80: Sweeping across Central Asia

When the Central Asia region's instance, "Wrath of Genghis Khan," began, everyone's jaws dropped.

Genghis Khan descended from the heavens, leading a million Kheshig warriors and tens of millions of Mongol cavalry!

He shattered the formations of tens of millions of Central Asian allied forces in one fell swoop. Within a mere week, the Central Asia region was completely drenched in blood; hundreds of millions of NPCs were slaughtered, and tens of millions of players were forced offline!

The entire Central Asia region was devastated, with only one in ten households remaining, and the stench of blood reached the heavens!

The whole world was stunned!

Countless Central Asians cursed Mongolia online, but it had no effect, because at this moment, Mongolia was celebrating nationwide!

No one paid them any mind; they felt like they were punching cotton, and could only clamor for a mass exodus from the game and a boycott.

Players in neighboring countries were terrified, developing themselves day and night, fearing they would be next.

Lin Yue looked at the scenes in the forum of the Mongol Army charging—that kind of scene was like a locust plague passing through, sending shivers down his spine!

He couldn't help but ask himself, if the next target was Great Qin, could they withstand it?

"Dong dong dong!"

A knock sounded, and Lin Yue, finding it strange that someone would seek him out, got up and went to the door to check.

"Who are you?" Lin Yue opened the door and asked.

"I'm from the community. My name is Zhang Zhang. We have a task from above to collect the character attribute interfaces for the game "ascension." A young man at the door offered a smile and handed Lin Yue his community worker ID.

"Come in." Lin Yue saw that the ID didn't look fake, so he led him into the house and casually asked, "Why are you collecting this now?"

"I'm not too clear on the specifics myself; I'm just a worker. But I heard it's because of Genghis Khan. All those things in Central Asia made the news," Zhang Zhang said. "The higher-ups are taking this game quite seriously. You see, when else have game helmets been distributed to everyone before?"

"That's true. So you're going door-to-door?" Lin Yue asked curiously. Previously, butler robots handled these matters; this was his first time seeing a community worker.

"You bet. I'm responsible for this entire building. Robots won't do; the higher-ups said they need real data, no Photoshopped images," Zhang Zhang said with a wry smile, then reminded him, "If you haven't played, just screenshot the main game interface."

"Alright, wait a moment; I'll log into an account," Lin Yue said with a smile.

Lin Yue then entered the game, switched to his second identity, took a screenshot, and exited.

"Your game pod is really nice!" Zhang Zhang said, looking enviously at the white, futuristic game pod.

"It's alright. I've sent you the picture," Lin Yue said with a smile.

Zhang Zhang looked down at the picture.

"name: Lin Yue

Identity: Refugee

Title: None

Martial Power: 26

Intelligence: 26

Command: 26

Politics: 26

Charm: 88

Talent: None

Reputation: 15 (Unknown)"

Zhang Zhang carefully saved the picture, then gave a thumbs-up and smiled, "I've collected attribute pictures from about a hundred households, and you're the most handsome!"

"Thank you." Lin Yue was a bit flustered, receiving such praise from a man for the first time.

Zhang Zhang subconsciously looked left and right, then whispered to Lin Yue:

"Do you know the girl next door?"

"I've seen her, but we're not close," Lin Yue thought for a moment and said.

"The one who always brings different people home."

"What about her?" Lin Yue asked.

He usually didn't pay attention to such things; he just remembered hearing sounds of domestic violence from next door every evening. He didn't know how severe the beatings were, but the screams were very loud.

Each time, he would be filled with worry, fearing that someone would die next door, and he would suffer from insomnia all night.

"Guess what her Charm is?" Zhang Zhang smiled.

Lin Yue thought carefully; he had some face blindness when it came to the opposite sex and couldn't distinguish between attractive and unattractive.

He casually said, "80?"

"I thought it was 80 too, but who knew the screenshot showed 50!

She even wanted to Photoshop the picture before giving it to me. I spent a long time persuading her to give up that idea," Zhang Zhang said, smacking his lips and shaking his head, as if he had discovered something incredible.

Then, seeing that Lin Yue wasn't interested, he said to him, "Well, your Martial Power isn't low, and your five stats are well-balanced. If the Mongol really do attack, the higher-ups might conscript you to fight. Keep it up!"

"Mm-hmm." Lin Yue nodded and saw him out.

He thought to himself: A girl's Charm of 50 after removing her makeup is already pretty good! You've seen too many beauties online every day, haven't you? You can't distinguish between virtual and reality anymore.

