Legend of the Pinnacle of Online Games

Chapter 167 I am the Night Owl (10K)

Charles and his colleagues were all seasoned pros at dealing with money.

A mountain of gold built up with more than five million gold coins.

Under their unique [Metal Counting] skill, it decreases at a visible rate.

The inventory was completed in less than half an hour.

"Here are the remaining gold coins!"

Charles stuffed the extra money into several large bags, handed them to Lin Hanchuan, and said, "Mr. Arakawa Shiro, your money has been deposited into the city hall's account. We can now sign the purchase agreement."

However, a land purchase agreement must be signed first. As for the house purchase agreement, regulations stipulate that the homeowner must be present in person for both parties to sign in person.

I will report this matter to the city lord later and ask him to mobilize the city guards to summon the owners of the houses that are registered under the land construction center for sale.

It may take a little time!

"What about those houses or lands without owners?" Lin Hanchuan asked a question. Recently, too many residents have died in Wangyue City. Not to mention others, just in Angel Street alone, nine out of ten houses are empty.

Even if Lin Hanchuan wanted to buy it, he couldn't find the owner.

“The city hall is currently going through the process of confirming that those houses have no heirs before they will be transferred to the city hall’s ownership. This will take a long time,” Charles replied. “Mr. Arakawa Shiro, if you want to buy, you may need to pay some deposit. Once the ownership of the houses is confirmed to belong to the city hall, you can come here to complete the formalities.”

Don't worry, the deposit won't be much.

Charles emphasized the deposit to Lin Hanchuan.

For him, the previously agreed-upon deal is about to end, and the money he has earned is enough for him to live on for ten lifetimes.

When you have money, you naturally cherish life.

Charles intends to follow the city hall's standard procedures in the upcoming land and housing transactions.

Lin Hanchuan asked, "How much?"

“Two hundred thousand gold coins!” Charles replied.

Lin Hanchuan immediately handed it over, and said, "Once the ownership of the house is confirmed, you can have someone contact Roger at the weapons factory. I will get the information from him."

Lin Hanchuan is currently in Wangyue City and does not have a fixed residence.

Mo Lingyun is staying inside the weapons factory, which is currently the only fixed location where we can contact him immediately.

However, this will happen after the guild is established.

There would be no need for weapons factories as liaison stations.

“Okay! No problem!” Charles replied.

With the matter settled, Lin Hanchuan retrieved the gold coins and, with the help of the other NPC staff, began signing the land purchase agreement.

Charles immediately contacted the city lord via the communication stone and reported the situation at the land transaction center. The city lord acted swiftly, and soon a city guard leader arrived at the land transaction center and took away the list of owners of the houses for sale.

The city guards will invite relevant residents from across the city to the city hall to sign the agreement, according to the list.

The signing of this agreement took a very long time.

A huge pile of contracts was laid out in front of Lin Hanchuan. He signed them one by one, and it took an hour to complete the two million gold coin quota.

Lin Hanchuan was completely numb.

But it's something we have to do.

Happy troubles.

It took Lin Hanchuan more than an hour to finish signing all the contracts for the land for sale in Wangyue City. At the same time, he sent a message to the players waiting outside.

"The city lord and I had a very pleasant conversation. I estimate it will be quite a while before I can leave the city hall. Could you please send me the address of the land you have selected? I will then complete the transfer for you directly."

As soon as the message was sent, Lin Hanchuan received a reply.

Following the address they selected, Lin Hanchuan began the process of transferring the relevant land ownership through the system.

At this moment, the land transaction center was already packed with residents from all over Wangyue City, and the scene was extremely noisy.

"I never expected that such a wealthy foreigner would come! I was stunned for a moment after the city guards informed me today that someone had bought the house."

"Kind stranger! The Crescent Moon Goddess will bless your kindness!"

"The house that's been listed for over three months is finally going to sell. Once I get the money, I'll leave Wangyue City immediately and head to Baisha City. I really can't stand this godforsaken place for another second."

