Used frigates bought from Britain were remodeled in the Danish Shipyard and were now deployed to the Kazakh Navy, increasing the number of ships operating in the Indian Ocean to 11.
One Aegis destroyer and four frigates were grouped into one task force group and the total of two task force groups deployed in the Indian Ocean. The multipurpose landing ship was serving as a command ship and a support ship for the groups.
Four frigates had also been deployed on Arirang and Meltemi islands, placing the southeastern Mediterranean region on the border.
Then, the U.S. Navy also withdrew two Aegis destroyers that had been deployed forward near the Suez Canal to the central Mediterranean Sea.
It was because four frigates of Kazakhstan's Navy were deployed in the southeastern waters, and there was no reason to duplicate the forces.
However, the Kazakh navy was not doing it for free of charge.
Youngho also did not forget to take the benefit in return, citing that the Kazakh Navy, which had relatively weak national power, was operating as a multinational force.
The U.S. Navy had decided to provide cruise missiles in exchange for some of the work of the Kazakh Mediterranean fleet.


When two task forces were formed in the Indian Ocean after Victor Jun was promoted to admiral, he was on board a multi-purpose landing ship to command the first maneuvers.
The scene of the maneuvers in the Indian Ocean between Seychelles and the Maldives was being filmed by a photographer from the armed forces information and education division of the Defense Ministry. He was moving around the deck swiftly not to miss any of the movements.
The training footage taken today would soon be broadcast throughout Kazakhstan and the federal states. This was because it was a good material that would instill pride in the people of the Kazakh Federal Kingdom.
Despite being inland, the Kazakh Navy had capabilities that were unrivaled to many bigger nations.
Such national promotional films were often created for the people of the Kazakh Kingdom, and so far, they loved to watch them. They were proud of their country.


"Get everything in the film. All the people should see it, and His Highness and Her Majesty are very interested in this too."

"Admiral, this sight is so spectacular that the whole nation will be thrilled by it. Would they have dreamed of traveling across the ocean with such a large fleet? It's all the power of our royal family. I'm even getting goosebumps."

"I feel the same way as you do. Don't get excited and make a great video."


Victor Jun was now experiencing mixed feelings.
When he just became an officer, he was in charge of a retired 100-ton Chamsuri-class patrol boat from the Korean Navy, and only a while ago, he commanded an Aegis destroyer, and now he was commanding a 30,000-ton-class fleet command vessel. It felt like he was still dreaming.
If a nuclear submarine was deployed next month, the fleet would be invincible in the Indian Ocean.
The 30,000-ton multipurpose landing ship was huge, with 240 meters long and 37 meters wide flight deck.
The deck in front of the control tower, which stood tall on the right side of the flight deck, was equipped with 20 vertical missile launchers and even a goalkeeper, so the vessel had its own anti-aircraft defense capability.
In addition, a dock was installed on it so that a submarine weighing less than 500 tons produced in the royal territory could be docked and used if necessary.
Now it was a supply ship, but when it came to landing operations, it could carry 12 attack helicopters, 10 tanks, 15 amphibious armored vehicles, 10 trucks, and two hovercrafts, on top of 1,500 troops.
In addition, the water and oil carried on the landing ship were enough for one mobile fleet to use for a month.
He had never thought that his friendship with the Duke of Kazakhstan since the days of the autonomous state would continue this long.
He thought it was a joke then when the Duke asked him if he would want to be the Minister of National Defense, it was slowly coming to reality.


"Who's the pilot of the helicopter that just landed? I don't know how a man wandering on this wide flight deck can land on an Aegis destroyer or a frigate."

"He's excited to have such a wide space since he has been using narrow decks."

"Don't shoot that. If the Duke sees it, he won't like it."


Helicopter pilots were landing roughly without any tension because the flight deck was so wide.
It was the first exercise and both task force groups attended, and the helicopters that were yet to be installed on the multi-purpose landing ships were training to take off and land on the ship's flight deck.


"Assistant, check which ship the helicopter belongs to. We have no choice but to reprimand the captain."

"Yes, sir."

 
The landing ship's bridge was as noisy as a beehive, as a small-sized submarine launching exercise was going on as well.
The landing ship's bridge was equipped with control tower functions, so about 20 officers would be working on it, so it had to be noisy.
It was natural that their voices rose when they were trying to do something unfamiliar to their hands.
With the commander of the fleet watching the drill, it seemed as if they were on a real operation with high tension.
Such training should be repeated dozens of times so that soldiers' hands and feet would get accustomed to the maneuvers of their work, and mistakes would be reduced.
Admiral Jun's voice grew louder and louder as he thought the joint training for 15 days was a way to improve the survival of the Kazakh Navy.


***


The Kazakh Navy's mobile fleet entering the Indian naval base on Seychelles was in perfect order. This was the result of the hard training of 15 days.
The Seychelles base was anchored by an Indian naval destroyer, so only the command ship—the landing ship—was moored at the pier, while the rest of the vessels anchored at the outside port and stood by.
The Indian Navy looked surprised at the arrival of the landing ship, which was nicknamed Almaty.
The unusual type of landing ship modified from a used cargo ship with a new painting looked like a new one.
At first glance, it was easily mistaken for an aircraft carrier, not a landing ship.
The commander of the Seychelles base courteously greeted the admiral of the Kazakh Navy.
Regardless of rank, when a foreign warship visited, it was treated as a special presence, unlike commercial vessels. This was because the warships of each country were symbolic of the dignity and sovereignty of the country.


"We sincerely welcome your visit."


Colonel Asam, the commander of the Seychelles base, welcomed Victor.
After seeing the aircraft carrier-class landing ship, he seemed nervous.


"Thank you for your welcome. You've built a great base. An aircraft carrier would be able to make it easy if our ship did so."

"I'm flattered. This is just the beginning. It will be the largest naval base in the Indian Ocean if a dedicated dock for the Kazakh Navy is built."

"Our Queen and Duke are also very grateful for giving up your room for our navy. His Highness sent me some vodka from Siberia to thank you."

"A gift directly from the royal family. It's quite an honor..."


India was also a Commonwealth country, so Indians were very respective of any royal family.


"Until we finish the construction, we're in a position to share your base. Thank you again."

"It's nothing. We have a military alliance. It's right for us to help our ally in need."

"It's less burdensome since you say so."


Not everyone in India welcomed the military alliance with Kazakhstan, although they were said to have formed a military alliance.
Colonel Asam was one of those people.
Since it was an alliance with a small country, he felt a little contemptuous.
After checking the ally's armed forces with his own eyes, however, he realized how wrong he was.
The Kazakh fleet had brought Aegis destroyers which India did not even have.
Captain Asam confirmed his faith in the Kazakh Navy after seeing the great command of the mobile fleet.
Normally, when entering a foreign port or base, it was common to display all the planes on the flight deck and show them off. It also meant disarming the other side by showing off its military power and showing that there was nothing more to hide.
However, because there was not a single helicopter or plane on the deck of the multipurpose landing ship, as none was deployed yet, it was mistaken that it had been moved to a maintenance shop under the deck by an airplane elevator.
Either way, Captain Asam, who saw the greatness of the Kazakh Royal Navy, was paying keen respect to Admiral Jun.


"Admiral, are you going to continue to stay at Seychelles Base, too?"

"I plan to stay here for the time being. We're going to have a nuclear submarine at Seychelles Base next month, so I should stay there until we can operate smoothly."

"You mean you are deploying a nuclear submarine in the Indian Ocean?"

"It's a military secret of our country, but I'm telling you this because I think you should know, so please be extra careful about security."

"Of course. But what kind of submarine is it?"

"It's the Oscar-class submarine. The other one will be operating somewhere else and join the Indian Ocean if necessary."


Captain Asam was so surprised at the mention of the Oscar-class submarine.


"You mean you have two Oscar-class super-large nuclear submarines?"


China had already made a fuss to prevent Russia from exporting nuclear-powered submarines, so it was already well known.


"I guess you didn't know that our country has acquired nuclear submarines yet. There will be two nuclear-powered submarines operating in the Indian Ocean."

