8 December.
Haru was in the private room of his gambling den. He had created a branch of gambling den within the school building making it easier for the students to gamble on his gambling den. He placed the branch of the gambling den on the top of the student council room since if there was trouble on the gamble then he could come to the student council room to change the result of the gamble.
The main building of the Traditional Culture Club was very quiet and only some people were here either talking about the strategy of gambling or talking about the final exam since the 2nd semester was almost over.
There was a private room in this main building, but only some people could enter this place.
Inside this room, there was Haru who was reading a book about movie distribution and also Kirari who was reading classic literature.
Haru closed the book and sighed.
"What's wrong?" Kirari also closed the book.
"I'm waiting for a call, you don't need to worry."
Haru thought of something and said, "I remember that you got a secretary?" He had skipped the class before and only remembered that Kirari had told him about this matter over the phone.
Kirari rolled her eyes and said, "Now, you decide to ask...."
"Well, is it a girl or a boy?" Haru asked.
"She is a girl, but don't you dare to do something to her," Kirari said. She thought about her cute secretary who was only in third grade of middle school and she didn't want her secretary to become one of his girls either.
"....."
Haru was speechless and asked, "Do you think that I'm that kind of guy?'
"....."
Kirari decided to ignore him since this guy was quite unreasonable and had skipped school for a long time. Even though the school didn't really forbid him since he was a special case (the only billionaire inside the school and also the youngest).
The school also wanted a reputation from him and that was why it didn't really matter for him to skip the school as long as his score was enough.
Even though the school had allowed him, Kirari was still quite annoyed since it started to get hard to see each other.
Haru looked at Kirari for a while and suddenly remembered something, but when he was about to tell her his smartphone vibrated. He saw that it was from Ayase and connected to the call. "What's wrong, Uncle?"
"Boss! Look at the television! Gree's credit rating has been downgraded!"
Ayase sounded very happy and excited.
Haru turned on the television and checked the economic news before he saw that Greece's credit rating had been downgraded from A- to BBB+ by Fitch.
"YEAH!!!"
Haru hugged Kirari who was beside her and kissed her cheek unconsciously.
"...."
Kirari was very surprised by his sudden outburst and also blushed when he kissed her.
Haru suddenly reacted and said, "I'm sorry, I'm a bit excited." He continued to talk with Ayase for a while before hanging his smartphone. 
Kirari tried to calm herself when she saw him talking over the phone, then looked at the television and saw the news that had made Haru very happy. "Has Greece's credit rating been downgraded?"
"Yeah, this is good news for me," Haru said.
"Oh?"
Haru didn't mind and told her that he had used 250 million USD with 50 times leverage and because of this news his bet was successful.
"So you use 12,5 billion USD?" Kirari's body shook and also felt surprised. 
"Yes, the exchange rate of Euro to USD has changed from 1.5068 to 1.4729." Haru sighed and said, "I hope that it'll turn into 1.3 soon." From this transaction alone, he had gotten 400 million USD, of course, he was pretty excited and it was far from over since it would continue to drop for a while.
In this world, he might be able to become rich using his magic or anything by manipulating the mind of the people with high authority, but he still wants to play the game using the rules of this world since it is pretty interesting.
Kirari smiled sweetly and said, "Congratulations."
"Thank you, it is because of you that have invited me to this school that I have enough capital to start my business," Haru said. He told the truth since if Kirari didn't invite him to this school then he might not start to become known as the investment genius or "Golden Boy".
Kirari shook her head and said, "No, all of this is your ability." She smiled when she thought about their promise of two years that he would stand beside her and it seemed that she didn't need to worry about that. She knew that if Haru couldn't reach her position then it might be hard for them to get married since she was coming from an old clan with a long history.
Before Haru was only a writer and a bakery owner.
If it was a normal girl then they would be happy to have such a normal household and handsome husband.
Kirari didn't really care much about his wealth since she knew that he had talent. Even though her clan might find it very hard to accept their marriage, no one could control her. The only thing which made her worried was that he would change after their marriage since she had seen a lot of people who started to change after getting a lot of wealth.
But it is different now.
Kirari knew that Haru wouldn't change and he was the best man out there. She moved closer and kissed his lips.
*!!!!*
Haru was a bit surprised by her sudden kiss on his lips, but started to enjoy himself and hugged her small waist while inserting his tongue inside.
Kirari was a bit surprised by his tongue and held his shirt tightly since she didn't expect that such a small kiss would turn into this big fight.
They continued for 10 minutes before their lips parted, creating a long string of saliva.
Kirari had a blush on her beautiful face and asked, "Do you want to play at my house?"
"...."
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One day a famous game company announces their new invention a Virtuial Reality Game...

This is a place where magic & technology meets and create a VRMMO game named "Ouroboros Online". 
"Ouroboros Online" genre is  Action/Sim/FPS/MMORPG says on the introduction.

"Wtf ?? Virtual Reality İs it Even Posible ?? One minute ! What kind of sicked genre is this ??"
This is the first thougths of alex about the game after the announcement.

"Hmmm. Anyway how hard can it be , Maybe i can try it too for a while for kiling time right ?".

Meet the Alexander he is a 19 years old boy who lives with his mother , goes to University and works in a store very hard in order to earn money for living.

But the destiniy itself have a different plans ...

Meet his strugles , meet his friends , meet the unfair world, meet a unyielding spirit , meet a legend...

