Your secret game is absolutely poisonous!

The Ninja World Secret Realm is now officially open for operation.

This is a crucial event for Yunmeng City.

This marked the beginning of a change in the fate of the Lord of Yunmeng City and his territory, a complete transformation.

The Lord of Yunmeng City launched related publicity efforts a few days ago to ensure that all adventurers in Yunmeng City could receive information about the "Ninja World" secret realm in a timely manner.

However, such a big change has occurred in a short period of time.

This makes advancing this work somewhat difficult.

Although rumors of Miracle City circulate among adventurers in Yunmeng City, Yunmeng City is indeed too far away from Miracle City. If it weren't for having many industries and information channels in Thousand Lakes City, Miracle City's influence would never have spread here in such a short time.

Also.

I just joined Miracle City.

To ensure the population and traffic flow of Yunmeng City.

Yunmeng City has only opened the teleportation channels within its designated area.

In other words, the teleportation routes in the Yunmeng area are currently no different from those in the past, and teleportation to other parts of Miracle Territory is not yet open. The Yunmeng area is currently operating independently.

The reason for restricting transmission is also easy to understand.

If Yunmeng City were to open teleportation before even starting to operate its secret realm, allowing adventurers from Yunmeng City to come into contact with Miracle City prematurely, would these adventurers still choose to continue their adventures in their local area?
Miracle City, as the core main city, encompasses all the secret realms of the entire territory!

The resource gap between the two is simply too great!
Before the new secret realm was fully operational and on track, Qi Ji temporarily shut down the teleportation between Yunmeng City and the main city, which was ultimately out of a desire to protect and support the local area.

But that's why.

At this time, some of the special products of Miracle City were circulating in Cloud Dream City.

It is still only circulating in a small circle, and for most people, Miracle City is still an unfamiliar underground city that they have never heard of.

Yunmeng decided to join Miracle City without consulting the territory's leadership or other forces. This decision demoted Yunmeng from an independent lord to a great city lord, which drew huge criticism, controversy, and even dissatisfaction from within the territory!
The third-tier adventurer "Lone Warrior" is one of the adventurers who is dissatisfied with Yunmeng Territory joining Miracle City.

The Lone Warrior is a veteran adventurer in the Cloud Dream Territory. He has been a member of the territory for nearly ten years and has made considerable contributions to it. He is also well aware of the threats the territory has recently faced.

He has consistently advocated accepting the olive branch from the Crimson Feather tribe.

This is the best way to resolve the crisis in Yunmeng!
Once Yunmeng Territory finds the Crimson Feather Tribe as its backer, the threat from the Dark Race of Ash Forest will be negligible. Moreover, the Crimson Feather Tribe's chieftain, Omar, is the Third Elder of Thousand Lakes City, and the territory's status in Thousand Lakes City will rise accordingly in the future.

I didn't expect it.

Yunmeng suddenly made a choice.

To merge a perfectly good territory into a dungeon faction that no one has ever heard of.

The lone veteran felt as if he had been betrayed, which was undoubtedly the last thing he wanted to see!
From the moment Yunmeng City joined Miracle City, it has actually been a part of Miracle City and follows the rules of Miracle City, which will cause a series of problems.

Just give me an example.

The Lone Warrior is a Tier 3 Contract Adventurer in Yunmeng City.

His three life souls are all from the power of Yunmeng Territory. Now that Yunmeng Territory has been downgraded to a secondary dungeon, unless he replaces all three life souls with Miracle Territory essences, the Lone Warrior Veteran will have no way to break through to the fourth tier.

This is tantamount to being forced to terminate the contract!
However, the cost and expense of replacing one's spirit is not small!
If the lone veteran were just one person, it wouldn't be so bad, but he is also the leader of the "Veteran Adventurer Group," with over three hundred people under his command. The downgrade of Yunmeng City has caused a huge blow and loss!
Secondly, Yunmeng City was originally the core main city of the territory, which was beyond question.

The strategic position here is paramount, but now it has become a secondary city, its status is not even as good as an ordinary main city in Miracle City. Can the asset price and development potential be the same?
All Yunmeng City assets are bound to plummet!
The Lone Warrior's Adventurer's Guild has quite a bit of property and fixed assets in Yunmeng City!
Faced with these losses, it's no wonder that elderly people like the Lone Warrior would feel betrayed.