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The little bug flew into Hughes's pants pocket and found a mobile phone in there.
It was not a Samsung phone, but an Apple iPhone instead.
The little bug continued to fly upwards into Hughes's shirt pocket, and found another mobile phone—it was also an Apple iPhone.
It appeared that Hughes was not the one using machines to excavate the gems. Keeping a straight face, Li Du continued his search for the mobile phone.
There were not many people present, so it was not difficult to conduct the search.
The little bug had searched all the gem hunters' pockets but had not found a single Samsung mobile phone. Obviously, based on this, the person responsible was not a gem hunter.
He was perplexed. Could it be that the person who used the machine last night is not here?
This would be unusual. The person probably wouldn't make his escape until traces of the crime had been found. He would stay to observe things and gather news. 
Those remaining were the security officers and staff members. Li Du had no choice but to have the little bug search their pockets.
As a result, the discovery was made.
Upon entering the pocket of the Indian man, the little bug saw a large Samsung big-screened smartphone. It was the newly released Galaxy-Nexus in black—which was exactly the feature that had appeared during the time reversal.
Seeing this, he frowned. This would not be an easy matter to resolve if the staff of the National Park was involved.
He had found the mastermind of the incident, but he had no evidence. Furthermore, it would be tricky trying to pin the blame on him without offending him—he had to maintain a low profile.
After wandering around for a while, he pretended that he had discovered nothing and shook his head in frustration. "I would like to help you find out the truth, but I can't find any evidence."
In this case, he had chosen to maintain the peace and avoid trouble. It was the staff of the National Park who had been responsible for this—possibly not just the Indian man, but other employees as well.
Li Du couldn't risk offending them even if he wanted to be heroic. They possessed the authority to refuse him entry into the National Park. It would be a terrible thing if he were barred.
With the sheer number of fire opals in the National Park, it wasn't necessary for him to compete with the staff. They could keep clear of each other and find their own ways to make money.
He could try to find ways to out the Indian man and the other staff involved, but what good would it do him?
Even if the employees of the National Park were not birds of the same feather, they enjoyed close relationships. If Li Du were to expose the Indian man, his colleagues would feel equally offended.
These people could always slap some false accusation on him and prohibit him from entering the National Park. His loss then would be really too great.
Li Du had decided to appear weak, but Hughes and others didn't let things rest. The group of them stared at him and accused him of being a criminal.
"Of course you can't find any evidence, it was done by you. Would you provide evidence and get yourself into trouble?"
"I think this time he came here to destroy evidence. Surgi, you've made a mistake by bringing him here."
"Let's call the police, and let them investigate this guy. He's destroying the national park."
Surgi's attitude toward Li Du also worsened. "You're the biggest suspect for this matter. Sir, don't make me hand you over to the police!"
Seeing them act aggressively, Li Du was furious and decided to teach them a lesson.
The national park might be large, but it was surrounded by a long stretch of wall. Surgi and his gang had just used a machine to search for fire opals the previous night and hadn't yet moved it.
As everyone knew, these machines were the reason for the search.
After muttering to himself, Li Du said to Surgi, "You can call the police, but I believe the police will prove my innocence. Besides, although I didn't find any clues, my dog will be able to find the machine."
The previous night when the machine had been working, there was a tent put up outside—there was bound to be some traces left behind.
Li Du found a torn piece of tent fabric and a broken tent pole. He beckoned Ah Ow over and let her sniff them. He then covered her eyes and motioned for Brother Wolf to destroy the items.
Hughes got anxious and said, "Are you trying to destroy the evidence? Stop him!"
Li Du sneered, "I think you're actually afraid that my dog will unearth more evidence?"
The man with the ponytail gazed at him doubtfully. "Hey buddy, are you sure your dog can find the machine?"
"If the machine and the tent were hidden together," Li Du said, "then she will be able to find them."
The man with the ponytail nodded. "Well, let's take a look at what you can do. If you fail, then we'll tell the police about you destroying evidence."
Brother Wolf burned the tent fragments and tent pole, and then Li Du released Ah Ow as a sign to her to look for these things.
Ah Ow started by taking a forceful sniff; her little body wandered up and down, before running a few steps further and then she howled at the ground below her.
Li Du dug up the gravel and found another tent fragment.
He shook his head and said, "No, not right. Not this one."
Ah Ow blinked and continued sniffing. She then dashed off eastward.
She ran in small steps, with her nose plastered on the ground to find the scent left behind by the tent and the machine. Finally, after running about two miles, she entered an ore hut.
This was a scenic spot; the stone hut had been built by the local Native Americans, using stone fragments. One of the most famous models was the agate house, which was a cultural icon of the United States' heritage.
The stone hut she found was not a cultural icon, but a featured scenic spot. In order to protect the huts, their doors were usually locked to prevent people from entering.
The group of them went over. The man with the ponytail frowned. "It's wrong. In the morning, we guessed that the machine could be here. We searched the hut. There's nothing in here."
Ah Ow kept howling at the hut, and wandered about excitedly in front of the door.
Li Du released the little bug into the house. Indeed, there was nothing in there—it was completely empty.
However, when the little bug flew underground, a space in the ground appeared before his eyes—in it were some machines and tents.
He had found the machines, and he had also found the gemstones. 
There was a box in the corner of the basement. When the little bug flew into it, he saw a piece of soft and delicate black velvet inside—the brightly-colored fire opals had been placed on top of it!
The previous night, six machines had been used to search for the fire opals. The returns were pretty good—there was a total of 40-something fire opals of varying sizes in the box. 
Their quality was not bad, and on average, even better than those Li Du had found. He estimated their haul to be worth a few million dollars or as much as tens of millions of dollars.
This was quite a common occurrence; when optical machines were used to search for opals, they were only able to find good quality opals. Turbid opals were not sensitive to light, and were usually destroyed like stones.
Using the little bug to find opals was much more exhaustive than this. But with this way, all were found and excavated.
This was one of the reasons national parks prohibited the use of machines to search for gemstones. Once machines were permitted, gem hunters would bring in a lot of them.
The machines could only find good quality gemstones, and the gemstones with poor quality would be destroyed.


They love gold, and they love silver. Even more so, they love gems that dazzle, like stars across the skies. 
Firearms, jewelleries, and precious metals; A collector’s world will not be complete without antiques.  
Storage auctions, old goods trade, re-estate sales and gold-digging. But the truth is, if one wants to make money, then the supreme way is through searching for the legendary treasures. 
Holding the fort, there’s an ocelot, a wolf, and an Andes condor. At the side, there’s a loyal hound, an irascible ape, and an African honey badger. Who said that you can only rely on humans when treasure hunting?! 

Chapter 1120 – We Are the Same Type of People

City in the skies.

The five fingers of Silver Hand gathered up together once again.

"Ouyang Shuo, this young lad, is not simple. He's so young, yet he already has a global foresight and knows how to advance sharply whilst backing off when needed. He's stronger than all our kids." The one who spoke was number 1.

Maybe because he was thinking about his grandson Jack, but his emotions were not that high.

Number 2 was even more down. During this round of global changes, his grandson did not even have a chance to exit the border, being a total side character.

"We have indeed underestimated this young man." The one who spoke was number 3, William's grandfather. Maybe because of his grandson, but number 3 had a good impression of Ouyang Shuo.

"Toward Great Xia, what strategy should we take? Continue to force it or use the chance to have peace and turn our focus to the academic faction?" Number 1 asked.

"No matter what strategy we take, we cannot lower our guard against the academic faction." Number 3 said that and paused. Following which, he said, "Can we get Ouyang Shuo into the organization?"

"Oh?"

Number 3's suggestion made the others really surprised.

"Absolutely not!" Number 2 was the first to oppose.

"Why not? Although he is a commoner, he will not always be. The intel said that he has been trying to develop the Ouyang family. That means we are the same type of people."

Number 2 said, "The president has been trying to recruit Ouyang Shuo. How would he be used by us?"

"It's a matter of people!" Number 3 was confident, "From the attitude of the academic faction toward Great Xia, the president definitely has not succeeded. Since that's the case, we still have a chance."

"No!" Number 2 was really insistent.

Seeing that, Number 3's expression changed, and he mocked, "Number 2, you're baselessly opposing because you're worried that the moment he joins, Great Zhou would not exist in China, right?"

