ATPnovel Chapter 18: Concealing Merit and Fame, Taking an Epic Vacation with 1 Points
Chapter 18: Concealing Merit and Fame, Taking an Epic Vacation with 1 Points
"Going home?"
Meanwhile, at the bottom of the Abyss of Sighs.
Lei Dong looked at the two options before him, and his enormous black-gold shattering beak opened and closed slightly.
If it were the same Lei Dong, the solitary transmigrator from before, he would definitely choose B.
They stayed in this abyss, eating underwater volcanoes like hotpot, and fought their way through the Devonian period.
but now……
His mind involuntarily drifted back to the presidential suite of the Shanghai Grand Hotel a dozen hours earlier.
That stunningly beautiful figure with slightly reddened eyes, clumsily helping him unbutton his clothes.
Su Qinghan's youthful touch and the fragrance of orchids seemed even hotter than the churning magma on the seabed before them.
"I'm tired of all the fighting and killing."
Since the system has voluntarily given him a holiday, leaving his wife alone in reality to live a life of widowhood is not something a man should do.
Lei Dong chuckled softly, his cross-shaped pupils, as red as the blazing sun, slowly closed, and he decisively chose [A. Returning Home in Glory].
"Buzz—"
The moment Lei Dong made his choice, his personal system panel suddenly burst out with a blinding red light!
[WARNING! Player 'Lei Dong' has been detected to be in the current life form of 'Abyssal Titan Demon Chapter (Mythical Calamity Creature)'!]
[Assessment: This player's individual combat power has far exceeded the limits of Earth's current technological capabilities.]
If they were to publicly return, they would be highly vulnerable to real nuclear strikes or ruthless assassinations by hostile forces such as the Star Sea Federation and the Western Continent Alliance!
[Activate the highest level of 'Spark Protection' protocol!]
The system seemed to have anticipated the risks of a "monster-level" player like him returning.
Without giving Lei Dong any time to react, lines of green code completely overwrote his original red-named ID.
[Generating SSS-level encrypted disguise for you...]
Your personal combat data and the video recordings of your kills on Kuroshio Island have been completely archived and removed!
[Installing a 'fake resume' for you:]
Your identity in the Ordovician period will be changed by the system to 'a survivor of an ordinary star-shelled turtle in the edge of the sea,' with a contribution score of 0.001%.
[Disguise complete. Have a pleasant vacation in the real world, great Abyss Tyrant.]
Accompanied by the system's final, slightly awe-inspiring notification sound.
Lei Dong's enormous demonic body, over a hundred meters long, gradually transformed into countless dark golden particles of light at the bottom of the Abyss of Sighs, dissipating at the edge of the boiling magma.
Meanwhile.
In the real world, a teleportation array suddenly lit up in the core lecture hall on the first floor of Jiangda University, as bright as day.
......
In the real world, the core lecture hall on the first floor of Jiangda University campus.
The once empty and quiet venue was suddenly filled with a dazzling azure light from the teleportation array, as bright as day.
After the light receded like a tide, hundreds of reserve students who had been lying in holographic hibernation pods opened their eyes one after another.
"I survived... I actually came back alive!"
"Waaaaah, this is terrifying! I've turned into a worm."
"I hide in the cracks of rocks and eat mud every day, I never want to go to the sea again..."
The relief of surviving the ordeal, the desperate cries, and a mix of other complex emotions instantly filled the entire lecture hall.
But at this moment, Professor Lin, who was standing at the highest point, and the military commander of the Yunxia region had no intention of comforting these ordinary students.
Their eyes were bloodshot from lack of sleep, and they were clutching a high-level military tactical tablet tightly in their hands.
He rushed into the crowd like a madman, his gaze sweeping over each awakened participant like a searchlight.
"Investigate! Immediately conduct the highest level of identity verification and data screening!"
Professor Lin's voice cracked with excitement: "Quick! Find that hero who's over a hundred meters tall! Find our guardian angel!"
The entire senior management team sprang into action, with sophisticated data scanners aimed at the newly returned reservists.
They desperately wanted to know who had single-handedly destroyed Kuroshio Island.
Furthermore, with an absolute dimensional reduction attack, it brought Yunxia a huge sum of one million points.
They forcefully elevated this near-obsolete civilization to the pinnacle of global dominance!
Lei Dong rubbed his slightly swollen temples and slowly sat up from the hibernation pod in the corner.
He didn't make a sound, but quietly watched the higher-ups running around like headless flies, a very subtle smile playing on his lips.
Soon, Professor Lin rushed to Lei Dong with the scanner.
The old professor's eyes burned with anticipation as he shone the scanner's beam onto Lei Dong.
"Buzz—"
On the tactical tablet, the ultimate personal panel, encrypted and disguised by the "Earth Online" system, immediately popped up.
[Experiencer ID: Lei Dong]
[The final species of the Ordovician period: Astrophytum (primary form)]
Survival Rating: D (Living on the brink of death, extremely lacking in ambition)
[Faction Points Contribution: 0.001%]
[System Evaluation: An extremely lucky saltwater fish, by hiding in coral reef crevices and feeding on plankton, barely survived to reach the end of this stage.]
Looking at the appalling data panel, the light in Professor Lin's eyes dimmed instantly.
He sighed deeply, his previously agitated expression turning into one of helplessness and kindness.
The old professor reached out his slightly trembling hand and patted Lei Dong on the shoulder.
"Good child, you've suffered."
Being able to survive in such a hellish environment is a skill in itself.
Go and rest. In the next phase, our heroes will carry you through.
Lei Dong lowered his head accordingly, perfectly displaying the posture of a weakling who was "still shaken" and "unsettled".
"It was terrifying, Professor... The sea was full of monsters. I didn't even dare to peek out. I almost got trampled to death by a sea scorpion."
Seeing Lei Dong's cowardly appearance, the military commander next to him shook his head, bypassed him, and continued to investigate the next target.
"He kept his achievements and fame hidden."
……
Half an hour later, at the Grand Hotel Shanghai, in the top-floor presidential suite.
The room was not brightly lit; only the neon lights of the city shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows and the flickering light from the television screen.
The television was playing the video clip from the screen on a loop:
The awe-inspiring sight of a giant, 100-meter-tall demonic octopus crushing the crystals of Kuroshio Island with its tentacles.
Su Qinghan was barefoot, curled up on the large leather sofa.
She was wearing a men's white shirt that was clearly a size too big—it was left behind by Lei Dong.
The hem of the shirt just covered the top of her thighs, revealing two long, shapely calves that were as white as snow.
This usually aloof and proud commoner school beauty was now like a frightened kitten, clutching her knees tightly with both hands, and still with tear stains on her eyes.
She didn't understand any concept of factional warfare.
All she knew was that in that cruel prehistoric ocean, there were man-eating monsters everywhere.
In her mind, Lei Dong was just an ordinary student with no background and no initial resources.
It might even have become a defenseless little fish, which could be swallowed whole by the giant monster over a hundred meters long in the picture at any moment.
"Click".
Just then, a very faint sound came from the heavy mahogany door of the suite as the electronic lock opened.
Su Qinghan's delicate body trembled violently, and she raised her head as if she had been electrocuted, her swollen eyes staring intently at the entrance.
In the dim light, a tall and imposing figure pushed open the door and slowly walked in.
He casually tossed his coat onto the coat rack and loosened the two buttons at the collar.
His deep gaze pierced through the dim room, precisely locking onto the trembling girl on the sofa.
"Why aren't the lights on? Crying in the dark isn't like the style of our Soochow University's campus belle."