Watching both sides pulling at each other, Chun, who missed lunch, was starving, but he decided to act like it was no big deal. At this crucial moment, he had to trust Aileen's current strength. Having accepted the dream realm left by the Great Evil Spirit, along with the added effects of the two Divine Artifacts, the Necromancer Ring and the Magic Mirror, and coupled with the Crystal Bat nurtured by players sacrificing themselves, even if she couldn't take down a Shadow Demon, at least nothing should go wrong.

"I'll leave it to you then..."

Chun logged off, turned on his phone's camera to comb his messy hair in the reflection, adjusted his mood, and went downstairs with a heavy and helpless look.

On the first floor, a group of gaming gods exclaimed, "Brother Chun, you're awesome! Wanted worldwide!"

"Brother Chun, did you know? Silver City has been put under martial law because of you, and the Azure Sky Battle Team's village battle is left unguarded upstairs, it's a sure win!"

"Take this chance to ask Goddess Ning for an autograph..."

Chun was worried, "Brothers, I didn't do anything, yet I'm blamed for the pirates spreading the plague. What should I do?"

Great God laughed, "I told you not to worry, Brother Chun. In such a situation, when there's no way out, becoming a pirate is the sure path! With your worldwide notoriety, Brother Chun, the pirates will definitely seek you out to join them."

All the gaming gods laughed, "Exactly, Brother Chun will become the world's top pirate by then."

While saying this...

Chun joked about his greatest concern, "How dare I rob things? If people find out, won't they come to the internet café and mess with me?"

Great God stood up grabbing a coke bottle, "Are you kidding? This is our brothers' territory, who dares come mess with us at the internet café?"

All the gaming gods chimed in, "That's right! We're all waiting for Brother Chun to lead us to victory, who's daring enough to mess with Brother Chun?"

Chun exclaimed, "You all want to become pirates too?"

"What else? The Warriors are monopolized, the Sea Merchants Association is also Baka, what else can we do?"

Chun felt reassured, with such an attitude, he had to find a way to get them all into the association, but handling the association, how exactly to solve that...

"Alright, I'm going to eat, you guys take it easy."

"Take it easy, Brother Chun!"

He definitely had to take it easy, no matter how anxious he was to know the outcome of Aileen's battle with the Shadow Demon, he couldn't rush. The more crucial and wanted the moment was, the more he had to be high-profile and carefree. After all, he was wanted worldwide, so many people around the world must be watching me...

...

Dragon Soaring Building, Royal Network Club in Jinghai City.

Ma Yinglong, breaking off a roasted suckling pig leg, stood on the rooftop garden viewing platform, watching the thick evening clouds. The rush hour traffic snaked through the lighted cityscape. Ma Yinglong couldn't eat, gesturing with the pig leg as if trying to slice through the sky.

As the number one spender in the national server, a famous sponsor of large professional tournaments, a skin-changing mobile game investor, an overseas pay-to-win browser game promoter, president of the Royal Family with an alliance of over a thousand farming studios, Ma Yinglong, renowned in the global online gaming world, was being targeted!

First, the game set financial rules that players couldn't transfer money between accounts, shutting down the Royal Family's initial advantage. Then, when the server launched, hackers crashed the machines, forcing major internet café studios offline for half a day, losing the early advantage in city village battles, especially tragic in Black Iron City where it caused a blockade, making it impossible for even a professional Warrior to leave the city and fight. If the Royal Family could focus all efforts on developing one city, it would be fine, but unfortunately, this was an alliance of tycoons, and each big shot had their own ideas, so coercion wasn't an option.

What to do next? Rely on professional teams? Professional teams also suffered bad starts.

Talents, more talents must be found to break the deadlock, and now there's one person amidst the buzz—

Just then, a subordinate rushed up to report, "Brother Long, we've gotten word from Cyan Peak that Chun is at the internet café below the Azure Sky Battle Team's place in Shenjiang! He's a technical genius, on the day Shenjiang was the only internet café in Azure Sky but didn't lose power..."

Ma Yinglong was shocked, "I'll be damned!"

