What is a super villain?

Chapter 242 The Person Who Seeks Knowledge
The "Oasis Vision", which has long been a safe haven in reality, stopped its spinning roulette for the first time since its public operation, instantly making those users who have regarded it as a navigation mark like a kite with a broken string, completely losing their sense of direction.

Virtual friends, dream worlds, false happiness to cover up the pain of life—everything is entangled in every player’s heart. For the first time, they feel such a strong emptiness and anxiety, and the withdrawal reaction comes like a torrent .

Although Yeshi Bank promised to complete the maintenance as soon as possible and reopen, but during this waiting time, few people could sleep peacefully.

It's like someone used to two worlds, now forced to fit into one, and the worse one at that.Citizens with serious jobs are fine, they can indulge in 'voluntary' overtime work to numb themselves; in addition, those cyber homeless people in the lower city who have nothing to do can only endure torture, wandering from one street to another.

For a while, the public security situation in the lower urban area took a turn for the worse, and the locals didn't like the cyber homeless. They also needed a way to vent their loss of "oasis vision".

However, no matter how many dead man's lottery draws in the dark corners of the lower city, to the people of the upper city, it is just a small entertainment for their small talk.

Many friends and businessmen have maliciously speculated that "Oasis Vision" has encountered a major problem, and are eagerly waiting for the final result to grab the market.

However, reality did not go as they wished.

After a short day of maintenance, Ye's Bank announced that the "Oasis Vision" will be reopened, and everything will continue as usual.

At the same time, Yeshi's operation department began to build momentum on major media streaming platforms, implying that 'Oasis Vision' will soon launch new functions again.

People's playgrounds are reopening, and they can once again have fun in virtual playgrounds.

But no one knows what happened behind the scenes.

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The castle sits atop a mist-shrouded mountain, its towers piercing the clouds like a giant stone monster watching the world below.When you get closer, you will find that this ancient castle is not only made of cold stones. The walls are inlaid with statues with gold rims. The statues are alive and watching everything around them.Every stone, every beam and column contains strange power, and together they build an ever-changing life form.

There are many runes engraved on the huge city gate. These ancient and mysterious runes are emitting a faint blue light, as if telling a distant story.As you approach the city gate, you can immediately feel the strong magical atmosphere gushing out from the castle.The aura changes in many ways, like surging waves, with both profound wisdom and biting power.

This is one of the most difficult scene maps in the game in "Oasis Vision". The enemies are strong and dangerous. There are countless players who come here every day.

But this is also one of the most popular maps for players. Pain is practice, victory is growth, and it is a holy place for players who like to suffer in Oasis Vision.

The virtual world has just reopened, and a bonfire has already been lit on the long and narrow stone bridge in front of the castle, gathering players in twos and threes.

Pedro passed by these players, his tuxedo was straight, and his cane beat the ground rhythmically.He lowered the brim of his top hat, like a dusty noble butler in the steam age.

Now this gentleman is hiding his identity. His clothes look serious, but he doesn’t stand out from the grotesque appearance of the virtual world. Most of the players around him only glanced at him, then looked away and continued chatting.

Seeing the magical clouds gathered in the sky of the castle, the purple thunder and lightning moving, accompanied by the faint roar of giant beasts, Pedro couldn't help being a little lost.

In the square of the castle garden, a player went through a lot of hardships and defeated the guarding boss.He dropped the long sword in his hand and supported the ground with one hand, panting with the other hand and opened the treasure chest in front of him.

The golden light burst out from the treasure chest, and the precious and powerful virtual game props made him breathless, followed by an uncontrollable ecstasy.He raised the prop high, turned around suddenly, and the cheers came to an abrupt end after halfway out of his throat.

The player was silent for a few seconds, quietly put the item into the inventory, then bent down to pick up the slightly worn long sword after the battle, turned and left.

The simulated wind in the virtual world blows the blood-stained cloak on his back, which is quite bleak.

— which reminded Pedro of himself.

The handsome old gentleman thought of the great adventures he had had in the past.

When I was young and frivolous, because I had a fantasy of stars and seas, I wanted to gallop in the vast universe.

During a berthing gap of the Star Field Mothership, he got into the cargo compartment, and turned from a mechanic at the Earth Star Port to a crew member of the Star Field Mothership; after traveling with the ship to several planetary systems, he joined a group of The interstellar pirate whose name he forgot ransacked the mothership together.The mothership crashed into a brown dwarf and was destroyed, causing the largest extinction event in the history of human civilization; afterward, the spoils were not evenly distributed, and he also killed all the interstellar pirates.

Then, he returned to Earth with the interstellar pirate's identity certificate and wanted warrant, became a well-known bounty hunter, and was favored by the boss of Elvy Manufacturing.

——At that time, the latter was still a young wandering businessman, reselling second-hand prosthetic bodies from several colonial planets, and had not yet established a company.

After making a fortune, he wanted to find a reliable bodyguard with a high salary, so he took a fancy to Pedro.

