"What idea?" The Azure Dragon Squad's leader, Mo Zicong, turned back from the front seat and stared at Deng Hua in shock. 
Lou Cheng had mastered the Tremor Punch, and Lin Que was going to return, which seemed that we were doomed to lose. What other ideas could there be? 
Deng Hua touched his Mohican hair and exhaled. "We can apply for special competition format!" 
"Deng, are you dumb? We don't know how to do formations!" Zhu Tao, a baldy with short stubble, looked at his friend like his friend was an idiot. 
Special competition format meant that the team could claim that they fought in formations, and applied for the permission to have three people enter the ring at one time. The opponent could also use formations to fight, or put in up to six people to use numbers to match formations. 
The Azure Dragon Squad was made up of a collaboration of several martial arts club. Even if they did have formations, the four professional fighters mastered entirely different skills, how could they execute any formations? 
Xu Zheng, who was driving could not hold and started to scold. "Deng, stop thinking about the impossible. Damn, something went into the heads of the Songcheng University team right! Do they have nothing better to do? Why are they in these preliminaries? Now, we have to wait till next year!" 
When they first formed the squad, they were confident. They were sure that they would come out tops in any division or group. Who would know, Songcheng University would come up as a black horse. In addition, Pan Chengyun from Hongluo Martial Arts School had already attained the Professional Ninth Pin level. Jiang Guosheng and Fang Tong, both, could not be overlooked! 
This was completely a "death" team that you would only come by once in a decade. 
Deng Hua had already planned out the details. He smiled and said, "Yes, we don't know how to make formations, but the substitutes of the Songcheng University Martial Arts Club are very weak!" 
"Tsk, share more details." Mo Zicong took a deep breath and kind of grasped what Deng Hua was trying to hint at. 
Deng Hua sniggered and said, "We can't beat Lou Cheng's Tremor Punch, and we also can't beat Lin Que who is about to return. But, we can be considered as strong Professional Ninth Pin fighters right, and if we can predict what's going to happen, we wouldn't just fail right? We can probably hold them up for a while. For example, Brother Cong, you can try to fight Lin Que. Wouldn't you be KO-ed within a couple of seconds right? If we intentionally put in the effort to defend, we probably can hold two to three minutes at least?!" 
"I have some confidence in this area you're talking about." Mo Zicong nodded lightly, somewhat understanding what Deng Hua was thinking about. 
Deng Hua looked at baldy senior, Zhu Tao, and chuckled. "Brother Cong will take care of Lin Que. I'll handle Lou Cheng, the rest of Songcheng University team are no-professionals. Maybe not even One-Pin, do you think you can beat the rest of them within a short time?" 
"Many mosquitoes can kill an elephant. I can only say the chances are 50-50." Zhu Tao answered cautiously. 
"That's it, isn't it?" Deng Hua raised his voice. "Wait till you're done with those non-professionals, you can come and join hands with us to attack Lin Que or Lou Cheng. I doubt they've more than a pair of hands and legs. If they get flustered, they'll probably make more mistakes!" 
"Deng is right. If we don't do it this way, we wouldn't even have a 10% chance of winning. We can only hope that Lou Cheng and Lin Que don't perform well, and with the special competition format, we would have at least 50% chance of victory!" Mo Zicong agreed readily. "Let's apply quickly. If we're late, it'll be difficult to get approval." 
Once the special competition format was used, there would be a huge crowd and mess on the ring. One referee was not enough at all, even if there was a competition supervisor, it was also not enough. A specific arrangement was required, so the earlier you applied the higher chances it would be approved. 
Of course, the Azure Dragon Squad themselves had some connections and could persuade the committee to "believe" in their saying of formation play. 
"Great!" Zhu Tao and Xu Zhengqi shouted in agreement together, recovering the lost passion and fighting spirit. 
… 
Yan Zheke closed her laptop and was just about to do laundry when she heard her phone vibrate. 
She picked it up to see and found that it was a call from Cheng. Unknowingly, a smile appeared on her face and she walked back to the balcony and shut the sliding door that separated the balcony from the room. 
"Sorry, the number you are calling is engaged. Please try again later." Yan Zheke's eyes sparkled with mischief and said these words as formally as she could. 
Why would Lou Cheng not be able to recognize his girlfriend's voice? He laughed and said, "Which telephone company would play the recorded message after a few rings?" 
Yan Zheke pursed her lips and smiled. "I've always thought that you're dumb right? So maybe you'll believe when I say such stuff like caller's engaged or something!" 
Her bright tone and liveliness infected Lou Cheng, making his mood better. He gently laughed and said, "I saw the video you posted on the forum..." 
He spoke with tenderness and as Yan Zheke heard his voice, her dimples surfaced again. Bashfully, she said, 
"What're you talking about? How come I don't understand!" 
She decided to upload the video to the forum and not send it to Lou Cheng because she was too shy. She would never tell her boyfriend that she had specially asked her friends, Dirty Tong and the other all, to help him record a video of the match so that he and his fans could see it in advance. 
That would be so embarrassing! 
Of course, if Lou Cheng did not check the forum in the afternoon, she was all prepared not to do any explanation and sent it to him directly. Then she would say, "Quick, praise me!" 
After hearing her pretending not to know what he was referring to, Lou Cheng burst out laughing, his heart warmer than ever. He asked, "What price did you pay to get this?" 
Yan Zheke did not deny any further. She leaned against the window ledge of the living room and said with a small smile, "A meal." 
Then, she said proudly, "I feel that "Lou Cheng's whatever" such IDs would be in high demand soon. So many people registered just now!" 
"Pfft, what're they called?" If it was not because he was using the phone to speak to Yan Zheke, he really wanted to send a lovingly spoilt emoji. 
Yan Zheke pressed her lips together and looked toward the sky. In slightly high-pitched voice, she said, 
"Not telling you!" 
After talking about random stuff for a while, she thought about something important. She took a deep breath and said, 
"Cheng, my mum may be coming over these couple of days..." 
Lou Cheng was shocked. "Mother... I mean auntie, why is auntie coming over on such short notice? " 
About "Mother-in-law", this living species, most men feared them. It was like facing a "Queen Mother". 
"It's all because of Uncle Xie! " Yan Zheke pushed all the blame to Xie Chengzhen. "That day, not only did Xie Tianque see us holding hands, his dad saw us too. We were all not aware. In the end, two days back, when he went to visit my grandpa, he spilled the beans. So, my mum found out. Good thing my brother covered us up. He said that it was because I was trying to shoo away the pesky Xie Tianque, so I asked someone to help..." 
After explaining, she had no more energy to speak. She made a mental note to herself. "Those were words of Cousin, not mine..." 
Luckily, Yan Zheke finished explaining in one breath. Hence Lou Cheng's did not beat too fast. He said carefully, "It's all my fault. I couldn't bear to waste time that I could spend with you... Will your mum really come and make her rounds?" 
Upon hearing her boyfriend's first sentence, Yan Zheke's frown disappeared. With a serious tone, she said, "Believe me! My mum is the kind of person who would do what she says! I suspect she's probably on her way to the airport already!" 
The explanation would not satisfy her intelligent mum! She would not believe! 
"Huu..." Lou Cheng exhaled deeply. With some disappointment and regret, he said, "So, that means we have to keep a distance these few days?" 
Yan Zheke's pearly white teeth bit her lower lip. She thought about it and replied, "It's not that serious. As long as we're careful at a couple of places Iike from the martial arts arena to the class building, from the conference hall to the bridge, the start of the pathway to my dormitory. My mum probably can't follow me all around, right?" 
"Oh yes. During meal times, there're so many cafeterias, so many people, and so many tables. The chance of meeting her is really small." Lou Cheng was rejuvenated and said admirably, "But, how did you narrow down to these three "risky" places?" 
"Just a guess..." Yan Zheke suddenly blushed. She looked demure and beautiful. 
It was because of this matter, Dirty Tong had teased her that her mind was now corrupted and would never be pure again! 
After a couple of exchanges on this topic, she worriedly asked, "Cheng, would you be unhappy? Would you feel that we have to play hide and seek and be secretive about us?" 
Lou Cheng answered sincerely, 
"No. In fact, I feel rather guilty myself. I feel that I'm not good enough yet, and I'm not good enough for you. In fact, I wouldn't have the guts to meet your mum. I don't have much confidence. I'm afraid I wouldn't leave a good impression. If the first impression is no good, it'll be difficult to change it, and it'll be even more challenging to be together in the future..." 
"I've been trying hard to improve myself. Hoping that I'll be good enough eventually. Then, I would meet your parents and give them the first impression that I'm a reliable person, and they could give their daughter to me, with confidence..." 
"Moreover, I know that I've confessed my feelings for you too abruptly. You probably haven't got used to it or accept it fully yet. If there's any pressure, I'm afraid that you'll feel that this relationship is too troublesome, too restrictive. So, there's nothing bad about being a little secretive now..." 
Yan Zheke quietly listened to Lou Cheng's somewhat clumsy words, and thoroughly felt the sincere but somewhat clumsy love. With a warm and fuzzy feeling, her eyes reddened and she said softly, 
"Cheng..." 
Actually, I already like you very much... 
"Hmm?" Lou Cheng asked. 
Yan Zheke bit her lip again and smiled. She said, 
"Nothing just wanted to call your name..." 
About me liking you very much, I'll tell you when the time comes in the future... 
… 
"Mother-in-law is coming to visit..." After he put down the phone, Lou Cheng was still a little distracted. He felt that he needed to do something, but after thinking through, he concluded that not doing anything was probably the best strategy. The more he did, the more room there would be for mistakes, and the higher possibility that he would be found out. 
"Ay, can't believe that though I'm only 19, I can already understand the awe of mother-in-law..." He laughed at himself. He couldn't understand how his high school and middle school classmates, those who started dating early, managed to face the "mother-in-law" pressure, or rather, didn't they meet at all? 
After spending some time to calm down and straighten his thoughts, he refreshed and rechecked the forum. He saw how the Road to the Arena and the Unparalleled Dragon King had led discussion through a train of related topics: "Lou Cheng, himself-Songcheng Martial Arts Club-coach". They started to discuss his master. 
"Old Dragon, you're my most respected human encyclopedia. Do you know the background of Coach Shi of the Songcheng University Martial Arts Club?" the Road to the Arena asked curiously. "I asked around before and also searched online, but I just cannot find any relevant information. He has skills from the Ice Sect, he has a last name, plus he seems to possess physical invulnerability, it should be easy to find out about him." 
The Unparalleled Dragon King sent an emoji with a bitter expression. "I had searched before, but like you, I found nothing... Even his name in the list on the preliminaries website is "Coach Shi". I'm even wondering if he's really called Coach Shi! But, to have the last name, Shi and the skills of the Ice Sect, I feel that he must be related to Shi Yuejian of the 'Wuyue Club'. Of course, he could be using a fake last name..." 


