Chapter 178: Going Straight to the Company
Then...
Roared.
The battlefield shook.
Players were stunned for three seconds.
Gorvath charged.
Chaos erupted.
The fight lasted nearly forty minutes.
Thousands of players attacked.
Hundreds died.
NPC soldiers fell.
Gorvath’s health slowly dropped.
78%
61%
48%
Every phase changed mechanics.
At 50%...
He summoned elite guards.
At 30%...
He entered Berserk.
At 20%...
He began targeting the eastern wall directly.
Commander Aldric descended personally.
The NPC joined the battle.
Xu Ning immediately spoke.
[Host.]
Shen Tian fired.
What?
[Major Fate event.]
A golden thread connected Gorvath...
Commander Aldric...
And Jiang Feng.
[Originally...]
[Gorvath targets Aldric.]
[Jiang Feng notices.]
[He saves the commander.]
[The commander later gives him the Guild Foundation Fragment.]
Shen Tian looked toward Aldric.
The NPC was fighting near the boss’s left side.
Jiang Feng was farther away.
Then...
Gorvath’s eyes turned red.
His axe lifted.
A massive skill began charging.
Execution Cleave
Target...
Commander Aldric.
Xu Ning spoke.
[There.]
Jiang Feng saw it too.
His eyes widened.
He immediately moved.
Flowing Step!
But...
He was too far.
MoonPetal shouted,
"Fallen!"
Jiang Feng accelerated.
Not enough.
Gorvath swung.
Then...
An arrow struck Commander Aldric’s shoulder.
Jiang Feng froze.
The impact wasn’t damaging.
It knocked the NPC sideways.
The axe slammed into the ground where he’d been standing.
BOOOOOOM!
Everyone nearby was thrown backward.
Shen Tian lowered his bow.
Commander Aldric looked toward him.
"...You..."
Shen Tian smiled.
"You’re welcome."
Jiang Feng stopped.
Then looked toward Shen Tian.
For a second...
He genuinely had no words.
He had seen the danger.
He had reacted.
But Shen Tian...
Had reacted first.
Again.
Xu Ning smiled.
[Ding!]
Destined Savior Event stolen.
Fate stolen: 2,000
Jiang Feng Fate Value: 190,500
Commander Aldric shouted,
"Adventurer!"
Shen Tian looked over.
"Do not die!"
Shen Tian laughed.
"I wasn’t planning to."
Gorvath reached...
5% HP.
Every player became desperate.
The final hit on a world boss could carry enormous contribution.
Jiang Feng knew it.
Shen Tian knew it.
Every major guild knew it.
Players stopped caring about positioning.
Everyone attacked.
MoonPetal shouted,
"This is going to turn into a mess!"
It already had.
Spells covered the battlefield.
Arrows filled the sky.
Gorvath’s health fell.
4%
3%
2%
Then...
An unfamiliar player appeared behind Shen Tian.
His username was strange.
A sequence of random letters.
Xx0Void0xX
Level 3.
No guild.
Beginner equipment.
Shen Tian didn’t notice immediately.
The player raised one hand.
And...
Shen Tian’s health vanished.
Instantly.
HP: 0
Shen Tian froze.
"..."
The world turned gray.
A death notification appeared.
You have been slain by Xx0Void0xX.
Silence.
Xu Ning stared.
Shen Tian stared.
Then...
He respawned inside Silverbrook.
Still silent.
Xu Ning slowly looked toward him.
[Host.]
"..."
[That was not legitimate.]
"No."
[The player was Level 3.]
"I noticed."
[He dealt over twelve thousand true damage.]
"I noticed."
Shen Tian’s expression remained calm.
Too calm.
Xu Ning knew him.
That was worse.
[Host.]
Shen Tian smiled.
"Interesting."
[You’re angry.]
"No."
[You are extremely angry.]
Shen Tian checked the combat log.
Damage Received: 12,884
Source: Unknown
Skill: NULL
He stared.
"...NULL?"
Xu Ning nodded.
[Injected packet or exploit.]
Shen Tian’s eye twitched.
Then...
A server announcement appeared.
Gorvath the Red has been defeated!
Final Blow: FallenWind
Top Contribution: FallenWind
Second Contribution: ShenTian
The battlefield erupted.
Jiang Feng stood beneath the world boss corpse.
Golden light surrounded him.
He stared toward the ranking.
Then...
Toward Shen Tian’s missing name from the battlefield.
He frowned.
MoonPetal noticed.
"Where’d Shen go?"
Jiang Feng shook his head.
"No idea."
Then...
Commander Aldric approached him.
The NPC held a small black fragment.
Golden Fate gathered.
Xu Ning looked toward Shen Tian.
[Host.]
He was already walking toward the logout point.
[The Guild Fragment.]
"Let him have it."
Xu Ning blinked.
[Seriously?]
Shen Tian opened the menu.
"Someone just cheated to kill me."
[Yes.]
"I’m dealing with that first."
She smiled faintly.
[Priorities.]
"Exactly."
He selected...
LOG OUT.
The capsule opened.
Shen Tian sat up.
Slowly.
He removed the neural contacts.
Then stepped out.
Xu Ning appeared beside him.
[What are you doing?]
Shen Tian grabbed his phone.
"Finding out who owns the game."
Xu Ning stared.
[Host.]
"What?"
[You know who owns the game.]
He paused.
"...Do I?"
She gave him the familiar look.
Then displayed corporate information.
Eternal Realm Publisher: NovaDream Interactive
Primary Parent Holdings: NovaDream Global
Major Shareholders:
Shen Capital Holdings: 31.4%
Shen Tian stared.
"...Thirty-one percent?"
[Yes.]
"Why do we own thirty-one percent of the biggest VRMMORPG company in the world?"
[Your father invested before launch.]
Shen Tian became silent.
Then...
A smile appeared.
"Oh."
Xu Ning immediately understood.
[Oh no.]
Shen Tian grabbed a jacket.
"Driver."
[Host...]
"Actually."
He stopped.
Then smiled.
"I’ll drive."
NovaDream Interactive headquarters stood at the center of the city’s technology district.
The building was enormous.
Glass.
Steel.
Animated Eternal Realm advertisements covered the exterior.
A thirty-story holographic dragon wrapped around one side.
Even after midnight...
Hundreds of employees remained inside.
Launch week meant nobody slept properly.
Developers monitored servers.
Security teams investigated exploits.
Customer support handled millions of tickets.
Live operations teams monitored world events.
Then...
A black luxury car pulled up directly in front of the building.
The security guard stepped forward.
The door opened.
Shen Tian stepped out.
The guard frowned.
"Sir, the building is closed to visitors."
Shen Tian continued walking.
The guard moved in front.
"Sir."
Shen Tian stopped.
"Call your CEO."
The guard stared.
"...Excuse me?"
"Tell him Shen Tian is downstairs."
Silence.
The guard’s expression changed.
He had heard the name.
Everyone in business had.
"...Shen?"
Shen Tian smiled.
"Yes."
The guard immediately stepped aside.
"One moment."
Thirty seconds later...
The front doors opened.
Not by security.
By executives.
Three men hurried toward the entrance.
At the center...
NovaDream’s CEO.
Zhao Ming.
His suit wasn’t fully buttoned.
His hair looked disorganized.
He had clearly been called out of an operations meeting.
"Young Master Shen!"
Shen Tian smiled.
"Good evening."
Zhao Ming looked nervous.
"We weren’t informed you were visiting."
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