7: Chapter 7 The Secrets of the Immortal Realm

[Game ID]: "Are you sure you're offering 100,000?"

[Luo Yao]: "Yes, but it has to be an offline trade."

Jiang He felt a sudden ache in his kidneys.

Having been in online gaming for years, the thing he feared most was meeting up offline.

He once had a teammate who met up with his in-game wife, only to go missing afterward.

Months later, he saw a report and found out that someone had harvested his kidneys.

Jiang He deliberated and finally agreed.

After all, the figure of 100,000 was too staggering.

After agreeing on the time and place for the trade, they closed the chat.

At this moment, [Ronin] was still sending messages:

[Ronin]: "Kid, 30,000 is not a small amount. Don't play dead with me, hurry up and trade."

Jiang He sneered and blocked him.

"30,000? Get lost. I'm about to have a six-figure net worth."

Ten o'clock in the morning.

Outside the Shanghai Tower.

"D-Da He." Zhao Yun's voice was dry, his Adam's apple bobbing with difficulty. "Are you sure it's here? We didn't go to the wrong place, did we?"

"Sh-should be here, right? The address is correct, isn't it?"

This building, which symbolized the economic lifeline of Shanghai.

It was a place that poor losers like them would never be able to enter in their entire lives.

Just then, a person stepped out from the shadows of the building's revolving doors.

He was wearing a custom suit, gold-rimmed glasses perched on the bridge of his nose, and his hair was combed perfectly in place.

He walked straight up to the two of them, bowed slightly, and performed a standard bow.

"May I ask, are you Mr. Jiang?"

"Y-yes, that's us."

"My surname is Lu, and I am the butler of the Bai residence. On behalf of the Young Miss, I am here to welcome you both. Please follow me." Butler Lu stepped aside and gestured for them to follow.

"A butler?" Zhao Yun's jaw nearly hit the floor.

A character from those TV dramas? He actually saw one in real life?

The butler led the two toward a special elevator.

There were no buttons, and the elevator doors slid open silently.

The interior space was not large, with only a few leather seats. The elevator started moving.

Arriving at the thirtieth floor, the elevator doors slid open silently.

The scene before them caused Jiang He and Zhao Yun to freeze in place.

A huge white hall.

The most eerie thing was...

Hundreds of people were lying on sofas, wearing game helmets.

The entire hall had no partitions. If they hadn't used game helmets themselves, they would have thought they had arrived at a morgue.

"Th-this..." Zhao Yun pointed to the person closest to them wearing a helmet and said, "I've seen this in a specialty store. This model of game helmet costs 500,000 each."

Jiang He didn't even dare to breathe. Hundreds of people, packed densely, 500,000 each? How much money was this?

Butler Lu acted as if he didn't see their shock, maintaining his smile as he led the way.

Finally, at the end of the hall, a heavy door appeared.

Butler Lu pressed the sensor area on the door.

An office with a strong classical Oriental charm appeared before their eyes.

A woman dressed in an elegant indigo qipao was standing with her back to them, facing the window.

"Young Miss, Mr. Jiang has arrived."

The moment the woman turned around, Jiang He felt as if the flow of time had slowed down.

Forget short video influencers, forget the girl-next-door campus belles... The person before him was a true goddess.

"Hello, Mr. Jiang. I am Bai Luoyao."

"Uh, h-hello." Jiang He felt his head spinning, and his heart was still pounding wildly.

"Let's sit down and talk." Bai Luoyao led the two to the sofa.

Butler Lu served three cups of clear tea and then retreated.

"Miss Bai, this is my brother Zhao Yun, his Game ID is Game ID."

"I know. My necklace was actually dropped by Mr. Zhao." Bai Luoyao's lips curved, her smile extremely charming.

Zhao Yun was even worse off than Jiang He at this moment.

From the moment he walked in and saw Bai Luoyao, his brain had been in a state of complete shutdown.

He could only nod in response, unable to even speak.

"Mr. Jiang, let's process the transaction first."

The transaction was completed quickly, and the 100,000 arrived in his account.

After receiving the money, Jiang He wanted to leave; it was truly too uncomfortable here.

Just then, another girl burst into the office.

Jiang He's mind went blank, and he looked around.

This person looked exactly like Bai Luoyao?

"Little brother, you're here. I am Bai Luoxue."

"Twins?"

"Yes, my sister and I are twins."

Jiang He was completely stunned.

It was already rare enough to have one beauty like Bai Luoyao in this world.

And it turned out there was a pair?

Earlier, Bai Luoyao had noticed that Jiang He intended to leave.

So she spoke directly: "Sit down and let's chat. Aren't you curious why there are hundreds of people playing games outside?"

To be honest, he was quite curious.

At this moment, his body sat back down uncontrollably.

Bai Luoyao didn't hold back and revealed everything she knew.

Originally, Immortal Domain was just a traditional online game.

It was just that uncontrollable situations arose during the subsequent programming.

The AI originally used for modeling had actually developed self-awareness.

It had actually deleted the previous game programming.

And rebuilt the world of Immortal Domain.

At that time, the R&D team intended to shut down the project.

But during a board meeting, the AI actually negotiated with them via computer transmission during the meeting.

And it provided super-technological advancements, which were the neural-link game helmets used now.

Faced with huge profits, the board of directors voted unanimously in favor.

Agreeing to continue development, after which the AI began to evolve independently.

Building the framework of Immortal Domain at a geometric speed, it no longer even executed human commands, uploading the entire server to the world network.

Eventually, it completely escaped the control of the game company.

"I think you should know, right? The initial beta test was completed by a person in a vegetative state."

"Yes, I've heard of it."

"That person in a vegetative state has already woken up, and their body is even healthier than before they got sick, and they are also younger."

Jiang He and Zhao Yun were stunned.

This kind of thing was too unbelievable.

Bai Luoyao continued, saying every word clearly.

What if one day, after a person dies, they could still survive in the game world?

What if humans could completely activate their genes by playing games?

Zhao Yun shouted subconsciously: "Superhumans?"

Bai Luoyao nodded.

There was silence in the room.

According to this theory, Immortal Domain had already transcended the scope of a game.

It had even risen to the level of changing the world?

And through Bai Luoyao's explanation, Jiang He completely understood the current situation of Immortal Domain.

It turned out that besides ordinary people playing it, in fact, many large companies had already entered the game one after another.

Among them were their Bai Group, and the Zhang Group.

And that AI that changed Immortal Domain had disappeared ever since the game went online.

Where exactly did it go?

And what was its purpose?

Bai Luoyao stood up, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and turned her back to them.

"Immortal Domain is no longer just a game."

"Its existence for humanity might be evolution, but it is even more likely to be destruction."

"So, Jiang He... I would like to invite you to join our team."