It turns out I'm a second-generation demon.

"Anyway, the fact that you've woken up is the best thing. The company has finally pulled this thorn out of its flesh." Thunder King's tone was unusually relaxed. The virtual world was not only a thorn in the company's side, but it also deeply troubled him, the Minister of Law Enforcement: "I won't say anything to blame you, but since you've chosen to face reality, it means you've had a complete awakening."

Li Xianyu climbed out of the game pod and heard this, thinking to himself: It was clearly my skill that made Long Aotian green with my words.

He dared not say these words, fearing he would anger Long Aotian. In the virtual world, he had wanted to beat Long Aotian more than once, but in that world, Long Aotian was the ruler, and he could only suppress his thoughts. Back in the real world, Li Xianyu suddenly realized that he could only suppress them in his heart. As a senior employee and a mentally awakened being, Long Aotian was still countless times stronger than him.

If my mother were here at this moment, she would teach Long Aotian a lesson in no time.

Suddenly, Li Xianyu missed his great-grandmother. Although they had only been apart for a few days, he had spent three whole months in the virtual world.

"Therefore, you can no longer escape the reality you must face. Long Aotian, because of your momentary lapse in judgment, many of your colleagues are trapped in the virtual world and suffer immensely. You added your own fantasies to the virtual world created by the company, repeatedly reliving your own ideals, while inflicting pain on others. This is a sin you cannot erase. Furthermore, the virtual world that the company spent billions of dollars and two years to build was also reduced to ashes when the mainframe burned out."

Li Xianyu felt a chill run down his spine: "Then the only option is to sell a kidney to compensate."

"Not everyone's kidney is as valuable as yours." The Thunder King glanced at him. "If it were your kidney, the company would be willing to pay any price to buy it."

Li Xianyu immediately refused: "No, no, my kidney belongs to my great-grandmother."

Removing his kidney is like removing his great-grandmother.

The Thunder King turned to Long Aotian: "This responsibility is too great, far beyond what you can possibly bear on your own. Therefore, a meeting of the company's senior management is needed to decide how to resolve it. But before that..."

He didn't continue speaking, but instead borrowed the technician's phone and sent a message.

A few minutes later, Hua Tuo, an expert in internal medicine and surgery and the Minister of Medical Affairs, came in carrying a medicine box.

"Oh, Long Aotian has really woken up?" Upon seeing Long Aotian, Hua Tuo's aged face was filled with astonishment and disbelief. His reaction was relatively calm, after all, Long Aotian was from the law enforcement department, and had nothing to do with his medical department.

The Thunder King and Hua Tuo were both ministers, holding the same position, but their power and status were worlds apart.

Hua Tuo took out a stethoscope from his medicine box: "Shall we examine Long Aotian?"

The Thunder King waved his hand. "No, I called you here to draw blood from this guy." He lifted Li Xianyu like a chick and brought him in front of Hua Tuo, personally rolling up Li Xianyu's sleeves: "Draw three tubes."

"Huh?" Li Xianyu was stunned for a moment: "Why are you drawing my blood? And it's a colleague..."

The Thunder King covered his mouth, preventing him from continuing, and said helplessly, "If you know your blood is special, don't go around telling everyone. Even though you're at home, you still need to be a little cautious, you know?"

"I'm just as burdened by debt as I am by lice," Li Xianyu muttered. The Pantheon, the Great-Grandmother—weren't they more alluring than his blood?

Hua Tuo revealed his needles and gave Li Xianyu a shot, filling three syringes.

The Thunder King nodded in satisfaction: "Give Long Aotian one injection first, then another one afterward. Save the third one for a few days later."

Hua Tuo: "Afterwards?"

"Sanwu, Li Xianyu, go to the next room to change your clothes. Come to my office after you're done. Long Aotian can just change in the equipment room." Thunder King returned to his office, took out his spare phone, logged into the Ancient Demon app, and posted an announcement: "Long Aotian has woken up! A surprising reversal! Our colleague has successfully awakened him from the virtual world. Congratulations!"

