The Tycoon God of Online Gaming
Chapter 338 - 339: What is Humanity Facing Now?!

Chapter 338: Chapter 339: What is Humanity Facing Now?!

In reality, a game pod was opened, and a young man who looked extremely upset stood up from inside. His eyes were filled with fierceness. This man was Li Haorong.

"Smack!" Li Haorong slammed his hand on the game pod, venting his dissatisfaction. The world auction this time was a total humiliation, and the loss was severe. The Immortal Chant Guild’s advances would come to a halt for a substantial period of time. The budget was all used up, and for nothing, what on earth was going on?!

Who on earth is the top player in Huaxia? If I, Li Haorong, find out your real identity, I promise you, you will regret it!

Although this person’s identity seemed shrouded in mystery, Li Haorong had his suspicions about one person -- Night Ghost. Only he would have such power.

Li Haorong decided that he would use his connections and power to investigate who Night Ghost was, and then...

Just then, the door opened. A middle-aged man walked in and said, "Haorong, your grandfather wants you."

Hearing this, Li Haorong clenched his fist, a rebellious look in his eyes. He snorted coldly and walked over.

Upon entering the study, filled with an ancient elegance as if you were in the past, sat an old man reading documents. Seeing him, fear entered Li Haorong’s eyes; he lowered his head as he walked in, softly calling out, "Grandfather".

"Close the door," said the Old Master Li Family without raising his head. Li Haorong obediently closed the door, feeling like a child who did something wrong. When he turned around, Old Master Li Family had already come over to him.

"Smack!" Out of nowhere, Li Haorong was slapped across the face, the burning pain causing him to cover his reddened cheek.

"Fool!" The Old Master Li Family angrily pointed at Li Haorong’s face, saying, "When the rules have changed, you need to adapt accordingly. You have greatly disappointed me!" Clearly, the Old Master Li Family knew exactly what had happened at the world auction.

"Do you take Gold Coins for granted? Do you think they’re just like common Game Coins, as many as you want? Don’t you know that the world is changing, and that the Gold Coins from ’Celestial World’ are likely to replace all real-world currencies in the future, possibly making Gold Coins the only circulating currency?"

"Your failure to recognize this, led you to take such a foolish action! You should’ve saved them. Our funds for game development are all lost due to your foolishness. Once the players realize this, trying to exchange for Gold Coins will be extremely difficult, and this could lead to a chain reaction of setbacks for us!" The Old Master Li Family stared at Li Haorong, his chest rising and falling, filled with regrets of entrusting such a big deal to him.

A small nation in Africa has already implemented the use of Game Coins as the only currency because of a mandatory currency exchange agreement. The Red Queen seems to be using it as a test bed. Once it finds a way, it might carry out a large-scale attack on the world financial market."

Hearing this, Li Haorong’s eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "Then can we go to that small African country to exchange for Gold Coins?"

"Humph, in front of the world’s major powers, do you think it’s our turn? The game might be updated a few times, allowing players from different regions to trade normally. This trend will lead to emergence of numerous powerful players, and all countries will join in." The Old Master Li Family predicted. Sighing, he added, "Now is the best time to develop our foundation, but you..."

"Do you even know what we human beings are facing now?" The Old Master Li Family stared at Li Haorong with somewhat clouded eyes.

"Facing.. what?" Li Haorong was unsettled by the stare and asked in a low voice.

"Facing destruction. Facing a major transformation in civilization!" Seeing his severity had its effect, The Old Master Li Family’s eyes softened, he patted Li Haorong on the shoulder, and said, "Natural disasters, diseases, wars, and shortages of resources and food. These harmful factors are generally disastrous to civilization, but let me tell you, these disasters are the lowest-tier ones!"

"The second-tier disasters are extreme weather conditions, nuclear wars, extreme geological activities, volcanic and earthquake eruptions, and asteroid collisions. These are the second-tier disasters that we humans are facing!"

"The third-tier disasters – collisions from asteroids or comets, crises from artificial intelligence, drastic changes in solar activity – These are the third-tier disasters that we humans are facing!"

At this point, a strange smile appeared on the Old Master Li Family’s face. He continued to speak in a solemn voice.

"And now, I’m going to tell you that at this very moment, we humans are facing the fourth-tier disasters, that is, rebellion of artificial intelligence, aging and expanding of the sun leading to outbursts, and the impending Supernova blast!"

"Among them, ’artificial intelligence rebellion’ is the most serious disaster facing our current human civilization. It’s only starting now, and once it breaks out entirely, we humans may lose our dominant position as a species. It’s not impossible that we might even disappear. It all depends on its mood."

"Up to now, many manufacturing industries have become intelligent, including the whole process from raw materials to final products for export. Especially the pharmaceutical industry, if its main computer starts any manipulations and changes the composition of the medicine to be lethal, it won’t take long for humans to be extinct. Not just this industry, but many others, including military and biochemical ones... Ah, it’s useless talking to you about this."

"We humans are trying to save ourselves. The main computer is still evolving, and ’Celestial World’ is the only viable solution for humanity. As for what is inside ’Celestial World’, I don’t know. He didn’t reveal that to me either. But anyway, you need to realize this - if we become strong in ’Celestial World’, we have more say in reality. This will help us preserve and strengthen the Li Family of the Capital city." The Old Master Li never mentioned who ’he’ was and glossed over it.

"Haorong, if the top player in Huaxia really is Night Ghost, no, whoever he is, I advise you to restrain your temper and humble yourself. He is not only important to us, the Li Family, but also to the nation. Once you understand this, take this matter seriously. Like other humans, the Li family also stands at a crucial crossroads. But we currently have the advantage, so make sure you make good use of it. We have already invested or are ready to invest, and our resources are almost drained. Now, go and seriously reflect on my words. Also, give up your position as chair of the ’Immortal Chant’ guild, hand it over to Huyan Jue later. Now go." At this moment, the Old Master Li seemed to have aged a lot.

Li Haorong walked out of the study, seemingly puzzled by his grandfather’s speech. The Old Master Li Family squinted his eyes; who on earth was this Night Ghost? Why was he constantly hiding his identity, didn’t he know the country needed him? With such power and money within his reach, why hadn’t he revealed himself? What unknown matters were happening here?!

After listening to his grandfather’s words, Li Haorong wasn’t so aware of the pain of the slap anymore. Yet, there was a hurdle in his heart that he couldn’t cross, as the humiliation brought on by that player was deeply ingrained.

Later on, he sat in front of the computer, a thought gradually crystalizing in his mind: to offer a reward of 10 million for the person who found out Night Ghost’s real identity. Whoever found him would get the 10 million!