Khan belongs to the Broken Tusk tribe, and is the third son of the chief Bhakar. Khan always tried to make himself stand out, but he knew he would never be as strong as his eldest brother Bhal, or as smart as his second brother Braukr. 

In an attempt to stand out he joined a war party against a rival tribe, The pale ones. While on the battlefield Khan freezes in fear and he notices all around him are the corpses and bodies of people he knew from his tribe and from the pale ones. He hears the screams, cries, and pleas of the wounded begging for death. While he isn't paying attention a pale one tribe member hits Khan and knocks him unconscious. 

The next thing Khan knows he is being sold to a area as a slave fighter. So begins the epic of Khan.

Dengan gerakan slow motion, aku mendorong lembut tubuh Tiara dari tubuhku. Beberapa saat mataku lekat memandang wajahnya yang tersenyum manis menggemaskan.
"Kok kamu tahu, aku Bangla? Siapa yang ngasih bocoran?" tanyaku dengan bisikkan mendesah akibat rongga dadaku yang sesak dipenuhi rasa heran.
"Ada deh!" Tiara menjawab seraya menunduk.
Kedua bola matanya menatap seksama bagian tubuhku depan pangkal paha di bawah pusar. Tempat bersemayamnya benda sakti yang dulu mendapat julukan 'Bangla'.
Cukup lama Tiara memfokuskan tatapannya di sana. Setelah puas, dia kembali menatap wajahku dengan tatapan yang sangat nanar dan sayu. Aku bahkan belum sanggup menterjemahkan tatapannya yang sangat menggoda itu.
Mata sayu dan nanar itu kini menyapu sekujur tubuhku dengan sangat intens dan mendalam. Bergerak pelan mulai dari ujung sepatu Kicker-ku hingga ujung rambutku.
Jantungku masih berdegup tak normal. Sebait tanya tersisa di dada. Mengapa setelah sekian lama julukan itu menghilang, kini ada lagi yang memanggilku dengan sebutan itu. Julukan yang sedikit sakral sekaligus tabu. Bahkan aku sudah meminta dengan hormat pada semua sahabat terdekatku untuk menghapusnya dari memori mereka.
Dan lebih mengejutkan lagi, ketika seorang Tiara yang membangkitkan kembali julukan ajaib itu. Sedangkan aku dan dia saling mengenal hanya sebatas teman biasa. Setiap bertemu hanya sekedar 'say halo.' Pernah bicara basa-basi berdua, itupun tak lebih dari beberapa patah kata saja.
Kalau pun dulu, aku punya kesempatan ngobrol panjang lebar berduaan dengannya, sudah dipastikan tak mungkin membahas 'Bangla'. Kecuali dia sudah pernah bertemu langsung dengannya.
Sejak kapan dia dapat bocoran gila itu? Dan siapa bedebah yang telah membocorkannya. Memalukan!
'Bangla' merupakan panggilan rahasia untukku. Hanya teman yang benar-benar akrab dan dekat yang diizinkan memanggilku demikian. Itu pun ketika keadaan sepi. Itu julukan pujian namun juga bisa dianggap sebagai ejekan.
Bangla diambil dari kata Bangladesh. Nama sebuah negara di Asia Selatan yang berbatasan dengan India di barat, utara, dan timur, Myanmar di tenggara, serta Teluk Benggala di selatan. Bangladesh secara harfiah bermakna "Negara Bangla". Ibu kota dan kota terbesar di Bangladesh ialah Dhaka
Beberapa temanku menjuluki demikian karena junior di balik celanaku, memiliki ukuran yang lebih besar dan lebih panjang dibanding mereka yang sebaya denganku. Ditambah dengan bulu-bulu yang tumbuh subur di kaki, paha, perut hingga dadaku.
Berdasarkan ciri-ciri fisik itu, aku sempat dikira memiliki garis keturunan bangsa Bangladesh atau India. Walau wajahku sama sekali tidak memiliki nuansa warga keturunan negara-negara tersebut.
Paras wajahku lebih mirip Rezky Aditya artis sinetron Indonesia, dibanding dengan Shahrul Khan atau pemain-pemain film bollywood lainnya. Kulit wajahku cenderung putih cerah dan bulu-bulu halus yang tumbuh subur di kaki, dada hingga perutku tidak selebat bulu-bulu lelaki India atau Bangladesh.
"Kamu dari mana dan mau kemana, Tiar?" Aku bertanya mengalihkan fokus pandangan dan pikiran nakalnya pada si Bangla.
"Aku mau pulang. Baru selesai manggung." Senyuman Tiara makin genit dan menggoda. Suaranya pun terdengar sedikit merdu, mendesah dan berirama.
"Manggung?" Aku kembali tersentak, "manggung apaan?" tanya kemudian dengan dahi berkerut dan kedua alis saling mendekat.
"Biasalah manggung dangdut. Musik rakyat jelata. Mengais receh untuk mencukupi kebutuhan sehari-hari. Agar dapurku tetap ngebul, kalau pun nanti ada sisanya terpaksa aku tabungkan, siapa tahu bisa untuk mencicil Ferrari, hehehe." Tiara menjawab manja dalam canda yang sedikit mengena.
"Kamu jadi penyanyi dangdut?" tanyaku setengah sadar.
Tiara mengangguk, wajahnya lurus menatapku dan kedua tangannya memegangi kedua lenganku dengan sangat lembut dan manja. Posisi yang seketika menyeret memoriku pada kenangan masa lalu yang telah silam.
Sebenarnya aku tak perlu bertanya tentang profesinya. Dari pakaian dan dandanannya pun dia sudah terlihat dangdut banget.
Yang jadi pertanyaan, sejak kapan dia menjadi artis dangdut? Kemana pakaian syar'i dan kerudung besarnya yang dulu selalu menutupi sekujur tubuhnya?
Beberapa tahun yang lalu, aku mengenal dia masih sebagai gadis yang sangat cantik, imut, pemalu, pendiam dan auratnya tertutup sempurna. Dia seorang ukhti yang sangat shalihah dipandang dari sudut gaya berdandan dan kepribadiannya.
Mengapa kini berbalik 108 derajat?
"Sejak kapan kamu jadi artis dangdut?" tanyaku ragu-ragu. Sejujurnya aku takut menyinggung perasaanya. 
Mungkinkah Tiara sedang bercanda? Untuk urusan aurat, tak mungkin dia sebercanda ini.
"Hmmm belum lama sih, mungkin sudah setengah tahunan kali ya." Tiara pun ragu-ragu. "masih sebatas hobi dan iseng aja. Daripada bengong sendirian di rumah." lanjutnya seraya menyandarkan pantatnya pada motorku yang jadi saksi bisu pertemuan kembali aku dan wanita syar'i yang kini telah menjelma menjadi artis dangdut yang sangat seksi.
"Bukannya artis dangdut biasanya pulang tengah malam?" selidikku.
"Harusnya begitu. Tapi, aku minta izin pulang lebih dulu. Soalnya dari tadi siang udah ngerasa gak nyaman di atas panggung. Penontonnya rada-rada rese gimana gitu."
"Hmmm."
"Ya, aku yakin, nanti malam pasti lebih rese tak terkontrol. Siang bolong aja udah rese dikendalikan alkohol. Aku tidak terlalu suka dengan lelaki pemabuk, makanya setengah hari aja, hehehe." Tiara menjelaskan panjang lebar.
"Bukannya kalau yang jogetnya mabuk berat makin asik. Kan dia hilang kontrol, lupa diri dan mudah menghambur-hamburkan uang recehnya untuk nyawer, hehehe." Aku terkekeh malu hati. Teringat segala kekonyolan dan kebodohan yang dulu sering aku lakukan.
"Gak semua begitu. Malah lebih banyak yang rese saat mabuk berat. Terkadang mereka ngotot minta uang sawera, kan brengsek. Namanya juga dalam pengaruh alkohol, mereka berasa paling berkuasa dan dunia miliknya, hehehe."
"Oh gitu," balasku kembali terkekeh.
Khusus yang satu ini, aku tak pernah konyol. Walau setiap berjoget di atas panggung, hampir dipastikan ada dalam pengaruh minuman keras. Namun tidak pernah sampai rese parah.
Mungkin karena sudah mengenal dan terbiasa dengan minuman beralkohol sejak kecil, hingga tidak pernah ada pemikiran meminum minuman keras untuk sekedar pamer atau dianggap hebat jika sampai mabok.
Di atas panggung aku malah jadi idola para penyanyi. Selain wajahku yang ehem-ehem dan tidak pernah rese aku pun sangat royal saat menerbangkan lembaran uang saweran. Mereka bahkan menjulukiku 'Abang Sawer Ganteng'
Sebenarnya aku tidak terlalu banyak mengenal Tiara. Kami beda sekolah dan beda kampung. Walau masih dalam satu desa. Kami saling mengenal hanya sebatas tahu nama dan wajah. Itupun karena saat pergi dan pulang sekolah sering kebetulan naik angkutan umum yang sama.
Aku tak pernah menduga bisa bertemu kembali dalam situasi seperti saat ini. 
Dia telah menjadi orang yang benar-benar berbeda. Seorang ukhti shalihah yang berani memakai pakaian kekurangan bahan, terbuka di sana-sini.
Mengejutkan, menakjubkan juga sedikit membuat bulu romaku berdiri. Ada apa dengan Tiara? Tragedi kehidupan model apa yang telah menimpanya hingga bisa mengubah dirinya sedrastis ini.
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KHUSUS DEWASA
Ketika mertua menanamkan benih cinta pada sang menantu dan menimbulkan dendam kebencian ketika ditolaknya, maka apa yang akan terjadi?

Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif starer, Zero, was released on December 2018.  The film was a much-awaited film of the year, considering the Shah Rukh Khan being the lead actor.


 
SRK's fan had huge expectations from the film but none of the expectations were met after the release. The movie was a non-performer at the box office.

Nevertheless, Zero has seemed to be making up for the losses and is now doing considerably good on television.

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In fact, reports state that Zero premiered on TV with a record 9.2 million impression, and following this the film also recorded a staggering 3.9 million impressions in a single month on other paid streaming platforms.

After its success on the television, the question arises that why was the movie not able to do well on the silver screen.

For starters, Red Chillies Productions supplied the TV network and the streaming platform a different cut of the film, helping Zero to set new benchmarks in satellite and streaming domains.

Another reason is said to be the difference in marketing strategies. The network promotional campaign for Zero revealed the bit about the Mars mission and portrayed the film to be a journey of sorts that the lead protagonist Shah Rukh Khan goes through from Meerut to Mars. Which was clearly missing in the theatrical campaign.

Lastly, the television audience is far different from the theatre-going crowd. While the theatre-going audience decides whether a film is worth watching based on reviews and word of mouth, the satellite audience, on the other hand, do not pay much attention to such factors. In fact, an individual who might skip a film in theatres may watch the same film on TV out of sheer curiosity or for the lack of options.

The next day, early in the morning, on Xinhai Weibo.
Ku Ge Official Sheng Wenshi: "According to the latest and most credible calculations, yesterday, within one night, the high-definition audio quality official version of 'Let It Go, Frozen' had already reached 9.85 million downloads, and it's still increasing rapidly. I've replayed this song over and over again at home last night, and every single time, I'm able to feel many unique touches and a kind of satisfied feeling from my heels right up to my head. It's really unforgettable. Praise Young Master, praise Miss Nianwei, for letting me hear such music that touches me right to my soul."
Penghui Films Music Producer: "Latest news, according to the verbal acknowledgment by Young Master in person, 'Let It Go, Frozen' is the theme song for the mysterious movie, 'Frozen', that Young Master is going to film. Exact details on when this movie will be screened are unknown, but according to news, Young Master has the intention to make Miss Nianwei star as the female lead, as well as sing this song in the movie. Hope that all the film lovers would live it. It isn't an overstatement to say that my own curiosity has long ago been exceedingly high. I've already offered my knees for the year."
Veteran musician Wang Bo: "This song is just too nice. I completely admire Miss Nianwei's singing skills as well as the rich emotions contained in her voice. Miss Nianwei's success is definitely not by chance."
Veteran Lyricist and Music Composer Li Zongsheng: "This song is completely flawless through Miss Nianwei's performance. Now, I'm also extremely curious about the movie 'Frozen' that Young Master is preparing to film. My two children are also immersed in this song, and my little daughter has even started to bug me to buy a stereo sound system. She's planning to do a cover of it to upload it to the internet for Miss Nianwei to listen to…"
Music producers, film companies, and countless singers and actors were discussing it on Weibo. More people also expressed that Young Master Hong Dali's talent in the entertainment industry could only be revered.
In no time, on Sangle's Young Master official Tieba forum, there was a record-breaking number of people viewing it again, and it rapidly increased from the previous 3 million to 60 million. Countless people were singing praises of this soulful song, "Let It Go, Frozen". Moreover, many were trying to get more information about the movie "Frozen"—of course, they didn't get anything out of it…
Numerous people changed their usernames to "Let It Go" and "Frozen", and a few professionals even exclaimed in shock that Hong Dali had created another frozen phenomenon, because now, on the streets, many people would ask each other once they greeted, "Today, have you unlocked?"
Of course, following this "unlocking" greeting, consequently, once this song was released, it created another weird phenomenon.
Even when the information of filming on "Frozen" hadn't been released yet, it already had an official Tieba forum, official radio station, and numerous movie lovers chatted with each other on these platforms the entire day, their goal to obtain the latest information on "Frozen"—of course, they didn't get anything out of it too…
Caiwei Entertainment's CEO, Zhang Cai, had been extremely busy in receiving numerous calls these few days—
"Hello, I'm Zhang Cai. I'm very sorry, we reject all advertisements to be inserted into the movies by our Young Master. En, yes, we'll reject inserted advertisements even if the endorsement fee is 3 million."
"Hello, I'm Zhang Cai. I'm very sorry, we cannot insert any advertisements into this movie. This has always been the case for Young Master's movies. En, yes, Holy Warriors of the Goddess is close to the ending stage, but there are no advertisements inserted as well."
"Not to say 2 million, it can't be done even if it's 20 million. Young Master hates it when there are too many advertisements in movies and dramas, so… En, I'm very sorry about that… OK, thank you for your understanding."
"Sir, please mind your tone. Our Young Master doesn't lack money, so I'm very sorry, your numbers cannot scare me. OK, goodbye, hope that if there's a chance… Let's not work with each other as well."
Now Zhang Cai was completely different from how she was back then. After following Young Master for such a long period of time, she'd seen all kinds of big situations. She'd long been unconcerned about a mere ten million or so of advertisement fees. 
The most important thing was to make Young Master satisfied!
Different from Zhang Cai who received eighty to hundreds of calls every day, currently, Hong Dali was desperately fanning himself with his clothes. "This damn weather is just too hot! It can't be played this way! How can I leave the house like this?!"
It was already August now, the hottest week of summer. Even though the air conditioning was on in the house, it was still unbearably hot. After all, the air conditioning could only lower temperatures, but it couldn't resist the burning hot sun in the sky. Thus, now Hong Dali wasn't about to go out of the house—after all, people could move around, but air conditioning could not be brought along wherever he went to… 
Thus, Hong Dali was very dispirited as he shouted, "Anybody has any idea how to make the weather cooler? If it continues to be so hot, I can't live through this summer vacation already! I want to go out! I want to waste money! I want to squander!"
However, when faced with the power of the sun, who would have any ideas? Everyone resolutely shook their heads, and Hong Dali couldn't even lie on his favorite Li Nianwei's lap anymore—once he lay on it, it would be soaked with sweat, sticky and uncomfortable!
"It would be nice if there's rain…" Tang Muxin also couldn't bear with the heat. It was cooling when the air conditioner was turned on, but once it wasn't turned on, she'd be sticky and sweaty all over, and it'd be more uncomfortable. Especially, she could easily catch a cold if she left the house, and might even catch a feverish cold. Thus, currently, the best way to solve this was for rain to fall. Even if it wasn't raining, a cloudy day would also do!
But as the saying goes, though the person who said it didn't really think much about it, the listeners would have ideas. Upon hearing Tang Muxin's words, Hong Dali instantly had an idea. "Hey, Xinxin, good job, hahahaha! I have an idea! I finally have an idea, wahahahahahaha!"
Once Hong Dali laughed madly, everyone was puzzled. Tang Muxin asked, "Dali, what idea, you have an idea already? You can make it rain?"
"Yes, wahahaha! I've thought of a brilliant way to squander!" Hong Dali roared with laughter. "The heavens don't make it rain, but we can make artificial rainfall!"
"Huh?!" Tang Muxin was dumbfounded. "Dali, your brain isn't damaged, right? You're planning to do cloud seeding just because the weather is hot?!"
Oh God, it's the first time I heard cloud seeding being used for this!
"Yes!" Hong Dali extremely shamelessly admitted. "This is, of course, a good time for cloud seeding, or else when would be the time for cloud seeding?!"
"That costs a lot!" Tang Muxin was frustrated. "Do you know how much it would cost?!"
"If it doesn't cost much, why would I do it?" Hong Dali felt strange and asked, "I'm doing this exactly because the cost is high!" As he spoke, he pulled Tang Muxin and ran. "Quickly quickly, let's go and find Chuyin to ask her about this!"
…
At the same time, at another corner on the internet.
Online gaming.
Today was the day of the open beta testing of the brand new generation 3D online game, Spiritual Sword, which was greatly popular on the internet. 
And now, there was still two more hours before its start!
Previously, the Play Together official forum which was previously already rather popular had already reached a new peak in its popularity!
Today: 193,451. Yesterday: 612,355. Posts: 443,334,231. Members: 532,133,244.
Just within a days' time, it had increased by close to 200,000 members!
And within the special zone of Spiritual Sword, the number of posts on that day itself had already reached 125,874! It had overtaken the most popular Draconic Continent which had 107,858 posts!
Through the hype created by Shiroishi Kazuma during this period of time, this online game had already overpowered Draconic Continent in terms of popularity and had become the new generation king of popularity in online games! 
As long as there were popularity and players, this game would be more and more popular! It snowballed till it became huge!
And by this time, the content in other online gaming special zones and posts were literally all related to Spiritual Sword!
Earth-shaking—Spiritual Sword is going to have an open beta testing soon. Everyone who's going to play Spiritual Sword, which zones are you going to?
Crack in times—Though today's open beta testing is only for a short time, I'm still waiting for Spiritual Sword. Those going, quickly follow the posts! 
Meanwhile, at Spiritual Sword's side, there was already an increasing trend of people calling their friends over, and numerous netizens started to post—
[An activation code during the internal testing cost 500 yuan. Now that it's going to undergo open beta testing, it's said that the highest definition image is akin to watching an animated film, but since the requirements are very high regarding the computer settings, are there people who would like to form a group and play together?]
Player One: "I'm trying my best to save money; it's finally enough to run on max settings. There's about one more hour or so before I can enter the game, I'm already salivating!"
Player Two: "Already registered my user account, just waiting for the game to launch!"
Player Three: "There's already a machine installed at the internet cafe. Play throughout the night today, support if you're going together!"
Very soon, it was 2:00 PM. After a large number of players waited in anticipation, Spiritual Sword online game, had started! 
Within a short span of the launch, Spiritual Sword's popularity had increased to the peak. After the server had been turned on, due to an overwhelming number of players logging in, the server experienced breakdowns over and over again, and even the official website couldn't be visited as normal.
Very soon, upon the approval from Shiroishi Kazuma, the number of servers increased from the initially twenty by another two more within one hour, and finally, it could at least settle down those players that were streaming in. Even so, there were still hundreds of people queuing up at every server!
At 4:00 PM, following another stream of players that had ended work, at the same time, the number of people online increased by leaps and bounds. In order to prevent the overloading of the servers, eight more servers were added at the last minute, and by this time, there were already 40 servers opened on the first day of the open beta testing of Spiritual Sword!
As every server could only contain at most 10,000 people, all 40 servers were completely filled up. This meant that Spiritual Sword had already reached 400,000 people online at the same time!
This type of explosive popularity was already enough to push Spiritual Sword to the highest peak in the online gaming history. Even the previously most popular Draconic Continent was lagging far behind!
On various gaming websites, news regarding Spiritual Sword had spread all around—
"'Spiritual Sword' enjoys explosive popularity, the number of people online at the same time during the open beta testing has broken past 40,000!"
"Easy Net online gaming channel latest report: Currently, all 40 servers of 'Spiritual Sword' are all full, and there are numerous players still queuing up!"
"Xinhai Weibo official report: Spiritual Sword enjoys explosive popularity, overtaking Draconic Continent, and has become the new hit among Heavenly State's online games!"
So on and so forth…