“My loved ones have all died, and this is the happiest moment I’ve had in the past six months.”

"Don't these foreigners know that our city has a serious problem?"

"Shh! Keep your voice down, whatever you do, don't say that. What if he hears us and refuses to buy our house? These days, it's hard to find people who are gullible and have too much money."

"Yes, yes, we have to be careful what we say. If he gives up on buying it, we don't know when we'll be able to sell our house."

The residents of Wangyue City looked at Lin Hanchuan with various thoughts in their minds.

Hearing these comments...

Lin Hanchuan smiled nonchalantly.

If these NPC residents knew that their houses would appreciate in value hundreds of times in the future, they probably wouldn't be laughing.

Outside the land transaction center, there was a long queue of people waiting to sign house sale agreements with Lin Hanchuan.

With so many people, the city hall deployed nearly a hundred city guards to maintain order.

After transferring the last piece of land needed by the player through his personal panel, Lin Hanchuan looked up at Charles and said, "Begin signing the house agreement!"

"Yes, Mr. Arakawa Hakukyo!"

Charles nodded and then began making the arrangements.

"Everyone lined up and signed the house purchase agreement in the order of arrival."

"After the agreement is finalized, come to me to collect the proceeds from the sale of the house!"

I'm busy again.

Since the houses were not sold by the city hall, but by the residents of Wangyue City, and basically each person came to sell one house, too much time was wasted in the process.

This meant that Lin Hanchuan was busy for a long time this time.

I was busy until 8 a.m. the next day.

Almost a day had passed since the announcement of the launch event for the Ninth District before Lin Hanchuan finally signed all the house purchase and sale contracts.

Although I'm not tired.

But Lin Hanchuan still stood up and stretched as usual.

From this moment forward, he will be the largest landowner in Wangyue City.

Every area and every street in Wangyue City has its own land or houses.

Lin Hanchuan then plopped down in a chair again and said to Charles, who was almost exhausted, "Mr. Charles, let me rest for a while!"

"Mr. Arakawa Shiro, please do as you please!" Charles waved his hand weakly. As a low-level NPC, he didn't have Lin Hanchuan's stamina. He had been busy for almost a day and a night and was almost exhausted. He was speaking weakly.

Other staff members at the land transaction center are in roughly the same situation.

Lin Hanchuan lay back in his chair, opened his personal panel, and when he was busy, the messages on his personal panel would beep every now and then.

Lin Hanchuan is busy.

There was simply no time to open and look at it.

Once you open your personal panel...

Dozens of district-wide announcements popped up above.

"Ding! Attention all players in District 9! Congratulations to player 'First Paradise' from Eternal Night City for successfully creating the team 'Paradise,' becoming the second player in this district to create a team!"

……

"Ding! Ninth District... You have become the third player in this district to create a squad!"

……

Many of them are district-wide announcements about the formation of teams.

Now that quite some time has passed since the launch of the Ninth District, the drop rate of Squad Tokens has begun to increase significantly.

In addition to the district-wide announcement, there was even a city-wide announcement about Wangyue City.

The most exciting news is that someone has cleared the Shura-level dungeon!

It was twenty minutes ago.

"Ding! Attention all players in Moon Gazing City! Congratulations to player 'Undying Soul' for successfully forming a team and achieving the first clear of the [Night Assassin] dungeon!"

The system did not announce the specific level of the instance.

However, Lin Hanchuan only glanced at the information in the public chat channel of Wangyue City in the lower left corner of the panel and knew it.

"Holy crap! Awesome! Besides the legendary Arakawa Shirakage, someone actually managed to clear a Shura-level dungeon for the first time, and at level 20 no less!"

"Who is the Undying Soul? How come I've never heard of this name before?"

"He's probably a very low-profile big shot!"

As they talked, the conversation shifted to Arakawa Hakuo.

"Why has the big boss Arakawa White Owl suddenly gone silent? His ranking on the level leaderboard has dropped to sixth place."