"What a joke, when has Great Zhou ever been afraid!" Number 2 said loudly, but deep down inside, he had no confidence.

Seeing that, Number 3 did not continue to argue and let the others give their ideas.

Number 1 looked at the two of them and smiled, "Number 3's suggestion can be slowly discussed by all of you. We do not need to rush it." 

In Silver Hand, Number 3 always followed behind number 1.

His attitude was similar to a certain extent. However, seeing Number 2's insistent attitude, to prevent unrest, Number 1 could only shelve the matter.

Even so, Number 2 was still really unhappy.

It was obvious that Number 1 not rejecting the proposal made him annoyed.

Number 1 continued, "Number 3's suggestion reminded us that we do not need to go all out to crush Ouyang Shuo. He is not our enemy and could even become our ally."

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

Number 4 and Number 5 both agreed with this point.

"Since that's the case, we will accept their kind intentions." Number 1 decided, "In the next period of time, let's focus on the academic faction. Our president is not a simple person."
 ...
Same time, president courtyard.

Maybe it was a wrong feeling, but compared to before, the frown of the president became deeper. The back view of him watering the plants was even more slouched, showing that he was a little exhausted.

What was on his mind was naturally the organization.

During this period of time, this intelligent old man actually found that he could not control the situation. A new power had grown in the organization and was challenging his authority.

Due to these hidden currents, he naturally could not care about Great Xia.

Along with Great Xia's announcement, the dust had settled, and the old man gave out a bitter laugh, "The bird has grown up. We have missed the best chance. Who knows whether it's a good thing or a bad thing."

Within the silent courtyard, a low sigh spread out.
 ...
Naturally, Ouyang Shuo did not know what kind of big waves his actions had caused.

Along with the few battles coming to an end, Ouyang Shuo was incredibly busy dealing with post war matters. First was Maldives.

The Imperial Court decided to set up Maldives Prefecture, and it would be a Zhili Prefecture directly under the Imperial Court. The war prisoners would form a Garrison Division to defend the islands and the port.

At the same time, Maldives Prefecture would become the resource point of the Indian Ocean. The Imperial Court gave 500 thousand gold to be used on local business construction and port construction.

Next would be moving 100 thousand people over to increase Maldive's population to develop agriculture and animal husbandry.

The future Maldives would not only be a resource point but also a holiday resort, attracting players over to rest and play.

The Indian Ocean Squadron was also adjusted.

Out of the five divisions, the 1st was in Xingzhou Prefecture, which was the headquarters, the 2nd in Maldives Prefecture, the 3rd in Somalia, and the 4th in Auckland.

The remaining 5th division was a mobile training squadron and patrolled the four places.

Due to the area the Indian Ocean Squadron monitoring being too huge and the enemy being complicated, Ouyang Shuo ordered the south ocean region to be handed over to the Yashan Squadron.

Next would be Hawaii.

The Imperial Court officially established the Hawaii Prefecture, which was also a Zhili Prefecture. Due to its strategic position and a lack of teleportation formations, the construction would only be more than Maldives.

Ouyang Shuo gritted his teeth and sent 1.5 million gold and 300 thousand people over.

Different from Maldives, which was a game region, Hawaii was a wilderness region. Before Great Xia and Dawson Dynasty visited it, it was a desolate island.

It did not have large amounts of locals and did not have a strong city.

Furthermore, it was in the middle of the ocean, and the construction difficulty was many times that of Maldives. However, it was still something Ouyang Shuo could use, which was why Ouyang Shuo could only grit his teeth and support it.

1.5 million and 300 thousand people was only the first wave.

To perfect Hawaii Prefecture, they needed several folds of that at the very least. Ouyang Shuo was only hoping for a teleportation talisman to build a formation.

If not, it would be too inconvenient and too risky.

Luckily, Hawaii was not totally useless. Once the South American trade route was opened up, it would not only be a holiday destination but also a place where merchant ships that cross the Pacific had to go through.

As for the construction expenses, nothing comes for free.
 


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However, in an unexpected turn of events, Ouyang Shuo found himself back five years before the betrayal – right before the launch of Earth Online. This time, armed with the knowledge from his past life, Ouyang Shuo would venture upon a new path.

How to perfectly complete quests? What historical battle maps would appear? How should one build up their territory? Utilizing the experience from the predecessors of his last life, Ouyang Shuo makes his bid for the top against all odds. Follow his journey as he seeks to lord over the world!

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"Adi, why aren't you even able to burst a single bubble, I never knew your accuracy was so low," Anupama pouted her lips in dissatisfaction as she saw Aditya who was throwing darts miss a bubble again.

Aditya shrugged as he smiled apologetically at Anupama but when he saw Taarini icy gaze, he averted his eyes as it was too awkward, acting in front of Taarini. Taarini was one of the few who almost everything about Aditya's abilities except 'Camouflaging'.

It was not that Aditya did not have an interest in portraying his skills but he had decided to deliberately be 'normal' as long as he was 'Aditya'. He left his supernatural abilities for his other two identities  'Ishaan' and 'Rudra'. This was his way of segregating these identities from him. If not for his relationship with Taarini, he wanted nothing more but to remain as a normal garage mechanic. He had reduced his underworld activities significantly in the last month according to his plan as if he was going back to being a normal citizen of the country.

Taarini knew Aditya's background and that he had other plans, hence she also reduced assigning any works like intimidation, gang busting and other jobs to him. She was surprised that Aditya would have made a friend who was a genius hacker and that person had turned out to be a big turning point in their gang wars. The last month had been particularly eventful.

Aditya's friend was proficient in creating various kinds of sophisticated malware with which he could easily hack into people's mobiles through messages, missed calls or WiFi sharing. That malware was just like a virus which spread from the lowest tier gang members to the top rapidly like wildfire. Since that person started helping her, all the painful interrogation of opposite gang members to know their activities and plans was not necessary anymore.

Taarini could just have some people with some laptops, assigned to see and hear their enemy's conversations as the malware took control of the camera, audio recorder, messaging, video calls and other functions of the mobile it spread into. So all those ferocious mafia leaders from Mumbai suddenly became artists performing a play in front of Taarini with all their sinister plots becoming spoiler alerts.

Never before did Taarini feel the terrific potential of modern advancements more than the past few days where she experienced how vulnerable everyone was to someone who had the right tools in hand. She did not know that the person who had impressed her with these skills was someone who was very talented even in the eyes of an elite member of US Cyber Command like Harry. So it was not surprising that Taarini's view of modern advancements was upturned by this person's achievements.

She was also very grateful for this person as, if not for his help, the orphans that she had sent to a distant, unknown village would have been killed by the Mumbai Mafia Alliance in an act of revenge against her. Because of this early information, she was able to take necessary actions and have those bastards who targeted these orphans killed by her followers in cold blood. This retaliation caused a fissure to appear among these mafia leaders as each started doubting the others of leaking this news to Taarini.

Also, today's night was going to be the last nail in the coffin for these people. Kasim (head of the Mumbai Mafia Alliance), Elder Gani and Flaming Tiger were meeting in a remote resort away from the city's jurisdiction to plan a final assault on her. These people were only bringing there most trusted people along with them as they had started suspecting even most of their own followers of being in cahoots with Taarini. No one had suspected that the harmless, expensive, glittering mobile phones in their hands and pockets are the ones which were truly corrupted.

These people were from the 1990s and 2000s era with minimum knowledge of smartphones and mobile operating system functions. The most that they could do was have their phone protected by security software which is usually enough for their purposes but when Aditya writes a malware, it's not something that this software can prevent. In a way, Aditya's work represented the epitome of human genius if you still consider Aditya as a human.

Though Taarini had her doubts about this friend of Aditya who was as much of an anomaly as he was, she did not dig deeper. She still remembered how an unknown young boy had come into her life since the day that he saved her from Flaming Tiger by just throwing stones and how he asked her to introduce him to the underworld. This boy had slowly but steadily become an indivisible part of her life, Taarini's icy expression softened as she looked at Aditya who was taking Hitesh's mobile number.

