Realized Game: I Hoarded 10 Billion Defense Towers

These nodes were just like the connection channels of the pre-apocalyptic internet. As long as they were allocated properly, more anchor points and branches could be established. Currently, the Ninth World came with eighty-one initial anchor points, and each major node could split into nine smaller ones. As time went on and the Ninth World existed for longer, these anchor points and branches would continue to multiply.

WHOOSH. WHOOSH. WHOOSH.

Countless nodes automatically extended, randomly connecting to various Ability Users according to the Combat Power rules Shen Fei had established. Whether they were players, NPCs, or Super Bosses, the moment the Ninth World’s connections opened, their Personal Panels began to chime, empowered by the Divine Artifact, special particles, and various rules. BEEP BEEP BEEP.

Others needed to be linked, but as the wielder of the Divine Artifact, Shen Fei naturally possessed the highest level of authority without needing a connection.

WHOOSH. WHOOSH. WHOOSH.

With the space formed and the connections open, Shen Fei immediately began to establish the rules for the Ninth World.

"Bro!"

"Bro!!"

"Bro!! Help me! I think I’m being targeted!"

While in the middle of establishing other restrictive rules, Shen Fei was suddenly interrupted by Sun Yu’s frantic cry for help.

"Stop shouting!" Shen Fei replied. "Come to Yang City!"

Seeing Sun Yu’s plea, Shen Fei was surprised to realize that one of the anchor point connections had automatically linked to Sun Yu. Well, if that isn’t the craziest coincidence!

The connection rule Shen Fei had just established was to randomly connect to players ranked in the top 10% of Combat Power within each game. Apparently, Sun Yu’s Combat Power in *Tower Defense of Ten Thousand Realms* was indeed in that top 10%. Although Sun Yu seemed pathetically weak compared to Shen Fei—like a total amateur—in reality, the guy was quite strong. With his Defense Towers and inherited steward Hero, Cyan Sparrow, their combined Combat Power could likely even go toe-to-toe with Huang Yi.

Of course, since most of Sun Yu’s defenses were placed around the Heaven-Reaching Tower in the center of Qing City, his Combat Power was greatly restricted. Unless monsters and enemies appeared near Qing City, his true Combat Power couldn’t be displayed.

Sun Yu, whose Combat Power was actually quite high, had always been lucky. He had now somehow automatically connected to one of the links sent out by the Ninth World—an anchor point that functioned just like an invitation code.

"Alright! I knew you had something to do with this, Bro!!"

His Personal Panel had suddenly started chiming—BEEP BEEP BEEP—displaying a connection request from something called the [Ninth World]. A moment ago, Sun Yu had jumped in fright. But now, from his bro Shen Fei’s tone, Sun Yu instantly deduced that Shen Fei was involved. Racing toward Yang City, he accepted the beeping connection request without a second thought.

WHOOSH.

As the connection was established, Sun Yu watched a submenu immediately appear on his Personal Panel. The name of the submenu was [Ninth World]. Furthermore, it even displayed a "Temporary" tag, telling Sun Yu that this trading submenu was not a permanent feature.

WHOOSH.

After paying the 1 Credit Point entry fee, Sun Yu’s sub-panel flickered. An interface materialized on his panel, looking just like a trading channel from a pre-apocalyptic Game World—in other words, a world auction house. At the bottom of the interface was a "World Channel" where everyone could chat. In the top left was a warehouse filled with numerous items that you could purchase or barter for. And in the top right was an interface for posting requests and bounties for certain items.

"Holy shit!" Sun Yu exclaimed. Bro made this? Two hundred million??

Quickly browsing the interface, Sun Yu spotted many items in the top-left warehouse that he recognized as his bro’s, such as the [Personal Panel Activation Scroll], the [Bloodline Gemstone], the [Mission Exemption Scroll], and various other things. He even saw the number 200,000,000 displayed in Credit Points at the very top of the warehouse interface. Seeing so many Credit Points and all those familiar items, he knew in an instant that this was his bro’s handiwork. Only his bro could open a "temporary trading submenu" on the players’ most important possession: their Personal Panels.

Bro is a total badass! he shouted in his mind as he rushed toward Yang City.

He saw that someone had already posted a question in the "World Channel" at the bottom of the interface. The poster’s codename was Number 59, and Sun Yu saw that his own was Number 79.

WHOOSH. WHOOSH. WHOOSH.

As Sun Yu watched, a list of rules suddenly appeared in the World Channel.

"[Ninth World] Trading Rules!"

"1. This is a trading space. Communication via messages is prohibited; only communication via items is permitted. Any attempt to communicate using information will, upon discovery, result in a permanent ban. (The Ninth World reserves the final right of interpretation regarding all bans!)"

"2. Items can be traded remotely within this space, regardless of location or time. (Each person receives one free trial!)"

"3. The transaction tax in this space is 30%. All transactions are subject to a 30% tax. The tax value for item-for-item barters will be appraised by the Ninth World’s staff!"

"4. Any and all items can be traded in this space, with no limits on volume or quantity!"

"5. The rules include, but are not limited to, the above! The Ninth World reserves the right to add new rules at any time!"