"I also have to say, it's been almost a day and a night without any movement. Given how often Boss Arakawa Shirokatsu stirs things up, this is very abnormal!"

"I've been playing the Goblin Cave dungeon for almost a day and a night now, and there's still no progress. What's going on? Can anyone tell me?"

……

Lin Hanchuan opened his friends list.

A lot of information popped up.

Three hours ago, the Faceless Passerby said, "Boss, the tavern is almost finished. When will you come over to take a look?"

Lin Hanchuan immediately replied, "Around when?"

The Faceless Passerby – “Two hours left!”

Lin Hanchuan: "Okay! I'll definitely be there!"

……

……

Eight hours ago, Mo Lingyun said, "Old Lin, the crystals have been delivered to the weapons factory. Roger is selecting the crystals, and we'll be able to make the Silver-grade Water Bear Monster armor set soon."

Seven hours ago, Mo Lingyun said, "Old Lin, the first piece of the Water Bear Monster set is complete. [Image] Take a look at the stats, not bad, right?"

"In a little while, Factory Manager Roger will adjust the entire production process to get the Water Bear Monster suit into mass production as soon as possible."

Three hours ago, Mo Lingyun wrote: "The final version of the strategy guide for the [Trap Corridor] dungeon is complete. I'll send you the strategy document later."

"【Definite Strategy Guide for the Shura-Level Trap Corridor】"

Two hours ago, Mo Lingyun said, "There's a deputy factory manager at the weapons factory named Rosen who said he was commissioned by you to collect resources. He's back now, and I've asked him to wait for you at the weapons factory."

Ten minutes ago, Mo Lingyun said, "The first batch of one hundred Water Bear Monster sets has been produced. I will prioritize providing them to the players in the strategy team, as you requested."

Lin Hanchuan said, “Old Mo, you’ve worked hard. I’ve been busy signing agreements at the city hall and haven’t had time to check my personal panel. I’ve now bought all the land in Wangyue City and the houses that the residents have listed for sale at the land transaction center.”

"Regarding the Water Bear Set, proceed according to the previous plan. Rosen is collecting the resources that Long Xiaochen and the others need for their second job advancement. Tell him to continue waiting. I'll go and inform Long Xiaochen and the others now."

Mo Lingyun: "Damn, Lao Lin, you really accomplished something big without making a sound! We're not far from becoming a top power!"

In the game, a very standard prerequisite for top powers is that they possess a large amount of land in their city.

This large amount of land, once the sixth server opened, directly translated into ownership of an entire city.

Once a top power decides to establish itself in a city, it will immediately mobilize all its funds to gather a huge amount of gold coins and buy the entire city's land.

Just like what Lin Hanchuan is doing now.

Only by holding land in your hands can you remain invincible.

Lin Hanchuan – “Don’t get excited, this is just the first step!”

……

……

Heavenly Path Squad Chat Group.

There's a lot of information here, fifty or sixty pieces.

Long Xiaochen: "Captain, I have good news for you. We've achieved another first kill on a boss in the Green Light Lake map!"

"We also found a silver-grade treasure chest at the bottom of the lake, and opened it to get quite a few gems. [Picture] Look, the quality is all very good!"

"Next, we need to explore the entire bottom map of Greenlight Lake!"

……

Long Xiaochen: "Look! We've found two more treasure chests!"

……

Cao Renjie: "Boss, we got a golden treasure chest! We got a restaurant blueprint and two residential villa blueprints!"

……

Five minutes ago, Long Xiaochen wrote: "The lake bottom exploration is complete. This time the harvest was very rich, and we got about ten blueprints!"

"Captain, where are you? Give us some attention!"

After reading all the messages, Lin Hanchuan replied, "I've been busy the whole time. I just finished purchasing all the land and houses for sale in Wangyue City. Now we are the richest people in this city, without a doubt."

"There's one more thing I forgot to tell you. Xingchen has successfully completed the transformation into the Lord of Demon Plants, and the divine-grade realm demon plant seed has successfully grown. Xingchen's combat power is now extremely strong!"

