Lu Ze yawned and leisurely entered the illusion realm.
It wasn't that he was intentionally late.
But rather, his main account, Realm Master Lu Ze, hadn't been logged into for far too long.
When he entered the illusion realm and found himself on the White Screen, he hurriedly switched accounts.
[Initial funds have arrived!]
As a contestant who had just joined the competition, Lu Ze received his first batch of startup funds.
A mere 500,000 spirit stones.
This was the main attraction of the first stage of the competition:
Initial startup funds were distributed daily. If you went bankrupt, you couldn't even enter the map, so you had to plan your fund usage carefully.
Especially in the early stages of the competition, when everyone was penniless, the psychological battles between the players were the most exciting.
However, at this point, the first stage was already more than halfway over.
The top-tier players already had assets exceeding fifty million.
Lu Ze's meager funds weren't even enough to fill the gaps between their teeth.
"So..."
"It's about risking a little to win big, right?"
A smile crept onto Lu Ze's lips.
He had far too much experience with this sort of thing.
"Let me see... today's map is the Dam?"
Lu Ze raised an eyebrow.
Risking a little to win big at the Dam?
His eyes involuntarily drifted to the event interface in the upper right corner—
[Character Research: Gilded Rose (Red Wolf)]
"Isn't this just perfect timing?"
Lu Ze was instantly amused.
It just so happened to be the Dam, he just so happened to need to win big with a small stake, and Red Wolf's Gilded Rose had just so happened to come online recently...
"There truly is a divine will at work in the unseen world!"
Lu Ze sighed with emotion and quickly pulled a Gilded Rose set for himself.
And it took hitting the hard pity to get it.
Lu Ze couldn't help but feel that the remnant spirit of the Heavenly Dao was targeting him...
Equipping Red Wolf's [Gilded Rose] skin, Lu Ze began preparing his weapons—
Handgun, [Rat-18].
Which was the body-snatching divine weapon of his previous life, the G18.
While buying equipment, Lu Ze discovered something interesting.
That was, 9x19 flesh-damage rounds were selling for cheaper than ordinary blue rounds!
Spirit bullets were the bullets of his previous life, divided into different tiers.
Each tier possessed stronger armor penetration capabilities.
Tier 1 bullets could pierce Level 1 armor, Tier 2 bullets could pierce Level 2 armor... and so on.
Regardless of the tier, all spirit bullets dealt the same amount of damage when hitting an unarmored body.
The only difference lay in their armor penetration damage.
Flesh rounds, however, were a special type of spirit bullet.
They couldn't penetrate even Level 1 armor;
But as long as there was no armor, the damage they inflicted was far higher than any other spirit bullet!
This was the core of a massively popular playstyle in his previous life—the leg-meta playstyle.
Logically speaking, the price of flesh rounds should be far higher than ordinary Tier 3 spirit bullets.
Yet the current prices in the trading house were actually comparable to Tier 2 bullets?
Lu Ze immediately realized the issue—
In this world, the leg-meta playstyle simply hadn't been born yet!
It made sense when he thought about it.
Operation Immortal Abyss had been out in the cultivation world for less than two months, even by the most generous estimates.
Although advanced behaviors like hatchet-running, secret signals, and even bridge-camping had emerged.
These were all reliant on Zhong Yi's research.
And Zhong Yi was fundamentally an honest and kind-hearted person; naturally, it was impossible for him to specifically research all sorts of degenerate playstyles.
The body-snatching playstyle did exist and had quite an audience, but its development was ultimately a bit slow.
"Which means..."
Lu Ze looked thoughtfully at the golden rose in his hand.
"In this world, I am the founder of the Flower Delivery sect???"
Lu Ze still found it a bit unbelievable, so he checked the data from the backend.
He had hidden an easter egg in the [Gilded Rose] skin.
An easter egg related to the body-snatching playstyle.
So far, the number of triggers was 0.
This meant his guess was not wrong.
In this world, a complete body-snatching playstyle had yet to appear!
"Am I really going to be the grandmaster??"
Lu Ze looked between the [Rat-18] in his left hand and the golden rose in his right, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, trying hard to suppress the corners of his mouth from curling up.
"It's all the system forcing me, it's definitely not voluntary, definitely not..."
...
...
Following that, the projection in the center lit up, and the audience who had been waiting there instantly boiled over with excitement.
This meant that Lu Ze had already matched with his opponents!
Soon, the roster of seventeen contestants was listed in the center.
The comments in the live stream immediately became lively.
[Old Demon Lu is here!]
[I really hope he runs into the top-ranked experts... preferably going bankrupt at the speed of light!]
[Impossible, right? Old Demon Lu is a newcomer, with few kills and low assets. There's no way he'd be matched with those people.]
[With Old Demon Lu's meager assets, he can only do hatchet runs, right? If he dares to gear up, he'll probably have to end the stream after just one match.]
[Wait! Why are there seventeen contestants?]
[Old Demon Lu is queuing solo, and there's another person queuing solo... It really is a hatchet run!]
[He chickened out!]
[Boring, I want to see Old Demon Lu go bankrupt...]
[Why choose Red Wolf for a hatchet run? Shouldn't it be Wasp Medic?]
...
The comments in the sky were densely packed.
Below, the area exclusively belonging to the Lingxiao Sect was even livelier.
Under the call of Zhao Wendao, nearly half of the cultivators in the entire sect who weren't pushing for rankings were sitting in the live stream, waiting to wave flags and cheer for Lu Ze.
After all, a few days ago, Lu Ze had drawn forth a holy manifestation, seemingly becoming the face of the sect.
Coupled with Lu Ze's undefeated record, everyone wanted to witness the continuation of this myth.
"Elder Nangong, you've truly brought up a good disciple!"
Zhao Wendao stroked his beard and sighed with emotion.
At this moment, the eight elders were gathered together, and everyone congratulated Nangong Yuan one after another.
He received Heavenly Dao rewards in reality, and he received Heavenly Dao rewards in the illusion realm as well.
Now that the Heavenly Dao had once again bestowed heavy rewards, with Lu Ze's arrival this time, everyone naturally felt that securing the Heavenly Dao reward was a sure thing once again.
Nangong Yuan, however, was very calm at this moment.
After all, having been praised to the moon and back for more than half a month, no matter how smug he was, it was time to settle down.
"This disciple of mine, he just takes after me."
"Rewards or no rewards, he definitely doesn't care."
"Besides... what do you mean my disciple? He belongs to the Lingxiao Sect; he's everyone's disciple!"
The more Nangong Yuan spoke, the less he could suppress the upward curve of his lips.
The elders sat in the centermost area of the Lingxiao Sect, with true disciples like Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue sitting nearby.
The disciples whispered among themselves.
"True Disciple Lu really has a huge presence... When has our Lingxiao Sect ever been this united?"
"Wow, Senior Sister Li from the Sword Query Peak is here too... Isn't she fighting for a ranking anymore?"
"True Disciple Lu is now the key to the Lingxiao Sect's providence; of course everyone is paying attention!"
"Magnificent is our Lingxiao Sect!"
"I wonder what kind of providence and surprises True Disciple Lu will bring us this time..."
[I wanted to serve up all three Flower Delivery chapters together, but I got delayed by something... The next chapter is being rushed out, sorry about that!]
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