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Zhang Xinyi drove back home before dinner time. When Huang Xuan saw her car from the balcony, he quickly went downstairs to see her. The issues at the company were not easy to deal with. Seeing his mothers exhausted look, Huang Xuan felt distressed. He massaged her shoulders lightly as they walked inside and said, "Is the fund committee looking for trouble again?"
"Anyways, things have been chaotic." Zhang Xinyi shook her head and said: "Don't worry about these things. Why did you go to Shanghai? You should have told me first. What if you got into danger?"
Huang Xuan smiled and didn't dare to say anything. He took his mom to the sofa, and started trying to please her by making tea and giving her a massage.
Zhang Xinyi poked his forehead and said, "Don't play dumb with me. I've already spoken with Isaac, from tomorrow on, he'll be following you. Where you go, he goes." Isaac was captain of the bodyguards for IZO, a 2-meter-tall Israeli mercenary.
"Oh," Huang Xuan responded weakly.
Zhang Xinyi drank some tea and continued, "I've already spoken with your father. Since you two are back and your grandfather's health isn't good, you two should just stay in China. You should also continue going to school. "
"No." Huang Xuan jumped up, but weakly sat down again as soon as he saw his mom's eyes. "I, I wanted to tell you, I need to go to American sometime in the next two days."
"What for?"
"I heard that skill level in Pfizer is pretty good. Citibank also knows some medical institutes. I want to go ask people to see if they can help with grandpa's recovery." Huang Xuan answered with partial truths.
Zhang Xinyi sighed. She put the cup on the table, thought for a while and said, "Huang Xuan, you should know that people get sick when they grow old. Do you remember what your grandfather told you? You need to be brave, but being brave doesn't mean advancing resolutely, being indomitable. A courageous person needs to face reality and life. You are still young, so maybe you don't understand yet..."
"I understand." Huang Xuan interrupted her. He grabbed her arm and said, "I'll go to America to ask around first, if it doesn't work out, I'll come back. It won't waste much time. Besides, with my current English skills, I don't even need an interpreter when I talk with Aubrey. What can I do in school right now."
Zhang Xinyi looked at her son's expression, there wasn't much she could say now. She couldn't help but rub his head a bit and said: "Widen your experience a bit, and your life will be a bit fuller..."
Huang Xuan quietly listened. Since he had started middle school, his mother had become busier, even the amount of time to talk with each other had become shorter.
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Li Qing booked a suite for Huang Xuan at Gloria Hotel, it was around 400-500 square meters. The next morning, Jeffrey from Sotheby's, Sabrina and Aubrey from Citibank, and lawyer Annabelle and their assistants all came on time.
The living room was separated by a transparent floor-to-ceiling window, striking black and white lines appeared on the empty wall. Delicate European style furniture could be seen throughout the room, their colors were mainly bright yellow and light red. When mixed with the lighting, the sense of space in the area was enhanced. A transparent ship filled with water and tropical fish led to the closet.
However, the exquisite decoration was overshadowed by the Tsar Easter Eggs sitting on the end table. Sabrina covered her mouth in surprise, eyes wide open. "Are those Faberge Easter Eggs? The three that were lost?"
Among the 50-odd Faberge Easter Eggs, 8 were lost, their whereabouts triggering the imagination of countless people. Every time one appeared, so would a large array of stories about it.
Huang Xuan smiled and welcomed them. "Everyone, please have a seat. I'll need to rely on you to judge whether or not these are Faberge Easter Eggs."
Speaking of professional matters, Jeffrey and Sabrina were a bit scared and Aubrey couldn't help but be a bit nervous as well. A $800 million USD appraisal, even though Jeffery and Sabrina had the ability to appraise them, they couldn't stop their heart from beating faster.
Compared to the serious appraiser Jeffery, the experts from Citibank were much more at ease. Sabrina, who was wearing a short skirt, circled around the Tsar Easter egg and attracted a lot of eyes. She kept on mumbling: "So they were here, so they were here."
Who knows where the real Tsar Easter Eggs were, maybe they were destroyed, maybe they were in some box molding away, or maybe they were kept hidden away somewhere. Huang Xuan smiled in his heart, and said: "Everyone please have a drink first, we can start the appraisal after that."
Jeffery and the others nodded. The Sotheby's appraiser, Wilson, who came with him, put on his glasses and said: "Mr. Huang, since there are a lot of items, please let me appraise the paintings." He took a look at the rolled up artworks on the table and said: "I'll first simply verify their authenticity, afterwards, I'll bring them back to our center for further appraisal. Is that plan alright with you?" At this this, most of the art works put up for appraisal were bought from Hammer, with a few coming from other seller. Near the end of his trip, the price of art kept on rising.
Huang Xuan nodded and smiled. He got up and left the sofa, but the men from IZO kept staring intently at the coffee table, afraid someone would steal something. The bodyguards monitoring the security system were also tense, worried that some problem would appear.
Usually, paintings and calligraphy were authenticated according to the paper, ink, writing, seal, style and habit. The artwork that Huang Xuan brought back, especially the Russian artwork, had a very low chance of being counterfeits. The only possible issue would be the age of the paper, but after Rolin's treatment, this issue was simply resolved. Actually, with today's technology, it is hard to determine whether a piece of paper was 100 or 200 years old. This was because the storage environment for the paper also affected its apparent age. Unless it was hidden deep in some grave, for old art collectables, no matter if it changed hands or not, it was impossible to determine how the piece was stored. For example, for a 100-year old paper product, it yellows at a rate of 1/36000 per normal day and 10/36000 rainy day, but who can tell the difference between the yellowing caused by rainstorms and the yellowing caused by a light drizzle? Who can calculate what the average humidity was over the past 100 years? Does the location make a difference? If the paper stayed in the same location for 100 years, it might still be possible to estimate the average humidity, but what if the owner brought it to travel everywhere?
As for Carbon-14 dating (C14), it is simply nonsense for antiques appraisal. Even the most advanced C14 test today, can still have an error range of 50 years or more. For Anthropological research, this range doesn't matter, as there isn't much of a difference between 12,000 years and 12,050 years ago. If we're talking about something brought back from 1931 though, whether it was simply preserved well, or if it was brought back through time, no one can tell.
Of course, for insurance, Huang Xuan still asked Rolin to put the items brought back through a aging process. It didn't really cost any effort, since in terms of the mastery of time, the gentlemen from the large planes were quite professional.
To Huang Xuan, the real issue was the existing collections. Although Rolin had searched throughly to ensure that they only brought back lost or destroyed works, it was possible that a piece or art hadn't really been lost but secretly kept by someone. The best choice here was to rely on the authentication by an expert. Whether the item was real, fake, or even if some artists decided to paint two copies of his work, it didn't really impact Huang Xuan too much. There were currently twenty or thirty copies of the "Orchid Pavilion Collection", all of which claimed to be the authentic version.
Sabrina looked at the three eggs attentively, lightly touching it with her gloved finger, her assistant was even afraid to breathe too loudly.
"Your really want to pledge these three eggs as collateral?" Sabrina suddenly asked as Huang Xuan was drinking coffee by the window.
Huang Xuan looked back at her in surprise and answered, "Of course." His eyes showed a hint of questioning.
Sabrina combed her hand through her long chestnut hair and said, "What a shame! You know, if you pawn these eggs, they will be locked in Citibank's safe. You won't be able to see or touch them anymore."
Huang Xuan smiled, it looked like this American beauty was immersed in her own interest. To be honest, these Tsar Easter Eggs were just some toys to him. When he purchased them from Hammer, these eggs had only cost him $400 USD each. Now that their value had gone up, people were starting to appreciate them. Earlier, why hadn't anyone shown them any interest? If it wasn't for Russian people becoming wealthier, these pieces of Russian art would have just been thrown in some corner, and forgotten.
Actually, the American's during the Great Depression had given him some sort of inspiration, but the current him couldn't fully understand the feeling.
Aubrey gently coughed and Sabrina knew that she had made a careless remark, so she lowered her head and continued to work. Huang Xuan once again turned his head towards the window. The time spent living along had changed him a great deal, one of which was increased patience.
During this time Annabelle was taking notes, while the two lawyers seemed to be very busy. He didn't know what these lawyers had to do with the appraisal by the banks. It was Annabelle who opened her mouth in surprise every now and then by the amounts spoken from the people next to her. The way she looked at Huang Xuan had changed as well. In one short hour, the appraised value had reached a total over $100 million USD, even Aubrey's heart was tested.
Jeffrey and the others started to pack up just before dinner, while the two lawyers recorded the serial numbers, took pictures and affixed the seals. Aubrey went up to Huang Xuan, who was in a trance, and whispered: "Mr. Huang?"
"Oh?"
"We're done with the first step now. If everything is OK with you, we need to take these things with us." Several security guards hired by Citibank were waiting at the door.
"Ok." Huang Xuan gestured to Isaac to show there was no problems, and then asked, "What is the total appraised value?"
"The initial estimate is $940 million USD. The painting 'Landscape' by Rene Magritte is appraised at $10,000,000 to $14,000,000 USD and the Faberge Easter Eggs are estimated to be worth between $12,000,000 to $18,000,000 USD. Wilson estimates that the three paintings 'Water Lilies' by Monet, 'The Railway Bridge at Argenteuil' by Monet and 'The Woman in Blue' by Fernand Leger can be auctioned at Sotheby's for at least $20 million USD." Speaking to here, Aubrey swallowed, took a look at the notes in his hand and said: "Norwegian expressionist painter Edvard Munch's 'Girls on the Bridge' is worth over $10 million USD. Fernand Leger's 'Soldiers Playing at Cards', an early work of his, should be worth at least $8 million USD."
This was all within Huang Xuan's expectations. Rolin's appraisal ability was stronger, and his estimation was slightly higher than this value.
At this point, Wilson and Annabelle walked over. Annabelle handed over a contract for Huang Xuan to sign, while Wilson said, "Mr. Huang, you've collected quite a few Russian masterpieces. The Russian Tycoons are currently quite interested in these types of items. If you are willing to wait for a little while, I can help you auction off these items, many of which should go for a much higher price."
Huang Xuan raised his eyebrows and responded, "I'm afraid I can't wait that long. By the way, in the list that Aubrey read out, there wasn't any Russian paintings worth over $10 million USD?"
Wilson explained, "The rising prices of Russian art works is only a recent thing. The main reason is that Russia is starting to become wealthier, so the Tycoon's are now willing to spend a bit more to purchase the art works that they enjoy the most. However, the starting price of these art works was too low. Take, for example, Surikov's paintings. Around 1990, its value was only around $100,000 USD, but now it is worth around $4,000,000 USD. The price has gone up almost 100 times, but it is still not the most expensive when compared to other famous European artworks." As he spoke, he pointed to one of the packaged paintings and said, "This painting 'Portrait of actress Pelageya Antipevna Strepetova' by Ilya Repin is the most expensive, worth at least $10,000,000 USD." He continued to say: "Mr. Huang, since you have so many great paintings, many of which haven't been seen for a long time, if you give use two months to promote this, I'm sure you'll get a price that you'd be very happy with."
Huang Xuan still shook his head. He had faith in Sotheby's abilities, but the price they already offered was good enough. Most auction houses will take a 16% commission on items they sell, and if they sell for a much higher value, 20% was quite normal as well. Of course, the most important factor was that he just didn't have time.
Jeffrey finished up his work, he then came up to Wilson and patted him on the shoulder. Then he relaxed his expression, and said to Huang Xuan with a smile, "Mr. Huang, this time you're going to shock the entire art collection world!"
Huang Xuan nodded with a bitter smile. He didn't want to shock anybody, but it would be difficult to hide such a large valuation, besides, there was no need to hide anything. The Huang family had always been wealthy, no one would notice if they got a bit wealthier. If he was going from poor to rich, then it would be a problem.
After the last Faberge wooden clock was loaded in the box, Aubrey bowed his head and said, "Mr. Huang, you can go now."
"I've troubled you all." Huang Xuan cupped his one hand in the other to show his respect and thanks. After the appraisers had left, Aubrey handed over the list and said, "Although we further steps are still required, the estimated value won't change too much. If all the items are authentic, you should be able to borrow at least $800 million USD."
Huang Xuan put his cup on the cabinet and asked: "Have you contacted Pfizer yet?"
"Yes." Aubrey took out a document from his briefcase and said, "This is my plan. If you want to use the loan from Citibank to buy Pfizer bonds, would you consider letting Citibank manage all the bonds? You know, although you cannot resell the Pfizer bonds you purchase, you can still use them as collateral for further loans."
"Alright, I'll let you handle it then." Huang Xuan then continued, "How more more do I need?"
"At least $150 million USD." Aubrey smiled apologizingly, the number referred to the case in which Huang Xuan's assets in Brazil were also used as collateral.
In this case, the interest each year would be $100 million USD. Huang Xuan shook his head and said, "Since you're unwilling to take those diamonds, I have some other gemstones. You won't have any problems with the other gemstones, right?"
"Of course." Aubrey smiled awkwardly. "You know, there are a lot of problems with diamonds and the international standards are strict, especially in America." Speaking to here, Aubrey looked around and whispered, "Truth is, in this area, it seems that Europe isn't as strict. "
"Alright, I understand." Huang Xuan didn't have anything to worry about, but Aubrey was different. To be able to say this much was already good. He patted the American's shoulder and said, "I'll be leaving tomorrow, so come here tomorrow morning and bring someone to appraise the gemstones. I hope matters regarding the loan and Pfizer will be handled by the time I reach USA."
Aubrey reassured, "Don't worry." Now that they've beaten the United Bank of Switzerland (UBS), Citibank had once again become Huang Xuan's biggest asset manager. With that, his position was also secured.
As Aubrey was putting the document away, something occurred to him. He said to Huang Xuan, "Boss, I forgot to tell you. Since we couldn't find you these past two days, Mr. Yu, that is Yu Liye wanted me to tell you, Xinye company is getting ready to do a IPO (Initial public offering)." The way Aubrey said Yu Liye name was as if he was on a trampoline reading tongue twisters.
"Going public?" Huang Xuan shrugged. They wanted to go public with only 70,000,000 RMB?
"That's correct." Aubrey didn't have any feelings about this. He took out another document from his briefcase, handed it to Huang Xuan and said, "You currently have 24% of Xinye's shares. When it goes public, those shares will be diluted to 13%, but they will be worth twice as much. Besides letting you know this information, Mr. Yu would also like to ask you if you're willing to continue your investment in Xinye."
Huang Xuan laughed and used the document to fan himself. "I don't have any many to invest right now. Rather, it might be more practical to sell those shares."
Hearing him say this, Aubrey immediately advised, "Boss, Xinye Company has great potential. You'll gain more from keeping the shares than selling them. Besides, selling them right now will only get you $20,000,000 USD, that amount won't help much."
"How much do you think these shares will be worth in the future?" Huang Xuan was intrigued.
"At least $45 million USD." It seems like Aubrey had done some research. "Xinye's asset structure is very healthy. Its business volume has risen rapidly, and it is not yet out of the growth phase. If the IPO is successful, then its value can grow 4 fold without any problems."
"Then I'll let it grow fatter before killing it." Huang Xuan handed the documents back to Aubrey and said, "Have someone appraise the gemstones tomorrow morning, I'm headed to America in the afternoon."


