Chapter 36: Finally Meeting in Person  

The day passed quickly, and Yang Tao had already finished preparing the gathering place with all kinds of food. 

Everything was ready—only the group members were missing. 

Yang Tao typed in the group chat: "Are you all ready, kids?" 

Ren Fa, Zhang Wenjing, and Tony couldn't help but reply: "Ready, Captain!" 

Whitebeard was full of question marks: "Since when did the group owner become a pirate? Why is he a captain now?" 

Ren Fa was surprised to see Tony's response: "Tony, you know SpongeBob SquarePants?" 

Tony explained, "I watched it when I was a kid. I didn't expect your world to have it too!" 

"If everyone is ready, come on over. We'll talk in person." 

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Inside Minecraft, Yang Tao sat in a chair, waiting for the group members to arrive. 

Suddenly, a message popped up in his mind: 

[Chat group members Zhang Wenjing, Li Yunlong... and seven others are requesting to teleport to your world. Do you accept?] 

Yang Tao saw the prompt and thought, "Accept." 

[Yang Tao has accepted the teleport request. The chat group is opening the space-time barrier... Please wait...] 

[Error! High-dimensional world detected! The chat group has been locked... The chat group has been captured.] 

Yang Tao was completely confused: "Huh? It's over just like that?" 

It seemed like the chat group had been caught by a higher-dimensional world. Damn, why did it mess with a high-dimensional world for no reason?! 

Before Yang Tao could even finish his thoughts, another message popped up in the corner of his vision: 

[Server under attack. Auto-counterattack activated... Counterattack successful. Tracking successful... Target captured... Analyzing data... Analysis complete!] 

[Target information: "Multiverse Chat Group" has been captured. Add to blacklist?] 

Yang Tao: "..." 

Well, that's settled! Who would've thought the chat group was so weak... It tried to cross into my world and ended up getting schooled. 

Yang Tao quickly whitelisted the chat group and restored its teleport permissions, allowing it to send the group members over. 

Soon, multiple portals appeared in front of Yang Tao, and one by one, familiar yet unfamiliar people stepped out. 

Zhang Wenjing complained the moment she arrived: "What kind of crappy teleportation is this? Took forever! By the way, how does it feel to finally meet your online girl friend, group owner?" 

Yang Tao looked Zhang Wenjing up and down, then took out a mirror. "I'm a generous person, so you don't have to go to the bathroom to check. Here, take a mirror!" 

"You should go look at yourself instead! Hmph!" 

To be honest, Yang Tao thought an angry little girl was kind of cute. 

Xu Xian was puzzled. "Why do the group owner and Wenjing always argue when they meet? But somehow, their relationship seems even better?" 

"You don't get it! There's an old saying—'enemies are bound to meet.' Just wait until Bai Suzhen arrives, then you'll understand what a true love-hate relationship is!" Ren Fa patted Xu Xian's shoulder with the look of someone who had been through it all. 

Li Yunlong immediately exposed him: "Ren Fa, why are you acting like a love expert? I remember you said you never had a girlfriend in your past life, and in this life, you've been buried underground until recently. Where did you get any experience from?" 

Ren Fa muttered, "As if you have a wife right now." 

 "Heh, heh, heh. Old Li here was the most handsome guy in ten villages! And besides, I'm about to get a wife. You already know—I won't let her slip away this time! Right now, I'm training a special force unit. Soon, those little devils will know what real power is!" 

Thinking about Xiuchun, Li Yunlong suddenly looked full of energy.