I Became the Progenitor Vampire Chapter 317

Chapter 317: Chapter 319: The Official Forum Ruined by Silly Players (5200 words) Chapter 317: Chapter 319: The Official Forum Ruined by Silly Players (5200 words) Lide twisted his lock and the very next second, he felt a figure in fiery red business attire scream and hurl towards him.

Before he could dodge, he was hit squarely in the chest.

Hiss~
Lide's first impression was…

So soft…

So tender…

Was this what a young wife felt like?

I really am…

Inside the house, Zhao Yue crashed into a broad and solid embrace.

Her body pushed tightly against his, she could even clearly feel her own proud curves being pressed into deep arcs.

But in the midst of the chaos, she hadn't thought much of it, her hands instinctively wrapped around him to prevent her body from falling, but this only made their contact even closer.

From an outsider's perspective, this scene looked exactly like a couple's embrace.

After steadying herself, Zhao Yue smelled a distinctly masculine scent with a hint of post-shower freshness.

Already flustered, her heart skipped a beat when she caught the scent, and her face turned red at an astonishing speed.

The plump and luscious peach that she was, became even more tempting.

Lide stood there, not sure whether to move or stay still, his expression rather strange.

Particularly, the charm of this mature lady constantly stimulated his senses, making him feel a rush of blood.

If you don't move… it's hard for me too.

The atmosphere became weirdly tense, and it took Zhao Yue a few seconds to come back to her senses, lifting her head with a somewhat indignant expression from that robust embrace.

Then, a face so handsome it could be deemed perfect appeared before this mature lady's eyes.

Those deep, dark eyes twinkled like stars, exuding a magnetic pull hard to look away from.

Seeing Lide clearly, Zhao Yue's blush deepened even further.

She frantically struggled to stand up, but just as she managed to get up, she felt a sharp pain in her foot and lost her balance, tumbling back onto Lide.

Hiss~
Lide once more felt the allure of this mature lady.

Such overwhelming waves…

Seeing the bewildered look on Lide's face, Zhao Yue looked incredibly aggrieved, like a juicy peach.

“I…I twisted my ankle…”

Seeing Zhao Yue both embarrassed and anxious, almost to the point of tears, a wry smile appeared on Lide's face.

The usually dignified and composed mature lady, unexpectedly had such a girlish moment.

Glancing behind him and seeing no one around, Lide finally extended his hand to support Zhao Yue, placing the mature lady onto a chair behind the desk.

Once Zhao Yue was seated, both of them sighed with relief.

“Mr. Zhao, your foot…”

“I'm fine, Mr. Li, please have a seat. I'll have the team doctor come over in a bit, don't worry.

After all, as you know, we've hired a few professional healthcare and fitness trainers.

Most of those professional gamers are homebodies, and without someone overseeing them, they easily turn into meatballs…”

Zhao Yue was bashful and slightly awkward, but she tried her best to pretend as if nothing had happened, steering the conversation elsewhere.

Having this sort of incident unfold in front of her superior, no matter how you looked at it, seemed off, especially since he was so… handsome.

Thinking about this made her feel even more uncomfortable, and her blushing face didn't subside.

Lide chuckled, quickly understanding her little concerns, and sat down right in front of her desk.

He could still feel a faint fragrance in his arms that lingered from the mature lady, and the remarkable sensation was etched in his memory.

Shaking his head, he considered that his self-control had diminished quite a bit recently.

Was it time to make a move on his little maid?

Clearing his throat.

“The development of Crimson Moon thus far has largely been thanks to Mr. Zhao…”

Although both were speaking, the atmosphere still felt somewhat bizarre.

Thud, thud, thud~
Just at that moment, a series of knocks on the door interrupted the somewhat awkward atmosphere between the two.

“Come in.”

Feeling as though she had been liberated, Zhao Yue breathed a huge sigh of relief inwardly. Of course, she still maintained a calm smile on her face, but the previous scene and that solid embrace seemed impossible to forget. The more she tried to ignore that feeling, the deeper it got.