Pedro, who has nothing to do, continues to travel in the vast universe with the wandering businessman. When the businessman chooses to settle down and start a business on Azure Star, Pedro is already a member of the star god pioneers.

Looting the star field mothership brought Pedro a huge wealth that could not be ignored.Following the looted treasures, he found the corpse of a long-dead astronaut floating in space, and obtained the "gift of the star god" from the corpse. This treasure made him enter a more magnificent and great world.

From then on, he knew that whether it is power, wealth, status, or even strength, lifespan, in the vastness of the universe, it is not the most intoxicating thing.

There is such a great existence as the Star God in the universe, and there is nothing more exciting than exploring the secrets of the Creator.

Only the pounding of his heart as he approaches the secret truth can Pedro feel truly alive.

Now he is more than 90 years old, the wandering businessman died many years ago, and the businessman's child died as the last one; Ai Liwei Manufacturing has also been promoted to become one of the blue star interstellar-level giants, although it is relatively small among interstellar-level enterprises. Weak, but it is already a remarkable achievement.

For Pedro personally, he was only a little bit short.

Only one last step is needed to get the safe left by the Star God in the universe, and get the method to unlock the quality lock of the safe, so as to unlock the next secret of the Star God again and step into a higher realm of knowledge pursuit.

The current 'Star God Pioneers'...including some other organizations that follow the steps of the Star God, in Pedro's eyes they are just playing tricks, like primitive people who sharpen alloy chips, tie them to wooden sticks and wave .

They sit upon the most precious treasure in the universe, completely ignorant of its value, and completely ignorant of its most effective use.

It's just a waste of money!

They don't understand the true nature of the Star God at all, they don't understand what kind of existence the Star God is!

That is the truth of the universe, it is the ultimate, it is eternal!
Compared with these, what are power and money?Pedro snorted, short-sightedness unique to ephemeral species.

But no one can tell these thoughts to Pedro, he is the only one in the universe who pursues knowledge.

Just like the player I met just now, there are treasures but nowhere to share them, high and low, but that's all.

'Quality lock...'

Pedro sighed, and his heart became firm again.

It doesn't matter, with the help of Lingguang Tian's energy, Ye Shi and Midgar Haiye, as long as his plan is carried out according to the plan, the secret of the quality lock can be easily obtained.

When he gets more secrets about the Star God, he will surpass his vulgar and short-sighted counterparts and become a higher-level existence.

When the time comes, he will have plenty of time to find someone who can share his secrets, how about... accepting an apprentice?
Pedro narrowed his eyes and walked along the corridor of the old castle all the way to the deepest lord's hall. The monsters and organs along the way ignored him—he was not considered a player, but used other means to directly enter the oasis vision.

On the throne of the lord's hall filled with scarlet, Elder Quinn sat there hunched over, closing his eyes and meditating.

A few figures hung upside down from the soaring vaulted ceiling. The young man who struggled the most had a sock stuffed in his mouth, and there were also a hale and hearty old man and a young woman.

Seeing Pedro, the stuffed man struggled more intensely.

Pedro took off his top hat and walked to the bottom of the steps of the throne. Elder Quinn opened his eyes, his tone calm:

"You missed our appointment, sir."

"To meet another man, our new ally."

Pedro patted his sleeves, but did not explain who this new ally was.

Quinn also seemed not interested at all, but said in a business-like manner:

"[Miniature Singularity] has returned, my compatriots have not come to catch me in the first place, and 'Oasis Vision' has reopened. This is a demonstration against you, sir, and they want to tell you that they don't care that you are secretly Small actions at the place, don't care if things are made big."

"It's a demonstration against us."

Pedro corrected.

After a pause of two seconds, he smiled and continued:
"It can be seen that our opponent is very confident, and perhaps has some kind of strong hole card."

A few years ago, Pedro began to exert indirect influence, slowly influencing Lingguangtian energy through various means, planning the disintegration of Lingguangtian energy before.

In his plan, apart from Ai Liwei Manufacturing, there should only be Yeshi and Midgar Haiye as two other friendly merchants. In the end, Midgar Haiye will take the lead in forming an alliance to control the pricing of Azure Star Energy.

Rebirth Military is a good guest, and it can be said that it completely disrupted Pedro's follow-up plan.

He has been paying attention to Fu Xi, who was reborn in the military, for more than a year. The young man's ability and skills are only moderately good in the entire Interstellar Exploration Alliance. Now that the situation is hot, apart from having a good father, There are other mysterious forces helping him.

Pedro didn't want to provoke this kind of person, but Fu Xi had indeed touched his interests.

Fortunately, he was well prepared, so he would not face the enemy with bare hands.

"Since they asked us to make a big fuss, let's make a big fuss and follow the original plan."

Pedro said to Elder Quinn.

"At the same time, I would like to ask Elder Quinn to help me send them an invitation to meet and negotiate in the oasis vision."

"This is their home court. Only in this way can I show my sincerity."

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(End of this chapter)