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Li Haotian hung up on Di Shitian's call.

He threw his phone on the sofa and sank into it, his face expressionless.

"Boss, you..." Su Wan stood to the side, hesitant to speak.

"I'm hungry," Li Haotian interrupted her. "The grilled sausages aren't very good. I want to eat something else."

Su Wan didn't say anything more. She turned on the holographic projector in the living room and brought up the local news channel of Donghai City.

The next second, both of them stopped moving.

On the screen, a video shot with a mobile phone, trembling like a Parkinson's attack, is playing on a loop.

The shot was taken from a window of a tall building, looking down. At the center of the image is the torn spatial rift and the giant eyeball.

Then, a black cat came into the frame.

Then, he downed it in one gulp.

The video ends with the person filming letting out a scream that could blow your mind.

"Boss," Su Wan's voice was a little dry, "we're trending at number one."

She swiped the screen, and a row of eye-catching titles popped up.

A prehistoric behemoth descends upon the East China Sea? A mysterious black cat devours children in one bite!

Demystifying Pseudoscience: Why Does My Cat Only Scratch the Sofa?

Official announcement: Last night's sky over the square was filled with a large-scale drone light show. Citizens are urged not to believe or spread rumors.

Li Haotian pointed to the third news item, "Look, the official sources have already denied it; it was just a light show."

Su Wan ignored him and clicked on the comment section below the news article. The most popular comments were immediately pushed to the top.

"Yes, yes, your light show can burp, right? I was there at the time, and the old man selling sausages in the square had his stall blown over by the wind from his burps!"

"I can testify that I live nearby, and that 'meow' shattered my window! Who should the property management company ask for compensation?"

"Stop arguing, I've already named that cat 'Donghai Kun'. It starts with a cat, and its evolution depends entirely on devouring others!"

"Don't talk nonsense, that's clearly a Flerken! I now seriously suspect that the guy riding that shared bike is from S.H.I.E.L.D.!"

Li Haotian watched with great interest and casually picked up a potato chip and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Netizens these days have increasingly rich imaginations."

He picked up his phone and skillfully switched to a secondary number.

ID: King of Fishing in the East China Sea.

He clicked on a post with the most heated discussion and started typing rapidly.

"Stop guessing! I've cultivated for thirty years, and I can tell at a glance that it's no ordinary creature. Ancient texts record that it's an ancient mythical beast called the 'Heavenly Dog,' which feeds on evil spirits and protects the region. The person riding the bicycle must be a guardian of the Heavenly Dog. We mortals must not disturb it; we should treat it with reverence and offer it flesh and bones to ensure our safety."

After posting, he also included an illustration of a mythical creature from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which he found somewhere and had an ancient style.

Su Wan leaned closer for a look, her expression complicated.

"Boss, what's going on...?"

"It is everyone's responsibility to spread traditional culture," Li Haotian said righteously.

His reply was like pouring a ladle of water into boiling oil.

In less than five minutes, the number of likes exceeded 10,000, and the comment section exploded.

"Holy crap! We've spotted a wild pro!"

"Master! My Teddy bear dog has been shedding a lot lately, what should I do? Does it need to be offered sacrifices?"

"Enough talk, guys! I just got back from the market, and pork belly is all over the place! We have to grab these 'heavenly dog' concept stocks!"

Su Wan silently refreshed the local fresh food app.

Sure enough, the top-selling item has become "Premium Pork Ribs (Special Offer for Tengu)".

Just then, Li Haotian's phone rang.

It is an encrypted number.

He glanced at it, answered the call, and casually turned on speakerphone.

"Mr. Li." Qin Yue's hoarse and tired voice came from the other end of the phone, with background noise.

"Captain Qin, why aren't you sleeping so late? Working overtime?" Li Haotian asked casually, as if he were greeting a neighbor.

"..." There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone, as if someone was organizing their thoughts or suppressing their emotions.

