"Holy cow!"
"This is great!"
"This is great!"
At the Qing City Tourism Management Office, Li Yunlong listened as Shen Fei explained that the more than seven hundred people with him had all inherited their abilities from the game *Tower Defense of Ten Thousand Realms*. Not only that, but over twenty of them were ranked in the top one hundred on the Combat Power leaderboard. Li Yunlong gulped, swallowing a large mouthful of saliva.
Tower Masters were strong.
And Tower Masters from *Tower Defense of Ten Thousand Realms* were even stronger!
This was a fact universally acknowledged by the Tourism Management Office, and the proof was Shen Fei and Taiyi Zhenren. Li Yunlong never imagined Shen Fei could bring so many experts with him.
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"Director Li! Director Li! Give me a chance! Give me a chance! I know Brother Chongtian, I know Brother Chongtian! Please, give me a chance!"
The time was approaching midnight. Just as Li Yunlong was about to arrange Shen Feiâs people into squads, a desperate cry suddenly rang out from nearby. Turning his head, Li Yunlong saw a young man with thick eyebrows and large eyes, blocked at the perimeter, stretching out his arms and shouting hysterically. If not for the president of Qing City Institute of Technology standing beside him, Li Yunlongâs bodyguards might have already thrown the young man out.
"Qiao Shan?" Shen Fei asked in confusion, looking at the young man with thick eyebrows and large eyes. Heâd seen this person during the rescue of Li Xiaohong and had learned his name.
"Xiaoqiao?" As Shen Fei spoke, Father Shen also spoke up. In fact, Father Shen even knew that Qiao Shan was a classmate of Shen Yue and Xiaohong, and that he had also inherited abilities from *Tower Defense of Ten Thousand Realms*.
"You know him?" Hearing Shen Fei and Father Shen, Li Yunlong waved his hand, letting Qiao Shan through.
"Thank you, Director! Thank you, Director!"
Through the livestreams, he had learned that the Qing City Tourism Management Office, under the leadership of Cyan God, was going to seize a Neutral City. After Father Shen rescued him from that hidden building, Qiao Shan had secluded himself, never leaving the Qing City Institute of Technology or letting anyone get close. But now, his passion was reignited. He had begged the president to bring him here. He wanted to be part of this momentous event, too!
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"Brother Chongtian! Hello, Brother Chongtian! Itâs me, Qiao Shan! Thank you for saving me last time! Iâm actually pretty decent myself! Iâm no match for you, of course, but my Combat Power ranking in *Tower Defense of Ten Thousand Realms* is 148! Please, take me with you tonight! I definitely wonât hold you back!"
After greeting Li Yunlong, Qiao Shan immediately rushed up to Shen Fei. Last time, after Shen Fei had rescued Li Xiaohong, he hadnât paid any attention to him. Qiao Shan wasnât going to give up this time. He had to show his worth. He had to gain some kind of backing...
PFFT!
PFFT!
PFFT!
After Qiao Shan finished speaking, before Shen Fei could even reply, he suddenly heard countless stifled snickers from behind Shen Fei.
"Whatâs so funny! I really am a Tower Master! Iâm really ranked 148th on the Combat Power leaderboard! Iâm very strong!" Qiao Shan didnât understand why the people behind Shen Fei were snickering.
"Excuse me, little brother!" one of the people behind Shen Fei suddenly asked with a smile. "Since you said youâre ranked 148th in *Tower Defense of Ten Thousand Realms*, then you must know everyone ranked higher than you, right?"
"Of course!" Qiao Shan replied as if it were obvious.
And then... he was dumbfounded. Because he heard a series of introductions that left him utterly speechless:
"Hello! My account name is Entaro, ranked 81st on the Combat Power leaderboard."
"Hey! My account name is Abandoned God, ranked 92nd on the Combat Power leaderboard."
"Nice to meet you! My account name is Sea of People Tactic, ranked 43rd on the Combat Power leaderboard."
"Hi! My account name is Naruto7073, ranked 21st on the Combat Power leaderboard."
