The Earth is Online Chapter 147-149

Chapter 147

"The surviving players didn't notice the existence of the invisible people at first because the invisible people don't look any different from ordinary players. They appear suddenly and the surviving players are killed by them before they leave." Even Tang Mo hadn't expected for the invisible people to be the six billion humans who had disappeared from Earth. It was understandable that the surviving humans didn't know this. Chen Shanshan continued, "Those invisible people claim to be returnees. They also didn't know that the two worlds are combining, proving that they like in a world that is exactly the same as Earth."

The little girl drew two circles on the paper and wrote Earth A and Earth B.

"Before the appearance of the time leaderboard, there were two types of activities for invisible people. First, participate in the black tower games. Second, rest. Every time they complete a black tower game, they can get a 10 minute break. They can choose to not take a break and go directly to the next game. However, I think that everyone will choose to rest and recharge their batteries. The place where they rest must look exactly the same as Earth."

Tang Mo nodded. "Even after the appearance of the time leaderboard, there are only two places for the invisible people to move. One is the black tower instances and the other is the place to rest."

The pair glanced at each other and concluded, "That place is exactly the same as Earth."

If it wasn't completely consistent, the invisible people would be able to discover changed in their surroundings when they came to Earth. All the invisible people encountered by Tang Mo, whether they were weak or the 89th ranked Li Chaocheng, didn't notice the truth that the two worlds were combining and they were coming to Earth.

Tang Mo thought for a moment. "That's why the black tower called Mu Huixue a player of China district 3 and Dijen Galava a player of South Asia district 1.

Fu Wenduo said, "Dijen Galava should be an Indian name and South Asia district 1 is likely to be the Indian capital of New Delhi. The probability is high that China district 3 is Guangzhou and Shenzhen."

Tang Mo followed Fu Wenduo's thoughts. "One is an Indian player and the other is a Chinese player. It is clear that in the world of the invisible people, the black tower clearly divided players by areas. It is interesting that this geographical division was exactly the same as the current global geographical division. Thus…."

"They live on Earth as well?" This time Jack understood what the other three people meant.

Chen Shanshan first shook her head before nodding again. "I don't know. There might not be a new Earth and the invisible people are living beside us. For example, there might be an invisible person sleeping to the right side of me. However, the two worlds aren't fused so I can't see him and he can't see me. Or maybe the black tower really created another Earth and the invisible people are playing on that Earth. They are trying to clear the black tower's fourth floor to return to Earth." Chen Shanshan paused before saying, "This sentence isn't what I said. The black tower told them to return to Earth."

Things suddenly fell into a deadlock.

For the surviving players, whether the invisible people were really living on a second Earth or not didn't matter to the surviving players.

"There are two important things right now. First, Fu Wenduo just cleared the black tower's third floor. The difficulty was higher than normal so the black tower gave an extra reward. The black tower recommended to the surviving players to clear the black tower's fourth floor as soon as possible." Tang Mo looked at the people in the word and emphasized, "The second is… to break them one by one."

Fu Wenduo stated, "We can attempt the black tower's fourth floor in a few days. Based on the difficulty of the third floor, the fourth floor should be okay. We just need to be careful and there will be a chance to clear the instance."

Jack wondered, "What do you mean by break them one by one?"

Tang Mo didn't answer as he looked at the girl sitting in the chair.

Chen Shanshan's hair was messy and she didn't seem to take care of herself. She tucked her hair behind her ears and spoke her plan. "It is undeniable that some invisible people have discovered the truth of the two worlds combining. The surviving players can also discover it. It is even more undeniable that the vast majority of invisible people don't know about this. They will think of the surviving players on Earth as pigs because there are no numbers on their neck and casually kill them." Her voice stopped and Chen Shanshan sounded a bit happy. "This is our chance."

Fu Wensheng listened for a long time and immediately understood. "We are going to kill them while they are defenseless?"

The words were straightforward and there weren't any problems with them.

