Chapter 228 The Game from Ten Years Ago

Game Public Channel.

[It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over! Does this count as Guild Leader Xu Xu Ru Sheng being besieged?]

[Even though the situation is urgent, it's strangely hilarious. Guild Leader Xu Xu Ru Sheng probably didn't expect things to develop this way either.]

[Am I the only one interested in that ancient kingdom beneath the yellow sands? Why did the screen freeze after Boss Yi Meng, Sword Immortal, and that Jinghong person entered?]

Yes, exactly. Just as the public channel stated, whether it was Lin Xi Yi Meng, Sword Immortal Chen Lian, or the initial discoverer Jinghong Yimian, after the three of them entered the Liuli Ancient Kingdom, all sky screens were cut off. The image remained frozen on the last view of their backs as they entered.

Not just the omniscient view everyone was watching, but even their individual POV sky screens were the same—all gone!

Consequently, no one knew what happened after those three descended into the Liuli Ancient Kingdom. Not the players inside the game dungeon, nor the players watching the sky screen from outside the game.

"This thing is a bit strange."

Ling Xueyuan frowned, analyzing the final footage of the three for a while, attempting to crack it and catch a glimpse of the ancient kingdom's elegance. Unfortunately, despite trying many methods, there was no effect.

It was as if the game had determined that that segment of content could not be broadcast to the public.

Because of this, the Dragon Country players could only judge their safety by whether the IDs of the three were still online.

However, Boss Yi Meng's ID had suddenly flickered just now, which gave the few people present a cold sweat from the scare.

"Reporting."

Just then, Ye Ming knocked on the door and walked over holding a stack of documents, then distributed the papers to everyone in the conference room.

"Regarding this Liuli Ancient Kingdom, we haven't found any definitive surviving records in the literature, but..."

Ten years ago, a cultivation game called 'Supreme Liuli' once appeared within our borders.

As he spoke, a logo with a very aged feel appeared on the projector. The writing on it was blurry, not high-definition like today's standards, but one could vaguely see the word 'Liuli' accompanied by a palace background. It looked remarkably like the ancient city that appeared beneath the yellow sands from Lin Xi Yi Meng's perspective on the sky screen just now.

"Wait, you said... this was also a game?" Elder Ye didn't understand much about these things, but he managed to extract the keyword.

Game.

A game from ten years ago.

"Correct." Ye Ming nodded. This was all the information they could dig up. "Furthermore, this game was a niche one back then. At most, only about a thousand players worldwide ever played it."

"And it was online for a very short time, about a week in total. Moreover, we still haven't found any record of its regulatory approval."

This meant that this game felt somewhat like the Strange Creature Breeding Simulator—similarly a small game, and similarly with no traceable source of approval.

Everyone quickly understood this logic. They were a bit like birds startled by a bowshot when it came to these games with untraceable origins, instinctively associating them with game invasions.

Ten years ago.

Could it be that ten years ago, a game had already attempted to invade their world, but for some unknown reason, it suddenly stopped its actions?

This thought circled in everyone's minds one after another, and their expressions varied.

"However, most cultivation games are largely the same. A name like Liuli City is as common as 'John Doe' or 'Jane Smith.' It doesn't necessarily refer to the Liuli Ancient Kingdom beneath the yellow sands."

After pondering for a long time, Xiesui Qusan frowned and voiced his opinion.

He had played quite a few games, dabbling in almost every genre. He had also played cultivation ones like this, even spending a fortune—on buying skins.

He wouldn't name which game it was, but it was also at that time that he heard of Sword Immortal Chen Lian's achievements...

Wait, Sword Immortal Chen Lian?!

Noticing the change in Xiesui Qusan's expression, Ye Ming roughly guessed what he was thinking and immediately spoke up about it.

"Boss Xiesui is right. The reason we noticed this game is because of Sword Immortal Chen Lian."

"According to the data we obtained, that Sword Immortal Chen Lian's first time logging into a game and the start of her legendary career began with this very game."

"Later, she met another player in this game who was also from Dragon Country. That player then took Sword Immortal Chen Lian with them to other games."

"The person you're talking about... should be the president of the Sword Immortal Chen Lian Fan Club." Hearing this, Xiesui Qusan sighed and added.

"That person is a crazy lick—*cough cough*, a crazy fan of Sword Immortal Chen Lian. You could say their 'love is profound.'" Speaking to this point, Xiesui Qusan seemed to recall some difficult-to-revisit past events, and he couldn't help but cover his face with a bitter smile.

It was indeed too crazy. He once fought a boss in a guild alliance with Sword Immortal Chen Lian's guild, and the chat in that party channel was something Xiesui Qusan remembered vividly to this day.

They couldn't go three sentences without mentioning Chen Lian, being more of a cheerleader than actual cheerleaders. In the words of today's youth, they were a 'solo stan,' and a delusional one at that. It was as if no one was allowed to even get close to Sword Immortal Chen Lian; regardless of whether they were fighting a boss or not, whoever touched Chen Lian died.

Everyone: "..."

That really was... hard on Boss Xiesui.

However, Sword Immortal Chen Lian's rise to fame was indeed not hard to trace. This Sword Immortal had never hidden it, and she was quite famous in the gaming circle, especially in these types of games where she was a top-tier existence. Later on, game companies making similar titles even intentionally reserved this ID for Sword Immortal Chen Lian when setting up ID titles.

"Can this game still be found now?" After a moment of reflection, Elder Ye asked in a heavy voice. After all, regarding games, he was far less familiar than the other young people present.

Hearing this, Ye Ming shook his head.

"This game logo is the limit of what we could find. As for the game's content, we have already questioned the remaining people in Dragon Country who played this game."

"Especially that president of the Sword Immortal Chen Lian Fan Club."

"However, their memories of the game's content are not very clear. They can only confirm they played it, but as for the content inside, surprisingly, they all say they can't remember it clearly."

If it were just one or two people who couldn't remember clearly, that would be normal. But for every person found who played the game to say they couldn't remember clearly, that was quite abnormal.

Even though it was a game from ten years ago, games are like movies or novels; if you truly liked it, you wouldn't be unable to recall even a single thing.

This sounded more like something had erased the memories of that game's content from everyone's minds.

The clues ended here. The only one who might still know...

Thinking of this, everyone looked in unison at the sky screen, at the frozen image of Sword Immortal Chen Lian's back.