Long Xiaochen: "Holy crap! Captain is awesome!"

Cao Renjie: "Invincible! Invincible!!"

Long Xiaoyue: "As expected of the captain!"

Lin Hanchuan: "You should head to the weapons factory now. I had previously arranged for the deputy director of the weapons factory to collect the resources you need for the second transformation. He has returned now."

Long Xiaochen: "Okay, okay! I'll go back now!"

Cao Renjie: "Thank you, boss!"

Long Xiaoyue: "Thank you, Captain!"

The three of them are very excited right now.

After spending a day grinding at Green Lake, their experience points were overflowing in the panel. As long as they completed the second job advancement, they could immediately level up several times.

Lin Hanchuan: "They said that the announcement of my identity during the descent was delayed last night. I'll post it in a thread later and also upload a video when I log off."

Plans never keep up with changes.

The busyness of the land transaction took far longer than Lin Hanchuan had anticipated. He didn't even have time to open his personal panel, let alone log off to post a video.

Long Xiaochen: "Captain, I can't wait any longer. It would be best if all those guys from District One who are chasing us came to Wangyue City. I'll crush them one by one."

Cao Renjie: "This is the moment we've been waiting for!"

Long Xiaoyue: "I'm a little excited!"

Lin Hanchuan: "Calm down! I'm going to get busy."

Leave the chat group.

Lin Hanchuan opened the Descent Forum.

In the forum, the topic of the launch event for the Ninth District is still popular, but it no longer occupies an entire page as it did at the beginning, and other topics also exist.

The forum has over 30 million online users!
Lin Hanchuan clicked to post.

Looking at the blank title and blank body text.

Lin Hanchuan couldn't help but take a deep breath.

He then wrote the title: "[I am a Night Owl]"

The main text is now written: I'm waiting for you in Wangyue City!

Two dungeon walkthrough documents are included: [Goblin Cave Shura-level Dungeon Walkthrough] and [Trap Corridor Shura-level Dungeon Walkthrough].

The poster's ID matches the current account's game ID and is displayed automatically, appearing as a link after the title.

【I am the Night Owl】—Arakawa White Owl

Lin Hanchuan clicked send.

The reply and click data in the forum are updated in real time, without needing to refresh the page.

It only took a dozen seconds to send it out.

The number of clicks on the post started to get ridiculously high.

10,000 clicks in 15 seconds.

In 20 seconds, there were 200,000 clicks and 3,000 replies.

In 30 seconds, it garnered one million clicks and fifty thousand replies.

Lin Hanchuan only opened the post when one minute had passed, the number of clicks had exceeded five million, and the number of replies had exceeded two hundred thousand.

Second floor: "!!!"

Third floor: "!!!"

……

The preceding floors are all meaningless punctuation marks used to grab floors.

Lin Hanchuan habitually flipped to the last page of replies.

"Holy crap!! Arakawa White Owl really is a night owl!"

"I really didn't expect the rumors to be true! Luckily I believed them and already created a new account in Wangyue City! Should I abandon my main account and play on this new account?"

"Ye Qing is back!"

"Night Owl, I'm your biggest fan! You disappeared for half a month, and you're finally back! I'm so excited!"

"Brother Xiao! You're here! I knew it, you didn't quit the game after making enough money, like those rumors said!"

"My passionate years have arrived!"

“I knew it! I knew Arakawa White Owl was Night Owl. I told my friends, but they didn’t believe me. Now I’m going to use this post to prove them wrong.”

"Brother Xiao, welcome! I'm heading to Wangyue City!"

"Aaaaaah!! My idol is back! Wait for me, I'm going to delete my account in District 9 and re-enter Moon Gazing City!"

……

The number of replies is increasing.

When Lin Hanchuan finished reading one page, tens of thousands more pages appeared afterward.

When you exit your own post and return to the forum's main page.

The entire forum, aside from a few posts discussing the launch events of the Ninth District, was mostly filled with posts about Night Owl. [Breaking News! Night Owl arrives in Moonlit City of the Ninth District, new account is Arakawa White Owl!]

