If you’re from a small village without much entertainment, you definitely have to get some emotional value on the forum; otherwise, practicing in a dull village can be suffocating.

Everyone thinks the Capital dispatching troops is an official action, but only Fang Yu understands that this is a real world, and all actions are based on the will of the natives themselves.

In other words... the Capital genuinely discovered a major threat, which is why they dispatched troops to attack.

As the saying goes, when the sky falls, tall people hold it up; the Capital’s proactive response gives Fang Yu an inexplicable sense of security.

He entered the keyword "Thunder City" into the forum search engine.

Soon, a bunch of hot posts appeared before Fang Yu.

"Damn you, pay up! Tian Buluo, I know you’re looking at the forum, pay me my money!!"

What’s going on?

Debt collecting?

Click to see, and Fang Yu became embarrassed.

It turns out this guy helped someone named Brother Tian rob a prison in the Foolish Underworld, and naturally died there.

The role he painstakingly raised is gone, and of course, he’s angry. The most irritating part is that Tian Buluo hasn’t even paid the remaining amount, it’s utterly heartbreaking.

So, he ran to the forum to vent his anger, threatening to bring real-life trouble to Tian Buluo.

Honestly, since it involves money, Fang Yu actually suspects this guy might really take it offline.

The remaining payment is tens of thousands, not a small amount.

Looking at the replies below, it seems this person is somewhat famous in Thunder City; people recognized him and flooded the thread, both to help him seek justice and to curry favor with him.

"What Tian Buluo, spending big money when asking for help, but now that the work is done, he’s run off the internet! Scum!"

"Archer bro, don’t worry, we’re still in Thunder City, for scums like him, I’ll deal with each one I see, making sure he can’t stay in Thunder City!"

"Exactly! I hate liars the most, I’ll cut his thing off once my Swordsmanship is mastered... by the way, any handsome guys in Thunder City? CPDD!"

Fang Yu felt a cold shiver down below as he read this reply.

Oh boy, all sorts of demons and monsters are here...

Exiting the post and browsing others, he found new posts mostly from people seeking to get the money from Tian Buluo.

Not paying up truly shows a lack of fear. If so many people gathered to play a game of offline reality, something bad could really happen.

Fang Yu is no longer short on money, but having been through tough times, he understands what five-figure sums mean; if unpaid, people might do crazy things.

As he kept scrolling, Fang Yu was suddenly attracted by a post.

"Jie! Jie! Jie! Thanks to the brothers for the prison break event! I won’t forget the brothers once I make it big!"

Among the debt-collecting posts, such a refreshing one made Fang Yu curiously click in.

The post read...

"Family members, you are truly my family!"

"Prison robbery is great, prison robbery is wonderful! I originally worked myself to the bone just to get a prison guard job in the Foolish Underworld, my dreams of being a hero already shattered, just aiming to make a living. But then..."

"Once you came, stirred things up, and brought a big shot my way!"

"The mastermind behind this jailbreak, called Meng Huoke, was tortured day and night once caught. Ultimately unable to bear the humiliation, he died in his cell... I was the one who finished him off!"

Huh?

Fang Yu was dumbfounded.

You’re so happy after killing someone?

Wait a minute! That’s not right, shouldn’t the mastermind be tortured severely, making life a fate worse than death? How did you just kill him?

Scrolling down further, Fang Yu suddenly understood.

"Family, the more I worked as a prison guard in the Foolish Underworld, the more I realized one thing. That is... there are limits to being a prison guard. Family, I’m no longer a prison guard!!!"

"Meng Huoke begged me to kill him, and in exchange, he gave me the location of a place holding their Rebel Army token."

"Now that I have the item, sorry, but buddy’s transforming himself and joining the high ranks of the Rebel Army!"

"Who cares about the Foolish Underworld? Even dogs wouldn’t go there, it’s the Rebel Army for me, a vast blue ocean! The sky’s the limit! Jie jie jie!!"