"I have to squander; otherwise, won't it be a waste of my parent's talent at earning money?" Hong Dali answers a reporter's question matter-of-factly. 

Just after the interview ends, Hong Dali opens the Great Prodigal System's interface and looks at the various good stuff displayed in it. Stroking his chin, he mumbles to himself, "I just need to squander 200 billion yuan more to exchange for the blueprint of the core technology, Engine Destruction, found in the strongest humanoid mecha weapon, Neo Granzon. Looks like I'll have to work harder!"

"I want to splurge! I want to squander!"


Hello, people of New Life Online! It's me Aika, your favorite host of What's New in New Life Online! Today the "Am I That Really Popular?" contest will begin and the winner will be known throughout not only in the world of New Life Online but also in the real world! Vote for your favorite player and we will now interview some of the known faces around here. I also love to see some votes for me from you guys *wink wink*

Interview Time!

Scythus/Aries Kim

"Hey don't follow me... Jeez put that camera away and don't zoom it on my face, will you? FIRE BOOSTER!" I escaped... My sis would figure out who I am if you do that.

Elou/Ethan Louis

"They call me the "Blonde Robinhood" because I am not just good with bows but I also steal the hearts of girls here in New Life Online. Be careful or you'll fall for me without noticing." I hope I sounded cool there.

Akko/Ayako Minami

"Uhmmm I don't know what to say but I hope I could get a vote from you guys." I hope I didn't sound begging.

Lili/Liliana Minami

"... LIGHT GOD'S HAMMER!" ...

Zeth

"Hahaha. I'm sure I'm really popular for being so strong. Can you see these muscles? My muscles are the fruit of my hard work and effort and want a vote for it!" Woooh I'm so cool!

Mari/Mari Kim

"Kyaaa! Are you recording this? Kyaaa!" Kyaaa I'm not really good with cameras!

Azzie/Azalea

"I love playing the game and become the best Fire Master." I think I was just too normal. I hate that Akko girl though.

Celeste

"Wazzzap Sh*tty Brats! If you vote for me, I won't Squash you to death Sh*tty Brats!" Haha, Sh*tty Brats!

Deandre

"I love to keep the peace around the city and hate those who start conflicts. Justice for the Order of Light!" That was fun.

Aurora

"Do I earn something here? Do I get some free pizza? Hey, I'm asking you!" They just ran away...

Vulkhan/Mr. Khan

"I don't care. Stop following or I'll burn you like you've never burned before..."

Daimond/Daimon

"I'm not interested. Please ask the others."

Shiv/General Shivan

"We don't get too much attention... We kill people for money..." Time to advertise.

Panthie/Catherine

"Can my panthers vote? That would be a lot of votes for me... what? No? ok..." Close enough.

Vortz

"Come visit us at Storm Seekers city. Be careful of the thunderstorms around." I hope people could visit our place.

Shella/Shiela

"I love water and taking a bath! I take a bath 5 times a day, just in game though coz that would waste a lot of clothes Haha."

Siegriel

"They say I'm young to make decisions for the guild but we became this successful and now found some new Biomes around our guild. Come and join us!"

Warden

"Do you use magic? Is there really such thing as Magic? Try it out on me if you happen to have one haha"

Maisie

"..."

Siren/Sirene

"Do you like birds? Flying carelessly and enjoying the freedom, I want to be one. And then someone shot the bird... poor bird..."

Bludgeon/Engineer George

"True men choose true men! Vote for me to be a true men!"

Venum/Dr. Ven

"Ssssssss... Sssssss... What? Are you talking to me? Ssssss..."

Drake/Blake

"We love to have more people in our guild. We specialize in using mounts for fighting and raiding. Join us!"

(Why do guild leaders mostly advertise their guilds lol)

Two Teeth/Sitter

"Hey boss it's an interview, why aren't you answering her question?"

"Uhmmm My name ish... Uhmm Shitter... no, no Shitter... Shtop ashking sho much queshtionsh... Shtop laughing!"

(his subordinates are all laughing)

"That's mostly all of the well-known players! We will wait for the votes!" Aika excitedly said.

**************

How to vote your favorite character? Just comment the name of the character and put why you love them. Only two characters are allowed in just one comment guys so only pick one or two. This is just for fun guys and the winner of the character contest will be the most popular player that will be mentioned in the game. The winner will be posted at the end of the second volume.

(From the past, we already got winners but we will have a recount for Wattpad readers and another version for Webnovel!)

Please, just try to participate and support your favorite character. >_<

Also, please just leave a review for those who have come this far for Webnovel. It's been almost 100 chapters and we only got 7 reviews. It will help me a lot positive or not. Thank you so much!

