Chapter 49
Putting this matter aside for the moment, Zhou Yu browsed through some information and guidelines for Didi drivers to understand how the pickup process worked. Once he figured it out, he reopened the customer profile and discovered that the customer, beautiful Ms. Tong, had already left the airport and was waiting in the designated taxi pickup zone.
Zhou Yu realized that his picky selection process had indeed caused her some inconvenience, but it was not like he had no intention of buying or was simply toying with her. Who was she putting on that face for? Still, considering himself a person of culture and self-restraint, he chose not to bicker with such a person.
Wei Shuashuai was right; regardless of the era, China was never short of talent. With sufficient capital, developing a game was not a difficult task.
However, taking game balance into consideration, Liu Shuo had never dared to make a move. Fortunately, the cooperation with Riot Games made him abandon that notion. Then, he suddenly came up with the idea of leveraging Riot Games to cultivate talent, which led to the conditions proposed by Cheng Hui.
Since the matter involved the Tathagata of White Bones, the entity pulling the strings behind the scenes was naturally superior to the Tathagata of White Bones—meaning this was a figure transcending all kalpas and destructions.
"I dare not presume, Gate Master. You say this concerns the destiny of our Iron Ship Sect, and that success will allow the sect to soar to great heights, but none of us know which faction possesses such capability. Since they have such ability, why don't they capture the target themselves?" said the Third Elder.
After setting up camp, having dinner, and resting for a little while, they waited until complete darkness fell before initiating the ruse to capture the city.
Caesar raised his hand, intending to retrieve a metal case with an air of absolute cool, but the object was simply too heavy, and it hit the ground with a heavy thud.
Slaying swords were the ultimate objects of desire for sword cultivators, divided into innate slaying swords and acquired slaying swords. Innate slaying swords were born of heaven and earth with a fixed destiny, whereas acquired slaying swords relied on the practitioner's own enlightenment.
Though the environment was ordinary, the awards to be presented were extraordinary. This was the Golden Horse Awards, a prestigious event followed by all Chinese people who loved film.
If I couldn't find a job right away, I would have to rely on this meager sum of money for a long time to come.
Setting this aside for now, the Raptors inbounded the ball from the baseline, and Liu Mang re-immersed himself in the game.
Potatoes stewed with beef, a fish head casserole, stir-fried cured pork, two vegetable dishes, and a hot and sour soup completed the spread.
Li Feng joked about becoming a singer. Although his voice was decent, he wasn't arrogant enough to master the profession of a singer. The entertainment industry was better left alone; watching it from afar was much more interesting.
Furthermore, Skynet's level of support was substantial. Out of a total of three hundred heavy artillery pieces, he directly gave two hundred to the Lionheart Princess—accounting for two-thirds of the total. Such a high degree of importance truly touched and moved the Lionheart Princess deeply.
Normally, Martin wouldn't mind using the Gate of Babylon to blast his enemies to oblivion. But knowing he would be facing more than one demigod, Martin decided to conceal his true strength.
"Agh..." The opponent didn't even manage to finish his scream before Gail pierced straight through his heart.
As an owner, Jordan naturally had to keep a close eye on rookies, especially the star players from local first-tier college leagues.
The human heart is truly the hardest thing to grasp. A day ago, I threatened Chen Yajie and forced her subordinates over to me. Although it succeeded... I lost their hearts, and I knew they weren't convinced. I didn't care at first, but that was wrong; it wasn't smart.
I pondered for a moment and headed to the playground. Sure enough, just as I expected, Liu Ziling was jogging. To my utter astonishment, quite a few male students were running alongside her.
Since Xia Yan was the one who proactively proposed the divorce from Sun Qigang, Sun Qigang did not award her much property. Therefore, after Xia Yan got together with Xu Minghui, her living expenses were basically drawn entirely from Xu Minghui's account.
The sounds outside were like an army of generals clad in fine iron armor marching together, their weapons and armor clashing to produce a resounding metallic chime.
They exerted their utmost strength, sending two forces surging up into the firmament. The eighteen suns and moons blazed with brilliant light, their mutually restraining powers harmonizing to stabilize the primordial chaos.
Faced with Wang Hao's reply, Ling Yaoyao was stunned for a moment, followed by a flash of anger across her face. Before Wang Hao could react, she stamped her foot down fiercely onto the top of his foot.
Whenever he visited in the past, Meng Guqing would always greet him submissively, keeping her gaze lowered as she sat quietly to the side.
However, it was also a fact that the other party had besieged the Zero Mercenary Corps' stronghold. If they just walked away like that without paying any price, everyone would inevitably harbor some lingering resentment in their hearts.
A figure gradually emerged within everyone's field of vision. It was Zhou Shan! Everyone instinctively looked ahead in the direction of Zhou Shan.
Yet, some things are easy to think about but difficult to execute. Later, when I resigned from my civil service job to enter the world of business, the greatest resistance I encountered came from Xie Fangju's family, especially her mother and elder brother.
The entire heaven and earth trembled in that instant. Faintly, amidst the roaring thunder, that stream of blood-moon light connecting heaven and earth reached the absolute pinnacle of brilliance! Within that crimson radiance, the previously sealed doors of the immortal cave could be seen slowly opening.
Therefore, no matter how they probed, Sizhen remained determined not to mention what Aunt Hua had actually confessed.
Yun Mengluo did not understand why Ziyi's mood had suddenly turned so gloomy. She found that ever since their reunion this time, she was finding it increasingly difficult to understand Ziyi.
What was going on? Why was there still no movement after so long? Gu Ling'er felt extremely strange and immediately opened her eyes, only to find no trace of Long Tianchen anywhere.
Lin Huan had previously thought Yuma was just that kind of faux hardcore otaku, but now the reality seemed to be quite the opposite.
Upon seeing Du Gou arrive, Mother Du immediately fussed over him, patting him up and down to inspect him thoroughly. Only after confirming that Du Gou was completely unharmed did she finally set her mind at ease.
Looking at the affectionate interaction between Lin Huan and Xiao Mo, despite already having classmate Ye Li in his heart, classmate Xiongben once again recalled the terror of being dominated by the world of the socially well-adjusted.
Shi Hui and the children rushed up the second-floor stairs and indeed saw people fighting against bugs. However, the situation was far from good; one of them was severely injured, having lost an arm, with multiple bleeding wounds. Another was also gravely injured yet still persisting in the battle.
With this person taking the lead, one after another, the cultivators present scrambled and rushed toward the vortex.
Even if they were merely former fellow disciples, it was hard not to feel concerned in their hearts, let alone knowing full well that they were able to gather together peacefully now entirely thanks to their Senior Brother and his Dao companion—to this day, whenever the two of them recalled the ordeal Ruan Hongyi had nearly faced, a chill still ran down their spines.