Chapter 191 â Cat Dad Receives Leaked Files
âI hear you.â
Pan Xian, who was still staying in L.A., looked at his phone and read Dong Junyaâs messages. He had predicted this when he attacked Miao Damao.
He sighed and muttered to himself.
âMu-Nyang, Iâve already looked into the future. In the future without Mao Miaomiao, my chance is only 50/50. With Mao Miaomiao on your side, you will win 99% out of one million possible futures. But in the timeline with Mao Miaomiao and Xiaomaoâ¦â
Pan Xianâs face turned dark. He glanced at the floating system screen next to him.
On the screen, it showed the live stream of Hiiro Narukami, the strongest player in World One. The player had already acquired ten mythic items, and his level was over 900. As for his status, Hiiroâs total status points were at least a hundred times stronger than Xiaomaoâs.
Xiaomao was not in Hiiroâs league. On the other hand, Hiiro might be able to defeat Mao Miaomiao, who was rising in World Two and was in the middle of gathering his previous lifeâs allies.
âIâll rig the next event and put Mao Miaomiao against Hiiro. It would be nice if Hiiro could kill him, but chances are â Mu-Nyang will definitely intervene.â
Pan Xian closed his eyes and leaned on the sofa. He rested his forearm on his forehead, calculating the future.
âI wished I had a proper war strategist. I canât rely on Hongjun or the sages forever. Those guys are stubborn old men that canât even handle the weakened Mao Family.â
Without anybody to rely on, Pan Xian grumbled and closed his eyes.
A minute later, he accidentally fell asleep and had a dream.
In his dream, Pan Xian saw his enemies fight with each other. Mao Miaomiao, the right-hand man of Mu-Nyang, ended up fighting against his old friends.
Pan Xian instantly woke up. He jumped out from his sofa and clenched his fists.
âI donât need to focus on Mao Miaomiao or Mu-Nyang. I can just steal their allies and put them against each other by force. I have the advantage of entityâs power and knowledge of sage curses, but those men are only ex-deities at best! As long as I can distract Mu-Nyang and his Cathulhus with Hongjun and sages by letting the company team harass Xiaomao, I can reclaim World Two and strengthen my position!â
After thinking this far, Pan Xian had a hundred ideas and inspirations. Countless schemes, trickeries, and stratagems came to his mind.
A faint smile appeared on Pan Xianâs mouth. He texted back to Dong Junya.
âHaste the update schedule. You have three months to finish the Landlord Patch and six months for the Hegemony Patch!â
Dong Junya stared at the messages on his phone. He gulped and replied.
âWouldnât the Hegemony Patch affect the entire world, sir? If I remember correctly, the patch has a fatal bug that affects every human on earth. At least 30% of the population will gain superpower without playing the game while the rest will lose their shadows and start seeing Solomonâs demons whenever their sanity is low. Our dev teams are working hard to fix those bugs right now.â
âIt doesnât matter. Make it happen. Let the world knows that the era has changed, and supernatural entities exist. Also, contact Solomon and let him know that we wish to become his ally.â
â⦠Yes, sir.â
Venea
Xiaomao continued to hide near the Pangu Shrine of Venea Town. He waited for the response and the reactions to his post.
DING
DING
Within minutes, several players sent texts to his game character. Xiaomao checked the latest messages first.
[Spartan Guild is affiliated with Pangu Church. Their former HQ was in Siren City, but they have just moved to Yeet City today.]
The message came with images of their guild members, including the faces of their fighters.
Xiaomao narrowed his eyes as he remembered some of the players. Master Yeet, who almost killed Xiaomao, was also in the picture.
The other messages also gave similar info about the Spartan Guild, which disappointed Xiaomao.
However, after skimming through ten messages, the 11th DM gave Xiaomao a strange offering.
[My name is Wang Mang. Iâm a former employee of Pangu Universe Incorporate, and I have all the game character names of all Pangu Factionâs players. The data is two weeks old, though. Iâm selling it for a million USDT. Contact me if youâre interested.]
