WTYTIAAN Chapter 196

Chapter 196

“What do you guys think? Was his sharing of the hidden quest with us out of kindness or malice?”

“So far, ‘Anonymous’ hasn’t shown us much hostility. His main goal seems to be guiding us to further understand the background of the Homecoming world. Even if he didn’t do this, our subsequent goals would still focus on this aspect. It’s just that he’s doing it a bit earlier. And even because of this treasure hunt quest, we have a new channel to explore that world.”

“It shouldn’t… not be considered malicious, right?”

Regarding the identity of that anonymous player, they had already made several internal speculations. Now, with ‘Anonymous’ practically walking into their trap, some of the speculations could be confirmed.

And the reason why their various researchers, analysts, and leaders were gathered in this conference room was solely because of Anonymous’s quest sharing.

If Yan Yunqing knew that his casual probing action could cause a group of people to sit here and analyze his motives, he would probably find it both amusing and absurd.

“Since that’s the case, let’s follow his intentions and dig out the more hidden stories of that world,” the old man decided. “Assign the three strongest squads to complete this task, analyze the intelligence they bring back one by one, and have the other squads try their best to discover hidden quests in that world. Let the squad leader who added Anonymous as a friend this time share it with the others and observe the other party’s reaction.”

“The internal testing has already reached version 2.0. Judging by the situation, the public beta will be launched soon. At that time, some unavoidable turmoil will definitely occur in our world. Report this information and request the Central Government to continue increasing defense measures in various regions of the country to ensure the safety of the people when the turmoil begins.”

“When soldiers come, we’ll block them with generals; when water comes, we’ll dam it with earth. In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy is just a paper tiger.”

A seemingly absurd meeting came to an end.

Everyone who received the latest mission scattered and dispersed to various departments, working intensely to break down and implement the content of the meeting.

A month and a half into the game’s internal testing, a video suddenly appeared on a certain video app on Blue Star.

The video was a street shot from a passerby’s perspective. At first, it might have been a vlog recording life, but halfway through the recording, a knife-wielding assailant suddenly appeared behind the blogger, rushing towards a mother holding a child. He stabbed the woman twice in a row. The first stab hit, but the second stab caused the husband next to her to react. He casually swung the baby stroller at the assailant, trying to protect his wife. However, this action enraged the assailant, who waved the knife in his hand even more frantically. The surrounding people screamed and ran away.

Just as the assailant grabbed the child from the injured woman’s hand, wanting to stab the child’s neck, a young man dressed like a college student next to them suddenly uprooted the roadside railing and slammed it into the back of the assailant’s head. The back of the assailant’s head exploded like a tomato smashed by a stone. The youth quickly snatched the child from his grasp.

The ending of the video was filled with the cameraman’s repeated “holy shit,” and finally froze on the injured couple looking at the blood-covered young man holding the child and the railing in disbelief and horror.

The video caused a small commotion as soon as it was released.

Some people thought it was exaggerated, like filming a TV series or movie, because no one could uproot a railing welded to the ground and smash someone’s head into a rotten tomato. Some people said that the young man was actually a reclusive Taoist who had just come down from the mountain, who helped when he saw injustice, but he just didn’t control his strength well and opened someone’s head a bit too hard. Others said that this was purely the person who posted the video trying to gain traffic by using special effects…

Opinions varied. The video received over 100,000 comments and likes within an hour of being posted, and the number of views exceeded one million. However, in the third hour after the video was posted, it was taken down by the website for being bloody and violent. All social platforms set the screenshots and reposts of the video as forbidden to be sent, and even the keywords were blocked.

Not long after, an account with official media logos came forward to clarify that this was just a special effects video…

On another social platform, a celebrity’s underground love affair was exposed, and netizens’ attention was diverted, starting a new round of public opinion frenzy.

Only the parties involved in the accident knew how incredible all of this was.

“What’s your name?”

“xxx”

“Why can you uproot the railing on the ground? Have you practiced?”

“No, officer, I’m a law-abiding citizen! I didn’t know that my railing would make that person’s head explode. I’m innocent! I even failed my 800-meter run in the physical education final exam. How could I have practiced!”

“I just reached the upper limit of the game’s online time and came offline to find food. When I saw that assailant, I was so scared that I subconsciously swung the railing!”

“Game, what game?”

“Ah? It’s that popular holographic game Homecoming. I won an internal testing spot…”

…

Yan Yunqing was completely unaware of what was happening in the real world. After sharing the quest, he went to visit the dungeon that [Ying Yi] had invited him to. It was a small wilderness dungeon, which was somewhat useful for players below level 10, but those above level 15 would basically not get any experience.

Not to mention Yan Yunqing, who was ostensibly level 19, but actually a level 75 expert.

He played it once and then left with an excuse. Getting close to the officials required a gradual process, and rushing it would make him seem ill-intentioned.

Yan Yunqing rubbed his chin. Was he mistaken? He always felt that the squad leader’s attitude towards him was intriguing, and there were even a few probing words…

Thinking of the first impressions that [Big Bro A] and [He Kou Wang] had of him, Yan Yunqing hesitated. Did the officials also recognize him as a GM?

Forget it, no matter what his image was like on the official side, he would first let them explore the world background according to the original plan, and then urge them to increase their levels. When their levels were high enough, he would let them confront the Eternal Divine Church.