Yet the room became still once they were spoken. After a moment, Fu Wensheng whispered, "Brother, I know what you mean. The invisible people appear along and they don't take any precautions against us. Kill them. For every person we kill, there is one less enemy. This way, the situation will become better for us once the two worlds actually combine. But there is clearly no deep hatred between us…"

The players on the time leaderboard give rewards and the invisible people tried to kill them. However, the survivors on Earth couldn't participate in the leader. Tang Mo killed Li Chaocheng and didn't get a golden number on his neck. Why should the humans of both camps kill each other?

It would be good if everyone could coexist peacefully.

There was something that Fu Wensheng didn't say. He still thought in his heart that perhaps after the integration of the two worlds, the invisible people's living environment would be the same as survivors and there would be no need to kill people for rest time. They didn't need to fight anymore.

Fu Wenduo looked down at his little brother. Xiao Fu wa shocked and couldn't help asking, "Brother, why are you looking at me like this?"

Fu Wenduo spoke lightly. "I'm checking how you can have the surname of Fu."

Fu Wensheng was surprised. "Eh?"

Then the child realized and his face changed colour. It was implying that he was too stupid to have the surname of Fu!

Fu Wensheng felt very wronged but he didn't dare resist.

Tang Mo sighed and prepared to speak. He had just opened his mouth when Chen Shanshan's calm voice was heard. "Fu Wensheng, this situation isn't impossible but the probability is very low. I guess that it is no more than 10%. You didn't see Li Chaocheng, the 89th person on the time leaderboard. He thought his acting was good but Tang Mo and I could see that he holds hostility towards the surviving 400 million players."

Chen Shanshan narrated the facts with calm words. "He wanted to kill the 400 million people. In other words, the invisible people who aren't pigs can no longer be viewed with an ordinary person's perspective. Xiao Sheng, what if you were suddenly thrown into an endless survival game and there is only 10 minutes of rest time. You don't have time to eat and sleep. Your spirit is tense and after spending three months like this… what mentality will you have?"

Fu Wensheng opened his mouth and didn't say anything.

He felt that he wouldn't have survived three months. Even if he lived, he might've gone crazy.

Chen Shanshan declared, "This is one thing. Then the time leaderboard opened. If it was me, I would've gone crazy the moment the black tower announced this system. I want to live and I want to eat. Thus, I have to kill." Tang Mo quietly looked at Chen Shanshan. The short-haired girl seemed serious and didn't lie.

Once forced to that moment, she really would kill people.

In order to keep herself alive, she would kill people. Maybe she wouldn't indiscriminately kill innocent people but she wouldn't hesitate to kill everyone who targeted her. It was because she wanted to live.

The three days after the time leaderboard opened were probably the darkest three days in the world of the invisible people.

Even if you didn't kill people, people would come to kill you. Some people's golden numbers on their necks soared while some people died on the first day. They haven't had a break for three months and were exhausted by the endless black tower games. This time it was really a permanent break.

They experienced such a hell and suffered cruel treatment. The reason was just—

Their luck was too bad.

The black tower said that luck was a type of strength.

They didn't make it online and this was the price they had to pay.

Tang Mo suddenly asked, "The surviving players are divided into three types: the official players, the reserve players and stowaway. Who do you think the invisible people hate most?"

Jack scratched his head and thought about it. "…Stowaways?" The black tower hated stowaways the most.

Tang Mo looked at Fu Wensheng again and the child lowered his head, not speaking.

Fu Wenduo answered in a low voice. "The reserve players." Then he added, "After that it is the official players and finally the stowaways."

Jack froze for a moment before realizing. "Yes, it is the reserve players…"

The invisible people hated reserve players the most.

Stowaways entered the game because they killed someone. They encountered difficulties after the earth went online because of the black tower. Official players were lucky and triggered a black tower game during those three days, successfully clearing the instance. However, the luckiest people were the reserve players. The reserves occupied the largest number of survivors and some of them didn't know what they had done to become reserves. They survived.

There was no need to take part in endless black tower games.

They also weren't hated by the black tower.

As long as they cleared the first floor, they could gain abilities.

Perhaps there were some invisible people who didn't want conflict with the surviving players. After the two worlds merged, they just wanted to live well. However, more invisible people would have an irrevocable hatred towards survivors. They were deadly because their strength was much higher than the surviving players. In their eyes, the surviving players were no different from pigs.