[Night Owl has returned in Moonlit City, District 9! Brothers, head over there and create an account! Hurry, or you'll miss out!]

[Hahaha, Night Owl has been reborn in District 9! Are the Immortal Dynasty of District 1 trembling in fear?]

[Where are Brother Xiao's fans? Gather here in this post, let's all move into Wangyue City!]

[Brother Xiao is here!]

……

The response was even better than Lin Hanchuan had anticipated.

Arrived at the official headquarters.

The publicity department is busy with the launch event for the Ninth District.

The publicity department has always been responsible for the forum's administrator, Liu Qiang, who is Chinese.

I saw Lin Hanchuan's post immediately, and exclaimed in surprise when I saw the ID "Huangchuan Baixiao".

"My God! Arakawa White Owl revealed on the forum that he is Night Owl!"

The busy office fell silent instantly, and all eyes turned to Liu Qiang's face.

"What did you say?"

someone is asking.

"The rumor that Arakawa White Owl is Night Owl is true!" Liu Qiang replied. "He is now revealing his identity on the Advent Forum. The real-time popularity data displayed in my backend has already surpassed the popularity of the Ninth District's opening event, and it is still soaring. Advent has nine major regions, and each region has a huge amount of traffic flowing to the forum to click on Arakawa White Owl's posts."

"Has his identity been confirmed?" Not far from Liu Qiang, a blonde, blue-eyed girl pushed up her glasses and asked.

Liu Qiang replied, "I have already sent the information to the Security Department!"

"I'll send a message to Night Owl via QQ later."

The game offers extremely strong privacy protection for players.

All player data is kept in the confidential department.

Anyone who wants to obtain a player's specific information must go through multiple layers of review. Finally, the confidential department will send a message to the player to confirm whether they agree to have the relevant information provided.

Once the player refuses.

Others would not be able to obtain his information through the Department of Secrecy.

After Night Owl's account in Zone 1 was deleted, not only online, but even the official personnel of the Descent were very curious about whether Night Owl had created a new account in the Descent.

However, their channels for obtaining information are similar to those of normal netizens. Therefore, when a large number of players asked the official Descent team about the whereabouts of Night Owl, and later, after the Ninth District was opened, they asked about the emails of so-and-so who was Night Owl, they did not reply to any of them.

Because this is a complicated matter, they cannot simply apply to the security department to retrieve a player's information just because other people are very curious about it.

On the one hand, the process is cumbersome.

On the other hand, they may face the risk of being laid off.

According to company rules, even if it's an official staff member, it's not allowed to casually inquire about a player's real-world identity within the company.

More importantly, those who come to work here earn at least five million a year. Who would risk losing their golden job just because they're curious and gossiping?

But the situation is different now. Arakawa White Owl took the initiative to reveal Night Owl's identity on the forum, which caused a huge public outcry. As an official, according to the rules for handling special events, he can ask the Security Department for information.

"You still have Night Owl's QQ account?" The blonde woman's eyes practically lit up.

"I added it during the last event!" Liu Qiang scratched his head and replied.

In real life, Night Owl is very handsome and has even achieved financial freedom through the game. Some of the official staff members who have joined the game are his die-hard fans.

"Push it to me!" the blonde beauty said impatiently.

Liu Qiang said helplessly, "When I added him last time, he specifically told me not to share my QQ account with other people."

"I'm powerless to help!"

"However, if Arakawa Shiro is really Night Owl, given his current development in District 9, he will definitely be able to meet the requirements for cooperation with our publicity department in the future. You can attend the event and ask for his contact information in person."

For promotional purposes, the official team behind the game will collaborate with some well-known players.

Mainly shooting promotional videos and the like.

Given Arakawa Haku's current level of fame, he is qualified.

Therefore, if there are any promotional events related to District 9 next time, they will most likely invite Arakawa Hakuo to participate.

"That requires the minister's approval!" the blonde, blue-eyed beauty replied with a pained expression.

