The Tycoon God of Online Gaming
Chapter 1107 - 1109: I Yearn to Become a Real Person

Chapter 1107: Chapter 1109: I Yearn to Become a Real Person

"Listen carefully to the way they talk, watch their transactions." As they moved through the crowd of players, Chu You communicated with his companion telepathically, without actually speaking aloud.

Ming’er’s eyes widened slightly as she looked around with a curious gaze. This was her first time in the Central City of Huaxia. In the Yan Kingdom’s Imperial Palace, apart from encountering Green Lantern Ning and other Noble players, she had never seen any other players, and those she had seen were only glimpsed surreptitiously.

Of course, like most traditional princesses, Ming’er had never left the Imperial Palace.

"You, take a close look." Saying this, the two turned into a street, which was indeed Bustling Street.

The players passing by glanced curiously at the pair but could not see their specific information. They couldn’t even see the health bars, much like how Bao’er looked at Empress Gray; also, Chu You’s demeanor clearly suggested he was a player, not some NPC, so no one came over to ask.

Central City of Huaxia could genuinely be described as a place teeming with hidden dragons and crouching tigers. It was a place where all kinds of novel and strange things occurred, and all sorts of players existed...

Of course, even as players scanned the crowd, not everyone was locked onto; in the Central City, most players were just browsing casually, only locking their gaze onto players they found interesting or eye-catching!

Chu You and Ming’er’s attire was no longer attention-grabbing at this point, and Chu You was happy to relax.

The two arrived at the Shanhai Exchange, "See that? Some are muttering to themselves, but actually, they’re communicating with companions over long distances."

"They’re exchanging information, discussing where to venture next. For you natives, those places are fraught with deadly risks. But for us, they’re just... thrilling and fun."

Ming’er nodded slightly, understanding.

"Let’s go inside."

Upon entering the exchange, Chu You chose the Shanhai Exchange. The array of goods inside was no longer as extensive as before. The trade goods from the seven great nations of Huaxia were gone, and most of what remained was merchandise listed by Immortal Guild Players and a small portion by Japanese Players.

The Guild’s exchange lost the trade market of the Huaxia’s seven great nations but at the same time opened the trade market in the Dongying region. However, most Japanese Players still hadn’t located the Shanhai Exchange of Immortal Guild in Central City of Dongying, so there wasn’t a large-scale listing of goods from there yet.

Many Japanese Players were anxious, especially the merchant studios. They had learned from the information coming from the Central City of Huaxia that the Immortal Guild had opened an exchange in Central City of Dongying and had linked the trade markets of Huaxia and Dongying.

But they just couldn’t find where the Immortal Guild’s exchange was located; who knew where Miao Jiuer had initially set it up.

They had stockpiled a large amount of raw materials but couldn’t find a market to sell them. It was frustrating.

This also reflected the situation with merchants and studios on the Huaxia side. They had already listed materials in high demand by Dongying on the Shanhai Exchange of the Immortal Guild, yet... players from Dongying couldn’t find a place to buy them.

Anyway, despite having lost the trade market of Huaxia’s seven great nations, for the players of Huaxia, the Shanhai Exchange was merely a local exchange limited to Central City, but because of the trading link with the Dongying region, it remained bustling!

The place was bustling with continuous traffic!

The reason for this situation was mainly because the Immortal Guild had not adequately prepared for accommodating Dongying players. A key factor was that there were too few people in the guild’s management. Zhao Feifei was overwhelmed and had not yet announced the coordinates of the guild’s exchange in Central City of Dongying and the specifics of recruitment.

And Chu You truly... didn’t have many people he could use. Strictly speaking, Chu You’s current team wasn’t a professional business team; it was rather scattered.

Aside from having a top-tier combat team, there were no other teams like management, business, or operations teams.

It was purely through powerful strength that they forcibly maintained the current situation.

Of course, this had a direct relation to Chu You not taking these matters seriously. If one were to seek accountability, Chu You could not shirk responsibility.

One could see from the tasks Chu You assigned to several people, whether it was Zhao Feifei, Lin Luor, or even the next tier, Miao Jiuer and Dantai Jingning, these four had to handle responsibilities singlehandedly, capable of addressing big enterprises!

All right, Chu You didn’t look at capabilities; he just handled things however he could...

The most important thing was that Chu You didn’t have a heart for dominance. What he saw in the grand pattern was fundamentally different from what most players saw. That was key.

Of course, it was also clear that if one chose the path of development, one would have to face endless troubles and the infiltration of various hostile forces. It might even lead to discord in the inner court resulting in problems at the back.

