Life Dungeon Game

Jack was a little confused. He was sitting on the bus, in a higher seat, and could vaguely see that the crowd seemed to be surrounding some important person.

"It's Mr. Vian!"

His wife suddenly shouted excitedly, then grabbed his hand and pulled their daughter in the front seat, "Annie, let's get off the bus."

Jack didn't react for a moment before his wife dragged him out of the car. When he finally regained his footing, dazed, he realized what his wife had said and looked towards the back of the crowd with a mixture of shock and surprise. "Mr. Vian?"

He has been in Kaya for almost two years and has only seen this Mr. Vian in promotional videos.

The absolute controller of the Nolanca Group, the man who changed the fate of millions of people in Kaya City, doesn't seem to like appearing in public.

There were even rumors that he had been seriously ill in bed and would not live much longer.

But the young man surrounded by the crowd was confident and composed, full of energy, and showed no signs of serious illness.

Jack and his wife were standing on the outermost edge of the crowd, and could only barely see some of the inner circle through the gaps between heads by standing on tiptoe.

However, Jack reacted quickly. She immediately picked up her daughter, then turned on the wristband camera and had her daughter, who was positioned higher, hold the wristband.

He and his wife then 'broadcast' the central scene through the projection screen on their wristbands.

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“Mr. Vi...Vian,”

At the front of the crowd, a simply dressed, somewhat shy girl stopped by the roadside. She raised her wristband and looked at He Ao with a slight stutter, "I...can I take a picture?"

"of course."

He Ao nodded with a smile.

Night had fallen, and the bright streetlights illuminated the sidewalk, blurring the figures of He Ao and the onlookers around him.

Seeing He

Seeing He Ao's smiling face, the girl excitedly walked over, stood next to He Ao, picked up the bracelet, and took a photo with He Ao.

He Ao even made a somewhat funny phone call gesture.

"Thank you, thank you..."

After the photo was taken, the girl didn't bother to look at the picture on her bracelet. Her face was flushed, and she thanked the photographer in a slightly dizzy manner before running into the crowd amidst the envious gazes of those around her.

"Mr. Wei An..."

Immediately afterwards, another boy ran over.

He Ao smiled and took a photo with him.

One by one, the bolder people around gathered around, wanting to take a photo with He Ao.

After several people arrived, He Ao raised his hand, looked at the crowd blocking the way, and smiled gently, "Could you please move aside? I need to go to the North Gate."

His voice had a magical power to infect people's hearts. After hearing his words, the crowd naturally parted to make way for a narrow passage that could accommodate three people, with human walls on both sides.

"Thank you."

He smiled and nodded, walking along the path cleared for him by the people.

There were no dividing lines, and no one was maintaining order; the crowd almost made way for a pair of parallel 'straight lines'.

The vast majority of people stood tacitly behind these two straight lines, watching He Ao and seeing him move forward.

This is an invisible order, where people adhere to a certain tacit understanding and refrain from causing trouble for this 'Mr. Wei'an' while watching.

More and more people joined the two human walls, but no one broke the unspoken agreement.

As He Ao walked forward, his eyes swept over the crowd of onlookers.

In fact, the number of people who gathered around was somewhat beyond his expectations.

The Nolanca Group Building is not far from the North Gate where Fies is currently located. He Ao's original plan was to take Danny and Lina directly there and take a look at the infrastructure and reform achievements of Kaya City.

But to his surprise, he was spotted as soon as he stepped out, and before he had taken more than a few steps, the crowd completely blocked the sidewalk.

It's late now, and most of the people who have gathered here are probably staff members finishing their night shifts or citizens out for an evening stroll.

The restructured Nolanca Group does not have overtime for the time being, but there are night shifts. The working hours are also eight hours, but the start and end times are later.

These people, who forcibly created a path by forming a human wall, were mostly thin and wore T-shirt sets printed with the emblem of the Nolanca Star City, or work clothes with the same emblem. These clothes were among the cheapest in the entire city of Kaya.

Many people have minor scars on their faces and arms, and their skin is darker and makes them look older, clearly showing signs of long-term exposure to wind and sun.

Just a month, two months, or six months ago, they might have been homeless people, like stray dogs on the street, easily frozen to death and ignored by everyone.

Now they stand here, with their own jobs, and after paying rent, they even have a little money left over to buy their own things, able to live like human beings.

The sidewalks, once littered with the dark bedding and tents of the homeless, have been renovated, and the streetlights now shine brightly, even in the alleyways beside the road.

Small streetlights also provide illumination.

