Alright. Li Yao obeyed the girl's advice and exited the large-scale real-time calculation DLCs that required millions of people to connect to. He switched to the standalone DLCs that said 'I'm in charge of my territory'.
In the 'Mock Mayor' DLC, he became the mayor of some of the famous metropolises of the Xing Yao Federation, such as' Heavenly Path City ',' Iron Armor City ', the capital city of the Blood Demon Sector, and' Heavenly Path City ', the largest city on Iron Plateau. He tried to manage the complicated cities that had a population of more than a hundred million.
However, maybe it was because he did not have any talents in management. Despite Xiaoming and Wenwen's help, the flourishing city soon fell into a mess in his hands, and the city was dying.
Under the scornful eyes of 'Xiaoming' and the concerned inquiries of 'Wenwen', Li Yao gave up in embarrassment and switched to simpler DLCs, such as developing a mine on Boneyard, managing a breeding base of spiritual animals in the Forest Ocean Sector, managing a school for 'new spectral Cultivators' in the Nether World Sector … After adjusting the difficulty to a relatively low level, he was finally able to taste some of the fun of the game and appreciate the exotic customs of different worlds.
The boundless forests of the Forest Ocean Sector and the unpredictable purple sky of the Nether World Sector were the beautiful landscapes of the New Federation that he had never seen before.
'Boneyard', on the other hand, was the place where he had fought and where the legend began before he jumped to the Flying Star Sector for the first time.
A hundred years later, although Boneyard was still in the developing phase, glittering research stations and mines had been established on the desolate and barren land. Many adventurers who were fighting for a better future had come to the place, ready to change the world!
Looking at the real pioneers who were still 'fighting' on the planets that he had fought on, Li Yao felt that his blood was boiling. He couldn't help but feel proud that he was protecting such a new federation.
In the following days, he experienced almost a hundred different worlds. Because of the lack of time, he did not study most of the worlds deeply. He merely browsed through the classic videos of the experts of the game quickly.
Even so, he was still deeply shocked by the new worlds that were colorful, twisted, and full of infinite possibilities.
Who would have thought that the little seed he had planted in the past would actually grow into such a huge tree that could blot out the sun!
As a cultivator, this might be the greatest happiness, right?
"You've been online for more than ten hours."
Little Ming said seriously with a solemn face.
"Your brain is starting to get tired. It is recommended that you rest for at least three hours before you can continue playing."
Wenwen blinked her big eyes and said with concern.
"Next, you will enter the 'Fatigue Period'. Your contribution points will be halved, and your mission rating will be lowered. If you fail, your ranking will also drop faster. Please consider carefully."
Little Ming said.
"If you continue to play the game during the 'fatigue period', you will automatically enter the 'confusion period' according to the fatigue level of your brain, and you will be forced to quit!"
Wenwen said.
Li Yao was slightly taken aback. He stretched himself in the immersive gaming cabin.
He did not feel that time had gone by quickly. On the contrary, he felt that … only ten hours had passed in reality when he seemed to have lived hundreds of wonderful lives in the world of 'Civilization'.
"How amazing. I feel like I'm addicted!"
When Li Yao crawled out of the gaming cabin, he happened to see Heiye Lan opening another gaming cabin and sitting up in a trance, too.
Looking at her face that was full of confusion, Li Yao immediately realized that the elite female warrior of the Imperium must've felt a hundred times more shock than he did in the virtual world of the Federation.
Ling Xiaole showed up again with a smile. "Are you satisfied with today's experience? If you would like to continue, the same facilities are available in the hotel where you are staying. Also, the mini crystal processors that I just offered to you can connect to the database of 'Civilization' at any time to retrieve the classic videos for you to enjoy. "
"Very satisfied!"
Li Yao nodded sincerely. "It seems that I made the right choice. The virtual world of 'Civilization' is indeed a national treasure of the Federation! Right. Who is in charge of the production and operation of such an important thing right now? "
"'Civilization' is too important for the Federation to be controlled by a certain private sect or group. Right now, the government of the Federation has established a 'Future Department' to coordinate the production and operation. Like the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Finance, and so on, the Future Department is a government agency of the highest level in the Federation."
Ling Xiaole said, "In the beginning of its development a hundred years ago, 'Civilization' was co-directed by Professor Mo Xuan and Professor Su Changfa of the Grand Desolate War Institution. But in recent decades, the director of the Future Department and the leader of 'Civilization' has been Professor Xie Wufeng, the former president of the Sky Fantasia Academy."
Li Yao thought quickly and soon found the files of 'Xie Wufeng'. Of course, he was from a hundred years ago.
A hundred years ago, Xie Wufeng had been a mathematician and a sociologist close to the Yuanying level. He had taught in quite a few of the Nine Elite Universities of the Federation, including Deep Sea University and the Sky Fantasia Academy. He was already quite famous in the academic circle at that time.
After a hundred years of training, it was quite appropriate that such an outstanding master of mathematics and sociology became the helmsman of 'Civilization'.
Li Yao took a deep breath in relief and said, "Today's experience has indeed been a great eye-opener for us. I will report everything to Speaker Cui as it is. I really hope that all the compatriots on Firefly can see the glamorous new virtual world one day, too.
