"Oh right, Ye Chuan, do you know about the big event that recently happened in the Rift?" While shopping with Ye Chuan, Lan Xiaoke brought the matter up to him.
After all, she knew that Ye Chuan practically holed himself up in the other world and didn't pay much attention to things in the real world.
"The Rift? What big event? Did another player pop up?" Ye Chuan asked casually.
The situation in the real world was basically stable. Aside from the monsters in the Rift constantly getting stronger, nothing particularly special seemed to be happening.
"Looks like you really don't pay attention." Lan Xiaoke put on a 'you don't get it' expression, wagged her finger, and then narrowed her eyes into a crescent.
"Ehehe, a high tower recently appeared in the Rift, and I heard it's super amazing."
"A high tower..." Ye Chuan didn't quite understand. "Is there anything special inside?"
"I only heard that there are incredibly powerful monsters inside the tower, and nobody even knows how many floors it has in total. Right now, many superhuman martial artists and factions have headed over," Lan Xiaoke said.
"A lot of monsters?" Ye Chuan thought about it, finding himself feeling a rare spark of interest. "Where is it located?"
"I heard it's on a small island. Superhuman martial artists from all over the world are rushing there right now, and all the plane and boat tickets have been completely sold out." Lan Xiaoke spread her hands.
I see...
But before that, Ye Chuan wanted to ask Wang Yanran if she knew about this. After all, she was an administrator of a branch of the Superhuman Martial Arts Alliance; Yanran's intelligence should be more well-informed than the Silly White-Hair at home.
But at this moment, Ye Chuan wasn't in a hurry. After all, he was currently accompanying Lan Xiaoke on a shopping trip.
"Ye Chuan, is it your treat?" Seeing all the delicious food at the stalls, Lan Xiaoke suddenly leaned closer to Ye Chuan, wearing a cat-like expression and grinning happily.
"I'm a bit poor lately."
"Your allowance isn't small, is it?" Ye Chuan asked.
"I bought a few things and it was all gone." Lan Xiaoke poked her fingers together somewhat awkwardly. "Look, games require top-ups, right? Equipment occasionally needs upgrading, right? Look, when we play games, aren't I the one who buys all those items?"
"How much could those little toys possibly cost?" Ye Chuan remained expressionless.
Those are the cheapest things, right?
"T-Then I also bought a lot of cosplay clothes!" Lan Xiaoke said, sounding confident despite lacking justification.
"You had a great time cosplaying. You have every kind of outfit in your closet."
"Weren't you very happy too, Ye Chuan..." Lan Xiaoke said, her voice trailing off. "It's perfectly normal to buy some clothes for a pet, right?"
Lan Xiaoke was very self-aware and completely considered herself a pet. After all, she could hole up at home every day and play games, and no one would say anything even if she slacked off.
Just like the cats and dogs at home, who would ever expect a cat to do anything other than act cute?
"Give me your phone," Ye Chuan said.
"Eek! No way." Lan Xiaoke immediately shook her head.
"Let me see it," Ye Chuan said. "Hmm? Do you think you can resist?"
Lan Xiaoke pouted and finally handed over her phone obediently.
Holding the phone, Ye Chuan said casually,
"Alright, I transferred a hundred thousand over to you."
"So generous?!"
"Yeah, I borrowed it all for you from online lending platforms. You're welcome."
Lan Xiaoke: "?"
No way, bro.
"T-This isn't good, is it." Lan Xiaoke had thought Ye Chuan was going to increase her allowance; who knew he'd pull a stunt like this.
"You're at the Golden Core stage of cultivation at least, are you still afraid of debt collectors?"
"Makes sense!" Lan Xiaoke's eyes lit up as if she had discovered a new continent.
Of course, Ye Chuan was just joking. He had just opened Lan Xiaoke's phone out of curiosity to see exactly what this girl was spending her money on.
Casually clicking on her account balance, Ye Chuan glanced at the money shown.
0.28
Hiss...
Ye Chuan clicked on her payment history and was ultimately left dizzy by the uniform rows of 648s.
Going down the list, it was entirely 648-yuan top-ups.
Just from a quick look, Ye Chuan discovered that Lan Xiaoke played at least five or six games, and every single one was highly pay-to-win.
Ye Chuan glanced at the white-haired girl beside him. Lan Xiaoke put on a dumb expression.
"Wow, the moon is so round today."
The sky was cloudless, the wind was gentle, and the sun was shining brightly.
"You're that much of a grinder, playing five or six games?" Ye Chuan asked.
Lan Xiaoke scratched her head. "Ehehe, not really, it's alright, it's nothing amazing."
"I wasn't praising you."
But in reality, Lan Xiaoke's expenses were absolutely nothing to Ye Chuan. To him, someone who would casually throw over a hundred million into the enhancement function, Lan Xiaoke's monthly expenditure of a few tens of thousands was on a completely different scale.
However, Ye Chuan wasn't the type to just casually give Lan Xiaoke unlimited money to spend, so everyone's allowance was fixed.
Ye Chuan took a casual look and noticed that among the apps recommended by the smart assistant, the photo gallery was the one Lan Xiaoke used the most.
Just as he clicked into it, even Ye Chuan froze for a moment.
How should he put it? There were densely packed photos inside, featuring almost every style, angle, and type imaginable.
Ye Chuan was stunned for several seconds.
"Y-You can't look at these!" Lan Xiaoke snatched her phone back, her ears turning completely red.
"You really do like taking selfies," Ye Chuan said.
However, Ye Chuan hadn't expected Lan Xiaoke to have this hobby, so he asked, "Why do you take so many?"
"Because they look good." Lan Xiaoke nodded.
"They do look good..." Ye Chuan didn't deny this point, and then, as if realizing something,
"You're not selling your photos online, are you?"
Lan Xiaoke stared blankly for a moment. "You can sell photos?"
Seeing her reaction, Ye Chuan stopped worrying about it.
"Looks like you aren't."
"Alright, I transferred ten thousand to you. Let's continue shopping," Ye Chuan said.
"Hooray!" Lan Xiaoke hugged Ye Chuan's arm tightly, practically leaning her entire weight onto him. "I love you the most, Ye Chuan!"
"You're only this enthusiastic when we're doing it or when I'm giving you money," Ye Chuan said.
"That's not true, I really like you too, Ye Chuan."
"Ah, right, right, right."
...
He continued shopping with Lan Xiaoke. By the time they returned home, it was already evening. After a simple dinner, Ye Chuan went back to his room.
It wasn't to enter the adventure world; he just recalled what Lan Xiaoke had said during the day and couldn't help but look into that so-called tower.
Some high tower.
With powerful monsters inside.
It seemed that quite a few miraculous changes had occurred within the Rift. At first, Ye Chuan had thought that only monsters would appear from the Rift, but the later invasion of players into reality, as well as the discovery of otherworldly resources inside many Rifts, made Ye Chuan feel that things were not that simple.
"I'd better get a brief understanding of it first." Ye Chuan casually clicked open the news section, and he soon saw information about the high tower right in the eye-catching headlines.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
