I handed over the game to the gaming industry, and the government gave me a hacked version.

Chapter 384 Keep the good stuff within the family

Chen You never expected things to turn out this way.

As the preliminary selection was postponed, the Origin Realm actually rolled out the talent show across the entire realm!

They don't even spare beginners!

What else can we do but sit in the audience and watch?

No, it's watching from the judges' panel.

Chen You took a deep breath, trying to make his expression look less distorted.

"Um... Director Li." Chen You raised one hand.

"Go ahead," Li Guoan said, sitting up straight.

"Actually, it's not as complicated as you think." Chen You chuckled twice.

"This so-called 'Voice of Star Origin' is not a hidden quest native to the Origin Realm."

"Not original?" Sun Feng was stunned. "Then which ancient god set up this trial?"

"It's not a god." Chen You scratched his head. "It was my doing."

Upon hearing this, it was as if crows had flown by in the conference room.

Zhang Yunhai's voice recorder froze in mid-air, Pan Yu's hand, which was pushing up his glasses, was stiff at the edge of the frame, and Sun Feng's marker was still pressed against the whiteboard.

All eyes were on Chen You.

"You did this?" Pan Yu's voice was tinged with disbelief.

Chen You coughed twice, stood up from his chair, and awkwardly touched his nose.

"I took on a mission to act as the city lord. In order to max out my stats, I used my city lord privileges to create a talent show called 'Voice of Star Origin'."

Chen You explained in detail the tasks of acting city lord of Cangxing City, the exploitation by city lord Sander, and the rules of the talent show.

"I had no idea this show would become so popular."

"Besides, I had been focusing on the guild boss battle, so I thought this matter was not important and didn't bother to report it."

The experts looked at each other, their facial expressions a fascinating mix of emotions.

Pan Yu silently erased the words "cultural infiltration" and "higher-dimensional class" from the whiteboard.

Sun Feng covered his face and sat back down in his chair, his shoulders shrugging as he struggled to suppress his laughter.

So all that brainstorming they had, this group of China's top minds, was just reading comprehension of a program list that Chen You had casually made up.

"That's enough." Li Guoan suppressed the smile on his lips, his expression turning serious again.

He tapped his fingers on the table, making a crisp sound.

"In any case, the fact that this talent show has caused such a sensation in the Origin Realm, with even top guilds participating, suggests that its popularity is likely already linked to the fate of civilization."

Li Guoan's gaze was sharp as he looked at Lin Miao, who stood ramrod straight.

"Since this stage was built by us Chinese, there's no reason for aliens to perform."

"Although the reward is only worth 50,000 gold coins, we should keep the good stuff in the family."

"Comrade Lin Miao."

"Here!" Lin Miao stood with her feet together, head held high and chest out.

"Your current task is to participate in this 'Voice of the Stars' and bring me back first place."

Li Guoan spoke with a firm and resolute tone, as if he were issuing an order for a crucial battle.

"Yes!" Lin Miao replied in a loud voice.

But the next second, a look of confusion flashed across her face.

"what?"

Putting aside her current status, she was just an ordinary graduate student before.

Let her participate in a talent show? And win first place?

"Xiao Chen will fully cooperate with you."

Li Guoan looked at Chen You and said, "In war, logistics are the key."

"I have already transferred 500 billion RMB to your private account."

"Transfer 200,000 gold coins to Lin Miao as her initial operating funds. Keep the remaining 300,000 as a reserve for future support."

Li Guoan casually arranged this huge sum of money, enough to drive top tycoons crazy.

Chen You's heart was no longer stirred, but when he looked at Lin Miao, he couldn't help but sigh.

Two hundred thousand gold coins?

Those powerful guild leaders who wield immense influence in the Origin Realm would spend ages scheming over resources worth a few thousand gold coins, and would even resort to violence.

Lin Miao, a newbie who just left the beginner village and is only level 1, goes out to explore with 200,000 gold coins in her pocket.

If other players find out, they'll probably be so jealous they'll delete their accounts.

"Lin Miao, tell me the coordinates." Chen You quickly got into the zone.

"The system shows that my location coordinates are 945231,891156," Lin Miao said, rattling off a string of numbers at lightning speed.

"I've got it." Chen You nodded.

"Get everyone online," Li Guoan ordered.

Lin Miao turned and walked towards the hibernation pod, then nimbly lay down inside.

With a soft click from the air pressure valve, the hatch slowly closed.

Chen You casually sat back down in his chair and slowly closed his eyes.

Welcome back to the Origin Realm, Lord of Destiny.

Chen You's consciousness traversed the endless void and descended into the Supreme Tower of Hidden Star City.

He opened his eyes and immediately brought up the recharge panel.

[Ding! Top-up successful. Current gold coin balance: 585388.]

He lowered his gaze and glanced at the skill bar.

The [Shadow Clone] icon is still counting down, with 1 minute and 54 seconds remaining.

The main body should focus on cultivation, while the task of guiding Lin Miao should naturally be left to the clone.

"Hill, book a room."

Chen You turned and walked deeper into the Supreme Building.

Upon entering the training room, he sat cross-legged and began circulating the "Nine Revolutions Primordial Chaos Technique".

The surrounding spiritual energy instantly transformed into a tangible white mist, flowing into the body through the pores, and a feeling of comfort spread throughout the body.

Two minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

"Whoosh!"

A figure identical to Chen You peeled away from his body, shrouded in a faint aura of shadow.

Chen You, the clone, left the training room and strode out of the Supreme Building.

Players were coming and going on the streets of Cangxing City.

Ignoring the awe-inspiring gazes around him, Chen You directly summoned his mythical mount—the Nine Nether Devouring Kun.

The sky suddenly darkened.

This is not an illusion, but a physical phenomenon of the sky being completely obscured.

A terrifying behemoth, over a thousand meters long, slowly emerged from the void.

"Isn't it a bit too ostentatious to do this every time?"

Chen You couldn't help but complain in his heart.

The players all stopped in their tracks, tilted their heads back, and stared wide-eyed, once again falling into a collective daze.

"Holy crap... that thing is here again?"

"Kun! It's Chen You's Kun!"

"This is supposed to be a mount?! It's bigger than our guild's headquarters!"

Once his mount shrank and landed, Chen You leaped onto it.

He brought up the mount's control panel, found the summoning animation, and checked "Skip animation".

Then I entered the coordinates of Chuxin City provided by Lin Miao.

The Nine Nether Devouring Kun can store ten coordinates. In addition to Lin Miao's coordinates, Chen You also stored his current coordinates for easy return.

[Target coordinates confirmed. Proceed with teleportation? (Costs 100 gold)]

"Yes." Chen You didn't even blink.

I had expected that I would need to spend money.

The Nine Nether Devouring Kun let out a long, soul-shaking cry.

The space ahead twisted and tore like water ripples, forming a huge black vortex.

The giant Kun swung its tail fin and instantly disappeared into the whirlpool, vanishing without a trace.

A group of players were left bewildered and unable to recover for a long time.