At the end of winter and the beginning of spring, the Wood Tide arrived upon hearing the news, and recently, Felina seemed a bit restless...
Who could blame her, given that she specialized in necromancy?
Accustomed to the energy particles of the necromantic faction, she was exceptionally sensitive to the wood energy particles that brimmed with life.
This was a destined opposition at the level of energy attributes:
A mix of yearning and loathing...
The distant Grey Mist Mountain had already begun to turn green...
Ever since Lizer's Little Witch Donkeys went on sale, a unique scene gradually appeared in the streets and alleys of Grey Mist Mountain Town and Gele City:
Colorful Little Witch Donkeys wove through the traffic, overtaking riders who were pedaling hard on their bicycles, drawing waves of envy and curiosity.
The Smooth Ride brand Little Witch Donkey is worth having...
Relying on their relationship with Lizer and their early knowledge of the Little Witch Donkey's specific parameters, the Grey Mist Mountain Town Police Department pre-ordered a large number of them.
With over three hundred Little Witch Donkeys, the police department became the first agency with the highest adoption rate, turning into a star government department in Grey Mist Mountain Town and the surrounding areas, and their efficiency greatly improved.
However, the Little Witch Donkey sometimes had a drawback: it was too conspicuous.
Gloria assigned several patrolmen the task of secretly monitoring the Grey Mist Mountain Town Communications Center in plain clothes, which obviously made riding a Little Witch Donkey inconvenient.
This caused the patrolmen, who had grown accustomed to the convenient Little Witch Donkeys, extreme pain as they were forced to ride bicycles again.
Gloria ignored the resentful gazes of the six officers, but their efforts were not in vain.
Felina also controlled a specter to observe the recent situation at the Grey Mist Mountain Town Communications Center from afar.
Based on three consecutive days of observation, combined with the police department's existing intelligence on the communications center, Gloria and Felina preliminarily confirmed that three new faces had been added inside the center without anyone's knowledge.
Intelligence work, of course, was never that simple...
At Lizer's suggestion, Gloria also tallied the recent meal order data for the communications center:
For three consecutive days, the number of meal orders reached 43!
True to her role as a deputy chief with criminal investigation expertise, Gloria immediately realized:
"There are two more people hiding in the dark who have never shown their faces!"
Because according to the police department's records on the communications center, it originally had 38 employees.
Now, with five extra meal orders every day, there were clearly five additional people.
And
instead of just the three people Gloria and Felina had observed, there had to be two more secretly hiding in the shadows.
If Felina and Gloria were truly trying to complete their mission in secret, this tiny discrepancy could have caused all their previous efforts to go to waste.
Well!
In reality, Lizer and Felina had known about these five people all along.
They even knew their names clearly.
Even the three members of the Flame Fox Squad inside knew about Felina and Gloria's movements outside.
However, to make the whole affair seem more realistic and natural, everyone did their utmost to act professionally and played their parts diligently.
In truth, this was nothing more than a few insiders putting on a serious, self-directed play.
Felina and Gloria continued to observe every move at the communications center, not acting rashly.
Because whether it was the Feting Federation or Viscount Weissman, the communications expert mentioned in the mission had not yet arrived.
Felina and Gloria were also happy not to rush into the next phase of the mission.
One day, Felina showed Lizer a new product poster newly put up outside the communications center—"SwiftComm".
A small silver box about the size of a palm.
Through this small box, one could access the Crimson Soul Duchy's communications network anytime and anywhere to conduct real-time communication with other transmission nodes.
This was essentially a magical version of a mobile phone.
The Crimson Soul Duchy Communications Bureau shamelessly copied Lizer's pre-sale tactic:
Starting today, nationwide pre-sales!
Shipping in the New Year, wishing all citizens of the Crimson Soul Duchy a happy New Year!
This was the latest communications product developed by the Crimson Soul Communications Bureau, a subordinate of the Crimson Soul Duchy Intelligence Department.
