Sacred Souls: Genesis-Chapter 245 - 242 Stop Playing Games Go Out and See More

Chapter 245: Chapter 242: Stop Playing Games! Go Out and See More!

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Chapter 245: Chapter 242: Stop Playing Games! Go Out and See More!

“He actually retired at this time, he was that good?”

Jiang Qiao was looking at the Heaven Palace webpage widget inside the Nucleus Movement Base, where the top trending topic on Weibo was ‘Xiao Ye’s Breach of Contract and Retirement’ had completely taken over.

Previously, Jiang Qiao had already vaguely sensed that Zhao Mingwei had thoughts of retiring, but he thought Mingwei would retire after the world championships had ended.

But Zhao Mingwei retired directly without even playing in the subsequent playoffs… players across the world from China had been looking forward to seeing Mingwei punch the Koreans and kick the North Americans and Europeans on the world stage.

But… it seemed Mingwei didn’t want to take on that burden, and the price for shedding this burden early was being angrily cursed online as a ‘battlefield deserter’ and shouldering nearly 300 million in debt.

300 million!

Even at Mingwei’s peak value, he had been worth tens of millions, but now not only was he left with nothing, he also had to carry such a massive debt.

Jiang Qiao shifted his gaze from the Heaven Palace webpage widget, looking toward the distant Zhao Mingwei who was practicing with Yelena on the grass.

Mingwei was not using any special skills, just relying on his own movements and boxing to spar with Yelena, whose boxing skills and footwork were very impressive, holding her own against Mingwei for a while.

But it didn’t take long for Mingwei to catch a mistake by Yelena, tripping her with his foot, sending Yelena falling face down toward the grass with a cry of alarm.

However, before her face could hit the ground, Mingwei caught the collar of her neck with his hand… then gently pulled to help her regain her balance.

“Master, let’s go again.”

Yelena paused to catch her breath with hands on her knees, as Mingwei had finally managed to free up some time to teach her about fighting and psionic energy, and she needed to learn something.

Yelena didn’t like the words ‘diligent’ and ‘hardworking’, but with such a powerful master, and her own level still hovering around thirty, she felt a bit ashamed to stay in this base.

“Wait a moment, you still have work to do in the herb garden,” Mingwei said, picking up a wooden basket from the ground.

“I’ll be done with it soon!”

Yelena had also come to seek Mingwei’s instruction halfway through her work; her primary job in the base was to manage the herb garden. She took the wooden basket and dashed away from in front of Mingwei, dropping several likes along the way.

“Is the place you’re staying in now safe?” Jiang Qiao directly asked as he approached Mingwei.

Mingwei was one of the strongest players in Holy Spirit, and Jiang Qiao didn’t want Mingwei to encounter any accidents in real life, or any trivial matters that could affect his condition.

“I have no place to stay in Jiang City now, I just found a single room in an internet cafe to go online,” Mingwei said, performing simple warm-up exercises on the grass. After the continental tournament ended, the intense playoffs were next, and he had retired because the coach had told him the order ‘prohibiting playing Holy Spirit’ was still in place.

Now that he had retired, Mingwei felt unburdened and was planning to challenge the leaderboards of the Holy Spirit’s arena.

“Have you decided where you’re going to stay in the future?”

What Jiang Qiao actually wanted to say was, “If you want, you can come and stay at my place, it’s quite big.”

But Jiang Qiao’s home already housed a Hai Lan beast, which occupied his sofa and another room’s bed every day; his house couldn’t accommodate any more people now.

“I haven’t thought about it yet, maybe I’ll go back to my hometown, or perhaps just live in an internet cafe, I’ve been through this before,” Mingwei said, his voice sounding relaxed.

To still sound so relaxed while shouldering 300 million in debt… that was probably only possible for someone like Mingwei.

But Jiang Qiao knew that although Mingwei was a very straightforward person, he wasn’t foolish… he knew what the consequences of doing so would be, but perhaps he was confident he could earn back the breach of contract penalty?

“If you’re still staying in Jiangcheng, contact me if anything happens, I can still handle most situations,” Jiang Qiao said.

Although Jiang Qiao had been living alone outside of his family’s home for nearly three years, he hadn’t forgotten that his family background was not simple either…

“What about the twenty bucks I owe for internet fees?” Zhao Mingwei asked tentatively.

“Stop squatting at the internet café. I booked you a plane ticket to Shangcheng. Take a trip out here once you’re on vacation.”

Mo Shigui suddenly came online at this time and sent Zhao Mingwei an electronic plane ticket.

“I just sent the internet fee to you in Gold Coins. I heard there’s a holographic projection performance in Shangcheng tomorrow; it should be… spectacular.”

This morning, Jiang Qiao had received a text message from his own dad, asking whether Jiang Qiao wanted to attend the first holographic projection exhibition in human history.

In the end, Jiang Qiao still refused, using his graduate entrance exams as the reason, because among the organizers of this performance… was “Holy Spirit.”

“Old Song, even if you drag me out to Shangcheng for a trip, I still can’t join your club,” Zhao Mingwei said.

Zhao Mingwei glanced at the electronic plane ticket Mo Shigui had thrown over; a flight to Shangcheng tonight, first class.

The plane ticket from Mo Shigui looked much like an invitation into a trap, as if upon arrival, they would start persuading him to join the Active Nucleus club.

“I know you still have a penalty fee and a breach of contract. Our boss plans to help you fight the lawsuit, to see if we can find some loopholes in your ‘servitude’ contract.”

Mo Shigui knew that given Zhao Mingwei’s temperament, he might not demand to play games as an e-sports player anymore, because he had already experienced the pressure and hardship of being one once.

Over seven years, Mo Shigui and Lin Xi had both grown up, but only Zhao Mingwei’s mindset was still stuck in the era of his youth spent squatting in internet cafés, addicted to the web.

“This is a… really big favor,” Zhao Mingwei said, listening to Mo Shigui’s invitation, still wanting to squat in the internet café and sell some of his Gold Coins for a pot of instant noodles.

But…

“But continuing to withdraw will drag many people down. Shangcheng is your turf, right? You guys will take care of everything, including food and drink, when we get there?”

Zhao Mingwei indeed had grown up quite a bit. He didn’t want to cause trouble for his friends and family, with the latter having a somewhat higher priority. Although Zhao Mingwei kept quiet about the three hundred million in debt, his relatives back home would probably faint from heart attacks upon hearing the news.

“Our club will take care of it. It would be even better if you stayed with us,” Mo Shigui wasn’t willing to let such a talented player like Zhao Mingwei just leave the professional arena. Although he wouldn’t force Zhao Mingwei to stay as Sovereign would, he still wanted to make an effort to persuade him.

As Zhao Mingwei was talking with Mo Shigui, the world channel began to be flooded with messages frantically buying Lord-level Mother Crystals.

‘[World] Bubble: Cola fanatic front row buying Lord-level Mother Crystals! Will pay ten to fifty thousand depending on quality! Willing to negotiate a higher price!’

“Is it built yet?” muttered Mo Shigui, looking at the message.

Truth be told, Mo Shigui, who excelled at inferring the mindset of game planners, was somewhat unable to guess what the subsequent plot of Biland Island would be.

What lies beyond the portal? Is it a new map, or… an AR version of “Holy Spirit”?

Mo Shigui glanced at the stubborn ancient tree where Fureya lived, finding it hard to imagine Fureya being able to venture into reality.

If just projecting some model of Fureya with AR glasses claims to bring Fureya into reality, that would be outright fraud!

No matter what the world beyond the portal is like… the answer should be revealed by tomorrow at the latest.