Many people felt frustrated by the lack of knowledge after time travel.

Many took their laptops with them during time travel and fell into an awkward situation with deficient electricity.

Many others took the troops with them and found that there were only logistics of 19th century.

Countless predecessors had died on the way, numerous on the land of another world. 

A large number of people had achieved both success and fame after time travel, but failed to find the way back home. 

Do you still regret not remembering the formula of glass?
Are you still confused about the ingredients of gunpowder?
Are you still trying to perfect the shape of mirrors?

Nowadays, a lot of colleges and universities are rushing about, looking for sponsorship; many institutions are drifting along the wave of bank notes; a host of experts’ and professors’ subjects have been brought to a halt  because they are short of funds.

There is a solution to every problem.
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Chapter 37. University (?)

"Are you confident in passing your exams?"

Lu Fei asked his sister while they were eating dinner.

As the high school entrance examinations would begin in some months, he was getting worried about his sister's performance in them. 

"Yes, I'm confident of getting into a good high school. What about you brother?"

Lu Xiaomei asked, lifting up her small face and looking into the confused eyes of her brother. 

"What do you mean?"

"I mean the national college entrance examinations. Aren't you aiming for a good university?"

Lu Fei shook his head when he heard that question. He had no intention to attend a university whatsoever. 

"No, it would just be a waste of time."

For Lu Fei, even high school was a waste of time. If not for his mother's last wish, he would have already dropped out of high school. 

"How will it be a waste of time?"

Lu Fei frowned when he heard that. He looked at his sister and calmly explained. 

"First of all, attending university costs money and time. We can't afford it, and you know how bad my grades are, even if I went to do the college entrance examinations, no universities would accept me."

"I think there would be some who would accept you."

His sister was still acting stubborn. She was even pouting her mouth while looking at Lu Fei. 

"What's with you today?"

"I just want you to go to university. It's hard to find a job with just a high school diploma."

"I will earn money by playing games and doing part-time jobs."

His sister grumbled when she heard that, but she still continued to argue with him.

She was young, but her attitude was getting more and more stubborn. Lu Fei couldn't do anything about it as it was inherited from their parents. 

"You should focus on your high school entrance examinations. You want to enter the First high school, right?"

Lu Fei quickly changed the topic of discussion.

"How do you know that?"

Lu Xiaomei had never told her brother anything about the high school she wanted to enter. 

"I'm your big brother. You can't hide anything from me."

Actually, Lu Fei had accidentally heard her sister's call with her friend.

They were talking about their desired high schools, and that's how he had come to know that his sister wanted to enter the First high school.

"I want to enter it, but I already gave up on it."

"Why? If you studied hard, you could easily pass..."

"It's not that!!"

Lu Xiaomei raised her voice as she interrupted her brother. Then, she lowered her head slightly and let out a small voice. 

"I don't want to burden you more."

"What burden?"

"I'm not a child now. I know how hard it is for you to earn money, and the fees of the First high school are too much for us."

Beijing First high school was the most prominent high school in Beijing. Only geniuses and the children of wealthy people would study there.

It was tough to pass their entrance examinations. 
More than that, the fees of the First high school were not small. Lu Fei himself knew that he couldn't afford that much amount of money. 

But he couldn't say that in front of his sister.

"You don't have to worry about that."

A man shouldn't look weak in front of his family, and Lu Fei knew that well. 

"How can I not worry about it? I don't want to trouble you more. You are already working too much."

"I can work more."

"You obviously can't...!!"

Lu Xiaomei roared that and stood up from her seat. With tears in her eyes, she left the dinner table in the middle of the meal and locked herself in her room.

Sigh!

A sigh leaked out from Lu Fei's mouth.

'She's getting more mature and stubborn every day.'

Lu Fei thought as he looked at the leftover dinner left from his sister. His sister was not a kid anymore, but in Lu Fei's eyes, she would always be one.

He knew that she was just worried about him, but he couldn't let his desires come before her dreams.

"I have to work harder."

Lu Fei muttered that as he finished his dinner silently, but there was a fire burning in his eyes. 

* * * 

After getting back to his room, Lu Fei quickly opened the item transaction site and posted the images of Leverill's mace and other items to sell.

The mace was a rare grade item with a skill. Just that would make it a hot item on the item transaction site.

Lu Fei was estimating that it would sell for at least 10k USD, but that was not the end. He also had various armors and weapons of the Lizardmen he had killed in the hidden dungeon. 

Usually, in any VR game, the prices of lower-level items would decrease with time.

It was because lower-level players would gradually level up. Then, the value of lower-level items would naturally decrease too.

But it was not the case with Ark. 

Every day, hundreds of players would enter Ark. One could see players spawning every day in the starting points of Ark.

That's why the demand for items was always increasing.

It could even be said that both the demand and price were increasing. 

'I will at least receive 15k USD.'

Lu Fei thought in his head. 

Although the item transaction site would take 10% of the money, he would still be left with a considerable amount.

15k USD! 

It was not an amount Lu Fei had imagined to earn just by selling an item in a game.

Although it may look easy at a glance, Lu Fei had fought to the death to get that item, so he would never think that it's easy to earn money.

'Moreover, it's just a drop in the ocean.'

15k USD was a huge amount, but it was just a drop in the enormous amount of debt he had. He would have to work hard to fill the ocean and pay back his debt.

"I should start to save money for Xiaomei's high school."

Lu Fei muttered as he closed the item transaction site. Then, he opened up a community forum.

More specifically, it was the official forum of Ark, Ark life forum, or ALF community for short. One could find various types of information about Ark here. 

Lu Fei had entered the forum to search for information about Karios.

He quickly typed the words Karios, but there was nothing. He then began to search with other keywords like 'Healer who conquered death' or 'The entity Karios.'

But in the end, only a sigh could leak from his mouth.

'Maybe, I can ask about it in a post.'

Lu Fei was about to make a post about it, to ask for any information about Karios from the players, but he stopped his hand.

"I should do it anonymously."

It was dangerous to do it from his main account. So, Lu Fei quickly made an anonymous account and began to type the post.

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<Hearing strange voices in Ark>

Today, when I was in a battle, I suddenly started hearing a strange voice in my head.

The voice was of Karios, the healer who conquered death. He told me to look for him and release him, but before I could ask anything more, his voice disappeared.

After that, a quest opened in front of me.

