The whole nation: You're put to survive on a desolate planet, you'll be running an alien b

Su Wan's fingers trembled as she pointed at the huge golden announcement in mid-air.

She felt as if something was stuck in her vocal cords, and it took her a long time to squeeze out a few words.

"This...this anonymous...is it you?"

Li Haotian didn't turn around; his gaze remained fixed on the edge of the giant pit, which was still radiating terrifying heat.

The follow-up troops of the beast tide army seemed to be blocked by an invisible wall, lingering and roaring on the other side of the pit, but daring not to cross the line again.

"Clearance complete."

He uttered four words casually, as if he were talking about something trivial.

Su Wan looked at his calm profile, then at the scorched earth that represented absolute destruction, and her mind went blank.

Is the area cleared?

That was the vanguard of the beast tide that could plunge all the players on the server into despair.

In his words, it was as easy as cleaning his own backyard.

Li Haotian turned around, ignoring the stagnant beast tide.

He looked at the dark golden Hunter 01 behind him, and the restless raiding aliens who were agitated because they hadn't been able to participate in the "fireworks show".

"Next comes the main course."

"main course?"

Su Wan was completely unable to keep up with his train of thought.

"You call this the main course? What was that mushroom cloud just now? An appetizer?"

"Otherwise what?"

Li Haotian retorted, as if looking at a fool.

He pointed to the timid beasts on the other side of the giant pit.

"The big ones were scared away, so these small ones are perfect for practice."

"It's time to upgrade your alien form."

After saying that, he issued new instructions to Hunter 01 through a mental link.

"01, lead the team and turn those hesitant guys on the other side into experience points."

"roar!"

The dark gold hunter let out a low growl, its eyes flashing with bloodlust.

Leading the remaining seven combat aliens, it transformed into eight black lightning bolts, bypassed the giant pit, and charged towards the stagnant beast tide.

A one-sided massacre unfolded once again on the edge of the distant jungle.

Li Haotian didn't even glance at it.

He walked up to Su Wan and opened his control panel.

"See, even a beast tide isn't that scary."

Su Wan was speechless as she looked at the long list of system rewards on his panel: "Survival Points +50000".

She watched numbly as Li Haotian put all the useless junk and ores in his backpack on the trading house.

At a time when everyone is facing shortages of food and clothing, the prices of these basic necessities have been driven sky-high.

His survival point is still rolling upwards at a terrifying speed.

"What...do you want to do?"

Su Wan watched as he opened the interface for exchanging survival points for real currency.

"Log off".

Li Haotian didn't even look up.

"I need to convert my points into cash; I have some real-world business to take care of."

He simply dragged the slider and selected to redeem all.

[Ding! Total redemption amount: 3,125,480 yuan. Transaction fees have been deducted and the funds will be transferred to your linked account within one minute.]

Three...three million?

Su Wan's eyes widened like saucers.

On the second day after the server opened, this man had already earned more than three million yuan by playing the game.

This is even more outrageous than what he earned at the peak of his professional career!

"And what about you over here...?"

Su Wan snapped out of her daze and hurriedly pointed outside.

"The beast tide hasn't receded yet, and there's still the Mad Dragon Guild. What if they take advantage of you logging off..."

"them?"

Li Haotian chuckled softly, as if he had heard a joke.

"Let's just get through tonight first."

He turned off the panel and waved to Su Wan.

"The nest has a self-healing function, so you are safest here."

"I'll be back soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure began to become ethereal, and a few seconds later, he completely disappeared into the air.

……

"Buzz—"

Inside the gaming pod, a faint buzzing sound indicating a disconnection of neural connections could be heard.

The surrounding darkness faded, and the dim light in the rented room once again filled the view.

Li Haotian opened his eyes.

He lay quietly in the cold gaming pod, feeling the return to the real world.

He did not get up immediately.

A strange, intense burning sensation was coming from his two legs, which had long since lost all feeling.

It's not a stinging pain.

It's a kind of intense, domineering heat, like countless ants gnawing at your bone marrow or like magma flowing through your veins.

This sensation spread from the soles of my feet all the way up to my groin.

Li Haotian's face remained expressionless as he silently sensed what was happening.

His legs, which had become skin and bones due to prolonged bed rest, were now trembling slightly and uncontrollably.

He took a deep breath and braced his hands on the edge of the gaming pod.

His arm muscles tensed, and he used all his strength to try to sit up.

"Crunch..."

Every bone in his body groaned in pain from the unbearable strain.

He succeeded.

He sat up, his legs dangling limply outside the gaming pod.

The burning sensation became even more intense.

Sweat seeped from his forehead and slid down his cheeks.

Li Haotian did not stop.

He supported himself with his hands on the ground and slowly moved his body out of the game pod, sitting in the old wheelchair that had accompanied him for countless days and nights.

Then, he looked at his two legs, which were as thin as sticks.

He reached out and pinched his thigh hard.

A sharp pain shot through me.

It's not a hallucination.

Li Haotian slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

He gripped the armrests of the wheelchair tightly with both hands, and the veins on his arms bulged out.

He gritted his teeth, drawing upon every bit of power he had gained from the game, and tried to revive his two "dead" legs.

Trembling.

Violent trembling.

His legs felt like they didn't belong to him; they trembled wildly, yet he was unable to support the weight of his body.

"stand up."

He said to himself, his voice hoarse.

He exerted his strength again.

This time, his heels scraped against the ground with a screeching sound.

His entire upper body was removed from the wheelchair.

It was wobbling and swaying.

It looked like he was about to fall over at any moment.

But he held on.

He used an almost self-destructive method to force himself out of his wheelchair.

He was standing.

His legs were shaking like a leaf, his knees were bent, and he looked like he was about to kneel down at any moment.

But he remained standing.

Relying on my own two legs, after two years, I once again stood on this land.

He leaned against the wall and slowly made his way to the cracked full-length mirror.

The person in the mirror was pale and frighteningly thin, like a skeleton that had just crawled out of a grave.

But those eyes.

The decadence and despair of the past were gone from those eyes.

There was only a bottomless abyss, a mixture of madness and chilling ferocity.

That was the look of a predator.

"Ding-dong!"

Just then, the old phone charging in the corner emitted a crisp notification sound.

This is an Alipay payment notification.

Li Haotian turned around with difficulty, moved over, and picked up his phone.

On the screen, a message stood out prominently.

[Your account ending in xxxx received an amount of 3,125,480.00 yuan on xx month xx day at xx:xx. Balance...]

He stared at the long string of numbers, his face revealing neither joy nor anger.

He simply looked up and gazed at himself in the mirror once more.

Looking at that body, though weak, it had stood up again.

Looking into those eyes that had been completely changed.

He twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a sinister smile.

He raised his hand and gently wiped the dust off the mirror, as if polishing a weapon about to be sharpened.

"All the monsters in the game have been defeated."

His voice was soft, yet it carried a chill that seemed to freeze the air.

"Time to grind some real-world monsters."