Here martial arts are no longer intangible legends. They have been passed on from generation to generation and from century to century. After the confrontation with science and technology, they have completely integrated into modern society and all kinds of martial arts competitions are taking place across the country as superiority among scholars are hard to reach a consensus but not as difficult among martial artists!
Lou Cheng has inherited the lost skills of the greatest martial arts sect. Towards his original dream and the glory in his heart, he advances step by step, becoming the warrior of this modern city and the hero of the era!

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

Nonetheless, Liu Zilang only dismissed those discussions with a laugh.
Since he had once faced the same opponents, he was well aware of the kind of players he would be meeting in the invitational tournament.
Liu Zilang was not confident that their team would prevail but he knew that those monstrous players were not undefeatable.
Before the invitational tournament in California, Liu Zilang applied for a weeks' leave from the counselor in advance.
Of course, counselors from universities like the University of Jianghai were unauthorized to approve leaves that were relatively long.
However, Liu Zilang had been rather "popular" lately and his university had been promoting multicultural development among students.
Once they heard that he was about to represent Asia in the invitational tournament in California, America, the principal called him in to give him words of encouragement in hopes that he could win honor for their university.
"The University of Jianghai won't drag you down but will forever back you up…"
'Oh, look at how he phrased his sentence…' Liu Zilang was so touched that he almost teared up.
While he successfully applied for his leave, 4AM had settled the tournament visa with help from Tencent.
Furthermore, the matter of Liu Zilang's companions to California had also been settled.
Due to Zhang Xiaotong's studies, she could only watch the tournament from home. With that, Wang Qianqian and Misaka Mikoto became his "cheerleaders".
Two days later, the Asian representatives 4AM, IG, and Se7en gathered at Jianghai's international airport.
"Da, da, da-!"
The moment all three teams met, the players from IG and Se7en were stunned by the players from 4AM who wore slippers.
'Do they think that they're going on a holiday?'
Since everyone bought their flight tickets in bulk, all three teams were on the same flight.
Apart from a small number of tourists on the plane, the three teams somewhat occupied the entire plane.
Before the plane took off, Long Shenjue gave the players a detailed briefing of the tournament format and schedule.
Similar to the Asia Qualifier, the competition would go on for three days.
However, there was a change in the sequence of games. In proper order, it would be squad mode first which was followed by duo and then solo.
Furthermore, there was also a change in the tournament format.
Firstly, the tournament mode had changed from third-person perspective to first-person perspective because players in the western countries were more used to the latter. Hence, the world invitational tournament held in California would go with what the locals were familiar with.
Furthermore, there was also a change in the system in terms of accumulating points.
Points earned from winning chicken dinner had decreased from 500 to 300 while points gained from acquiring kills had reduced from 15 to 10.
Although it looked as if the points for both cases had reduced, in actual fact, it actually indirectly increased the weight of points from kill counts.
Unquestionably, it would increase the number of encounters between players in matches as well as its spectate value.
Needless to say, it was also done to heighten the tournament's intensity.
Other than that, there was an additional rule for the squad and duo matches in the tournament: Players who were killed and eliminated were not allowed to stay to assist their teammates by reporting to them and had to leave the stage.
Consequently, the tournament would undoubtedly become crueler.
One could imagine…
If there were 100 players on the stage, as time passed by, players would eventually get eliminated.
Losers would be asked to leave the stage and it would go on until one squad emerged as the winner.
The chaotic, ruthless, dystopia-like scene… truly got one's dander up!
When everyone heard Long Shenjue explain about the tournament, they began feeling anxious. Liu Zilang was no exception as he subconsciously held his knee cap tightly.
Once Long Shenjue was done briefing them about the tournament schedule and format, he informed them of the participating teams.
Although, 4AM, IG, and Se7en were the winners of the Asia Qualifier, in actual fact, they were not the only Asian teams participating in the tournament. For example, Korean's ACE Club that was sponsored by OGN League managed to secure a spot through another tournament even though they did not play in the Asia Qualifier.
Moreover, there were Southeast Asia's Gold and Taiwan's famous AHQ Club. They had both acquired spots through qualifiers in other continents.
This meant that there were a total of 6 teams representing Asia.
For the other participating teams, the list was as follows.
Oceania: Athletico, Savage, Windfall.
Commonwealth of Independent States: Vega, AVANGAR, Navi.
Europe: Liquid, FaZe, Team Vitality, Gates.
South America: Luminosity, Tempo Storm, Underhood, Knights.
North America: Team Solomid, Cloud9, Ghost Gaming, SKK.
In total, there were 24 teams and 96 players participating in the invitational tournament.
Based on the player distribution, the teams from Europe and America that took up 12 slots had undeniably occupied half the total number of slot. This itself displayed their powerful dominance in the FPS scene.
On top of that, Squad SKK that comprised of FPS "First God" players was giving off enormous pressure to all the other teams.
After Long Shenjue emphasized the key points of the tournament to the players, a flight attendant notified them that the plane was about to take off and asked them to be ready.
Upon hearing her, Liu Zilang was startled.
After hesitating for a while, he stood up to carefully place his backpack in the luggage compartment above him.
At that moment, Li Muqiu who was seated in front of him stood up to put his stuff into the luggage compartment. When he saw Liu Zilang being careful with his belongings, he instantly felt curious.
All of a sudden, he recalled something and realized what was going on.
Thus, Li Muqiu moved his head toward Liu Zilang soundlessly and then whispered, "Did you… bring that?"
When Liu Zilang felt the sudden warmth air on his ear, he was so taken aback that he quivered!
At once, he pushed his back into the luggage compartment and closed it tightly. He then looked at Li Muqiu cautiously. "What do you mean?"
"That thing!"
"What thing?"
"..."
Seeing as Liu Zilang was determined to act dumb about it, Li Muqiu pouted his lips. "Cheh! How stingy! Not like I'll spoil it if you lent it to me."
Right away, Liu Zilang tried to suppress his anger as he replied, "You said the exact same thing a year ago but it took half a month for me to return it to the factory in Germany. Not to mention, the maintenance guy f*cking cried when he saw the keyboard, okay?
"An accident… that was just an accident…"
Embarrassed, Li Muqiu kept quiet.
Around 13 hours later, by the time Liu Zilang and the rest woke up from their sleep, they arrived at California's airport.
Followed by that, all three teams settled down in a hotel with help from the officials.
...