After all, people like himself and the readers in front of the screen, whose Charm is even recognized by the system, are ultimately a minority!

Lin Yue then checked the time, refilled his nutrient solution, and once again entered the game... Lin Yue opened his eyes to see that the sky had just begun to lighten.

He walked out of his barracks and went to the training grounds for his morning exercises.

"Lin Yue, come join me!" She Jian called out to Lin Yue.

"Understood!" Lin Yue responded, running over to practice archery with She Jian.

"Lin Yue, would you like to be transferred under my Command?" She Jian suddenly asked.

"This humble general is willing!" Lin Yue responded.

Simply for She Jian leading an Army directly against the Nuzhen Tribe to avenge him, he accepted this good elder brother!

Although he was later stopped by Li Chengliang, She Jian had still done his utmost for him. What kind of leader wouldn't you like?

"Good. I'm being transferred to be a general of one of the Great Wall Legion's armies. Your ten thousand White Horse Righteous Cavalry will be incorporated into my Command," She Jian said with a smile.

"Understood! It's all up to the general!"

"Good, stop practicing. I'll take you to choose warhorses first." She Jian patted his shoulder and led him towards the stable.

"General! Congratulations on your promotion, General!" A middle-aged man said to She Jian with a smile, his round face full of shrewdness.

"Old Xu, hurry up and pick out all your Yellow-grade mid-tier white horses for me," She Jian said, playfully scolding him.

"General, do you have a warrant?" Old Xu secretly glanced at Lin Yue, a subtle hint of something unusual in his eyes, then rolled his eyes and asked She Jian.

"What? Say that again?" She Jian asked, his eyes wide. "Between us brothers, you're asking me for a warrant?"

"General, without a warrant, I really can't give you warhorses!" Old Xu said anxiously.

"Don't say so much, just tell me if we're brothers or not! I'm just asking if you'll give them to me or not!" She Jian asked, puffing out his beard and glaring.

"No warrant, no warhorses!" Old Xu, seeing She Jian being unreasonable, stiffened his neck and retorted boldly, "Otherwise, you can just ride me like a warhorse!"

"Hey, Old Xu, you're talking nonsense! When we were campaigning against Qi, who carried you back from the mountain of corpses and sea of blood?" She Jian said angrily!

"You have the nerve to say that! If you hadn't charged headfirst without looking and bumped into me from behind, would I have fallen?"

"Hehe, wasn't I in a hurry? Can a soldier fight well if he doesn't charge headfirst and is always looking back and forth?" She Jian was immediately silenced, chuckling. Then he added, "Then later, when we were promoted to cavalrymen, your horse's leg broke, and wasn't it still me who brought you back?"

"Shut up! Everyone else saw the tripwire and knew to avoid it, but you just charged forward with wide eyes! If I hadn't deliberately tripped on it beforehand, you would have flown off!" Old Xu roared.

"Alright, alright, don't mind it so much. Between us brothers, who's who!" She Jian scratched his head and chuckled, "I heard you arrived this morning, and I came straight to see you."

Old Xu felt a bit better at this, but still teased, "Do you want me or the warhorses?"

"I want both!" She Jian said with a laugh, pulling Old Xu along. "Let's go, let's go, let's go drink."

"Wait, I'll call someone to take this young brother to pick out warhorses." Old Xu smiled at Lin Yue.

"What young brother? He's your brother!" She Jian corrected him.

"What?" Old Xu exclaimed in surprise!

"He is Lin Yue, my brother She Jian, which means he's your brother!" She Jian introduced him.

"This humble general Lin Yue, greets you, sir." Lin Yue bowed respectfully, deeply moved by She Jian's words!

"No need for formalities, young brother, please rise quickly." Old Xu stopped Lin Yue's movement, a special emotion in his eyes. Then he glared at She Jian and smiled at Lin Yue, "Young brother, you don't have to take his words seriously. You absolutely must not be his brother!"

"Old Xu, what do you mean!" She Jian said angrily.

Old Xu ignored She Jian and earnestly said to Lin Yue:

"There were ten of us in our squad, and he had nine brothers. Now, I'm the only one left.

And even I am full of ailments, which is why I had no choice but to transfer from the cavalry to logistics.

Young brother, you really shouldn't get involved in this mess!"

"Go, go, go, Old Xu, don't say such depressing things. Let's go drink!" She Jian pulled Old Xu away.

Leaving Lin Yue alone, bewildered in the wind!