Global Games: Reporting the Great Ascension Stage at the Start

"Brother Xia Ye, what do you mean?" Localized necrosis looked at Shen Hua excitedly.

"Let's talk about this later," Shen Hua said casually.

Hearing the evasive tone in Shen Hua's words, the localized necrosis patient stopped talking.

The extent of localized necrosis is still unknown, but recently large capital firms have indeed been able to purchase large quantities of spirit stones, and the purchase price of spirit stones is very cheap.

However, after today, the price of spirit stones will increase several times, even more than tenfold. At that time, even large capital firms won't be able to acquire many spirit stones.

Besides, Shen Hua doesn't lack spirit stones, so there's no need for him to be controlled by others.

At this moment, Han Gang looked at Shen Hua, his expression turning serious: "There's something else, about the spirit box. According to our investigation, you were the first person to discover the spirit box, right?"

"That's right," Shen Hua answered frankly, then asked, "What is the official view on this?"

"We've detected hostility from an alien civilization," Han Gang said in a deep voice. "The spirit box isn't a benefit at all; after investigation, it seems to be a weapon."

"Weapons?" Localized Necrosis looked thoughtful. "I had a feeling about this too."

"So we dare not relax for a moment," Han Gang continued. "We have been ordered to do everything in our power to eliminate the spirit boxes within our territory. That's why I just bid on those twenty golden fire-type magical artifacts."

He said earnestly, "I can't go into details, but let's add each other as friends and keep in touch. We might even have the opportunity to collaborate."

"No problem." Shen Hua took the initiative to add Han Gang as a friend, and Han Gang quickly accepted.

Thus, Han Gang became Shen Hua's third friend.

The first two people on his friend list were Local Necrosis and Xixue from the Haiqing Guild. He had only added this girl a week ago.

"Then I'll take my leave." Han Gang stood up, preparing to depart.

"Brother Xia Ye, I'm leaving now. There's still a lot of things to finish up at the auction." Local Necrosis also got up.

"Wait a minute," Shen Hua called out to Han Gang. "You belong to the Eastern Military Region. Do you usually operate in Danyang County?"

Han Gang paused for a moment, then replied, "Yes, we are stationed in Moling, Danyang County."

Moling, offline, is the area around present-day Nanjing.

Shen Hua sized him up: "Judging from your attire, you must be a player who focuses on body refinement, right?"

Han Gang was wearing a tight-fitting leather armor, clearly indicating he was a body cultivator.

"That's right."

"Judging from your attire, you don't seem to be a member of the Lingbao Sect, do you?"

"Of course not, I am at the Moling Wanfa Sect."

Shen Hua said seriously, "Then I advise you to find a way to join the Lingbao Sect as soon as possible. Body-refining cultivators will have much more room for development there. Don't waste your time in ordinary sects."

"Lingbao Sect? Hmm, I'll think about it carefully." Han Gang thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Shen Hua knew that Han Gang's biggest regret in his previous life was not joining the Lingbao Sect earlier. He often mentioned this to his relatives and friends in his previous life.

Since that's the case, Shen Hua gave him a hint early on.

……

After the two left, Shen Hua planned to refine another batch of pills, as his online time for the day would be almost used up.

But unexpectedly, Xixue suddenly sent a message.

Fine Snow: "Brother Xia Ye, will the price of spirit stones really go up?"

Shen Hua: "I think there's a high probability. Why are you suddenly asking this?"

Xi Xue: "A week ago, I heard you say that the price of spirit stones was going to rise, so I told our guild leader. Our guild members stockpiled over a thousand spirit stones! But now the price of spirit stones keeps falling, and the guild leader is so worried that he can't even eat."

Shen Hua: "Don't worry, the price will go up. I still have tens of thousands of spirit stones in hand, so I'm not worried at all. Just let your guild leader continue to hoard them."

Fine Snow: "How much? Tens of thousands?!"

Shen Hua: "Yes, what's wrong?"

Shen Hua never received a reply from Xi Xue again until the game time for the day ended.

Perhaps the little girl was frightened by the amount.

……

……

After the game was taken offline on February 10, Shen Hua immediately picked up his phone from the bedside table and started looking at it.

Sure enough, the video of the big yellow hamster has been taken down, and the homepages of all major platforms have been replaced with the new video.

Upon opening the video, a human woman with light blue skin, dressed in a white uniform, is speaking eloquently.

Unlike the Earthlings, she has two long horns on either side of her forehead, a tail behind her, and a pair of bat-like black wings on her back.

"I am the new Game Overseer of this civilization. The previous Game Overseer has been transferred to another civilization for other reasons," the blue-skinned woman said.

"The former Game Inspector's public statement was without any problems, but it had some omissions, which I will supplement here today."

Immediately afterwards, Fukalan announced the final punishment for the loser of the duel—psychic energy and biomass recycling.

The video also included a short clip at the end.

In the scene, another civilization is undergoing "psychic energy and biomass recycling," and the scene is extremely tragic.

The planet suddenly stopped rotating, underground stress erupted, and super-strong earthquakes of magnitude 12 or higher struck all parts of the world. Gale-force winds raged, and all life on the planet was broken down into biological macromolecules. This is the true nature of the so-called recycling.

At the end of the video, she solemnly said, "According to the planet's timeline, five years from now, all players who have reached the third level of cultivation, which is the Golden Core stage, will be able to leave this planet with a maximum of twenty relatives and friends."

"If you don't want to end up like that civilization, either win the duel or become one of the relatives or friends who are taken away. The choice is yours."

That concludes the video.

Although they have just left the game, most residents of Blue Star have the habit of picking up their phones immediately, and even if they don't, their friends and family will.

As a result, everyone gradually saw the video.

Shen Hua walked to the window, where a series of exclamations could be clearly heard from outside.

"The storm has really come," Shen Hua sighed.

He took out a set of golden array plates, set them up in the rented room, and then rode his second-hand motorcycle home.

All along the way, he heard screams and wails from people coming from the surrounding buildings.

The streets were deserted, with no other vehicles in sight, and the few pedestrians I saw had faces filled with shock and fear.

This situation caused Shen Hua to waver slightly: Was it really right to reveal such a cruel truth to the public? Should they keep everyone in the dark, just like in his previous life?

But he quickly shook his head.

Everyone has the right to know the truth. No matter how cruel reality is, it's still better than everyone in the previous life being confused and ultimately taken away in one fell swoop.

On the way, he also received a call from Shen's mother.

However, when the call came, he was already in the elevator in front of his own house.

Pushing open the door, I saw Shen's mother sitting in a chair with red eyes, looking helpless, clearly having just cried; Shen's father, on the other hand, picked up his cigarettes again, which he had given up for many years, and took one puff after another, filling the living room with smoke.

Seeing Shen Hua return, Shen's father forced a smile that looked more like a grimace: "Hua Hua, you've seen that video, haven't you?"

"I watched it, and I rushed back as soon as I finished watching it." Shen Hua's expression was heavy.

"I knew those damn aliens were up to no good!" Dad Shen slammed the cigarette butt on the ground and stomped on it hard, as if the cigarette butt under his feet was one of those aliens.

Meanwhile, Shen's mother kept scrolling through her phone's contact list, going through each relative's name one by one, trying to remember who had good spiritual roots and could lead her family away in the future.

The same must be true for other families; fear and despair permeated everything.