Liu Zilang had a well-kept secret — he was a prodigy in competitive FPS eSports. His specialty? CSGO. He even entered the finals in the prestigious world tournament.

Alas, his team fell short due to Liu Zilang's inexperience. Shattered by the fact, Liu Zilang vanished from the eSports scene. That was until his friends got him to play a new game known as PUBG.

Liu Zilang's life turned around and he began to make his comeback. Follow Liu Zilang as he encounters difficult situations, all while learning to open up as a person, but more importantly as a brother.

Vigilante A took one last look at the peak of the Azure Mountain, and then vanished.
The mountain was already present and it only lacked streams and rivers for now.
However, was the Lunaette really suitable for habitation?
If reproduction proved successful on the Lunaette, the Human Biosphere Plan would then have an appropriate case study.
Bearing this thought in mind, Fang Ning and Sir System met the woman in white again.
They ran into each other at a swanky cafe in New Netherlands, USA.
The woman had opted for a choice of attire that was both modern and chic. Presenting herself as a metropolitan beauty clothed in a white dress, she attracted much attention from the people around her.
"A cup of your most bitter coffee, please." She told the waiter.
"Please wait for a while." The waiter replied politely.
All of the men in the cafe stole glances at her from time to time, much to the annoyance and jealousy of their female partners.
Some of the single men even tried to flirt with her.
Unfortunately, Vigilante A's unannounced appearance in the cafe forced the men to restrain themselves.
Heck, it was already the end of the third year of Shenyuan. A man who often spent his time outside would have to be extremely out of touch with the world to not know about this individual.
"Are you going to have a cup of coffee as well, your Excellency the Dragon God?" The woman greeted him.
"I already told you the last time that all you Upper Realm deities should obey the laws of this realm, but obviously my words have fallen on deaf ears." Vigilante A remarked coldly.
"Oh, and pray tell, which law have I broken?" The woman in white shook her head.
"Hiss…" Everyone else around them got up to leave.
Likewise, the men who tried to flirt with the goddess in white earlier ran as far as their legs could carry them.
Soon, the cafe was almost empty. Not even the cafe's owner was to be seen...
The only person left was the waiter, who was still standing behind the counter and brewing coffee with his shaky hands.
The Era of Mystery had commenced for nearly three years. Those who were still alive and well followed three important and effective principles.
"Number One: Upon encountering something mysterious, move out at once."
"Number Two: Upon hearing something mysterious, leave at once."
"Number Three: Upon meeting a monster, summon the Dragon God."
These three principles went viral on the internet a long time ago. Although there were many disadvantages to them, such as preventing a handful of individuals from becoming heroes, they did save many lives.
What occurred now was the second type of situation. To the Westerners, words such as "gods" and "deities" were similar to those mysterious beasts and creatures. Chulthu, the Devil and the Abyss were all the same. Ordinary humans were unaware of the related taboos and could get themselves killed for no apparent reason.
A good example was presented in a video that went viral some time ago. The poor little Eastern Taoist priest in the video died because of this reason.
The only thing that made this waiter feel lucky was the presence of the Eastern Dragon God in the face of mysterious events.
The Dragon God would never allow the murder of innocents to happen under his watch.
Right now, he could only brew the coffee stiffly whilst listening passively to the ongoing conversation.
Vigilante A spoke coolly. "You've joined forces with some sketchy individual and attempted to interfere with this realm's Heavenly Axiom. Isn't that enough? There's no use in lying. You should know there are many ways to detect lies in this world."
"Haha, your Excellency, the individual who intends to converge is a person of this realm. He bears the Seed of the Heavenly Axiom and fulfills the requirements for the Convergence of Paths, so how can he be some sketchy fellow?" The woman in white seemed to be rather patient.
"Who would that be?"
"That's confidential."
Vigilante A got up and disappeared.
"Isn't the bitter coffee ready yet?" The woman asked.
The waiter then placed the cup of coffee on her table with shaky hands.
After he left, Vigilante A resumed his patrol around the world.
Sir System could not stop nagging and picking on Fang Ning.
"Why didn't you use your powers when you're supposed to do so? Wouldn't it be great if you used your Obsession to make her turn red?"
"Erm, it's easy to do so if she were a monster, but…" Fang Ning shook his head.
"Hmph, you boring ass humans, always giving excuses about righteousness. You didn't do so just because you fancy her. Don't forget you have a wife." Sir System rambled on.
"Hey, I'm not that kind of person!" Fang Ning defended himself. "If danger was imminent, I would naturally do it. However, there wasn't any sign of immediate danger, and this Obsession isn't the best move. After all, I'm just a regular Joe, unlike you, you heartless, cold-blooded System."
"Fine, I'll keep an eye on her." Sir System relented.
Fang Ning pondered for a few minutes. He could not act like some loser and he finally came up with another idea.
He suggested. "That Shang Qingshan fellow behaved rather oddly earlier. Usually, the mere mention of the Upper Realm deities would evoke fear among many, but he was the only one who was calm and collected, and even showed disdain towards the deities. He went so far as to call them 'vagabonds'."
"Oh, what does that matter? This shows that he's savage, tyrannical and absolutely defiant. Aren't such qualities character tropes used in the novels you read? They defy either the Heavens or the gods and don't even appreciate a good System." Sir System ranted again. 
"You're really simple-minded. If he were a mere brute, how could Shang Qingshan earn his place as the Master of the Azure Mountain years ago? There's only an answer to this, and it's because he knows something secret about the Upper Realm deities." Fang Ning argued.
"Ugh, it's still a load of rubbish! Anderson, the Bodhisattva Spirit King, the River God of Sky River; Who doesn't know about the secret of the Upper Realm deities? The ones who have not descended are the toughest bunch. The longer they delay their descent, the more power they keep." Sir System continued to brush off Fang Ning's explanation.
"That's why I said you're foolish!" Fang Ning snapped back angrily. "Since we know about this, why is Shang Qingshan still so defiant? The answer is clear: He knows full well that none of the Upper Realm saints can handle him!"
"Oh, is that so? Well I'm not afraid either…" Sir System was displeased.
"Huh, what is it that you have, then?" Fang Ning gave a look of surprise.
"It's simple. Earth is the only planet in the universe with Vitality. No matter how powerful the Upper Realm deities become, they cannot live without Vitality. However, I'm different. Vitality or no Vitality, I'll still survive. The most I can do is to go to another planet." Sir System justified.
"I see." Fang Ning contemplated, then spoke. "I believe Shang Qingshan has a similar trump card. No, I'd better spy on this fellow. I have the feeling that he can give us a different result."
"Do as you wish, but I don't have the attention span to worry about this matter. You handle it on your own."
"I shall handle it. With my large supply of pills, do you think I can't influence a few disciples of the Azure Mountain?" Fang Ning smiled.
…
When Vigilante A departed, the woman in white stared at her cup of black coffee. She then vanished into thin air without taking a sip.
The waiter wiped his sweaty brow. He could not believe that he managed to survive such a tense situation.
Though, he was no longer that fearful now.
It seemed as if these so-called deities were also subject to the Eastern Pharos' interrogation, and they did not dare resist him?
Were they just putting on a front?
Nope, they were extremely powerful. The videos circulating the internet proved this a long time ago, but the Venerable Dragon God was way stronger than them, thus he was able to control them.
Just like the history of humans, a great leader kept establishing new regulations throughout each ruling period, only that each period had a different ruler.
As he contemplated, he pulled out his handphone and tweeted about the day's incident.
"I just had a close encounter with a mysterious deity of the Upper Realm…"
Later, the woman in white appeared on a mountain peak. She took out her phone and checked the news. A few minutes later, she came across the news related to her.
"What a bunch of boring humans…" Her phone disappeared and she shook her head in exasperation. She then gazed at the sky, as if she was talking to someone up there.
"You're right, it looks like his weakness lies in the fact that he can't simply make a move. He needs a valid reason for doing so."
"Understood. I shall make the necessary arrangements."


