GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?-Chapter 1860: Many Promises.

His movements were precise and surgical. They were the product of talent and hours of practice. They were flawless, and they were deadly.

He is not some superhuman. He is just a highly skilled individual that knew how best to move in order to kill. Now that his body can't hold him back anymore, he can finally unleash his potential.

It is something he has always craved to do. If there were no virtual reality games, he would be an assassin just for the thrill of it, not for the money. That's why he chose to participate in God's Domain.

Sure, it would be nice to be able to heal any injury, regain his youthful body, and live forever, but those are not the main reasons why he is here. He is doing it just for the love of the game. So he would have done all of these even if there were no tangible rewards to have.

He eventually died after 20 minutes of intensive fighting. His stamina failed him, so he became slower and sloppy. The rats overwhelmed him and killed him. But he died laughing and happy. His laughter rang throughout the night like those of a madman.

He lost consciousness for a while before he appeared in a white room. A voice from an unknown source spoke to him.

"Congratulations on passing the survival trial. You have proven your worth. You can leave God's Domain now and wait for the start of the training session in your world, or wait here. Which do you want?"

"There's going to be training?" He asked in excitement.

"Yes. God's Domain will be introduced to you, and you will be equipped with the minimum amount of information and resources required to survive in it. It will not do for you to die because of ignorance."

That made AB pause. He asked, "What kind of death are you referring to?"

"Deaths in God's Domain will lead to a loss of half of the power you have acquired in the game. It is not permanent, but it can lead to delibitating effects that you will experience in real life. It can be permanent if a god kills you, and you can even die in the real world if a particularly powerful god kills you. So training is good for you."

AB thought about it and decided to rest to keep himself in top shape for the training. The fact that a death in God's Domain can make him die in the real world didn't affect his resolve at all. If anything, it has only made him decide to take this game more seriously.

He returned to the world, smiling to himself. "This God's Domain has both good and bad real-life consequences. I hope it will help others take it seriously; that way I won't be the odd one out."

He had always been the odd performer in virtual reality games because he was always serious and took things in the games too far. But now he feels that everyone has to be like him this time around.

Most of the people that passed the survival trial decided to return to the real world to process what they had just gone through. They noticed that even though some of them spent 3 days in the trial, only 30 seconds had gone by in the real world.

It was not a figment of their imagination either. They recalled sleeping for hours and the hours of terror they experienced hiding in cellars in the game. But when they returned to their homes on earth, they found out that time had barely passed.

The Heavenly Corporation claimed that they were using advanced technologies to simulate dream conditions. This way, people will be able to experience more time in the game than in the real world.

This claim increased the influence of God's Domain. It came along with the outcry of protest against the fact that the game could kill them in the real world.

No one is doubting that they can make it happen. Not after every claim that the Heavenly Coperation has made has been fulfilled. No one has died yet, and it is absurd to think that it is possible for death in the game to affect real life, but they don't want this particular promise to be fulfilled, so they are already fighting against it.

Unfortunately, the Heavenly Corperation is not moved by public sentiment. They didn't listen to anyone, which wasn't surprising. They did what they always did. They ignored everyone who had something to say about how they should do things. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

No government or individual could move them or change their minds. They don't have their game somewhere where it can be banned, deleted, or hacked. They are free from public influence.

Not even the threat of boycotting the game moved them. Instead of backing down, they decided to push forward.

They made an announcement that anyone who passed the survival trial can live on in the game forever even if they die of old age. They promised that their minds can live on if their bodies give out. That is as long as they don't die in the game.

This marked the promise of actual and virtual longevity. Now they could live an eternal virtual existence in the game, or they could earn elixir from the game and live forever in the real world.

These claims, despite not having been delivered yet, became the final nail in the coffin used to bury the self-respect of humans. The online and real-world protests still continued, but they lost momentum quickly.

The only reason the protests hadn't collapsed yet is that the promises of eternal life hadn't been delivered yet. No one had met the requirements to acquire them, but many more people were striving harder than before to meet those requirements.

Instead of protesting, they spent most of their time training in the real world so that they could fight better.

A/N: Have you ever wondered what it would feel like and how it would happen if aliens came with advanced technologies to set up a game with an ulterior motive? Not me, though. I have more serious things to think about.