Of course, when Yunmeng and Qiji discussed the territorial merger, they had already thought of these things. Therefore, Qiji gave Yunmeng certain authority and support, allowing Yunmeng to immediately issue a series of compensation policies for the transition period.

It stands to reason.

As long as the adventurers of Yunmeng City accept these policies.

Their losses will be minimized, and they will even make a profit if they continue to support Yunmeng City.

However, since most adventurers in Yunmeng City currently lack confidence in Miracle City, the vast majority of adventurers are in a state of dissatisfaction.

That's what a lone, courageous veteran is like.

In a fit of anger, he decided to liquidate his assets and withdraw from Yunmeng City.

Yunmeng City has already become an affiliated territory of a dungeon of the same level. Since you're going to change allegiance anyway, why not simply join a territory of a higher level and stronger power?

In the past few days, the lone veteran has been in contact with several well-known fourth-tier lords, and the terms have been almost agreed upon.

He's planning to seamlessly transition his team to a new job!

……

This day.

Just before the city was about to open.

The lone veteran is busy at the adventure team's base.

He is currently handling the final handover work for the team's relocation.

At this moment, a female adventurer codenamed "Black Cat" came to report:

"Boss, we've sold off all our fixed assets in Yunmeng City and exchanged them all for Soul Crystals and valuable, highly liquid resources!"

Black Cat is mainly responsible for asset management in the adventure team. The veteran adventure team has been in Yunmeng City for nearly ten years, so naturally they have bought a lot of land and fixed assets in the main city.

Yunmeng City has faced significant external threats in the past year or two.

These assets had already experienced a significant decline.

The downgrade of the main city to a secondary city further eroded people's confidence, leading to another round of sharp declines.

One of the transitional compensation policies promulgated by Yunmeng City is buyback. If any adventurers or citizens, after understanding the situation, still decide to withdraw from the territory or sell their assets, then the policy will be implemented.

Yunmeng City will not stop this; on the contrary, it will step in to support it!

Miracle Territory has invested a large amount of Soul Crystals and resources to provide adventurers who decide to sell their assets with a quick way to cash out, at a price 10-20% higher than the current market price, while simultaneously stabilizing the further decline in territory assets.

Not just fixed assets.

The same applies to Yunmeng City contribution points.

Yunmeng City was incorporated into Miracle City.

The original contribution point system will be cancelled.

Adventurers can choose between two compensation options depending on the circumstances.

Firstly, Yunmeng contribution points can be exchanged for Miracle contribution points at a ratio of 12 to 1.

This low ratio has caused dissatisfaction among many citizens. However, what they don't know is that this is the most favorable policy Yunmeng could obtain. The current value of Miracle Contribution Points is absolutely guaranteed to be profitable.

Secondly, if the citizens of Yunmeng City are unwilling to accept the first condition, they can choose to directly convert their assets into cash.

Yunmeng will use all her personal assets and soul crystals to buy back a large number of old contribution points at fair value. In the end, she will use these old contribution points to exchange for new contribution points.

So far.

The vast majority of people chose the second option.

There are many dungeons that sell contribution points, but very few that allow you to buy back contribution points with cash. Such an opportunity to cash out is extremely rare, and it's not a bad deal in terms of price. Soul crystals are the hard currency that circulates in various places!
There are many similar compensation policies.

This has stabilized confidence to some extent.

Of course, it also allows adventurers who insist on quitting to quickly cash out without any worries.

The veteran soldier was very surprised after hearing the report: "We have more than a dozen territories in Yunmeng City, and the total number of contribution points we have accumulated is as high as several hundred thousand. Have we turned them all into cash so quickly?"

Black Cat nodded: "Yes, it's not just us. Several other adventure groups and tribes have also completed the asset buyback. Lord Yunmeng's fundraising and determination are greater than we imagined."

Several high-ranking officers of the Corps were speechless upon hearing this.

"Has the Lord of Yunmeng gone mad?"

"It looks like she's used up all her savings from the past ten or twenty years."

"Not only that, with so many assets and contribution points being used for buybacks, I reckon they probably borrowed a lot of money as well!"

"..."

The others spoke with a tone that was mostly sarcastic and mocking.

The lone veteran felt that things were not so simple.

