"Ten, nine, eight, seven …"
Looking at the countdown, Lu Haoran's heart was burning with anxiety. He tried to click on the option that had turned grey.
Unfortunately, he could not click on it. With his balance running low, it was as if someone had pressed the pause button on the world. Everything was in a state of absolute stillness. He could not do anything else.
"Just a little bit more, even if it's just a second!"
Lu Haoran was unwilling to give up. His main goal was to purchase a cultivation method from the market. He had finally saved up enough gold coins but he was about to lose it due to his lack of balance.
He could not recharge. The currency of this internet café was lifespan. Every hour he spent online would cost him 60 years of lifespan. If he spent another 60 years, he would die on the spot.
"Three, two, one."
As the countdown ended, the familiar feeling of his soul being pulled away came again. Lu Haoran's vision fell into endless darkness.
…
"Do you want this stick or my stick?"
Clap clap clap —
In the internet café, the intense tapping on the keyboard stopped abruptly.
As if sensing something, Liu Haoming raised his head. As expected, it was time for the uncle to go online.
Lu Haoran looked around the internet café with a confused expression. He was sitting on the gaming chair with a large earpiece on his head. His right hand held the mouse and his left hand hovered above the keyboard. The computer interface before him was about to shut down.
Compared to this, the massacre at the Locust God's ruin was like a dream. It felt like a lifetime had passed, and it was unreal.
"Sigh."
Lu Haoran sighed softly. He removed the earpiece and stood up helplessly.
He had missed out on the Forging Soul Meditation Manual by the last second. Perhaps this was fate. He accepted it, and he had no choice but to accept it.
He walked slowly to the counter and said to the Domain Master in a complicated tone, "Sir … I'm done with the internet."
It was within Liu Haoming's expectations that the other party would come over to greet him.
If it were any other customer, they might have just left after going online and ignored him. However, this uncle also played Infinite Reincarnation and had a common topic with him. Just now, he had chatted with him for so long before going online. Even if it was out of courtesy, he would still say goodbye to him.
Perhaps in his heart, he was still quite impressed with himself for being able to obtain the first kill of Emperor Quake!
Thinking of this, Liu Haoming took out an internet cafe badge from his drawer and smiled.
"Did you have fun?"
… …
Lu Haoran's breathing unconsciously became heavier.
He understood that the Domain Master was like an ordinary Internet cafe owner, asking him about the entertainment experience in his Internet cafe, and what he had to do was to keep up with his communication logic.
"I'm happy."
He replied, trying his best to put in a good word, "This game is quite good, especially the environment of your internet cafe … It's also quite good!"
Liu Haoming's smile turned bitter when he heard the other party mention the internet cafe environment.
He probably felt that his internet cafe was especially quiet, unlike other internet cafes that were full of customers and noisy.
The bad business actually became an advantage.
"Since you feel that it's not bad, uncle, why don't you bring your friends over to play next time? The computers here are all of high quality, and the fees aren't expensive," Liu Haoming said, hoping that the other party would help him advertise more.
The fees aren't expensive?
Lu Haoran's mouth couldn't help but twitch twice.
Sixty years of lifespan for one hour. Your internet cafe indeed isn't charging fees, it's taking lives!
He only dared to think about this in his heart. He definitely didn't dare to say it out loud.
At the same time, Lu Haoran also noticed another layer of meaning in the Domain Master's words. Bring your friends over to play next time … Doesn't that mean that I can leave this time?
He breathed a sigh of relief. It was just as he thought. As long as he finished an hour in the internet cafe, the Domain Master would let him leave.
"Please rest assured, I will definitely bring my friends over next time!"
Lu Haoran solemnly replied. What he said was the truth. He wasn't being perfunctory with the Domain Master.
The other party was such a terrifying existence. Even if it was for the safety of Dragon City's hundreds of thousands of residents, he would definitely continue to interact with the other party. The next time he came, he wouldn't come alone.
"Thank you, uncle."
Liu Haoming happily thanked him. He was just casually saying it. He didn't think that the other party would actually agree so seriously. It must be known that the business of an internet cafe was mainly supported by returning customers.
"This is our internet cafe's badge. Every customer who comes to the internet cafe for the first time will receive one. Uncle, you can keep it as a souvenir."
Saying this, Liu Haoming handed over the internet cafe badge.
Lu Haoran looked at the internet cafe badge in the hands of the Domain Master.
He saw that the badge was made of an unknown material. It emitted a magma-like light. Through the light, he could see that there was an asphalt-like liquid flowing inside the badge.
He carefully took the badge. It was as if he was holding a red-hot soldering iron in his hand. The scorching heat wantonly burned his skin, but he didn't dare to let go. Instead, he held it tighter and tighter.
…
At this moment, the atmosphere in the van was even more oppressive and solemn than at a funeral.
"It's been an hour, and the minister still hasn't come out," the girl with wavy hair said.
"We've tried to contact the minister through the radio, but he hasn't responded. All these abnormal signs indicate that something must have happened in the internet cafe!"
Everyone looked at each other. They all agreed with the girl with wavy hair's point of view. If nothing had happened to the captain, he wouldn't have lost contact with them.
But they still couldn't believe it. Could there really be an existence that could threaten the minister in this small Dragon City?
Zhao Qingshi sat in the driver's seat without saying a word. Although he was the governor of Dragon City, in this situation, he could only let this group of Transcendent elites make their own decisions.
He felt that if there was really some terrifying existence in the internet cafe that could take care of Lu Haoran without a sound, this van of Transcendent people would only be delivering food to the other party.
At this moment, the middle-aged man in the backseat finally made a decision.
A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and he ordered coldly, "Everyone, get out of the car and head to the support department of the internet cafe —"
His words were cut off before he could finish his sentence.
Lu Haoran pushed open the door of the internet cafe and walked out. The bright sunlight shone on him. An hour ago, he was still in the prime of his life with a head full of black hair. Now, his hair was all white, and he looked like an old man in his twilight years.
"Is that … the minister?"
Everyone looked at the old man who walked out of the internet cafe in shock, wondering if they had mistaken him for someone else.
But even though there were many wrinkles on that familiar face, they could still recognize at a glance that it was the minister himself!
"How did the minister suddenly become so old?!"
…
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