When the game shut down, I took my skills with me.

Earth, the original site of City A, on the edge of the "Holy Land" forest.

The atmosphere was incredibly oppressive.

The elite members of the "Oracle" guild looked at the forest before them, which radiated a soft golden light and was full of vitality, and their faces were filled with jealousy and resentment.

"President, it's no good! Our strongest armor-piercing bullets didn't even make a sound when they hit that invisible barrier!" A vice president reported to Xiao Xue, his face pale.

Just now, they used all the high-powered weapons in the guild's warehouse, including a single-soldier magic cannon that they got from the military black market and claimed could flatten a small mountain.

As a result, all the attacks were like mud oxen entering the sea, swallowed up silently by an invisible ripple less than a hundred meters in front of the forest, without even causing a slight energy fluctuation.

"Useless!" Xiao Xue's face turned ashen, her meticulously manicured nails digging deep into her palms as she exerted force.

Her business acumen and organizational skills, which she was so proud of, seemed both laughable and powerless in the face of this unreasonable "miracle."

Not long ago, she was mocking the survivors who stayed in City A and refused to leave, calling them fools waiting to die.

Now, she is the clown locked outside the gates of heaven, watching others feast while she can't even smell the soup.

"Boss, our mole in the city has sent in the latest news," another intelligence officer said, trembling as he handed over a tablet. "He said... he said he just took a deep breath on his balcony facing that glowing tree, and... he leveled up three times..."

Xiao Xue snatched the tablet away and stared at the text on it, which was a mixture of ecstasy and incoherent speech. Her pupils suddenly shrank to pinpoints.

Leveling up just by breathing?

How can we play like this?

Beside her, Ye Tian, ​​who had always believed he had the "rebirth script" under his control, was now completely distraught, muttering repeatedly, "No, this shouldn't be happening... My opportunities, my opportunities... they've all been taken away..."

The hidden treasure chests he painstakingly dug out based on his "past life" memories probably don't even compare to the gains someone else gets from taking a single breath in the new world.

This kind of overwhelming attack completely broke him down.

Unlike the "Oracle" guild's reckless probing, on the other side of the forest, in the temporary command post set up by the Dragon Shield Bureau, the atmosphere was solemn and dignified, like a pilgrimage.

Qin Shiyue, dressed in a crisp military uniform, gazed at the forest from hundreds of meters away through high-powered binoculars, his eyes filled with awe.

"Any form of aggressive provocation is strictly prohibited!" he commanded his subordinates firmly. "This is the 'Garden of Eden' that the Master left us in this mortal world, the stairway to heaven! Any disrespectful act is blasphemy against the divine!"

Dr. Chen nodded repeatedly, his team had already set up hundreds of high-precision sensors here.

"Director Qin is right! The energy dissipation model here is highly similar to the energy model we recorded about the Master himself! This means that this forest is part of the Master's divine body! What we should do is not to anger it, but to understand it and learn from it!"

As he spoke, Qin Shiyue straightened his clothes, took three steps back, and respectfully saluted the direction of the forest.

"Send someone to write a prayer in the most sincere language. We do not ask to enter God's kingdom, but only that you hear the voice of your earthly believers and guide us on the way forward."

……

Gaia Plane, Beach Villa.

Lu Yuan was wearing headphones and engrossed in playing a game, while Wang Pangzi was grilling chicken wings that were sizzling with oil on the barbecue grill next to him.

"Brother Yuan, want a skewer?"

"Wait a minute, let's finish off this boss," Lu Yuan said without turning his head.

Just then, Su Muqiu, wearing high heels, hurriedly walked out of the villa, her face filled with anxiety.

"Mr. Lu! Something's happened!"

Lu Yuan frowned, paused the game, and took off his headphones with some displeasure: "What's wrong? Is there a problem with the water, electricity, and internet again?"

"No!" Su Muqiu handed him a tablet computer, which was playing a series of chaotic videos.

In the video, some ferocious, gigantic monsters are appearing on the outskirts of the city. Some resemble giant wolves with eight legs, while others look like giant bears covered in rocks. They can easily topple a tall building, and ordinary players are as fragile as paper in their presence.

"These are..." Lu Yuan looked at the monsters and felt they looked somewhat familiar.

"Sir, according to database comparison, these are native creatures of the demiplane 'Gaia'," Xiaoya's holographic projection appeared beside her, explaining, "Before you took over, they were the apex predators of this world. Now, thanks to the energy infusion from the World Tree, their strength has also increased explosively."

"Get to the point," Lu Yuan said impatiently.

"The crucial point is that they've begun to threaten the safe zones of ordinary survivors!" Su Muqiu said urgently. "Although the environment in the new world is good, it's become more dangerous for ordinary people! Our casualty reports have risen to triple digits in the past hour!"

"Oh." Lu Yuan understood.

It's like a game server getting a version update, improving the environment, but also making the monsters stronger.

"What a hassle."

He sighed and casually swiped his GM control panel in the air.

Looking at the thick stack of plans that Su Muqiu handed over, outlining how to organize player troops, build defensive fortifications, and gradually eliminate monsters, Lu Yuan felt overwhelmed.

Asking him to personally fight monsters is impossible, absolutely impossible in his lifetime.

Asking him to command battles is less useful than letting him play a couple more games.

His gaze swept across the control panel and he saw an option for "Events and Tasks Posting".

An idea flashed through his mind.

He stretched out his fingers and started typing on the virtual keyboard, just like a planner editing game events in the background.

[Quest Type: World Quest (Beginner Level)]

【Task Name: Purification of the Homeland】

[Mission Description: We've arrived in a new home, but it's not a peaceful place. Powerful native creatures threaten our survival. Brave players, take up your weapons, purify this land, and carve out the first safe territory for our civilization!]

[Mission Objective: Destroy the native creature 'Gaia'.]

[Task Rewards: Contribution Points will be awarded based on the level and number of monsters defeated. Contribution Points can be exchanged for equipment, skill books, special materials, etc. in the newly opened [Community Contribution Shop]]

After finishing editing, Lu Yuan casually clicked "Publish to All Servers".

The next second, all players in the Gaia plane, whether they were meditating, training, or cheering for their new home, simultaneously saw a huge system announcement radiating golden light pop up in front of them.

[World Announcement: Administrator 'Lu Yuan' has issued the first world quest—'Purification of the Homeland'! Please view details in the quest panel.]

The players, who were just feeling a bit overwhelmed by their sudden increase in strength, were all stunned the moment they saw this announcement.

After a brief silence, the entire new world erupted in chaos!

"A mission! It's a mission issued by the administrator!"

"Oh my god! There's a contribution shop! Equipment! Skill books! Isn't this an official event?"

"Brothers, stop dawdling! Grab your weapons! Let's go kill some monsters! This is our first chance to work for the GM, we can't miss it!"

In an instant, all the players in the city were like they'd been injected with adrenaline, their eyes gleaming with excitement as they rushed toward the edge of the city, searching for the native creatures that had just terrified them.

Looking at the city that had suddenly become full of fighting spirit, Su Muqiu opened his mouth, completely stunned.

The fifty-page defensive counterattack plan she had spent an entire night developing was perfectly resolved in three seconds by Lu Yuan's "assign task" action, in a more efficient and thorough way.

Lu Yuan snapped his fingers in satisfaction and put his headphones back on.

"Alright, the world is peaceful now."

He picked up the game controller and continued the BOSS battle he hadn't finished earlier.

As for the "contribution point system" that he had just created, which was powerful enough to change the entire world order, he didn't care about it at all.

After all, isn't giving players something to do and providing them with rewards the most basic job of a game administrator?