"Hitesh, I will give you a missed call so that we can stay in contact with each other," Aditya smiled as he called Hitesh but did not cut the call. Aditya had two phones with him, one was a basic mobile and the other was a smartphone. The moment Hitesh cut the call was like admitting a trojan horse into his phone. So when Aditya sent a message which was like a 'key', Hitesh's phone accepted it without even notifying him. The moment the 'key' entered it automatically started the download of the actual malware without Hitesh's knowledge.

 The malware did not have any high requirements or data size and so Hitesh's mobile was corrupted in a matter of seconds. This was not the end as Hitesh's phone made a call to his father and the same process was going to repeat. From his father's mobile to the WiFi router, router to all the devices connected to it. If his father was at his home and his laptop was connected to the router, it would make things easier. It was just a matter of time before the malware corrupts his father's jewellery company's data servers and all the dark secrets of Hitesh, as well as his family, would be laid down for Aditya's picking.

"Adi, come let's go eat something," Anupama seemed to have forgotten her thoughts about Aditya as if she had returned to the time when they used to be closer than normal friends. This behaviour of her's prompted Aditya to speculate that if he had not gone to Europe with his parents and continued his contact with Anupama, maybe after a few years, when her mentality had matured a little, leaving behind the 'I am a princess in a high tower waiting for a handsome prince to come to save me' type of unrealistic expectations, maybe they both would have come together in the end. 

This was a question whose answer could never be known but one thing was sure. He, Aditya, was going to beat the shit out of Hitesh and his family today. Though Aditya knew that he had to prevent Anupama from making the same mistake, he did not know when this Hitesh would enter her life which left him in a fix. But, he did not think that he would meet him so quickly.

As Aditya was thinking about these things while eating candy floss, Taarini reached her hand out and wipe a piece of candy floss stuck to the corner of his mouth. Aditya smiled at Taarini and continued fiddling with his smartphone. Anupama froze when she saw this action, she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. Taarini ignored Anupama's penetrating gaze as she looked around the food festival with mild interest.

Anupama seemed to have forgotten that she had come with Hitesh as walked beside Aditya as she whispered, "Adi, what's with you and this elder sister?"

Aditya's eyes lit up when he heard these words as he smiled teasingly, "Can't you understand this much? Anupama, you are very simple minded."

Anupama's eyes and mouth opened wide as she looked at both Aditya and Taarini, "you mean 'that'?"

Aditya nodded affirmatively. He was more interested in observing Anupama's reaction rather than being honest. Taarini heard this conversation but only glanced at Aditya once and even gave a small smile for the first time which shocked even Aditya. This smile confirmed Anupama's doubts as she asked, "But… but she looks much older than you."

Aditya put up an expression like a great lover as he said in a tone of a philosopher, "age is but a number, if we don't let it come between us, it won't."

Anupama stopped in her tracks as she muttered these words, "Age is but a number, if we don't let it come between us, it won't." Even Taarini stopped as she looked at Aditya for a moment before turning her attention back to the food stalls. Hitesh had a mocking expression on his face but no one cared about what he thought.

Everyone sat on around a plastic table as Aditya offered to bring some Indian street savoury snacks. Taarini also followed him on her own initiative. The cool wind breezed across his face as his mind relaxed. Aditya felt quite happy today that he was able to remove this future calamity for Anupama. He did not think that the opportunity would present itself so quickly. This also strengthened Aditya's resolve to observe the 'dreamworld' more closely as he wanted to see if they were any other calamities or missed opportunities in the future. 

"So, what is the plan?" Aditya asked as he ordered for some plates of Aloo chaat, Pakora and Ragda (popular Indian street food varieties)

"Nothing much, we go, finish them and come back, if everything goes well, it won't take more than an hour," Taarini said as she helped carry some dishes for Aditya.

"Oh," Aditya nodded as he paid and carried the rest.

"I want you to come with us tonight," Taarini said as she looked into Aditya's eyes.

Aditya struggled a little when he heard Taarini's words. He knew that he had started to unconsciously avoid been in scenes where people were killed. He just couldn't bring himself to take a life even if that person deserved it. But when he remembered his elder sister Saira hint a chaotic future and how she questioned if he had killed anyone before, Aditya's eyes became firm as he said, "even though I might not do anything substantial by being there, I will come."

Taarini smiled when she saw him agree. Actually, she never had the idea of forcing Aditya but she had met both Maahi and Saira without Aditya's knowledge. The conversation she made with both of them totally changed her plans. Prior to the conversation, Taarini had planned to withdraw from the mafia and to not bother herself with the underworld anymore. But now, she had to make new plans.


This was the reason that she had decided to ruthlessly kill the leaders of every gang which targeted her. She could not take chances with her people's safety. The moment they targeted the children, she had decided that she would eliminate them with zero compromises. As for dragging Aditya along, Taarini had her reasons.

 'Peace will be a luxury affordable only to those who are prepared to dab their hands in blood. So if one wants to live through these times, you better start been accustomed to the red colour and metallic odour.' this was what Taarini heard Saira speak and no one could understand the depth of the meaning behind those words more than Taarini who had grown up hugging a brother who used to come with bleeding wounds and blood stains on his clothes.

Aditya smiled as he said, "Well before going there, let me have some fun at least." he looked at Hitesh who was trying to strike a conversation with Anupama but couldn't succeed as Anupama had lowered her head and was in a daze.

Aditya, a 16-year-old teenager dreaming of becoming a professional Formula racer, currently studying in an international school is dealing with the biggest crisis of his life. He had been informed by the police that his parents have gone missing leaving no clue behind. 

To add on to his misery, Aditya has been sleeping 14 hrs a day due to an unknown reason for the past two weeks. He had been dreaming an alternate world where the 'other' Aditya lives the exact same life as him. 

But, things became more intriguing when the events in his dream started diverging from his real-life events. For one, his parents did not go missing in his dreams. They were safe and sound. Later in his dream life, Aditya went on to continue his studies in Europe and later became an F1 racer just like he aimed for while in real life, he got himself expelled from his school and started working in a garage as a mechanic. A world of difference.

Accompany Aditya on a journey filled with many impossibilities as he comes in contact with many hidden truths the world is unaware of, in his quest of rescuing his parents.

The setting is mainly focused in India

Chapter Release Rate: 4-5 Chapters/ week

Avg Chapter length: 2000 - 2100 words

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Tags: Action, Adventure, Missing Parents, Smart Protagonist, Kind Protagonist, Romance, Harem, Friends, Subordinates, Futuristic technology, Biologically Modified Humans, Cyborgs, Genius, Mafia, Firearms, Military Technology.

Milia deleted her instagram account[1] after her break-up with Stephen and made a new one. Well, it sounds silly but that way Milia deleted all the chats and contacts, pictures and memories. All the posts[2] of her with Stephen and the stories[3] of their meeting up and many things Milia thought was romantic but in reality it wasn't. Milia opened a new instagram account and added her friends and acquaintances. 

Author: Oh! Yeah.. this 'online-modern-day-love' is inspired from the budding love stories in the time of pandemic. Author has no intention to hurt or disrespect anyone's feelings, religion, work, or anything. Any resemblance to the actual event is a mere coincidence because it is all of the author's imagination. 

Milia put up a decent yet a tempting profile picture. She was wearing an Indian plain blue saree, with a black netted blouse. Her back towards the camera and her hands to the sides as if she were turning and her shoulder length wavy hair flying in the air making a semi-circle which indicates that the picture is a candid one. The saree accentuated her features. The slightly deep cut blouse revealed her fair porcelain skin and her slim hands stood out as she wore a black coloured fitness band which looked slightly bigger on her small wrist. (author: rolling her eyes.. 'a fitness band over a saree? Like seriously..?')

Milia got many follow requests[4], she accepted the ones she knew. After a week or two, Justin sent her a follow request. Milia saw the notification on her phone and wondered whether to accept it or not. Milia knew in bits about Justin from Ira. (I have explained the complex relations in chapter4) After some time Milia accepted his request and then requested to follow back. Justin instantly accepted her request. For a few days, no one texted each other, but one night. 

