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Chapter 289 Fifty Years of Life

The virtual space "Panyu City".

The Chen family members were all brought in by Wu Wen through a dream.

"Where is this?"

"Third Uncle!"

"Uncle!"

"breeze!"

"elder sister!"

……

The group found themselves in an unfamiliar place, surrounded by familiar and friendly faces. All were filled with confusion and bewilderment. A flurry of voices erupted, creating a chaotic scene.

"Stop arguing!"

Chen Jing, the clan leader, stepped forward.

Beside him stood Chen Yun, the contemporary 'prodigy' of the Chen family.

Upon hearing the clan leader speak, everyone immediately fell silent and turned to look at the two of them.

An elderly member of the Chen family, of considerable seniority, walked unsteadily to Chen Yun, his body hunched, and asked with a face full of doubt:

"Yun'er, what's going on? I clearly remember sleeping in my room, how did I suddenly end up here?"

“Yes, we were sleeping too, how did we end up here together?” the other members of the Chen family chimed in.

"Uncle!"

Chen Yun, with a serious expression, scanned the crowd and slowly responded:
"If I'm not mistaken, the one who possesses such unfathomable abilities to gather our Chen clan members here must be the long-lost Duke of Zhennan, Wu Wen!"

"I wonder if what I said is correct, Lord Zhennan!"

Chen Yun looked up at the sky and shouted loudly.

Immediately, a flash of light appeared, and Wu Wen's figure slowly emerged from the air. He looked down at Chen Yun and the Chen family, his eyes revealing a hint of majesty.

"Chen Yun, you're very smart; you figured out the answer right away."

Wu Wen smiled and said, "Then guess again, why would I do this?"

Chen Yun naturally knew that Wu Wen had come to demand an explanation.

However, he had already devised a countermeasure before he even started doing this.

Chen Yun bowed to Wu Wen and said, "Lord Zhennan, I, Chen Yun, once swore an oath of loyalty to you on behalf of the Chen family, but all of this is limited to you alone, Lord Zhennan."

"Since your sudden departure, Lord Zhennan, three years have passed without a word. I, Chen Yun, believe I have done more than enough!"

"However, since you, Lord Zhennan, are not here, the situation in Lingnan is becoming increasingly chaotic. The court, the King of Nanyue, and the Grand General's Office are constantly fighting each other. My Chen family is small and weak, so naturally we will not get involved in this vortex of struggle."

"Therefore, I choose to retreat, and wait for you, Lord Zhennan, to return. My Chen family will naturally continue to follow and serve you!"

Listening to Chen Yun's seemingly refreshing and unconventional debate, Wu Wen's lips curled up slightly, revealing a barely perceptible sneer.

"If that's the case, then I've misunderstood you!"

"Your subordinate wouldn't dare!" Chen Yun replied solemnly. "I only hope that the Duke of Zhennan can understand my Chen family!"

Understanding? Wu Wen chuckled inwardly. Chen Yun was truly delusional!

When you are around, show loyalty and devotion; when you are not around, protect yourself.

What's the difference between this and being two-faced?
They only want the benefits, but don't want to take any responsibility.

“From this day forward, the Chen family no longer needs to pledge allegiance to me,” Wu Wen shouted.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yun was immediately shocked, a hint of panic flashing in his eyes.

"Given your contributions to the Grand Commandery, Chen Yun, I will not make things too difficult for the Chen family. I only need to take a few things from you!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jing asked nervously, "What does Lord Zhennan want? Gold, silver, treasures, grain, cloth, as long as you ask, the Chen family will give you as much as you want."

Wu Wen shook his head slightly.

"These material possessions are of no interest to me whatsoever."

"What I want is fifty years of life for all of you in the Chen family!"

Although the Chen family members did not understand the meaning behind Wu Wen's words, they could sense that it was a burden they could not easily bear.

The crowd exchanged bewildered glances, their faces showing terror.

"No!"

Chen Yun, however, pondered for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and then loudly pleaded with Wu Wen, "Lord Zhennan, please spare my Chen family!" "Hmph!"

Wu Wen snorted coldly: "I've already shown mercy by not annihilating your Chen family outright."

"For the next fifty years, you'd better just live your lives quietly here!"

"When the time comes, I will naturally let you leave!"

After saying that, Wu Wen disappeared.

Upon seeing this, Chen Yun immediately gave up completely.

"Yun'er, what did the Duke of Zhennan mean by what he just said?"

At this moment, Chen Jing, who knew nothing, asked Chen Yun in a low voice.

“Father!” Chen Yun sighed, “Don’t you understand? The Duke of Zhennan wants fifty years of our lives, which means he wants to keep us trapped here for fifty years!”

"what!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked, and the scene erupted in an uproar.

"Fifty years? Does that mean we'll all die here?"

Chen Yun shook his head and said, "No, we will not die."

He turned to the crowd and explained, "As the saying goes, a great dream lasts a thousand years!"
Although we will live here for fifty years, when we leave, everything here will feel like a dream, as if we have just woken up.

Upon hearing this explanation, everyone was taken aback at first, but then some people became happy instead:
"Wouldn't that mean we could live for another fifty years?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yun smiled wryly. Things were never that simple.
But he didn't explain it to his people, fearing they wouldn't be able to handle it.

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On 'virtual space'.

Wu Wen quietly watched the Chen family members living their normal lives inside.

However, what he saw was like watching a movie at double speed, with the progress constantly being pulled forward.

Fifty long years fly by in the virtual space, while in reality, it's only a mere five hours.

Soon, a day and night had passed.

Wu Wen released the Chen family members.

The people lying on their beds in their respective rooms opened their eyes and woke up from their sleep.

These people all shared a strange feeling: it was as if they had a dream, but they couldn't remember what the dream was about.

Fortunately, it was just a dream, and the Chen family didn't care. So they resumed their normal daily lives.

—

In the virtual space of "Panyu City".

Although Wu Wen has already released the Chen family members back to the real world.

But their presence remains in this "Panyu City".

These figures were not mere illusions, but rather the fifty years of computing power that Wu Wen had obtained from the Chen family!

In this virtual space.

They spent a long fifty years.

Over the past fifty years, they have worked hard every day to make a living, racking their brains and making careful decisions to survive, accumulating experience amidst hardships and obstacles, and continuously improving their comprehensive abilities.

The virtual space has transformed all their experiences, wisdom, and efforts over the past fifty years into quantifiable computing power.

And this computing power has become the profound foundation of Wu Wen's virtual space.

After returning to reality from the virtual space, the Chen family felt as if they had just had a long and blurry dream. They were completely unaware that in the virtual space, their life experiences had been transformed into computing power resources in Wu Wen's hands, becoming part of the development of his virtual world.

Fifty years of computing power lost!
For the Chen family, their experiences and insights in the virtual space cannot be translated into real-world knowledge.

They spent fifty years in virtual space, accumulating a wealth of survival experience and decision-making wisdom, which should have been transformed into their memories and abilities through computing power.

However, after losing their computing power, when they return to the real world, they will have vague and missing memories of this virtual experience, which will lead to cognitive confusion.

This is Wu Wen's punishment for them!

It's like they've worked for Wu Wen for free for fifty years, giving him their time and energy, only to end up with nothing.

Returning to reality means enduring the bitter consequences of cognitive confusion.

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(End of this chapter)