Original by Tianyun Lao Mao
Jinhai City, Commercial Street.
Tall buildings stand side by side, and shops selling various luxury goods completely occupy both sides of the street. Many fashionable young men and women walk in groups of two or three, discussing the opening of new luxury stores and the release of new bags or electronic products in these stores.
Occasionally, a luxurious floating supercar can be seen emitting a mechanical roar, causing many young men and women on the street to yearn and envy.
On the central square of the commercial street, even on a rest day, even in the early morning, it is already bustling with people who have come to relax and stroll.
Near a fountain in the center of the square, dozens of handsome men and beautiful women are performing street shows. They either sing or dance, accompanied by dazzling holographic images, attracting many people to stop and watch.
Among them, the most popular is a person singing the theme song of "God's Domain," while the holographic images play the latest promotional video of "World War" released by God's Domain.
In the video, the world channel opens, and the armies of the two worlds are fiercely fighting on the battlefield. Various airships and war machines clash in the sky, gambling with the fate of the world. The magnificent scene and the passionate song make the viewers boil with excitement.
Just as the song finishes, the floating advertising screen above the central square also starts broadcasting today's news.
"Hello, everyone! This is the morning news of God's Domain!"
"The latest news is that the local Shadow Guild has officially announced its merger with the super guild Dominators, becoming the 73rd affiliated force of Dominators. The newly appointed Shadow Guild leader, the talented newcomer Gu Yiren, expressed that Shadow Guild will have better development and, with the support of Dominators, will establish a new city in the Flame Forest outside the world's peak. They welcome ambitious individuals to join and hope that Shadow Guild will soon become a top guild!"
"In today's local newspaper, Xuanlang Studio, one of the three major studios in Fenglin City, has signed a contract with Wu Xiaoxiao, the champion of the Genius Newcomer Battle. The head of Xuanlang Studio stated that they will use their maximum resources to train Wu Xiaoxiao, guaranteeing a minimum annual salary of one billion credit points and providing the best inheritance from the guild. They will also specially create a set of epic-level equipment for Wu Xiaoxiao, allowing her to quickly advance to the fifth-tier profession!"
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Upon hearing this news, the crowd in the square began discussing it, with some envious and others jealous.
If there is a profession nowadays that can quickly make one wealthy, among ten thousand people, nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine would say it is a profession player in the Divine Realm. The remaining one who disagrees must have a screw loose in their head.
Among the crowd, a man wearing a light blue casual T-shirt and gray sweatpants, with messy hair and a slightly pale complexion like an IT guy who often works night shifts, named Shi Feng, looked at the floating advertisement screen in the square and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Fate really plays tricks on people."
Shi Feng looked at the time displayed on the advertisement screen and didn't know what to say.
Although he should have been accustomed to it during this period of time, hearing the news broadcast still made his heart restless.
The last time he returned to ten years ago overnight, he formed his own guild and developed it into the number one guild in the Divine Realm. He even ascended to the unimaginable Sixth Order Sword God in the Divine Realm. Afterwards, in order to protect his own world, he ventured into a new world.
Ten years!
A whole ten years!
He was reborn for a whole ten years!
But fate seemed to be playing a joke on him, directly making him suddenly return to the world he originally belonged to, the world before his rebirth.
Everything was just like before his rebirth, struggling for the Shadow Guild for ten years, only to be kicked out of the guild and become a thirty-two-year-old unemployed man.
The only thing worth celebrating was that he at least had a high-end villa and five million credit points, so he didn't have to worry about his livelihood for a short time.
When he returned to this world, he was a bit confused about which world was real and which world was a dream. If this current world was considered real, then the world after his rebirth was so vivid, he even remembered it clearly.
Especially after coming back, although his thirty-two-year-old body was not in great shape, his mental state was surprisingly good. His control over his body was not comparable to an ordinary martial artist, and it was even close to the level of a spiritual master.
To say that the current world is a dream, but he can't wake up from it, and the hidden injuries from his early physical training are still there.
The only sword scar on his chest makes Shi Feng feel inexplicable.
In Shi Feng's memory, he has never been cut by a sword, let alone a sword scar on his chest. This is definitely a life-threatening situation.
You see, in normal reality, even in combat, people only use fists and feet, and never weapons.
The most important thing is that whenever he tries to recall how the sword scar came about, his brain feels an indescribable pain, a pain that goes deep into his bones, making his mind feel like it's going to explode, forcing him to give up trying to remember.
"Although I don't know why my brain can't handle that memory, it's very likely that my current mental level is too low. As long as I can elevate my mental level, I should be able to recall that memory."
Based on his own experience, Shi Feng judges that the pain in his brain when trying to recall is most likely due to insufficient mental level. It's similar to how when the mental level is low, one can't handle the complex inheritances of the Divine Realm, and the brain can't help but ache. As long as the mental level is high enough, such things won't happen.