Here's a picture of what the quest is about.

<Picture attachment>

If anyone has information about Karios or any clue about the healer who conquered death, please let me know.

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Lu Fei checked the post two times before posting it. It would take some time for the post to get some hits and become popular. 

'I should go sleep.'

Lu Fei couldn't stare at his old computer for hours. That's why he closed it.

He then looked at the time. It was just 10:23 P.M., but he was already feeling sleepy. It was because of the fight with Leverill. 

Giving your body rest was also an essential thing to keep playing VR games. That's why Lu Fei went to sleep without wasting any time.

He didn't know that his post would come on TV at that time.

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-Welcome to GBC's new program, 'Forum talks.' I'm your host Guan Zhou and accompanying me is the face of GBC, Ms. Ling Yan.

-Hello everyone, I'm your favorite host, Ling Yan. 

-Ms. Ling, I thought I was the favorite host.

-You sure know how to joke.

Two broadcasters were talking with each other in the program called Forum talks.

It was a new program that appeared on the GBC public network, which was one of the television stations which focused on VR games or, more specifically, Ark.

In this program, both the broadcasters will talk about interesting posts in the ALF community.

It was a program with a new concept, and it was still in the testing phase, but the viewers' response was good till now.

The show's concept was simple. 

Both the broadcasters would talk about the latest post on the ALF community, which had gotten popular or had some buzz around them.

The main focus of the show was that, but the two broadcasters were the backbone of the show. 

They were reasonably popular broadcasters, especially Ling Yan.

-Just last week, the Silver wolf guild made a post saying that they had conquered the Simon castle located in the Torn kingdom. 

-They are one of the top guilds in the Torn kingdom, and I heard that their guild leader has even received the title of Viscount by the king.

-It's really rare to meet the king of a kingdom.

-Yes, it's really rare to meet the king, but the more extraordinary thing is to meet the emperor.

-By emperor here, you must be talking about the emperor of the Althiem empire. 

-Yes, recently, there's a rumor going around the ALF community that the bow princess, Rachel is in the empire. 

-It's a reasonably new rumor, and it's getting a good amount of popularity, mainly because Rachel is known for not leaving any traces. 

Like that, both the broadcasters talked about some more posts in the ALF community or some rumors going around in the forum. 

After that, they started their new segment called 'Ridiculous posts.'

It was a segment in which they would talk about some ridiculous posts in the ALF community, which made no sense.

These posts are mostly posted by attention seekers, and the audience really loved this part of the whole show. 

-So, let's start with our first ridiculous post, which is called 'Hearing voices in Ark.'

It was Lu Fei's post, which the broadcaster Guan Zhou picked first.

He then proceeded to read out the whole post, and Ling Xiao laughed when he ended.

-It's pretty evident that it's just for attention-seeking. Who's the poster? 

-It's an anonymous post.

-Ohh! Maybe, the poster was scared that he would get roasted by the people.

The male broadcaster Guan Zhou shook his head and laughed while saying. 

-People are already roasting this post.

Guan Zhou then proceeded to read the comments on the post. He didn't read all the comments but only the most hilarious ones.

-The user 'Avatar head' says that the poster would surely be on steroids while writing the post.

-Another user called 'Little loli' says that if the poster can hear voices in his head, then she could change into a spirit. 

-Another user Ronii shows his concern and advised the poster to look for a mental hospital. He even wrote down the address of a psychiatric hospital. 

Both the broadcasters laughed at that and continued to read more comments. 

It was not like that. No one believed his post, but countless people were trying to seek attention in the ALF community.

It was hard to distinguish between an attention seeker and a person who was telling the truth. 

Although Lu Fei had posted the picture as proof, it was just not enough for the majority of the people to believe him. 

Most people would just think that it's a fake photo, and no one had time to clarify it.

-Let's look at the other ridiculous posts now.

Like that, the two broadcasters continued to read out more posts, and the show continued. 

At that point, Lu Fei was still oblivious to all of the situation. Yet, when he would come to know of this, he would inevitably spew out some curses at the broadcasters.

Lu Fei, a debt ridden orphan who struggles through his daily life. His only wish is to provide a good life to his sister.

With the threats of the loan sharks knocking on his door, he sets out to try his luck in the VR game called 'Ark'.

With a dark past as a returner and Ian has his alias, he fights in Ark for a better future for his sister.

Will he be able to reach the top?

What will happen when he suddenly got a mysterious class and he can hear the voices of spirits?

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This novel is inspired by novels like LMS, OG, EOSP, Praise the orc etc.

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[For Lynx]
[From Marinka]
[Retrieved at 0300]

Good job on catching Amar. The person hasn't talked much yet, but he mentioned something about the city of *****. Yes. The city where our operatives have taken a lot of casualties from unknown forces. If you need my help, Russian operatives will help you asap. Have a nice day Lynx. We will be happy to work with you again.

[End Of Mail]

That's how she started her morning. By reading an email from FSB through her rugged laptop. She wondered whether she could erase the bounty on his head or not. She opened the FSB favor files and noticed that there was a bounty removal option. She opened that and search for someone's name.

[Search: Adrian Patrick Grant]

She found the name with the description. His crime, his full description, his parents' name, and his last known location. Well, that was full of bad news.

[Adrian Patrick Grant]
[Bounty: 70 Million Rubles. 1 Million USD]

An unknown person that managed to kill five Directorate "V" members. He was spotted attacking a raid conducted by Dimitry squadron by planting explosives in the structure alongside another man. 

A very dangerous terrorist. Treat with caution. His body was missing. He could be alive. Suspected to be a member of Amar's terrorist group. His age might fool you, treat him with extreme caution. He is armed with explosives and booby traps. His hideout is unknown.

[Parents: Deceased]
[Birthday: 30/09/2003]

'Wait, one million? It thought it was one hundred grand. Ok, how much do I have to pay to get this bounty out of his head?' Lizeth pressed the button to pay the bounty and the result was more than shocking to her.

[Pay Bounty: 10 Million USD or Max Reputation with FSB]

'Man, I will be an FSB whore for my entire life. How the fuck is my head is as expensive as a terrorist leader? Is it because I killed a Spetsnaz?' she shouted deep inside her heart as she read that bounty. Either she must enjoy her new life or get 10 million USD as quickly as she could. 

It was 4 am in the morning. The sky outside was still dark and the room was empty. She felt lonely. She decided to unpack her suitcase into the wardrobe. The content of the suitcase was clothes from a skirt, shirt, dress, trousers, and even a full formal suit. Some of them were casual outfits such as bomber jackets and jeans. But one thing caught Lizeth's attention. Sanitary pads. Makes her wonder something, would she menstruate?

She took a shower. She observed her new parts, maybe did some exploration. She finished and wore her school clothing. She put six books for that day's subject and a laptop inside her bag. She headed downstairs where the breakfast was ready. She headed downstairs and noticed that around 20 students were eating in the common room while watching a morning soap opera on the TV.

It was lovely though, she went to the nearest table and started eating her breakfast. Iris came in front of her table, she also brought a cafeteria tray in her hands. Both of them put their bags under the table where they were eating. The breakfast was waffles with maple syrup.

"We're not in the same class," that was the first thing that Iris said in the morning. Lizeth continued eating her breakfast. She finished her breakfast and put the tray at the washing queue. She went to the main school building, her class. There were only 15 students in each class, there were 10 classes for each grade. So in total, there were around 450 students for that school.

She waited outside of the classroom, the teacher told her to wait outside since she was a transfer student. She made sure that she looked like an average school girl. She made sure that nobody looked at her scars that were obviously can't be hidden. She just didn't want to leave a bad impression on her new classmates.

The teacher opened the door, a female teacher of course, "Please come in," Lizeth walked through that door. The whole class's attention was directed to her. It made quite a commotion. Well, it was expected.

"Who's that?"

"Is she a nerd?"

"Hmm, the way she dresses clearly says that she is an obedient student, but the scars. What the hell she has been through?" 

"She's beautiful."

"She's a nerd."

"Lot of scars definitely."

The teacher told Lizeth to introduce herself. She stepped in front of the whiteboard, "My name is Lizeth Grant, you can call me Lizeth, nice to meet you all," she said.

The teacher told her to sit down. She sat down in the middle corner of the classroom. The favorite place, near the window. The teacher continued her subject, it was math.

For Lizeth who hadn't studied for two weeks, in her perception of time, a lot of X's, and the combination of Sin, Cos, and Tan certainly confused her a lot. She barely could keep up with the subjects. She was known as a smart student in her previous school, now, she was only a below-average student. She needed to do a catch up with the subjects.

The teacher gave her an assignment, of course, she barely could do it, 'Holy shit, what kind thing is this?' she asked herself. She only could answer three questions out of the ten questions. 

"Why don't you try to substitute this into this?" Another student pointed her finger at her work. It was really the solution. 

"Thanks," she continued her headache with the new question. That student further guided her until she finished all of her assignments. She was very kind. She helped her.

The next subject was physics. As if math wasn't worse enough, physics was math with a lot of twists. The combination of M, v, and t was really confusing. It was very hard, that student that was helping her, helped her again.