Although Yunmeng is a woman, she is very courageous and ambitious, and she has never been a pushover. She would never do such a big, unscrupulous business at a loss.

Paying out real money.

This only shows that she is really confident.

At least she felt that repurchasing these contribution points wouldn't be a loss.

For some reason, the old soldier suddenly felt a little regretful, as if he had been too rash... But now that the die was cast, it was too late for regrets, as all the real estate and contribution points had already been converted into cash.

At this moment, another high-ranking member of the adventure team ran over to report: "Big brother, the Miracle Realm is operating in Yunmeng City as scheduled. Should we go and see what's going on?"

The old soldier thought for a moment and said, "Although we are ready to leave Yunmeng City, we have fought here for ten years after all, and we should see what's going on."

"The boss is right!"

"Lord Cloud has really made a huge mistake this time."

"We all support Yunmeng City's allegiance to the Crimson Feather Tribe."

"Unexpectedly, the Lord of Yunmeng not only disregarded the will of the people, but also joined a territory that appeared out of nowhere."

"My brothers and I were all eager to see what kind of dungeon this one that conquered the Cloud Lord was really made of... But now that so many adventurers have quit, I think she must be regretting it!"

"..."

Soon after.

The lone, brave veteran led a team of twelve adventurers.

They entered Cloud Dream City through the town's teleportation core.

Due to recent major changes, many adventurers have left this dungeon, making it less popular than usual.

However, what's somewhat puzzling is that despite the significant decline in adventurer traffic, the Secret Realm Hall in Yunmeng City has actually been upgraded and expanded.

The number of Secret Realm Crystals.

The current demand far exceeds the supply.

Despite his confusion, the old soldier didn't think too much about it. He activated a secret realm crystal and found that the original Cloud Dream City secret realm had been completely offline.

Currently, there are only two secret realms in the Yunmeng City Secret Realm Hall: "Ninja World" and "Miracle Farm".

As a secondary secret realm.

Why would it appear in Yunmeng City?

Because Yunmeng City has a total of three secret realm cores.

The highest-level Tier 3 core is used to operate the Ninja World Secret Realm.

The other two core areas of the secret realm have become one of the fulcrums of the farm secret realm, so Yunmeng City has also become one of the entrances to the farm, and Yunmeng adventurers can also start their own farms.

"What kind of crappy secret realm is this? It actually requires 3000 Miracle Territory Contribution Points to activate!"

When the lone veteran discovered that the entry conditions for the Miracle Farm secret realm were so demanding, he couldn't help but think that this new lord had gone completely mad.

Even if it's about harvesting leeks.

Their eating manners are far too hasty and unsightly.

Yunmeng City is a city that has just submitted to the government.

At this moment, people's hearts are unsettled. Even among the adventurers who remain, after their contribution points are diluted by 12 to 1, how many of them will be able to activate the so-called Miracle Farm?

I've seen paid secret realms before.

But this price is outrageously expensive!
The lord of Miracle City is only interested in fleecing others; he really lacks any vision!
The old soldier and his companions were temporarily comforted, realizing that clearing out their inventory and leaving Yunmeng City was the right decision.

"bring it on!"

"let me see!"

"What's so special about the Miracle City Secret Realm?"

"..."

The adventurers of Yunmeng City had no choice.

One by one, they landed in the Ninja World Secret Realm. The Lone Warrior Veteran activated the Ninja World Secret Realm and appeared at the highest point of a large town, from which he could overlook the entire Hidden Leaf Village, with its colorful buildings.

Each building has a name, such as: Duel Arena, Quest Gathering Hall, Trial Grounds, Story Adventure, etc.

"A login selection screen? That's a nice touch!"

The lone veteran scanned the options, most of which were inactive. Only the "Story Adventure" option was available. When he selected "Story Adventure," more than twenty giant scrolls flew into the air and appeared before him.

The story scrolls are arranged in a specific order.

Only the first scroll from the left can be activated.

The words "The Beginning of Bonds" written on it should be the theme of the adventure story.

The old soldier, emboldened by his own courage, glanced at the scrolls whose names were temporarily hidden, a look of surprise on his face. If each scroll represented a story, then the size of this secret realm was simply too vast!

Didn't think much about it.

Make a choice immediately.

