Chapter 241 - No More Free Games? (1/2)

“I’m alright, I’m alright. I’m perfectly fine!” Ren Suo said.

“Aren’t you supposed to be a doctor in the school? Why did you go to such a dangerous place?” his mother questioned.

“I’m perfectly fine though…” Ren Suo said.

Ren Suo finally managed to appease his mother. He heard Ren Xingmei on the other end of the line persuading their mother to calm down and catch her breath, then took over the call. She said, “Seriously, Bro, why did you suddenly go to such a dangerous place? Didn’t you say that your work pays well while not involving much risk and is close to home? You even appeared in the video now.”

“Well, you’re still young, so you would not understand,” Ren Suo said.

“What nonsense, you’re only five years older than me, and you’re worse than me at playing games,” Ren Xingmei retorted.

“I’m better than you at games now!” Ren Suo exclaimed.

“Oh, really? Let’s have a 1v1 then, take your pick, fighting, MOBA, RTS, or FPS?” Ren Xingmei replied.

“The connection here is poor, we’ll 1v1 another time,” Ren Suo said. Although his hand speed and reaction speed had increased, it was not just once or twice that he had been ‘destroyed’ by his sister in games. He quickly changed the topic and said, “You can now brag to your friends that your brother has appeared in Naisser Ren’s video. You can say that he is the very handsome healing Practitioner in…”

Ren Xingmei said, “I’m not the kind of person to do that—well, not unless you personally accompany me to our class gathering. What’s more, appearing in the video is nothing to brag about, unless you’re Naisser Ren himself.”

Ren Suo replied, “No, there would be a generation gap between you guys and me. I’m impressed though, you correctly guessed that I am…”

“Don’t push it. If you are Naisser Ren, then I am Ren Woxing’s descendant,” Ren Xingmei said. She sighed and whispered into the phone, “Anyway, if you’re ever going to do such a thing again, remember to call to inform us beforehand.”

“If you’re not going to inform them, then, at the very least, don’t let them see you in such a situation.”

“You must tell me though so that I can be mentally prepared to respond if something happens to you. Remember, you must tell me!” Ren Qingqing said.

Ren Suo replied, “Okay, okay…”

Hanging up the phone, Ren Suo rubbed his neck—that was an extremely long phone call.

Shortly after “The Mage Under the World Tree” was uploaded, he received a call from his mother, who bombarded him with questions. Undoubtedly, it was because Ren Suo appeared in the video, in the scene where he was attempting to treat the badly burned Mage.

Ren Suo’s parents actually did not usually watch Naisser Ren’s videos, but their relatives and neighbors had gone to them and told them things like: “Your son has made it big and even appeared in a video where he helped the nation”.

That was when they asked his sister to show them the video, and so they watched the ‘fantasy blockbuster’ uploaded by Naisser Ren together.

Consequently, when they saw their son on the dangerous battlefield, they were so shocked that they immediately called to ask him if he was alright, and even wanted to purchase plane tickets to visit him overnight.

With much difficulty, Ren Suo eventually managed to stop them from flying over to visit him, and even had to send a video of himself for them to believe that he was still alive and kicking.

The video “The Mage Under the World Tree” was just as Ren Suo had hoped, with none of the conversations between the mages included. As such, the lies fabricated by Mage were naturally not exposed.

Ren Suo received another text message on his mobile phone—it was an intranet notification. He had no choice but to turn on his computer to check what was going on in the intranet.

“Research: Location of the Second Mystery Realm”.

“Indeed, it’s this question…” Ren Suo muttered to himself. The topic did not come as a surprise to him.

When he was clearing the second checkpoint in the game, no one had entered the mystery realm, even after he had finished fighting the boss character. He guessed that the second checkpoint was likely located in an area where few, if any, people visited. If it was not located in a desert, it could be somewhere which was not along established sea routes. It would not even be bizarre if it was actually located deep under the sea.

At present, all of the other six mystery realms had their ‘owners’. The significance of the mystery realms was also revealed by Caroline: defeating monsters in the mystery realm could speed up a Practitioner’s practice.

Although researchers were still studying whether there were any side effects to this effect of enhancement, the mystery realm was certainly considered a crucial strategic resource: the cultural relics from the other world could be obtained; the mystery realm could act as a practice ground where there was a high concentration of Reiki energy; it was a place where extraordinary creatures would appear; and it was even an extremely special place for research…

The nation was also going by the philosophy of “possessing what others don’t, and excelling in what others also possess”. At such a juncture, whichever nation secured the second mystery realm first would be one step ahead of other nations, in terms of the Extraordinary resources that they possessed. Moreover, if mystery realms could be physically moved…

However, even Ren Suo himself did not know where the second mystery realm was located. Even if he did, there would not be any factual basis for his guess. As such, he just liked an answer that already had many likes, as evidence of his effort—even though doing so would only reward him with very few researcher points, if any. The person who wrote that answer appeared to be a doctor of geography.

There was still some time before the clock struck twelve, so Ren Suo turned on the Mini Worlds game console and reviewed his latest ‘profits’: