Legend of the Pinnacle of Online Games

Just at this time.

Lin Hanchuan received a string of codes.

It was sent by Brother Octopus. Lin Hanchuan looked up at him.

Octopus Bro quickly explained, “Mr. Mysterious Man! This is your VIP code. In addition to Golden City, Golden Hall Restaurant has eight other branches in other cities in District 8. In reality, we are also the British Golden Hall chain hotel, with more than one hundred branches worldwide.”

"With this code, you can enjoy supreme service, both in reality and in the afterlife."

"Of course, if you are willing to provide your personal information and address, we will have someone deliver your exclusive VIP card to your door."

The gold coins in the game are almost completely linked to real-world currencies. After all the cities in the Eighth District were upgraded to main cities, the exchange rate between gold coins and real-world currencies has almost stabilized.

Lin Hanchuan can afford to spend 4700 million gold coins at the restaurant in one go.

In reality, he is definitely a wealthy Eastern tycoon.

As a businessman, Octopus Brother naturally didn't want to miss out on such a patron.

"I've noted down the code, but I can't reveal any other information for now," Lin Hanchuan replied with a smile.

Regarding the octopus guy's actions.

He wasn't surprised at all.

Many industries in the new world are deeply intertwined with those in reality.

Restaurants, hotels, pubs, etc. in real life.

You can find the same name in Advent.

In modern terms

It refers to virtual extended assets.

Many companies are doing this, after all, the era of holographic virtual reality has arrived, and if they don't seize the train to the future, they may be silently eliminated one day.

"The ruins are about to open! There are already huge crowds outside our restaurant. If you go out, you'll probably be surrounded." Seeing that Lin Hanchuan was willing to accept, Brother Octopus breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "How about this? I'll use some connections to get you teleported away directly."

Lin Hanchuan understood the relationship of use here.

It involves leveraging the connections within the Golden City government.

To teleport within the city, authorization from the city hall is required.

This will cost money.

"How much money do you need?" Lin Hanchuan did not refuse. The ruins would open in more than three hours. If they went out and were surrounded by onlookers, they might not be able to reach Wasp Valley for a long time.

"No need! This is a service we provide for our VIP customers," said Brother Octopus, shaking his head.

Lin Hanchuan nodded and didn't say anything more.

She turned around and woke up Xingchen, who had been sleeping in bed.

The stars retain a common characteristic of celestial beings—they can sleep.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

That's all normal procedure.

While arranging for someone to go to the city hall to purchase a one-time teleportation token to lift the city's teleportation restrictions, Brother Octopus couldn't help but glance at the stars.

Such a beautiful NPC girl.

This was also the first time he had met him.

But I didn't ask anything.

This is a matter of Mr. Mystery's personal privacy.

Thirty minutes later.

Under the arrangement of the octopus brother.

Using a one-time teleportation token authorized by the city hall, Lin Hanchuan, along with Xingchen, transformed into two milky-white beams of light in the restaurant's private room and vanished from the spot.

Wasp Valley.

It is located directly north of the Golden City.

It is a level 70 map.

The first Royal-level Boss in Golden City appeared here. Many famous players from Golden City have left their footprints here. Later, as everyone's level gradually increased, Wasp Valley went from glory to decline.

Only a small number of low-level players will come with a strategy guide to farm level 70 Bumblebees.

Now, with the Childe family's glory being announced in the public chat channel, the entrance to the ruins is located in Wasp Valley.

This level 70 map has been neglected for a long time.

It became lively again.

The people gathered here come from all over the Eighth District, more than at the peak of Wasp Valley.

When Lin Hanchuan arrived, the entire Wasp Valley was filled with flashing milky-white lights representing teleportation, and the sounds around him were already deafening.

"I never imagined that the ruins the Childe family's glory spoke of would be in Wasp Valley. I've been here for half a month, and I haven't found a single thing."

"Where is the honor of the Childe family? Why hasn't he arrived yet? Didn't he say he would take us in with him?"

