This Game Is Too Realistic

At the airport north of Dawn City.

A large transport plane with a blue flame spitting out from its tail slowly landed on the spacious runway.

A group of players stood by the airport, enviously discussing when the New Alliance could also get one of those planes.

Seeing a piece of shit Mole crawl out of the cargo hold, the nearby Mosquito curiously approached and asked, "Where's Ample Time? Why didn't he come back with you?"

Escaping Mole shook his head and smiled. "No, that guy has been missing since he got to Ideal City, who knows where he went off to?"

Hearing what he said, Mosquito burst into laughter, sneering as he made up a story. "Got it! That guy must have partied himself into oblivion at a nightclub!"

Taking Lives grinned instantly and yelled, "Does he even care about his poor little wife at home!"

Chasing Souls roared, "That's despicable!!"

Killing Gods quickly joined in the fun. "Spread the word! Ample Time partied until he went missing!"

Stopping Fights echoed, "Spreading it now, spreading it with everyone!"

Watching the group of restless fellows, Escaping Mole chuckled to himself.

Let them spread it! The wilder the news, the better. That would make us feel a lot better about that bastard who got everything...

However, he had barely enjoyed his secret delight for two seconds when the brothers from the Skeleton Corps crowded around him.

All of them were not polite at all! They didn't bother with the slightest small talk before they eagerly pressed him.

"Bro, how about the game?"

"Is it launched yet?"

"How are the sales? Why didn't you bring back a gaming console to check it out?"

Escaping Mole's expression was a bit awkward as he scratched his head and chuckled. "It was just launched! There can't be any sales numbers from last night."

As for the gaming console, that was even more hopeless.

They needed to be connected to the Endpoint Cloud to use it.

Although it was said that the shelter's server was also a quantum computer, the administrator probably wouldn't use precious computing power and nuclear energy just for them to play games.

Irene, who maintained a playful smile on his face, looked at Escaping Mole and said, "Remember, if it flops, you're selling your ass to pay us back."

"Over a million! Brother..." Elf Wang was also grinning as he slapped his shoulder hard. "Don't forget! That's over a million silver coins!"

Sweat beads the size of beans appeared on Escaping Mole's forehead as he forced a smile: "Worry not, when have I ever scammed you guys? This project is totally solid! Steady as a rock!"

While he said it, his mind was full of complaints.

These damn fools!

I'm trying to make you rich, cutting the neighbor's leeks, and you're all fixated on that initial capital! Can't you see the bigger picture?

If their game exploded in Ideal City, the brothers from the Skeleton Corps would immediately become the richest tycoons in the New Alliance!

Everything will get better!

However, those little bastards seemed completely unconcerned with the money! They were mainly interested to see if Escaping Mole would really end up selling his butt if he lost their money.

Veteran cloud gamer, Lightning Professor, had already opened betting on the forum, betting a hefty bunch of silver coins that his game absolutely won't capture the market.

The reasoning was complex.

Setting-wise, even if you don't count the Prosperity Era, people have been playing with games for over 200 years! Their time surfing the net was longer than Earth's by god knew how many times!

What haven't they seen before?

The reason they didn't have that type of game wasn't because they couldn't make it, but because of market selection!

Even This_lord_is_arrogant_what_can_you_do also bet half a silver coin of his New Year's money. Of course... It wasn't because he lacked money, but because he didn't care.

Talking reasonably, although the game was virtual, they also needed to be logical. As long as they weren't in line with his logic, even if it was possible, it would be stupid! Hah! Everything would be wrong if it didn't conform to what he knew!

Everyone was joking around with Escaping Mole.

The next second, their attention shifted as an azure exoframe started walking in their direction while holding a huge Nitrogen-Powered Hammer and a Gauss Rifle.

Out of respect for that respected being, everyone quickly held their tongue.

Especially Escaping Mole. He looked like he had seen his savior after spotting the administrator.

He quickly seized the opportunity to escape from his brothers, standing up straight with loyal posture. He slammed his right fist knocking against his chest. "Respected administrator, may I ask why you have summoned your most loyal warrior back? What are your orders?"