“You’re the minister’s younger sister, he’ll definitely agree,” Liu Qiang said with a smile.

"I'm still very curious about something. After Arakawa Shiro revealed Night Owl's identity, the number of registered users in Mochizuki City will surge. I just don't know if it will trigger the surge threshold."

"So far, no city in District 9 has triggered the red line warning for the number of registered players."

Someone responded to Liu Qiang, "I remember it was five million registered users?"

Liu Qiang shook his head and said, "It's eight million! Although Night Owl has a huge number of fans across the internet, we'll see how many of them are die-hard fans soon."

During the event, the configuration of internal facilities in major cities, and even the surrounding resources, are provided according to the city's tier.

First-tier cities can definitely provide players with more resources than fourth-tier cities.

Liu Qiang was very curious about how many of Lin Hanchuan's fans would give up a higher-level city and choose a fourth-tier city.

While they were talking.

Lin Hanchuan, who was browsing the forum, suddenly received a system notification.

"Ding! Please note that because you revealed on the Advent forum that you were once a player named 'Night Owl' from Region 1, you have been asked by the Advent official publicity department about your identity. Do you allow us to disclose your information as Night Owl to the Advent official publicity department?"

"whether"

Lin Hanchuan glanced at the text message that appeared on the panel and immediately knew that it was an inquiry from the official security department of the Descent.

When he was working with the official Advent team on the filming, he learned a lot about the Secret Service from them.

In their words, the Confidential Department is the most mysterious department in the entire Advent Corporation.

To date, they have not met any staff members of the Security Department; all information is transmitted through the internal network.

This has led some people within the official ranks to suspect whether there are any real people in the Security Department.

After all, this is based on the current level of development of artificial intelligence.

Many departments within the company can operate without staff.

"Yes!"

Lin Hanchuan has just completed the confirmation.

A notification from the Confidential Department popped up on Liu Qiang's personal bracelet.

The Confidential Department: "After verification by the Confidential Department, the player 'Arakawa White Owl' in Wangyue City of the Ninth District is indeed the Night Owl from the First District, whose account has already been deleted."

The moment I received the message.

Liu Qiang announced this in his office.

"It's confirmed! Arakawa White Owl is Night Owl!!"

"I suspected long ago that the White Owl Arakawa, who had been causing trouble in District 9, was actually Night Owl!"

"This proves the saying: truly capable people remain capable no matter where they go!"

"Brother Qiang! And then?" the blonde, blue-eyed beauty asked.

Liu Qiang replied, "Of course we'll help him out! Our publicity department owes him a lot of favors. Since he chose Wangyue City and announced his identity at the same time as the opening event of the Ninth District, he's definitely trying to attract attention and bring as many players as possible into Wangyue City."

"After all, Wangyue City is only a fourth-tier city right now. If it wants to develop, it will definitely need a large number of players as a foundation in the future."

"Lin Hanchuan has probably learned from his failures in the first district and plans to build his own personal power in Wangyue City."

"Just watch! Given Arakawa Shiro's flamboyant personality, Mochizuki City will become the most talked-about city in the Ninth District, without a doubt."

The official action was swift; Lin Hanchuan confirmed his identity to the propaganda department in less than three minutes.

They had already highlighted and bolded the title of Lin Hanchuan's post, and then pinned it to the top of the forum.

Previously, Lin Hanchuan posted using the account "Huangchuan Baixiao" claiming to be Night Owl. Most players chose to believe him, but a small number of players expressed doubts.

Night Owl's reputation is so great that it's only natural for Arakawa White Owl, currently the most popular and high-profile player in the Ninth District, to come out and ride on his coattails.

So far, Night Owl has not responded to any of the news reports that are trying to ride the coattails of the trending topic.

But it's different now.

The official post from Arakawa White Owl, highlighted in red and bold, and pinned to the top, basically confirms that Arakawa White Owl is indeed Night Owl.

Of course, trolls have always existed in the world.