He Ao's gaze swept across the crowd, trying to make eye contact with everyone.

He gazed at these people, and the crowd gazed at him in return.

There were no cheers, no shouts.

Most people watched He Ao silently, their eyes following his every step until he disappeared from sight, and they did not look away.

These people weren't entirely unfamiliar faces. He Ao also met Jack's family, who had previously crossed paths with 'Joey'. The whole family had clearly gained weight, and the little girl who was somewhat thin two years ago now had a chubby face.

There weren't many people at the beginning, so the 'alley' that formed wasn't very long.

But as the news spread, more and more people rushed over, extending the road section by section.

They watched He Ao leave, step by step.

He Ao continued forward step by step, but he did not complete the entire journey. Instead, he stopped when he had gone more than halfway.

He looked down at the ground beneath his feet, then looked up at the bright streetlights overhead.

"What's wrong, Master Wei An?"

Danny asked softly from behind.

"fine."

He Ao withdrew his gaze and looked down at the ground again.

Unbeknownst to him, he arrived at the place where Vian first met Chaos. Vian was eleven years old then, and the equally innocent Chaos was covered in dirty clothes and mud.

In Wei An's memory, the road was in terrible condition, covered in mud, and the streetlights were dim, dilapidated, and could go out at any moment.

The place is still the same, but the road has been paved with neat sidewalk bricks, and the streetlights have been replaced with brand new and bright ones.

So much so that He Ao almost couldn't tell where he was.

He then looked up, smiled, and said, "The road is very well repaired."

Upon hearing this, Danny looked around, seemingly remembering something, and nodded slightly.

Some people in the crowd looked down at the ground, while others seemed lost in memories.

Faintly, there could be the sound of soft sobbing.

The night breeze blew past the lamplight, causing it to sway and blend everyone's shadows together.

Heo led Danny and Lina forward, following the gazes of the people.

This time, he arrived at the North Gate very quickly.

Because they heard that he was going to the city gate, a large number of people had already gathered there.

Many of those who arrived midway also followed, and the dense crowd filled the wide street in front of the city gate, with heads bobbing up and down like the surface of water.

At this moment, the small gate of the North City Gate has been opened, and the city defense guards of Kaya City are standing guard in front of the gate.

He Ao walked to the city gate, turned around, and looked at the dense crowd behind him.

He knew people were waiting for him to say something.

As Mr. Vian's first appearance after all the "reforms" at the Nolanca Group, he should probably say something.

And then he turned around.

The crowd stirred slightly.

Even for He Ao, this was the first time he had faced so many people in person.

At that moment, a city defense soldier brought a microphone and megaphone and placed them in front of him.

He looked at the crowd whose faces showed tension and anticipation.

He should say something

So, it could be about the group's future development, inspiring platitudes, the difficulties the group is currently facing, or, like a broken record, taking this opportunity to reiterate the group's main policies.

But in the end, all the words he wanted to say came out of his mouth and were reduced to a single, short sentence.

“This is our Nolanca,”

He raised his right hand, the bright light shining into his palm, which he held tightly. "Hope and the future are in our hands."

These words, like a clay ox sinking into the sea, landed among the crowd, and the night seemed unusually silent for a moment.

The silence was so profound that you could almost hear the buzzing of mosquitoes on a summer night.

Immediately following this, someone in the crowd shouted, "Long live Mr. Vian! Long live the Nolanca Group!"

"Long live Mr. Vian! Long live the Nolanca Group!"

Immediately following was a thunderous response.

The frenzied shouts were like a vast ocean wave, or a thunderous roar. All the suppressed emotions erupted and were released at this moment, turning into endless waves.

'Our Nolanca' was one of Lina's main internal promotional slogans after Heo proposed the concept.

When He Ao mentioned this sentence in this position, it was not only to reiterate the concept, but also to acknowledge all the achievements of the Nolanca Group to date, an acknowledgment from 'Mr. Vian'.

What people actually need is not a clear goal or a detailed plan; what they need is simply 'acknowledgment'.

A personal admission from 'Mr. Vian'.

Although all of the Nolanca Group's publicity claims that "Mr. Vian" shaped everything that the Nolanca Group is today, Mr. Vian has never appeared in public or given any speeches to confirm this.

Although people have actually gotten jobs from the Nolanca Group and everything seems to be getting better, what is happening now has not been personally acknowledged by 'Mr. Vian,' the true legal controller and spiritual icon of the Nolanca Group.

They were grateful to 'Mr. Vian,' but also afraid that it was just a 'dream,' a dream that could be woken up by speaking loudly.