In the living room of the safe house.
Fei Shengxiao exclaimed, and everyone looked at her.
The ball in her arms began to turn into debris and fell down. Within two or three seconds, it disappeared completely.
This seemed like an ominous sign, and everyone felt nervous.
Song Yang walked out from the corridor.
Feng Shi stood up and asked in a low voice: "Xia Jing..."
There was no expression on Song Yang's face, and no emotion in his eyes.
He avoided answering the question and just pulled out a chair and sat down.
Several people exchanged glances and understood what was going on.
Fei Shengxiao's eyes suddenly turned red.
In that small corner, the air suddenly became very stagnant, making it hard to breathe.
Song Yang looked up.
The safe house was still collapsing, which made many people look uneasy.
If the safe house disappears, will they be thrown back into the darkness and chaos? And this time, who can protect them?
Do they really have a way out?
A suffocating silence continued to spread.
Just then, someone noticed that there seemed to be a gust of wind circling around the safe house.
Immediately afterwards, the originally cracked and collapsed wall was restored to its original state.
It's as if there is a force that is saving and protecting the safe house.
This scene made many people open their eyes wide.
Even though the restored wall would be covered with cracks again in the next second, the force was still persevering in surrounding and repairing it.
The two forces are constantly pulling and restraining each other.
"This is..."
Many people cast their eyes towards Song Yang.
At this moment, they were all thinking in their hearts, could this be the power from Xia Jing?
But there was no such scene just now, so how did Xia Jing do it now?
They never saw him show up.
This young man's power was completely unleashed. Could it be because his body had already...
…
Time passes by every second.
At some point, someone suddenly shouted, "The logout channel has reopened. Did you feel it?!"
Everyone perked up, closed their eyes and felt it.
Then they cheered up.
That's right, the passage to leave Smiley City reappeared in their minds, and they can return to the real world!
This may mean that the reconstruction of Smiley City is about to be completed, and the structure of this terrifying world will be stabilized again.
Admittedly, logging out does not mean that they have completely left this place, but at this moment, just being able to no longer be trapped here and to go home is enough to make people burst into tears.
Soon, more than a dozen people disappeared on the spot.
Someone hesitated. The player next to him asked him what he was thinking. He said, "I'm thinking, if I return to the real world now, I won't know what will happen to Smiley City later. If I'm forcibly recalled here again, I won't know the situation at all, and it could be very dangerous."
He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "I'm the type of person who only feels at ease when I'm having blood drawn or an injection when I see the nurse insert the needle into my vein. Burying my head in the sand like a camel isn't my style. So I plan to wait here a little longer."
"I want to see what Smiley City will become."
The man who was talking to him was stunned for a moment, and then he subconsciously glanced at Song Yang.
Everyone on Song Yang's side didn't move.
They are all still quietly waiting for the final changes to come to Smiley City.
…
More and more people are leaving Smiley City, and fewer and fewer people are in the safe house.
However, this time, even Jia Qing and Zheng Shu did not tremble and shout that they wanted to go back.
Their eyes were red and their fingertips were trembling slightly, which showed that they were afraid, but they all gritted their teeth and sat still.
The summer scene has disappeared.
That young man is already dead, but the remaining power is still protecting them. How can they be willing to just leave like this and let Smiley City change at will and play with them at will!
They want to stay.
They want to find an opportunity to destroy Smiley City. Even if there is no such opportunity, they must at least figure out what is going on and who is standing in the dark and playing with all this!
Jia Qing sniffed and raised his arm to wipe his eyes.
Suddenly, a force visible to the naked eye flew over from a distance.
It struck hard at Xia Jing's power surrounding the safe house, completely defeating the latter in an instant.
Song Yang and the others stood up together, their faces sullen.
Then, everyone heard a laugh.
This laughter came from this entire chaotic world.
Zheng Shu's voice was tense: "Whose voice is that? Who's laughing? Why does it sound like a child?!"
Someone leaned over the window and shouted, "That vortex that was spinning up there has disappeared!"
The next second, there was a loud bang, accompanied by a violent vibration under their feet. The darkness outside suddenly disappeared, and they were suddenly back in the game hall.
Everyone looked at everything outside the window in surprise and confusion.
That was indeed the game hall they were familiar with.
The lights are bright, and the huge space is filled with rows of login rooms.
