Whose world-class drama are they criticizing?

"Makka Pakka is tough, this is a true tough guy, a tribute to the legendary tough guy Makka Pakka!"

Do you have a katana to play with?

Sprint... The legendary investigator could not let his comrades' sacrifice go to waste. He took a deep breath, his blood rushing to his head, his mind becoming incredibly clear. The sound of arrows whistling through the air brushed past him; he could see their trajectory. He drew his sword and fired.

[The blessing of parrying].

Raising a shield won't work, running away won't work, there's only one answer: parry.

With Makka Pakka's blood as a guide, he didn't need to pay attention to the path beneath his feet; he only needed to parry.

Hold your breath and concentrate.

The legendary investigator has entered a state of flow; it's been a long time since a game has allowed him to concentrate so intently.

The players who had died all came to watch the live stream and showed relieved smiles.

[Guidance Quest: Teach the Dark Ones Perfect Parry (1/10)]

Ryan nodded with satisfaction. This was a case of a great teacher producing outstanding students; he could be nominated for Teacher of the Year.

"Bounce, bounce, bounce."

Sword after sword deflected, the legendary investigator strode forward step by step, stepping on the path paved with the blood of his comrades, toward the castle gate. Ten meters, nine meters, eight meters... one meter left.

This is the enlightenment gained by sacrificing companions; this is the bond of friendship.

Finally, the legendary investigator reached the gates of the City of Light. Finally, he arrived, and he saw—

[Cannot be opened from this side]

"?"

The legendary investigator's heart broke down.

"Fuck you."

The next second, he was riddled with bullets by Henry.

Chapter 42 Ryan Enjoys His Meal

[Cannot be opened from this side]

The main gate of Chuguang City is locked; we have to enter through a side path.

Ryan watched all this with a cold eye and smiled disdainfully.

The resolve to sacrifice teammates is so low in purity, how can it compare to the resolve to sacrifice one's mother?

Ryan had said long ago that these ants who were at the level of having both parents were like a floating speck in the blue sky when they saw him at the level of a half-step orphan. Above Ryan, there were even more powerful beings at the level of a perfect innate orphan. How could you juniors be so presumptuous?

It only adds to the amusement.

All the players are dead, and their blessings have fallen to the other side. Now it's time for some fun looting.

“Mr. Henry, please go and clean up the invisible bridge first,” Ryan said to Henry, whose condition was appalling.

Henry was still reeling from the aftereffects of shooting the Lightless One. It took him a while to come to his senses, and he nodded subconsciously.

He was a strong, young man with a thick beard around his face.

This face looks like it's made for someone who guards a bridge.

"Mr. Ryan."

As Henry cleared the road, he said with a complicated expression, "Do you think that those without light also retain some of their humanity from their previous lives?"

In the final scene, Makka Pakka used his blood to guide his companions, which moved Henry on the battlements. It was this hesitation that led the legendary investigator to bounce back all the way to the city gate.

Ryan glanced at Henry. Although the young man was exceptionally talented, his character was flawed.

He needed to guide Henry onto the right path, so he earnestly offered his profound advice:

“Mr. Henry, if you give up guarding the bridge because of this, wouldn’t it be a waste of your parents’ lives? You would be letting down your parents’ sacrifice and their expectations of you. That would be true filial impiety. Your mother and father would be watching you with disappointment from heaven.”

That's right.

Henry pondered this; though it sounded crude, it made a lot of sense.

Ryan declared passionately, "I am your lord. To fail to defend one's lord is disloyalty; to waste the sacrifices of one's parents is unfilial piety."

"If you don't block the bridge, you're an unfaithful and unfilial person!"

That's it!

Henry suddenly realized that the one who blocked the bridge was the honest one. If you want to be both loyal and filial, then you should block the bridge.

“Besides, look at your face.” Ryan looked Henry up and down. “You’re the kind of guy who only comes along once every few thousand years. You’re born to be a bridge blocker.”

Henry was taken aback; he hadn't expected Ryan to value him so highly.

I had long heard rumors that this young master of the Lu family was a discerning judge of character, with such sharp insight that he could see right through someone at a glance. Now that I have seen him, it is indeed true; he is truly a wise ruler.

"Please rest assured, my lord, I will certainly not fail in my mission!"

With a clear mind, Henry worked quickly and soon cleaned up the invisible bridge.

Ryan smiled with satisfaction; today was another day of encouraging people to do good.

What pleased Ryan even more was the harvest on the bridge.

The invisible bridge was not empty; it was filled with lost blessings, with eight guiding beams of light shooting into the sky and emitting a faint glow.

【Blessed 0.4 (Legendary Investigator)】

Ryan casually touched one of the items, and the warmth of the blessing flowed into his fingertips. He could collect half of the blessing, which was his 50% personal income tax.

[Can be picked up for 0.2 Blessing]

If the player dies before retrieving the blessing, the remaining half will also be taken into the national treasury by Ryan.

Ryan beamed with satisfaction. There were eight blessings on the bridge, each averaging 0.2, totaling 1.6 blessings—more than his previous harvest. Adding the 0.4 he'd picked up in Sunset Forest, he now had exactly two complete blessings.

His current rank is level 2 (lv10), which is just enough for him to level up.