He cannot determine whether the current situation is reality or a dream.
However, in his opinion, the memory of the sword scar on his chest is very important, perhaps related to his return to this world.
"It seems that I need to find an opportunity to improve my mental state." Shi Feng couldn't help but ponder.
The loss of memory is like a fishbone stuck in Shi Feng's throat, making him extremely uncomfortable. If he doesn't carefully investigate, he won't even be able to sleep well.
As Shi Feng sat on the stone bench in the square, quietly contemplating how to improve his mental state, a middle-aged man in a suit with a leather collar ran over not far away.
And this middle-aged dark-skinned man is none other than Hei Zi, who has been adventuring in the Divine Realm with Shi Feng for many years. However, compared to the Hei Zi after being reborn in the new world, the current Hei Zi has been in a managerial position, with a protruding belly and a plump face. If the Hei Zi after being reborn in the new world knew about this, he would probably cry...
"Feng Ge! I finally found you! What have you been doing during this time?" Hei Zi stared at Shi Feng, his gaze full of reproach. "I couldn't reach you when I tried to contact you before, and when I went to your house, you weren't there. I thought you couldn't bear it and went to seek death. But it was so hard to find you!"
"That Blue Ocean Dragon ****, but Feng Ge, you don't have to despair. Don't forget that your skills are still there. Even if your account is deleted, with your level of expertise, you can quickly level up again. There's no need to do something foolish!" Hei Zi, who was usually messy, hurriedly tried to persuade Shi Feng, afraid that he would be devastated by this and ruin his entire life.
Shi Feng looked at Hei Zi, who was anxiously concerned, and smiled faintly, "Don't worry, I'm fine. But are you okay? With the new guild leader taking office, they might reshuffle the old employees like you. If you're still running around now, there's even more reason for them to do so."
"I'm just a small manager in the guild, how could a genius sent by Xiong Ba Tian Xia possibly think highly of me?" Kuroko shrugged indifferently and said, "What about you, Feng-ge? What are your plans? You don't have a character in the Divine Realm right now, so you can't do anything. How about I arrange for a few experts from the guild to help you level up? It won't take a month for you to go from level zero to level one hundred and third tier. Then you can seek revenge on Lan Hai Long."
After ten years of development in the Divine Realm, as long as someone guides you and your skills are sufficient, it's quite easy to reach the third tier profession in a short period of time. In fact, many Divine Realm studios now offer this service, as there are quite a few people whose accounts have been abandoned due to the inability to complete epic-level quests. Starting over is easy, the only troublesome part is the weapons and equipment that were hard to obtain.
"No need for that trouble," Shi Feng shook his head. "The new expansion pack is about to be released. I heard that after the release, if players had a third tier profession character above level 150, they can directly promote it to level one hundred and third tier through a system trial. The new expansion pack will be released in a few days, so I'll just go for the direct promotion then."
"That's true," Kuroko nodded and suddenly remembered something. "With this method, leveling up will be even faster. I'll have someone prepare a set of level one hundred epic-level equipment for you, Feng-ge."
"No rush," Shi Feng smiled lightly. "Didn't you say before that our guild's Divine Realm Academy in Jin Hai City is recruiting mentors? Nowadays, the Divine Realm has become a part of people's lives, and various universities have Divine Realm majors sponsored by major corporations to train elite experts and provide talent for their own guilds."
Jin Hai University in Jin Hai City is one of them.
This year, it was even expanded with funding from a world-class corporation. Due to the expansion, they are offering generous compensation to recruit Divine Realm experts as mentors or coaches.
This is definitely an opportunity for him.
The resources held by this world-class conglomerate are far beyond what an ordinary guild can imagine, and they can obtain resources that are inaccessible to the outside world.
Although he has five million credits in his hands, without a channel, it is impossible for him to buy S-level nutritional potions to improve his physical fitness and restore his vitality.
But if he becomes a mentor at the academy, he might be able to buy them through internal channels, allowing his body to recover as soon as possible. Only then can he better improve his mental level. Otherwise, with his current physical level, it would be impossible to make any progress in his mental level even after twenty years.
"The academy is recruiting mentors, and they have specially sent people to our guild, hoping that our top experts can take on part-time positions. However, our top experts in the guild are too busy. They don't even have time to train our own guild members, let alone teach others." Heizi nodded and curiously asked, "Are you going, Brother Feng?"
"Yes, I plan to go." Shi Feng didn't hide anything. He had nothing now.
"Okay, I'll arrange it for you. When the time comes, you just need to go directly to the academy to report." Heizi was relieved when he heard this and took care of the matter directly.
Two days later, on August 24, 2139.
Wearing sportswear, Shi Feng returned to where he originally started, ten years later.