Chapter 55: The Game Changes Life
The stable was not a rare building.
Its main function was to provide transportation.
Precisely because it could not directly enhance the strength of the territory, nor promote production, the blueprint’s value was not high—only about four to five hundred Abyssal Magic Crystals—which placed it at the bottom among Tier-One blueprints.
Hang Yu still intended to acquire it.
Because building blueprints were not something that could always be bought with money; sometimes, it depended on luck or even fate—since he encountered it, there was no reason to give it up.
From a practical standpoint.
Spirit Horses played quite an important role.
At the very least, they greatly assisted in territorial expansion and material acquisition.
How vast was the Abyss World?
Even the area of a novice map was no less than that of an ordinary prefecture-level city, with a span of at least one to two hundred kilometers.
Although players could establish teleportation points by locating Fate Stones, the number of teleportation points was ultimately limited, and most places still required long journeys to reach.
Time was money!
Given the players' current mobility, they could only operate within a dozen miles of a teleportation point, and as more areas were unlocked in the future, this limitation would become even more pronounced, leaving most wild monsters unharvested in time.
Hang Yu was willing to provide more efficient transportation tools to enhance players’ mobility, allowing them to hunt materials farther away—or venture into danger!
After a round of haggling.
He exchanged the blueprint for 1,000 units of food directly.
Thus, the stockpile of food and materials was almost exhausted.
Hang Yu was not panicked at all, because after a few hours of rest, the players were already logging back online and discovering the latest missions—he believed it would not be long before he could start "harvesting the leeks" again.
……
Blue Star.
Summer Country.
A small city somewhere.
"Sorry! Sorry!"
"We will definitely pay back the 280,000!"
"But as you can see, the current situation is really too difficult. Please, just give us two more months!"
In a run-down old neighborhood, a debt dispute was unfolding—five or six burly men cornered a middle-aged couple inside their home, the couple pleading desperately.
"Cut the crap!"
"Don’t tell us you have no money!"
"Don’t you have this broken house?"
"You can just use this house to pay off the debt!"
"……"
The debt collectors looked fierce and menacing.
At that moment, the door opened, and a pale, emaciated young man appeared, pushing a wheelchair, causing the middle-aged couple's faces to turn even uglier.
"Xiao Zhou! Why did you come out?"
"Hurry and go back inside!"
Gu Zhou, only twenty-four years old this year, had suffered a high-level spinal injury due to an unfortunate accident; he had no sensation below his chest and no strength in his arms, a severely disabled individual with no ability to work.
This family, which was once in decent condition, had in recent years fallen into dire straits due to business failures and the high costs of their son's medical treatments.
Gu Zhou said, "I have money!"
About twenty minutes later.
He completed the transfer and dismissed the debt collectors.
His parents were stunned and disbelieving—how could their paralyzed son possibly have that much money?
"Xiao Zhou, be honest with us, where did this money come from?"
"You didn’t take a high-interest loan online, did you?"
Gu Zhou said, "Don't worry, there's no problem with this money. I earned it all by playing games."
Gu Dad and Gu Mom clearly did not quite believe it.
Since becoming disabled, their son had been addicted to gaming.
But given his physical condition, if gaming could at least distract him, it was not necessarily a bad thing—they had never heard of someone making real money through gaming, let alone such a large sum.
Gu Zhou said, "Dad, Mom, you don’t need to worry about me. I’m a player in the 'Twisted Three Kingdoms' game. This game not only allows you to make money but can make a lot of money. It won’t take long to pay off all our debts."
"Really?"
"Can a game make that much money?"
After understanding the basic situation.
Even these two people who never played games became strongly interested in this one.
Gu Zhou smiled and said, "Right now, it’s very hard to get a spot in the game, but you can try to make a reservation!"
Gu Dad said excitedly, "Good, Dad and Mom absolutely support you becoming a professional player! We might not be good at games, but we can assist you in the game."
Gu Mom said, "Technology today is amazing. If you can live happily and healthily in the game, whether you can make money or not, we will always support you. Just don’t put too much pressure on yourself!"
The comforting and hopeful smiles of his parents.
Made Gu Zhou deeply moved—he was once a proud young man with a promising future, only to become severely disabled by a single accident, his life completely derailed, relying only on virtual games to numb himself.
He never expected.
Real life was destroyed.
But in the game world, he was reborn.
This paraplegic young man was none other than the ranger Lone Boat in the "Twisted Three Kingdoms" game.
In the real world, he was a hopeless cripple—but in the game world, he was one of the top masters of the Fourth Calamity Legion, having made great contributions by slaying the corrupted Xu Feng during the defense of Hexi Village!
Lone Boat was filled with gratitude for the "Twisted Three Kingdoms" game.
"Twisted Three Kingdoms" had given him a second life!
The game changed his destiny!
……
Meanwhile.
At the Ten-Mile Bund in the Magic City.
Inside a luxurious high-rise apartment at a prime location.
Li Yuling hurriedly put down her utensils: "I'm going back to my room! Don’t bother me from now on!"
Across the luxurious dining table, an elegant woman frowned slightly and spoke with some persuasion: "Lingling, even though you’re on summer break, you can’t be addicted to gaming. If President Li finds out, he’ll definitely be angry!"
Li Yuling snorted: "That workaholic runs around the world all year long, barely comes back twice a year. He didn’t even make it to see Mom one last time. How could he have time to be mad at me? Making money is all he cares about!"
"Sigh, you shouldn't say that about President Li. At his level, there are many things beyond his control. You should feel fortunate to be his daughter—how many people in the world envy you!"
Li Yuling only gave a self-mocking smile without commenting.
The woman said earnestly, "We have already contacted the best aristocratic schools globally. There’s a summer camp before school starts. President Li hopes you can build relationships with some classmates early—after all, they come from extraordinary backgrounds, and many are old friends of the Li family. It would be very helpful for the family's future development, and yours too..."
"Enough! Enough!"
Li Yuling finally lost it.
"All you people ever talk about is benefits and connections! That’s why I hate this fake and hypocritical real world!"
Bang!
The door slammed shut.
The woman sighed helplessly.
Li Yuling sat in her room, clutching a photo of her mother, wiping her tears.
She knew that being that man's daughter was something that made even a billion people envious.
But from the moment she was born, everything—from her studies to the friends she could make, to the husband she would marry and the career she would pursue—had been arranged clearly and neatly.
Everyone said she was born lucky.
Everyone thought it was the greatest blessing.
But no one ever cared if she actually liked it.
Li Yuling felt that her life was not her own.
She would rather have been born into an ordinary family—not rich, but with parents who spent time with her; where she could make friends as she liked, study what she loved, do what she enjoyed, and even marry someone she genuinely wanted to marry in the future...
"Even if you control everything in the real world, at least in the game world, I can live a free life!"
Li Yuling opened the game capsule, "Now, I’m not the daughter of some tycoon. I’m Little Bell of the Fourth Calamity Legion, a brave and adventurous Warlock exploring the Abyss!"
She loved that bizarre, mysterious Twisted Three Kingdoms world.
There, she had a powerful, handsome, and gentle Lord, and companions with diverse personalities who worked hard together, lived and died together!
Everyone was joining forces to resist the evil Abyssal forces and rebuild order from zero in this broken world!
In the game world, Little Bell experienced unprecedented freedom and joy.