92. The World

Li Aozi waited for a few days for the money from the narrative-level civilization to hit his account. Konstantin apologized for the delay.

After deducting some handling fees and the cost to get through the interstellar customs, he had about 2.5 million ammonium gold left in hand.

The money was secondary; what mattered most was the wasted time.

When Li Aozi stepped out of the Star Gate, it was already one day after the public test had commenced. Fortunately, he had discussed this in advance with Yawen. The players moved on with their work, and Yawen seemed to play her role as task guide quite well.

He stayed in the orderly constructed ruins for several hours. The players were busy with hunting and building the camp; the ruins were empty, with no one returning.

He did not see Yawen.

"Miss Yawen—Yawen—"

Li Aozi called out several times using gravity waves but got no response.

[Maybe something urgent came up.]