Chapter 777 - Ultimatum (2/2)

Could it be done at fifty?

How about absorbing that green stick and driving the floating city to the mansion space?

That was one way to go, but he still had no confidence.

Even if he could build a small floating city by absorbing that green crystal rod, there was still no way to produce the “energy black hole” effect.

In other words, even if he could build a floating city, it wouldn’t be as useful as in the game because there was no magic in this world.

What if he had a lot of green crystal rods?

Roland couldn’t help but think this way. At this time, his expression changed drastically. He took a few steps back, and in a flash, he simultaneously gave himself a series of supporting spells such as Magic Shield, Body Fortification, Agility, Preemptive Attack, and so on.

Then he looked attentively to his right.

A powerful mental power suddenly appeared there, and even… an unknown, and rather peculiar, energy. He was familiar with this energy; it was the energy contained in the crystal rod.

Roland had Teleportation ready and would teleport away if something went wrong.

But the reason he didn’t teleport away was curiosity.

He was quite curious that there was someone stronger than him on Earth.

The owner of the crystal rod?

While his thoughts raced, a man slowly burrowed out from under the ground.

It was like the legendary Tu Xing Sun[1], and where the man was now, the ground wasn’t the least bit damaged.

The man was young, wearing a short-sleeved shirt and denim shorts, and a pair of large blue flip-flops on his feet.

He appeared quite down-to-earth.

He looked at Roland with a smile.

Roland couldn’t feel the other party’s malice, but he was still cautious and slowly took two steps back as he asked, “Who are you?”

It would be strange if Roland wasn’t wary at all of a man who suddenly appeared from the ground and didn’t use Teleportation, without raising any magic fluctuations at all.

“I have many identities. You can call me Planet Guardian, Planet Consciousness, Human Mind Aggregate, or Heavenly Dao-all of it is fine.” The man’s voice was quite alluring.

Roland found the voice rather familiar, and he froze for a moment, responding, “Director Ma?”

The young man clapped his hands and laughed. “Guessed right. I am this term’s Planet Guardian, commonly known as Ma Huajun, a native of Guilin.” “I am Huang…”

“I know your profile well, better than you know it yourself. After all, you and Yu Kunpeng were both personally selected by me as test subjects.” Ma Huajun shrugged and interrupted him. “Before we get to business, I have to apologize to you.”

“What do you mean?” When Roland heard this, he felt something apprehensive, thinking that it might be some kind of melodramatic plot unfolding “Don’t be nervous. It’s not that big of a deal, but for the sake of our future cooperation and getting along, we still have to talk about it.” Ma Huajun walked forward two steps, his slippers slapping on the concrete floor twice. The man looked like an ordinary youth seen everywhere on the street, one of those out-of-touch types who was ready to take a walk after dinner.

It was not at all obvious that this person not only had the power to burrow into the earth but was also some kind of planet guardian

This title sounded high and mighty. “Okay, go ahead.” Not only did Roland not disperse his spells, but he also secretly added two more.

“Do you still remember when you graduated from college, you were going to start a small company with Yu Kunpeng, doing public embeddable intelligence modules?” Ma Huajun asked.

Roland nodded.

He and Yu Kunpeng were both game lovers, but the NPCs in large AAA games were too stupid, like they were the backdrop of the world.

They were able to interact only with a fixed line or two, and sometimes not even that, seeming more like stickers pasted onto the game.

The intelligence module they had been working on for almost three years at school was something that could be embedded into AAA games and could be treated as a special mod that used special algorithms to improve the intelligence of these NPCs.

This allowed them to diversify their behavior.

It could be said that this AI module was a little bit useful, but it was still a hundred thousand miles away from completion.

Then they started a small company, and Schuck wanted to use his face to pull investment for further research.

They even adapted a couple of big AAA games themselves to improve the intelligence of the NPCs and increase playability.

It was safe to say that with money to get the ads out there or generate buzz in the mod community, this company could be successful. As a result… Schuck actually couldn’t acquire a single sum of investment.

The server they used to store the original code was even hacked afterward and all their information and code was deleted.

Someone was targeting them.

But they checked and asked continuously and didn’t figure out who it was. After that, the two were so disheartened that they ran back home to be idlers.

Roland stared at Ma Huajun. “You know? You said you wanted to apologize to me, so it was you?”

“Yes.” Ma Huajun shrugged.

Roland subconsciously threw a small fireball over.

But this small fireball quickly became smaller in the air and disappeared when it was still half a meter away from Ma Huajun.

“You could probably kill me with a Legendary level body in the game and a floating city and a desperate trade for each other’s lives, but in reality, you can’t.”

Roland withdrew his hand and asked in confusion, “Why did you target us at that time? There’s no grudge between us.”

“Because you shouldn’t go and become businessmen, or become capitalists,” Ma Huajun explained with a smile. “You should join us and become supers like us. You guys have the talent. This game, World of Falan, is your training ground.” “You’re casually making decisions for others…”

“Just say whether you want to become a superpowered person or not.” Ma Huajun sneered, “Aren’t you enjoying it?”

Oh… Roland had nothing to say.

“I destroyed your dreams and then gave you this chance, so it’s settled, okay?” Ma Huajun showed his goodwill.

Roland dropped his guard as he took the initiative to say, “Okay, this matter is in the past, put it aside. Is World of Falan real or not… Wait, you said ‘you guys? Schuck also has such abilities?”

“Yes, but it’s not time for his awakening.”

Roland pondered for a moment, and then asked, “Did you create the World of Falan, or does it exist? What is your purpose in sending so many people into the game world?”

“I’m just saying hello this time, not answering your questions. The answers, you can find yourself in the game. Or, when you’re strong enough, I’ll tell you.” Ma Huajun smiled, then his expression turned serious. “Also a word of caution: never, ever try to fuse the Divine Spark of an Evil God; this is not advice, this is an ultimatum. No Evil Gods can appear on Earth. As a planet guardian, if such a thing dares to appear, I’ll kill them on sight!”

[1] A character that could burrow through the earth from Investiture of the Gods