Once the two worlds combined, the conflict between both camps was inevitable.

Jack felt a bit uncomfortable as he thought for a long time before wondering, "Is there no way…"

Tang Mo's eyes suddenly became cold and he turned to look out the window. Fu Wenduo acted faster than him. Fu Wenduo was standing close to the balcony and he shot forward like lightning. The next moment, there was a sharp collision sound and his black weapon collided with a knife. Fu Wenduo used one hand as support while landing in the yard. A slender figure took three steps back before stabilizing their body.

The group immediately headed to the courtyard. Tang Mo saw the face of the person and his expression sank. He gripped the small parasol and coldly looked around, wary of any enemies who could attack at any time. On the other side, Fu Wensheng's expression also changed and he pulled out a pistol while staying close to Chen Shanshan. If the enemy really did strike, he would go together with Chen Shanshan since they were the weakest.

Jack's eyes opened with surprise when he saw the person.

Chen Shanshan muttered in a strange voice, "…Lian Yuzheng?"

The long-haired woman standing in the dark night was the most famous female singer in China, Lian Yuzheng. There was a shallow bloody cut on her face and her trousers were severed, revealing a gash on her knee. Lian Yuzheng's hair was stained with blood and mud. Tang Mo sensed that something was wrong and quickly looked at Fu Wenduo's black weapon. He saw that there was no blood on the sharp weapon and a strange premonition filled his heart.

Fu Wenduo gazed indifferently at the young man standing not far away. He seemed calm but his body was tense and focused on the surroundings.

Three seconds later, Fu Wenduo stated calmly, "You are alone."

Lian Yuzheng was silent for a long time. "Yes."

Tang Mo came forward. "What happened to only doing things three times?"

"This has nothing to do with that. It was my decision to find you and the leader doesn't know. Although by now he should know."

Tang Mo's brain worked quickly and there was already an answer in his heart. He turned to look at Fu Wenduo and Fu Wenduo nodded to him. Chen Shanshan realized that something was wrong but she didn't know the relationship between the Tian Xuan organization and Tang Mo and couldn't guess the truth.

Lian Yuzheng took a deep breath before speaking very calmly, "Qi Heng died. He was killed by an invisible person. The other person has more than 3,000 minutes of rest time and should be on the time leaderboard. You should already know what the time leaderboard is and understand what I mean. I came here today to ask for your cooperation."

Her voice stopped abruptly. Lian Yuzheng's face was blank and her tone had no ups and downs. Still, everyone could tell that she was very sad. She declared with a blank face, "I want to kill the invisible people."

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Chapter 148

In the dark of the night, under the moonlight, the five figures quickly passed through the alleys and roads, heading east.

Beijing, the No. 80 High School.

Lian Yuzheng walked through the school gates, squatted on the ground and fiddled with something. A few seconds later, there was a sharp clicking sound like something had been opened. Lian Yuzheng turned to Fu Wenduo and Tang Mo and nodded to express her sincerity. Then she advanced into the campus.

She was followed by Tang Mo, Fu Wenduo, Jack and Chen Shanshan.

The moment the five of them stepped into the campus, Tang Mo suddenly looked to the left and his hand pressed against the small parasol. Fu Wenduo also glanced to the left with an indifferent expression. They saw a tall, old tree besides the school gate and a pale teenager was looking there quietly. It was unknown how long he had been standing there.

His clothes were stained with blood and his black eyes stared straight at Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo. Ruan Wangshu glanced at the unknown Jack and Chen Shanshan before finally falling on Lian Yuzheng.

There were no fluctuations on Lian Yuzheng's beautiful face as she stared silently back at this thin teenager.

After a long time, Ruan Wangshu turned to the teaching building. Lian Yuzheng stated, "Let's go."

Tang Mo raised his eyebrows and calmly followed behind Lian Yuzheng.

There were dozens of classes in the school. Ruan Wangshu headed to the third floor of the first teaching building and entered one of the classrooms. Tang Mo entered and found that the tables and chairs in this classroom were very messy. The four of them entered and the few people sitting at the table raised their heads and looked wary.