Justin's story had information regarding some news which could create panic and Milia cross-checked the information on the internet which showed that it's a false alarm. Milia can't stand any such thing that creates panic especially when all students are getting anxiety and stress because of covid-19 [5]. Milia replies to his story saying 'this is fake news and it's creating panic amongst students.' After sometime when Justin came online and saw the message from Milia. Usually he ignores messages that are not from his friends but this message piqued his interest. 'So there's actually a girl who boldly texts strangers.' he thought and replied to her "I am sorry. My intention wasn't that but as you said it'd create panic and so I deleted it. Thanks for pointing it out." Milia saw this and smiled, she thought 'he knows he's wrong so he apologised. Seems like a nice guy.' "it's alright :)" she replied.

And from here my dear readers the story will move on. The previous chapters which seemed to have no link in between will now connect. Milia and Justin are now gonna chat and find each other very similar. Milia who is grieving over her break-up and trying to move-on will text him and talk to him about his views on life, love and responsibility. Justin who's already not a believer in love will text Milia and ask her if she believes in a 'second chance' in life and love. They both believe in vibes and get good vibes from each other. Milia is too quick to catch when Justin gets nervous and Justin is stunned to know that this stranger whom he has never met but heard off can see through people so easily. They both get attracted to each other but they both won't take the conversation beyond a casual and a healthy flirting. Some heart-fluttering moments, some moments of surprise, some moments of awkwardness and some moments of closeness. Is this texting going to turn into a 'modern day love story with an old school heart?' or.. Will they go to their separate paths? Time will decide about that. And if you readers think, how can they text a stranger so casually, this is where the catch is. Milia and Justin are Ira's best friends. Ira speaks of Milia to Justin and about Justin to Milia. Even though they haven't spoken to each other, they know about each other. And the comment section on Ira's instagram is filled with comments of these two people who comment all good and worse things on Ira's posts. They're seeing the constant friendship the opposite one has with Ira and thus they feel an unknown thread of trust tying them together in this conversation. Milia's straightforward, bold and a shameless personality in contrast to Justin's shy, nervous and immature and innocent personality is going to make a fun yet a very heart-warming conversation.
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The chapter today is short because I am cooped up with my studies. Previously it was announced that my exams might get cancelled but now it's announced saying that the university will be conducting exams and so, very unfortunately I won't be able to write everyday even though I want to. But I'll give as many updates as I can. I hope you support me and my book. Your author is a college student. And this is my fourth semester in college. I'll try and give you all as many updates as I can. That's a promise. I hope you'll understand my side. 
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The following information regarding instagram is taken from the internet for informational purposes only. 

 1. Instagram account: Instagram is a free, online photo-sharing application and social network platform that was acquired by Facebook in 2012. Instagram allows users to edit and upload photos and short videos through a mobile app. ... Users also have the option of making their profile private so that only their followers can view their posts. 
 
2. Posts: An Instagram post is a photo or video that an Instagram user shares on the platform. 

3. Stories: Instagram Stories is a feature within the Instagram app where users can capture and post related images and video content in a slideshow format. ... Stories allow the addition of text, drawings and emoticons to images or video clips. Like Snapchat, filters and augmented reality (AR) stickers are also available for Stories.

4. Follow requests: If your account is set to private, anyone who wants to see your photos or videos will have to send you a follower request. Follow Requests will appear in your Activity. To approve a request, tap Confirm. To deny a request, tap Delete.

5. Covid-19: Coronavirus disease 


After successfully invading Chen Ming's computer, Shi Lei kept his cool. After all, Chen Ming was using the Internet to chat. If he randomly made any changes and got found out, that would be bad!

Although he had invaded, what if the foe shut down the computer?

Or even unplug the power cable?

Shi Lei only browsed freely through the computer files, trying to get his hand on some secrets.

Too bad, that bastard Chen Ming's computer was actually very clean!

Not even one secret!

No private diary or any Wo Sang Empire's porn film.

Shi Lei who was helpless at the moment could only check the hardware department.

"Damn!"

Shi Lei cursed. Chen Ming's computer is yet another beast. Compared to those two computers undergoing repair at Sun Feng's place, they were about the same.

Besides a lower number in hard disk space, the others were exactly similar.

"This bitch's computer is not bad!"

Shi Lei continued to investigate and found out that the computer was installed with webcam, microphone and speaker!

Looking at the date, out of nowhere, a sinister plan was born within Shi Lei's mind.

First, Shi Lei returned back to the server and began searching military training information.

As the result of having super authority account, he no longer had to sneak around to do his things. In just a few moment, Shi Lei managed to find all the information of military training.

Opening the instructor list as well as contact details, Shi Lei had a glance and quickly made a copy into his local computer.

Shi Lei cleared the server log, eliminating all traces of his operation before getting back to his own computer.

Under Linux system, Shi Lei began to write code.

While typing the code, Shi Lei didn't forget to continue monitoring Chen Ming's situation.

Chen Ming had ended the chat and was watching anime.

Shi Lei laughed out loud. Controlling the campus server, Shi Lei started to temper Chen Ming's room broadband by temporarily allocating a larger bandwidth. From Internet, Shi Lei downloaded several interesting porn films from Wosang Nation. Then, he controlled Chen Ming's computer to download them.

Storing them in a folder, Shi Lei hid it from Chen Ming.

The temporary increase of bandwidth didn't affect the streaming experience of anime. Not aware of anything, Chen Ming had been tricked by Shi Lei to download those porn films.

Shi Lei continued typing the code as he monitored the download progress.

Half an hour later, Shi Lei had completely edit the code. After testing it a few times and ensuring the software could run well, Shi Lei once again logged into the campus server. Through the server, Shi Lei invaded the school mobile service base station.

These self-made little tools, Shi Lei uploaded them to the server and ran them.

This is a software which functions by detecting the signal from base station and determine the position of the mobile phone by triangular positioning calculation.

This software, Shi Lei named it: Exploration.

Shi Lei first entered his own mobile phone number. Software Exploration began to calculate Shi Lei's location.

When the calculation was completed, combined with GPS data, when compared with Shi Lei's actual position, they were roughly the same.

After being confident with the software's functionality, Shi Lei then entered military training company leader's phone number into the software.

In about half a minute, Shi Lei found out that this company leader was actually not at Shuangqing University!

But in Beijiang District!

Since today was the last day of military training and it must have ended already, the school leaders most probably brought the company leader out for visit!

"Heaven has helped me!"

Shi Lei screamed out in happiness.

He then found out Instructor Zhao, the leader of Class 2 of batch '06 Department of business management, Mu Shuang's class instructor. Shi Lei grinned evilly.

Last time at the military ground, this Instructor Zhao had won Shi Lei once. How could he forget about it?

Typing Instructor Zhao's phone number, the software searched for his position.

Again, in half a minute, Instructor Zhao's position was determined. He was still in Shuangqing University!

Shi Lei waved both his hands, his mouth once again widely grinned.

First, he closed the software and then uploaded a different small software.

This software can change the number of caller ID!

For example, Shi Lei's phone number can be changed into military commander's phone number!

From the server, Shi Lei directly activated the caller ID changer software and then stole a phone number from Internet. Through the software, he linked this stolen number into company commander's one.

"Zhao Wu, at 8pm, inspect 6th dormitory, room 302!"

Instructor Zhao received the message, he was shocked!

After all, military training had already ended.

They as soldiers would have to return tomorrow morning. Why there is still any need to do inspection!

Instructor Zhao immediately called company commander.

But just as the signal reached the mobile service base station, it was Shi Lei's software which intercepted and played the busy message.

Shi Lei quickly sent a text message.

"Inconvenient to answer the phone, only via SMS!"

Zhao Wu felt something was not right. After repeatedly checking the phone number of the company commander several times, then only did he replied the message.

"Company commander, is it still necessary to do spot check on the room?"

Shi Lei laughed sinisterly, if not doing spot check, how could interesting thing happen!

"Zhao Wu, when I ask you to go check, just do it! Stop asking any nonsense question!"

Zhao Wu scratched his head. No matter what, he had to obey the order from higher up since he is in military.

"Yes, company commander!"

7.30 pm, Zhao Wu together with another soldier, also following them was Zhan Song, lecturer from Department of Computer Science, were headed to 6th dormitory.

