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The next morning, sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Villa No. 1.

Su Wan stood in the living room and handed the tablet computer to Li Haotian, her expression somewhat complicated.

The screen displays the front page headlines of major news websites around the world.

Shocking! A violent eruption has occurred on a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, suspected to have triggered a chain of geological disasters!

Biochemical Mystery? Satellite Images Show Unidentified Green Substance in Explosion Area; Experts Say It May Be a Rare Algal Outbreak.

"The dark web has been blown up." Su Wan's voice was very soft.

"All members of the 'Sea God' guild have turned gray in the organization list, and the guild headquarters is marked as 'removed from the list'."

Li Haotian didn't even look at the screen. He took the coffee that Su Wan had just brewed and blew on it to cool it down.

"Oh, that's good, at least there are fewer flies now."

Su Wan looked at his calm profile and felt her heart still pounding.

Overnight, a top-20 guild in the world vanished from the face of the earth.

Meanwhile, the person who started it all was leisurely drinking coffee.

Li Haotian put down his coffee cup, opened his personal terminal, and logged into the official forum of "God's Game".

He skillfully switched to his alternate account – "King of Fishing in the East China Sea".

Then, he created a new post.

Su Wan curiously leaned over to take a look.

Post title: "Notice on the handling of the recent disturbance caused by stray dogs near Yunding Mountain".

The main content is very simple.

"Recently, several stray dogs without leashes have been running into my backyard late at night and defecating indiscriminately, seriously affecting the community environment and my rest. I have contacted the relevant departments for harmless disposal. Please be aware of this. Also, please leash your dogs and be a civilized citizen."

A picture was also attached to the post.

The image was heavily pixelated, and only a faint outline of a green firework shooting into the sky could be seen against a backdrop of a dark sea.

After posting, Li Haotian stretched and closed the forum.

"Let's go out for a stroll and enjoy the scenery."

Su Wan opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything, and just nodded silently.

……

Meanwhile, in Yan Kingdom, the highest command center of the "Nine Provinces" organization.

The atmosphere was heavy.

On the huge holographic screen, satellite images comparing the island in the Pacific before and after the explosion are playing in a loop.

A huge void has replaced the original steel fortress.

"Technical analysis indicates that the explosion's energy level exceeded that of any conventional weapon in our inventory. Even more bizarrely, extremely strong traces of biological acid corrosion remained at the scene."

An elderly man in a lab coat pointed to a data report on the screen.

Dressed in a black combat suit, Indra listened to the report with a blank expression.

His adjutant strode over and whispered a few words in his ear.

Indra's eyes flickered, and he raised his hand in a gesture.

The adjutant handed over a tablet.

On the screen was the post that Li Haotian had just made.

Indra stared at the pixelated image of the "green fireworks," then looked at the dark green energy residue on the satellite image next to it.

He was silent for a long time.

Everyone in the command center felt an invisible pressure.

"Pass on my command," Indra's voice broke the silence.

"Raise the threat level of the 'Alien' from S-level to SSS-level."

"Notify all 'Jiuzhou' members operating in Donghai City that without my order, no one is permitted to approach the area within a ten-kilometer radius of Yunding Mountain in any form. Anyone who disobeys will be treated as a defector."

The adjutant's body stiffened, and he immediately stood at attention.

"yes!"

Indra waved his hand, signaling him to step back.

He looked at the post on the screen again, his fingers tapping the desktop unconsciously.

Stray dogs?

Harmless disposal?

He remembered the guy in the game who had been grinning and extorting all sorts of supplies from him.

This madman wasn't warning; he was stating a fact.

……

Donghai City, Dragon Shield Bureau Headquarters.

Qin Yue rubbed her aching temples, surrounded by a pile of reports.

"Report to Team Leader Qin: A Level 5 Projection Slime has appeared on the West City Commercial Street. It's under control, but the area is a bit sticky."

"Report to Captain Qin: There was a fight involving controlled knives projected in the South Suburb Park. The perpetrators have been apprehended and are now crying and looking for their mothers."

