[7:00 P.M.]
The Divine Might Tower had now been operating continuously for twelve hours.
Ever since they adopted Lin Mo's suggestion and introduced the achievement reward system, the tower's popularity had exploded. The number of players inside had remained at its maximum capacity of 100,000.
At present, however, only five players had reached the second achievement milestone: accumulating 500 monster kills to receive a D-rank skill book or D-rank magic scroll.
That's right.
Only five.
After all, don't let Lin Mo and Ning Xi fool you.
When they killed monsters, a single skill could instantly wipe out dozens of monsters over a large area.
If they focused on nothing but farming monsters for an entire day, killing several thousand or even over ten thousand wouldn't be a problem.
But for ordinary players, killing two or three hundred normal monsters by themselves in a single day was already their limit.
Anyone who could kill 500 monsters was already among the top players in Inferno City.
Most players who spent the entire day challenging the Divine Might Tower only reached the first achievement milestone: killing 100 monsters.
As promised, they received a 30% refund on their ticket price, with Ning Xi awarding each of them 300 copper coins.
Those five players who obtained D-rank skill books and magic scrolls also became examples for everyone else, motivating even more players.
On Ning Xi's side, she had earned a total of 420,000 Reputation through the Divine Might Tower.
She had earned another 470,000 Reputation from farming bosses.
Her current total Reputation was 2.7 million.
Only 500,000 remained before reaching the target.
"There are still seventeen hours left. If we maintain this rate, the Divine Might Tower alone will earn enough Reputation before noon tomorrow."
"Just to be safe, we'll farm a few more bosses tomorrow morning. That'll make it foolproof."
As he spoke, Lin Mo turned to Ning Xi beside him, "Xiao Xi."
"Come on, let's log off. I'll take you out to have some fun and eat something good."
Ning Xi smiled, "Brother Lin Mo, I thought you'd forgotten!"
As it turned out, she'd been looking forward to it all along.
They had agreed to play Divine Oracle during the day and go out to eat and have fun at night.
Now there wasn't much left to do in the game.
After being busy all day, it was finally time to relax.
So they called their "tour guide," Zhao Lingyun.
The three of them returned to the city and logged off together.
———
[The Real World]
[Luoyang, Central Province]
A dark grove on the outskirts of the city...
Wearing a leather jacket, Chen Jun entered the grove alone, full of unease.
Ever since yesterday, when his plan against Lin Mo in the Divine Tomb dungeon had failed once again, Chen Jun had received a call from his "boss."
He had thought the boss was calling to inform him of his death.
But to his surprise, the boss had told him to come to the grove outside Luoyang at exactly seven tonight to take back his daughter, Chen Tingting.
Although Chen Jun had worked for the boss for many years and knew exactly what kind of person he was, he also knew the boss would never be so kind.
But for the sake of his daughter, he came anyway.
To Chen Jun, as long as he could save Chen Tingting, he was willing to trade his own life for hers.
He had come tonight fully prepared to die.
After entering the grove, he still didn't see the "boss."
Instead, he saw only the back of a woman dressed in tight black clothing. Her figure was graceful, and her long, fair legs invited endless imagination.
Chen Jun knew she was the person the boss had sent to meet him.
He got straight to the point, "Where's Tingting?"
The woman turned around.
Under the moonlight, her face came into view.
It was stunningly beautiful, icy cold, like an iceberg.
Clap! Clap!
She gently clapped her hands.
The next moment, a burly man emerged from the woods on the right, restraining a little girl whose mouth had been sealed shut with tape.
As the tape was torn away, the little girl cried out at the top of her lungs, "Dad!"
"Tingting!"
Seeing that the girl really was his seven-year-old daughter, Chen Tingting, Chen Jun hurriedly pleaded with the woman.
"If you have a problem, take it out on me! Please let my daughter go!"
The woman's icy face showed no expression, "She lives, you die."
"She dies, you live."
Even though he had already expected this outcome, Chen Jun still wanted to fight for one last chance for both himself and his daughter.
"Does it really have to be this way?"
The woman replied coldly, "One of you still gets to live. Godfather has already shown you plenty of mercy."
Chen Jun looked at Chen Tingting and made up his mind.
"Tingting, you have to... live well."
After saying that, Chen Jun pulled a dagger from his boot.
Slash!
One cut across his throat.
Thud!
As Chen Jun fell heavily to his knees, Chen Tingting let out a hysterical scream.
The woman glanced at Chen Tingting expressionlessly, her gaze cold.
"Bury them."
"Yes, Miss."
The man strangled Chen Tingting to death.
Then he dragged both Chen Tingting and Chen Jun into a pit that had already been dug, covering the father and daughter with dirt.
After finishing everything, the man followed the woman out of the grove.
All of this was witnessed by a pair of eyes hidden in the darkness.
The owner of those eyes was Zhang Long.
It turned out that Zhang Long had originally come with Chen Jun tonight.
But when they reached the edge of the grove, Chen Jun suddenly handed him a bank card.
("If I die... Ah Long, please take care of Tingting for me!")
Instead of leaving, Zhang Long quietly followed him in and saw everything that happened.
Only after the woman and the man had gone far away, and after the sound of a car engine came from outside the grove a short while later, did Zhang Long dare to run out.
He dropped to his knees before the place where Chen Jun had been buried.
"Brother Jun!"
"I swear I'll avenge you!"
Looking in the direction the woman and the man had left, Zhang Long's eyes turned blood-red.
———
A Rolls-Royce drove into a seaside villa district.
The woman stepped out of the car on her long, snow-white legs.
In high heels, she had just entered the villa when she received a phone call.
"Hello, Godfather."
"Mm, it's done!"
The voice on the other end said, ["Go keep an eye on Nether. His strength isn't the problem. His only weakness is that he's too soft-hearted. He can't accomplish anything alone."]
["You must assist him and completely destroy Rulebound in the world of Divine Oracle."]
["Remember, do not touch Rulebound in the real world!"]
["Remember that!"]
The woman answered, "Don't worry, Godfather. Shuang'er knows what to do."
After hanging up, she poured herself a glass of red wine in the living room and leisurely finished it.
Then she walked into the bedroom.
Sitting down at the desk, she turned on the computer and put on a pitch-black metal helmet.
"Nether?"
"Let your big sister see what you've got."
With that, she logged into Divine Oracle.
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