Zhan Song asked with a hint of surprise in his tone, "Zhan Song, I thought military training is already over. Why still conduct spot check?"

Zhao Wu himself was clueless too. Yet, with a straight face he answered: "The end of military training is exactly at midnight!"

"Hehe!" Zhan Song laughed as he led the way in front.

Controlling the computer of Chen Ming, Shi Lei noticed that a few porn films had already been finished downloaded. Instantly through the campus public server, Chen Ming's internet bandwidth was adjusted back to normal.

After doing these, Shi Lei quietly did his thing and secretly opened the microphone, linking it to his own computer.

At about 7.50 pm, a series of door knocking sound could be heard.

Shi Lei was extremely excited and eager for the next scene.

"Good show is about to start!"

Chen Ming's voice could be heard through the microphone.

"Who is it?"

Outside the door, Zhao Wu said: "Room inspection!"

Chen Ming was caught in surprise.

Isn't military training already over?

Why would there be room inspection?!

But he couldn't refuse to open the door.

Chen Ming was not bothered to shut down his computer. Instead, he made a quick tidy up on his bed. His three other roommates were also busy sorting out their beds.

"Still not gonna open the door?"

Zhao Wu's voice travelled into the room. Through the microphone, his voice came out from Shi Lei's headphones.

Chen Ming quickly replied: "I'm coming!"

Once Shi Lei heard that, his fingers were dancing on the keyboard, remotely activating Chen Ming's webcam.

Webcam in year 2006, doesn't have its own LED light. Shi Lei wasn't worried at all of being noticed as he activated the webcam.

Through the webcam, Shi Lei watched Chen Ming opened his room's door.

Shi Lei remotely added Wo Sang Empire's porn films into the media player's playlist.

Zhao Wu, Zhan Song and Zhao Wu's comrade, three of them entered Unit 302.

Chen Ming was acting cool, "Greeting instructors! Teacher!"

Zhao Wu had a glance at Chen Ming and then said: "Today is the last day for room inspection. You guys are all in the room, I am pleased!"

Chen Ming secretly felt relieved. Luckily, he didn't slip off somewhere to enjoy. If he was to get caught, won't that be miserable?

"Reporting to instructor! Strictly speaking, military training time should have ended this evening!"

A trace of smile appeared in Zhao Wu's face.

The following statement was the same excuse he gave to Zhan Song.

Hearing the argument of Chen Ming, Shi Lei smiled with an evil grin.

"This guy seems capable of acting fast!"

"But, lets see how are you gonna cover up next!"

Shi Lei remotely controlled Chen Ming's computer, played the porn film and minimized the video player. He then completed the final step by maximizing the volume.

In Unit 302, out of nowhere, a burst of classic sound of 'yi yi ar ar oh~' as well as 'yamete', 'yiku' etc could be heard.

Chen Ming's face changed. He had a look at his computer.

His three other roommates all looked down with red faces.

Zhan Song faintly smiled at Chen Ming. As for Zhao Wu, he was frowning.

"This is?"

Chen Ming quickly shook his head, "I myself also don't know what is happening!"

"Maybe it's some Internet ads!"

Listening to Chen Ming's explanation, Shi Lei directly maximized the video player. All kind of love action was shown clearly on the 19 inch monitor!

That white, plump flesh hitting each other!

The voice which could tempt any man kept echoing within the room.

With a pale face, Chen Ming quickly grabbed his mouse and wanted to close the video player.

However, the mouse seemed to have fail him big time. It didn't respond to his action at all!

"Yamete~~~"

"Yiku! Yiku!"

On the screen, the man in action was going for his last sprint!

At this moment, Chen Ming felt like digging a hole in the ground to hide himself.

Zhao Wu coldly said with a stern voice, "Faster close it!"

"Report to instructor, the mouse is not working!"

Chen Ming felt that he was dreaming now. His mouse was not moving at all yet he didn't think off just unplugging his computer.

It was Zhang Song noticing the webcam and microphone, linking them to the currently playing Wo Sang Empire's porn film. A thoughtful look was revealed on his facial expression.

Zhao Wu's face turned black, "Close you damn computer now!"

Hearing this sentence, Shi Lei laughed out loud while hitting the 'Enter' key.

In Unit 302, Chen Ming who hadn't make a move to close his computer and yet his monitor suddenly turned black as the hard disk spinned heavily.

As Chen Ming was about to unplug his computer, Zhan Song stopped him, "Halt!"

"If you don't want your computer to be damaged, don't turn it off!"

"The hard disk is undergoing low level formatting. If you force shutdown it, the hard disk will be destroyed!"

However, even by not shutting down, the hard disk itself was already almost ruined!

Low-level format would destroy all the data in the disk and there was also possibility of some damage on the disk itself!

Such operation would usually be performed on the hard disk before out from factory. Only manufacturers would do this kind of operation, ordinary consumer almost never used such operation.

With this low-level formatting, Shi Lei destroyed every evidence of his invasion completely!

The world’s top-level hacker, Shi Lei; due to him hacking the world’s top military powers during a joint exercise and attempting to steal information from them, ultimately leads him to get sold out by his own organization. This act eventually caused his own death by a missile bombardment.

God was playing a joke on him and allowed him to return back to six years ago, the autumn season of when he was still at his university. Being given another chance, plus the fact that he retained his ability as one of the best in hacking technology, Shi Lei decided to change his life! During his previous life, he was only an assassin in the dark. Although such an existence made people afraid of him, he would have to always hide within the shadows. In his new life, not only does he want to be an assassin in the dark, but he also wants to stand openly in the middle of the world stage. Creating a world-class super enterprise, he will single handy change the whole world!

Updates: 2-3 chapter/week

Cricket has developed that much that it has become a passion way more than just a sport. In India, the sport is not just followed, played and watched but it has emerged to be a religion. Cricketers like Sachin, Kapil Dev, Gavaskar have been worshipped for their valuable contribution to the Indian cricket. So far we have seen several Ups and Downs of this sport.

Starting from the era of Kapil Dev holding the World Cup trophy in 1983 to Yuvraj Singh hitting six sixes in a single over in T20 World Cup against England in 2007, the sport of Cricket has given a lot many memoirs to rejoice in future.

Besides, matches like Indian side v/s Pakistani side have always grabbed billions eyeballs not from either side of the country but from across the world. In Indian, such matches between these two arch-rivals are meant to be national holidays as majorly everybody loves to watch a high-octane match like India v/s Pakistan.

Everything we see in a match is just another name for passion. In India, everyone loves cricket and is very much passionate about it.

Many things have changed in the past decades like tournaments, players, formats, audience, etc. Cricket has become faster. It has become more exciting for the young generation audiences who take a lot of interest in shorter formats viz. T20 matches and IPL.

Cricket has its own significant history

The time is changing so is the remuneration that these cricketers are getting playing lot many matches. The players are getting higher remuneration than before. The athletes who are associated with this particular sport are given so much attention and respect and have huge fan followings like Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya to name a few.

We always wonder how much do they get paid for their job. And the results will surely amaze you.

Let's drive to the Top 10 Highest Paid Cricketers in 2019.

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli is among the highest-paid cricketers. He gets $24 million and his brand value has increased over the past years. 

He has a huge fan following and is very active on social media handles. He is the only cricketer with 33.1 million followers on Twitter and 47.4 million on Instagram. His commendable batting and captaincy have been appreciated worldwide.

His aggression for cricket is also very known and popular.

MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni is the second-highest-paid cricketer. He gets $21.7 million for his excellency in wicket keeping and commendable batting. He is among the most experienced and senior players in the Indian Cricket Team. Though he is not so active on social media platforms therefore he has a million 7.7 million followers on Twitter and 18.9 million followers on Instagram.

Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle is in the West Indies cricket team. He gets $7.5 million for his aggressive batting. His batting is the most appreciated batsman in the West Indies cricket team. He boats 4.4 million followers on Twitter and 3 million followers on Instagram. He is among the legend athletes in his nation.

AB de Villiers

AB de Villiers is a South-African batsman who is well known for his powerful innings across the cricketing world. He gets $6.4 million for his perfectionism in his sport. He has also been the Global Ambassador of big brands like Puma, MRF, Audi, and Supersport. He has 9.2 million followers on Instagram and 6.9 million followers on Twitter.