In this context, some have questioned whether, with the official matchmaking efforts of the Descent Authority, Night Owl and Arakawa White Owl signed a confidentiality agreement in reality.

The purpose was to promote the newly opened Ninth District and, incidentally, to prepare for the upcoming creation of a god.

Lin Hanchuan saw these outrageous and wildly imaginative ideas, but he only glanced at them and didn't respond.

Trolls exist everywhere and at any time in the world.

Everything that exists has its reason!
You can't dismiss someone's ideas just because their thought process is different from normal people.

Just ignore it!
And at this moment.

The number of online users on the forum has exceeded 60 million, and it is still growing rapidly.

All the posts on the forum were related to Lin Hanchuan.

[The official Arakawa post has been highlighted in red, bolded, and pinned to the top!]

[Arakawa White Owl's identity as Night Owl has been officially confirmed!]

Something big is about to happen! Wangyue City is about to rise to power!

Are there any experienced players in Wangyue City here? I've already created an alt account, could you help me level up?

……

as a party.

Lin Hanchuan silently closed his personal panel and looked at Charles, saying, "Mr. Charles, my weapons factory has now resumed operations. The city lord told me before that he would hold a banquet at the weapons factory on the day it resumes operations."

"Could we use the communication stone to inform the city lord?"

Lin Hanchuan didn't forget his other mission at the city hall: to inform the city lord to hold a banquet at the weapons factory as soon as possible.

Since there was no way to contact City Lord Sharp directly, Lin Hanchuan could only rely on Charles to notify him.

Once he recovered from his shock, Charles immediately nodded and said, "Of course!"

As he spoke, Charles picked up the communication stone on the table and informed the city lord of the resumption of operations at the weapons factory.

By the way, inform him that Lin Hanchuan has bought all the land in the land transaction center, as well as all the houses for sale in Wangyue City.

After placing the sound transmission stone.

Charles looked up at Lin Hanchuan and said, "The city lord asked me to inform you that you can go directly to the Stone Tower now; he's waiting for you there!"

Lin Hanchuan, who had originally planned to log off as soon as he left the city hall, could only nod and say, "Okay!"

He left the land transaction center with Xingchen in his arms and headed straight for the stone building with the token in hand.

I crossed a bridge.

When Lin Hanchuan arrived at the stone building, Sharp had just come out from inside.

He looked at Lin Hanchuan with a smile, "Mr. Arakawa Shiro, thank you very much for your support of Wangyue City!"

With a wave of his hand, vines sprouted from the ground and automatically wove a table and chairs between him and Lin Hanchuan. A fairy emerged from the lush vines to serve them.

Lin Hanchuan picked up his teacup with practiced ease, took a sip, and said to Sharp, "Lord City Lord, in addition to the factory resuming operations, my tavern is also nearing completion."

"In addition, I also obtained blueprints for restaurants and villas. Next, I will embark on a large-scale construction project in Wangyue City, determined to make it the most prosperous city in the Green Sea Alliance!"

"Okay, okay!!" Sharp laughed so hard his face almost turned into a chrysanthemum.

Lin Hanchuan's current actions have put him in a very good mood, greatly easing the troubles he had felt yesterday due to the escape of the lingering spirit of the demonic plant from the realm.

"It is an honor for Sharp to have a foreigner like you!"

"If there's anything Sharp or the City Hall can help you with, just let us know, don't hesitate to ask!"

Sharp found Lin Hanchuan very pleasing to the eye.

A city was on the verge of collapse when a foreigner suddenly arrived and offered a large sum of money to save it. Who wouldn't want that from the perspective of a city lord?

Therefore, I made a special effort to put aside what I was doing and meet with Lin Hanchuan here.

Lin Hanchuan glanced at the stone building, feeling very curious about its interior. He really wanted to go inside and take a look, but he didn't say anything.

In the [Plant Master's Obsession] dungeon, there is a significant secret hidden inside the stone building.

Even if Sharp liked him a lot, he would never let him in for a tour.

At least not possible now.

