Extraordinary in Reality Through Magic Games

228: Chapter 226 While busy with inner reflections, new lessons are being hastily launched on the other side.The words ”Inner Demon” slowly drifted through the room; the Director and the others were a bit dazed.

Wasn’t this a concept only found in period dramas?

Seeing their confused expressions, the man half-reclining on the bed smiled and said, ”To explain it simply, it probably means breaking through oneself.”

”For example, um... having the courage to face the thing you fear most counts as passing.”

The explanation was very clear. The Director understood immediately, a look of joy appearing on his face. ”Is that how you passed?”

The man froze for a few seconds and said blankly, ”When did I ever say I passed the test?”

”Huh?” This time, it was Director Zhao Qi and the others who were stunned. ”Then why are you happy?”

”Happy... Heh.”

With a light chuckle, he looked at the ceiling. ”I was dragged by the jade pendant into an illu... illusion, a very realistic illusion.”

”I lived there for decades; there was no sense of it being fake at all.”

Hearing this, Zhao Qi felt a sense of realization. No wonder he felt like a young man in his twenties yesterday, but now he had a faint air of old age about him.

”There, I was reincarnated and born to a mother. Oh, my previous life’s memories were still there. I thought I had transmigrated, haha...”

The laughter stopped, and he continued, ”That side was also a modern society. I grew up normally, went to school, got married, and had children.”

”At first, I thought that with my experience from my previous life, this life wouldn’t be too bad, right?”

”Then I tried it, and whoosh, my wife and children left me, and my family was broken.”

”You failed?”

”Yes.”

”As infrastructure improved and the logistics system flourished, I gambled everything on starting an online shopping platform.”

”It was actually quite good when it first opened; everything developed according to my expectations. But then, a few months later, the market was quickly squeezed by emerging similar companies, and I finally went bankrupt.”

”Their funds were far more abundant than mine, their talent pool was complete, and their connections were broad. What I did in a year, they solved in a month. How could I compete?”

Zhao Qi and Yue Ruo looked at each other, said nothing, and continued listening.

”Afterward, I made a living doing small business while quietly buying up BT Coins from others.”

”I finally waited until the era when BT Coins exploded. I didn’t even dare to sell at the highest point in my memory; I sold everything at only halfway.”

”Hey, guess what? Just as I sold one order, the price chart crashed off a cliff to the bottom.”

Hearing this, the Director couldn’t help but say, ”If you sell a large amount of BT Coins all at once, it will definitely cause market panic.”

”Yes, I realized that at the time.”

Taking a breath, he smiled and said, ”Without ability, even if gold nuggets fall from the sky, you can’t catch them; instead, you’ll be crushed to death.”

”What does this have to do with your Inner Demon?”

”My Inner Demon is getting rich—getting rich by any means necessary.”

”You’ve realized it now, so doesn’t that count as passing?”

He looked up, his gaze falling on Zhao Qi’s face, his eyes filled with confusion. ”Does realizing it prevent me from sticking to my original intention?”

Zhao Qi understood.

But there were still some unclear points: ”Being seriously ill and being eliminated, why can you still laugh?”

”Why can I still laugh...” The corners of his mouth curled up slightly. ”Because I have no other choice.”

A cruel sentence was being told, yet it revealed a sense of being free and easy.

The Director was silent for a while, then patted his shoulder. ”Good lad.”

”Don’t worry about the illness. All the best doctors in the country are here with me; I’ll make sure you’re cured.”

”I’m very grateful, Director.”

Nodding in response, he led the others out of the room and said in a low voice at the door, ”You’ve seen how things are.”

”I don’t need to say more about the difficulty, but don’t feel too much pressure. Just do your best.”

The nineteen people didn’t know if they understood the meaning, but they all responded solemnly, ”Yes!”

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”So that’s one gone already?”

On the other side of the ocean, Zhang Mu, who was busy in front of a machine, suddenly looked up. While muttering, he stopped the running equipment and turned his head to scan the parts piled in the corner.