David Warner

David Warner is the left-handed opening batsman and plays for the Australian cricket team. He gets $5.5 million for his display of talent and energy. He boats 2 million followers on Twitter and 2.3 million followers on Instagram.

Shane Watson

Shane Watson is an all-rounder cricketer who plays for the Australian Cricket team. He gets $5.5 million for his Excellency. However, taken retirement from international cricket but his fans are not degrees in any way. He has 1 million followers on Twitter and 1.3 million followers on Instagram.

Mitchell Starc 

Mitchell Starc is among the lethal bowlers who play for the Australian cricket team. He gets $4 million for his super-fast and powerful bowling. The left armed pacer has struggled a lot due to his injuries and returned with extreme power and energy. He has been inactive on social media handles and his fans are eagerly waiting for him to make social media profiles and join everyone.

Yuvraj Singh

No one can forget the historic moment when Yuvraj Singh shot six sixes on six balls. He gets $3.5 million for his excellent batting and energy over the pitch. Yuvraj Singh is brand ambassador for Puma, Ulysse Nardin, Xbox 360, Sports365. He is the part of Mumbai Indians in IPL. He boats 4.7 million followers on Twitter and 8.1 million followers on Instagram.

Rohit Sharma

 A legendary player of Indian Cricket team, Rohit Sharma is known for his invincible, gigantic world record of double centuries (three in ODIs and One in Test format) has all reason to be in this list.  He earns $3.5 million for his hard work and passion. Rohit Sharma has increased his brand value in past years and has huge fan following.

He has 15.5 million followers on Twitter and 11.7 million followers on Instagram.

Steve Smith

Steve Smith is an excellent cricketer who plays for the Australian cricket team. He gets $2.4 million. He boats 1.6 million followers on Twitter and 1.8 million followers on Instagram. These were the most paid cricketers in 2019. They get an effective amount of hard work and passion.

These cricketers have proved themselves not only on crease but also in their personal life they are the idols and inspirations for many people. They attract and get admired by everyone. They earn for their hard work.

Gauri 
 "Sir, Sir! What is happening to you?" He looked at me with half opened eyes while coughing vigorously and patting his chest.
"Oh my god, are you having a heart attack" he nodded painfully. His trembling finger pointed towards the back seat where a duffle bag was lying on the seat.
I found medicines in it and showed him all the medicine one by one. He nodded at one strip of tablets but it has only one tablet left in it. 
'Oh come on, something is better than nothing' my inner self encouraged me to act fast.
Thankfully I had attended the first aid class and I knew what to do in such an emergency. I made him sit on the road with knees raised. I made him calm and loosened his shirt a bit by unbuttoning first two buttons. I pushed the tablet and closed his mouth so he couldn't throw it out during a cough. Eventually, he swallowed it and after a minute his breathing become little normal. 
But he was still not looking fine. I settled him in the back seat and took the driving seat. I drove the car in full speed (thank god, I have learned driving a month ago from father). I was nervous at first but I gained confidence. The road was clear and I headed towards the same clinic where we have admitted Vibhu a few days back. 
I pulled the car in front of the clinic and shouted for help. The staff picked him up and lay him on the stretcher. Everything happened so fast that I didn't get time to inform anyone. 
"You brought him at the right time, if you got late by a few minutes then we could not save him" Doctor recognized me when he met me outside the observation room.
"Thanks, doctor, when he will be conscious enough to talk" 
"Most probably in an hour" 
"By the way who he is, he was not looking Indian" I decided to tell him the truth.
"I don't know him sir, he was in bad condition when I spotted him" I explained.
"It's okay, I got this phone from his pocket. Check it and inform his family about him. I have to see another patient" he handed over the phone to me and left to see other patients.
I never saw a phone without buttons. Mrinal had the latest model of mobile but it was also with buttons. I looked at the phone and turned it upside down and to every possible angle but could not understand that how to operate it. There were no buttons in that rectangular slim device. I called a ward boy and asked him if he knows how to operate it. 
To my surprise, he said yes. He took the phone from me and god knows how he switched it on in a second. He did something and the contact list was in front of me. He guided me on how to operate it and I thanked him.
It was showing 6:45 am and it was not good to call randomly. I checked his mobile and found categories. Finally, I found the category FAMILY.
I opened the folder and found three names Rose, Princess, and Chipmunk. Rose and Princess might be the female members and they had not any local contact but the Chipmunk had a local contact so I decided to inform the person with that weird name
'Gauri don't laugh, his relative is admitted here.' My inner self chided and I stopped giggling. 
"Hi dad, why are you calling?" A sleepy voice with thick British accent came over from another side. 
'What were you expecting? Hindi.' My inner self mocked me.
"Hello, Am I talking to Mr. Chipmunk" I asked in a serious tone although I was laughing in my mind.
"WHAT? Who is this?" I must have startled him because he sounded surprised and alarmed.
"Umm, actually your father has got a heart attack BUT he is fine now. He is admitted in Live life clinic. I found your number in his contacts in the family category that's why I called you. Please come to Live Life clinic at Chanakya puri." I explained in one breathe. 
"Thank you, thanks a lot. I am reaching there, please stay wherever you are." He answered in hurry and disconnected the call.
After 15 minutes, a screeching sound of car disturbed the morning silence and I rushed outside so that his son need not waste time in finding me. 
I saw a guy coming out from black Mercedes. He was in black body-hugging t-shirt, brown shorts, blond messy hair, and blue sleepy eyes. BLUE EYES? Oh no! Miller again!
"Miller" I shouted and waved at him.
"Gawri" he jogged towards me. 
"What are you doing here?" he asked in a surprising tone.
"Okay just tell me, are you chipmunk?" I asked him straight away.
"Yes, No, oh yes but don't call me with that. Dad used to tease me with that. How did you find him, what happened?" he asked me a series of questions in one go.
"Hey take a deep breath! Just calm down Miller, he is okay. The doctor has given him an injection, he will be conscious in 15-20 minutes. I spotted him when I was going to temple. I gave him a tablet but his condition was still serious so I drove him here." he was shocked at my explanation.

Alex (Alexander) Miller was forced to study in an Indian school as an act of punishment by his British High Commissioner father posted in India. But little did the teenage boy knew that he will meet the girl of his life who will turn his life upside down and then disappear from his life.
      
    Alex mourned for her over a decade but after ten years, he found himself wedded to the same girl. What do you think how would they react to their new found relationships and the past full of mysteries, murders, revenge, and conspiracy? To know the answers, let's go on a journey of Secrets!!

Hi. You don't need to know my name because for what I am about to tell you, I need to remain anonymous. You may try searching for me on social networks or on web search engines but you will not find me, at least not the true me and even if you do find me, I will deny ever writing this. After what happened to me, I need to tell about it to the whole world but fear that people will take it to be a joke and some may think it as mad. So here I am, with no name, anonymous characters and an untold story-

This happened to me 2 years ago. And if any questions are arising like where I was for last 2 years or why it took me so long to actually tell this, please have patience and read further.

I was on a summer holiday trip to northern India. My father is very rich but extremely busy businessman. After 5 years (which involved quarrels with mom and my nagging that from next year my board exams will start and I won't get a chance to travel with them), my dad finally agreed to take us on a month long trip which involved a 20 days 21 nights trip covering 5 states of india.

This happened to me when we were in shimla. Mom and dad were busy shopping. I was already done with my shopping and bought a cool jacket. But my mom was taking her time deciding which shawls to take and dad, being a great husband(or at least pretending to be) was helping her . I told them that I was going to walk to the hotel from there and they can take the car. They agreed, with as usual notification/warning from mom to be careful and not stray from the path. But I was a rebel and never listened to them (or maybe I should have!).

I left at around 7 in the evening. The sun had already set yet there was a faint light in the sky. But in a few minutes, it was pitch dark and cold also started rising. Thank goodness for my hood jacket and my mobile flash. I was walking on the road when suddenly i saw a fork in the road. I immediately checked Google maps but surprisingly it showed only 1 road. I cursed Google maps for missing this. But then the adventurer in me got curious . What's on the other road, the road not on the Google maps? So, I was about to go when suddenly a man came out of nowhere and warned me not to go on that road. I said the name of my hotel and asked the person if the road leads to my hotel and if it is safe. The person said that the road is a shortcut to my hotel and is indeed perfectly safe in day but not in night as it is HAUNTED.