Chu Guang simply smiled lightly.

He didn't answer directly, but gestured with his hand. "Come with me."

After he spoke, he turned and walked towards the direction outside the airport.

Seeing that figure's back, Escaping Mole was slightly stunned before excitement filled his heart. He hurried after the azure exoframe.

Since they couldn't speak in public... It had to be something amazing!

As Escaping Mole walked towards the barracks, bathed in the envious, jealous, and hateful glances of the others, a pale-faced lady was limping down the airplane's cabin door.

As soon as her feet touched the ground, she couldn't help but retch.

Technically speaking, the Orca transport planes were electric transport craft, which flew much steadier than crafts powered by petrol.

But people differed in physique, and some just couldn't tolerate such movements. Li Shuyue was one of them.

She didn't understand why she had chosen to leave Ideal City for the first time to such a far place.

She felt fine riding maglev cars and elevators, but she started feeling airsick not long after leaving Ideal City.

Li Changkong was surprised to see the woman coming down from the plane and hurried over to help her. "Director Li? What are you doing here?"

Although Moonlike Group was just a subsidiary of Ideal Corporation, no one dared to underestimate her.

As the construction administrator of Ideal Corporation, Li Changkong knew quite a bit about the family situations of the major shareholders within the group. For example, Li Shuyue's father was one of the major shareholders of Ideal Corporation.

Moonlike Group achieving a market value of 10 billion was certainly due to her abilities, but securing financing and orders from Ideal Corporation also played a significant role due to her background.

Her situation wasn't uncommon in Ideal City.

Due to the centralized management of Ideal City, which initially landed in the financial field, there was no such thing as a central bank there, nor banks serving the central bank.

The asset management and venture capital departments of major groups performed some of the functions of banks, especially startup companies wanting to secure funding. They either borrow money from other companies, launch crowdfunding projects on Endpoint Cloud, or they could only get venture capital from other companies or potential clients through roadshows.

As for why that phenomenon occured, it had to start with the nature of their currency.

"... Is this Dawn City?" Li Shuyue looked around, her expression slightly disappointed at the bare soil and monotonous hangars nearby.

It felt like a very special survivor settlement.

It might not even compare to some of the larger survivor cities in the Among Cloud Province.

When she researched information on Endpoint Cloud before, she had some expectations.

Especially those scholars and experts from Ideal City, who bragged without shame, almost proclaiming the New Alliance as the hope of human civilization, one of the few successful sociological experiments, their kin of a different path, a paradise for idealists...

In short, everyone who had been there said it was good. Even those who hadn't sung its praises.

Seeing it for herself... That didn't seem to be the case.

It was her personal opinion, but perhaps the New Alliance was too young, her first impression was one of disappointment. She was even a bit worried about her investment.

"Yes, this is the airport north of Dawn City. Just a bit south is the city area! There's a 100 kilometer road there that we built!"

Li Changkong spoke with excitement, showing off his work results over the past month. Li Shuyue, still dizzy from the flight, nodded, but her expression was clearly one of disinterest.

Currently, she only wanted to find a place to wash up.

"Is there a place to freshen up here?" Her expression was a bit unnatural, as if her thoughts were written on her face.

"A place to freshen up?" Li Changkong was taken aback for a moment, then seemed to think of something and awkwardly smiled, "There's a public toilet... But you might not be used to it."

Li Shuyue looked puzzled, not understanding what there could be to get used to. There should be individual toilets and washbasins at least.

Seeing her puzzled expression, Li Changkong said apologetically, "Well... They are still in the very initial stages of development. The conditions here are a bit more primitive. You don't have experience traveling and you chose to start with such a difficult place... I really don't recommend it. It might be better if you prepare more before coming over."

Li Shuyue turned to glance at the plane, feeling her legs weaken at the sight of the flying beast.

She could fly back immediately, but... Her streak of stubbornness kicked in.

Having come all this way, she couldn't just leave empty-handed!