"You should change into kilogram first, then you count it. You won't get the result with gram," She said again. She was right again. Who was this person that was as smart as Lizeth in the pre-coma years? She was very smart.

She finished her assignment and she thanked her again. "What's your name?" Lizeth asked as she thanked her.

"My name is Clara McNamara, just call me Clara," She said to her. It was break time. The girl was sitting in front of her. She was a girl with curly hair. She looked at her, creepily. She was observing her face thoroughly.

She almost touched her face, like a lover. Lizeth held her hands before she touched her face, "It's a private area," Lizeth held her hands firmly. She apologized. 

Still, Clara being Clara, she was very curious about the large amount of scar on her face. "What happened to you?" She asked. 

"Car crash and coma for two months and a half," Lizeth lied. She wouldn't expose that the scars were from bullet wounds.

"Oh, that's why you missed a lot. Poor you. Want me to help you?" Clara offered her help. 

Lizeth agreed. A tutor would surely help her to catch up with the subjects, "Sure, where we should study?" 

"Library."

"Ok."

CIA. FSB. How can I be involved in all of this?

How can anything happen so sudden?

Is everything has a secret meaning nowadays?

Does the government always hiding something from us?

Everything went from dealing with street thugs to dealing with a conflict between the CIA and FSB. 

The clock is ticking. Got to find that nuke fast.
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This book contains a lot of technical terms.

The sea area which Chen Fan chose to "receive goods" was over 300 meters deep, and there were few vessels in the surrounding area, thus making it an ideal place for transacting. It was around 8 p.m. local time. The electric eel which was waiting at a water level of 100 meters heard the roaring sound from a propeller. Shortly after, there was a huge vessel gradually sailing toward the intended location.
　　
It was a blue 5,000-ton container ship. Its empty deck had only a 15-meter-long, five-meter-wide and two-meter-tall black aerodynamically-shaped ironclad. At the tail of the ironclad was an enclosed hatch with a rubber gasket added to it. 　
There were two methods pirates used to collect ransom money: one was making the cash cow send a helicopter to deliver it somewhere, and the other one was making the cash cow load it onto a speedboat and then discard it at a designated place. This time, they finally got a taste of their own medicine. 　　
　　　
After the blue container ship arrived, the heavy boom on the deck slowly started moving, raising the ironclad and lowering it to the water's surface before releasing the hook. Thump! The huge waves caused by the ironclad threw the six black men on the deck onto the floor, almost washing them into the sea.
　
One minute later, Chen Fan received a call from the interpreter officer again. "We've already dropped the USD at the designated place. You can send people to receive the goods." The interpreter sounded like someone in his family died, as if the 500 million USD was from his pocket.
　　
"My men have already informed me. You can tell the blue container ship to get lost now." Chen Fan was sitting on the couch and sounded a little annoyed. Chen Fan really didn't like his attitude. It's your problem if you feel pain in your heart over the money. Why do you have to vent it out on me?
Doo...doo...doo… The interpreter officer hung up the phone. 　
　　　
"Whoa...how arrogant!" Chen Fan looked at his mobile phone and pursed his lips.
　
Two minutes later, the blue container ship slowly left the sea area. Within five minutes, it couldn't be seen anymore.
　　
Fifteen meters was a piece of cake to the electric eel. With a few moves, it swam to the bottom of the ironclad which was almost submerged in water. After grabbing the center portion with its two back claws, the eel dived straight into the sea.
　　
Chen Fan wasn't afraid of anyone keeping watch nearby or using observation means such as taking photos. In the middle of the night, one could only observe up to a distance of around 600 meters even with night vision equipment. As for thermal imaging equipment, it would be useless as long as there was a water barrier, because the heat from the eel's body could not transmit to the water's surface at all. 
　
After getting the money, Chen Fan gave a sinister smile before pressing the redial key on his mobile phone.
"Hello?" The interpreter officer still sounded like a jerk. 　
"I've already gotten the stuff, but I'm not in the best of moods now....so I'd like you to do something to cheer me up!" The interpreter suddenly had a bad feeling. Just when he was about to speak, Chen Fan cut him off. "Give yourself two tight slaps!" Chen Fan sat casually on the couch with his legs crossed. "I'll give you five seconds to consider!"
"What?" The interpreter was dumbstruck. What is this? Slap myself? 　　
"Uh-huh." Chen Fan's lips curled upwards. "One, two, three, four…"　　
Pah! Pah! After counting to four, two slapping sounds came from the phone. Who knew if they were real. 　
Doo...doo...doo… It was Chen Fan who hung up the phone this time. At the same time, the electric eel which was hiding at the Gulf of Aden suddenly opened its eyes. Bringing along the pike and the ironclad, it quickly swam toward the direction of Zhongyun.
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At 11:30 a.m., Chen Fan drove to the school to pick Yun Meng before bringing her to the nearby supermarket for shopping. At the supermarket, Chen Fan suddenly stopped and then walked two steps back with a weird expression on his face. Then, he kept staring at a poster on the telephone pole. 　
　
"Brother Chen Fan, what's wrong?" Yun Meng followed Chen Fan's gaze curiously before giving out an "ah" and covering her mouth.
　　
"Missing."
"I'm a resident at Second Floor of Block C, Bolan District. I lost a pet yesterday; its scientific name is North American Lynx. It has gray fur with dense black spots all over and long white fur at the chin. Anyone who provides useful information will be rewarded 1,000 RMB. The person who helps to find the pet will be rewarded 5,000 RMB. Attached: my contact number and photo of the pet."
　　
The animal on the clear colored photo was exactly the same as the creature Chen Fan killed the night before.
　　　
"This...this…" Chen Fan touched his chin awkwardly and then pulled Yun Meng's hand. "Stop looking. Let's get out of here quick! We'll be dead if the owner discovers us."
Swoosh! Two patches of red began to spread to the cheeks from under the ears before extending toward the neck. After trying to struggle free unsuccessfully, Yun Meng could only follow Chen Fan's footsteps passively. 　　
　　
Lunch was a little perplexing. Yun Meng secretly glanced at Chen Fan from time to time, but when he looked at her, she quickly looked away and bit her chopsticks, feeling all confused. 
　
Of course, the relationship between men and women was an extremely complicated geometric equation. Not only would it branch out to many vexing wrong calculations, there were also no solutions in the end. 
　　
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At 6 p.m. Zhongyun time, the electric eel arrived at the sea south of Oman territory. It planned to rest for a while before continuing toward the Arabian Sea and then go all the way to Sri Lanka's territorial waters the next day.
　　
Just as Chen Fan was feeling bored and controlling the electric eel to chase an 11-meter long baleen whale, his parents' voices came from downstairs.
"Isn't it better to go to Jiuzhaigou? The scenery there is definitely superb. Why do you have to go to the Wudang Mountains?" Chen Fan's mother looked at her husband as she walked up the stairs. "You don't have an ex-lover in the Wudang Mountains. What do you wanna go there for?"
　
"As you wish. I'm not gonna argue with you alright?" Chen Fan's father took of his jacket and placed it over his shoulders. After seeing Chen Fan sitting on the couch upstairs and looking into the bedroom he asked, "Son, where's Meng Er? Why don't I see he upstairs or downstairs?"
　　
"She went to school." Chen Fan stood up to stretch himself. "I took her for registration yesterday!"
"This child is a little autistic. It's good to let her go to school so that she can interact with new classmates." Chen Fan's mother let out a sigh and walked to the front of the coffee table. "Son, your dad and I will be setting off tomorrow. You have to take good care of Meng Er and don't bully her!"
　　
"Do I look like I will?" Chen Fan pointed at his own nose, looking as if he had been greatly wronged. "I didn't even let her cook, and I still ordered takeout at noon."
　　
Chen Fan's mother gave him a contemptuous look. "I don't know what you did, but your cousins all run away whenever they see you."
"That's because they were mischievous. I gotta teach them a lesson before they get out of hand." Chen Fan placed the remote control on the coffee table in her hand. "I'm going in to play on the computer." 
　　　
The next morning, Chen Fan's parents gave him a few winks with deep hidden meaning before getting onto the tour bus with two bags of luggage.
　　
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Six days later, the electric eel, which had crossed the territory of two continents, finally returned to Zhongyun City after half a month. Chen Fan did not rush to deliver the money to the shipyard, but controlled the eel to the 20-meter long and 100-meter deep hole which it had dug among the reefs. After throwing the pike into the hole, the eel then carried the ironclad and swam toward the shipyard. 
　　　
As there was a speedboat inside the shipyard; Chen Fan had to drive it to the side so that it leaned close to the cement stairs. After waiting until 10 p.m., he opened the main gate of the shipyard and let the electric eel secretly bring the ironclad inside. 
At its current length of over 70 meters, the electric eel had to expose half of its body to enter the shipyard. As the shipyard was only a little over 50 meters long, its tail had to stay outside.
Thump! The electric eel, with half of its black back exposed, forcefully raised the black aerodynamic head and threw the ironclad onto the steps with its two-meter long shiny claws.
　　　　　　　　
If a novelist had witnessed this scene, he would definitely exclaim the birth of a "sea dragon" before using a whole load of flowery words to describe this huge creature which could only be found in fairytales.
　　
"This is even more eye-catching than a sea dragon!" Chen Fan exclaimed while squatting on the steps. "Not only can this big fella of mine release electricity, but it can also use electromagnetic induction to strengthen its pituitary gland. Can a sea dragon do that?" After fantasizing for a while, Chen Fan walked to the front of the ironclad thrown up the shore. With his two hands on the rotating disk, he turned it toward the left forcefully.
Creak, creak, creak.
After the rotating disk hit the bottom, the hatched suddenly opened by a huge force, and countless brightly-colored hundred dollar bills printed with the head portrait of Franklin gushed out like a burst in a dam, covering Chen Fan's calves.
　　　　
How much is 500 million USD? Chen Fan remembered he had previously seen on the internet a photo of 200 million USD hidden by a Mexican drug trafficker. Like everyone else, he was stunned by the heaps of banknotes at that time. However, what he was seeing with his own eyes now and belonged to him was two and a half times that in the photo.
Five hundred million USD! This wasn't a simple Arabic numeral, but the world's strongest currency which could fill up an entire bedroom. Looking at a large portion of the bills inside the hatch which had not flowed out, Chen Fan felt his heart almost popping out.
　　　　　
No wonder there had been reports of people winning 500 million and then dying of heart attack. This was because the visual impact was simply too huge! After half an hour, Chen Fan finally struggled out of his mania. Although the US dollars were a huge sum, he couldn't use them yet as they had to be "laundered" clean first.
Therefore, Chen Fan decided to feed the electric eel with the eight pieces of crystals which had already turned into ghost moon incense. He wanted to see if the eel would be like the hulk after drinking the transformation solution, increasing its strength, endurance, and explosiveness by more than a level!
　　


