All players: I can choose my own dungeon rewards.

In Jinlin City, hundreds of kilometers away from Dongjiang City, in a luxuriously decorated office, a young man was smoking and sitting casually in a leather boss chair, listening to the report coming from the computer in front of him.

"Boss, all the people who entered the target villa have lost contact, and no response has been received through various means of contact..."

After hearing the very ominous report, the young man continued to smoke in a relaxed manner, and spoke slowly into the microphone with the voice-changing function activated:
"Let the others who haven't entered evacuate first, and then arrange for someone to report to the Dongjiang City Police Station that a large-scale kidnapping has occurred..."

He quickly hung up the call after he finished speaking, then sat back in his comfortable boss chair, took a puff of cigarette and blew out a big smoke ring, muttering in a somewhat disdainful tone:

"This time, my opponent seems quite capable... but he's too arrogant. He thinks I can't do anything to him just because he's hiding in a building... After all, he's too naive to fight me..."

However, just as this person was planning how to use a series of methods to deal with Wang Zhifan, something strange happened!
Suddenly, a palm appeared in the air as he exhaled the smoke ring!
The moment the hand appeared, it grabbed his neck at a speed that he couldn't react to and lifted him up!
"Uh!"

The young man whose throat was strangled suddenly had his eyes bulged and his face became extremely shocked. He reflexively tried to struggle frantically. A dagger with a sharp blade emitting black light appeared out of thin air in his right hand, and he chopped it hard at the hand that was holding his neck.

In an instant, the strangely sharp blade hit the palm that was holding him hard, but the palm seemed indestructible. It neither let go nor was broken by the dagger, which made the young man feel even more shocked.

He then endured the suffocating pressure from his neck and instantly switched the weapon in his hand to a pistol. He turned the muzzle of the gun towards the back of the strange hand and pulled the trigger, trying to use the bullet to kill the owner of the hand who might be invisible.

However, it turned out that he had made a wrong bet. After several consecutive bullets, only his computer and office wall were destroyed. The hand that was grabbing his neck remained motionless, making him feel that he was about to fall into a coma.

"What the hell is this?! We must use emergency measures!"

At this moment, the young man no longer had any hope, and with a thought, he activated the power of a personal item on his body, causing strange fluctuations to flash on his body instantly. He was able to break free from the restraints of the hand around his neck, and his figure disappeared in the blink of an eye.

It can be inferred that this is some kind of ability that combines virtualization and teleportation, which is enough to allow the user to instantly escape from an extremely unfavorable situation and then immediately teleport to a safe place. The smug look in the young man's eyes at the end of his disappearance also proves this. He knew that he had escaped from the desperate situation.

However, the scene that happened next was enough to make one's brain crash.

Because the young man who had successfully escaped by using his most powerful trick was back in the blink of an eye. He appeared out of nowhere in the office filled with a strong smell of cigarettes, and was once again firmly grasped by the neck by that strange hand.

"?!"

The young man was now completely confused. It was hard for him to comprehend what had just happened. He had clearly entered the virtual state and successfully teleported to the secret underground base, but in the blink of an eye he was back to this damn place. It was as if God was playing a joke on him.

However, he was smart and did not choose to give up. He immediately opened his personal player panel, ready to use the mechanism of the extraordinary game to get rid of the strange hand that suddenly appeared, such as entering the player copy.

This method undoubtedly carries certain risks, but compared to being strangled to death by the strange hand, entering the copy offers a better chance of survival.

But before he could actually start the copy process, he felt a loud bang in his head and lost consciousness.

On the other side, in a villa in Dongjiang City hundreds of kilometers away, Wang Zhifan held the Blessed Holy Grail in one hand and reached into the void with the other hand to Jinlin City. He slowly pulled out the young man who had just fallen into a coma, and then threw him into the strange space without hesitation.

It turned out that the hand that suddenly appeared and grabbed the young man's neck was one of his hands, and he used his time and space ability to grab Jinlin City directly.

