Game: Civilization Paradise

Mountain City Mountain, Upper City District.

The top floor of Tianwei Building.

Gao Feng and the others stood to the side, hardly daring to breathe. Every one of them looked tense and fearful as they gazed at Qian Wei, who was seated on a luxurious sofa.

At that moment, the muscles on Qian Wei’s handsome face were twitching uncontrollably.

He picked up a glass of red wine and took a deep sniff, but he didn’t drink it. Instead, he tilted his head back and poured it directly onto his face, muttering to himself.

’Father told me that those who achieve great things must never anger easily. You must maintain a calm heart. Endure, endure, and endure again! But how am I supposed to endure this?’

As Qian Wei spoke the last words, he gently tossed the wine glass from his hand.

CRASH~

The glass shattered into a thousand pieces, scattering glittering shards all over the floor.

The hearts of everyone present skipped a beat.

It had been a long time since they had seen Qian Wei lose his composure like this. His eyes were even filled with killing intent; it was clear that he was genuinely considering murder.

Just then, a man with thick eyebrows and large eyes, wearing a gray shirt, rushed in.

"Lord Qian Wei!"

Gao Feng’s heart sank. He immediately scolded the man.

"Zhang Wang, who let you in?"

Zhang Wang jumped in fright when he heard Gao Feng.

Qian Wei turned his cold gaze upon Zhang Wang.

"I have something important to report."

Noticing the atmosphere and the murderous look on Qian Wei’s face, Zhang Wang realized he had blundered and stammered out his words.

"Nonsense! Can’t you see Lord Qian Wei is busy? What could be so important? Get out of here, now."

Gao Feng walked up to Zhang Wang and berated him sternly.

"Yes."

Zhang Wang immediately seized the opportunity to make a graceful exit and started to back away.

"Speak. What is it?"

Qian Wei said, suppressing the rage in his heart.

Hearing Qian Wei, Gao Feng let out a small sigh of relief and placed a hand on Zhang Wang’s shoulder.

"Think carefully about what you’re going to report next."

Zhang Wang’s expression grew even more fearful upon hearing Gao Feng’s words. It was obvious that if his report turned out to be unimportant, he was a dead man. But since things had already come to this, he could only brace himself and report.

"Lord Qian Wei, the Star God Guild has failed their mission."

At Zhang Wang’s report, Qian Wei shot his head up and questioned him with a look of disbelief.

"What did you say? That bunch from the Star God Guild failed?"

"Yes."

Zhang Wang nodded quickly.

"Did Luoxue rush over and steal their mission?"

Qian Wei immediately pressed for more information.

"No!"

"If it wasn’t Luoxue, then how did they fail?"

"It was a Rat Group, a subordinate of the Star Wish Guild, that stole the Star God Guild’s mission."

"How is that possible? How did they manage it?"

"I don’t know. The live feed was cut off."

Zhang Wang quickly explained.

Qian Wei found this incredibly hard to believe, and nearly half of his anger dissipated.

Seeing this, Gao Feng quickly spoke up.

"Congratulations, Young Master! Although you didn’t complete the mission this time, that bunch from the Star God Guild didn’t either. Besides, the Star Wish Guild is, in a way, an affiliate of our All Stars Guild. Them completing the mission isn’t much different from us completing it."

Qian Wei thought about it. ’It’s embarrassing that I failed the mission, but it’s even more embarrassing for the Star God Guild.’ At this thought, his mood improved considerably.

"Good. Very good!"

Seeing Qian Wei’s anger subside, Gao Feng and the others breathed a collective sigh of relief.

Qian Wei then turned to Gao Feng and said,

"Gao Feng, this Rat Group from the Star Wish Guild did a good job. Give them a reward later."

"Yes."

Gao Feng replied respectfully.

...

Observatory Base, Underground Secret Chamber.

Xiaoqi, Johnny, and the others had all used Safe Upgrade Cards to store their valuables. At the same time, they had stuffed their backpacks full and were holding stacks of organized documents.

They had swept the entire backup central control room clean of all red-grade items and had also picked out some of the better purple-grade ones to take with them.

"Does everyone have everything?"

Long Ming asked, looking at Xiaoqi and the others.

"All set."

Xiaoqi and the others nodded.

"Everyone look around for a hidden passage we can use to escape."

Long Ming said to Xiaoqi and the others.

"Okay!"

Xiaoqi and the others spread out to search.

Long Ming walked over to the backup control console, trying to find an escape route.

But after a long time, they found nothing.

Just then, Xiaoqi said helplessly,

"Long Ming, we didn’t find any hidden escape route."

"Come on, let’s go check the exit."

Long Ming then led them to the exit.

They pressed their ears against it and could hear the sound of footsteps outside from time to time.

Long Ming made a gesture for Xiaoqi and the others to pull back, and they carefully retreated into the backup central control room.

"No good. The people searching for us are right outside. If we go out now, we’ll just be serving ourselves up on a platter."

Xiaoqi said anxiously.

"Looks like we have no choice but to wait."

Long Ming nodded with a grim expression. If they couldn’t evacuate safely, everything would be for nothing.

"Then how long do we have to wait?"

Xiaoqi and the others all looked toward Long Ming.

Facing their gazes, Long Ming sank into deep thought.

Time passed, bit by bit.

Just as everyone was about to die from anxiety, Long Ming spoke up and shared his idea.

"We’ll wait until the last few hours to evacuate. In this world, the sky brightens around five o’clock, which is when the Observatory Base’s defensive weapons will activate. Therefore, the best time to leave is at four in the morning on the third day."

"Huh?! Evacuate that late? We might not make it in time! And what if someone else uses our evacuation point before we get there? All our efforts will be wasted."

Johnny quickly reminded Long Ming.

"I know, but we have to push it to the limit. Otherwise, they won’t give up! This is the only time window when they won’t be able to camp us."

Long Ming was, of course, well aware of what Johnny was saying.

"What if we lose the gamble?"

Xiaoqi asked hesitantly.

"It’s fine! If we lose the gamble, we can find a place to hide our things and come back for them the next time we’re in."

Long Ming explained to Xiaoqi and the others with a smile.

Hearing Long Ming’s words, Xiaoqi and the others replied with delight.

"That’s right! As long as we get the stuff out of the city and hide it in the mountains, it’ll be easy to grab next time we’re in."

"Then it’s settled."

Long Ming said to the group.

"Mm-hm."

Xiaoqi and the others put down their backpacks and found a place to sit and wait.

...

「Nightfall on the second day.」

The bottom of the northern stairs of the Observatory Base.

Luoxue and her group gathered here, all looking up toward the top.

The Magnetic Storm Towers and other defensive weapons began to power down one by one.

"The defensive weapons are off. We can go up."

Fu Fubai said to Luoxue.

Hearing this, Luoxue didn’t rush to give the order but instead fell into thought.