Because of an accident, Chen Fan obtained the power to possess an electric eel!
Of course, being an ambitious guy, Chen Fan just HAD to explore his Electric Eel Avatar thoroughly!
Captains, are the Somali pirates still giving you a headache? Come and hire me online, and I will guarantee that your ship will be even safer than protected by an American aircraft carrier!

Chapter 11 – First pot of gold
"30,000? Huang Zong, you must be teasing! Little girl, I'll put 50,000 Yuan." (7930 USD)
"I'll give 60,000." Another person spoke from the crowd. (9510 USD)
"70,000!" (11,100 USD)
"80,000!" (12,685 USD)
…
"120,000!" (19,025 USD)
The people sighed. One sting of blue and white porcelain of the Ming and Qing dynasties could sell for up to 120,000!
Gu Ning was also quite surprised. She had never really come into contact with antiques or jade before. While she knew that antiques could fetch a pretty penny, she didn't know that it was to such an extent.
She also thought that she would be selling the bracelet for 40,000 or 50,000 Yuan at most. The Lingqi in the bracelet was very faint, meaning that the bracelet wasn't all that old, therefore, not very valuable.
For her past body, 120,000 Yuan wasn't anything worth drooling over but for poverty-stricken present body, it was a great sum.
Finally, Gu Ning settled at 120,000 Yuan for the bracelet.
Although the people in the crowd wanted to sob at the sky-high 120,000, the senior experts knew that if Ming and Qing dynasties' blue and white porcelain was put on the market, it would be worth more than 180,000 Yuan. (28,540 USD)
Although the bracelet was made of broken fragments that still didn't mean that the price would be low.
In the current market, blue and white chinaware from the Ming and Qing dynasties would sell for millions, meaning that this bracelet itself would also sell for around 200,000 Yuan. (31,710 USD)
Not mentioning the fact that Gu Ning wasn't aware of the price like the experts, even if she found out that this bracelet would sell for double what she had received, she wouldn't regret her decision.
She was in dire need of money, and there was no time for her to go through the processes to put the bracelet up for sale on the market.
Even more, she didn't know how to go about putting the bracelet up for sale.
There were assigned banks in the antique market, so after the transaction was decided, she headed straight to the bank.
Gu Ning didn't have a bank card, but she had brought her ID. Therefore she used her card to manage the transaction.
After she got the money, Gu Ning handed the bracelet to the buyer and separated the appraiser's service charge.
The service charges ranged anywhere from one to ten thousand depending on the transaction.
Gu Ning had entered the antique circles with this, but it was nothing more than mosquito meat to the experts, therefore she was told that 2,000 to 3,000 Yuan would suffice.
However, Gu Ning wasn't that stingy. She transferred 10,000 Yuan and was left over with 110,000. (1,589 USD 17,480 USD)
When Gu Ning came out of the bank, she could feel the eyes of several people glued to her.
The streets of the market were quite crowded; it wouldn't be odd for some people to notice that she had just made a transaction.
Gu Ning kept to herself and quietly made her way out of the market.
But she had just left the crowd behind when several people surrounded her as if they feared that one step slower and Gu Ning would disappear.
The 4 men were all about 20 years old or so. It was quite obvious that they were local ruffians.
When the surrounding people were frightened when they saw the ruffians and most of them ran away. No one dared to stay and help Gu Ning.
"Hand over the money you got a moment ago, otherwise don't blame us for being impolite." A yellow-haired man standing opposite to Gu Ning threatened in a cold voice.
"Oh? Impolite how?" Gu Ning narrowed her eyes, her laziness and disdain made obvious.
When the expected begs for mercy didn't come, the men were surprised for a short moment.
It didn't take long for them to come up with an explanation. It seemed that the little idiot believed that the surrounding people would help her.
Don't joke, they were regulars in the area and even they had even made a name for themselves. Who would dare to interfere in their business, ah?
"Humph! Don't think someone will help you, they don't dare. If you know your own limits, hand over the money!" Yellow Hair continued to threaten.
Seeing the surrounding people making a run for it, naturally, Gu Ning knew that they wouldn't try to save her. But she didn't need someone to come to her rescue. She could knock out these sorts of petty hooligans in minutes.
"If you have the skill, come and take it yourself!" Gu Ning provoked.
Seeing Gu Ning's arrogant face, several of the ruffians couldn't keep still.
"Since you want to act like that, don't blame us. Get her!" Yellow Hair commanded his friends with obvious hate.
Two people walked towards Gu Ning, planning to hold her down.
They had only just approached her when Gu Ning kicked one of the men in the belly. "AH!" The man fell to the ground with a pitiful yell.
Turning to the other man, Gu Ning swept his leg out. He too fell to the ground with a pitiful yell.
The two other ruffians could only stare with their eyes wide open. They didn't think that the little girl would be so fierce!
Before Gu Ning had made another move, she saw Yellow Hair rushing at her from the side. She simply kicked her foot at him, and he too collapsed to the ground with a pitiful yell.
When Gu Ning turned to the last person, he turned and made a run for it out of reflex. He had only taken three steps before he collided full force with a pole and fell to the ground as well.
"Puchi," Gu Ning was unable to hold in her laughter.
At this moment a schoolboy trampled on the passed out Yellow Hair as he ran towards Gu Ning. "Gu Ning, it's really you! I thought I saw wrong but it's really you! I didn't think that you were so fierce, even knocked out these four pigs in one go!"
Gu Ning was familiar with this boy. He was the No.1 ranked student of the best class of the third years at her school, named Mu Ke.
With a height close to 1 meter and 80 centimeters, Mu Ke was the sunshine and handsome type.
She and Mu Ke weren't in the same class; she only got to know him because he was in the same class as Qin Zheng. He was on good terms with Qin Zheng and he was aware of the true reason why Qin Zheng started dating the previous Gu Ning.
However, though he was friends with Qin Zheng, he was the just type. When he found out the truth, he had hinted to the previous Gu Ning the truth several times.
But because Gu Ning was foolishly in love with Qin Zheng, she was unable to even hear blunt words, much less vague hints.
Thinking so far, Gu Ning's impression of the boy was still on the better side.
"Classmate Mu, thank you." Gu Ning thanked the boy with a friendly smile and sincere gratitude.
Although she didn't need someone to come and rescue her, it was irrefutable that the boy had tried. She would sincerely receive his benevolence.
Gu Ning's appearance was quite exquisite, only she didn't have the means to doll herself up. Furthermore, she didn't have much of a presence either, leading her to appear plain and unremarkable.
But now that the new Gu Ning was smiling at him, Mu Ke could only gawk with a red face.
"You're welcome but I don't think I could have done anything much even if I had the chance to take them on." Somewhat embarrassed, Mu Ke scratched his hair in fear that Gu Ning would think he was being nosy.
"But you tried anyway, so thank you." Gu Ning said.
Mu Ke was embarrassed even more, but he remembered an important matter all of a sudden. Looking intently at Gu Ning, he asked with worry, "Ah, I heard them say that you had an accident after Qin Zheng broke up with you on Friday. Are you alright?"
Mu Ke didn't bring up the matter to poke at Gu Ning's sore spot, but out of genuine concern.
Because he wasn't present when Qin Zheng dumped Gu Ning, he had only heard about it later.
He couldn't help but think that Qin Zheng was too cruel with his actions, that he acted without a conscience. But no matter what, he still didn't have the right to meddle in other people's affairs.
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She was originally a puppet of her family. Pursued by the police for being a business spy and hitman, she was betrayed and fell into the sea.