“Mr. Zhao, I'm here to repair the lock…” A uniformed maintenance man entered the room and looked at the door lock with a peculiar expression.

“It wasn't this serious when I checked it this morning. How did it break like this?”

Lide's lips twitched slightly hearing this; he hadn't expected this body to now possess such great strength.

While the lock wasn't made of solid iron fit for a burglar-proof door, it wasn't something that should break easily either.

“Mr. Zhao, let me replace it with the latest virtual electronic lock for you. This old model should have been phased out long ago…”

“Thank you, that would be great,” Zhao Yue said appreciatively to the maintenance man who had arrived, her expression gradually softening.

“No problem. I'm Wang, and while I may not be good at many things, I'm excellent at working with locks…”

After the neighbor, Wang, had replaced the lock, Lide felt for some reason that this office might be somewhat insecure.

I live next door, my surname is Wang, skilled at picking locks and slipping through doors…

“Mr. Li, are you listening?”

While the maintenance worker was busy with the lock, Zhao Yue's face had returned to normal. After all, as a mature woman who had worked for so long, she had faced quite a few storms.

Although she hadn't completely dispelled the odd feeling inside her, she was no longer so embarrassed in front of Lide.

“Hmm? What did you just say?”

Zhao Yue couldn't help but get a little annoyed with Lide's seeming indifference and, remembering what had just happened, she glared at him resentfully.

“I said the company's scale has grown considerably, and we need more management talent. You need to appoint more advanced vice presidents–I'm having trouble keeping up now.

It would be best to add two; one to manage the Profession player community and another to manage the game commerce department.”

Discussing this issue made Lide slightly furrow his brows as he pulled himself out of his previous emotional state and into work mode.

Profession players, data analysis, game commerce–this trident was the foundation of his future development of player power.

Crimson Moon's current number had already surpassed a thousand people, which counted as a large scale among medium-sized clubs.

The larger the body, the more inevitable the need for detailed management.

When the scale was small, senior management could handle various tasks, but as the scale grows, they inevitably can't keep up.

“If Mr. Zhao already has ideas for this area, don't hesitate–I trust you, go ahead and proceed.”

As long as Crimson Moon's overall direction followed his vision, there wouldn't be any major problems. He wanted to cultivate a team of players that could aid Dawn City, not prioritizing profit.

Moreover, he didn't really have the time to manage the club. As Dawn City's scale grew, he couldn't keep running back and forth between it and Earthly Glory; delegating some authority to his subordinates was inevitable.

Hearing this, Zhao Yue was both delighted and helpless; a company of this scale could let her fully showcase her abilities without limitations, which was what she had always dreamed of.

However, her boss's obvious reluctance to get involved made her shake her head.

“Mr. Li, don't you think you need to take some time to manage the company?”

She had expected Lide to decline as usual, but to her surprise, Lide actually nodded in agreement.

“I was indeed considering this. I will be in the company office for the next two months; it's the perfect time to revisit Crimson Moon's development direction.”

“What did you say?”

Seeing Zhao Yue's expression of disbelief, the corner of Lide's mouth twitched.

“I will review the company's development during this period; I'll need Mr. Zhao to point out any issues.”

The body within Glory was still growing slowly in the blood pool; Lide was uncertain how long this growth would take, but according to the current speed, it would take at least one to two months, not in Glory Time but in Earth time.

So, he could only wait.

Level 18's body contained too much power. Reviving from the few souls left in the blood pool after death was no simple matter.

Even Lide's most optimistic estimate would not see him return to Glory until about a month before the server launch.

The official launch date on the website was October 12th of this year, and it was June 20th now, which left a little over three months.

Although worried about the challenges Dawn City would face in his absence from Glory, the fact was it had happened, and he could only accept whatever came.

Moreover, Dawn City was no weakling; Lide believed that the system he had personally built would safely weather these difficulties.

After discussing serious matters, both of them tacitly avoided talking about the heart-racing scene that had just unfolded.

In the following week.

Something very strange happened during the Crimson Moon.