Procrastinator extraordinaire, Fang Ning, had lost his consciousness after banging his head on a night of celebration. He woke up to a realization that he no longer had control of his body, as a System had taken it over. Will he eventually regain control of his body or will he be trapped in his body forever? How does he maneuver this situation? What's in store for Fang Ning?

The Bono-dong office was not as crowded as before. There were six full-time staff members and seven kids from Anifan. Jungah came to the office on the weekends.
What mattered to Hyunwoo was not the size of the staff. As the lazy employees were dismissed, those who survived were hard-working people.
In particular, Hyunwoo liked the new hire Kunho Chong, a graduate of Video Imaging College, who Jungah had recommended strongly. 
Slender in figure like a woman, Kunho drew pictures very quickly as Jungah said. 
Though he was not good at details, it was not a big deal.
What Hyunwoo really liked about him was his intelligence. 
Kunho not only drew pictures quickly but also understood and handled his job quickly. Though he was hired only a week ago, he was working like an experienced employee.
Jungkyu Pae, who Kyungsu recommended as an expert specializing in drawing pictures, was also excellent. Though he was not as smart as Kunho, Jungkyu looked dependable and he had a calm personality.
"What should I do with this?" asked Kyungsu, pointing to a screen.
Hyunwoo approached him to check the monitor showing the five video productions he had submitted the Talent Broadcasting.
After pondering over it for a moment, Hyunwoo presented a simple solution. 
"Just upload it in Story Mecca, with the title Special," said Hyunwoo.
"Got it."
Kyungsu posted the five productions all at once under the title Special.
"By the way, when are we going to switch the animation Tuti & Angelica to a paid subscription? It's enjoying explosive popularity in its current free format."
"What's the number of visits for the latest episode?"
"2.2 million."
Actually, the number of visits that Hyunwoo checked last night was 2.1 million. It had increased by 100,000 overnight. 
Over 70% of the visits were from overseas, which meant there were more visits from abroad than from Korea. 
Such a drastic increase was possible thanks to the English dubbing. The moment English dubbing was offered for Tuti & Angelica the upward trend of visits from abroad drastically went up. 
Hyunwoo checked the likely profits when Tuti & Angelica was switched to a paid subscription. If at least 10% of the free visits paid, it would mean 200,000 visitors. If Hyunwoo charged 300 won per episode, it would mean 60 million won. When Hyunwoo divided the revenue between Story Mecca and Ani & Funny at the ratio of 4:6, he would rake in 36 million won.
However, Hyunwoo felt the actual income would be far less than that as he was doubtful about the validity of the statistic that typically 10% of the free riders would continue to stay when the free content was switched to a paid subscription.
Hyunwoo thought about the difference between animation and the genre novel. The biggest difference was the reading population. The main readers of the genre novel were teens and adults while those of the animation works were children. 
Another factor that made Hyunwoo seriously lean toward a paid subscription system was the upward trend. The number of visits was going up and up.
"How many episodes do we have in stock right now?" asked Hyunwoo.
"We've got a total of nine episodes ready to go, and there are over 30 episodes we have to put some finishing touches on."
"Well, for the time being, I would like to maintain the current free subscription system."
Hearing at that Kyungsu felt somewhat regretful.
At that moment, Kunho said something surprising, "Wow, this kind of reaction is unexpected."
"What is it?"
"I mean the Special series we just uploaded."
"Is the reaction good enough?"
Hyunwoo and Kyungsu quickly checked out the computer monitor.
The reaction was something disappointing, though. Though the number of visits was big, the reaction was unfavorable, with visitors complaining about the dull content. 
Kyungsu let out a sigh and said, "What the heck is this? We put a great deal of time and energy in it, but the result makes us mope."
But Hyunwoo reacted differently. His eyes were glittering as if he found hope.
"I don't think so. I think I now know," said Hyunwoo. 
"What do you mean?" asked Kyungsu. 
"Jungah was right. It looks like she has a really wonderful discerning eye," said Hyunwoo. 
"What? Are you talking about me now?" asked Jungah.
"Think about this. Why do you feel the children like that low-budget animation?"
"Well, I don't really understand…"
"It's about change. They are stimulated not only by the change in the story but also the change in the display. They will be more and more thrilled as the story is coming to the climax, and now the screens become more colorful all of a sudden, which fans their excitement all the more."
Only then did Kyungsu and Sanggyu nod their heads, saying "Looks like we have to maintain the current format."
"I think we have found one factor that will make hits."
"How can you change the animation videos?"
"Bring in more screen changes than now."
"How?"
Hyunwoo now explained to them in great excitement, "As you know, the current animation puts emphasis on the highlighted one-minute portion of the ten-minute length. In other words, just one change. From now on the whole ten minutes should be full of changes in screen."
"Specifically, how?"
"Why don't you emphasize the psychological changes of the main character?"
What Hyunwoo meant was that every time the main character's psychological change needed attention, it should be intensively highlighted in one to three seconds. For example, when the main character was shy, angry or burst into laughter. 
"Oh, that kind of change will certainly have an effect, but you have to expect a delay in the production period as well as an increase in production costs," said Kyungsu.
"No, you can save the cost and production days," said Hyunwoo.
"Really? How?"
"Well, you don't have to make the change every time the main character's mood changes. If you prepare specific facial expressions in advance, you can just use them like a formula. You don't have to make a new one," said Hyunwoo.
That made sense. For example, assuming the main character's facial expression needs two seconds for a slight change, 30 changes would save them one minute of production time. 
Now, Hyunwoo's voice was full of vigor, suggesting he was confident of success.
In fact, he had no fear of failure.
He suddenly thought about when he initially founded Ani & Funny. He was only concerned with the growth of the Anifan kids, not revenues or profits. 
Though he was in a different situation now, he felt he should not give up his initial intention. 
"Then, I think we should develop the main character's facial expressions in a variety of ways," Kyungsu said.
"Let me tell Myunghun about it. In the meantime, can you work on the script for the new animation? From now on, we will upload various stories simultaneously," said Hyunwoo.
"Alright. Hey, Yujong, can you help me? I've got lots of work to do from now on," said Kyungsu.
"Yes, sir!" answered Yujong spiritedly.
Seeing them elated again, Hyunwoo was buoyant with expectations.
He had dinner with the staff of Ani & Funny that evening. 
It was already nearing 7 pm, and Hyunwoo stood up hurriedly.
"I'm afraid I have to leave now as I have an appointment."
They were all aware of what kind of appointment it was. Today was the day when Korean Broadcasting would air the first installment of the special series KOVE DREAM.
After he came out of the restaurant, Hyunwoo headed for the House of Happiness to watch it with the staff of N&C Korea.
As the dormitory next to the warehouse of N&C Korea was too small, all the staff could not get inside to watch the KOVE special. 
Sungrak and Juhwan, the staff managing the warehouse, were already there waiting for him.
"Welcome, sir."
"Please have a seat here."
The KOVE special was already on air. Hyunwoo watched it over beer with the staff,
The special was produced much better than expected. In particular, they almost got choked up when the portion containing some patriotic content was aired.
The special program was a three-part series, and Korea Broadcasting aired the program at the same time slot for three days.
Those who watched the series showed an enthusiastic reaction.
As soon as the series was over, the internet homepage of Korea Broadcasting was inundated with the feedback and encouragement from those who watched it.
All the staff of N&C Korea yelled for joy.
"Hooray! We'll be making lots of money, from now on, right?"
"I think I'm dreaming now!"
However, it was an empty dream.
Less than one week after Korea Broadcasting aired the special, Seoul Broadcasting aired 'Dream Korea' as if to compete against it.
And the content of Dream Korea slandered the KOVE DREAM special, questioning the validity of KOVE DREAM's argument that it's a coalition of the dream teams of Korea. And it showed the interview of Hyongbok Lee who was the leader of Dream Korea.