*Special mentions to our top 5 voters

1. Me of course
2. SuperGene
3. onlyheretoread75
4. DeadedInside
5. ZigZagKingdom 

Thank you so much!

Aries and his parents got involved in an accident, and he fell into a coma but his parents didn't survive.  After three years, he awoke from it. New Life Online was introduced to him by his friends, almost as if it was calling out to his current situation. A new adventure together with his friends awaits!

NLO has four parts but in this website, I will only post it in a single webnovel.

Here's the link for NLO Wattpad:
https://www.wattpad.com/story/46350839-new-life-online-battle-against-the-strongest-book

[TL Note: the plain translation of the Matrix into Chinese is Hackers' Empire. Therefore, it would cause some confusion in this section.]
"Hackers?"
"Hackers?!" In the Jiuhua City Shop, people were bustling in the early morning. Although the shop only opened just now, it was already busy.
Upon entering the shop, Li Haoran froze when he saw the new movie that was offered.
Others might not understand this word, but as the genius artifact master in Dajin, he clearly knew how they easily won the information war against the alliance of major forces.
They had borrowed the idea and strategy from the Hacker Lester in Grand Theft Auto 5.
Perhaps the strategy was a bit crude and in its infancy, but it was effective against the major forces who had never imagined such a strategy before.
"Is this a movie featuring hackers?!" Li Haoran was a bit curious. Although they had achieved success by using this strategy, what was the use of watching hackers? How could that be applied in the real world?
Could they use the skills learned in the movie to hack into the computers in the internet café?
It was a bit far-fetched and non-realistic.
Then, he glanced at the price and found that it was quite expensive: [38 crystals]
He could afford this price, but he wondered why this movie was as expensive as Shu Mountain.
For the cultivators, the science technology of the ordinary people was child's play compared with the top-level spiritual treasures in Shu Mountain and the Legend of the Sword and Fairy. 
In the Half City Shop.
"How come they are all standing here?"
Unbound King was a young man with shoulder-length white hair; he looked to be about 18 years old.
Behind him was a purple-clothed old man, the Reincarnation King of Half City.
The Reincarnation King had originally been scheming against the internet café, but the old man was smart enough to stop his plans after the big demon was suppressed. Now, he came into the internet café every day to play games.
Upon entering the shop, they saw elders and disciples of the Nanhua Faction standing around the counter.
Mo Xian said, "The shop released a new movie today, and we're deciding if we should watch it together."
Yue Yan wondered, "The Matrix? After watching it, can we dump Lester and hack into the security system ourselves to do all kinds of tasks?"
Liu Ningyun asked, "Ms. Ruan, do you guys plan to watch it?"
"I will if the Guild President watches it," Ruan Ning said, "this old demon never misses a good thing."
Mo Xian said in disdain. "It's a good thing for him if we watch it since he can make money from us."
The Xichi Spiritual Master said, "Is it about hackers? Let's get online first and ask the cultivators in Jiuhua City in the group chat."
Mo Xian replied, "I have a feeling that it's no good…"
After staying in the world of Grand Theft Auto 5 for a while, they found that this world had nothing good except for some excellent spiritual artifacts.
Even though those machines and tools were good, the top-level cultivators could still deal with these heavy machines as long as they understood their mechanisms and the principles behind them.
Unbound King and Reincarnation King exchanged a look. "What's this thing? Should we watch it…"
Usually Mr. Fang's Group Tour in QQ was quiet, but whenever a new movie was released, many people would jump out and flood the chat with messages.
Su Tianji: [Sir, are you going to organize a group tour today?]
Nalan Hongwu: [This doesn't look like a movie for warriors, eh? Should I watch it?]
Mr. Fang: [It's your decision; it only lasts a bit over 2 hours. Get on board if you want to watch it!]
Su Tianji: [Me!]
Dong Qingli: [Me! Me! Me!]
An Huwei: [Count me in!]
"…" Messages flooded the group chat in QQ.
- In the Half City Shop -
Mo Xian urged, "Let's go now! Hurry up and get onboard!"
Liu Ningyun was nonplussed, "Senior Sister, didn't you say that it wouldn't be good?"
Mo Xian replied, "Don't you see that they've all gone? If we don't hurry, there won't be seats available!"
Yue Yan shouted, "Hurry! Hurry!"
"…"
- In the Yuanyang Shop -
"What are they doing?"
"So many people?"
"Shall we go and watch it too?"
Tang Yu said, "What's happening? Let's go and have a look…"
Instantly, a large group of people showed up in Mr. Fang's Qzone.
"Didn't you say that you wouldn't watch it?"
"How come you're all here?"
Fang Qi glanced around and saw the old man Gu Tingyun and Elder Yu, wondering how they got into this group.
While his face twitched, Mr. Fang said, "The tour bus is full; please wait for the next bus!"
The customers who hadn't gotten onto the tour bus were silent for a while.
Then, Black Demon asked, "Anyone wants to get onboard my tour bus of the Matrix?"
"Me!"
"Count me in!"
Nearby, the Reincarnation King and Unbound King had just gotten online. "How come they all went to watch the movie?"
"Shall we watch it too?"
With a clank, the access to Mr. Fang's Qzone was closed, and Mr. Fang's tour bus set off.
It was pitch-black. When the light came, they saw dense rows of data flowing on the pitch-black screen in a complicated manner. Fortunately, the System had the translation function, which enabled the audience to see that it was online communication between two hackers.
"It looks powerful…" Wang Xie whispered.
"I wonder if it's better than the Legend of the Sword and Fairy 3," Tang Yu whispered since he knew only one game.
The environment around them looked modern, and the buildings were in the style of the end of the 20th Century. In a dim and crude room, a female hacker sat inside while policer officers swarmed up to the door.
"Senior Sister, these guys are so weirdly dressed…" Mu Qing whispered. Both of them had come to watch the movie with Jiang Xiaoyue.
The cultivators of the Yuanyang City Shop didn't know what they were watching except that it was similar to the opening animation of the Legend of the Sword and Fairy 3, so they watched for fun.
Having played Grand Theft Auto 5, Mo Xian and the others were familiar with this concept. She said with some disdain, "What good is this? Catching a hacker? It would be more fun to drive a car and lead them on a wild chase."
The others were also a bit disappointed. For them, modern society was full of people with low-level strengths. After all, the Wuwei Daoist Alliance had mastered the creation of items such as guns, and it seemed meaningless to watch a movie with a similar theme.
It wasn't exactly meaningless; it was just that its theme overlapped with that of Grand Theft Auto 5.
The cultivators of Yuanyang City also felt that the spiritual artifacts and martial art techniques shown in this move were child's play.
"This is not nearly as good as the Legend of the Sword and Fairy 3…" Zong Wu said, "Senior Gu, what do you think?"
Gu Tingyun nodded. "Indeed, it doesn't seem as good."
Elder Yu said, "I can deal with 100 or 1,000 people who are on this strength level. They are indeed lame."
"Is it a mistake that we came to watch it?"


We’ve had systems that help the MCs make pills, steal skills from legendary masters, and even be forced to show off to earn points, but what about a system that allows one to run a virtual reality internet cafe, featuring all the classic games?

Our MC awakens in a new world (Truck-kun strikes again) and finds himself with a mysterious system that allows him to run a fully self-sufficient virtual reality internet cafe! What? Opening an internet cafe in a cultivator world? You can now surf the internet, watch dramas, and play video games?!

One Emperor Warrior cried after visiting MC’s shop, “Damn, Blizzard completes my life!”
Another Yuan River Realm cultivator gasped after drinking Sprite, “What is this sorcery?” 

What else did the MC bring to the cultivator world? Come join us on this adventure as Fang Qi faces off against cultivation sects and major forces with his collection of modern treasures.

Chapter 1: New Life. New Year. New Beginning.

A young man who was sitting in a comfortable leathered chair was sweating as the temperature of the room slowly rises as the sun hangs high in the sky. His eyebrows suddenly twitched, slowly regaining his consciousness as he felt the heat.

A massive pain suddenly smacked his head making him dizzy and groggy, it was like waking up with a hang over from the alcohol poisoning.

With slightly opened eyes, he stood up and walked to the kitchen like a zombie. He opened a drawer and took out a medicine kit and searched for a pain reliever pill. He did it very casually as if it was a part of his life's daily routine ever since.

After drinking the pill with a glass of water from the sink. He sat on the couch with his eyes closed feeling the pain slowly subside.