Immediately, he dialed Cyan Peak's number.

Cyan Peak: "Brother Long?"

Ma Yinglong anxiously, "Little Peak, there's a talent below your internet café, don't you see?"

Cyan Peak got anxious, "Is Brother Long talking about Brother Chun? No, I've been thinking about it too, it's not that I don't see, it's I don't know what to do either. He's mysterious, works nine-to-five with weekends off and drives a luxury car, he holds himself like an official. Our internet café boss invited him to dinner, but he didn't accept. If we went to engage with him, we'd possibly be hindering his official duty—"

Ma Yinglong immediately interrupted, "What official?"

"We don't know! I heard from the network administrator that during the public beta when he first arrived, he just got a monthly membership but mostly stayed on the first floor watching others play, asking questions, basically like a newbie. He even went out last night, they say he resolved the network issues to help us defend the village. Just now, he went out for dinner again. Normally players would order takeout, but he probably won't be back until after drinks and a foot massage, likely back after 9 PM; this attitude is more amateurish than amateurs, doesn't meet the team's acceptance criteria either..."

Ma Yinglong was quite surprised, "Someone who can easily resolve network worm issues, must at least be a V8 level engineer, yet squats in internet cafés getting foot massages..."

Cyan Peak asked, "Brother Long, do you think he might be part of the rumored national team?"

Ma Yinglong laughed, "Little Peak, do you know why, even when others deliberately lose to them, the national soccer team can't qualify?"

Cyan Peak laughed in denial, "Because they're so bad?"

Ma Yinglong chuckled, "Being that bad is indeed earth-shattering, but is there also a chance it's simply because they don't want to play along with those big European shots anymore?"

Cyan Peak jolted, "Then would the country want to play this mining game along with the big shots?"

Ma Yinglong sneered, "The big shots printed so much paper money that making a game to bind their Mining Coins can revive those currencies. Do you think this game's fun?"

Cyan Peak didn't quite understand, "Brother Long, so what should we do?"

Ma Yinglong had an idea, "Since this person is so mysterious, let's play mysterious alongside him, don't disturb him, treat him as the national team, and don't interfere with what the national team does. Since he's playing so high-profile, being wanted by Silver City and having the greatest worldwide fame, let's just assume it's the national team's strategy. We'll ride this wave, support him, push him to the forefront to draw global attention, so we can quietly develop."

Cyan Peak seemed to understand, "Brother Long, are you suggesting we cooperate with Chun? I can't decide on this, I need to report to the team's board of directors."

Ma Yinglong found it strange, "How can you cooperate with Chun while developing in Silver City?"

Cyan Peak helplessly, "We're surrounded by international teams now, we can't cooperate. At most, we can react accordingly and maintain a tacit understanding in public opinion."

Ma Yinglong sighed, "Our Black Iron Division was crippled right from the start, we don't have the capability to cooperate even if we wanted to. The tacit understanding you mentioned is good."

Cyan Peak laughed, "Just us having a tacit understanding might not be enough? Brother Long, you're influential, how about saying a word to the Admiration Battle Team and the Dragon Slayer Guild? The Dragon Slayer President, Brother Tao, has a bit of a short fuse and doesn't quite value me..."

"Sure, sure!"

Ma Yinglong remembered one thing, "Chun is wanted and still dares to wander the streets for food, shouldn't his security be paid attention to? Can you help me contact your city's security company, just have them patrol the street where your internet café is, and if Chun goes out, just follow him from a distance. I'll cover the costs!"

Cyan Peak was taken aback, "Brother Long, isn't this a bit too much?"

Ma Yinglong laughed, "Exaggerated is good! I think one team of security might not be enough, we should give him the full treatment. The more mysterious and high-profile he is, the better!"

Cyan Peak laughed, "That's Brother Long for you... Okay! I'll get someone I know to contact the security right away."

Ma Yinglong let out a long breath, took a bite of the pig leg, and felt the flavor suddenly become more delicious. The clouds parted at this moment, reflecting Xiangjiang in an especially brilliant light...

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