When she opened her eyes again, she had turned into an ordinary high school student. Because of a disgraceful birth, she had been crowded out by her relatives. Because of inferiority complex and antisocial behavior, she was bullied by her classmates.

But now she is no longer someone who acts timid. Cheat her, and she will break your bones.

She possesses formidable Jade pupils capable of seeing through walls. Other people have difficulty breaking through jade, their sight for antiques is based on gambles, but she only needs a look.

An undertaking begins as she creates legends in the world of business.

Once upon a time, they laughed at her poor and destitute state. Now looking at her net worth of 10 billion, it can’t be explained.

To the relatives that come to hug her thighs, she must apologize: “We broke off relations long ago, so get lost!”

West Village, New York.
Murdoch Residence.

Two weeks after his woke up from the coma, James finally stay in this residence after his discharged from the hospital. Actually, he want to be discharged earlier but his family insisted that he has to be monitored until it was 200 % sure there's nothing wrong with him. Because of this he once again felt blessed by how he loved by his family, almost to the point of crying.

And now here he is, in one of the so many properties his family own. 
His father, Rupert Murdoch actually rarely stayed in the United States. As a media mogul and as a major shareholder of News Corporation he is still more focus in Australia and UK market, even though he already officially became a U.S citizen last year. As for his mother Anna Maria Murdoch was a former reporter for one of his father's subsidiary newspaper and then they got married in 1967. By their marriage born Elizabeth, Lachland, and James himself. Elizabeth was born in 1968, she will be 17 this year and going to college next year. His older brother, Lachland was born in 1971 and just one year older than him, he is still in high school right now. As for the not mention half-sister, Prudence Murdoch, he really not know much about her. He only knew she stayed in London and already work in Daily Mirror newspaper for so long. Ever since his childhood he rarely saw or communicated with this sister of him. He didn't know if it was because of him or because of her but there's something like instinctual alienation feeling if he thought about her. James also remember he didn't see his half-sister face when he was bed-sick in hospital until this day. 

" Sigh, what a complicated family. " James thought.

James tried hard to recall what he knew about other family matters from his alternate life memories but he can't remember any crucial information that will affect the overall condition of his family except one, he knows his parents will divorce in 1999. If there'll be no butterfly effect happen, this will affect Elizabeth the most but he by no means will try to interfere in his parents business because he knew how complicated life as an adult was, and he thought it is for the best if they can solve the problem by themselves no matter what the results.

" Well, my father will always be my father and my mother will always be my mother, nothing can change that no matter what happen. I just focus on what I can do so that they both can be proud to have a son named James Rupert Jacob Murdoch. " This thought made James more determined to achieve his ultimate dream. 

Although The Murdoch family already have business in America such as New York Post and the behemoth 20th Century Fox film studio but because of Rupert Murdoch's focus and obsession this time concentrated in the expansion of his TV Network and in addition in the U.S side this time there are still strict regulations on national TV Network which forbid mergers with other media, Rupert Murdoch has no choice but to  focus more in Australia and U.K market and temporary neglect the development of his business here. Thinking about his father, James can't help but sighed.

" hah, If only my old man can realize how extreme the potential of movie industry will be, he maybe try to have more focus here. Well, it's fine anyway.  There is still me and my other memories to cope and "eat" everything here and it should be fun to see his expression on later days after he missed this big gold mine. He probably would resented me to death... hahaha " Imagine the will red-face funny moment of his father, James can't help but laugh.

" Now then, what should I do to achieve my ultimate american dream? should I follow Eric Williams' perverted way? or should I try Simon Westeros' ruthless method? " James couldn't help but recall those two characters from the two light novels about hollywood he once read in his leisure time in his alternate life. How those two protagonist try to achieve their dreams one by one, step by step until they became the absolute Rulemaker. James remembered everything in those stories and how he fancy their luck. And the luck finally come upon himself. Now, it's his turn. 

" How can I miss this opportunity? If I can only be a mediocre one in this life, might as well go suicide and don't ask to be reborn again. "

" In this world I can only be the best, the absolute or at least near-absolute, if I claim to be the second best, no one should even dare to be the number one. "

" But Luckily I have a better start than those two. At least I'm a "noveau-riche" upstart. I can nurture my solid foundation in this world faster and then become A Ruler of my own game. Alright then, first is The Target, I better start to write my plan now before I forget it " and then James started to write his first feasible target.

" Hmmm... let's see... 1986, huh... if I'm not wrong, Marvel Comics Group should be sold by Candence industries to the New World Entertainment by November of this year... Now it's late july, the deal is in November 1986, I still have around at least one month to enter the bidding war and then I need to enter the bid as soon as possible so that I can win this precious asset. The problem now is MONEY. I need at least 2 million USD to enter the bid to win this gold mine and maximum 10 million USD for the worst but I believe I can win this asset for only maximum 4 or 5 million USD but just in case there's another unexpected situation. In the 80's 4 million USD maybe equal to 85 million USD in the 2000's if I based it on the inflation. 85 million USD for something that people think has no value beside its comic books and toys is already considered very generous. Even DC Comics Group once in 1983 was offered by Steve Ross, CEO of Warner Bros. to Marvel Comics Group to be acquired by my Marvel but got rejected. Marvel's reason DC comic lack of characters imagination value if compare to Marvel's characters. Then there goes down the most shocking revelation in later years. That's why I highly doubted there'll will be someone who can realize this Marvel Comics group potential. Even The New World Entertainment Studio was sold to Ron Perelman The Wall Street sniper for only just about 82.5 Million USD in 1989 and that even including this Marvel Comics Group. How cheap was that for something that has billions of dollars potential years later. This can proof how short-sighted people can be. So I am confident I can win this asset with just 4 million USD. So, the next task is how to convince my old man to lend me that amount of money. He will almost likely beat me to death if suddenly I asked for 4 million USD not to mention 10 million USD. And even if my old man somehow agree, my age limit will prohibit me to participate in bid for this "gold mine". Maybe, I better start asking if there's any possibility I can find a way to bypass this obstacle. Sigh, I really need an advisor right now. " Like that James Murdoch decide to try to convince his father and also try ask him maybe can help him so that James can open and own a company in his own name. After that James circle the Marvel Comics Group's sign with his pencil. First Target confirmed. 

MARVEL COMICS GROUP. 


" Ok, since the first target has already been confirmed now I have to make The First Step to enter the Hollywood. " 

James aware that before the information Era in the late 90's and 2000's, people either from U.S or other countries will always synonimized American dream with Hollywood. American Dream is Hollywood, and vice versa. How to enter Hollywood is no problem for James, the problem is.

" Damn. Too many choices. I can't even decide which one. As director myself in my alternate life, I can pick one from all movies I remember that have high probabilities to achieve a great box office. But if I have a too great achievement in this early stage, others will become aware of me and try follow up and put obstacles in my way. In addition I'm one of the murdochs. Nobody are willing to see another giant to be media mogul born from the murdochs. People will always be in vigilance because of me. So, I have to make a hit box office movie and at the same time create camouflage image for now. What movie should it be? hmmm... "

James tried so hard to think about it and finally his thought crossed to that certain movie.
That movie is really have simple story.

 " Yup the simple the better. "

That movie is about the story of a naughty kid.

" In many people eyes I'm just a kid. I'm 13 years Old. So people won't be suspicious if I make movie about a naughty kid myself. Only a kid can understand another kid... Hahaha, this is perfectly tailored for me. "

That movie doesn't need high-level technique in shooting.

" Yeah, It would acceptable even if an amateur shoot it. "

James thought that movie is really nothing special but the idea behind it is really innovative and marvelous. James can't help but muttered.

" Who on Earth can thought such a story, only John Hughes can. So, Mr. Hughes, I can really say thank you and I'm sorry for robbing you from your future work, but I will compensate you in another way later. "

Just like that James finally decide to enter Hollywood with his first original-piracy work : HOME ALONE.

" OK, time to write the script. "

American dream, the first thought must be Hollywood. 

" Oh My God, I'm actually here. Princess Drew, Queen Kathryn, wait for me. " 

This novel is about ultimate American Dream : Hollywood & Hollywood. This novel was written because nobody was willing to translate my favorite Qidian novel "I'm in Hollywood" & "Hollywood Hunter". So, Don't read this novel because this is a complete copy of those novel above. A complete plagiarism.

The year 2124, June 24. Exactly at 12:00 midnight which is also at the military time of 2400.

In the middle of the Holy Asian Alliance's Territory. The vast majority of the land consists of only skyscrapers and the lowest amongst them have at least 60 floors.