"Mr. Li, I just wanted to ask," Qin Yue's voice sounded like she was gritting her teeth, "what do you usually feed your...pet?"

Little Black, who was lying on the other side of the sofa licking its paws, raised its head upon hearing this, its silver vertical pupils glancing at the phone.

"It's not picky about food." Li Haotian thought for a moment and answered seriously, "It mainly eats electricity, occasionally nibbles on energy blocks, and to improve its diet, it eats some light shows."

Qin Yue took a deep breath, and the sound of a lighter lighting a cigarette came from the background.

"Mr. Li, let's get straight to the point. Your cat... I mean, your creature, according to regulations, needs to be registered and recorded."

"Get a permit?" Li Haotian chuckled. "What kind of permit? An animal quarantine certificate, or a national second-class protected animal permit?"

"Top-tier hazardous materials control certificate!" Qin Yue finally couldn't hold back any longer, her voice rising eight octaves. "Do you know that the energy readings in the entire city center square went off the charts last night?! The physicists practically blew their hair out!"

"Oh, that might be due to unstable voltage," Li Haotian casually made up.

"Unstable voltage can pull spatial rifts back in?!"

"I don't know about that. I'm just a law-abiding and enthusiastic citizen." Li Haotian shrugged. "Captain Qin, if you don't have anything else, I need to prepare a midnight snack for my cat. It has a big appetite, and if I go to the market too late, there won't be any meat bones left."

"you!"

Qin Yue only said one word, followed by a violent coughing fit.

Finally, the call was abruptly ended.

Li Haotian tossed his phone aside, feeling a sense of relief.

Just then, a series of cold, mechanical prompts rang in his mind.

[Ding! Real-world plane detected, generating a large-scale, high-intensity sense of awe towards the host unit 'Voidwalker'...]

Emotional energy is being transformed...

[Conversion complete. Congratulations, host, you have gained 30000 Survival Points!]

[Ding! Detected... a large-scale "fear" emotion...]

[Conversion complete. Congratulations, host, you have gained 50000 Survival Points!]

【Ding! ...]

A series of system notifications flashed before his eyes like a screen being refreshed.

The remaining survival points surged at a visible rate, quickly surpassing the 500,000 mark.

Li Haotian was stunned.

He never imagined that causing trouble in the real world could actually boost his performance rating.

Moreover, this rate of return is many times higher than the rate he earns by painstakingly leading a team through dungeons in the game.

"So this is the correct answer?"

He touched his chin, and his eyes began to change.

He used to keep things to himself because he was afraid of causing trouble.

Now it seems the problem is money.

Fear, awe, worship... these emotions are all easy targets for exploitation.

"East China Sea Fishing God," "Sewer Water Monkey," "Doomsday Prophecy Crayfish," and now today's "Flerken"...

A bold plan slowly took shape in his mind.

He wants to create his own "urban legend universe".

Let the codename "Alien" become an invisible sword of Damocles hanging over the entire real world.

He wanted everyone to know that there were beings in this world that they could not understand or fight against.

And he is the master of that existence.

Just as Li Haotian was figuring out which area to start "generating revenue" from next,

Sudden.

A blood-red pop-up window, carrying a strong warning, suddenly filled his entire field of vision without warning.

That's not a hint from the game.

Instead, it was information from a higher level that was directly imprinted on his retina.

[Preview of Version 2.2 Update for "God's Game" - "Realm Fusion"]

[Announcement 1: After the update, the barrier between the game world and the real world will become unstable. Some in-game units will randomly appear in the real world as 'projections'.]

[Announcement 2: After the version update, players will have a very low probability of unlocking and using some in-game abilities in the real world. Please stay tuned for specific unlocking rules.]

[Countdown: 71 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds.]

The smile on Li Haotian's face slowly disappeared.

He stared at the blood-red countdown, his eyes growing deep.

I've finally stopped pretending to play the game.

The real game is about to begin.