As I already told you, I was a rebel and so naturally ignored the man. I wanted to investigate it and so went forward on that road when suddenly my phone went out. It didn't start even after repeated tries. I thought that maybe my battery died.

At that moment the street lights came on and I was surprised to see that a shooting was going on. I realised that due to spooky nature of the road as well as an abandoned bungalow nearby, there was a regional movie being shot here and the man was trying to frighten me from coming here and interrupting the shooting.

The director saw me and welcomed me there. He asked for my name and told me if I wanted to work in the film in a small role. It was a dream come true for every child. I was very happy and then asked them if there was any charger with which I can charge my phone. They didn't have one. I didn't remember my dad's mobile number and so there was no chance of calling them. Then I was taken to the make up van where I was given costumes to wear and makeup was applied on me.

Then they explained my role.It was a movie sent in 1900. I was to play the role of a terrified village boy who was kidnapped and delivered to the bungalow by the villagers of a nearby village to be the servant to the monster who lived in the house. Then by coincidence, the hero and heroine come in the house seeking shelter and they get trapped by the monster. Then I meet them and together with them, we trick the monster and try to get free. But in the end, when we do manage to get out ,we all realise that we have all been turned into vampires just like the monster, who was a vampire as well and that the rising sun will kill us. So unwilling we go back into the house to become the vampire's servants/family.

It was a great story and the shooting was also completed on schedule. I gave a great performance. All that drama club practice paid off. I looked at my watch and saw that It was 4 in the morning and I was really late. Everyone would be worried. So without telling anyone a proper goodbye, I left for my hotel. But when I went to the place where the hotel should have been, I found that there was no hotel. When I went to a nearby shop to enquire, I saw a newspaper with a date 2 years in future.

So that's why I am writing this. I am back with my family. They were relieved to see me alive. My parents had broken down and had lost all hope of finding me. They thought that I had some kind of psychotic episode and had imagined the whole thing. The doctor also said that it is possible that I have forgotten the last 2 years due to retrograde amnesia. Although till now, nothing could explain my absence of 2 years.

The more surprising fact is that 2 years before, the movie came out and became a super hit, making me quite famous. But it was even more surprising when I learnt that I was the only one to come back from the crew and that too because I left without telling anyone.

Today I am writing this, with no clue about what actually happened. The only things that I can say with confirmation is that today, thanks to the success of the movie as well as the mystery of the disappearance of the entire crew, I have become a well known star of Indian cinema and have done some very good movie roles. But that night changed me in ways you can't even fathom…..because from that night on,i became what i performed…. i became a daywalker VAMPIRE.

"What was he talking about? " Anushka asked her sister in what seemed like a rather hot evening in their otherwise cosy room. The sun had long gone down in the horizon, leaving the sky a crimson glow.

Akanksha smiled at her sister indulgently. Though she was elder to her sister by two years and two months exactly, the sisters were the best of friends. Both had a lot in common. Both the sisters loved Western and Indian music. "Summer of 69" cast a spell on both of them in their primary school days. They simply couldn't have enough of "Twilight" and kept humming the tune of "A Thousand Years" for as long as they could remember. Aditya Roy Kapoor, the latest Bollywood sensation at that time, stole their hearts from the time they watched "Aashiqui 2". Both enjoyed watching the Korean dramas as well. They must have watched "Boys over Flowers" an umpteenth number of times. In fact, they couldn't stop talking about Lee Min Ho, who played the lead role in that soap opera. 

"When I am done with my studies, I'll get married to a Korean." Both sisters were often heard uttering such statements in those days. "The Titanic" was another heart-freezer of theirs.

Both were good students, not so good in Sports and Games though. Avid readers and good in languages both, the sisters could pick up any foreign language as easily as a duck takes to water. 


They had a lot in common yet they were as different from one another as a house cat is from a lioness. If Anushka loved denim jeans and expensive shoes, Akanksha's preference was more for colorful clothes. MSD was the one who made Akanksha fall in love with the game of cricket. Once she bought a ticket from the black market just to watch MSD play for CSK against RCB! She also obtained her swimming licence right after she had completed her ISC examination. She loved making friends and travelling. Bangkok and the Maldives were the only places yet to be struck off of her "To do List" before she turned 21!

Anushka, on the other hand, loved cracking jokes, pulling others' legs and being the eternal family prankster with the most innocent face. She would find Akanksha lying in bed with her eyes closed, and straight away try to drive sleep away from her sister's drooling eyes by pulling the clips out of her hair. 

"You shouldn't go to bed with the clips still tucked into your hair like this, Akku." She would admonish Akankshka pretentiously. 

"Let me be, Anu. Don't disturb me. " Akanksha would turn to the other side and bark at her sister. 

Unperturbed, Anushka would try to force a clip out of her sister's hair. The whole household would experience a tremor with Akanksha's blood-curdling screech the very next moment! 


It was their differences that Mr. Rajan found so difficult to fathom. He worried more at the fag end of the year when there came a slight dip in Anushka's performance in Standard-VII. Consequently, she started being more hyper-animated, even desperate to some extent. Mr. Rajan felt that he needed a serious one-to-one with his younger daughter at the earliest. 



"You didn't answer my question," Anushka said to her sister again. "What was the Prince Charming of CPS whispering in your waxy ear this afternoon when you're elbowing past others to be near him? "

"He said 'Congrats'. That's all." Akanksha replied. "But why are you so interested in him? I saw two of you putting your heads together and chatting like you were two lovey-doveys!" There was a sharp edge in her voice. 

"Nothing like what your evil mind is always after. When I told him about my weakness in Maths, he just told me that he wanted to be a doc and of all Science subjects, he liked Physics more, " Anushka replied looking at the round ball of silver sinking in the vast, navy blue sea overhead.

"Don't give me that, Anu. I know you were trying out your charm on him. As your sister, I'd just ask you to keep your distance from Jishnuda. Inspite of the boy's goody-goody reputation, he is a first-grade flirt," Akanksha warned her sister, panting almost. 

"Thank you, my mother, for all your concern. " Anushka told her sister tauntingly.

"Let me also remind you that I am gonna graduate from high school in a year. Naturally, I have seen more of his kind than you will admit." Akanksha continued speaking in an emotionless voice. 

"Enough of your lecture, Mother dear." Anushka was hissing now. "In case, you've forgotten, let it suffice for you to know that I'm almost 15, quite capable of taking care of myself." Anushka was clearly losing her cool.

Akanksha knew when not to prolong their conversations. She swang her legs out of the bed and trotted up to the shelf above their study table. The sisters had always shared their study table since their childhood days. She was about to put her hand into the gap in the wooden rack behind the dictionary. But sensing her sister's eyes on her from her back, she withdrew reluctantly. She would take out her diary later, once she was sure that Anu was asleep in bed, after dinner.

Akanksha turned back abruptly but found her sister browsing through something on her mobile. The girl was crazy about Hindi movie stars. She thought the world was nothing but an en masse of the glitter and glamour generally associated with the life of a filmstar. She sighed thinking about what the future had in store for Anu. She grabbed her earphones from the drawer of the table and said to Anushka:

"I'm going over to Sana's. Maybe I'll be late for dinner. You can go ahead without me if you want." 

"I'll wait for you all right. Have fun." Anushka shouted out from behind her mobile. But as soon as Akanksha left the room, she put the Android down and cast a glance at the gap behind the dictionary.

The foolish girl thought that she (Anushka) was oblivious of her (Akanksha's) diary. She had already read last night's entry about how she was looking forward to being photographed with the toppers (she meant Jishnu of course). 


DD, 

I'm happy that I'll be standing with the toppers on the dias today. I've worked very hard throughout the year to be standing next to with them…..

(She meant Jishnu again!) 

Anushka was dying to see what her so-called brainy sister had to write about her long encounter with the heartthrob of CPS. 

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