"Many people online are saying it's a miracle, is it true or not?"

"I don't know. Anyway, the intelligence I bought from the intelligence agency also speculated that it was a miracle."

"The Childe family is really audacious, daring to reveal the location of the miracle and even want to take us in with them."

"That kid better not stand us up, or he'll be in big trouble!"

"Wasn't it said that only players below the fourth rank could enter the ruins? Why am I seeing quite a few fourth and fifth rank players, and even some sixth rank players?"

"Let's try our luck! What if we can get in? If we can't, we can just wait outside and snatch whatever good stuff they find inside."

……

All I could hear was discussion about the ruins.

Lin Hanchuan looked around.

It was densely packed with moving human heads.

There were at least a million people at the scene.

From level one to level six, all kinds of strengths are available.

The teleportation light continued to flash.

The number of people is still skyrocketing!

The glory of the Childe family has yet to be seen.

While observing the scene.

Lin Hanchuan overheard people talking about him.

Do you think that mysterious person will come?

"Definitely! I have a brother who works for an intelligence organization. He gave me a little hint that the mysterious person also came for this relic, and his level is below the fourth rank."

"That mysterious guy is really rich! He ate nearly 50 million gold coins in one go! That's enough to build a top ten guild in Golden City from scratch."

"The Childe family's honor and the mysterious man spent quite a bit of time together in the private room. I estimate they talked about a lot of things, including definitely the ruins!"

"I'm a little scared! I feel like they're setting a trap for us ordinary players."

"What are you afraid of! None of us have completed the fourth stage of transformation yet. Even if there is a difference in strength, do you think he can defeat so many of us?"

"As we all know, in the game world, those with strength are not necessarily rich, but those with money are definitely strong. A single piece of their equipment is worth more than all the equipment you have on your body."

"..."

While listening to these gossips, some sharp-eyed players in the crowd recognized Lin Hanchuan using their detection skills.

"Hello, I am Roselle from the Giant Sun Guild in Eternal Night City." The sudden greeting pulled Lin Hanchuan out of his gossip mode. Looking in the direction of the voice, he saw a young white boy standing behind him, looking quite young.

"There are quite a few players who are willing to spend money on food these days, but this is the first time I've seen someone spend tens of millions of gold coins at once like you."

Russell continued to Lin Hanchuan, "Can we be friends? I want to become a master chef in the future, and I hope to get your investment in the early stages."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Hanchuan glanced at Russell's friend request on the panel, and then looked at the young-looking boy in front of him.

The name felt strangely familiar to me.

Russell?
I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before!
Russell?

chef……

Lin Hanchuan pondered for a moment, and some information immediately popped into his mind.

In the previous life, the Eighth District held a cooking competition, and someone created a god-level dish that was entirely prepared by the player.

That player... I think his name was Roselle...

Is it him?
Lin Hanchuan's gaze refocused on the white boy in front of him.

People who dare to directly approach you to solicit investment.

That's really rare.

In reality, the chefs in the game have just as many needs for resources and money as alchemists and apothecaries, and may even have higher needs.

After all, for a chef to prepare a dish of rare quality, there must be at least two or three rare quality ingredients, and at least some rare quality ingredients as accompaniments.

The cost of a single dish can be quite high.

Previously, the octopus brother had asked me for a 500 million yuan deposit because the cost of purchasing ingredients was too high.

All of this is predicated on the fact that the dish can be successfully prepared.

If it fails, the losses are another matter.

This is not something that normal players can afford.

The key point is that, like many professions, chefs can only advance their professional level by constantly cooking.

The higher your aspirations, the more difficult it is to improve.

Therefore, for chef players to grow in the game, they need a powerful backer, either a large hotel or a big investor.

Herein lies a major problem.

There are too many players who want to be chefs.

At present, there are ready-made chef NPCs everywhere in the game, including craftsmen and master craftsmen.

People spend tens or hundreds of thousands, even tens of millions of gold coins to build up their restaurants. Why not use the readily available high-level chef NPCs? Why not cultivate your friends and family who want to become chefs in real life? Why only spend resources to cultivate an outsider like you who may leave at any time?

