-level exploration agencies were astonished to discover that the territory of Blue Star was constantly expanding... The entire geographical area of Dulin City was rapidly inflating like a balloon being blown up by a child, growing larger and larger with the mist...
"Holy crap... how did it turn out like this?"
"The area is expanding..."
Previously, the several prefecture-level cities and counties adjacent to Dulin City could be reached by high-speed rail in just a few hours. However, this is now happening: the high-speed rail lines surrounding Dulin City are being cut off section by section, cracking and breaking like stretch marks...
Stretching for hundreds of kilometers, it suddenly appears in the middle of subway stations, and strangely, many buildings are torn in half.
"New changes have occurred..."
Su Yue vaguely sensed that reality had taken on a "Turin flavor"...
"This feeling is a bit strange?"
"It's as if the real world is no longer the 'real world,' but has become... a 'copy' of the world of Turin!!!"
Human understanding of the world has always been diverse. Some people believed that the sky was flat and the earth was square (ancient people); others believed that there was no other world besides the mind, a concept known as "nothing exists outside the mind" (Wang Yangming); still others believed that extraterrestrials existed beyond the world (the United States)...
Everyone's understanding of the world is different.
Su Yue, however, sensed the changes occurring on the yellow seal on his right arm and suddenly stared at his arm in astonishment…
"Aaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!"
"husband?!"
"Su Yue?"
Nancy and Elie immediately moved closer. Nancy reacted at least half a second faster than Elie. A large number of high-ranking officers of the Dragon Kingdom heard Su Yue's cries and immediately raised their shields, moving at a terrifying speed.
"??????"
"??????"
"What...what is this?"
Before them appeared an enormous, terrifying portal emanating from a starlight-filled planet, radiating a cool, bluish-purple light…
A slender, jade-like hand emerged from the portal, her arm shimmering with starlight, like a dazzling jewel adorning her magnificent arm... Her beauty was exquisite, radiating a noble and elegant princess aura.
The "princess" here doesn't refer to a princess, but rather to the "princess" of a "duchy, citizen, public," and the "master" of the nation... An aura of a ruler over all living beings and the public surrounds the woman before him... The dazzling light of diamonds illuminates the stars and the sun behind her...
"What... what is this?"
Nancy stared at the woman in front of her in shock.
Su Yue was equally shocked. He waved his arms, sending out stardust-like particles that floated towards the woman before him from the blessing of Cthulhu.
This scene and feeling, this strange emotion and connection, made Su Yue feel astonished that the woman in front of him had no ill intentions towards him... and even a sense of curiosity arose within him.
Moreover, he felt that this woman had been summoned by him.
"I have influenced this world (Goka.ftaghau'fhalma, the evil god's words)..."
"Who...who are you?"
The woman seemed to make no attempt to conceal her identity or origin. Her exquisitely beautiful and graceful figure possessed an alluring charm, reminiscent of a princess or a court beauty, coupled with a unique and terrifying aura, making her appear almost divine... or perhaps, she herself was a deity...
The language of an evil god!!!
—Cthulhu the Great God!!!
Su Yue stared at the woman in front of him in utter shock...
This is absolutely a Cthulhu-like evil god...
They're not running away anymore.
The amorphous matter from the previous terrifying scenes, including the fog that appeared in the real world, all seemed to be synchronized with her power, vibrating together; this was due to Su Yue's divine lineage, Cthulhu's divine blessing, and the power of Hastur, the Wind King, within the Luoyan Yellow Seal.
His own faction is also: the Great Old Ones.
He immediately turned away from the deity before him.
They sensed many unique pieces of information that others couldn't perceive or understand. "Blue Star... was influenced by her??"
Su Yue came to this "reasonable" conclusion, his expression and pupils trembling violently...
"And you are?"
“ah'ehye.ee.fhtagn… (Are you Su Yue, the lord of Canaan)?”
“li'hh (It’s me)…”
The stunningly beautiful goddess of the Kelvin gazed at Su Yue, her eyes filled with curiosity and allure. She reached out and touched Su Yue's face. Amorphous celestial bodies and matter on her long sleeves continuously evaporated and drifted, creating an eerie and unparalleled illusion of death...
Her body was covered in jellyfish-like tentacles and incredibly beautiful colored stardust...
Nancy's entire body froze... her pupils trembled violently.
It was as if she had seen something terrifying, incomprehensible, and unknowable... Elie felt the same way... She seemed to see a true god communicating with her husband, the man she loved. Her expression was one of shock and horror.
"..."
"My parents sent me here for a blind date. Hello, my name is Cthylla."
—The daughter of "Great Cthulhu" and "Idh-Yaa"... Kshira? Also a Cthulhu-level Great Old One?
'...Was the influence on Earth caused by her?'
...Su Yue previously had no proper concept or understanding of Cthulhu or the Cthulhu-related evil gods. Even when Idya descended, he only thought of her as a hero above the 9th rank...and he only knew from fragments that she could unleash a tsunami-like event that could engulf over 1000 dark elf troops...but...
When his daughter arrived in reality, and even brought the city of Turin to life, he was shocked.
He was utterly shocked...
A chill ran down Su Yue's spine and straight to his forehead...
Lord's Log: "You met the true god Cthulhu, and were affected by the aura of the true god. You have gained: 100 free attribute points."
"???"
"What the hell?" "How many free attribute points?"
"100 points??????"
"Holy crap..." Su Yue's expression suddenly changed... He had fought tooth and nail in the Turin world for five whole days, battling this and that, but it was all less important than the woman's advances and closeness before him?
"Holy crap..."
Lord's Log: "The Cthulhu blood within you is boiling..."
Su Yue's Sanity showed no signs of decreasing. On the contrary, Elie, Nancy, and the other members of the Dragon Kingdom responsible for protecting him seemed like ants before the great true goddess princess, Kheira. Not to mention her undisturbed movement, the "mass" Su Yue felt at that moment was like an enormous celestial body or planet, and how could humans compare to a planet? They were just a pile of dust... including Earth...
They were all like a speck of dust...
A vast amount of material and terrifying, Cthulhu-level Great Old One power surrounded the woman and the portal...
"Could you please restrain your power?"
Kshira looked at Su Yue: "Are you satisfied with my appearance?"
She was sent by her mother, Id Ya, to arrange a blind date with this lovely young human man before her...
She immediately stated her goal and intentions: "I'm here to go on a blind date with you... Shall we have our date here?"
"..."
"Your home looks rather small..."
"..."
A blind date?
Dating? ?
"You've brought the whole world back to life, and you're saying you want to be with me because of a blind date?! I'm going to explode!" Su Yue was completely dumbfounded. He never imagined such an outcome or scene... A Cthulhu god, transported to the real world, just to go on a blind date with him? Is this even a scenario a human could conceive of?
Kshira said innocently, "Shouldn't we make a good first impression on our first meeting?"
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