Their boss, that rich and astonishingly handsome young hunk, actually showed up to work every day.

This was as rare as winning the lottery.

Many of the good-looking female employees were secretly pleased, and several deliberately greeted Lide with sweet smiles when he arrived and left work, hoping to make a good impression.

And believe it or not, a few bold girls even managed to get his WeChat.

Unfortunately, the male god seemed always busy, replying with “I'm taking a shower,” “I'm busy,” or “I'm off to sleep” when chatting.

This made many girls sigh quietly, searching online for tips on how to flirt…

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“Mr. Li, all the paperwork for the villa is complete. Here's the property deed, the invoice, this is…”

Cheng Lu stood before Lide's desk, with all the documents of the villa he had bought recently laid out before her.

“I've arranged for someone to re-inspect the renovations. Any missing or substandard furniture and appliances will be replaced, and you should be able to move in within half a month,” she added.

Lide nodded in satisfaction at his capable assistant.

“You've done well, the work is commendable.”

Cheng Lu beamed with a radiant smile.

“You're too kind, sir. It's all part of my job,” said the girl with some baby fat, ordinary in looks but quite cute when she smiled.

“Alright, I'll leave this matter in your hands.

Is the car ready?”

“It's ready.

Mr. Li, that club called Dark Contract Club is a small newly established club with three founders, their forum names are Hun Yuan, Thunderclap Hand, and Cheng Kun.

They currently have exactly thirty players, and their location is not too far from us, just half an hour's drive…”

Lide couldn't help but chuckle when he heard these names.

Hun Yuan Thunderclap Hand Cheng Kun, these three goofball players were the ones who had joined Dark Contract and were spotted by Stanley to establish an Earth branch of Dark Contract.

He had originally believed that Stanley's idea of starting an Earth branch of Dark Contract would be impossible for the players to accept, after all, who would take orders from an NPC without losing face, right?

But to his surprise, these guys really did go through with it, and he stumbled upon an advertisement recruiting members for Dark Contract while browsing the forums yesterday.

And after a little digging, he discovered this newly established mini-club was actually in the same city as he was.

Now, he was somewhat impressed with Stanley. It was unexpected that the NPC's plan had actually worked out, and those goofball players had indeed established a branch of Dark Contract on Earth.

He could only marvel at this.

The invasion of Earth by NPCs was no longer a dream.

This former Evil God believer really had maxed out his understanding of human nature.

“Let's go, let's see what this Dark Contract Club is all about.”

Lide was quite looking forward to it.

He was curious about how much the player-created Dark Contract would differ from the one in the game, whether they really followed Stanley's ideas, or if it was just a sheep in wolf's clothing, using the name of Dark Contract for show.

“Yes, Mr. Li.”

After confirming there was nothing else, Lide stood up and set off for the Dark Contract Club with his assistant.

Crimson Moon had dedicated business vehicles, including two Maybachs and two regular Mercedes.

These were purchased on Lide's specific instructions to Zhao Yue; he personally didn't mind, but for the company, cars represented prestige. No matter where you went, your vehicle was a part of your strength.

The reception you get when driving a Rolls-Royce is definitely different from that when driving a van.

Though not everyone is that superficial, in this world of rampant desires, no one has the time to care if the person driving a $100,000 car has a net worth of over a billion.

Displaying your power in the most direct way is simple, crude, and doesn't require much thought.

This is the most primal and frank method of social interaction.

It's just like the luxury items on a nouveau riche that have no correlation between price and cost.

Nobody knows about the hundreds of millions in your bank account, but when you're wearing a tailored British royal suit worth 1.2 million, you're most likely demonstrating your substantial strength to others.

Lide always thought that this way of behavior was no different from primal humans showing off their muscles or certain carnivores flaunting their tusks–in essence, they were all about flaunting one's own survival value and the capital behind it to gain recognition from others.

But the world is so magical, everyone knows how ludicrous the rules of this world are, yet no one can escape them.

Everyone can only be a primitive person stark nakedly displaying their muscles to others.

