Realized Game: I Hoarded 10 Billion Defense Towers

Moreover, she now had invitations from both Shen Fei and Father Shen. Xiaohong couldn’t help but grin, quickly opening the group chat to ask what was going on...

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WHOOSH.

Meanwhile, Shen Fei, who had just returned to his bedroom, could no longer fight off the wave of drowsiness that washed over him.

Having not slept for two or three days, he finally couldn’t take it anymore. Although inheriting his game abilities had significantly boosted his endurance, sleep was still a necessity.

With a THUD, he threw himself onto the bed and fell fast asleep.

He knew that in half a day, the small monster tide that occurred every three days would erupt again, but rest was his top priority.

When the monster tide breaks out, I’ll just get up and fight it...

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"Impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"How can something like this exist?!"

「In a special region of the ocean.」

After Shen Fei had quickly fallen asleep, a tremendous voice resounded between heaven and earth. As a piece of news rapidly spread among the Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses, one of them became utterly enraged.

[Heroic Mark: Can lock onto a Hero. A locked Hero can absorb and fuse with its counterparts from other Game Worlds. A locked Hero cannot be devoured by other Heroes. (Usable only by NPCs or Super Bosses not affiliated with a player.)]

Staring at the item screenshot that had already been circulating for several hours, most Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses, who had originally been just waiting for time to pass and for the game version to continue updating, found their peace shattered. The sudden appearance of the item screenshot had shattered this peaceful atmosphere.

The moment this screenshot appeared, a dark undercurrent began to surge throughout the entire special region. Countless Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses were all trying to find out if this item was real.

And when it was confirmed that the item was indeed real, everyone panicked! Every single one of them, instantly overcome with excitement, began to ask around about who had it and how they had obtained it...

The Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses who had gained sentience were always safe, as long as they didn’t leave the special region. They could live leisurely lives within its vast expanse. The only thing they had to worry about was their origin; because they were inherited from games, however many players a game once had, that’s how many of their kind now existed. And once these counterparts manifested in this world, they would devour one another.

The strong devoured the weak, completely formatting the weak’s memories and absorbing their power...

This was the fate and limitation of the Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses. The only way they could slow down the process of being devoured by their own kind was to hide and ensure their existence was discovered by as few people as possible.

However, when the item [Heroic Mark] appeared, everyone panicked.

Judging by the item’s Attributes, it was obvious what it meant. As long as one used this item, the user would gain an invincibility buff and no longer have to fear being devoured by any of their counterparts.

Unable to be devoured, they would become the strongest, slowly devouring all their counterparts until they completed their ultimate evolution. And even if you didn’t want to devour others, with this [Hero Mark], you would be inherently invincible. No one could harm you.

"Investigate!"

"Find out!"

"I want to know everything!!!"

Countless orders circulated within the special region. A torrent of information and communication instantly erupted among the Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses.

The stronger their own potential power ceiling, the more these Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses cared about this [Heroic Mark]. They had countless counterparts, and each of these counterparts possessed their own consciousness. Those with the highest potential Combat Power understood one thing very clearly.

—That as long as they obtained the invincibility buff that prevented them from being devoured, then just by lying low, they could absorb all their counterparts and reach the absolute peak of their Combat Power. They could obtain ultimate Combat Power capable of destroying the heavens and extinguishing the earth, or even creating and destroying worlds.

The appearance of the [Heroic Mark] had thrown the entire special region into chaos. The NPCs and bosses with higher Combat Power ceilings were losing their minds...

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"40 billion?"

"The Ninth World?"

"A special trading channel?"

"It allows trading with human players?"

"Even the simplest things like fish, fresh water, wood, and stone can be sold for a large amount of Credit Points?"

Information was quickly gathered. Soon, various pieces of information from unknown sources became known to the major Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses. In particular, the supreme beings who had already begun to build their own factions—with countless monsters and even other NPCs and Super Bosses under their command—learned the full story.

They learned that there was a mysterious [Ninth World].

They learned that joining the [Ninth World] was completely random.

And they also learned that the [Heroic Mark] was real!

Someone had put it up for sale in the Ninth World, and the instant it was listed, it was purchased for 40 billion Credit Points.

"Issue the order! Sincerely invite any NPC or Super Boss with access to the [Ninth World] to join us!" some Intelligent NPCs who hadn’t been randomly granted a link to the [Ninth World] commanded their subordinates. At the same time, they also had their subordinates investigating with all their might where this so-called [Ninth World] came from...

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"What?!"

"He escaped?"

"The guy who bought the [Heroic Mark], the one who could connect to the [Ninth World] two days ago—he just ran away?"

A few hours later, within the special region, someone who had investigated and found some specific information hastily dispatched people to capture him. Unfortunately, the Intelligent NPC who had purchased the [Heroic Mark] had already gone into hiding quite cleverly.

"Could the [Ninth World] have been started by a human player?"

"In the Ninth World, there was a human player who let it slip that his name is [Brother Kaipan]?"

"This player was asking about a lot of things? And he seems to know quite a bit?"

Although the NPC who purchased the [Heroic Mark] had hidden himself, he also intentionally left behind some information. Soon, the information he left behind was discovered by many Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses who were powerful in terms of both personal strength and faction influence...

"Brother Kaipan? Are those characters from Great Xia?"

"The human player who started the [Ninth World] is in the Great Xia Kingdom?"

A series of guesses and analyses quickly emerged. Although many knew that this information could be false, or even deliberate misdirection, they’d rather believe it was true than dismiss it and be wrong. Even if it was fake, these idle NPCs and bosses were willing to take a chance.

Soon, after piecing together all the information, some went to track down the hidden NPC who had bought the [Heroic Mark]. Others set their sights directly on Great Xia.

And in Great Xia, the closest place to this special region in the ocean was undoubtedly [Ye City] in Songhai.

In almost an instant, countless Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses rushed toward the coast near [Ye City]. At the same time, information about [Ye City], including intelligence that a monster tide was about to erupt there, was being learned and analyzed by the onrushing NPCs...

For the sake of the [Heroic Mark], these beings inherited from the Game World, the vast majority of whom had been quiet until now, all "came to life."

Their target was Great Xia. They wouldn’t leave until they were certain that the [Ninth World] had no connection to players from Great Xia...

Quickly, as the monster tide’s outbreak approached, countless NPCs and Super Bosses were gathering...

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"Brother Chongtian helped with the last monster tide!"

"This time, I’ll handle it myself!"

"I, the Immortal Emperor, am also incredibly powerful!"

「Ye City.」

Zhao Li, having received 2 billion Credit Points from Shen Fei, stood atop the city wall after resting, preparing to face ten waves of the monster tide alone. Having inherited various Immortal Techniques and skills for the third time, he had this confidence.

Although I can’t compare to Shen Fei, I think I can handle ten waves of the monster tide as I am now...

Zhao Li had no idea that in the sea east of Ye City, the waters were now crowded with all sorts of scheming NPCs and Super Bosses...

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