As for why he could find the target so accurately, it was because of the blessed holy grail in his other hand. This thing had a powerful positioning function, and according to the information he had obtained, it was enough to locate the person behind the plot against him.

Seeing this, Irene, Yali, and Jilupo, who were in the living room, cast curious glances at Wang Zhifan, who had just grabbed a person out of thin air, wondering who had angered him.

Wang Zhifan did not explain. While putting the blessed holy grail into his personal space, he released his mental power to invade the mind of the person he had just captured in the strange domain, and soon obtained a lot of information.

"This guy is actually a level 89 high-level player with four epic equipment. The first one was dropped by him, the second one was traded for at a high price, and the remaining two were obtained by hunting other players..."

"He has a strong background. His family members are well-connected and wealthy. He also controls several companies and has a group of younger brothers who obey his orders. His personal influence can be said to be enormous."

"He has been looking for civilian players with epic equipment and making plans to hunt them, because that's how he rose step by step to become the best among players."

"He has a good brother named Long Er, who is his good partner in dungeons and a very powerful high-level player. More than three months ago, Long Er went abroad to participate in the World War, but he has lost contact with him now..."

After pondering the background of the young man he had captured for a while, Wang Zhifan realized that he had offended an unusual person, and that arbitrarily dealing with him would likely lead to many subsequent troubles.

"Is this going to be another endless drama of beating the younger to the older? Maybe I should take the initiative and wipe out his entire family? But if I do that, the impact will probably be even greater."

For a moment, Wang Zhifan felt a little conflicted. It was not that he could not defeat the family behind this young man, but he really hated trouble and did not want to get involved with this group of powerful people in the future. Because he had to save face, he did not intend to ignore the order and kill people on Earth, even if he had the strength to do so.

After thinking about it, he decided to find another way and use another idea to solve the problem this time. He decisively activated the chaos distortion ability of the mythical belt.

In the past, he used Chaos Distortion to create things out of thin air, transform an existing object, or upgrade his own power, but this time, he only used Chaos Distortion to change a human's mind, leaving his own imprint in the deepest part of his mind. After a while, the young man who was transformed by Wang Zhifan opened his eyes, stood up from the gray ground of the strange domain, and looked at Wang Zhifan in front of him.

It was clearly the first time for him to see Wang Zhifan in person, and also the first time for him to be in the strange domain, but he acted very relaxed and calm, with a sense of familiarity and trust towards the person in front of him. He said to Wang Zhifan:

"Brother Fan, what do you want me to do?"

Wang Zhifan was not surprised at all. After all, he had just transformed the other party for this effect. He forced someone who was strongly hostile to him to become a friend, and the kind of friend who regarded him as his most trusted friend deep in his heart.

"Nothing, just remember to take over these people later, and don't try to reach out to Dongjiang City again."

Wang Zhifan then raised his hand and pointed at the other people who were unconscious in the strange area. This group of people were all the young man’s subordinates. He did not intend to eliminate them all, but return them as they were in order to reduce unnecessary trouble.

"Since it is Brother Fan's request, I will definitely do it. From now on, my people will never set foot in Dongjiang City again."

The young man answered confidently as soon as he heard it, as if Wang Zhifan's words were an imperial decree that could not be disobeyed.

Wang Zhifan was quite satisfied with the transformation effect. In fact, if he wanted, he could completely reform this person's mind and turn him into his loyal soldier, making him willing to die for him. However, that would make it easy for him to be exposed. It would be relatively safer to let him maintain his original character and only change his attitude towards him.

So he went on to give this person a few instructions, such as asking him to remember to conceal this contact from outsiders, not to reveal their relationship, to make up a perfect reason for abandoning subsequent plans, and to do whatever else he needed to do, as long as he didn't involve him.

After hearing his requests, the young man didn't think there was any problem at all and agreed immediately. Then Wang Zhifan waved his hand and used the power of time and space to send him back to Jinlin City's office. He then packed up his brothers and moved them out of the city so that he could send someone to pick them up.

A fierce conflict that could have turned into a TV series came to an end here. Wang Zhifan directly captured the enemy leader and forced him to become his own man. It was a shocking way of dealing with the situation, but it was undeniable that this method was indeed very effective and could save him a lot of energy.

This was the result of complete crushing strength. Wang Zhifan was able to flatten his enemies, so they had no qualifications to fight against him at all. Even if they were manipulated, they would not be able to detect it, unless their strength suddenly soared to the mythical level and were at the same level as Wang Zhifan.

"It's meaningless to play against an opponent who is too weak. It's just a waste of my time to continue. I have to speed up my upgrade progress and complete the extraordinary game as soon as possible... Oh, and the World War may also be worth paying attention to."

When this thought came to his mind, Wang Zhifan subconsciously ignored the fact that the young man just now was actually a Lv89 big player with four epic items.

But what he thought was right. For him now, there were almost no opponents on Earth. He had already left other players far behind in terms of personal strength.

Later, he left the strange domain and returned to the living room of the villa, continuing to browse the player forum on his phone to learn about the world war that he was most concerned about.

World War is now the hottest topic on the player forum, because it is said to determine the fate of the entire Earth, and the Earth players reaped not-so-good results in the first World War, which has led to different opinions on the forum. Many people think that there is no need to send people to participate in the World War, while others think that players from all countries should unite to deal with the World War.

"I'm sure you all know that although Earth won the First World War, it was not an easy win. The casualties were very high, and each country lost a lot of high-end players. At the same time, the reward for winning was ridiculous, with only a commemorative victory trophy. Tell me, who would continue to participate in such a cost-effective and life-threatening event?"

"We must actively participate in the World War! If you don't participate, you will definitely lose! Then our planet will be in disaster! This is the responsibility of all players!"

"If you want to participate, go ahead! It's best if your whole family goes! Fight to the death with the players from other worlds! Even if you win on Earth, no one will remember your kindness! They may even take advantage of you!"

"That's right! We in Xia Country cannot be taken advantage of! Why should our people pay the price of their lives while other countries that have not contributed anything enjoy the fruits of our labor for nothing? At worst, we can all suffer together! It all depends on who has the best luck, which is the fairest!"

"Haha, you guys are too selfish. If everyone thinks like you, I dare say that the Earth will be destroyed soon, destroyed by the continuous accumulation of disasters."

"Haha! Just destroy it! Live one more day! It's better than dying a miserable death as a scapegoat!"

……

The noisy Xiaguo player forum made Wang Zhifan gradually understand how deceptive the so-called World War was. It could be said to be a disgusting activity specially launched by Super Games.

First of all, the risk is high. The opponents are a group of random players from different worlds. The strength of players from different worlds may vary, but there is generally no huge gap. Therefore, regardless of winning or losing, players on both sides will suffer heavy casualties.

Then there is the difference in rewards, or there is no reward at all, only the winner gets a trophy, and no disasters will be added to the world for three months. For the players who participate, it is almost like losing money to gain publicity, putting their lives into it but getting no benefits at all.

Then there is the moral blackmail. Although this is such a deceptive activity, a large number of low-level players morally oppress high-level players to participate and fight for Earth. This is because they know that they are too low-level to participate even if they want to, and it is very safe. They expect high-level players to fight for the future of Earth, which arouses strong disgust among high-level players.

Only those high-level players who value the future of Earth more than their own lives are truly willing to continue to participate in the World War, but the proportion of this group of people is very small and can be almost ignored.

Wang Zhifan didn't know much about the World War before, and now he frowned after seeing it. He felt that the design of this World War was full of malice, and was created just to disgust the players and make every world fall into doomsday.

Theoretically, only if all the players on Earth unite as one and win every battle can Earth be saved. Otherwise, as time goes on, Earth will surely become an uninhabitable disaster place. (End of this chapter)