There is a huge holographic screen at the front, but there are only a few large words on the holographic screen:
——Welcome to the realm of God.
Lu Chenfei sneered, "The realm of God? Who's got a Chuunibyou attack?"
Song Yang unfolded the small holographic screen.
The small holographic screen has completely stopped working and turned gray.
The Smiley City seems to have completely disappeared, and what they are about to face is a new and strange world that has been transformed by someone.
At this time, all the players in the safe house saw several mysterious figures appear in the game lobby.
Who is that?
Song Yang said coldly: "Go out and take a look."
*
There are only sixty or seventy players left.
Led by Song Yang, Lu Chenfei and others, the group walked out of the safe house one after another.
The safe house seemed to have completed its final mission and completely collapsed into smoke and dust at this moment.
There were scattered footsteps in the game hall.
Song Yang and the others walked to the center of the game hall and stood still.
Those mysterious figures also stopped in front of the holographic screen.
Someone recognized a few of the faces and exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't that the CEO of XX Group?!"
"The one on the far left is Lu Caihui, right?!"
"And Dean Zhang!"
Among the dozen or so people who appeared before them, four of them were entrepreneurs known to almost everyone in the country, and were figures they often saw in the news and on the Internet.
The four entrepreneurs were of different heights and weights, but they all looked at them as if they were looking at something new.
That's not the way he looks at a person, but the way he looks at an object.
Behind them were eight tall bodyguards in suits.
Among the bodyguards, there was a figure with a slightly hunched back. That was...
"Jiangying?!" someone shouted angrily.
At this moment, Song Yang frowned.
The slightly hunched man looked just as he did in the video they had seen four years ago, with black hair that was slightly longer, and his forehead hair was so long that it covered his eyes.
Those eyes were a little timid, but also concealed a hint of excitement, as if they were treating all the players as playthings.
"Jiang Ying," Song Yang said slowly, "Aren't you already dead?"
Jiang Ying looked at him and chuckled softly, his eyes sparkling: "Did Xia Jing tell you?"
His voice was a little hoarse and rough. "What a pity! Actually, I didn't die four years ago. Everyone else died, and I was the only one who managed to return to the real world."
"Of course, it was because Xia Jing controlled my energy that I was able to successfully reopen this amusement park over two hundred days ago." Jiang Ying seemed a little unhappy. He narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Now that he's completely dead, he can no longer stop me."
A player angrily took out a machete from his space bag and rushed towards Jiangying!
Jiang Ying was startled and quickly leaned back.
He was pulled over by the bodyguard, and then the player who rushed forward crashed into an invisible wall!
Jiang Ying came to his senses and laughed angrily: "You want to kill me? Don't you see who created this place! This is my territory, mine!"
"Okay, okay, don't argue with them," said Lu Caihui, an entrepreneur in his sixties. He was dressed elegantly in a polo shirt and spoke gently. "We finally finished renovating this place. Xiao Jiang, why don't you try it out for us first?"
Jiang Ying quickly gave Lu Caihui a flattering smile and snapped his fingers.
Four iron cages appeared in front of everyone in an instant!
Everyone was stunned again.
There was a person locked in each of the four iron cages. All four of them looked dazed and had just woken up. They looked at everything around them in confusion, as if they thought they were dreaming.
These four people are actually well-known businessmen in their respective fields, and many people know them!
Feng Shi approached Song Yang and whispered, "It seems that Jiang Ying has joined these people and intends to completely use Smile City as a tool to kidnap and threaten others and trade money and power."
Where did the missing socialite go?
If this group of people were already experimenting with Smiley City at the time, then what happened to the socialite was most likely the result of her opponent making a deal with these people, allowing them to kidnap the socialite and bring her to Smiley City, where they would torture her repeatedly and retaliate against her.
Who was it that crushed the rich businessman's heart? It was most likely a supernatural being who had long been recruited by these people. With the threat of Smiley City, the supernatural being would naturally let them do whatever they wanted.
What happened to the middle-aged man that Sun Qianqian met in the four-star copy?
He was likely a victim as well, but these people would spare his life if he chose to compromise.
After Smiley City is completely under the rule of these people, their model will become more mature and they will be able to use Smiley City to achieve all their desired goals.
However--
Chai Feng stood in the crowd and asked loudly, "What are you going to do with us? Smiley City is yours now. You can use this place however you want. We players are of no use to you, right?"