Miracles don't come walking your way by themselves.

It is your decisions and will that determine these.

A story of a man who created miracles.

**Munpia Novels**

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The previous chapters were mistakenly released under 《Remember The Name》. It's finally fixed.

Kaito felt something was wrong. 

The female patient witnessed Kaito take down a man with ease and manged to be unscathed yet there was no fear in her eyes

"Are you okay, oh, I should've made a precise index"

Kaito asked with a gentle voice before questioning his decisions however he regretted it as the woman had a sudden flash of joy that was reflected from her smile. She smiled along with a flush of pink.

Her right arm flailed to Kaito as if suggesting him to move closer. Kaito looked at the man before glancing back the female patient. 

'The police already want to capture me and if I managed to by pass this 'renowned security' I would be hunted like a chicken, something that can only struggle before being killed.'

Copycats are the norm however no one is that dumb to copy Kaito...right? With his mask being the trademark any investigator or police officer would know him.

Kaito exhaled and placed some tables, chairs, vases that he found in the room before proceeding to place them atop The Crude Artist.

He saw a glorious mountain that seemed to be on the verge of falling apart and an imaginative light bulb appeared above Kaito's head as he thought of something. He picked a stool from the mountain, placing it next to the girl's bed he sat down and waited for the girl's instruction.

She did nothing but stare at Kaito for a whole minute. Kaito didn't know why but her eyes felt penetrating, seeing all his secrets. It was odd for Kaito but as he returned the stare the girl looked away. 

Despite the patient's mature face her childish smile betrayed her. He broke the silence as he spoke

"So, how was your day?"

Kaito's attempt to break away from the awkwardness was unsuccessful as the girl remained silent. It was sudden but the girl suddenly shed a tear. 

A single tear for no reason?

Her voice was meek but you could hear the quivering originating from it. She wiped away her tear and beckoned Kaito to pickup a white board and a marker.

As Kaito walked to get the whiteboard, out of the corner of his eyes he noticed the girl place something next to her ear. 

'How odd'

Kaito gave the girl the whiteboard and saw what she wanted to do

"My day was good, are we introducing ourselves?" the girl wrote on the board 

"Oh what do you want to know about me"

The girl took a minute and scribbled on the board in a clear format

"Name: Mallory... you don't need to know the rest
Age: It's rude to ask a woman... 27
Birthday: You'll find out... maybe
Ph. No: 911- or not
Favorite Drama Series: Hi** Society"

"Oh, so your's name Mallory... your 27 an-"

As he pronounced Mallory's age she took back the whiteboard.

Kaito could hear a short hum from Mallory and saw her attempting to flail the board but only managed to moved it up and then dropping it. 

The hum was presumably supposed to be a 'hmph' while the board was supposed to hit Kaito on the head. Kaito presented by this active girl felt quite playful.  He snatched the board from her against her will as he watched her pout and look away from him

"It's a maybe? Well, okay. 911? That would be impressive and all but I wouldn't want to go the wrong line. Hi Society... is pretty good. Was it the calculating man and rich girl?"

The gir- lady moved her index fingers up and down to ask for the board and wrote a short message on the board

"Pfff, you know nothing about this series. It is by far the greatest. I dare you, tomorrow come back here again. You better introduce yourself. 

I'm not that dumb to know what your doing."

When Kaito read the last line he instantly understood the bad feeling he had when the woman stared at him

'She knew'

It was quite pitiful, to protect her he is now being blackmailed. 

This was a subtle reminder to Kaito

'The losers or the dead will only be the dead and never remembered while the winners can continue winning and not suffer. Blackmail is... can't say I haven't done it'

Kaito now understood his victim's feelings when they got blackmailed back on Earth. To cry and let out your sorrows but you have no tears to cry.

Kaito wrote in the same format as the lady

"Name: The Blue Pierrot....my real name is (he left it blank)
Age: 9+10=21 no, 17 turning 18
Birthday: It shouldn't be celebrated
Ph. No: If I don't give you this, you'll probably call the police ***-****-***
Favorite Drama Series: Nun or as people pronounce it none"

The lady wrote next to what The Blue  Pierrot wrote

"Hello blank, your not a funny clown which is pretty sad
Gud Math...damn young people
I...? Why not? 
How'd you know? Give me a moment
I'm...not sure if this is sarcasm or an actual show, probably sarcasm"

As Kaito read the board he saw the lady bring out a phone underneath her pillow and dial a number.
Kaito felt a vibration in his pants (Guys or girls or thing...calm down) he pulled out his phone and it was an unknown number. He looked back to the girl and answered the phone

"Hello."

Kaito could hear his voice from the lady's phone. He heard a notification go off from his phone, it was a text

"You weren't lying?"

Kaito chuckled at her response 

"How much trust do you have- that is a bad question to ask, oh well."

Kaito left the room with The Crude Artist but his voice still lingered 

"Text me when it's late to watch the drama... can you tell the receptionist on the floor to let me in. Sweet Dreams"

 The girl felt upset from her bad hearing at the beginning but the last words she heard from Kaito made it up

As Kaito left he could a hear the high pitch scream coming across the hallway. 

...

"Ha~~, your, doing, not too, bad, rookie,"

The receptionist at the police station appeared listless as she rested her head against the counter and took short pauses when talking

"There, there, come on, talk it all out. I'm here for you"

Kaito did feel a bit guilty as he realized he could've planned ahead and gave Andrea another sister but it was poor planning. 

"He...he. He rejected me. And it was even from a text. I thought I could change myself for him but it made it worse when I asked what I could do. He said he had a girlfriend. Wuwuwu" 

As the receptionist sulked at her misfortune she managed to give the reward money to Kaito via bank. 

....

"Investigator Gin, great work once again. Oh, what are you looking at."

Investigator Gin sighed as he placed down a stack of paper and took a quick sip 

"It's this new guy. His only name is Kaito. No last name is pretty normal but that's not the strangest thing of this man. Earliest citations of this man originated 2 years ago from The South. I suspect he may be one of those Monsters but it is nothing more than a hypothesis"

The police officer exclaimed an 'oh' with surprise and asked Gin to continue his story

"He has been skipping a class in a school for a couple of weeks. I'm quite surprise no one took notice of this. Man, kids these days. He may have a relationship to The Blue Pierrot. In many alleyways we'll find a card with a 'joker' while Kaito would bring in the culprit that would half of the time match the evidence."

"But the most important part is that he owned a bar. For 4 weeks he disappeared while his Bar was destroyed. And the reason I brought this up is because the company that attacked the Bar was the company that The Blue Pierrot committed a massacre."

The police officer focused on Investigator Gin's last point and felt it was very valid

"How old?"

"Only 17"

"If he's The Blue Pierrot then your first hypothesis is... most likely to be true. If it is true we have a lot of studying and reporting to do"

With a sigh he exited the room in order to avoid more work and responsibilities while Investigator Gin sighed for a different reason

The protagonist, Kaito discards his last name to embrace a new life and rid of the misfortune he has cause. 4 unfortunate deaths surround him just for living. With the whisper of a clown and the teachings of his master this could have been avoided, so why did you kept quiet?

With the death of his master he rejects his humanity with the alluring voice of the Pierrot "Receive power at the cost of mortality" "is it your humanity that refuses to accept?" "Take it". The laughter of insanity, chuckle of madness and the echo of a lunatic. 

