“Just at the beginning, everyone was willing to help, but since they came out of the game, no one dares to enter anymore.”
“You know, the feeling in the game is exactly the same as in the real world. There are too many bugs in the game’s testing phase. It’s truly a living hell to enter it.”
“In the end, no one was willing to help her test the game anymore. In desperation, she could only go around fooling people and tricking whoever she caught.”
Dean’s words let Leo know that she was really suffering because of the game, but apart from that, Leo still admired Elizabeth’s ability to some extent.
“I think it’s incredible that she developed a game that can actually enhance real-world abilities through gameplay.” Leo expressed his admiration for Elizabeth’s ability.
Dean disagreed. “That’s because you can complete game tasks. If you can’t complete the tasks, you’ll know how terrifying the game is.”
The two of them chatted about the peculiar woman and the peculiar game she developed, until Leo was sent back to the clinic.
The next morning, Leo took a plane to Deepmere City.
After getting off the plane and exiting the airport, Leo dialed a phone number.
This phone number was given to him by Abel before he left.
The call was quickly answered, and a man’s voice came from the phone: “Is this Leo? Have you arrived in Deepmere City?”
“Yes, I just got off the plane,” Leo replied.
“Wait for me at the airport exit, I’ll come over right away!” the other party said before hanging up.
Four or five minutes later, Leo saw this member of WONDER who lived in Deepmere City.
Thomas Marston, thirty-eight years old, with a rugged appearance.
He wore a pair of loose jeans on his lower body, paired with a large leather jacket on his upper body, with a full beard on his face, and a robust figure, exuding the demeanor of a tough guy.
In the car, Thomas was extremely enthusiastic and did not look down on Leo because of his young age.
As Leo chatted with Thomas and admired Deepmere City through the car window.
“Leo, is this your first time in Deepmere City?” Thomas asked.
Leo nodded, “Yes, it is my first time.”
“After we’re done with business, I’ll take you around Deepmere City!” Thomas said enthusiastically.
“Thomas, how long have you been in Deepmere City?”
“Well, I’ve been here for a while, about five years,” Thomas’s expression changed slightly, “I’m a dispatched member of WONDER. Unless there are special circumstances, I won’t leave my base.”
Leo’s mind turned, and he asked, “Are there dispatched members of WONDER in every city?”
“Not exactly,” Thomas shook his head, “there aren’t that many people in WONDER nationwide. It’s mainly aimed at some big cities like the capital, Deepmere City, these international metropolises.”
Thomas was very eloquent, and the two of them chatted all the way until they arrived at Thomas’s residence-a villa complex in the Green River District.
In a place like Deepmere City where every inch of land is valuable, being able to own a house, even a small villa, shows that WONDER’s treatment is indeed very good.
After getting out of the car and entering the house, Thomas made a cup of good Longjing tea for Leo and said with a smile, “Seeing where I live, do you think WONDER’s treatment is not bad?”
Leo took the tea cup with both hands and nodded.
“Not exactly. With the salary provided by WONDER, it’s probably impossible to buy such a small villa in a place like Deepmere City. You would probably have to save money for a lifetime.” Thomas said mysteriously, “As a dispatched member of WONDER, you have a little power in your hands and freedom. So if you want to live better, you have to take matters into your own hands.”
Leo took a sip of tea and smiled knowingly, “Got it!”
“Thomas, do you have any information about the commercial center that’s under construction? I’d like to take a look.” Leo wanted to see what Orientia’s investment in the commercial center was all about.
“Wait a moment, let me get it.” Thomas said, putting down his tea cup and getting up from the sofa to fetch the information.
Soon, Thomas handed a document bag to Leo: “Here’s the relevant information, take a look.”
Leo took the document bag and began to read through it.
The information was very detailed, even including design blueprints.
Leo wasn’t surprised that Thomas could get such confidential information, after all, Thomas had WONDER behind him. If he couldn’t even get this information, then that would be strange.
From the information, Leo learned that the main building invested and constructed by Orientia was a high-rise building, a super high-rise building called “Redday Tower”.
The design height of Redday Tower is 732 meters, making it the tallest building in Asia and the second tallest in the world.
Its height is only second to the 828-meter-high Burj Khalifa, towering 100 meters higher than the tallest building in Atraria, the Seaport City Center Tower!
It has a total of 155 floors, with an estimated cost of $1. 2 billion. Inside, there are not only large shopping centers, but also luxury apartments, clothing stores, swimming pools, hot spring clubs, high-end personal business suites, and an observation platform on the top floor overlooking the entire Deepmere City.
Moreover, there are lakes and slightly shorter tower buildings around it.
It took Leo more than ten minutes to digest the thick stack of information.
Putting the documents back into the file bag, Leo already had a rough outline of his goal for this trip.
“Thomas, has construction on Redday Tower not started yet?” Leo asked directly. If construction had already started, things would be much more troublesome.
“The adjacent auxiliary buildings have been preliminarily completed, and the main building will officially start construction at nine o’clock in the morning on the 30th of this month.” Thomas replied.
Leo nodded thoughtfully.
Once Redday Tower is completed, it will definitely become a landmark building in Deepmere City and even Atraria.
If landmark buildings are utilized by geomantic masters, they can affect or even change the geomancy pattern of a city, and even disrupt the geomancy and luck of a city.
This is by no means an exaggeration, as such things have happened in history.
Once the geomancy and luck of a city are disrupted, the city will decline from prosperity to decline, and prosperity will be replaced by decline.
“What have you found from the information?” Seeing Leo lost in thought, Thomas couldn’t help but ask.
“If Orientia is really tampering with this high-rise building, the most likely thing they’ll do is set up a ‘Pillar Holding Up the Sky’ geomantic formation.” Leo speculated.
“A ‘Pillar Holding Up the Sky’ geomantic formation?” Thomas was not too clear.
“Do you know the story of ‘Pillar Holding Up the Sky’?” Leo asked.
“I do, it’s from ‘The Classic of Mountains and Seas’.”
“I know this, from ancient times, tribal leader Kanghui and Zhuanxu fought for the throne. In a fit of anger, Kanghui smashed Mount Uneven with his head, breaking the pillar supporting the sky and the large rope anchoring the earth in the southeast direction.”