"How could that be!" Entrepreneur Zhang Yuan immediately laughed and said to Chai Feng, "Although this is my first day here, I've heard from Xiao Jiang that these dungeons require several people to play, right?"
Dean Zhang pointed at the four people in the iron cage and said to Lu Caihui beside him, "We already have four players now, so we need a few more, right?"
Lu Caihui nodded and smiled at the players, "Now that you know our secret, we certainly won't let you go easily. How about this, who among you is willing to step forward and play with them—"
Lu Caihui pointed at the four people in the iron cage and said politely, "We can pay you high wages. From now on, you are employees of the 'God's Domain'."
This extremely absurd statement made many players look surprised.
Lu Caihui continued to talk: "Since you are an employee, your work content will of course be formalized."
"We're not sure how many 'prey' we'll be releasing each month, but we can arrange shifts for you, with each employee taking turns entering the dungeon."
"Or we could implement a profit-sharing system. Whoever is the most active, enters the most dungeons, and maximizes the benefits will receive the highest bonus."
One player laughed in surprise: "Are you kidding me? What do you take us for?! What if we don't want to?"
"If you don't want to, we certainly won't force you," Dean Zhang said with a smile. "But I still say that we won't let you leave. If you don't want to be our employees, then even if you are forced into the dungeon in the future, you won't get a penny. That's not worth it, right? Don't be impatient, think about it carefully."
This was simply a gangster-like statement, and many people were so angry that they wanted to rush forward.
Lu Caihui said, "Alright, alright, stop arguing. If we can cooperate, your situation will be better than before. Think about it carefully. If you want to try, come forward now. You may not have this opportunity after today."
The players roared in anger.
"Who wants to cooperate with you?!"
"Who do you think you are?"
The arrogance of these four entrepreneurs is almost overflowing from their skin.
They gave suggestions that sounded very humane, but in fact they never gave players like them any room for choice.
It's infuriating, but it also feels like a punch on cotton.
Lu Chenfei laughed angrily and said, "I haven't seen such a cheap thing in a long time."
After listening to the speeches of these entrepreneurs, Song Yang turned his attention back to Jiang Ying.
Jiang Ying was only concerned with flattering the four entrepreneurs, as if he didn't care about the eyes of others at all.
In that video footage from four years ago, Jiang Ying was timid, cowardly, and gloomy, but not so opportunistic.
Judging from Xia Jing's description of Jiang Ying, Song Yang also did not think that Jiang Ying had the ability to flatter others.
Did four years change him, or...
Song Yang narrowed his eyes.
As everyone was cursing furiously, Chai Feng remained silent for a long time. Suddenly, he stepped forward and said, "If I'm willing to become your employee, then you'll always tell us in advance which dungeons we want to enter and the secrets to clearing them, right? After all, employees only need to perform well, that's all."
He understood the needs of these entrepreneurs immediately.
Dean Zhang immediately laughed and said, "That's right, that's right. How could we possibly let our employees face danger? We'll tell you all the secrets to passing the game. All you have to do is play the role of the player and deal with the prey according to our instructions."
One player said in disbelief: "Chai Feng, you?!"
Chai Feng said coldly: "Since I can't leave here, can't I find a way to make my situation a little better?"
He walked over and stood with the bodyguards.
Dean Zhang and Lu Caihui looked very satisfied.
They also said, "By the way, we very much welcome people with special abilities to join us!"
With Chai Feng taking the lead, some people soon began to waver.
After a while of arguing, another player stood up and said uncomfortably, "I'm a mutant, and I'm willing to try it too."
Another player soon came out and said, "My ability is jumping."
Three players defected so quickly, and the four entrepreneurs laughed so hard that they couldn't open their eyes.
Lu Caihui instructed Jiang Ying: "Xiao Jiang, you should design the copy first."
"Let's make our first experiment more interesting. Let's design a few copies with more people. How about twenty?"
Zhang Yuandao:
"Twenty-seven, twenty-seven is my lucky number."
Lu Caihui immediately laughed out loud: "Okay, okay, then twenty-seven."
Jiang Ying put on a smile and agreed to all their requests.
Lu Caihui added, "The dungeon difficulty must be the most difficult. How about a five-star dungeon?"
Jiang Ying: "Okay, wait a moment, I'll start designing right away."
Jiang Ying closed his eyes.
Soon, everyone was shocked.