Moreover, the majority of people take pride in it, my muscles are bigger and stronger than yours…

Thinking about it, Lide suddenly laughed out loud, shaking his head amidst Cheng Lu's puzzled gaze.

“By comparison, although Glory is cruel and ignorant, it seems more real than this magical world.”

“Mr. Li, are you talking to me?”

“Hmm, has Mr. Zhao gotten married?” Lide hadn't intended to say much more but suddenly seemed to remember something and looked at Cheng Lu curiously.

“Mr. Zhao is thirty this year, right?”

Cheng Lu blinked in mild surprise, then somewhat confusedly replied, “Mr. Zhao isn't married yet. She joined the Sword and Shield Club after graduating from university, which is what we now call Crimson Moon, and has been busy with work. I've never heard her mention anything about a boyfriend…

Mr. Li, could it be that you want to–?”

After speaking, her eyes took on an eager expression, zealous for gossip.

Lide shook his head with a wry smile.

“Crimson Moon will enter the fast track of development after the open beta, which will require high-intensity work. I was just asking in advance to avoid affecting Mr. Zhao's family life later on.”

Cheng Lu looked greatly disappointed, shaking her head. She thought it was something substantial; it turned out to be mundane.

Lide didn't explain further, stretched comfortably, and casually picked up his phone.

He opened the Glory official forum, which he had been following these past few days.

It can't be said enough; after the closed beta, the Glory forum had become an explosively popular presence.

The daily number of posts was such that many veteran portal websites couldn't keep up.

But what made Lide laugh was that all the posts in the official forum were various odd and ridiculous ones made by silly players.

The most popular one was an extremely heavy-taste post; it was surprising it hadn't been deleted.

“On How to Willingly Be Sold to Female Nobles by Human Traffickers Strategy Guide”
Recently, I have seen many people interested in this, wanting to find a female noble to marry so they don't have to toil for fifty years. I fully endorse this idea. Is there anything wrong with relying on our capabilities to partake in a kept man's soft meals?

About this matter, as a man who's been sold three times, I have to stand out and relieve the worries of our fellows.

Firstly, we need to clarify who would buy slaves to take back for… uh-huh? It's certainly those rich, powerful, yet empty and lonely female nobles, especially those over fifty. As the saying goes, thirty is like a wolf, forty like a tiger, and at fifty…
After the lengthy ten-thousand-word post, there were densely packed comments below.

Comment 1: Is this actually a strategy guide??! Poster, are you, are you okay?? Three times, how can you endure that.

Comment 2: Finally, some hardcore material, what's wrong with them being a bit older? You guys don't understand, this is love, superficial.

Comment 3: I'm blind now; a strategy guide for old women in their fifties?? Please be human…
Comment 4: To think there's such a detailed tutorial, it's so twisted, but I like the thrill.

Comment 5: …

“Elf Strategy Alliance is now officially in operation. Our goal is, every man should have an elf girl, elves are our true love, other races are heretics…”

“In this session, I will discuss how to seduce a handsome and attractive male noble to give you everything, and how to successfully rise to the position of his legitimate wife, finally clearing away all the mistresses. As for court intrigue, I have some experience, this time…”

“The secret manual is here, how to become a Mage and acquire hidden professions guide, the entire strategy only costs 100 yuan. Yes, that's how cheap it is, if I can't teach you, you get your money back. If interested, join the QQ group to become an apprentice, if you don't believe, don't bother…”

“There's an urgent call for the open beta to start immediately. The noble woman I'm wooing is waiting for me, damn the official planners, you must be jealous of me, you must be!!”

Lide found these silly players' posts very entertaining, especially the one about being sold to female nobles, which left him astounded.

There were actually people eying up fifty-year-old noble women… Standards were dropping lower and lower.

A casual glance across the forum, and a newly posted thread instantly caught his attention,
Because the poster was a very familiar name–Broken Sword Knight, the one who had released the Undead Monarch and caused the undead calamity and was also the first player to reach level 5.

Broken Sword Knight: About the idea of mass-producing bone dragons…

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