In ancient times, most emperors started their reigns with a strong determination to administrate the nation well, but over time some emperors turned into tyrants, others stopped attending court for decades, while others indulged in debauchery.

Looking through the phenomenon to see the essence, it involved the inability of the ministers and the emperor to reach mutual compromises. The emperor was human too, and how many of those around him genuinely offered helpful advice? How could these few withstand the tumultuous and complex forces of the ministers?!

The power of the royal family and relatives could even interfere with the emperor’s harem, which in turn could influence the emperor.

The situation seen by the emperor, including his briefs, was largely orchestrated by his ministers.

Over time, the emperor realized that even seemingly simple tasks were fraught with complications, and under such torment, many emperors were worn down....

In this life, Chu You possessed a carefree heart. He didn’t want to fall into the whirlpool of power, he only wanted to do what he desired, undisturbed by any factors or at least minimize them. Whether the actions were right or wrong didn’t matter, what was important was the happiness and clarity of mind that came from following his heart!

Upon opening the exchange interface, one could see some item names displayed in Japanese characters, confirming that the items listed in the exchange were from players in the Japanese region.

When a player stared at an item listed by a Japanese player for one second, the text information would automatically translate.

After purchasing an item from this foreign region, the item’s name and other information would turn into Huaxia script.

Actually, this arrangement did not create a confusing spectacle, because each item had its category. Within these categories, any item from a foreign region belonged to the same type, and the search function also supported fuzzy searches. Entering the character for ’dragon’, would bring up any item related to or containing ’dragon’.

Additionally, the categories included a search range for item levels.

For example, if one selected the raw materials option, input ’Dragon Race’, and then chose level 40, they would see all the level 40 Dragon Race raw materials.

Now, Chu You had hung up some top-quality, master-level starting equipment and some high-rank skill books, set the prices, and finally collected the gold coins from the sale, along with a commission fee, totaling: 3.2 million gold coins.

Ming’er watched curiously at everything around her.

Eventually, they arrived at a teleportation circle and both disappeared, reappearing at a small teleportation circle in a wild outdoor area.

Then, Chu You took Ming’er to witness a war between players, a resurrection circle, and a technique commonly used by many, the Resurrection Technique.

"See, there’s no world quite like this," Chu You said, his gaze resting on a female player from a guild below who was carefully holding a baby, with several players gathering around, playfully interacting with the baby from time to time.

Of course, the baby was not born to the female player. How could a player give birth here? The baby was a reincarnation body, and it would take at least 15 days before one could determine if the baby truly was a reincarnation body and its realm level.

If the baby was a reincarnation of someone at the Great Perfection stage of Sun Awe, then that player would hit the jackpot.

However, as Chu You’s gaze fell on the baby, the information appeared: Reincarnation Body: Sun Awe Initial Stage.

In other words, while other players would need 15 days to see this information, Chu You could see it now.

At this moment, he naturally pulled out the immortal spear from behind his back, still watching the baby 300 meters below, and then he raised the spear.

"Are you going to kill that baby?"

Chu You glanced at Ming’er indifferently, and with just that one look, his expression subtly changed, and he lowered his spear, "Are you pleading with me?"

"But do you know, you see those girls protecting the baby now, but if that infant isn’t a reincarnation body, then... they will kill it."

"Without hesitation!"

"How would they kill it? Drown it? Burn it? Bury it alive? Who knows, but one thing I must tell you is that players in this world can be extraordinarily cruel!"

"How... can it be like this? What even is a reincarnation body?"

"I won’t explain that now. Reincarnation bodies are my enemies, and you’ll find out the details later."

"You need to know that we don’t consider you humans. I’ve said before, you’re just data to us, toys companions for our amusement and venting."

"This is the world you live in."

"Ming’er, having seen so much, don’t you want to become like us and see what our world is truly like? Are you curious?"

"I... I want."

"Hey, what are you doing!" a player flew up, looking at Chu You and Ming’er, his eyes filled with surprise because he couldn’t pinpoint their exact location, though they were clearly right in front of him.

"Just sightseeing," Chu You said with a smile, and the next moment, they vanished into thin air.

Afterward, Chu You took Ming’er to many places, witnessing many ’unique’ phenomena among players.

Perhaps influenced by this experience, the man previously on the verge of killing the baby chose to stop. At this point, Ming’er, feeling a rare surge of courage, looked towards the distant players but reached out and, her hand trembling slightly, eventually lightly grasped the man’s clothes.

"Master, Ming’er wants to return to the real world, to become a real person."