There were three people apart from Ruan Wangshu and Lian Yuzheng. One of them was the female doctor Li Miaomiao and the others were two young men Tang Mo had never seen before.

"Aren't you afraid that this is a trap?"

Tang Mo turned his head and saw Ruan Wangshu sit down at one end of the classroom.

Tang Mo asked lightly, "Then is it a trap?"

Ruan Wangshu raised his head and wiped the blood stains on his face. There were no wounds on his face so it was clearly the blood of others. Previously, Fu Wenduo and Lian Yuzheng fought and Tang Mo found that Lian Yuzheng was injured. Fu Wenduo hadn't injured her, showing that Lian Yuzheng had fought with other people before Fu Wenduo.

A person who was injured, they wouldn't sneak attack another person unless they were a fool.

Tang Mo immediately believed that Lian Yuzheng's purpose was truly cooperation.

In this classroom, in addition to Lian Yuzheng and Ruan Wangshu, everyone had injuries. Among them, Li Miaomiao was the most seriously injured. Her white coat was dyed red with blood and she lay on a long table made by joining two tables. Her eyes stared straight at the ceiling and if it wasn't for her moving chest, Tang Mo would think she was dead.

The people were like this and Ruan Wangshu got straight to the point, relieving the doubts of Tang Mo's group.

"Two days ago, Qi Heng, Li Miaomiao and I challenged the black tower's third floor. We witnessed the invisible people together and you should understand what is going on. Last month, the first ranked person on the time leaderboard, Mu Huixue almost opened the black tower's 4.0 version update. I judged that once she clears the black tower's fourth floor, a new version update will be triggered. Thus, I decided to attack the tower." Ruan Wangshu put medicine on a wound on his hand while talking. "The black tower's third floor wasn't particularly difficult and we successfully cleared the game. At 6 o'clock this evening, Qi Heng, Li Miaomiao and I returned to the school and were attacked by two invisible people at the school gates."

Tang Mo directly grasped the main point. "Two invisible people?"

Ruan Wangshu glanced at him. "Yes, two. It is hard for the invisible people to trust each other and to form a large organization like this. This doesn't mean that they can't form teams. The two people who suddenly appeared have a combat level close to Yuzheng. It was a sneak attack and we were caught off guard. By the time the other people in the school came out to support us, Qi Heng was no longer breathing. I joined hands with Yuzheng to kill one of the invisible people."

Ruan Wangshu didn't show any grief when speaking of the death of his companion. In this classroom, all Tian Xuan members were listening quietly and no one was emotional.

Lian Yuzheng spoke up. "The two players, one of them was Chinese and the other one looked Japanese. Leader and I killed the Japanese person and the number on her neck was 3,241.  The other person's number was lower than the Japanese person but he was stronger than her. The number on his neck was 3,012."

Tang Mo originally thought there was one invisible person. He didn't expect for there to be two and one of them was Japanese. He pulled out the book that contained his record of the time leaderboard and opened it. "The 61st place, Ogawa Jin. The Chinese name that is relatively close to her is…" Tang Mo paused and looked at the name. "Su Xiao."

Ruan Wangshu looked at Tang Mo's book with surprise but he didn't ask to see the information in the book.

Ruan Wangshu had already told Tang Mo the details of the matter and Tang Mo put away the book.  He lowered his head and looked at the sick teenager, speaking in a calm voice, "Now we know the situation. If we cooperate… what benefits will you give us?"

There was a moment of silence in the classroom.

After a long time, Ruan Wangshu smiled. "First we will share information with each other.  You know more than I expected and there are things that even our Tian Xuan organization doesn't know. Indeed, our Tian Xuan organization doesn't have many members. There are 20 more members in addition to the original seven. Four of them were killed by you last month. Even so, we certainly know more than you. At present, I can provide information on all the major organizations in Beijing, a few of the famous strong players as well as all three invisible people currently in Beijing, apart from Su Xiao."

Tang Mo was unmoved at the beginning but then he heard the last part and smiled. "Then let's exchange information."

