Chapter 2: Damn, cheat!
Chapter 2: Damn, cheat!
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Xu Zhuo went to the bathroom in slippers to wash up. He didn't feel much more awake until the cold water was poured on his face. Then he looked at himself in the mirror.
A handsome face that still looks a bit immature, more energetic than his previous self who had been ups and downs in society for several years, and as clean as a piece of white paper.
How younger I am, an alter ego from another world?
After Xu Zhuo finished washing up, he took out his cell phone and checked the time.
But when I took a look, I was like, wow, why are there so many advertisements?
Xu Zhuo was about to clear them all, but suddenly, he felt that there was something wrong with the content of these push notifications.
There were a series of news notifications and text messages on the screen, which was a bit too lively for Xu Zhuo, who usually turned off many software notifications.
'A terrifying secret place suddenly appeared in Jiangji Town!'
'0:13, the secret passage is opened! '
'Urgent! Must see! Another channel appeared in our country's inland area, and it's here!'
'The emergency plan has been activated, and all parts of Qingzhou have entered a state of preparation for war. For details, click...'
These pushed news were very eye-catching, but Xu Zhuo didn't pay much attention to them. However, the following text messages meant that the situation was serious.
'Yuzhou Mobile News: November 11, Qingzhou Jiangji Town...'
'Xuanguo Mobile Communications: Abnormal situations have occurred frequently across the continent recently. Please reduce unnecessary outings and stay away from...'
'The Xuanguo Disaster Preparedness Office reminds: ...'
The credibility of the telecommunications operator's text messages is not comparable to those APP advertisements, so Xu Zhuo, who usually never pays attention to these advertising news, couldn't help but click on it.
After watching for a while, he finally realized what was happening.
Another disaster has happened!
The disaster occurred in Qingzhou, in a place called Jiangji Town. A secret realm suddenly opened, and the horrible monsters inside escaped, causing huge damage.
However, the area is currently under the control of the Xuan Kingdom’s army, and the secret passage has been suppressed, but the number of casualties is still being counted.
"The secret realms seem to be opening more and more frequently. This is the seventh one in China alone this year, right?"
Xu Zhuo thought about it and started to worry about the situation in this world after traveling through time.
Geography books say that this world is called Kyushu because it has nine continents and seven oceans between the continents.
There are more than a thousand suns and quite a few moons in the sky of the Kyushu world, which take turns radiating their light in their own orbits around this world. When they were studying cultural courses, they memorized the names of the sun and the moon with great ecstasy.
The world is really too big.
The Xuan Kingdom where Xu Zhuo is located is a country established by the human race. It spans 810,000 miles from east to west and is located on the northeast coast of the Cangqing Continent, which ranks fourth in area among the nine continents.
Xuan State governs 58 states with a population of about 20 billion. The overall public security situation is good, and the country is relatively strong among the neighboring countries.
The Cangqing Continent is the base camp of the human race, where there are many human kingdoms.
But in the entire Cangqing Continent, all the human countries combined only occupy a mere 3% of the continent.
Not to mention the world map, even on the continental map, the human settlement is just a small black dot.
In other places in the world of Jiuzhou, there are various creatures such as orcs, mechanical races, elemental races, etc., but these creatures can communicate and trade with each other.
Only those creatures that come out of the secret realm or the black restricted area on the map cannot communicate, and if they meet, it will be a life-and-death fight.
Decades ago, secret realms began to collapse one after another throughout the world, opening passages that connected to this world, and the monsters inside emerged from the secret realms.
The news said that those secret places were prisons from ancient times, special spaces where the ancients suppressed evil and terrorist existence.
The most worrying thing is that the secret realm always appears suddenly and causes trouble everywhere, which really makes everyone feel uneasy.
After all, no one knows whether a secret passage will appear under your feet one day, like a huge mouth of an abyss, swallowing you, your relatives, friends, city, everything you are familiar with, your life and past, leaving no trace.
Most of the black restricted areas on the map have one characteristic, that is, the gravity is extremely high, which is not suitable for survival, but the creatures inside rarely come out, and most of the time they just keep to themselves, which is far less terrifying than the secret realm.