With a sudden jolt, his eyes snapped open, strangely touching his face then his body as if he remembered something.

"What the--" The young man suddenly murmured as if something had just dawned in him. Then he sat down in a lotus position, eyes closed with his thick eyebrows on fleek telling that he was trying to focus himself on something.

The young man was strangely trying to remember who he is because as he tapped into his mind, he has two different memories of his life overlapping against each other. Thankfully, he has an unfazed will that kept him anchoring away from insanity.

Having two different set of life memories can cause confusion and might result to a split personality, and if the host tries to combine the two memories, the result will turn into an unstable personality which can lead into insanity if the two memories are oppositely different to each other. Thus what the young man was trying to do right now was segregating the two memories away from each other and organizing it.

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Hours passed by and the sky was now bloody orange, the young man finally opened his eyes and began to contemplate the conclusion on what happened to him.

The first memory in his mind was that his name was Ai Yun, a twenty one years old, fourth year college in University of San Rizal taking a double major program in Psychology and Information Technology. Even though his quizzes are all almost perfect, he doesn't pass any assignment and only attend his classes in an alternate way where on the first week he will attend the Monday, Wednesday, Friday classes and then on the second week he will only attend the Tuesday, Thursday classes; getting him only passable grades.

The reason why he managed his time in this way was to give time on his job playing online games. He earns money through this by selling rare and unique items, and fortunately, he is very good at it, but the profit he makes from it can only more or less enough to pay his living expenses and his school tuition fees. 

Also in this memory, he asked a permission to the two deans for a two weeks leave from attending his classes in order to finish his thesis that has a great value in the field of Psychology and IT, and with the understanding and pity of the two deans to his situation, they gave him a permit.

For eleven days he was able to finish his thesis. He survived through it by only eating dozens of cup noodles, drinking coffee while smoking cigarettes and a three-hour sleep each. On the last three days, he played online games nonstop in order to make up for the works that he missed. Finally, on the last day, when he finished the last quest in a certain game, a fulfillment was seen on his face and slowly closed his eyes.

Even though the young man remembers it very clearly, somehow the connection of this memory to him is somewhat faint unlike the connection of the second memory to him is strong as if it is really a part of him.

In the second memory, his name is Zhen Yun. He was a powerful expert in the world of Immortals. He cultivated one of the three parts of the number one heaven defying cultivation art known as the Divine Trinity Art which cause the experts throughout the world to hunt him for dozens of years eventually leading him to an accumulation of minor and fatal injuries not just in his body also in his spirit and soul thus succumbing him to death. Before his death arrived, he wrote his final words using his own daos on a massive boulder.

—————

Here lies Zhen Yun..

Even in death, the Divine Body Art of the Divine Trinity Art will accompany me in the afterlife.

Even though you, scums, turned against me, I, your Grandfather, Zhen Yun , am still magnanimous and will gift this art through my last words.

P. S. The information of the first chapter that I inscribed here are all jumbled up. It's up to you to piece the puzzle. Good luck! HAHA

—————

As the young man called Zhen Yun looked at his masterpiece, a sense of fulfillment could be seen through his weak smile. He then jumped up at the top of the boulder and sat in a lotus position to finally accepted his fate--death.

On the last second before Zhen Yun died. Numerous experts finally arrived and caught up to him but when they read the message that was written on the boulder, their faces went undesirably ugly. Even at the last moment, they still have been mocked and played, and almost got nothing out from hunting him.

+++++++++

After an hour of contemplating, the young man finally arrived to a conclusion that he really is Zhen Yun, however his identity from now is of Ai Yun's. His theory to this is that when he, Zhen Yun was about to enter the Samsara Cycle, his soul somewhat crossed over at the same time when his doppelgänger from the mortal world Ai Yun died due to the over fatigue.

The young man who identified himself as Zhen Yun had a lot of theories in his head, as an example for that is this planet what they call Earth has a very rich Heaven and Earth Origin Energy yet it lacks something. He can't pinpoint that feeling, but he was confident that he'll be able to find out as long as he started cultivating. He can also vaguely feel that the space in this world is a bit thicker and stabler than the Immortal World which makes the Heaven and Earth Energy a bit intangible making it hard for someone to sense and gather it to cultivate.

The gravity is a lot heavier also though it doesn't affect the body of the mortals which is a result from adaptation, it affects the speed and the strength that the person or the things that can be attained. An example of these are the laws of limitation such as the speed of sound and the speed of light. 

Base on his speculations, martial artists can only cultivate to the peak of Earthly Body Realm only and those geniuses are the only one who can enter the boundaries of Spiritual Sea Realm. In the Immortal Realm, these are only the first two out of three preparation stages in ascending to Immortality and at these realms, cultivators are still called mortals thus he call this world that he's living in, the Mortal World.

The theory that he made about crossing over was from the web novels that the former Ai Yun read which convince himself just to believe and accept his situation that he's in now.

As Zhen Yun reminisced the two memories and experiences of his two lives in order to accustomed himself to the situation, in his final moments before he died, he couldn't help but smile and be satisfied with what he achieved unlike to this Ai Yun's life, he only felt disdain to the way he chose to live his life but he still somewhat admire this from him because of his personality and what he believed in.

"Ai Yun, old pal. Thank you for giving me another life. I promise that in this life, I will live it to the fullest. So no need to worry about your identity in this life and go enter the Samsara Cycle without worries."

As Zhen Yun said that to the late Ai Yun who he now accepted as his past life, knocks suddenly sounded on the door rhythmically.

When Ai Yun opened the door, a young man with a sleek undercut hair and an ash-colored hair young woman were standing outside. The two were holding some paper and plastic bags. As they were about to greet, they were shocked to see the appearance of the young man.

The aura that they were feeling from the young man was an aloof and a hint of arrogance making them feel like nothing can move him as he stands at the top of a mountain even though his clothes were ragged and had lots of stain from the noodle soup, coffee and ashes from the cigarettes giving him a pungent smell.

"He-he-heyy, buddy!" The young man chuckled as he gave Ai Yun a bear hug.

"We haven't seen you for a week and look at you! You've become manlier. Haha!" Holding at his skinny shoulders, the young man happily praised.

"Ha-ha. Err..thanks." Yun Hao awkwardly laugh as he try to remember who are these people. In his mind. Manlier? Me? I've always been a man amongst men and women crawl in my bed just to please me. You tell me, am I manlier?

As he delved in Ai Yun's memory, this guy's name is Khan Ye, his best friend since high school. He was very popular with the girls back then, more or less in a bad way, since almost all of the girls that knew him cried as they realized that their hearts were just played by him. The only exception to this was the young woman he's now with. Her name is Elisha Meng, the captain of the volleyball varsity team. Known as The Goddess Athena in an all girls high school. Khan Ye became a love struck fool ever since he saw her in a school event, in his fiery eyes, there is only Elisha. 

Elisha was gawking at Ai Yun. She was a bit late to react when she saw his bearing, she felt like, this aura was the missing piece of him back then. She was only able to come back to her senses when Khan Ye talked.

At first, the one that she really liked was the late Ai Yun. When she was introduced to him by Khan back then, she was intrigued to this quiet young man. The three of them were graduating back then. Khan Ye was a basketball varsity player while Ai Yun was a soccer varsity player in an all boys high school. As the three started to hang out more and more, her feelings for Hao Yun started to blossom. As her feelings started to bloom, it also wilted as time passed by when Ai Yun didn't follow their plan and went into different universities at the last moment. Her face flushed red when the sudden thought passed by.

"Happy New Year, Yun! We brought food." She got a bit flustered when she held up the two paper bags that she was holding.

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Time flew fast as the three have noticed that it was already about to turn midnight.

As the three were having a good time from catching up, talking about life and playing games. On the television screen, the sky that was pitch black with no stars can be seen glittering and no moon to gaze at, the colorful streets were shown. 

The sky was peaceful yet the earth was full of different noises. Crackling explosions could be heard from time to time and sometimes the beating of the bass drums that could arouse one's soul. People were littered everywhere, some drunk and intoxicated but one thing that all the people have in common is that they are filled with joy.

Minutes passed by and the most awaited occasion that the people were staying up late at night for. The noises started to dim and disappeared. On a high platform, a tall gentleman wearing a white tuxedo walked in and faced the crowd.

"Ladies and gentlemen! The awaited time why everyone came to celebrate has come." The tall gentleman announced like a commentator.

Some people were madly clapping their hands, some are shouting at the top of their lungs, and some are whistling as loud as they can when they heard the tall gentleman that seems to be very popular.