Next, Tang Mo and Ruan Wangshu exchanged all the information they collected. Tang Mo kept back some of Chen Shanshan's personal guessed and Ruan Wangshu was probably holding some things back as well.

They spoke for half an hour when a hoarse voice was suddenly heard. "Qi Heng, that bastard…"

Ruan Wangshu's voice stopped and he glanced at the female doctor lying on the table.

It was unknown when the female doctor's body started moving. She raised her hand to cover her eyes and spoke in a low voice, "Leader, how do we find that Su Xiao? How… do we find him?"

Lian Yuzheng also stared at Ruan Wangshu.

Ruan Wangshu had an indifferent expression. "This time our cooperation isn't to kill Su Xiao."

"Leader!"

Li Miaomiao's body was stiff as she struggled to get up from the table. Several other members of Tian Xuan also looked at Ruan Wangshu with astonishment. Lian Yuzheng was the one to understand first. Her expression sank and her mouth opened, but she didn't say anything.

A low female voice was heard. "Break them one by one?"

The sickly teenager raised his head and looked at the little girl who had been standing behind Tang Mo without speaking. After a while, he replied in a calm tone, "Yes. It is useless killing Su Xiao. He should still be in Beijing but no one knows where and when he will show up. At present, our larger enemy is the invisible people. I'm not inclined to work with the other organizations in Beijing. They have many members and there are many internal problems."

Ruan Wangshu suddenly seemed to think of something and he looked up. "By the way, there is one thing. One month ago, Mu Huixue almost triggered a new version update of the black tower. Tang Mo, Fu Wenduo, you should think that the cause of this situation is her clearing the fourth floor of the black tower?"

Tang Mo realized what this boy might say. "Yes, what about it?"

Ruan Wangshu said, "By all accounts, Mu Huixue cleared that the black tower's fourth floor and the black tower announced it would be updated. Yet this update was discontinued. Last month, Qi Heng and Li Miaomiao entered a reality instance. In that instance, they received information that might explain why the update was discontinued.

Tang Mo frowned. He didn't expect Ruan Wangshu to suddenly talk about an instance.

Fu Wenduo understood and stared at Tang Mo. The next second, Tang Mo also realized and he stared at the female doctor lying on the table with surprise. The female doctor explained in a hoarse voice, "The instance is called 'Day before Wang Zexin's death.' This person seemed to be Tang… Mr. Tang's friend. The instance was actually very simple but Qi Heng and I were trapped inside for days because we didn't understand what this instance wanted us to do."

“What did it want?" Tang Mo's voice was rushed.

Li Miaomiao didn't conceal it. "Wang Zexin was half an official player. During the three days before the earth went online, he was lucky enough to enter a black tower game. He smoothly cleared it and returned to Earth. Once he came back, he wanted to call his friends and give them some clues about the black tower game because he sensed that matters weren't so simple. This mysterious game was real. However, he couldn't make any phone calls. Once he got home, he found that the phone, Internet and everything else couldn't be connected. He couldn't get out of the house and was locked inside.  

Tang Mo's fingers tensed and a hand pressed gently against his shoulder.

Tang Mo didn't notice Fu Wenduo's actions as he asked, "…Then what?"

This was his best friend of over 20 years.

It wasn't someone else.

Li Miaomiao continued, "The day he returned to the house was November 17th. He tried his best to leave his house. Whether it was jumping or smashing the walls and doors, he tried all methods but they didn't work. In the end, he could only write what he knew on paper and put it in the living room. At 8 o'clock, like the other invisible people, he was erased by the black tower and disappeared from the world."

"It was because… he didn't clear the black tower game."

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Chapter 149

In the dimly lit room, the clock's ticking was heard.

It was already dark and it was like a thin layer. The bustling lights of the city shone through the window and lit up the living room floor with a faint glow. The whole house was terribly quiet. The phone and mouse had fallen to the ground. It was cracked like it had been dropped.

Drops of water slowly fell from the kitchen faucet.

Bang—

The tall and thin young man curled up in the corner of the bedroom shook when he heard this sound. He buried his head between his legs and trembled.

