Life Dungeon Game

However, after switching back to Pete's body, the fatigue from thinking all night was greatly relieved, and at least physically, he was full of energy.

Vian still had the body of an ordinary person, and was no match for Pete, who had become a C-level powerhouse.

dong dong——

Just as He Ao sat up in bed, there was a knock on the door.

He Ao put on his clothes, opened the door, and saw Roger, who seemed hesitant to speak.

Roger clearly had never faced this situation before; his social skills were not strong, and he would rather dissect more corpses than socialize.

"what happened?"

He Ao was the first to speak and ask the question.

“One of my ‘patients’ in Kaya City has woken up,” Roger said, his tension easing somewhat as the conversation began. He hesitated for a moment before slowly saying, “They want me to return to Kaya City as soon as possible and have already sent a plane to pick me up.”

“That’s great,” He Ao smiled. “You promised me…”

"I've done everything I could; I should have left anyway."

"you······"

Roger raised his hand, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped himself.

"If you want to repay the research materials I gave you to the institute, do one last thing for me."

He Ao looked at his hesitant expression and chuckled softly.

"it is good."

Roger stared at Heo's face and agreed before Heo could even speak.

He looked up at him and smiled.

······

half an hour later

Do you know Vian?

On the edge of the city road, He Ao leaned against a lamppost that had been turned off, took out a cigarette from his cigarette case, lit it, and put it in his mouth.

A speeding vehicle passed in front of him, leaving a long trail of smoke.

“I know him,” Roger said, standing next to Heo. He reached into the cigarette case Heo hadn’t put away yet, pulled out a cigarette, and put it in his mouth. “He’s connected to your ‘K’ too?”

“In a sense,” Heo glanced at Roger, reached out, and lit his cigarette with a lighter he’d brought from the wilderness, “don’t you not smoke?”

“I’m craving one. I smoked for a while when I was doing experiments on nicotine addiction, cough,” Roger coughed, a cigarette between his fingers, the gray smoke obscuring his face. His gaze fell on the lighter in He Ao’s hand. “This thing looks good.”

"Give it to you."

He Ao handed him a lighter and took the cigarette from his hand, saying, "If you've quit, don't smoke anymore."

Why did you suddenly bring up Wei An?

Roger took the lighter from Heo and turned to look at the bustling street.

“I left some things with him.”

He Ao, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, spoke slowly.

Roger fell silent.

A yellow driverless taxi stopped in front of the two of them.

He Ao stubbed out his cigarette, threw the butt into the trash can, and called back, "Girl, the car's here."

"Coming!"

Annie hurriedly dragged her small suitcase out, wearing a coat.

"What have you been doing for so long?"

He Ao looked at his daughter's rosy cheeks and chuckled.

“I won’t tell you,” Aini said, handing He Ao, who was still wearing only a light shirt, her coat over her shoulders. “Here, the weather forecast says it’s going to get colder today, don’t catch a cold.”

"So you went to get my clothes?"

He Ao smiled and took the coat, draping it over his shoulders.

"you guess,"

The little girl blinked, dragged her small suitcase to the back of the taxi, put the suitcase in the trunk, and then walked to the back door of the taxi, smiling as she said to He Ao, "Dad, I'm off."

"Listen to Uncle Roger on the road."

He Ao smiled and gave his instructions.

"Ah."

The little girl nodded emphatically, then opened the car door, hesitated for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "Dad, aren't you coming with us?"

"I'll stay here for a few more days."

He Ao said with a smile.

"Then you must take care of yourself and be careful not to catch a cold."

Annie looked up and smiled. "If you don't recover well, your mother would definitely scold you if she were still here."

He looked at his daughter's face and nodded gently, "Okay."

"Then I'll go."

"Okay," the little girl got into the back seat, closed the door, and then waved gently to He Ao through the window, "Goodbye, Daddy."

"Ah."

He Ao nodded with a smile.

Roger, standing next to the passenger seat, slowly opened the car door. He took one last look at He Ao before getting into the passenger seat.

The brightly colored driverless taxi slowly started up, carrying the two of them little by little into the distance.

Like fleeting clouds, parting is like rain.

Only after the taxi disappeared into the distance at the edge of the city did He Ao turn around and look behind him.

The towering Star Group building stands where the sky meets the earth.

He flagged down a taxi and got in.

-

Inside the silent, driverless taxi, Roger tore off a piece of paper and handed it to the person behind him.

The girl took the tissue and wiped the glistening water droplets from her face.

The taxi fell silent once again.

-

"The Nolanca Mercenary Group announced that, in order to better eliminate the alien beasts and improve the combat effectiveness of the mercenary team, it will conduct a field exercise within the next three days. The exercise will be held around the newly built Fortress City No. 146."

"A spokesperson for the Norlanca Group said the operation was to better defend human civilization and maintain federal order."

"Newly built fortress cities are vulnerable to attacks from alien beasts and infiltration by cults because their high walls are not yet perfect. This exercise by the Nolanca Mercenary Group will greatly alleviate the pressure on the area surrounding Fortress City 146 to defend against alien beasts."

"According to our sources, along with the Nolanca mercenary group was a caravan loaded with goods. The Nolanca Group claims that these were supplies for the mercenary group, but they also claim that the Nolanca Group does not refuse any commercial transactions."

"According to sources, the Nolanca Group has a large backlog of goods in its warehouses. The Nolanca Group has shown a clear expansion trend in the past year, and they are very likely to have their eyes on the emerging Fortress City 146."

······

"As one of the few unlisted conglomerates among the top 500 large conglomerates in the Federation, the market estimates that the Nolanca Group can mobilize far more power than its publicly disclosed figures."

······

"Around 10:00 AM today, affected by the Nolanca Group's advance into Fortress 146, the opening price of Qunxing Pharmaceutical dropped slightly by %, and after a brief period of fluctuation, the stock price continued to show a downward trend."

The speeding taxi drove onto a less crowded road, and He Ao's gaze returned to the text messages on his wristband.

He got out of the taxi, looked up at the towering Star Pharmaceuticals building in front of him, and then went into a nearby hotel and booked a room.

After entering the hotel room, he checked his surroundings to make sure there were no cameras, then drew the curtains and lay down on the bed.

-

Kaya City

He Ao opened his eyes, gently pressed a button on the armrest, and the electric leather chair slowly straightened up, pulling his body to sit upright as well.

He walked to the head of the meeting room and turned on the tablet computer.

Lina's image appeared on the computer screen.

"how is the situation?"

He asked softly.

"Our reconnaissance troops have just arrived around Limen City,"

Lina spoke quickly, as He Ao's

Her personal secretary had handled most of the information that He Ao was originally supposed to receive. "They just sent a report. They discovered traces of the mercenary group's movement. The mercenary group that was originally stationed near Limen City seems to have been transferred. Their target is... towards Fortress City 146."

"Okay, keep watching."

He Ao also connected to the old housekeeper's video call, and now the three of them formed a video conference.

He Ao simply laid the tablet computer down and turned on the holographic projection.

"Danny, contact the Nord Consortium, prepare all the necessary documents, and tell them we want to borrow a lot of money from them as collateral."

He Ao said quickly.

"OK,"

The old butler nodded slightly.

"If we contact the Nord Foundation now, will they accept?"

Lina was somewhat confused.

Theoretically speaking, the Nolanca Group and the Nord Consortium have a feud. Heo dealt with the directors who were trying to take the company public and even killed the 'messenger' sent by the Nord Consortium.