Watch as he dons a mask to hide his emotions only to eventually shed the false veil of cruelty. Witness his acceptance of the truth.

Note: Hiatus. Mainly because there isn't any readers so see ya for a year?

Chapter 226. Two similar shows (2)
"Long Lu, what are you watching? Tomorrow we have our final exam! Quickly start studying!"
In a four-person dormitory room, four girls were sitting in front of a desk, each of them holding a book in their hands. 
Yet, one of the girls was sneakily playing on her phone instead of studying. Long Lu was the brave girl who dared to play with her phone in such a critical period right before an exam.
It was not like she didn't fear the exams but for her, there was something more important than exams. It was watching her favorite celebrity, the heavenly king.
Although she was wearing a pair of earphones, she was occasionally talking to herself, which was disturbing the other girls.
The girl sitting behind her reached over and lightly hit her head with a book.
"Ouch!! What are you doing? Can't you see I'm watching something?"
Long Lu cried in protest but the other girl refuted her in a fit of anger.
"Can't you see that we are studying for the test? We can't afford to fail it or there will be a makeup test. The professor was already angry with our previous test results."
"Yes, that old man is really scary."
Another girl said, flipping one of the pages of her text book.
"I don't care about that. Today, my favourite celebrity is being featured in the show 'A house date with Meng Meng'."
"That heavenly king!!"
The other girls became excited when they heard that it was a show featuring a heavenly king.
All people have some little interest in a celebrity that has been titled as one of the heavenly kings of the Chinese entertainment industry. 
That's why, the other girls flocked around Long Lu and started watching the broadcast, forgetting that they have exams tomorrow.
On the screen, a man wearing some casual clothes was sitting on a sofa, his demeanor elegant and refined. He was talking to a cute, short girl sitting in front of him.
She was obviously Meng Meng who had a smile on her face as she talked to the heavenly king.
The girls watched with some interest but soon, they felt that the questions being asked to the heavenly king were childish and there was nothing new. 
The screen soon changed and the camera showed the viewers a glimpse of the heavenly king's home. 
It was magnificent and grandeur like expected. It was like the home of a prince or a king. 
"Can you zoom in?"
One of the girls tried to zoom in but she accidentally opened the live comments section.
There were already more than thousands comments on it and several comments will envelope the screen every second. It was too rapid!!
-Wow!! The house is really too big.
-As expected of the house of a heavenly king.
-Is it just me or the show getting boring? For the past thirty minutes, we are only hearing praises of the heavenly king.
-It's not just you. I think the same too.
-You people should not watch it if you think like that. Don't slender Meng Meng.
-We aren't slandering anybody.
"The comment's section is really heated!" 
Long Lu exclaimed as she read all the comments. She felt that some people were slandering the heavenly king but it was just because she was his fan.
"Well, I think that the show is getting boring."
One of the girls said while the one who had earlier hit Long Lu with a book chimed in.
"Yes, I watched earlier episodes of it and the show only works because of the host cute expressions."
"The format is something that will get boring for the viewers soon."
The third girl added.
The thoughts of the three girls were practically the same and Long Lu couldn't help but glare at them.
"You three can't see the male god sitting there. Isn't that enough for the show to be running?"
"Only you think like that."
"You are talking like that because he's your favorite celebrity. You should come out of your decision."
"I don't want to keep watching just to hear his praises. Look, the comment section is getting more violent."
One of the girls said as she pointed at the comments appearing on the screen. The other girls focused on the screen.
-I can't watch more.
-I thought it would be exciting since there's a heavenly king appearing but….
-All of you people should go to sleep if you think like that.
-Yes, don't watch the show.
-We are just writing down our thoughts. No need to get aggressive.
-Hey guys!! Change the channels and watch A celebrity daily life!! There's something unexpected going on in that show.
Even though the show was boring, it was still featuring the heavenly king. The number of fans of a heavenly king are a force to reckon with.
The people who were speaking negative about the show were soon kicked out but one of the comments interested the four girls.
"What type of show is A celebrity daily life?"
One of the girls who don't know about the show asked and Long Lu answered her.
"It's a show similar to A house date with Meng Meng."
One of the girls told her about the format of the show and how it was similar to A house date with Meng Meng.
"Aren't the two the same?"
"From what I know, Meng Meng's show is younger. It's the copy probably."
"They have just changed the format a little."
"Yes. Look, many people are recommending ``A celebrity daily life in the comments."
Long Lu pointed to the comments section and the other girls also stared at it.
-Recommending A celebrity daily life!!
-You will miss it if you keep watching this.
-I am going. You all should go too.
-Why are people recommending another show here? 
-I'm also thinking about that.
--You should watch A celebrity daily life and you will understand.
"Maybe we should change the channels too?"
"Yes, Long Lu, change the channel to SKB. Let's see what it is all about."
"OK."
Long Lu changed the channels and the screen changed to out of a dojo.
"Dammit! What's this?"
The four girls couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when they saw the screen.


Ren, he was someone with great talent in acting and singing but due to bad luck and some wrong choices, he was only able to become a third rate actor.

After dying in an accident, he noticed that he had returned to the past.

With the help of his talents and the knowledge of future, he started his journey to become the trendiest star of the century.

*This novel is dropped!!

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The story will take place in an alternate world. It is just to avoid the copyright infringement. I don't want my story to end up like I'm in Hollywood or IRAS.

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Hey! I'm your friendly neighborhood author, and since my computer broke writing isn't exactly easy... so I decided to make something that'd be less popular on my phone! Anyways, here are the things you need to know while reading:

Format:

During duels, each turn will end with character dialogue and the symbols/letters of:

[Character1: LifePoint/ Character2: LifePoint]

For example:

"Heh... I end my turn with a face down!"

[Seto Kaiba: 3500/ Yugi Moto: 2000]

Cards will be formatted like this:

[Card Name/ Card Type/ ATK POINTS (if there are any) / DEF POINTS(if there are any)]

Effects will be explained via character dialogue.

All duels in this fanfic will be in separate chapters from the story, so if you don't wanna see them, you really don't have to! I do recommend reading through the major ones though, those will have quite a bit of story to them. Don't worry, I'll put [MAJOR] in duel titles if they are!

Next, please read the basics of the rules so as to gain an understanding of what's going on:
(If you already know the rules, just take note of the following:

Life points in this series will be set to 4000 upon duel start, characters cannot set monsters face down unless they have a flip effect, and this fanfic uses master rule 3.)

Each player gets 5 slots to play their monster cards. Each player gets 5 spell slots to play their spell and trap cards.

There are multiple types of summoning, this series will have:

Normal Summoning - Each person only gets one normal summon per turn, each monster below level 5 can be normal summoned, unless stated otherwise by the card.

Tribute Summoning - Another type of normal summoning, for level 5-12 monster cards. You must sacrifice/send monsters to the graveyard for this type of summon.
(Level 5-6 monsters require one sacrifice, 7-12 require two.)

Special Summoning - There are an infinite amount of special summons in one turn, normally special summons happen due to a spell or trap card effect, but monsters have effects that allow for special summoning too.

Fusion Summoning -  Another type of special summoning. Fusion monsters are contained in the "Extra Deck." You can summon a fusion monster by using a spell or trap that allows you to fuse two or more monsters listed on a fusion monster's card.
(Fusion material/ the monsters you sacrifice to fusion summon are sent to the graveyard unless specifically stated otherwise.)

Players start with 5 cards in hand and draw one card every turn.

Decks can have 40-60 cards.

Those are the bare bones basics, any extra info will be explained in duel chapters and/or in the classroom (story takes place in an academy.)

That's all you need to know! Have a good one!

[PLEASE NOTE THAT I WRITE THIS ON MY PHONE WHEN I AM BORED, RELEASE SCHEDULE INCONSISTENT AND THERE WILL BE SPELLING ERRORS.]

Isaac Fortis died. It wasn't anything brutal, he simply died in his sleep of unknown causes. Isaac was age 16 during the time of his death, and could honestly care less about the very same death.