This makes it extremely difficult for players without connections to become even a Grandmaster-level chef, let alone a Culinary God.

Russell is not bad. He looks to be only eighteen or nineteen years old, yet he dares to come out and seek investment.

“I don’t lack money, but you have to prove yourself.” Lin Hanchuan looked at Russell and reminded him, “I can’t invest in you just because you have dreams and want to become a certain kind of person.”

Lin Hanchuan is rich.

But we can't just give it to whoever wants it.

Even if the young man in front of me is the first player to create a god-level dish in the entire future, then...

Too easy to obtain.

Instead, they don't cherish it.

"I have inherited the skills of a master chef and have learned the recipes for 50 rare and precious foods and 3 holy-quality foods. My current level is already that of a grandmaster chef."

Russell replied, "Now all I need is seed money."

Lin Hanchuan couldn't help but glance at Russell a few more times.

50 rare and exquisite gourmet recipes, 3 holy grail gourmet recipes...

"With your skills, you could easily work in any restaurant," Lin Hanchuan said frankly.

“I want to be my own boss!” Russell also stated frankly. “I don’t want to work for someone else.”

"This person is a bit stubborn..." Lin Hanchuan pondered for a moment and said, "Add me as a friend. Send me a screenshot of the page with the food recipe you have. If it's real, I'll invest one million gold coins in you. After the ruins are completed, you have to make a dish worth one million gold coins for me to taste."

"If you want more investment, we need to sign an agreement offline. After the agreement is signed, I will help you build a restaurant of your own, and at the same time invest an additional ten million gold coins as start-up capital."

Lin Hanchuan was generous.

Besides having plenty of money.

The main reason is that he wants to establish some of his own power base in the Eighth District.

Unfortunately, the time spent in this region is too short, so the only option right now is to directly establish it by spending money.

If in the future a culinary empire could truly be built around the legendary chef Russell, that would be the perfect outcome.

If we could also recruit some good players and build a cross-regional organization, that would be even more perfect.

“Okay!” Rosell nodded emphatically. He had no choice. Of all the people he had contacted, only the mysterious man offered a price that best met his expectations.

It was worth spending half a day here after knowing that the mysterious person would come to the ruins.

Lin Hanchuan and Rosell added each other as friends.

Russell sent me a screenshot of the chef profession panel.

The information above is indeed as he said.

Lin Hanchuan nodded and immediately transferred one million gold coins to maintain his "rich tycoon with more money than he could ever spend" persona.

He certainly couldn't say, "Kid, I've heard of you in my past life. You really can become a culinary master."

Looking at the one million gold coins Lin Hanchuan handed over, Rosell's throat couldn't help but move. One million gold coins given away so easily, just like the rumors said—a mysterious Eastern tycoon who spends money like water on food.

After the cooperative relationship is temporarily established.

Russell said to Lin Hanchuan in a relaxed mood, "I heard you're going into the ruins."

Lin Hanchuan nodded.

Russell continued, "I've been here for a while, heard a lot of information, and met a lot of people, which may be useful to you."

"Tell me about it." Lin Hanchuan nodded slightly. It was clear that Rosell was an extroverted person who was good at dealing with people.

Roselle began slowly, "Let me start by introducing the Wasp Valley. Wasp Valley is a level 70 map, and the main monsters are bumblebees, ranging in quality from common to royal-level bosses..."

Lin Hanchuan listened quietly from the side.

Russell said quite a bit.

However, I already knew most of the information from Brother Octopus.

In order to gain the upper hand in the ruins, Brother Octopus went to great lengths, purchasing a lot of intelligence from various intelligence organizations.

A very good boss!

They can think of anything for you and offer help in any way they can.

If he were in District 9.

I can go to his store to shop every day.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The cheers of the players in Wasp Valley gradually began to rise into the sky.

There was still one hour left.

The glory of the Childe family has arrived! (End of Chapter)