"Report to Captain Qin, the intelligence about the 'Sea God' guild being wiped out overnight has been confirmed. Interpol is in an uproar, suspecting that a certain major power used a forbidden weapon."

Qin Yue grabbed her water glass and took a big gulp, feeling like she was about to split apart.

The game has only been out for a few days, and the whole world is in complete chaos.

Just then, a young technician ran over with a tablet in his hand.

"Captain Qin, look at this!"

On the tablet was the forum post titled "Handling Notice".

Qin Yue looked at the sarcastic post, then glanced at another piece of information that indicated the headquarters of the "Sea God" guild was located on a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean.

Then, recalling the so-called "quantum freshness-locking bucket" that I led my team to "escort" back from that man a few days ago.

An absurd yet incredibly clear idea took shape in her mind.

"Bang!"

She slammed her fist on the table.

"It's him again! It's definitely him!"

The technician was startled: "Captain Qin, but... we have no evidence whatsoever. This is just a regular forum post, it doesn't even have coordinates."

Qin Yue took a deep breath and slumped back into her chair.

Yes, but where's the evidence?

I can't exactly tell my superiors that my intuition tells me it was a man living in a villa on Cloud Peak who owns a socially awkward black cat who used a single internet connection to wipe out the headquarters of an international mercenary organization, can I?

If word got out, she would be the first one sent to a mental hospital.

"I understand." She waved her hand weakly. "Continue dealing with those projected monsters. Report back to me if there are any anomalies of S rank or higher."

……

Li Haotian was walking on Nanjiang Road Pedestrian Street.

He strolled around leisurely, holding a skewer of grilled gluten he had just bought.

A commotion suddenly broke out in front of the convenience store on the street.

"Give me all the money! Hurry up!"

Two young men with dyed yellow hair were yelling at the shop assistant, each holding a projection dagger that emitted a faint glow.

That dagger was the lowest-level F-grade blank weapon in the game; projected into reality, it couldn't even cut a cucumber.

The shop assistant, a young woman in her early twenties, turned pale with fright and trembled as she prepared to open the cash register.

Li Haotian shook his head, just about to walk around it.

"Don't move! Police!"

Two special agents dressed in Dragon Shield uniforms rushed out from the alley next door.

One of the team members also projected a dagger into his hand, but that dagger emitted a ghostly blue light, and its energy fluctuations were far stronger than those in the blond-haired man's hand.

The two blond-haired men's legs went weak when they saw the police.

"It's a misunderstanding, officer! We...we were just filming a short video!"

The special operations team members remained expressionless, stepped forward, and each of them was thrown over the shoulder, pinning them to the ground.

"Make short videos? Save that for the judge."

Li Haotian took a bite of the gluten and walked past.

The world is going to the dogs; people's hearts are no longer what they used to be.

Just then, his phone rang.

It was Su Wan calling.

"Boss, our 'Tianji Pavilion' intelligence platform just received over a hundred encrypted inquiries."

"What content?"

"They're all asking how to obtain 'permanent residency in Yunding Mountain' or 'asylum status'," Su Wan said with a hint of excitement. "The highest bid came from an oil conglomerate in a certain region. They're willing to offer one hundred million US dollars just for one spot."

Li Haotian stopped and looked at the long queue at the milk tea shop on the street.

"Tell them that Genting Highlands is not a refuge and that property prices are going up."

"what?"

"Let's leave it up for now and let them bid. The highest bidder wins."

After hanging up the phone, Li Haotian walked towards the milk tea shop.

After all that, it seems I've become the ultimate landlord?

He had just walked to the back of the line, ready to wait in line.

Suddenly, the whole world fell silent.

The noise of people, traffic, and music all disappeared in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, the sky turned an eerie blood red.

An indescribable sense of oppression enveloped the entire city.

On Li Haotian's retina, a line of large, gold-embossed characters suddenly appeared.

[World-class projection alert: The S-tier calamity unit 'Plague Source' is about to arrive.]

[Location locked: Donghai City First People's Hospital.]