บท 71: Heavenly Fortune Physique

Later, after the game merges, they will try to control every player in the name of keeping peace but instead exploit them to grow quickly.

This was what happened at the start after the game merged. The government bought tokens from some players at a low price in exchange for their safety, which they never got.

If a player refused, there would be a new body lying around in a dark corner after a few days.

That is how it was in the previous timeline, and this was the reason why the government had enough power to be in the top 10 across the leaderboards.

They were not the same government as before, as the leaders changed to those who did not care about normal cultivators and instead exploited them till death.

This is also why they had a bad reputation after the game merged.