In terms of thralls, what could be better than players who couldn’t die and would desperately grind monsters for a little reward?

There was something better, and that was well-trained official… no, official players with a certain sense of justice.

He would hand over the Eternal Divine Church and the Augreir Family, these stage-by-stage small bosses, to the players, and use the people of ‘Flame’ to guide the players in this world to not be too unrestrained, and then he could stop. Too much interference would provoke the players’ rebellious psychology. If all the players joined the villain camp, it would be a greater loss than gain.

As for Yan Yunqing himself, he still had to continue leveling up, strive to have the strength to protect himself as soon as possible, and ask Theodore to clarify what Sylvia’s prophecy was… And what was the reason for his transmigration to this world?

Regarding the latter question, Yan Yunqing didn’t think Theodore would know much. Despite the fact that Theodore could be called the strongest combat power on the Ermann Continent, he shouldn’t have the ability to pull him from another world to this world.

Unless Theodore had become a god…

Obviously impossible. After reviewing most of the existing historical data, Yan Yunqing could deduce that Theodore was still one step away from becoming a god—a divine spark.

This was no longer the era when the gods stood side by side. Something had happened on the Ermann Continent. Filth grew on the bones of the gods who had fallen, and demons were born as a result. Divine sparks had long since dissipated into the world, and it was by no means an easy task to condense a divine spark again.

The easiest way to become a god was to kill a god and strip the original god’s divine spark to oneself, but the Earth God, the only survivor of the divine war, followed the contract with the Demon King and had not left the temple for more than a thousand years. Yan Yunqing could confirm that the god had not fallen, but he didn’t know more than that.

Theodore obviously had no chance to rush into the temple, kill the god in the god’s territory, and seize the divine spark.

In summary, Theodore was probably not the ‘culprit’ of his transmigration.

As for that Earth God… Yan Yunqing felt that He shouldn’t be able to do such an unrewarding thing, after all, the Demon King’s contract trapped Him in the temple for more than a thousand years, and He should want the Demon King never to come back, right?

So who exactly was it? Could it be that the longing of the many familiars gathered together to pull him back?

Yan Yunqing crossed out the last possibility, because it was too absurd, making him think that he might be confused from staying up too late.

Yan Yunqing rubbed his temple, twirling a quill in his hand, resting his chin and pondering.

The slight movement in the room attracted Yan Yunqing’s attention, and he tilted his head. “Why did you come over?”

A figure gradually appeared from the shadows, wearing boots but stepping silently on the ground, like the paw pads of some feline animal, but what appeared was a canine wolf cub.

“King.”

You Qi’er… no, the handsome man who should now be called Beros walked in front of Yan Yunqing, skillfully kneeling on one knee to lower his figure, raising his head slightly, his pair of long and sharp black-blue eyes looking up at Yan Yunqing.

Yan Yunqing’s gaze looked down, and he couldn’t help raising his eyebrows.

That half-exposed white shirt, the leather belts originally used to secure weapons outlining his burly figure, the slightly tight combat pants…

Should this outfit really appear in a construction game?

Don’t tell him this is a construction game in name, but actually some love simulation eroge?

Yan Yunqing felt that Beros, this kid, was starting to sao… no, starting to seduce him again.

He calmly shifted his gaze, and there was no use in using this to test cadres, because he had already passively participated in several inexplicable seduction shura fields during the Demon King period, and his heart was now as still as water.

It was said that wise men don’t fall in love, how could he fall into the abyss for mere male beauty?

“What’s the matter?” Yan Yunqing resumed writing and drawing on the paper.

Beros rested his chin on Yan Yunqing’s knee. This was a habit he had developed when he was a wolf. As a wolf, this action could only feel the intimacy between master and pet, but it was a bit strange to do it in human form.

Coupled with Beros’s outfit…

Hiss.

Yan Yunqing gasped inwardly and sighed that Beros’s two thousand years of age were not in vain—his level had also increased!

In comparison, the simple Little Dragon was no match.

He missed the time when the Dragon Cub and the Wolf Cub fought each other, with wolf fur and dragon scales flying all over the sky.

At least at that time, he didn’t have to be tested by male beauty.

“King, there’s something I need to report to you.”

Beros’s black-blue eyes focused on Yan Yunqing, as if reluctant to move away for even a second. Yan Yunqing made a listening gesture, moving his leg away without a trace, causing Beros’s chin to fall into the air.

“Tell me.”

A dark light flashed across the bottom of Beros’s eyes, but he adjusted his expression in time in front of Yan Yunqing, without revealing the slightest hint of emotion. He said softly, “Fitch’s death has been reported back to Bato Vita. The queen didn’t have much of a reaction after hearing the news, but she summoned the nobles to the palace the next day.”

“Discussing Bato Vita’s declaration of war on Romunike, using the reason that Romunike harmed the Sixth Prince of Bato Vita.”

Yan Yunqing was surprised. “What?”

Bato Vita was going to declare war on Romunike?

No, how dare Bato Vita? Although they were both major empires, due to certain special reasons, Romunike’s overall strength had been slightly stronger than Bato Vita’s in recent years. If the two countries went to war, Bato Vita would definitely suffer.

That’s why Queen Augreir initially wanted Fitch to sneak into Romunike to create an entire city of undead, to disintegrate Romunike from within and reduce Romunike’s strength.