384: Chapter 384 Keep the good stuff within the family

Chen You had not expected things to develop like this.

With the delay of the preliminary selection, Source Realm had actually rolled out this talent show across the entire world!

They didn't even spare the novices!

How else could he watch? By sitting in the audience, of course.

No, by sitting in the judges' seats.

Chen You took a deep breath, trying hard to keep his expression from looking too twisted.

"Um... Director Li." Chen You raised a hand.

"Speak." Director Li Guoan sat up straight.

"Actually, it's not as complicated as you all think." Chen You let out two dry laughs.

"This so-called 'Voice of Star Source' isn't a hidden quest native to the Source Realm."

"Not native?" Sun Feng was stunned. "Then which ancient deity set up this trial?"

"It wasn't a deity either." Chen You scratched his hair. "I was the one who created it."

As soon as these words were spoken, it was as if a crow flew through the conference room.

Zhang Yunhai's voice recorder stopped in mid-air, Pan Yu's hand pushing up her glasses froze at the edge of the frames, and the marker in Sun Feng's hand remained pressed against the whiteboard.

Everyone's gaze was focused on Chen You.

"You created it?" Pan Yu's voice carried a hint of disbelief.

Chen You coughed dryly twice, stood up from his chair, and rubbed his nose awkwardly.

"I previously accepted a quest as an acting city lord. To max out my stats, I used my city lord authority to create a talent show, and I named it 'Voice of Star Source'."

Chen You explained the Cangxing City acting city lord quest, the exploitation by the city lord Sander, and the rules of the talent show, telling the whole story from start to finish.

"I didn't know this show would become such a viral hit."

"Plus, my focus had been on the guild BOSS battles, so I didn't think this was important and didn't get around to reporting it."

The experts looked at each other, their expressions colorful and varied.

Pan Yu silently erased the large words "Cultural Infiltration" and "Higher-Dimensional Class" from the whiteboard.

Sun Feng covered his face and sat back in his chair, his shoulders shaking as he struggled to hold back his laughter.

So, this group of Huaxia's top minds had been brainstorming here for half a day, all while doing reading comprehension on a program list that Chen You had just casually made up.

"Enough." Director Li Guoan suppressed the smile at the corner of his mouth, his expression returning to seriousness.

He tapped his fingers on the desktop, producing a crisp sound.

"Regardless, since this talent show has caused such a huge sensation in the Source Realm, with even top guilds participating, it suggests its popularity is likely already linked to the civilization's destiny."

Director Li Guoan's gaze was like a torch as he looked at Lin Miao, who was standing straight.

"Since this stage was built by our own Huaxia people, there's no reason to let aliens perform on it."

"Although the reward is only worth fifty thousand gold coins, we shouldn't let the benefits flow to outsiders."

"Comrade Lin Miao."

"Here!" Lin Miao brought her feet together, head held high and chest out.

"Your current mission is to participate in this 'Voice of Star Source' and bring back first place for me."

Director Li Guoan's tone was sonorous, as if he were issuing an order for a critical battle.

"Yes!" Lin Miao's voice was loud and clear.

But the next second, a trace of confusion flashed across her face.

"Huh?"

Putting aside her current identity, she was just an ordinary graduate student before.

Make her participate in a talent show? And take first place?

"Little Chen will fully cooperate with you."

Director Li Guoan looked at Chen You. "In war, what you're fighting is logistics."

"I have already transferred five hundred billion huaxia coin into your exclusive account."

"You first transfer two hundred thousand gold coins to Lin Miao as her initial activity funds. Keep the remaining three hundred thousand in reserve for support at any time."

Director Li Guoan nonchalantly arranged this massive sum of money that would drive top big shots crazy.

Chen You's heart felt no fluctuations anymore, but looking at Lin Miao, he couldn't help but sigh.

Two hundred thousand gold coins?

Those big guild presidents who could summon wind and rain in the Source Realm would scheme for half a day over a few thousand gold coins of resources, even going so far as to fight over them.

Lin Miao, a newbie who had just left the Novice Village and was only level 1, was going to venture out with two hundred thousand gold coins?

If other players knew, they would probably be so jealous they'd delete their accounts immediately.

"Lin Miao, tell me your coordinates." Chen You quickly got into character.

"The system shows that my current location coordinates are 945231, 891156." Lin Miao recited a string of numbers very quickly.

"Got it." Chen You nodded.

"Log on, everyone." Director Li Guoan ordered.

Lin Miao turned and walked toward the hibernation pod, lying down with nimble movements.

With the soft sound of the air pressure valve, the pod lid slowly closed.

Chen You sat back in his chair casually and slowly closed his eyes.

[Welcome back to the Source Realm, destiny sovereign.]

Chen You's consciousness crossed the endless void and descended into the Supreme Tower in Cangxing City.

He opened his eyes and immediately pulled up the recharge panel.

[Ding! Recharge successful, current gold coin balance: 585388.]

He shifted his gaze downward and glanced at the skill bar.

The icon for [Shadow Clone] was still counting down, remaining time: 1 minute 54 seconds.

The main body still needed to focus on cultivation; for matters like bringing in Lin Miao, he naturally had to let the clone go.

"Xier, open a room."

Chen You turned and walked toward the depths of the Supreme Tower.

Entering the training room, he sat cross-legged and activated the Nine Revolutions Primordial Chaos Art.

The surrounding spiritual energy instantly turned into tangible white mist, surging into his body through his pores, a feeling of comfort spreading throughout his entire body.

Two minutes passed in a flash.

"Swish!"

A figure identical to Chen You peeled away from his body, his whole body shrouded in a faint shadow aura.

The Chen You clone exited the training room and strode out of the Supreme Tower.

On the streets of Cangxing City, players were coming and going.

Chen You ignored the awe-filled gazes around him and directly summoned his mythic mount—Nine Nether Heaven-Devouring Kun.

The sky suddenly darkened.

This was not an illusion, but a literal covering of the sky.

A terrifying giant beast over a thousand meters long slowly swam out from the void.

"Is it too flashy to have to do this every time?"

Chen You couldn't help but complain internally.

The players all stopped in their tracks, looking up with mouths agape, once again falling into collective stupor.

"Holy crap... that thing is here again?"

"The Kun! It's Big Shot Chen You's Kun!"

"Is this really a mount? Its size is bigger than our guild's base, right!"

When the mount shrank and landed, Chen You leaped onto it.

He pulled up the mount's control panel, first found the summoning animation, and checked "Skip Animation."

Only then did he enter the coordinates for Novice City provided by Lin Miao.

The Nine Nether Heaven-Devouring Kun could store ten coordinates. Besides Lin Miao's coordinates, Chen You also saved his current coordinates to make it easier to return.

[Target coordinates confirmed, start teleportation? (Consumes 100 gold coins)]

"Yes." Chen You didn't even blink.

He had long expected that it would cost money.

The Nine Nether Heaven-Devouring Kun let out a long cry that shook the soul.

The space in front twisted and tore like water ripples, forming a huge black vortex.

The giant Kun swung its tail fin and instantly submerged into the vortex, disappearing without a trace.

Leaving behind only a group of players doubting their lives, unable to recover for a long time.