"Now everyone, I want you to count down with me as well.." The tall gentleman continued as he looked at his wrist that was donned with a golden rolex.

The crowd was silent again with blood silently boiling that can be seen through their faces as they pay attention to the tall gentleman as he slowly raise his arm for his signature pose.

"10" The tall gentleman shouted using his microphone as he slammed his hand down in the air, though his shout was very loud, it was still almost drowned out by the reverberating shout of the crowd.

"9"

"8"

...

As the countdown started, the attention of these three were caught. Alisha's eyes were sparkling from excitement and as Jan held her hand staring lovingly at her. Ai was somewhat indifferent to what's happening since he cannot completely relate because of the different customs that he lived in.

Ever since the three got to know with each other on the School Interaction Event, they have always been celebrating special occasions together, though, Khan would sometimes spend it together with his family.

Elisha and Ai are the two consistent who celebrate special occasions together since Elisha is a transfer student from another country while Ai's family is no longer in this world right after he graduated high school.

...

"3"

"2"

"1"

"Happy New Year!!!" Everyone screamed to the point where their throats were getting hoarse. Everyone celebrated like there's no tomorrow. Every couple kissed. But all of these didn't last even for a minute as every thing blacked out.

"What's going on?" Elisha worried as he held Khan's hand tighter.

Music stopped, visual screens and street lights turned off, telecommunication signals jammed. Everyone was pretty quiet and somewhat eerily silent. The only thing that can be heard from time to time is the constant explosions of fireworks. The three were confounded as they can't find any explanation for this.

Seconds only just passed by, their mobile phones started to vibrate all at the same time. They took out their smart phones and as they look at it, a multicolored static screen can only be seen. They were surprised to see as the static screen started to flicker out and was replaced with a video clip that automatically played.

In the video, vast lands, vast oceans and a vast sky was shown first in the video clip. As the majestic scenes were slowly played, an ethereal ancient voice suddenly conveyed his words about the dao.

'Huh, why is this scenery feels like familiar?' Ai Yun was a bit astounded as he began to contemplate about what he felt as he continue to watch the video. 'I'm pretty sure I haven't been to this kind of place even when I was still in the Immortal World.'

"The Dao is like a land, an ocean and a sky. It is vast and plain to look at..but as you scrutinized the land and the sky into further details, and as you dive down deeper in the ocean, you will see marvelous things that will make you admire why and how everything was created.."

Different creatures and life forms where being played on the next scene. Dragons were roaring and phoenixes were dancing just like in those fantasy role playing game videos. The ethereal ancient voice still went on with his script with a tone of melancholy.

"I created a world with my comprehended heavenly daos to let you all achieve your own dao..."

As the video was about to end, the last words of the ethereal ancient voice didn't sound out from the mobile phones but instead in each individual's mind.

"Now that I have opened the gate for you to walk on your own dao, do you have the heart and the will to tread the road?"

When the video ended, an image of a black and white door with purple intricate ancient designs with small golden flickering texts at the top bottom of the screen saying "PRESS HOME BUTTON TO OPEN" was left on their phone screen.

After that, everything went back to normal but the celebratory mood could not be felt in the atmosphere anymore as if New Year's Day was already forgotten.

Minutes of silence passed by, the three were staring on each of their phone with each different thoughts stirring in their own minds. Ai was wary yet eager to press the button as per instructed on the screen. Elisha was afraid to what's gonna happen if she press the button. While the most excited was Khan as his eyes were sparkling and blood boiling, worked up from what he just saw and experienced.

"Hot dang!!" Jan exclaimed, breaking the silence as he asked the two with clear excitement look in his eyes. "What do you guys thought of that?"

"Eh? Err..I dunno, Khan. It feels like there's more to it. I can't quite grasp what I'm really feeling but for me, this is something...dangerous." Elisha was flustered as she tried to explain what she was feeling.

"I don't know about that, love, but what I do think is that...this is the coolest game that has ever been created by mankind!" Khan was really excited to try this game. In his mind, this is really the coolest game ever for him and it's for free.

"Eh?? How did you know that this is a game? More so, how would you know it's a human that had really created this kind of game?" Ai was being wary to what he felt as it was like the feeling back when he was still a rogue cultivator. 

'That's it!' He finally now grasped what he was being wary about. It was the feeling of survival back when he was still a rogue cultivator who has yet no power to face against the world.

"First!" Khan exclaimed as he held out his index finger. "This is a game for in fact this is just like one of those web novels that we've read, don't you think?" He explained his unbelievable reasonings with all the seriousness on his face.

"..." Elisha.

"..." Ai.

"Second." Khan now held out his middle and index finger. "Who or what other entity would be able to create this game if not a human who was the most genius of all time? And if it's really not a human who made this and was a higher being or whatnot then isn't it more of a reason to play this game? Ahh, I can now imagine what are the things that I will be experiencing as we play this throughout." Khan, even though with his idiotic explanation somehow able to get through to the mind of the other two.

The former Ai Yun was a gamer which means his love and passion for adventure was ignited and influenced Zhen Yun. His wariness for the game has now dramatically lessened, and while a small fire was being ignited also in Elisha's eyes too.

"What if once we played this "game" we'll be separated inside it?" Elisha has still some worries even though he was now swayed by Jan's idiotic reasoning.

Khan held her hand without further a do to express his feeling of assurance. "If ever that happens, from the moment that we're inside the game, my first quest will always to find you." He looked into her eyes with full of resolve. 

"Besides, Ai will also look for you, right?" He smiled cheekily as he looked at Ai.

"Of course." Ai nodded solemnly with a contemplative look on his face.

Elisha was moved with what his boyfriend have promised to her. As she looked at Ai Yun, she was still somewhat not able to get used to how manly he is now as if this is not the Ai Yun that he knows. His quietness now is not because of being shy but because of reservedness. 'Just what happened to him that made him change in a span of one week?'

"Then what are we waiting for?" Elisha smiled. "It's good that we three will be to play the same game now."

"Great!!" Khan was now super excited to what experiences this game can bring to them.

"Hey Ai, is there something that you want to say?" Jan could see that Ai was still contemplating on to something.

'I guess I'll just have to find it out.' Ai thought. "No, nothing. Is everyone ready?" He asked.

"Yes!" The lovers both answered as the three simultaneously pressed the button.

Curiosity got the best out of the modern Earth when a first ever online semi-reality online role playing game was mysteriously broadcast on a New Year's Eve countdown.

Through the game, people gained knowledge towards dao cultivation which gave massive benefits such as immortal or magical power, that slowly and ultimately change the modern Earth.

Blinded by the greed, people continued to play the so-called game even though as they later found out that they were playing with their lives the whole time for their souls are the ones that are crossing over to this so called game.

What was the purpose of the game?

Oddly yet cliched, a reincarnated legendary cultivator from an Immortal World will slowly unravel the secrets and the horrors of the game.