Why? Because his dream came true! Isaac was offered to isekai by a very benevolent god!

"So, mortal, which world would you like to reincarnate into?"

"The YuGiOh GX world! 15 years before the canon!"

"Hoh?"

 "Moreover, the books on the third floor only have value as antiques. If you truly want to read them, then head out the door, turn right, and walk 800 meters. There is a specialized Shaolin bookstore. They have all kinds of Buddhist texts. If you see uncle master Yong Ping personally, you can get a 50% discount or even for FREE!"
 Before Wei Xiao Bei could speak, Shi Yan Ping began grumbling some words, using them to attack Wei Xiao Bei.
 Wow!
 Wei Xiao Bei began pondering whether he should drag Shi Yan Ming back with him. If he placed him with Andre, he wondered who would win in the war of chatting.
 Although Shi Yan Ming was a chatterbox, he did, in fact, speak the truth. 
 Wei Xiao Bei also came to an understanding. It was truly as Shi Yan Ming said. The Buddhist texts on the third floor could also be bought in bookstores.
 It was no longer the ancient times. There was no such thing as a monopoly of knowledge, especially for things like Buddhist texts. The Shaolin Temple might even want people to buy these texts to increase the number of believers.
 However, Wei Xiao Bei had a slight premonition that if he walked away and went to use modern printed Buddhist texts, he would miss a good opportunity.
 With this being the case, Wei Xiao Bei did speak with Shi Yan Ming any longer and insisted to go to the third floor.
 Shi Yan Ming had no choice. In the end, he could only agree. However, after calling another monk, Shi Yan Ming himself accompanied Wei Xiao Bei upstairs. 
 He simply did not believe that Wei Xiao Bei could truly take in the Buddhist texts.
 He was someone who had studied it with great difficulty but always felt that reading manga was a lot better than reading Buddhist texts. Amithaba Buddha, every time he read Buddhist texts, he would feel dizzy and sleepy. 
 Luckily, he was a martial monk. He only needed to force himself to understand the Buddhist texts. If he had to participate in Buddhist texts, this would simply be like asking him to kill himself.
 They both went up the stairs to the third floor.
 The third floor was sealed by steel doors that Wei Xiao Bei had already seen when he came up before.
 Although he could store the steel doors in his storage bracelet, it was impossible to restore them once he did so.
 Additionally, the ventilation duct in that place was quite narrow. Wei Xiao Bei had never learned Bone Contraction Arts, but even a practitioner of it would have great difficulty in passing through the duct. 
 After opening the doors, the smell of dust hit him in the face. He was already prepared for it, and he used his hand to cover his mouth.
 On the contrary, Shi Yan Ming had been caught off guard. He sucked in a breath and choked on it, causing him to go into a coughing fit. Afterward, he could only smile awkwardly and fully open the door, allowing the impure air to come out.
 The third floor was the floor that Shi Yan Ming was responsible for, but because there were only a few people going up to it, Shi Yan Ming could be a bit lax.
 Luckily, the Buddhist texts had already been treated. Not only were they treated with medicinal water, but liquid plastic had been sprayed on every single page of the book, creating a layer of plastic protection.
 If it wasn't for this Shi Yan Ming's way of handling the books, they might've already been covered with dust or destroyed. 
 Although a layer of dust had already covered the books, a light wipe was enough to make the books bright and clean again.
 After Wei Xiao Bei looked at the books, his eyes lit up. His heart jumped and did not even pay any attention to Shi Yan Ming who was dealing with the dust. He walked forward a few steps and took an old book. He wiped away the dust and turned the pages.
 However, after flipping the pages, Wei Xiao Bei could not help but feel awkward.
 The reason was very simple. The Buddhist text that he picked up was not written in Chinese but in Sanskrit.
 Let alone the content, he simply could not even understand the cover.
 Wei Xiao Bei did not understand Sanskrit!
 In truth, Wei Xiao Bei was genuinely stunned.
 Shi Yan Ming appeared to be quite smart, could he understand some Sanskrit?
 Thinking about this, Wei Xiao Bei immediately pulled him to the side, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
 I already feel a headache from reading the Chinese version of the Buddhist text. Sanskrit? Please spare this small monk!
 Seeing that Shi Yan Ming did not understand Sanskrit, Wei Xiao Bei also felt a headache.
 Luckily, there was such a thing called the internet. Without hesitation, he took out his phone. Although he had been staying cooped up inside the Sutra Depository Pavillion every day, he still charged his phone to maintain a connection with others.
 He immediately looked up Sanskrit.
 After looking at the information, Wei Xiao Bei found out that unlike Chinese with many characters, Sanskrit was an alphabet, but there were differences with the Western alphabet.
 In simpler terms, the Sanskirt alphabet had 47 letters.
 This number of letters was already considerably more than the English alphabet, but even more terrifying, unlike the normal alphabet which consisted of vowels and consonants, Sanskrit was composed of words with more than two consonants in a row. 
 There were more than 1000 consonant-only strings, but learning Sanskrit required one to learn all these 1000 consonant strings!
 This was not even considered much. The worst part was that every single noun had eight different formats. The so-called format was similar to the subject-verb-object pattern in Chinese. Other than that, there were also singular, plural and even dual forms for the noun.
 In other words, every single noun in Sanskrit could be shown in 24 different forms.
 Naturally, some of these changes were normal to Chinese.
 It was said that in Chinese level 8 tests, there were some questions that could make foreigners puke blood.
 About 98% of foreigners are said to not even be able to pass the second question.
 Additionally, it was said that Sanskrit could harness mysterious powers and produce miraculous effects.
 For example, one famous phrase, Om Mani Padme Hum. This phrase was made of six Sanskirt letters. Because there were differences among sects, there were different effects when different senior monks chanted it. 
 The most genuine incantation was the innermost heart of the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Saying this incantation could cleanse one's desires, anger, arrogance, envy, and even greed. 
 On the other hand, the Tibetan incantation was used to get rid of damage from evil spirits, diseases, clearing away fatigue, and many others.
 Naturally, Wei Xiao Bei had never truly seen the effects of these words, but he had a little belief in them at that moment. 
 After all, he had already entered the Dust World. It should be a bit normal for Sanskrit to be miraculous, right?
 After understanding the situation of Sanskirt, Wei Xiao Bei spent 20 minutes on the web trying to find a specialized online shop that sold learning material on Sanskrit.
 Learning Sanskrit? Other than senior monks who specialized in researching them, only a few people would actually dig deep into them.
 The heavens had mercy as there actually was an online store like that.
 The main reason it was able to survive was because Wei Xiao Bei had spent 10,000 yuan. 
 Since there was only one store on the internet like that, it held a monopoly and he had no choice.
 But then again, the material provided was actually decent. 
 At the very least, Wei Xiao Bei did not have a hard time learning Sanskrit. Naturally, his [Ten Line At A Glance] skill and his high learning attribute were put to great use. 
 Whether it was the 47 letters or the 1000 consonant string letters, as long as he used a bit of time to mechanically memorize them, he could roughly understand.
 This was only the basics of the basics. The next problem was that learning just the letters would not be enough.
 Afterward, he needed to familiarize himself with some Sanskrit nouns, and try to form sentences from them.
 After looking at the material for an hour, Wei Xiao Bei impatiently researched the Buddhist text in his hand.
 After researching for more than half an hour, he roughly understood Sanskrit writing.
 The book was called Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, or in simpler terms the Diamond Sutra. The contents were the ideology of Mahayana Buddhism.
 The so-called Prajñā was the Sanskrit word for wisdom, great wisdom, and wondrous knowledge.
 After looking at the Diamond Sutra, Wei Xiao Bei roughly understood its contents.
 The text mainly consisted of the Buddha answering questions of his disciples to display the essence of his knowledge.
 In other words, the Diamond Sutra was of the same status and significance as the Analects of Confucius in Confucianism.
 Before Wei Xiao Bei could reflect on the question and answer the text, he raised his eyebrows and became happy.
 It appeared that his status panel had changed after reading the Diamond Sutra.
 The branch skill Sanksrit had appeared in his [Language] skill!
Language: Chinese (Proficient), English (Proficient), French (Proficient), Spanish (Proficient), Danish (Proficient), Western Divine Language (Basic), Sanskrit (Basic)
 At the level of basic Sanskrit, Wei Xiao Bei was similar to someone who could engage in daily conversations. He would not be able to speak or understand deeper words.
 For Wei Xiao Bei this was not an issue.
 He looked at his evolution points and saw that he still had 1851 points.
 He focused on Sanskrit, consuming 200 evolution points and advanced Sanskrit from basic to proficient.
 Afterward, Wei Xiao Bei read the Diamond Sutra and felt that it was a lot easier to read, but after looking at the text again, Wei Xiao Bei was puzzled at why there were some bits that he could not understand.
 It must be known that his Sanskrit was already at a proficient level!


