The Sahara Desert, the headquarters of Earth Company towers into the clouds, incomparably massive.

Overall, it looks like a bird's nest, a nest of a giant bird soaring in the starry sky.

Many floors within the building, numerous rooms, are impossible to reach by physical means.

Some are like the Room of Requirement in "Harry Potter," requiring a ritual;

some are like the cave entrance in "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," needing a spell;

or like the cave residence of the Longevity Star's white deer descending to the Lower Realm as a demon in the seventy-ninth chapter of "Journey to the West," requiring three left turns, three right turns, simultaneously slapping hands on the tree, and calling out three times to open the door (or perhaps shouting something as unexpected as "recent oral ulcers" as a spell).

The most hidden, most unattainable rooms are the ones floating like transparent bird eggs in the center of the nest.

The vital energy of the entire Earth converges in the headquarters building, nourishing those hundreds of bird eggs.

The bird egg floating at the very top just happens to leave the atmosphere; by simply opening the window, it can directly collect the Earth's glow.

Li Changzhou is currently meditating in this office.

With the progression of the game, clothing and dressing have diversified, and cross-legged meditation has become fashionable again—for survival, players must get used to this lifestyle, even if they dislike it.

Li Changzhou sits cross-legged there, with rolling black fog behind him, making him look like he is soaked in a sea of black.

A pair of hands rise from the black sea, dive into the teleportation vortex above Li Changzhou's head, and countless black hands return from the vortex, carrying countless Identity Cards.

The black hands throw the Identity Cards directly into a barrel, which automatically scans the Skills on each Identity Card.

Besides this, on both sides of the room, tall and exquisite shelves are also filled with Identity Cards, one by one, like exhibits, each with an Instinct or Skill that quickens one's heartbeat.

These are the Identity Cards collected by Yafeiluna with the combined strength of the headquarters for Li Changzhou, each one exceedingly precious.

{The Qing City finance officer was killed while fleeing, all assets of the Kantian Consortium have been confiscated, all personnel of the private security company established by the Liu family have been killed or captured, and imprisoned citizens have been sent to the hospital.}

It was not electronic; it was Wang Donghua.

"These people have some nerve!" Li Changzhou shook his head, laughing out of anger.

{The value game is on the brink, especially for players destined to become only Second Level, Third Level Immortals, who have lost hope for life and dare to do anything, many deliberately seeking revenge on society.}

"So, are you saying these tragedies are somehow my fault?"

{You will never be wrong.}

"You know how to flatter?" Li Changzhou was somewhat curious.

{I only believe in Strength; in fact, a player with data Ability under the Pope contacted me, but I refused because I believe your Strength surpasses his.}

"It seems I can't relax for a moment, or I'll find myself being controlled by you, who govern all the data globally."

{Not only me, but the whole world submits to your Strength; without it, 99.99% of people would overthrow you.}

"Makes sense," Li Changzhou smiled slightly, "Announce that the company will set up bonuses to help First Stage players improve 'origin,' providing 'Attribute Elixirs,' 'Game Coins,' and 'items' as aid. Give me a feasible plan in three hours."

{Processing initiated}

"Notify me if there's any news on the Pope."

{Yes.}

Li Changzhou stopped speaking, and Wang Donghua also fell silent.

The cruelest places always bloom the world's most beautiful flowers, the harshest Storms always train the most adept sailors—the Big Five Stars are strewn with blood, the population drastically declined, but Li Changzhou sitting there grows increasingly powerful and unfathomable.

As the social order of the Big Five Stars stabilizes, the effect of the "King of Black Fog" becomes even stronger.

Li Changzhou looked at the four items in front of him, three Destiny Artifacts, possessing the Identity Card of "Platinum Star."

The Identity Card of "Platinum Star" was something he personally retrieved from Tokyo back then.

[Name: Stand·Platinum Star]

[Effect: Summon Stand Platinum Star, ten times Human Strength, ten times Human Speed, ten times Human Endurance, attack range 2 meters, Fake Time Stop (when activating this Skill, an area equivalent to the size of Japan is drawn into Virtual Time, Void Space, centered on the holder, for a maximum of five seconds, Immortal can break free, ineffective against Earth Immortal)]

[Note: Because Platinum Star belongs to Kojo Jotaro, each use of this Skill by the holder will result in varying degrees of infection with Kojo Jotaro's personality.]

If the player has a weak will, in the current environment, possibly being infected with Kojo Jotaro's personality is not a bad thing, but for Li Changzhou, it's an unacceptable side effect.

But he could upgrade with Game Coins, which might erase parts of Kojo Jotaro...

{The Pope began to retaliate, using short-range teleportation to transport a nuclear bomb, detonation site: Yuan City, Shangdu District, Guiyou District.}

{Rescue underway}

{The globe is on alert, evacuating citizens into bomb shelters}

"He retaliated, which means we're close to finding him, continue the actions." Li Changzhou's tone was calm and cold.

He took out Yang Qinglan's Identity Card and replaced "Freeze" with his own "Dragon Blood Tree Style·Qilin Blood Exhaustion."

A black hand grabbed the "Stand·Platinum Star" and inscribed it onto his own blank card.

Game Coins spent like flowing water, A+ grade···S- grade···S grade!

Upgrading the Skill to an S grade, even for someone as wealthy as he is now, is not a small expense.

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