It’s clear that this player’s Spirit is quite healthy...

However, the prison guard isn’t wrong. Without the players planning the jailbreak, he wouldn’t have had the chance to contact the high-rank prisoner of the Rebel Army, resulting in his rapid transformation and success.

It’s just...

Rebel Army? High rank?

That’s actually what I am now.

This guy wants to join the Rebel Army, which means he’s coming to my side...

Next time I officially participate in Rebel Army activities, I need to carefully watch if this fence-sitter is on my team...

Exiting the post, he continued searching for Thunder City news.

After all, it’s just a town, with not many posts updating daily, so the intelligence gathered is quite limited.

After seeing no valuable threads, Fang Yu deleted the search keyword and returned to the forum homepage.

The Capital dispatching troops post still firmly held the top trending spot, and further down...

"Sword Dao Supreme! I open the gate of heaven with one sword! Who dares duel me! 1000 yuan for a duel! Welcome to challenge!"

"1v1 real man! If I win, you pay 100 yuan, if I lose I give you 1000, welcome to battle!"

"Latest scam, transformed as a battlefield reporter, revealing the 1v1 arena battle scam details!"

"Damn! Internal strife in Absolute Sect easing, widely recruiting disciples, brothers charge, Major Sect recruiting!"

"Do you know what love is? In the game, I experienced what everlasting love really means."

"Touching! Day 108 of playing Dog Egg around like a fool! The country green tea self-cultivation, sisters come and learn frame by frame!"

"Family, who gets it! This piece of demon meat is simply amazing! Cheap and good, come in and learn cooking skills with me!"

The homepage posts are indeed chaotic and random, but skill posts are becoming increasingly rare.

Or rather, truly useful skill posts are not popular, and nobody’s interested.

Instead, these bizarre contents have high popularity, and some even turned into minor online celebrities, hosting offline fan gatherings... 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Magical...

This world is becoming more and more magical...

Fang Yu scratched his head; if he didn’t know the world’s truth, he might also become one of the audience for these random posts, because who doesn’t love the excitement.

Please, learning a hand at cooking with demon meat has a lot of real-world bragging potential, it’s not surprising people would pay for such posts...

After all, the "Seeking Demon" game has penetrated various industries, nearly becoming a nationwide game, with even official media often reporting game news and gossip, keeping the buzz escalating.

New players keep pouring in, naturally expanding the market. As the market grows, everyone wants a piece of the action.

Slightly shaking his head, Fang Yu closed the post. These mundane matters are distancing from him, compared to these trivialities, he wishes to know more about the in-game intelligence.

Unfortunately, finding intelligence on the forum is like finding a needle in a haystack; he couldn’t find anything useful and decisively closed his eyes, preparing to enter the game.

Body decomposing, he disappeared from the real world.

...

In-game.

Absolute Sect.

"Dear sir, is this Absolute Mountain?"

At the foot of the mountain, Zuo Lv bowed and asked with devotion.

It had been some days since leaving Rolling Bone City.

From the start of this path, neither he nor Hei Ao had the slightest intention of turning back, only moving forward, courageously!

The Gatekeeper at the mountain’s foot seemed impatient.

Even seeing a lovely young lady like Zuo Lv, he merely impatiently knocked on the nearby big stone tablet.

"Can’t read?"

The voice, indifferent.

The attitude, perfunctory.

But neither Zuo Lv nor Hei Ao showed any resentment.

The Absolute Sect is of great significance.

Its power surpasses even their families by a few degrees.

Not to mention... both the Zuo Family and the Hei Family are on the brink of extinction, no longer as glorious in the past.

"Dear sir, my friend and I are here to become apprentices; we wish to join the Absolute Sect and learn martial arts."

With that said, without waiting for the Gatekeeper’s reaction, Zuo Lv took out the token of the Absolute Sect.

At once, the Gatekeeper’s expression changed.

"...Where did you get this?"