Under the dim light, there shadows were showing on the wall, but there was supposedly only one person in the room. The two sides next to Wenyu's body creased downward as her hair spread like a halo—it felt like something was pressing down on her.
"Qiumei, Qiumei… Qiumei!" Wenyu suddenly jumped up from her sleep. She inhaled greedily and looked around with a lost expression on her face. The dim light from the bedside lamp shone around the room, giving it an intimate atmosphere. Most of the furniture was where it was supposed to be—there was no sign of anyone else having been in the room.
"Worse thing than having a nightmare is waking up in the middle of the night and realizing that the night is still long." Wenyu picked up the documents on the bed and looked around. "Where's the pen?"
She climbed out from bed to grab the pen, which had fallen away. Then she placed the pen and the papers that she had gathered into the folder inside her bag.
"Time to go back to bed. When the sun rises, I'll go to the school to take a look."
Climbing back into bed, Wenyu switched off the bedside table. Just as the room submerged into darkness, the camera caught a woman in a red outfit standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom.
When lights went off, she walked out of the bathroom again. She was still inside the room, but since the room was now completely shrouded in darkness, no one could see her.
The way that this movie portrays ghosts is quite interesting. Perhaps my Haunted House can take inspiration from it, to give the visitors a new sensation through a clever use of contrast.
The desire of Chen Ge to meet the movie director grew. If he cooperated with the director, Chen Ge had a feeling that he could raise the horror level at his Haunted House to new heights.
The screen was dark—one could barely see anything. However, this also gave the audience plenty of room for imagination because everyone knew, in the darkness, other than the sleeping main character, there was a ghost in a red outfit. The whole scene was captured in one shot; there was no editing, and that lent the movie a sense of authenticity.
Several seconds later, the scene ended, and the sun rose. Everything in the room was the same. The main character did not sense anything out of place, as if the memory from the previous night was truly just a nightmare.
"I broke out in cold sweat, worried about the girl." Ol' Zhou patted his chest lightly.
"Can you even break out in sweat?" Duan Yue rolled her eyes at him.
"If you don't believe me, why don't you touch my palm to find out?" Ol' Zhou extended his hand to Duan Yue, but the latter saw through the old trick, and she slapped his hand away.
The employees were greatly enraptured by the movie, but Chen Ge alone was thinking about something else. He had watched Deskmate earlier, and after comparing both Deskmate and Name, he noticed many problems.
"Both main characters are called Wenyu, so they should be about the left eye. However, the difference is, in Deskmate, the main character is still underage, but in Name, the main character is already working. These two movies depict different periods in life for the same character.
Based on the introduction on the left eye in Deskmate, Wenyu's body should have played host to the souls of several girls already, but that would mean that the many details in Name would not match up.
At the start of the movie, the name on the main character's diary was Qiumei, but when the female ghost appeared and pressed herself against the main character, it was also Qiumei's name that was called.
Now the soul trapped inside Wenyu's body seems to be Qiumei's as well.
At the end of Deskmate, Qiumei had answered the call from her new Deskmate, and she had invited her over to place, so theoretically speaking, a new cycle would have started already. However, after watching Name, Chen Ge realized that things were not that simple.
Qiumei doesn't seem like she found a scapegoat and continued the cycle. Over so many years, she has been suffering everything brought upon her by the left eye alone.
The few movies shot around the left eye seemed to star Wenyu, but in reality, the main character was Qiumei, who was controlling Wenyu's body. The body was Wenyu's, but the soul was Qiumei's.
Chen Ge found that out from watching the beginning of Name. Even though he was not technically a genius, he was a person who paid attention to details. He had a pair of eyes that could look through the surface to find the truth.
The movie continued. The room in the morning was bright and clean. Who would have thought this place had played host to a ghost? The main character handed in her resignation. With the new day, she did not head to work but carried her bag loaded with information and took the bus to Western Jiujiang, following the address that she had found online.
"Is this Jiujiang Private University?" From searching for the whole morning, Wenyu finally arrived at a hospital. "I'm looking for a school, but how come the address on the internet led me to a hospital?"
The buildings around looked quite old. Even though Wenyu was a local of Jiujiang, she had no idea such a hospital existed in Jiujiang.
"Is anyone in?" Wenyu tried to open the door and discovered that the door was locked from the inside. She leaned on the glass and peered into the hospital. The tiles were gleaming, and the chairs were dustless. The walls were white and new. Other than the strange silence, this place looked no different from a normal hospital.
"This hospital doesn't even have a name. I couldn't check it online even if I want to."
Wenyu walked to the other end of the hospital, and at the backdoor, a man wearing a mask and white coat was walking out.
"Doctor, can you help me?" Wenyu ran over, but after the doctor heard her voice, he did not stop but instead walked faster.
"Doctor?" Wenyu was confused by this reaction, and she ran forward to block his way. The man grunted with impatience. He was about to turn the other way when something seemed to dawn on him. His body froze, and he looked intensely at Wenyu.
The man was 1.8 meters tall and very handsome with an even build. However, there was a dark cloud between his brows, and his gaze was chilling. He had a presence around him that would deter others from getting too close to him.
Wenyu felt discomfited from his state. After a long time, she asked, "Hi, I'm here to register at Jiujiang Private University. I've brought the relevant documents and information, but I cannot find the school. However, the address given online has led me here."
"Jiujiang Private University?" The doctor's eyes had not moved away from Wenyu's face. "That school has been shut down already, so you'd better go find a different school."
The doctor then prepared to leave. Wenyu scratched her head and then called out with some hesitation. "Wait a minute, have we seen each other somewhere before?"
The doctor continued to walk away like he could not hear her.
"Your face is very familiar. I am sure I have seen you before!" Wenyu chased after him. "What is your name?"
Being chased relentlessly by Wenyu, the doctor finally stopped moving, and the camera gave him a close-up. With his brows creased together, the doctor stared at Wenyu, and he uttered in a whisper, "My name is Chang Gu."


The hearse with the weird odor slowed to a stop before the entrance. The sound of pebbles could be heard bouncing on the ceiling. There were footsteps coming from the corridor, and there seemed to be someone sawing next door. The door knob to the room rattled slightly, and the faucet in the bathroom kept dripping even though it had been screwed shut. There was a rubber ball that rolled on its own underneath the bed. Wet footsteps started to surface one after another on the floor. 
At 3 am, Chen Ge held a cleaver in his hand as he hid beside the room heater. The call he was trying to make was finally answered. "Landlord, is this what you meant by 'the house can be a little crowded at night'‽"

Chapter 65

Until I made the Sword of Self-transcendence, the details of all the items I made were accompanied by the modifier: made by a craftsman with great skills and potential, but lacks experience and reputation.

But now it had changed to 'a craftsman with great skills and potential, but his experience and reputation is somewhat lacking.' I felt a little bit recognized. Anyway, I got a new production hammer, so I was more likely to make rare and epic rated items. In addition, the probability of making normal rated items was relatively low.

It was fortunate that I realized the importance of a production hammer and managed to obtain a new one, even if it was delayed.

I was about to launch my operation to make more money.

'I've replaced the hammer so should I now make epic, unique or legendary items?'

Khan interrupted me as I was about to start. "Grid, will you come to my son's grave with me? Actually, today is the anniversary of my son's death."

I didn't want to waste time at an unnecessary place when I could be making items to sell. But Khan's request couldn't be dismissed. Khan was my only friend in reality and Satisfy.

'An NPC is my only friend... how depressing...'

I decided to postpone my work.

"Let's go."

***

At a small hill north of Winston. There were around 10 graves on the hill.

'This is too small to be a cemetery...'

Khan saw my look and explained. "This is the cemetery where not just my son, but my ancestors are buried."

"I see."

Khan stood in front of his son's gravestone and smiled. Khan missed his son.

"My son... He had excellent qualities as a blacksmith. I had no doubt that he would become a great blacksmith who would surpass me, and maybe even have the same reputation as Albatino. Unfortunately, he died early."

Tears filled Khan's eyes.

"The pain of losing a son is incredibly big. It has been 10 years since he died, but I still miss him and feel regret towards his death. If possible, I would revive him, even if I needed to sacrifice my own life."

I didn't know what to say. It was impossible for me to understand the mind of a parent who lost their child. I stood there with an awkward expression, and the tearful Khan suddenly laughed.

"I'm glad you're here."

"..."

"Every day, every day... I couldn't work properly because of nostalgia and despair. But ever since meeting you, I have felt surprised and excited. Didn't I stop drinking because of you? Now, please say hello to my son."

Khan stood straight in front of his son's gravestone. Then he spoke towards the gravestone.

"Son, this is Pagma's Descendant, who I told you about every night. Isn't it great to meet him? Are you surprised? Isn't it great? Are you wondering why such a person is with your father?"

"Khan..."

Khan started crying again. He finally sank to his knees, hugging the gravestone while exclaiming. "Don't worry! Don't worry! Your father is doing well, so don't worry! This great person is taking care of your father! He promised to take care of the smithy! So relax and don't worry. Rest in peace... Sob...sob sob."

"..."

Countless NPCs existed in Satisfy. Every one of them were alive with stories and feelings like this. Amazing. I truly admired Satisfy's technology.

"... Damn, they should do it moderately."

My vision was cloudy from the dust in my eyes. I moved my gaze to the sky due to a lump in my throat. Then I promised. "Your father is my most precious friend. I will treat him well. I'll also make the smithy the best. So... as you father said, rest in peace."

Then a notification window popped up.

[The bond between you and Khan has deepened.]

[The souls of Khan's ancestors are thrilled by your emotions towards Khan and emerge from underground.]

"...Eh?"

10 blue lights in the shape of people appeared in front of me. Then they spoke simultaneously towards me.

"It is good to meet you, Pagma's Descendant. Friend of our descendant."

"W-Wait...!"

Weren't these souls ghosts?

I hurriedly called out to Khan, "K-Khan. Khan!"

"Drrrong! Drrrong!"

"Did you go crazy?"