The holographic screen suddenly turned black, and then, like a movie, two white words gradually emerged - It's God.
Is this the name of this five-star copy?
Many players tensed up.
Other colors gradually appeared in the black background, red, green, and blue. These strange colors blended and rotated, as if gradually forming an unknown picture.
What will the setting of this copy be?
What will be waiting for the rest of the players?
Everyone stared at the holographic screen in a state of alert.
The next second, an accident happened suddenly.
All the colors and words disappeared, and the holographic screen returned to white, with a black word appearing on it.
"Hi:)"
The familiar smiling face surprised everyone.
Jiang Ying closed his eyes and before he could react, he was sucked into the holographic screen!
Immediately afterwards, the four entrepreneurs, eight bodyguards, four iron cages and the people inside, Chai Feng and the other two psychics were all sucked into the holographic screen and disappeared!
This reversal caught everyone off guard, and the players were immediately furious.
Jia Qing was stunned: "What is this? How come they were all sucked in halfway through the copy design?!"
"What happened?"
"Where did they go? Did they go into that copy they designed themselves?!"
A light laugh suddenly rang out among them.
Song Yang raised his arms and firmly supported the young man in front of him.
Lu Chenfei, Feng Shi and others on both sides were all stunned.
At some point, Xia Jing appeared in front of Song Yang.
No one saw where Xia Jing came from, it was as if he fell from the sky.
The handsome young man leaned his back against Song Yang's chest, using Song Yang's arms to steady himself. He then turned his head and said with a smirk, "It's been an hour, Song Yang."
Song Yang breathed a sigh of relief and finally laughed: "Well, I haven't seen you for an hour."
He tightened his arms and hugged Xia Jing tightly, feeling his heart finally at ease.
Xia Jing's appearance immediately caused a group of players to explode!
Jia Qing was shocked and said, "Brother Jing, you're not dead?! Where did you come from?!"
At this moment, Xia Jing's whole body was intact, without even a crack!
What is going on here?
Jia Qing was very surprised, but he was also confused!
Lu Chenfei glanced at the holographic screen that had sucked Jiang Ying and the others in, then reacted and said, "Xia Jing, was it you who tampered with that five-star dungeon?"
"Yes," Xia Jing narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Actually, when they completely defeated me just now, I retained some strength."
The little bit of strength he retained escaped and wandered throughout the terrifying world, always looking for an opportunity to fight back.
Just when Jiang Ying was designing the copy, that trace of power successfully sneaked into the copy.
At this moment, the complete copy cover finally appeared on the holographic screen.
It was a... confusing picture.
There are several trees and a piece of muddy land in the picture.
The sky was gloomy and felt very cold. Rain fell from the sky, soaking the land.
In the center of the screen, the words "It's God" are still there, but in the 27-person copy of this title, 20 players have already logged in.
Xia Jing said: "I used my power to interrupt Jiang Ying's design for the copy, inducing the copy to suck them all in. After all -"
The young man paused, narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Since they are so interested in the dungeon game, why don't they try it themselves?"
That devilish smile made the others shudder.
He appeared, the most terrifying person appeared!
However, the little bit of power that Xia Jing retained was very weak. After he forcibly interrupted Jiang Ying's creation of the copy, the copy lost control from Jiang Ying's hands and soon lost control from his hands as well.
The four kidnapped people were sucked into the copy together because the copy went out of control for a moment, and Jiang Ying's thoughts mixed in it kidnapped these four innocent people.
"The most important structure of this copy is ultimately generated by this terrifying world itself," said Xia Jing.
Feng Shi thought of something and said, "Does this mean that Jiang Ying hasn't completely taken control of this place yet?"
If he had complete control, it should be impossible for Xia Jing to find an opportunity to take advantage of him.
Xia Jing: "Yes."
In fact, if Jiang Ying had complete control of this place, he would not have failed to discover that Xia Jing actually still had some strength left.
Xia Jingchan's kick caused the power in Smiley City that had not yet been controlled by Jiang Ying to gather into this five-star copy like a whirlpool.
"So now, neither I nor Jiang Ying know what's inside this dungeon," Xia Jing pointed at the holographic screen and smiled. "Is anyone willing to go in with me and take care of them?"
Lu Chenfei said: "Wait, Xia Jing, can you tell us what happened first? What happened to you just now?"
Song Yang coughed lightly and said, "This has to go back to a few days ago—"