The message had an excel sheet file attachment, which was a demo of the leaked data. Xiaomao opened it and saw the list of player names, their real-life addresses, phone numbers, social IDs, in-game names, total NFTs, and even their credit card numbers!
Xiaomaoâs right eyebrow twitched. He didnât know if he should purchase the two-week-old database from this guy.
âSomething tells me that I shouldnât take this guyâs deal. It sounds like a trap.â
As Xiaomao had fought a real cultivator recently, he reevaluated his strength and changed his mindset. There might be old monsters out there in the real world, but they chose to hide and work for Pangu in the shadow. He believed that might be one of the reasons why the Chinese government and half of the world managed to remain intact after the first invasion in his previous life.
Since Xiaomao didnât want to contact Wang Mang anywhere in the real world, he tested the water by texting back.
âWeâll transfer 500 grand first, and you send your data to me. Once weâve confirmed that the data is genuine, weâll transfer the rest.â
There was no need to meet the guy. Xiaomao chose the online way.
Without fear, Xiaomao transferred 500,000 USDT to Wang Mangâs crypto wallet address. He had several million in his wallet, so giving away some changes wouldnât hurt.
DING
10 seconds later, Wang Mang sent a new file to Xiaomao. It was no longer an excel sheet but a compressed zip file. Surprisingly, its size was over 500 GB.
Xiaomao scratched his head. He might be a gamer, but he was no programmer. The file surnames inside the compressed zip seemed foreign to him.
âCan I have the good old simple excel or word doc? Oh, well. I suck at programming. Iâll just consult with those all-knowing immortals if they know anything about database programming. Or rather, I should google how to open these files.â
While Xiaomao was confused about what to do with the database files, the game system suddenly gave him a prompt message.
DING
Xiaomao rejoiced. He reached out, planning to confirm it right away.
TWITCH
The right eyebrow suddenly twitched so hard that it created a small wound. Blood dripped down into his right eye.
âOw. What the hell?!â
Xiaomao pulled his tentacle away. He wiped his right eyebrow and glared at the system screen.
âFine. No. Not now!â
The system screen was closed. Then, the twitching subsided, and the wound was healed.
DING
A new window suddenly popped up after Xiaomao closed the previous screen. However, it was not a game message this time.
It was a private message from Changâe.
[What did you do to the Mazinger Race that they recklessly sent a weak-ass karma string at you?]
âKarma string?â
Changâe warned him.
[Your karma might be invisible from plain sight, but gods and Panguâs dogs can use their irregular karma to find you and trap your soul. Youâre lucky that Iâve been monitoring you. Iâm going to remove that karma string now!]
BADUMP
Something left Xiaomaoâs body, and he suddenly felt like a heavy thing was yanked out from his heart.
DING
The compressed file earlier suddenly opened itself. However, the game system gave him a piece of good news.
Multiple large screens appeared around Xiaomao, surrounding him from all sides. He skimmed through the tables of texts and discovered that there were over 20,000 pages.
He gulped. One row contained all data of a player, but there were at least 100,000 rows.
At least 100,000 players already registered or joined Panguâs side!
While Xiaomao was staring at the database in a daze, the Pangu Priest noticed him because of the expanded screens.
âWHO GOES THERE!?â
âAh, crap. MU-NYA-NYA!â
Without explaining himself, Xiaomao struck first. Nothing could go wrong with taking the initiative to attack a priest of his enemy faction.
BOOM
The shaman fireball hit the priest, dealing 90,000 damage. Unfortunate players and newbies, who were in the middle of taking quests and submitting quests, also got hit by the AOE effect.
DING
The spam messages went on. A total of 30 players in the area died instantly which decreased Xiaomaoâs karma by 6,000. It looked insignificant at a glance, but there was another effect that came with Xiaomaoâs unique title.