Ryan Lumin

【lv10 (Second Ring Road)】

【Light Mage (Level 1, lv9)】

【Oath Paladin (Level 1, lv1)】

Charisma: 10 (Cannot be increased)

【Magic Power: 9】

[Strength: 1.1]

[Stamina: 1.1]

The three attributes of magic, strength, and stamina correspond to the mana bar, weight capacity, and endurance bar, respectively. You can choose to allocate points to one of them each time you level up.

Ryan chose to allocate points to 'Strength' this time.

He retrieved a broken sword called the 'Straw Sword' from the town of Blight. This sword had been coexisting with the withered plant for thirty years, and its weight was only slightly heavier than a wooden sword. However, if Ryan wanted to wield it smoothly, he still needed to increase its 'strength' a bit.

He will begin reforging the broken sword first thing tomorrow morning.

Ryan had a premonition that this sword would become his trump card.

Ryan Lumin

[lv10→lv11]

【Power: 1.1→2.1】

The two blessings seeped into Ryan's muscles, his muscle fibers tore and then healed rapidly, and his originally pale silver skin regained a faint hue. He slowly exhaled, feeling his whole body lighten, and his steps had never been so light.

From the data, it's only a negligible improvement, but from another perspective, his power has doubled.

As long as the starting point is low enough, any upward progress will be rapid.

Next, choose the profession you want to upgrade.

This time, he once again chose to promote the Light Mage.

[Light Mage lv9 (First Ring) → lv10 (Second Ring)]

In this way, the single job of the Brightness Mage has moved from the first ring to the second ring.

Second-ring mages represent a significant improvement over first-ring mages because their spellbook unlocks second-ring spells. Compared to the lackluster first-ring spells, the second-ring spellbook contains many useful spells that can be used even into the late game.

For every two levels a single job gains, that is, every even-numbered level gained, a skill will be unlocked.

Healing Spell (Second Ring)

Divine Guidance (Second Ring)

【Light Arrow (Second Ring)】

A level 10 Light Mage can choose one of the three spells mentioned above.

Without a second thought, Ryan immediately chose the second Divine Guidance spell.

He loves directing the most.

[Divine Guidance (Second Ring): Consumes 1 point of mana, slightly increases the success rate; cannot be stacked]

This technique is incredibly versatile; it can increase the success rate of forging, stealing, or persuading others... Before doing anything, you can use it as a guide. Those who like to use this technique are usually lucky.

It was getting late, and white frost covered the sky.

Ryan had a very fruitful day. He patted Henry on the shoulder and headed home for a good night's sleep.

Hopefully, all the players can sleep well tonight.

While Ryan was indulging in his bestial instincts and fast asleep like a sloth, the first day of the closed beta test for "Eden" came to an end, and the game forums of another world were in an uproar.

The players in the closed beta were all streamers. Although their numbers were small, they had a considerable number of fans, and clips of their streams were uploaded online.

Loves to eat grass: It makes me so angry. I worked so hard for an hour, and it's all gone?

gugu: This amazing gamer has become so engrossed in his own art that he's practically a saint.

Super Tyrannosaurus Rex Warrior: Invisible bridge plus bridge defense plus 'cannot be opened from this side', is this how you make games in 2062? Don't you think about your family?

The Ultimate High School Project: When the dog was born, the doctor told him that it couldn't be opened from this side, so they had to find another way!

...

In just one night, "Eden" was trending on social media for all the wrong reasons.

Chapter 43: Why Can't Westerners Create Eden?

Earth, early morning.

In a 30-square-meter rented room, with instant noodle cups and Lu Guo paper scattered all over the floor, a middle-aged man around 30 years old was browsing a forum website, like an eagle surveying its territory.

His website ID is "Noodle Sea". In the real world, he is unemployed and lives off his parents, but he has an extremely prominent status on the Chinese Internet.

Even the legendary 'gaming god' is not even one ten-thousandth of his power.

Mr. Noodles Hai proclaims himself the savior of the Chinese internet.

For the sake of peace on the Chinese internet, he sacrificed his own family, achieving a feat that Ryan could never hope to reach: the complete extinction of his entire family.

Once upon a time, the Chinese internet was shrouded in darkness. Differences in opinions, stances, and even gender led to netizens acting independently, engaging in endless confrontations and attacks. It was at this critical juncture that the great Mr. Noodle Sea appeared.

As a result, everyone unanimously attacked Mr. Noodle Sea.

He is a man who has always stood firmly on the opposite side of the people, using rational insight to break through confusion, dissecting the information cocoon, accurately finding the most wrong stance, and becoming a benchmark on the Internet, an unchanging reverse compass.

As the highest mountain and the longest sea in the world, Noodle Sea considers himself a god. He never makes a mistake, and he is proud of it.

Even a god as great as him has moments of confusion. He looked through his previous post, "I increasingly look down on today's young people, they don't even know how to toast properly," but there were very few comments from netizens. The entire post was filled with comments like "Noodle Sea is out of business."

Unlike ordinary people, God can reflect.

Noodle Sea felt that the ingredients were too low-grade.

He wants to find better material on the vast internet.

Just then, a post about a new game caught his eye: "New game starts with a serious bug, streamers commit suicide and lose all their experience."