But the reality is not much going to fortune, the current population of the World has already reached a trillion plus, hence, by the passage of time, more apartments were erected as high as they can.

The richest amongst all the people bought their own lands and those that couldn't follow up whether they are rich, average, or poor can only settle with living in an apartment.

It's not that they can't buy their own property, instead, there are no more lands for sale.

Right now, the middle of the Holy Asian Alliance's country was treated as the commercial area and farther and farther away are either apartments or a high rise market.

A boy at the age of 17 in his high school stage is currently playing with some friends inside the Capsule Rental apartment. The whole of the 30th floor inside the Skyscraper is actually for online game lovers.

The boy's name is Kas Shen.

"Shen, let's go for one more run, we might earn a few more money after it!" The one that spoke is his best friend, Lug Pwan.

Shen removes his gaming helmet as he moves out of the capsule; "Nah, I`m good, I don't have any spare money to play for another hour or so."

Pwan chuckles; "They say that a violet item usually appears at the 10th run, why not try it? I`ll treat you for an hour. If there's no great item, we'll just call it quits for today."

Shen ponders for a bit as he looks at his left wrist where a watch like-thing is attached: "Let me check my balance first."

"Sure." Pwan smiles as he nodded in response.

Shen chuckles as he pressed it for a few time. After he tinkered with it, something like a hologram appears.

*Public Details*
Name: Kas Shen
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Father: -Deceased-
Mother: -Deceased-
Siblings: -None-
School: 7th City High School
Social Standings: Orphan.
Address: 7th City, Susak Apartment Complex, room 1224.

Balance:
USD: 3.24

Seeing the money left in his account, Shen couldn't help but chuckles; "The least that I could do is buy a bread tomorrow morning."

Hearing this, all four of Shen's classmate couldn't help but laugh too. One of them, Hisao pats Shen on the shoulder: "Don't worry, it's not like the rest of us aren't scraping day by day."

The rest of the gang also nods their head: "Yep! We just have to get lucky and get a purple item this time!"

Shen finally nods his head as he looks at Pwan: "It's your treat! Remember that."

Pwan chuckles as he equipped his gaming helmet again: "No problem, I still got $9 left in my account."

With that, all of them entered the capsule again to play.

"Hmmm?" At this moment, Shen became bewildered.

[Do you want to survive the apocalypse that's to come? [Yes] or [No] ]

"A Phishing ad? That's too old school, nobody will believe that." Shen tries to brush it off but it just wouldn't go away.

Shen: "Kwan, some phishing ad is blocking my monitor and it's not going away." 

Kwan: "Eh? That must be a very great virus, just move it to somewhere that won't block your vision."

Shen sighs as one side of his mouth curls in displease and moves it to the upper left corner of his vision.

30 minutes had passed.

Inside the game.

Hisao: "Shen! Tank it now!"

Shen: "On it!"

[Do you want to survive the apocalypse that's to come? [Yes] or [No] ]

The window popped up again in front of Shen.

Shen felt nervous as they are right now in the middle of fighting the boss; "Wait! Swap with me! The phishing site is blocking my vision again!"

Kwan frowns: "Zumi! Swap with Shen now!"

Zumi, one of their classmate nods; "On it!"

After just 10 seconds, Shen finally prepared again: "Swap!"

Zumi: "Swap!"

As soon as Shen enters the combat, Zumi immediately backs away to recover his missing health.

Kwan chuckles: "Good! Good! Good! Just a little bit more!"

Zumi: "I got 1/4 of my HP up!"

Hisao: "Keep recovering, we might need you in full when the boss goes berserk!"

Zumi: "Got it!"

Shen is diligently tanking the boss as he takes a low-quality potion every time its cooldown is finished.

[Do you want to survive the apocalypse that's to come? [Yes] or [No] ]

Shen grits his teeth: "The phishing ad is up again."

Kwan frowns again: "Just keep tanking for now and try to brush it off to the sides."

Shen nodded: "Okay, I`ll do my best."

All of them did their best to deal as much damage to the boss, but at this moment, the boss went berserk.

"GROAAAAAAAAH!!!" A hell piercing scream resounded.

*Party member "Kwan" has been disabled for 5 seconds*

*Party member "Hisao" has been disabled for 5 seconds.*

*Party member "Zumi" has resisted being disabled for 5 seconds.*

*Party member "Sukim" has been disabled for 5 seconds.*

*Party member "Shen" has been paralyzed for 5 seconds."

Kwan: "Shen! The boss is going to attack me!"

Shen: "I`m paralyzed! Zumi! Swap! Swap!"

Zumi: "I`m going!"

Party member "Kwan" has been struck by the boss "Silver Fanged Iron Wolf"
-2,155 HP!! Critical!

Kwan couldn't help but frown: "D*mn it! I`m a damage dealer! Why are you letting the boss hit me!"

Hisao also frowns: "Zumi is too far away and Shen is paralyzed, just take the hit and we'll kill it after!"

The atmosphere became awkward amongst the five of them as they silently played the game.

Silver Fanged Iron Wolf
HP: 124/98,824

When the boss finally became an easy kill, Kwan immediately smiles: "I`ll kill it now! Desperate Slash!"

Shen smiles as their hunt will finally end and he'll be able to sleep too, but something is amiss when Shen looks at the boss. because in front of him is...

[Do you want to survive the apocalypse that's to come? [Yes] or [No] ]

Shen couldn't help but be annoyed: "F*ck you!!!"

All of them heard it and lost focus for a while, and just at that moment, they heard a shout.

"Gaaa!"

Kwan was struck with another critical hit and in addition, the boss' passive activated.

[Blood offering has been activated. The boss' HP will regenerate 2x of the damage dealt.]

Silver Fanged Iron Wolf
HP: 6,914/98,824

Everyone looked at Shen in shock too.

Kwan: "D*mn it Shen! What the hell are you doing!"

Hisao: "Now's not the time to argue! Let's kill the boss!"

Shen felt extremely guilty as he moves the notification to the side again and focused on dealing with the boss.

15 minutes had passed.

All five of them finally finished the boss.

"Yeah!" All of them howled in excitement.

Hisao: "Look! There's a violet chest! two of them!"

Hearing Hisao, everyone looks at the chests on the ground and couldn't help but be excited.

"Who's going to open it?" Hisao asks as it's always a round-robin whenever a loot drops and basing the luck on alternately between each player.

Kwan chuckles as he immediately dashes forward; "I`ll go! I`ll pick up the two boxes too!"

As soon as Kwan finishes his words, he's already beside the chest.

A slightly blinding light appears from the box as it slowly opens.

All of the party members excluding Shen felt mad, but what's done is done.

The two items appear in front of them with a window displaying its properties.

Shield of the Corrupted Knight
Lvl: 49
Quality: Violet (Top-grade)
Defense: 395
Movespeed: -20
Durability: 120/120

Set effect: (2/4/6)
2: +115 Defense
4: Movespeed +75
    Attack +36
6: 15% Block rate

Game/Market Price: Above 25,000 Gold/USD

Gauntlet of the Corrupted Knight
Lvl: 46
Quality: Violet (Mid-grade)
Defense: 98
Attack: 45
Movespeed: -5
Durability: 89/89

Set effect: (2/4/6)
2: +115 Defense
4: Movespeed +75
    Attack +36
6: 15% Block rate

Game/Market Price: Above 25,000 Gold/USD

Everyone's eyes shone brightly. The expectation that they'll have a few years of an easy life is making them extremely happy right now.

But the other four didn't expect something.

[Player "Kwan" has acquired the "Gauntlet of the Corrupted Knight".]

[Player "Kwan" has acquired the "Shield of the Corrupted Knight".]

[Player "Kwan." has left the party.]

[Your friend "Kwan" has deleted you from his friend list.]

[Player "Kwan" has left the dungeon.]

The continuous spam of notices made all of them speechless.

"Wha... LOG OUT! LOG OUT!" Hisao was the first one to actually realize what happened.

The three of them woke up immediately and logs out of the game.

It takes at least 15 seconds to log out of the game and another 5 seconds from getting out of the capsule and removing their helmets. Kwan has a lead of at least 10 seconds, and it will be near impossible for them to find kwan after they lose their sight of him.

Shen felt too shock to even move from his spot.

Shen: "What... What actually happened?"

Shen already know what happened but reality is too harsh for him to accept. His best friend since childhood, actually betrayed them all for money.

Shen with tears in his eyes slowly stood up: "Kwan... Why... why did you do such a thing."

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Hello everyone, I`m Beheader, the Author of Apocalypse and will also be the translator of my own novel!

I am not literate in english, so do pardon me with the translations I will be doing.

Want faster release? You can always help me with my financial problems!

Links will be posted after chapter 20!
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"I`m but a normal man, wanting to lose my virginity, be married, and date a lady of my dreams! ... Wait, that seems to be in reverse but I`ll still do it! A normal lame life!"

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I am but a normal high school boy, but this thing keeps popping out of every internet browser I open.

"This god*mn virus!!!"

Due to my irritation, I clicked it.

[You have been and will be the only player of this World! I wish you all the good luck!

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