The other scrolls immediately weathered away and disappeared.

The activated scroll flew in front of them and slowly opened.

There are as many as ten categories, but only the first one, "Naruto Uzumaki makes his appearance," is selectable.

The old soldier's expression gradually changed from surprise to shock. Having more than twenty volumes of plot was already incredibly exaggerated. If each volume contained ten different stories, then the size of this secret realm would probably be ten times larger than expected!
How can this be?

A Tier 3 dungeon core.

There's no way to cram that much content in!

[Do you want to enter the "Celebrity Appearance in the Vortex" storyline and battle? Yes/No!]

Upon seeing the prompt, the lone veteran immediately put aside his distractions and made a choice. The login interface might just be a gimmick; whether the secret realm actually contains anything real remains to be seen until he actually enters and experiences it!
After he made his choice.

Another details page appeared.

This screen provides hints about this level.

For example, the following actions can increase your level completion score and achievements.

First, complete the game using story-driven ninjas.

Second, complete the level within twenty minutes.

Third, maintain your health above 80%.

Although there are two options for entering battle: "Story Ninja" and "Own Ninja".

However, the Lone Warrior's pool of ninjas was empty, so he could only choose free story ninjas.

The story ninja in this level is named "Naruto Uzumaki (Student)," and his character information shows him as a C-rank ninja.

There is only one choice.

The lone, brave veteran entered the checkpoint.

……

At this point, a scene from the story appears.

A gigantic nine-tailed fox demon is wreaking havoc.

These scenes unfold in a comic panel format, combined with dynamic animation, so there is background development and visual movement. Although they are not as coherent as the traditional cutscenes in Miracle City, they are actually more expressive and intense.

The demon fox had nine tails and emitted a terrifying aura. Its powerful energy was concentrated in its mouth, and the energy blasts (Tailed Beast Balls) it released had the power to destroy a city with each strike, comparable to a small-yield strategic nuclear bomb.

"This……"

When seeing this scene.

The adventurers in Yunmeng City were completely stunned.

"This monster is incredibly destructive?"

"Judging by the power of this energy blast, it must be at least as strong as a fifth-tier power!"

"What level is this monster? Is it a fifth-tier rare monster, a fifth-tier exotic monster, or even a sixth-tier or higher?"

"Impossible! Even if Miracle City has such powerful monster materials, they wouldn't release them in a secondary secret realm!"

"Hahaha, you fools, even now you still don't know how powerful Miracle City is? My elder brother tried another secondary secret realm, Arad Continent, in Thousand Lakes City. I can tell you with certainty that this is Miracle City's consistent style!"

"..."

The screen keeps switching.

These panels all depict battle scenes.

Various Konoha ninjas and Anbu ninjas kept appearing.

They used all sorts of ninjutsu, including fire, water, earth, and lightning techniques, as well as various strange spells such as shadow clones and summoning techniques, leaving all the adventurers dazzled.

"Is this a spell?"

"It seems so, but it doesn't quite look like it!"

"Completely different from any spells we've ever encountered!"

"Could this be a completely new system of magic?"

"No, it might not be that simple. The power they use is different from ours. This secret realm may not only present a completely new system of spells, but also a completely new system of cultivation!"

"But how is that possible? Can a cultivation system be created just like that?"

"..."

Before these adventurers could come to a conclusion...

The battle against the Nine-Tailed Fox has entered a fierce stage. Although there are many ninjas participating in the battle, their attacks are unable to effectively kill the Nine-Tailed Fox. It looks like the village is about to be razed to the ground by the Tailed Beast Ball.

A critical moment.

A handsome man with blond hair appeared.

He appeared on the battlefield with a series of almost dazzling panel shots and spatial jumps, and then used spatial magic to teleport the Tailed Beast Ball hundreds of miles away, instantly creating a terrifying mushroom cloud in the distant mountains.

"Spatial magic?"

"They actually redirected the attack!"

"I've never heard of such a spell before!"

"Who is this man? He's incredibly strong; he's probably at the fifth rank!"

"For a figure of around the fifth rank to appear in a secret realm, the level of this secret realm is indeed extremely high. This is definitely a rare treasure secret realm!"

"The Miracle Realm is too powerful!"

"..."

After the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, arrived at the battlefield.

He then sealed the nine-tailed fox.