In a classroom of the No. 80 High School, Li Miaomiao lay on a desk and calmly narrated, "This instance was the strangest instance I have ever seen. There were no bosses or black tower monsters. After entering the instance, the black tower only told us to find a way to leave the instance. It didn't give us any other conditions." Li Miaomiao spoke slowly, "At first, Qi Heng and I were wary of the man who appeared in the instance. Then we gradually found out that he couldn't see us and we couldn't touch him."

"He was the official player Wang Zexin."

The invisible people could reappear at any time and perhaps the next time would be a stronger, more high-ranking person. Li Miaomiao gave a brief account of what she saw in the instance. It was a dim house where time seemed still. At first, the player called Wang Zexin still thought about escaping and contacting the outside world. However, he couldn't escape.

The windows were sealed while the glass became steel and wouldn't break.

The door wouldn't open.

When making a call, there was only the reminded that he wasn't in the service area. There was no Internet and it was impossible to communicate with the outside world.

Li Miaomiao stated, "The time was 7 p.m. on the 17th until 7 a.m the next morning, in other words, 7 a.m. on the 18th.  The first night, Qi Heng and I did nothing but observe the instance. In the morning, the opposite neighbour went out. Wang Zexin constantly beat on the security door but people couldn't hear him."

Ruan Wangshu added, "This instance is equivalent to separating the house from the outside world and making it a separate instance. It is impossible to leave the instance without clearing the game."

Ruan Wangshu stopped speaking and glanced at Tang Mo.

Tang Mo stood in the middle of the classroom with a calm expression. Ruan Wangshu had heard from Qi Heng that Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo wanted to enter Wang Zexin's house. They should know Wang Zexin and even be friends. Now Tang Mo didn't show any abnormalities. He might be hiding it well or they might just be ordinary friends.

Tang Mo asked, "He disappeared at 8 o'clock on the 18th? Did he enter the world of the invisible people?"

Li Miaomiao shook her head. "No. He isn't an invisible person or an official player. He only half finished the black tower game and really died."

Li Miaomiao knew that this person was a friend of Tang Mo but she didn't take into account the emotions of the so-called friend. She said directly, "Qi Heng and I spend a total of five nights i.e. 60 hours in that instance. The last day before Wang Zexin's death kept repeating. In the end, we found one strange place. It was the clock on the living room wall."

Tang Mo wondered, "…Clock?"

Li Miaomiao's injury seemed to be better and she sat up on the table. Her face was still stained with blood and injuries covered her body. There was a hint of gloating in her eyes when she stared at Tang Mo with her bloodshot eyes. "Beijing time, 8 a.m. on November 18th, 2017 was when the earth went online. It wasn't slower or faster by a few minutes. The moment the earth went online, the black tower made a global announcement. All humans who failed to load the game disappeared and entered the world of the invisible people. These are facts that we already know."

Fu Wenduo asked, "Then the instance has something to do with time?"

Li Miaomiao kept sitting up. "In order to guess this, Qi Heng and I spent 60 hours watching. We saw Wang Zexin die over and over again, then enter the room over and over again. The relevant word is 'time.' Wang Zexin participated in a black tower game before returning home. It was a game where he competed with another player to seize each other's time. This was what we were told by the black tower. In that game, Wang Zexin won five seconds from the opponent. The other person was eliminated by him and he returned to Earth."

Tang Mo was shocked. He slowly raised his head and stared at Li Miaomiao.

The people of Tian Xuan had long know the truth of this instance. Among the Tang Mo quartet, Chen Shanshan also slowly understood the answer.

Li Miaomiao saw their expressions and smiled, shaking her head. "Yes, you guessed right. Tang M, you friend died in the five seconds he got. He won five seconds. After the game ended and he returned to Earth, he still had the extra five seconds. In these 60 hours, the black tower went online four times. Qi Heng and I had no idea what the black tower wanted us to do and what it was thinking. It wasn't until the third time the earth went online that I noticed when Wang Zexin was dying, he tried to turn his head and look in the direction of the living room. I think he understood at the end that he got five seconds because… the clock on the living room showed 8:00:05."