Murphy: "???"

Li Bai: "Your Majesty, are you joking?"

When colleagues in the group received the announcement, their first reaction was skepticism, expressing disbelief. Besides the fact that the reversal was too fast, Murphy and the others had just given a strong analysis in the group, concluding that only a handful of big shots like Buddha Head could resolve the trouble caused by Long Aotian.

Vulcan: "Your Holiness, are you kidding?"

Thunder King: "He's in the equipment room, why don't you go check it out yourself? [Dog head squinting]"

Vulcan: "Let's team up to fight Long Aotian."

The God of Cookery: "I'll buy a plane ticket and come back right away."

Mr. Qin: "I'll drive to the company right away."

Tentacle Monster: "I request two hours of absence. I'll take the elevator up right away."

Li Bai: "Nurse, where's my cane? Bring me my cane."

In an instant, the group chat exploded. Many lurking employees suddenly appeared, clamoring to form a team to beat up Long Aotian. There were more than a dozen people speaking.

The Thunder King curled his lip and said, "I will help you apply to the company for a lighter punishment, but before that, you have to endure the loving education from your colleagues."

Fortunately, there was Li Xianyu's blood; otherwise, Long Aotian's fate would have been hard to predict, and he would probably have been beaten to death.

In the room next to the equipment room, Li Xianyu took off his gaming clothes, put on a pair of boxer shorts, and admired his well-proportioned figure through the glass door. Not an ounce of excess fat, his muscles were so smoothly defined, as if sculpted by a master craftsman. Ancient demon bloodline is truly a treasure; the fact that it allows for rapid weight loss alone is incredibly valuable.

Long Aotian, that silly kid, is still a fat guy even after awakening, which shows how much of a homebody he is.

"Sanwu, my power is increasing every day. So after awakening, the increase in power is a continuous process?" Li Xianyu turned to ask Sanwu, but quickly turned back after seeing Chunguang behind him.

"Everyone's bloodline ratio is different, it's hard to say," Sanwu said. She still had some concept of the separation between men and women, and she turned her back to Li Xianyu when she changed clothes.

When Li Xianyu turned around to ask her a question, she happened to be bending down to put on her pants, and he saw a very erotic scene.

His unwavering integrity, unyielding to poverty and hardship, allowed him to rediscover his ancestral roots in a single breath, and he turned back to his roots.

Once the rustling of clothes being put on behind him stopped, Li Xianyu turned around. "Let's grab a bite to eat before we go to the Dharma King's office. I'm starving."

Suddenly, a chaotic chorus of footsteps filled the corridor, followed by a clamor of voices: "Where? Where is Long Aotian?"

"Holy crap, Long Aotian really woke up."

"Hurry up, hurry up and attack! First come, first served! If you're half dead, you can't fight anymore!"

"Save me one punch."

Li Xianyu opened the glass door a crack and peeked out. One after another, shadows rushed past in the corridor and disappeared into the equipment room.

Then, he heard Long Aotian's pig-like screams, which went on and on.

"Seeing that you're all going to beat him up, I feel relieved." Li Xianyu led Sanwu out the door and headed straight for the elevator.

"Ding!"

The elevator doors opened, and two complete strangers rushed out. Seeing Li Xianyu and Sanwu, they exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, bro, you moved so fast?"

Li Xianyu pondered for a moment, understood what he meant, and nodded vigorously: "I'm done fighting, I feel refreshed."

The colleague asked worriedly, "They didn't cripple him, did they?"

It seems these guys still have some sense of propriety. That makes sense, after all, they're all colleagues. Just as Li Xianyu was thinking this, another colleague said:

"Then we came for nothing."

As he spoke, he looked utterly frustrated, much like a middle-aged woman who had missed a supermarket sale.

Li Xianyu: "..."

"We went very easy on him," Li Xianyu said. "Long Aotian was very remorseful and kept shouting, 'If you're a brother, come and chop me down!'"

Upon hearing this, the two colleagues were immediately relieved and quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor, their footsteps fading into the distance.