Khan was sleeping while hugging his son's gravestone. No, how could he fall asleep in such a short amount of time? I realized that I was the only one facing these ghosts, and formed tight fists.

"C-Come on! You evil ghosts! I will survive to the end of the horror movie!"

...Yes, to be honest, I was a little frightened of ghosts. No, to be honest, I really hated ghosts. It was because I had actually encountered a ghost during my elementary school days. Of course, I might've been seeing things, now that I thought about it... Anyway, the intense fear of that time was still deeply engraved in my mind, causing a ghost allergy.

The blue souls floating in the air were confused when I told them to fight, and they didn't say anything. I didn't feel any hostility from them, so I asked carefully.

"You... are you really ghosts...?"

"You could say that."

The answer made me feel despair.

"Unbelievable! No way! How can ghosts exist in this world? I might've seen it when I was a child, but it wasn't really a ghost!"

The ghosts laughed.

"Hahaha, what doesn't exist in this world? Yet you think it's strange that there are ghosts?"

"...Ah."

I belatedly realized. I forgot for a while, but this was Satisfy, not reality. It was an artificial world created by human hands! Not just ghosts, but living bones, talking beasts and even fire beasts existed. People could fly and shoot magic. Yes, it wasn't strange for ghosts to exist in this world.

I asked them. "S-So what? Why did you emerge?"

They answered. "We are thrilled that you showed a true heart to our descendants, so we have come to give you a reward."

"... Reward?"

Was it money? As I was feeling expectant, the biggest one came forward and introduced himself.

"I am the person who witnessed Pagma's swordsmanship 130 years ago."

"...!"

Pagma's swordsmanship! I discovered a clue to the class quest, which had been delayed because I didn't know how to proceed.

"130 years ago... I witnessed the beauty of Pagma's swordsmanship that pierced the sky, and was so fascinated that I ran to Kesan Canyon. Then I drew a picture of Pagma's swordsmanship, which was clearly imprinted in my mind, on a north cliff of the canyon. I was so excited that I wouldn't be able to fall asleep if I didn't do that."

I obtained a clue for Pagma's swordsmanship, which I had no idea how to find or learn.

"The painting will probably help you learn Pagma's swordsmanship."

[The quest 'Pagma's Descendant' has been updated.]

[Pagma's Descendant]

Difficulty: Class quest.

You have certainly been given Pagma's blacksmith skills.

But do you know exactly who Pagma is? Can you proudly carry out his will?

Who is Pagma? If he was simply a blacksmith with good skills, his legends wouldn't be scattered across the continent.

First, start with the clue of the swordsmanship that pierced the sky, and follow Pagma's legend. If you can collect all of the legends, you will truly understand Pagma and succeed his will.

At that moment, a new legend will be born.

* There is no time limit for this class quest.

* If you accept the class quest of a legendary class, you can't change your class again.

* The legendary class quest has the power to transform Satisfy's world, according to the results.

Class Quest Clear Conditions: Complete all linked quests successfully.

Class Quest Clear Reward: Unknown.

* First Class Quest: [Pagma's Swordsmanship.]

The person who witnessed Pagma's swordsmanship 130 years ago has showed up and given you a clue.

If you head to Kesan Canyon that is to the south of Winston, you will find a clue to Pagma's swordsmanship carved on a northern cliff.

* First Class Quest Clear Condition: Learn Pagma's swordsmanship.

First Class Quest Clear Reward: Dainsleif (Reproduction).

After confirming the newly emerged quest information window, the souls said farewell.

"Pagma's Descendant is a friend of our descendant. We pray that you will become greater than Pagma. Now, we should be returning to where we were."

The souls disappeared one by one in front of me. One soul remained until the end and spoke softly.

"Thank you for looking after my father."

Suuuuoh...

We came to this place at dusk and it was now night. The remnants of the souls disappearing scattered a blue light like falling stars, and then Khan woke up.

"Umm...? Did I fall asleep? Is it already night?"

"Old Man, you have a habit of sleeping everywhere, but it isn't good for your health."

"Hmm... I was never like this... Huh? Heok! Y-You! Why is the part around your crotch damp?"

"...Be quiet."

***

40 days had passed since Huroi cleared the 'Wait' quest.

Afterwards, he accepted the S.A. Group's proposal to thoroughly check his health in the hospital, then spent another week answering S.A Group's questions and agreed to let them announce his identity as the first second class in Satisfy. Then he spent the next 23 days riding a horse around Mongolia in order to satisfy his nomadic nature. Finally, he returned to Satisfy three days ago and improved his understanding of the newly acquired second class.

And today! Huroi arrived at Khan's smithy. It was to meet Grid, whom he had sworn to serve.

'Will he be pleased to see me? Or will he ask why I only came now?'

Huroi was incredibly tense. He couldn't help gulping. As he hesitantly stood in front of the smithy, the door opened from the inside. Grid exited from the open door. Did he noticed that Huroi was here and came out to meet him?

"M-My Liege!"

The thrilled Huroi shouted. But Grid didn't even look at him. He didn't think that the title of 'liege' applied to him. Huroi shouted again.

"Mr. Grid!"

"Eh?"

Grid finally turned towards Huroi. The two people made eye contact. Huroi ran forward and bent to one knee in front of Grid, like a knight before a monarch.

"Have you been well in the meantime? I'm sorry for not making any contact with you until now!"

"...Huroi?"

"Yes, My Liege. I am Huroi."

In the dungeon, Huroi had sacrificed himself to allow Grid to escape the four knights. Huroi knew that Grid would be worried. Then...

"This bastard!"

Grid glared and abruptly grabbed Huroi's neck. Then he let out a stream of curses at Huroi.

"Hey, you son of a bitch! You, I know you? I don't! I don't know why the knights associated you with me, but I was disqualified from the item making game and forced to accept a ridiculous quest! Huh? I was trapped in solitary confinement with my mouth gagged, then I had to fight someone called the Northern Nova. Can you imagine how much I suffered?"

"..."

Huroi was at a loss for words. Grid's attitude was completely different from what he imagined. He couldn't understand why Grid was angry, but he sincerely apologized.

"I'm sorry. I was wrong! My Liege!"

His master was his sky! His master was angry due to the actions of his subordinates.

Grid became rather confused at Huroi's apology. Grid frowned.

'This guy, he seemed perfectly fine and smart when I first met him. He seems to have become a complete freak since being stuck in prison. Was he severely tortured?'

Anyway, he didn't want to be with this disgusting guy. Grid let go of Huroi and waved his hand. "Hey, hey, that's it. I understand already, so you should leave."

Huroi was baffled.

"Go where?"

"Go wherever."

"My path is with My Liege!"

Huroi had already vowed to follow Grid. The descendants of the Blue Wolf didn't forsake their oaths. He would follow Grid for the rest of his life. Thanks to his second class, 'Apostle of Justice's Partner,' he practically needed to stay at Grid's side because all his stats increased by 20% when he was with the Apostle of Justice.

"T-This crazy..."

Huroi didn't notice Grid's irritation as he asked.

"My Liege, are you part of a guild? If you have a guild then please let me join. Isn't it better for me to be in the same guild as you?"

"Guild? I don't have one. So please leave."

"Ohh! Good! Are you planning to make your own guild? If My Liege makes a guild, many people will follow you. I will assist you!"

Prior to going to Kesan Canyon, Grid was going to get minerals to make armor for his own use. Grid wanted to leave quickly instead of listening to Huroi's delirious chatter.

"Hey, stop talking nonsense and move out of the way. Yes? I'm going."

In the end, Grid left towards his destination. Well, it seemed like Grid disliked him, so Huroi was forced to follow Grid secretly. Obstacles appeared on a flat road. As soon as he created a fire to cook meat, a sudden shower poured down from a clear sky, meeting bandits at places famous for being peaceful, etc. While watching, Huroi realized that Grid was a person of bad luck. If Grid fell asleep, he was sure to break his nose.

Huroi felt a burning sense of duty.

'I must protect him!'

The Apostle of Justice's Partner needed to be with the Apostle of Justice. Huroi didn't doubt it.


Overgeared

Author: Park Saenal (박새날 )

Not my original work please give credit to original author at https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/overgeared

Shin Youngwoo has had an unfortunate life and is now stuck carrying bricks on construction sites. He even had to do labor in the VR game, Satisfy!

However, luck would soon enter his hapless life. His character, ‘Grid’, would discover the Northern End Cave for a quest, and in that place, he would find ‘Pagma’s Rare Book’ and become a legendary class player…

Not my original work please give credit to original author at https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/overgeared

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