In the last moments of his life, Wang Zexin heard the black tower's words and suddenly understood what he had been missing.

He was a smart person, otherwise he wouldn't have won the black tower game and became half an official player. However, he lacked information. The second he stepped into his house, he didn't know that his life was five seconds longer than the outside world. He didn't know why he suddenly fell into such a strange place.

He knew that at 8 o'clock three days ago, the black tower first spoke and announced the earth was online.

Now the black tower spoke again. He looked at his body slowly disappearing and countless thoughts flashed through his mind. In an instant, he understood the truth. He turned his head and saw that the clock was five seconds faster than the outside world. But he was too late. He only had one head and one pair of eyes left. It was impossible to switch that time.

Thus, he watched the clock and died.

Tang Mo quietly looked at Li Miaomiao. "You just needed to adjust that time and won?"

"Yes, Qi Heng and I took the clock off the wall and turned the second hand back five seconds. Then we cleared the instance. Originally, I didn't understand why this type of strange thing was made into a separate instance. I thought Wang Zexin just encountered a very strange instance. Then the black tower's update was suspended and I realized that the black tower was showing the surviving players that this might happen in the black tower games."

Li Miaomiao summed it up. "This reality instance has no meaning. The only purpose is to warn the players to always pay attention to whether they really cleared the game or not." She saw Tang Mo's calm look and deliberately smiled. "You aren't sad? I thought he was your friend?"

"I am sad."

The group looked at Tang Mo with surprise. He suddenly spoke about his emotions when he had been behaving very calmly. Even Fu Wenduo didn't expect Tang Mo to answer this question. He looked at Tang Mo with surprise because he thought Tang Mo would ignore Li Miaomiao.

The female doctor also had a startled expression. After a long time, she said, "I'm sorry."

Tang Mo calmly looked at Ruan Wangshu. "I see what you mean. The end of the black tower game is likely to affect the player's reality. In…" Tang Mo paused before continuing, "In Wang Zexin's case he thought the had cleared the mysterious game and returned to Earth. In fact, the game wasn't over. His time was confused and he was blocked in that space. He needed to make a move to return to the right timeline before the game really ended. Then did the same thing happen to Mu Huixue?"

Ruan Wangshu said, "Yes, the same thing likely happened to Mu Huixue. This would explain why the black tower suddenly started the 4.0 version update only to stop.  It is because in the moments after completing a game, she opened another game. She didn't really clear the black tower's fourth floor. Perhaps she is currently still looking for a way to clear the game. Once she completely clears the black tower's fourth floor, the 4.0 version will open."

Tang Mo's group of four pulled out chairs and sat opposite Ruan Wangshu.

Chen Shanshan opened her mouth for the second time. "Then there are two things we need to pay attention to. First, catch the invisible people who are on the time leaderboard. We have to kill as many invisible people as possible while they still don't know that the two worlds are combining. Second, attack the black tower's fourth floor." The little girl's gaze swept through the classroom. "The people in this classroom should be the core members of Tian Xuan?"

Ruan Wangshu nodded. "Tian Xuan originally had six people and Lian Yuzheng was added afterwards. Now Qi Heng has died and there are six people."

Chen Shanshan asked, "Have all of them cleared the black tower's third floor?"

Ruan Wangshu replied, "Li Miaomiao is on the second floor."

Chen Shanshan glanced at Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo. After gaining their consent, she looked back at Ruan Wangshu. "There is one thing we didn't say previously. Major Fu received a bonus after he passed the black tower's third floor. The black tower suggested that all surviving players should immediately attack the fourth floor. The black tower rarely talks nonsense. It just uses mysterious word games. This time its advice is likely related to the invisible people."

Ruan Wangshu fell into a strange silence after hearing Chen Shanshan's words.

Tang Mo immediately noticed the strange expression on his face. Then he heard Lian Yuzheng say, "We also have something we didn't say. After Leader cleared the black tower's third floor, he heard a black tower boss say it is better to quickly clear the black tower's fourth floor. The other person's words were, 'In any case, you will all die. No one will clear the fourth floor. I don't have to worry about a bunch of dead people.'"

