I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 768, Part 2.8: Liberation (Part 2)
Entertainment Kingdom.

The man leaned back lazily in his chair, casually toying with the wine glass in his hand. The scarlet wine swayed slightly in the clear stemmed glass, like flowing blood.

His dark orange eyes were fixed on the wine in the glass, yet seemed to see nothing at all, his gaze unfocused. Beneath his dark, tousled hair, his handsome, strong features were unforgettable, a beauty that would never be forgotten.

The gray silk shirt was simple yet exuded a touch of luxury. He tilted his head slightly, and his sexy Adam's apple, collarbone, and even the perfect muscle lines were faintly visible, alluring and captivating.

"Feilu, make a video call to Laziness." He downed the liquid in his glass, then stood up and walked toward the huge glass window behind him.

Outside the window, skyscrapers stretch out like rolling hills, while below, vehicles and crowds appear as tiny black dots, like ants.

A giant screen not far away was projecting fashion advertisements. This was a kingdom where entertainment reigned supreme, luxurious, extravagant, and glamorous, yet also the most filthy place.

【My Lord Jealousy, I am not your personal assistant.】

Qi didn't speak. After only a minute, he heard Fei Lu slowly say again: "[Video call has been made]."

"What was their reaction?" Qi asked.

[Completely ignored.]

"Give another one to greed."

I've already said, I'm not your personal assistant.

[Dial has been made.]

A few seconds later, a holographic figure appeared in front of Qi. Beautiful platinum blonde hair, slightly narrowed eyes, and a faint curve at the corner of the mouth; a deep yet fox-like cunning aura—it was indeed the embodiment of greed.

“I thought you would refuse,” Che glanced at him meaningfully.

"Wouldn't that make me look guilty? I haven't done anything shameful," Shu Ming chuckled and said slowly.

The two spoke in tacit terms, neither of them revealing the truth.

"What have you thought about that thing I mentioned before?" Qi asked, picking up a pen from the pen holder, twirling it between his fingers, and then sketching in his sketchbook.

"As a law-abiding citizen, I will not do anything illegal."

"Do you have some misunderstanding about yourself?" Qi asked rhetorically.

Shu Ming smiled but remained silent.

"I'm hanging up." Qi sneered, then ended the video call.

【Um… Jealous of you, sir?】

Looking down at the skyscrapers beneath the sea of ​​clouds, Qi suddenly tossed his pen and notebook onto the table and murmured, "Look, it's fogging up..."

The fog, like a flowing veil, slowly drifted and wandered between buildings and streets, sometimes thick, sometimes thin. Gradually, the entire city was swallowed up by the white fog, and no other color could be seen except for a vast expanse of white.

Qi turned and walked to the table, closing the open sketchbook.

When he looked out the window again, the thick white fog had vanished without a trace, just like a fleeting moment.

"Maybe we'll see something interesting."

The City of Kings.

"Sir, these are all the official documents for today." "Is there anything unexpected?" Sher pushed up his glasses, took the stack of documents, and began to look through them one by one.

Jill frowned, looking troubled. "I haven't received any documents from the Unbelievable lately. I wonder what kind of bad plans they're secretly plotting."

Lilia, sitting at the small round table, was holding a glass jar and admiring the golden specks dancing inside, seemingly in a very good mood.

Shel glanced at Lilia and asked curiously, "Is this your new toy?"

"I captured this by chance a few days ago. Isn't it beautiful? It's a pity I only managed to catch such a small clump." Her rose-red vertical pupils reflected the golden light, and her expression was gentle.

"I've only ever encountered one flower with this color so far."

Sher asked, "What color am I?"

“The gray, a mixture of white and black, is much whiter than before.” Lilia thought for a moment and then said, “By the way, the simpler the color, the purer it is. White is the easiest color to get dirty, black is multicolored, and gold is the closest thing to light.”

"Then she..."

“I can’t see,” Lilia said softly.

Sher paused slightly.

“This is a height I can never reach in my entire life, not even have the right to glance at it from afar.” Lilia stroked the glass bottle and sighed softly. “Cherish these last moments that I can still touch.”

Crown Prince Tower.

"Daolin, I feel pain all over my body right now, like I've been injected with fake medicine."

"Great, it's growing pains, congratulations." Dao Lin paused slightly as he flipped through the documents, then replied perfunctorily.

Shui Qi looked at Dao Lin with a puzzled expression, as if trying to see a hint of a joke on his face.

"Look at my face, and then look at your own face. Between the two of us, who do you think is more likely to experience the word 'growing pains'?"

"This has nothing to do with your face. Your cells are undergoing accelerated activation and reorganization. A third growth spurt is inevitable. I just don't know how many centimeters you can grow taller. If it's only one centimeter, that would be a joke."

Suddenly, Daolin received a communication. Before he could speak, the Crown Princes began to walk into the conference room one after another. Almost everyone was present except for Mingxi and Fei.

With a cold expression, Ji Rong summarized the upcoming meeting, saying, "It's practically the end of the world for players."

"I, Isaiah, will be giving the report at this meeting." Isaiah greeted the crowd by bowing slightly as he held a large book about 50 centimeters long. With his movement, a few black totems were revealed below his left collarbone, but they were mostly covered by his clothes and could not be seen in their entirety.

His long black hair continued to cover his entire face, and his gloomy aura always accompanied him.

"Now, as long as players are within the area of ​​six kingdoms and one city, they are no longer safe. I will describe these situations that occur at the same time using the terms 'mechanisms' and 'states'."

"First, there's the mechanism. Players who repeatedly find themselves within the six kingdoms and one city will have an additional value, totaling seven, each with different conditions for change. Finally, there's the status, which, as the name suggests, is the current state. The format is value-status, and the two influence each other."
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King's City: Freedom - Lawful/Chaotic
Entertainment Kingdom: Performance Value - Threads/Mask
Sinful Kingdom: Rage - Expansion
Mysterious Kingdom: Corruption Value - Lost/Mutated
Kingdom of Truth: Rationality Value - Cognition/Madness
Food Kingdom: Hunger - Out of Control/Perception
Fairy Tale Kingdom: Desire Value - Instinct/Yearning -
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. As long as you set foot on that land, you can experience it for yourself. That's all the information I've seen with these eyes."

As he sat down, he muttered to himself, "Ugh, let's just wipe them all out already."

Shui Qi, after hearing this, was speechless.

　Next, we'll return to Yinting.

　　Note that Fei did not attend this meeting.

　　(End of this chapter)