"However, I do have some concerns. Perhaps it's because I've been dormant for hundreds of years and can't keep up with the development of the times. I always feel that it is a bit … weird to leave everything to the Spiritual Nexus and the crystal processors.
"Isn't such a system too vulnerable? For example, if an important node is attacked by the enemy, and the mainframe crystal processor of paramount importance is completely destroyed, resulting in the collapse of the virtual world, will there be dire consequences for reality?"
Ling Xiaole smiled sweetly. "Of course, such a possibility exists. However, you can't stop your own construction just because you are scared of the enemy's attack, can you?"
The answer did not satisfy Li Yao. He slightly frowned and said, "Also, I don't know what exactly it is, but I have a feeling that certain extremely dangerous variables that we cannot foresee exist in such an enormous virtual world …"
"You're quite right. Many sociologists, crystal processor scientists, and futurists have raised all kinds of warnings and concerns about the high-speed expansion of the grand-unified Spiritual Nexus. In the eyes of those specialists, the grand-unified Spiritual Nexus is even more dangerous than the Imperium of True Human Beings and the Alliance of the Holy Covenant. One day, it may even swallow us.
Ling Xiaole said, "Personally, I do not deny the existence of such dangers. It is indeed possible that we will be burnt by fire.
"However, just like the origin of the phrase 'burnt by fire', 'fire' was also an extremely dangerous thing for the primitive people. One moment of carelessness, and they would've burnt themselves and their home.
"Did our ancestors give up the use of fire because of its danger?
"Without the extremely dangerous fire, there would be no civilization of mankind today. Our ancestors would've either struggled to catch their breath in the dark, cold desert, or they would've been replaced by other species that were not afraid of the danger and learned to use fire.
"The grand-unified Spiritual Nexus is a brand-new 'universal fire' that is indispensable on the path of the evolution of mankind to a higher civilization. It will eventually be ignited and sweep across the entire universe, either by us or by somebody else. Nothing can stop its birth.
"It is dangerous to use fire, and it is even more dangerous to not use fire!"
Looking at the half-demon girl whose eyes were particularly determined, Li Yao was deep in thought. "Got it. Let's go back. There are too many things that I want to share with my companions."
"This way, please."
Ling Xiaole said with a smile, "After we return to the hotel, log in with the same account, and we can continue the game any time."
Li Yao thought for a moment and realized that the previous games were too embarrassing. There was no need to keep such embarrassing data.
He raised his wrist crystal processor that was connected to the game account and summoned Xiaoming and Wenwen. "Help me delete all the game records just now!"
"Of course!"
The chubby, chubby, and translucent little boy and little girl said at the same time with smiles on their faces.
…
The virtual world was the capital city of the Federation, the capital city of the Federation where Li Yao had been the 'mayor', randomly generated a few hours ago.
From the moment Li Yao quit the game, the city had been sealed in the complicated, ever-changing light circuits, crystal processors, and databases in the form of complicated data and runes.
Observed from a certain level that was beyond the reach of ordinary human beings, it was like a great city that had been frozen in amber. The shuttles, the crystal trains, the pedestrians, and the pets had all been frozen into lifeless statues.
The virtual city was as silent as an abandoned tomb. The vivid expressions of the citizens were all frozen at the moment when Li Yao quit the game.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The sky collapsed, and the earth split apart. Starting from the skyscrapers in the center of the city, everything that was illusionary collapsed and returned to their essence. Dark gold runes and numbers.
The deletion began.
The runes and the numbers interweaved into a destructive storm that expanded from the center of the city and upgraded into a swirl and a black hole in one billionth of a second.
All the randomly generated virtual citizens were motionless and expressionless, waiting to be deleted lifelessly.
Right then —
Of the billions of virtual citizens, one of them suddenly blinked at the middle of the street when faced with the rapidly expanding storm of deletion and the black hole of destruction.
When he struggled to raise his eyelids, feeble brilliance beamed out of the virtual citizen's eyes. The brilliance was filled with confusion, regret, and fear.
He seemed to be struggling hard to escape from the swirl and the black hole of destruction, but his body was bound by an irresistible force, and he could do nothing but watch the deletion coming.
At the last moment, the only thing that he could do was to open his mouth and let out a soundless roar.
In the middle of his roar, a gold butterfly made of a few messy numbers flew out of his throat. Driven by the instinct of survival, it flapped its wings hard and flew toward the broken digital sky that had revealed its true form.
Faced with the collapsing world, the gold butterfly was so insignificant that it could not escape the fate of destruction at all.
However, when the storm, the swirl, and the black hole were about to tear the world apart and swallow it, two clusters of light were suddenly condensed in the digital sky and turned into two round, chubby, and adorable children.
"Shua!"
A golden tentacle grabbed the gold butterfly softly and kept it in the light, protecting it carefully.
"A new Chaotic Virtual Number," Xiaoming said.
"This place is about to be deleted. Go back to the Virtual Spirits Sector now," Wenwen said.
"Praise the parent civilization," Xiaoming said.
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