Like the transmission nodes, the SwiftComm products were divided into six categories from Level Zero to Level Five, with Levels 0-3 currently open for public pre-order.
The invention of SwiftComm would propel the Nuya Plane into an era of information explosion, something that had already been proven in the history of the Blue Planet.
From the appearance of mobile phones to human society entering the information explosion, it took only a few short years for information and communications technology to boom.
This led to the emergence of the Internet, virtual communities, and the cyber world, profoundly impacting many industries on the Blue Planet and bringing the world closer together.
This epoch-making product appeared suddenly, without the slightest prior warning.
But Lizer, combining this with the recent espionage events surrounding wiretapping technology, had a deeper reflection on the essence of this society.
Perhaps "SwiftComm" had existed for a long time.
It was simple, judging from the laws of technological development.
Since transmission nodes had been popularized for so many years, shouldn't something like "SwiftComm" have been born long ago?
However, those in power both liked and resisted this rapid, uncontrollable transmission of information.
As for why those in power disliked the rapid transmission of information?
The essence of human society is a history of struggle between the ruling and the ruled classes.
Accelerating the speed of information transmission would make certain things more uncertain and rapidly elevate the public's awareness.
Perhaps the rulers far away in the imperial capital did not want the fact that they wore red underwear in the morning to become a pre-dinner joke in Grey Mist Mountain Town before nightfall.
A relatively closed communications environment was more conducive to the ruling class controlling the mouthpiece of public opinion, allowing them to easily erase certain unfavorable information.
Why release a new product now?
Because those in power had a newer weapon for information warfare—wiretapping technology.
They wanted to use it to eavesdrop on more information transmitted in the shadows, satisfying the twisted voyeuristic desires of every ruler.
The "Watergate scandal" and the "US Surveillance Program" came about in this way.
Lizer pre-ordered one Level Zero SwiftComm and two Level One SwiftComms for his old man, Felina, and himself.
The Level Zero SwiftComm was priced at 1 gold coin, and the Level One SwiftComm had reached 10 gold coins, which might be a lifetime's savings for many impoverished commoners.
As for why not Level 2 and 3, it was because they still had restrictions on users that Lizer could not meet.
Ordinary people could only use Level Zero SwiftComms, wizard apprentices could only operate Level 1 SwiftComms, and so on.
However, the Crimson Soul Duchy's communications center nodes were spread throughout the duchy.
Even a Level Zero SwiftComm could send messages step by step through the national communication nodes of various levels to a high-level SwiftComm whose node ID was known.
If the recipient received it, they could use the high-level SwiftComm to initiate a real-time communication back to the low-level SwiftComm.
This was another huge leap forward compared to ordinary transmission nodes.
If Patiff wanted to contact Lizer, he would send a "Call back soon" message to Lizer, and once Lizer received it, he could contact Patiff back.
Just a few months ago, Patiff couldn't even bear to install a Level Zero transmission node at home, but suddenly he was about to use such an expensive magical device. Life seemed to have undergone an earth-shattering change.
He silently recalled: when did these changes begin?
Hmm.
It seems it was when Lizer first brought Felina home?
Ha.
What a good daughter-in-law who brings prosperity to the family!
She was even a respected wizard apprentice, a perfect match for his son!
It was just...
She seemed to be his son's mentor.
The legendary teacher-student romance.
It seemed to be happening to his own son. This was...
Setting aside Patiff's swirling thoughts, the birth of Feixun left even Lizer deeply moved.
Lizer had witnessed the birth of surveillance technology and the rapid popularization of Feixun.
He felt the palpable aura of progress radiating from the wizard civilization, foreseeing the explosive, disruptive developments about to erupt in the field of information.
Bearing the crystallized wisdom of the Blue Star civilization from another world, he was gradually integrating into this magnificent civilization. He was unwilling to remain a mere spectator.
One day, my inventions, the inventions of Lizer, will also shock the world and make everyone take notice!
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
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."
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
