Chapter 2 (1/2)

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation

Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Jogging all the way, it took about half an hour before Jiang Ming finally returned to the slum.

Jiang Ming touched the silver box in his pocket. Though he was still panting heavily, his expressions revealed his excitement. Jiang Ming wiped the sweat from his face and walked towards the slum area that was as messy as a garbage dump.

What he had never noticed was that, around twenty to thirty meters behind him, a black stray cat had been staring straight at him, following after him whenever he walked, and pausing whenever he stopped.

“Hey, Xiao Ming, why are you sweating so much? Do you wanna come here to Sis’ place to cut your hair and take a shower? I’ll give you a discount.”

When he passed by a hair salon with flickering lights, a beautifully dressed woman around 30 to 40 years old waved to Jiang Ming.

Jiang Ming smiled awkwardly at the woman, and walked away quickly as if fleeing, while thinking in his mind, ‘With a record of one against five, I can’t stand it. Even if I’m paid for it, I won’t do it. Besides, I’m still an innocent virgin, how could I give it to you?’

“Xiao Ming, why did you walk back today? Where is your BMW tricycle?”

Jiang Ming hadn’t walked a few steps when the uncle who was selling clay oven rolls at the roadside joked at him.

Jiang Ming smiled and shook his head. “The car is broken so I sold it, Uncle Li, give me two rolls.”

“Xiao Ming, you have a parcel.”

When passing the door of the only delivery company in the slum, a girl shouted out to Jiang Ming from the inside.

‘My parcel? I sent my sister to study abroad three years ago, and I just contacted her some time before. It’s impossible for her to send me a parcel. So, who is this parcel from? Could it be sent to me by a loving ‘customer’?’

Jiang Ming was a little confused. He walked into the courier shop, signed the receipt, took out a fist-sized package, and saw that his name was indeed written on it. However, the name of the sender was covered by some ink that was accidentally knocked over by the delivery girl and could not be seen. He shrugged his shoulders, then walked home holding his parcel.

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While nibbling on the dry rolls, Jiang Ming passed through several smelly streets and finally returned home.

He opened the creaking door then groped for the light switch. Switching the lights on, a humble house of about thirty or forty square meters appeared in front of him. He looked at some recycled furniture and supplies stacked in the room, and a slight smile of self-scorn appeared on his lips.

Walking around the piles of objects that cluttered the room, he came to the bed and sat down. He inspected the package in his hand closely, then opened it.

“Huh?”

After unpacking, he found that there was a beautiful black box inside. He was taken aback for a brief moment. Seemingly having realised something, he quickly opened the box.

What was revealed inside the box was a cyan pendant watch, which was exactly the terminal of ‘Divine Land’.

“The ‘Divine Land’ terminal! Who would give me such a valuable present?” Jiang Ming thought in utter surprise as he looked at the cyan pendant watch in the box.

The ‘Divine Land’ terminal was divided into three ranks, Bronze, Silver and Gold.

The Bronze terminal simulated 78% reality and was priced at 28,888, the Silver terminal was associated with 88% reality and priced at 288,888, and Gold terminal with 98% simulated reality was priced at 2888888.

As for the Crystal terminal that he got, there were only three in the entire Hualong Country. It was said that the degree of virtual simulation can reach 99.99% of reality. It was extremely precious, and even people who could pay for it may not be able to buy it.

Although the bronze terminal in his hand was of the lowest rank, if he hadn’t gotten the crystal pendant watch, the price of the bronze terminal would still be an astronomical cost, not something he could afford.

Therefore, to receive such a lavish object worth nearly 30,000 dragon dollars in such baffling circumstances, it would be weird if he wasn’t shocked.

“Ring Ling Ling…”

At this moment, his worn-out Nokia phone rang.

“Huh? I remember no one knows my phone number except for her. Could she be calling me?”

After he left the Yama Guild, he only gave his mobile phone number to one person, and that was his lover, Lan Xin.

But on the day before the final contest of “Glory”, he was betrayed by people from his guild, and his wrist tendon was severely injured, leading to the loss of the last game of the championship.

He originally thought that he would win for sure, so he bet his shirt on him winning the game, preparing to propose to Lan Xin’s family after his victory. However, such a turn of events caused him to lose everything. Furthermore, he was kicked out of the Yama Guild because he had become a maimed person.

Disheartened, he left the bustling city and went to the slum area, struggling to make his existence possible.

The sudden call reminded him of his glorious past. His eyes dimmed; lighting up a cigarette, he ignored the phone ringing.

“Ring Ling Ling…”

Soon, the phone’s ringing went off. But after a while, the phone’s ringing sounded again.

Intermittently, his cell phone rang thirteen times and stopped thirteen times.