However, to avoid spoilers, the specific sealing process of Minato Namikaze was not shown. All that is known is that this young but exceptionally powerful blond man paid the price of his life to seal the Nine-Tails.

Ultimately, the Nine-Tails was sealed inside a newborn baby.

When the story officially begins.

The scenes switch rapidly.

Sixteen years have passed.

A boy sits alone on a swing, while the narrator begins to introduce that Naruto Uzumaki is a child who became an orphan at birth, and that the Nine-Tails was sealed inside him.

It was precisely because of sixteen years ago.

Countless villagers, relatives, and children died at the hands of the Nine-Tailed Fox.

This resulted in the boy who became the sealing vessel for the Nine-Tails bearing a lot of malice, and most of his peers were forbidden from associating with him by their families, which also fostered the boy's rebellious personality.

Naruto Uzumaki begins to play crazy pranks to attract other people's attention.

These pranks often caused huge disturbances in the village, which made the villagers hate him even more. Only Teacher Iruka remained patient and respectful towards him.

Naruto Uzumaki silently made a vow in his heart to become Hokage.

Only in this way can he live up to Iruka-sensei's teachings, and only by becoming Hokage can he gain the respect and love of the entire village... However, as a ninja student about to graduate, he faces a very tricky problem.

His grades were terrible.

He repeatedly failed his graduation exams.

At this rate, he won't even be able to graduate from school.

How could he possibly achieve his dream of becoming the Hokage, the highest-ranking official in the entire village?
At this time, another teacher at the Ninja Academy, Mizuki, secretly approached Naruto Uzumaki and inadvertently told him a secret: there was a ninjutsu scroll in the Hokage's office.

This scroll contains a large number of powerful ninjutsu techniques.

If I can obtain this scroll and master the ninjutsu within, graduating from the academy will be no problem at all.

exactly.

There are important matters to attend to in the village today.

The Hokage and other important figures have all left.

At this time, it is very easy to get into the office.

Naruto Uzumaki had caused his fair share of trouble before, so what was stealing a scroll to graduate? That very night, he sneaked into the Hokage's office when no one was there.

[You are entering a story-driven battlefield!]

The lone veteran appears in a dark corridor disguised as Naruto Uzumaki.

When he began to play the role of "Naruto Uzumaki (student)," he quickly gained the memories of this body. Although Naruto Uzumaki's grades were poor, his physical fitness was not bad, and his overall ability was around the level of a first-tier five-star.

The Ninja World Secret Realm adventure dungeon is similar to that of the Arad Continent.

These instances are presented in the form of game instances, which will differ significantly from the real mode, but are more efficient and fun.

"My mission now is to steal the scroll!"

"This is the first-floor corridor of the Hokage's office, while the Hokage's office is on the fourth floor!"

The lone veteran began to move using Naruto's body, but he had only taken two steps when several figures suddenly appeared in the corridor. They were all formal ninjas wearing headbands and Konoha ninja uniforms.

"not good!"

"Discovered!"

"This is bad!"

"Naruto Uzumaki is just a student who's struggling to graduate, while these are all full-fledged ninjas. How can we possibly complete the plan if they discover it on the spot?"

"..."

But just then.

Adventurers have discovered the problem.

【Shadow Clone of a Konoha Chunin】, -10, HP 100/100... Description: A shadow clone created by a Konoha Chunin. It can only exert one-fifth of the original's attack power. In addition, as a clone, it is very fragile and has less than one-tenth of the original's HP.

Doppelgänger?

It's not just a clone.

The ranking was also lowered.

The adventurer starts at level 1, but these shadow clones are at a negative level, which means that the adventurer has a full 10-level suppression over these Chunin clones.

Under this situation.

Even if he is just a student at a ninja academy.

Naruto Uzumaki still has a chance to defeat these shadow clones.

This is the balance design of the Miracle City Secret Realm. Qi Ji will not set up invincible opponents, nor will he set up completely unreasonable plots.

It would be too outrageous for Naruto Uzumaki to defeat a Chunin or Anbu before even graduating!
But these are not the real body, just avatars, and their levels have been weakened and their strength greatly suppressed. In this kind of dungeon battlefield where 100% realism isn't necessary, it's not surprising that they're just randomly slaughtering everything in their path. (End of Chapter)