Tang Mo quickly turned to look at Fu Wenduo and the two people locked gazes.

A few seconds passed and Tang Mo quickly made a decision. "The matter of joining forces to attack the invisible people can be decided. However, the matter of attacking the fourth floor is our own thing. The appearance of the invisible people is irregular and we can't find Su Xiao. It is more important to kill the invisible people and clear the fourth floor."

Ruan Wangshu said, "Tian Xuan has an intelligence network in Beijing."

"Okay, then we can share information."

The two sides exchanged the information they had. Then Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo decided to leave here and meet up with Fu Wensheng. They didn't think that Lian Yuzheng's invitation was a trap but just in case, they had Fu Wensheng hide in a safe place to wait for news from them. If there was only Chen Shanshan then they could safely take the little girl away from Tian Xuan's base. It was harder with the addition of Xiao Fu.

After determining the general plan of cooperation, Tang Mo turned to leave. At this time, a voice was heard from behind him. "Tang Mo, Fu Wenduo, do you want to go straight to the black tower's fourth floor?"

Tang Mo stopped and he turned to look at the pale boy.

Tang Mo didn't deny it.

Ruan Wangshu told him, "You and Major Fu, the two of you should be challenging the black tower's fourth floor. With your strategy and force, there shouldn't be a problem clearing the instance. There is a boy in your team who is younger than me. He should have a healing power.  But he obviously isn't strong or you would've brought him today."

Fu Wenduo's eyes narrowed. "What are you trying to say?"

"What do you think about adding a person?"

Tang Mo smiled. "Adding you?"

Ruan Wangshu shook his head. "Add her."

Li Miaomiao, who was pointed at, made a shocked expression. "Leader?"

Ruan Wangshu didn't answer. He moved his hands and a knife appeared. No one expected him to suddenly cut his wrist.  Blood splashed out but Ruan Wangshu didn't blink. The cut off hand fell to the ground. Then the still bleeding Ruan Wangshu extended his bleeding wrist to Li Miaomiao.

"…Leader?'

The only answer was Ruan Wangshu's cold gaze.

Li Miaomiao's expression changed and she gritted her teeth. A few seconds later, she muttered inaudible words and pressed her hand to Ruan Wangshu's bleeding wrist.

Thick clouds were blown away by the wind and the moonlight shone down on Ruan Wangshu's wrist. At a rate visible to the naked eye, blood vessels and skin rapidly regenerated and a brand new hand appeared. Tang Mo was shocked and glanced at Li Miaomiao. He saw that Li Miaomiao's hand suddenly disappeared. No blood emerged but her face was a bit ugly, like she was enduring the pain. Then after half a minute, a new hand gradually grew.

10 minutes later, Li Miaomiao raised her left hand and everything was the same.

Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo glanced at each other, the two of them instantly understanding.

Fu Wenduo had the 'genetic recombination' ability. IF he lost limbs then he could quickly grow new limbs. However, his speed definitely wasn't this fast. In addition, it was Li Miaomiao who grew the hand, not Ruan Wangshu.

Ruan Wangshu explained, "This is her ability. You know the first role of her ability. Not only can she hurt herself and transfer pain to others, she can also transfer other people's wounds to herself. Then she will use her powerful self-healing ability to recover. If Li Miaomiao goes then both of you will have one extra life. She is on the black tower's second floor and won't increase the difficulty of your instance. In addition…"

Ruan Wangshu pulled out a golden coin and threw it to Li Miaomiao.

Li Miaomiao hurriedly caught it. "Leader?  You are giving this to me as well?"

“She also owns a King's Gold Coin." Ruan Wangshu looked forward coldly. "The invisible people are much stronger than us. We must quickly attack the black tower's fourth floor.  I have a heavy injury and need a few more days of rest." Thus, he was handing it over to them.

Tang Mo's eyes swept over Ruan Wangshu and Li Miaomiao. Then he smiled and nodded. "Okay."

One day later—

"Ding dong! The black tower's fourth floor (normal mode) is officially opened. The team game is loading…"

“Sandbox is being generated…"

“Sandbox loading complete…”

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