"I don't have any requests!" Lin Hanchuan said with a smile. "I just want you, Lord City Lord, to introduce me to the prominent figures in Wangyue City at the banquet held at the weapons factory."

"Only by getting to know them can we make things easier."

"I understand, I understand!!" Sharp had been the city lord for so many years, how could he not understand what was going on? When he was the undisputed ruler of this city, there were still people who dared to disobey the city hall's orders, let alone now.

But for now, he can only rely on Lin Hanchuan for the future of Wangyue City.

To break out of this predicament, we can place some of our bets on Lin Hanchuan.

As long as Wangyue City can be upgraded to a main city in the future.

Many things can be easily resolved right now.

Sharp made a warm promise.

"Tonight, there will be a banquet at the weapons factory. I will invite all the important people in our Wangyue City. You will stay by my side and I will introduce you to them one by one."

"Let them know that you have the support of Sharp and the city hall behind you. No matter what they do to you, if they want to make things difficult for you, they'd better think twice about the consequences of going against me."

Lin Hanchuan quickly expressed his gratitude, "Thank you, Lord City Lord!"

"With your support, how could Wangyue City not become the main city?"

"Alright then! Lord City Lord, give me two years, and I will transform this fourth-tier city into a major city."

"If you can't do it, you can do whatever you want with me!"

The situation has been more relaxed for the past two years.

Based on the current development speed of the Ninth District, Wangyue City could become the main city within a year at most.

Sharp was initially taken aback. He knew better than anyone how difficult it was to turn a fourth-tier city into a major city.

Two years!?
Arabian Nights!

Five years is considered a blessing from heaven!
However, since Lin Hanchuan said that, Sharp was definitely very happy. "Good, good, that's exactly what I was waiting for!"

"Once Wangyue City becomes the main city, I will appoint you as the deputy city lord and apply to the alliance to grant you a noble title!"

"Thank you, Lord City Lord!" Lin Hanchuan said gratefully.

NPCs take titles very seriously.

It is indeed very important.

Especially the NPCs in high society, they don't care about your current official position or even your strength, but rather the title you possess.

A person's rank determines their status in the upper-class society constructed by NPCs.

Applicable to all nine regions.

However, Lin Hanchuan does not need Sharp to apply.

He can automatically become a lord by continuously grinding reputation points until he accumulates 50,000 points.

A player's title is recognized by NPCs.

They will proactively incorporate your title into their system.

"You're welcome, you deserve it!" Sharp said with a smile and a shake of his head. "I'll prepare an even bigger gift for you when the banquet starts!"

"Then I'll look forward to it!" Lin Hanchuan said smoothly.

When an NPC offers something to a player, the player naturally has no reason to refuse, nor is it possible to refuse.

Moreover, someone of the status of a city lord.

A grand gift from the city lord.

Lin Hanchuan was genuinely looking forward to it.

The two sides had a very pleasant conversation.

We chatted for almost half an hour.

Sharp reluctantly saw Lin Hanchuan off from the city hall.

Wait for Sharp to go back.

Lin Hanchuan then teleported Xingchen to the weapons factory.

This time, it was directly transported inside the factory.

As soon as I came out, I heard a lot of noise.

Ding ding dong!
Inside the factory, a bustling scene unfolds.

The workers at the weapons factory were moving, refining, forging weapon blanks, and forging parts for the Water Bear Monster armor set in an orderly manner.

Mo Lingyun is still in the same old place.

When Mo Lingyun looked over, he didn't wait for him to speak.

Lin Hanchuan spoke first to Xingchen.

"Xingchen, please wait here for a while. I have some things to take care of."

“Okay, Brother Huang!” Xingchen nodded sensibly.

Lin Hanchuan looked at Mo Lingyun and nodded.

It then went offline.

When a player logs off, there are two ways to be represented in the game.

One method involves keeping the player's body stationary throughout the game.

Another one is to disappear on the spot.

Lin Hanchuan used the second method and then opened his eyes.

He was already lying in the game pod, with the starry sky above him in sight.

(End of this chapter)