At this moment, the high-ranking officials from Riverbay City were all gathered together. Some of them played games in their spare time. Now, they were quite interested in the Eclipse of Eternity game.
Of course...
As officials from the Great Empire of Ross, the most important thing for them was maintaining stability!
After hearing Marcus' report, one of the officials furrowed his brow and said, "Marcus, if what you're saying is true, that the person known as Shadow reached level 3 half an hour ago, why hasn't he returned to reality? Does he not have family in the real world? Doesn't he need to notify anyone?"
Marcus shook his head, "I don't know. Maybe he really doesn't have anyone."
At this point, a clear, pleasant female voice chimed in, "Uh, could this Shadow be a transmigrator? Aren't transmigrators usually orphans who rise to power quickly?"
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Everyone was stunned and looked over. They saw a beautiful female officer in an elegant uniform, with a slightly confused look on her face... Her legs were long and slender, and her figure was full and captivating.
Seeing everyone staring at her, the beautiful female officer blushed, "Did I say something wrong?"
A senior official sighed, "Amy! I told you not to read so many novels... This is a serious occasion, don't make jokes like that."
"Oh," Amy pouted and stopped talking.
The officials continued discussing Shadow.
"From Marcus' description, Shadow's personality doesn't seem bad."
"True, although his temper seems a bit strange, he did save Marcus and the others, so he's clearly not a bad person."
"Seems like we should try to make friends with him."
After a brief discussion, the officials quickly made a decision, assigning Marcus and Amy to engage with Shadow in the game.
The first goal was to understand Shadow's personality.
Second, they wanted to find out his identity in the real world.
Third, they planned to establish cooperation with him on behalf of the government.
"As for the lifespan issue, we've received confirmation from above that the data is accurate."
"There have been some older players who died after entering Eclipse of Eternity. After collecting and comparing data, it's confirmed that these players had been dying multiple times in the game, with their lifespans halved each time…"
"If a player's remaining lifespan is less than one day, upon death, they will be forcibly deducted one day of lifespan, causing permanent death!"
"This game has been confirmed to be extraordinary, and governments around the world are taking it very seriously!"
Now, officials had two major tasks on their hands. One was to maintain social stability. The other was to explore the Eclipse of Eternity game.
The lifespan of humanity was now controlled by a mysterious game... This forced governments worldwide to pay close attention to it!
Of course...
At this moment, the world only knew that the game could affect lifespan.
The real important thing was...
Once someone reached level 10, they would receive a system prompt.
They would be able to trade their lifespan to transfer their in-game levels, attributes, equipment, skills, and everything else into reality!
That would be when global chaos would truly begin!
More than an hour later.
Lyra forced herself to fall asleep in the dormitory and entered the Eclipse of Eternity game. Just like last time. She chose a random profession...
And received the hidden class 'Life Priest'!
This class had higher healing abilities than an ordinary priest and could maximize the survival chances of her teammates.
In the previous life, Riven was just an ordinary warrior, which was why Lyra never thought highly of him...
Even though Riven's combat power was very strong.
Lyra still didn't recognize him...
But little did she know, Riven only chose the warrior class in order to protect her in the game. This time, without Lyra, Riven directly obtained the unique hidden class 'Shadow'!
Just like hidden classes, the tiers were different. A class like Life Priest was an ordinary hidden class. Others could also obtain such classes.
But Riven's 'Shadow' was unique! Its strength was far above the usual hidden classes!
"Great, I got a hidden class…"
"This way, I'll definitely be worthy of Elias, right?"
Lyra was elated.
Then she thought of Riven, and frowned, "Why hasn't he apologized to me yet? Well, with the Eclipse of Eternity game out now, I'm a hidden class... Don't come begging me to level you up!"
Now that she had her hidden class, Lyra was feeling very confident.
Plus, Wei had already promised to come help her, which boosted her confidence even more.
However, she was clearly underestimating the difficulty of Eclipse of Eternity, which was definitely going to give her a hard time!
At Shell Town.
Riven had filled his bag with loot and was planning to head back to handle it.
"Good thing I got a storage bag, even though it only has 5 slots, it's still enough to carry five pieces of loot…"
In Eclipse of Eternity, players start with a 10-slot bag hanging at their left waist.
Now, Riven had a black cloth bag on his right waist, adding 5 more slots.
Riven did a quick calculation. These items could be sold for at least five hundred days of tradeable lifespan!
He had just defeated the silver boss'Cursed born' and had been grinding for a while, earning just over six hundred days of lifespan.
Five hundred days was already a considerable amount.
As he was walking back invisibly, he spotted two figures...
"Is that Jan Industries' Elara Jan?"
Riven silently passed by her.
He overheard her conversation with her teammate.
Miles, "Miss, you're level 3 now, so the promise should be fulfilled, right?"
Elara smiled, "Don't worry, Jan Industries can't afford to owe you that much. We'll head back to reality now. I'll give you a phone number, and you can contact me. By the way, sell me your tradeable lifespan... I'll buy it for 10,000 per day. Do you want to sell?"
Miles,"Sure, haha."
The young man, Miles Jon, was just an ordinary player who had chosen the Archer class and added agility at the start, which helped him level up smoothly in the early stages.
Now, he had taken Elara to level 3, and it was time to collect!
"Shadow... Even though you've reached level 7, it's still just a game."
"Like me, take every opportunity to convert your game abilities into cash. That's what a smart person does!"
"Even if the game really affects lifespan, this lifespan can be farmed anytime, so why be in such a hurry?"
Miles Jon was elated.
The five hundred thousand... no, over six hundred thousand was within his reach! This was the most money he'd ever seen in his life, and it made him incredibly excited!
Riven, of course, didn't care about the two of them. He soon returned to Shell Town.
He remained invisible and made his way to the basement of the central square, where he found a petrified teleportation gate!
He reached out and touched it.
[Congratulations, you have activated Shell Town's teleportation array!]
[Shell Town is now connected with other starting towns in Riverbay City (Great Empire of Ross), and players can teleport once a day for free (additional teleports require tradeable lifespan)!]
[You have gained 1 reputation point!]
After completing it, Riven returned to the square.
He reappeared as the black-robed assassin, with his veil hiding his face, drawing the envy, jealousy, and admiration of all the players around!