One day, Wei Xiao Bei gets dragged into The Dust World, a post-apocalyptic world ruled by monsters from myths, legends, games, etc. He also gains the power to travel between it and the real world, as well as the power called the 'Status Panel'. With this power, he chooses to strengthen himself to explore the vast mysteries and terror of the other world. What mysteries await him? What is The Dust World?
Author's Synopsis:
What the hell is this? What the hell happened here?
How did my room become so ruined after a single night?
The floor and table were covered in dust, his new poster of Zhang Liang Ying that had just been posted on the wall a few days ago had already become yellow and tattered all over. Even Zhang Liang Ying’s beautiful face became monstrous as if an old devil was looking at him with a terrifying smile.
The walls were covered by a mist of cobwebs and the fruits placed on top of the coffee table were withered and rotted to the point that the mold on them had turned black. The fruits below even seemed to have turned into mush. The aluminium framed window that the landlord had just installed not that long ago was now covered in a layer of white ash and the glass was filled with cracks and covered in dust.
The computer beside his bed was also covered by cobwebs and was accompanied by an empty water glass with a withered worm inside of it.
Dust filled the air making Wei Xiao Bei choke as he tried to breathe.
Everything seemed to be ash gray without any light as if looking at television static.
After just one night, it seemed like everything in the room had aged for centuries or even millennia.
Mother… is this a dream?
This must be a dream!

Dino observed the dark area. Everything was silent. There weren't cars of people in the vicinity, what made it strange. It was like this was a non human zone.
"You guys don't need to worry, it's normal. The Sanguine Council Base are restricted zones, even in a big city like New York." Sounded a female voice from Claudia's phone.
"Thank you Butterfly, did you confirm how many vampires are in the Embassy?" Asked Claudia.
"Yes there are 12 Blood Vampires and 5 High Vampires, they don't know yet about the results of the fight in Palmer falls, you guys will catch them off guard." Answered Butterfly form the hacker group Unknown.

Multiple groups had been sent out to hunt the remaining Sanguine Council members.
This group consisted of Claudia, Ceddy, Dino, Jonny, Clemens, Koray and Habib.
They entered the huge old building made of stones in the south-west part of New York.
Dino walked in the front, they was greeted by a black haired beauty. She was sitting behind a desk. She looked surprised at the group that came in with her ice blue eyes.
She put on a polite smile, "Hello, how can I help you?"
Dino smiled back at her, the women was stunned by his bright smile and she checked him out while licking her lips. Dino looked like a handsome CEO. Blond hair, blue eyes, tall build with nice trained arms that couldn't be hidden under his hoodie.
Dino opened his mouth to answer but no words came out, instead it was his arm that shot out, choking the woman. Her eyes bulged and she tried to defend herself in vain. 

She stared in shock at Dino's eyes which had changed their color into golden ones.
His hand transformed into claws and he ripped her throat apart. He threw the huge chunk of flesh and bones on the floor. Her lifeless body hit the ground.
"That was number one, I will stay behind to catch anyone who tries to escape, Claudia you will go with Ceddy, Habib with Clemens and Jonny with Koray. You know what to do."

Everyone nodded and they split up, starting to kill all the Saunguine Council members.

Similar things happened all around the nation. It took them 4 days to get rid of all the Sanguine Council members.

Jonas took control over all the vampire families in the west part of USA while Michael and the werewolves disposed of the ones in the east.
Such a huge movement didn't stay unnoticed and even the normal humans got wind of it.
This was the part where Jonas shined. He took control over various influential politicians and major media publishers.
They spread the new about a huge conspiracy. They painted the vampires as the bad guys. Revealing the dark side of the vampires. That they forced innocent humans into slavery, drinking blood of kids and worse. These news caused a huge uproar. It became more believable when some old vampire families stepped up to confirm the accusations. They were of course under Jonas control. These vampire families were labelled as "Good Vampires" and were accepted by the people.

The Sanguine Council was purged from completely from USA within two weeks.
The werewolves were revealed officially to the world. They spread the news that it was them who found out about the evil things most vampires did.
Many werewolf clans stepped into the spotlight. Werewolves became something unique to only USA. Most people changed their way of thinking and didn't want to become vampires anymore, they prefered to become werewolves.
Palmer Falls became a well guarded secret.

The propaganda train rolled without problems.
Other countries started to become wary of the vampires, but they didn't had the forces to go against the Sanguine Council. But that didn't mean that they didn't took a major backlash. The public opinion about the vampires took a massive hit. People all around the world who had been silent started to speak up about the injustice that happened to them because of vampires. 
A wind of change went through the world with USA in it's middle.

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*BOOMM*
A huge round table made of stones collapsed.
"F*ck what the hell happened? What is going on in USA?" Shouted an old man in rage, after destroying the table with his fist.
"We lost USA that much is sure." Said a kid with blood red-eyes.
"How?" Asked an old woman.
The kid, he opened his palm, revealing a sphere made of blood. It grew rapidly in size and floated in the middle of the hall. All 19 people in the hall observed the played scenes.

They watched how the spies arrived in USA and contacted the surviving vampire families in the west. They met with them personally and they saw how they were all slaughtered by the other side.
They watched everything silently, keeping their thoughts for themselves, well most of them.
"TRAITORS!" Shouted the old man in rage.
Some of them sighed.
"Why did they betray us? They know the consequences." Said a beautiful woman softly while shaking her head.
"It doesn't matter, they all need to DIE!" Shouted the old man still in rage.
"How? They killed all our members in USA, the Fallen won't stay silent if we dispatch more forces." Said another old man.
"We lost USA, let them keep it. We can't fight a two front war right now. We should focus on our public image. They exposed many of our dark secrets." Suggested the kid.

"I agree! There are just to many mysteries surrounding the two new Originals, how did they manage to make the vampire families betray us? How can they block our blood magic? What are their powers? Too many uncertainties." Spoke out a youth.
"We will crush them if they try to expand out of USA, lets see what they can do."
"Agreed."
"I Agree."
"We will go with that."

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"Interesting, things are getting fun now haha. How long has it been that I anticipated something this much?" An attractive voice echoed out from a castle.

The maids and butlers exchanged shocked gazes. How long has it been since the Progenitor was in a good mood? Some of the servants that were only a few hundreds years old didn't even know how his voice sounded.
The red haired Progenitor stepped out on the balcony, letting the sun rays bath his enchanting body. He was naked and one could see a bunch of beauties lying exhausted all over the bedroom.

The Progenitor looked refreshed and he smiled at the sky. He licked his luscious pink lips in anticipation.

'The Sanguine Council messed up, I only need to lean back and wait.'
"Hahahahahahahaha!"

A young man died after going through days and days filled with torture.

At his last moments, he was blessed by the beautiful view of a full moon. 
Gazing at the moon before dying, he thought that it was his end, but...

The moon was calling him....

Goddess Lupa gave him a second chance and blessed him, making him the first werewolf inside a world ruled by supernatural beings. 


(I know the synopsis isn't great, I just don't want to spoiler. I think the name of the story speaks for itself.)
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I'm writing as a hobby and may be able to post 3 chapters a week *starts sweating*

I was inspired by TV Shows like Teen Wolf, Bitten, Vampire Diaries, and the great movie Underworld.

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