But the black restricted area accounts for a large proportion, occupying about 17% of the entire continent.
The frequent appearance of secret realms is a very bad signal.
Although the news said that it had been suppressed, the secret realm has appeared too frequently in recent years, which is simply a sign of an impending disaster.
Even though it seemed easy for Xuan State to suppress the rebellion and the disaster was suppressed before dawn, that was because Xuan State's national strength was among the top among the neighboring countries and was strong enough.
In this world, many small countries have been destroyed by the monsters that rushed out of the secret realm, forcing other surrounding countries, even those of different races, to send troops to support them.
The principle of "lips and teeth are interdependent" also applies here.
"It seems that I still need to master stronger martial arts to protect myself and my loved ones. I choose to persist in cultivation. This path is not wrong."
Just as Xu Zhuo was thinking this, a message box suddenly appeared in front of him.
[The Zhutian chat group invites you to join, do you agree:]
A dialog box stopped in front of Xu Zhuo. He turned his head, but the translucent interface remained fixed in his field of vision.
Touching his chest, Xu Zhuo could feel his heartbeat rising.
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Although as a time traveler, he had a little bit of mental preparation, but when something like the golden finger really appeared, he couldn't help but feel his heart beating faster.
A cheat code for a chat group? Xu Zhuo is quite familiar with this.
He had read a lot of online novels in his previous life. Chat groups with the word "Zhu Tian" in them usually connected different worlds and allowed group members from different worlds to trade information and materials in the chat group.
If there are group members who are into high-level martial arts, fantasy and immortal hero world, it will definitely be a benefit to other group members!
This thing is definitely a cheat.
He looked at his face in the mirror, but the image of the chat group interface was not reflected in his pupils, yet he could clearly see the chat group interface.
He turned on the camera function of his mobile phone and took two pictures of himself.
No.
The chat group interface was not reflected on his face or in his pupils at all.
Does this mean that I am the only one who can see the chat group interface?
'Agree to join!'
He answered in the affirmative in his heart.
['Xu Zhuo' has joined the Zhutian chat group]
The chat group took his thoughts as an answer.
Is that all right?
An ordinary chat group interface unfolded in front of Xu Zhuo's eyes, moving as his line of sight moved, always fixed in his field of vision, while he in the mirror just turned his neck casually.
【You have become the group owner】
[Current group size: 1/5, you can recruit group members]
[For the first group member recruitment, you can screen the conditions for joining the group
(Note: only valid for this time)
(Note: Only a rough screening can be performed, and no specific candidates can be specified)]
【Please enter the conditions for joining the group:】
For a moment, many chat group novels that he had read in his previous life flashed through Xu Zhuo's mind.
Some pretend to be charlatans and extract benefits from group members;
There are those who are scheming and scheming against each other;
There are those who engage in romantic relationships;
There are pure idiots;
……
Are there any conditions for joining the group?
Xu Zhuo thought about it and set two conditions:
First, we need group members who have good character and are reliable.
We cannot have those who are deceitful, betray their friends, and call it being a sophisticated egoist;
Second, don’t be too lame.
We need to have some group members who are relatively strong. Even if they are not strong enough, they must have a big world background and a promising future.
After thinking about it, Xu Zhuo did not enter any more conditions.
Since the chat group also said that only rough screening can be done, there is no need to write too much detail.
The world he is in now is somewhat dangerous no matter how you look at it, and he must have some ability to protect himself. He hopes some powerful group members can provide help.
Besides, he is already poor enough, so he doesn’t want some group members who are poorer than him and need his help to come.
At the same time, he did not want to gain anything from group members by fraudulent means, so he hoped to recruit some group members who were capable, friendly, and had no bad intentions.
Even if this screening is only valid for the first recruitment.
"In other words, the chat group can only guarantee that the first group members recruited are reliable and trustworthy, but the subsequent ones are not necessarily reliable?" Xu Zhuo suddenly thought.
This should be a benefit for him as the group leader for his first recruitment, so that he can recruit some group members who can be helpful to him.
[Start screening group members]
[Group members have been locked]
[Group invitation is being sent]
Coming?
I'm really looking forward to it.
(End of this chapter)