"Greetings! My account name is Liu Tianmiao, ranked 13th on the Combat Power leaderboard..."
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As Qiao Shan stood there, stunned, the people behind Shen Fei came up to greet him one by one. After hearing from more than a dozen of them, all of whom had Combat Power rankings in the top one hundred, Qiao Shanâs mind went completely blank...
"I... I... I..."
He had thought he was strong. He had thought there werenât many top-100 players from *Tower Defense of Ten Thousand Realms* who had inherited their abilities. But now, hearing those familiar account names, Qiao Shan was stupefied.
His confidence was gone.
His joy was gone.
He even felt as if heâd lost his dreams.
"Brother! I want to go too!"
Before Qiao Shan could react, he suddenly saw his goddess, Shen Yue, appear. After she arrived, to Qiao Shanâs utter disbelief, she actually called Shen Fei "Brother!"
"AHHHHHH!"
Struck by one blow after another, Qiao Shanâs eyes rolled back in his head, and he fainted.
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"The kidâs alright. Bring him along."
Shen Fei instantly summoned a Healing Tower, gave the fainted Qiao Shan a few zaps, and watched him wake up before calling out to the Heaven-Reaching Gang members behind him. Qiao Shan was, after all, another inheritor from *Tower Defense of Ten Thousand Realms*.
As for his overly dramatic behavior, thatâs probably just his personality...
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"Director Li, everyone, so whatâs next? Should we wait for the second wave of game ability inheritances and then head out?" Ignoring Qiao Shan, who wore an expression of someone who had lost all will to live, Shen Feiâs gaze fell on Li Yunlong, Zhang Qiqiang, and Wang Dapang.
"Yes! The route forward has already been planned," Li Yunlong replied with a nod. "We have Grizzly Tanks to clear the way! With Knights who can cast acceleration Auras, we should get there very quickly! The relevant team compositions, logistical support, and so on have all been taken care of!"
"Good!"
He looked down, saw that the time was 11:55 PM, and nodded to show he understood. Waiting for the second wave of ability inheritances was still very important. Even though they could only inherit 5% on the first day, the effect of having two game abilities working in tandem was definitely not a simple one-plus-one equation. Seizing a Neutral City was bound to be extremely difficult; otherwise, the entire Xia Country wouldnât have only managed to capture nine small cities in his past life. To maximize their sideâs combat power, it was necessary to set out after inheriting another wave of game abilities.
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"Brothers! The second game inheritance is starting! Iâm back in business! Even though I only spent 6 yuan on Krypton Gold, I can inherit again today!"
While waiting, Shen Fei held his phone and opened the new Forum. On the Forum, aside from the hundreds of livestream posts from teams getting ready to seize Neutral Cities, there were also many Ability Users who hadnât joined a capture team, eagerly anticipating what abilities they would inherit tonight.
"Me too! Yesterday I randomly inherited a few pieces of equipment. In the second wave today, I want to inherit skills! *Those* kinds of skills, you know~"
"I inherited abilities from a city-building game. What do you guys think? If a Neutral City is captured, should I apply for a job repairing the city?"
"Itâs the fucking apocalypse, and youâre still thinking about getting a job? Just build your own city!"
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Although these posts werenât as explosive as the hundreds of livestreams about capturing Neutral Cities, ordinary players were the vast majority. Therefore, the threads discussing the second wave of inheritances tonight were still quite popular.
As the second wave of ability inheritances began, players who had inherited abilities like construction, forging, and cooking started to appear. Shen Fei took note. Although the abilities these people inherited werenât strong in combat, they were just as important as high-end combat power. Among them, those who inherited abilities from biotech or R&D-type games were also incredibly important.
WHOOSH.
WHOOSH.
WHOOSH.
Under the rustling night wind, everyone waited for time to pass. Soon, as the clock struck midnight, all the Ability Users turned their gazes to their own panels.
[DING]
[Inheritance of game abilities into reality. The second project has begun!]