Destiny Mission of game ‘Star Ring’
Chapter 382 - 382 382 Invitation

382: Chapter 382 Invitation 382: Chapter 382 Invitation Inside Kai Yuan Internet Cafe, Su Mo would sit at the bar every day, waiting for Lin Zinuo to finish gaming.

The colleagues in the internet cafe had gradually gotten used to it, no longer making a fuss.

Yawning, Su Mo picked up his phone and glanced at it, it was already nine o’clock in the evening, and Lin Zinuo still hadn’t finished gaming, probably running into trouble in Star Ring again.

She had been working overtime quite frequently recently.

Su Mo opened the forum and browsed through, with the arrival of the first expedition team at the Lost Continent, the information sold had filled their coffers, and all pioneer teams seemed to be on steroids.

In just two or three days, over a thousand teams had logged into the Lost Continent from different directions.

The entire forum was now filled with people selling information.

Although the quality of the information varied, it still revealed the true nature of the Lost Continent to some extent.

This continent didn’t seem to be a remnant of a civilization from that world, but rather from an extraterrestrial civilization.

And the source of the downfall of those civilizations in Dragon Country was this Lost Continent.

Of the teams that went up to explore, less than one-third survived for 24 hours.

Alien species from outer space were everywhere, along with some wandering Mechanical Guards.

Additionally, according to the information provided by Lin Zinuo, their Joint Forces had already met up with the Violent Bear Guild and the Mythical Guild at the Gray Flow Sea, not far from the Lost Continent, and they were currently waiting for the higher-ups to confirm the landing site.

According to the known information, anyone who landed on the island would be attacked by monsters, and the larger the commotion of landing, the larger the scale of the enemy attack would be.

So it was foreseeable that the Joint Forces would be facing a tough battle after landing on the island.

According to Lin Zinuo, her gaming career might also be coming to an end soon as she had no confidence in the subsequent progress of the game.

She now deeply felt the cruelty of this game.

Just as Su Mo was lost in thought, a commotion arose at the entrance of Kai Yuan Internet Cafe.

Su Mo heard the disturbance and turned to look at the surveillance camera beside him, watching the footage of the entrance, he was also a bit surprised.

A high-end black and gold business vehicle stopped in front of the internet cafe.

Those coming online curiously gathered around to watch.

“Such a high-end luxury car, how come it’s here?”

“Don’t know, I heard that you can’t buy this car with just money, you need a certain status too.”

“Look at its license plate.”

“66666”

“Awesome.”

…

At this moment, the car door opened, and a man in a black tailcoat and bowtie, an elderly gentleman, stepped out and walked straight into the internet cafe.

Su Mo narrowed his eyes, a car this good driving over here, something didn’t feel right.

Sure enough, after the elderly man entered, he headed straight for the bar.

“Welcome, do you want to use a computer?”

Su Mo responded calmly.

The elderly gentleman before him showed a gentle smile, then gave Su Mo a slight bow and elegantly said, “Good evening, Mr.

Su Mo.”

“Who are you?”

Su Mo scrutinized the elderly man at the bar, certain he had never seen him before.

“You need not be surprised, let me introduce myself, my name is Cao Yuan, I am the butler of the Cao Family.

Our master is hosting a charity banquet tomorrow night and has extended a special invitation to you.

Please be sure to attend.”

As he spoke, Cao Yuan took out an exquisite invitation from inside his jacket and handed it to Su Mo.

“The Cao Family?”

Su Mo was completely baffled, when had he had any interaction with the Cao Family?

“The head of the family is indeed Cao Wen.”

Cao Yuan explained with a smile.

Upon hearing the name Cao Wen, Su Mo was taken aback.

As a resident of Demon City, one might not know anyone else, but it would be impossible not to know Cao Wen.

After all, Cao Wen had been in control of Demon City for ten years, with a very good reputation and public image.

Upon hearing the name Cao Wen, Su Mo also hesitated and found it difficult to refuse.

It was clear that the other party was inviting him at this critical moment, and it was most likely about the demolition issue.

No matter how much he wanted to avoid it, he couldn’t escape from it.

So Su Mo extended his hand and accepted it.

“Okay.”

“Thank you very much.

There will be a private car to pick you up.

I’ll take my leave now.”

With these words, Cao Wen bowed again and left.

Su Mo watched Cao Wen’s retreating figure and fell into deep thought, feeling a bit troubled.

“Hey!

What are you spacing out for?”

Lin Zinuo suddenly popped out, startling Su Mo on purpose.

Su Mo replied helplessly: “Nothing, just thinking about some things.”

“Who was that person?

He didn’t look like an ordinary individual.

What did he want from you?”

Lin Zinuo didn’t believe it was nothing; she had come down just now and had seen everything.

“That was the butler of the Cao Family.

They are hosting a charity banquet inside the high walls tomorrow night, and he came to deliver an invitation to me.”

Su Mo didn’t intend to hide it from Lin Zinuo and directly handed over the invitation for her to see.

Lin Zinuo took the invitation, opened it to look, and her face showed a look of disbelief.

“Cao Wen invited you.”

“Hm.”

Su Mo nodded.

“Then, then this is a high society banquet.”

Lin Zinuo stuttered a bit as she spoke.

“You could say that.”

Su Mo didn’t care about being high society or not; what was bothering him was the purpose of the other party’s invitation—was it a warning before the demolition, or were they intending to make nice?

That was what troubled Su Mo the most.

Although he didn’t care about the money from the demolition, he cared about the post-demolition resettlement.

Upon hearing Su Mo’s words, Lin Zinuo’s expression also became unnatural.

Her family might not be wealthy, but they were a family with a scholarly tradition, so she had been forced to attend a few upper-class banquets since she was young.

Regardless of what the banquets claimed to represent, they were essentially networking events, and someone like Su Mo, who was handsome and wealthy,

was simply irresistible.

At that time, the social butterflies would swarm around him like bees to honey.

And this big dummy obviously had no experience attending such banquets.

If someone got him drunk and he ended up in an ambiguous relationship with some girl, or if he couldn’t resist temptation and fell for someone’s scheme,

he could be easily led astray, and the more Lin Zinuo thought about it, the more tangled she felt.

Meanwhile, Su Mo, seeing Lin Zinuo’s inexplicably troubled expression, asked in confusion, “What’s wrong with you?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

Lin Zinuo responded in a flustered manner, as if she had almost been caught doing something bad.

“As long as it’s nothing.”

Su Mo didn’t pay much attention to it.

Lin Zinuo looked at Su Mo’s calm face, took a deep breath, and decided to go for it.

Then she said, “Su Mo.”

“What is it?”

Su Mo looked at Lin Zinuo in bewilderment, feeling that something was off about her.

“That, that…”

“Just say whatever it is.

Or do you want to borrow money again?”

Seeing Lin Zinuo hesitating, Su Mo thought she was short of money again.

But this time, he felt confident; his experience living on a budget had ended.

Even though there wasn’t much money left in his account, it was enough.

Lin Zinuo, who had initially been awkward about how to start the conversation, suddenly felt a surge of anger upon hearing Su Mo’s words.