Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

As Brother Shen was thinking, a familiar exclamation was heard.

Sun Jian was holding a feces shovel as he asked in astonishment, “Why am I here?”

A few of Brother Shen's henchmen were wearing ap.r.o.ns and gloves as they stood around in shock.

Brother Shen said fearfully, “Something's amiss! This cafe's amiss!”

He decided to leave with his henchmen but when they stepped out of the cafe, their vision became dark and they lost awareness.

When Brother Shen recovered, he was kneeling on the ground and mopping the floor. He felt very weird as though he was proficient in mopping.

“This…” He lifted his head to look at time and it was five o'clock in the afternoon.

“Something's amiss.”

Brother Shen walked towards the exit and discovered that Sun Jian was also leaving.

When they stepped out of the door, their eyes became dark and light. When they recovered themselves, they discovered it was five o'clock in the afternoon and they were in the kitchen was.h.i.+ng dishes.

Sun Jian hugged his head and said, “What's happening? Why am I not able to remember anything? Why are we was.h.i.+ng the dishes?”

“Don't panic and remain calm.” Brother Shen took out his cell phone and said, “Let me make a phone call…”

The result of the phone call was a loss of consciousness and a blank memory. They appeared the second day in the cafe.

For the following few days when they were awake, they would escape, make phone calls, attack Zhao Yao, attack the supercats… but they would lose their memories and continued their old ways after waking up.

The thing that shocked them was that they were doing house ch.o.r.es in their lost memories and they were highly proficient in housework. They could even close their eyes while was.h.i.+ng the dishes and mopping the floor as though they had been doing it their lifetime.

These weird feelings were like a second spirit possessing their bodies and making them do the housework.

The last time that they woke up, they could only recall the events before coming to the cafe.

Time was distorted and memories blurred. Brother Shen was about to go insane.

A few men who tried to escape were stabbed by the Dragon Slaying Saber when Zhao Yao yawned and pointed out his finger. They screamed and stopped escaping.

Brother Shen said in anguish, “How many days have we worked? How many more days do we need to work?”

“This is the first day.” Zhao Yao smiled and said, “Don't worry, I'm a man of my words. If you work seven days for me, I'll let you go.”

“First day? But… but it seems like a lifetime.”

“Check your cell phone. There's the time on it. Would I deceive you?”

Zhao Yao ordered them to work. When they are sleeping, he pulled them into Closers World to do some testing.

After sleeping, they were taken to the Door of Everlasting Life to be killed in order to acc.u.mulate the revival chances.

“This is killing three birds with one stone.” Zhao Yao got Caesar to wipe their memories for the past 24 hours. He said to Ning Ning, “Ning Ning, adjust their cell phone date to the 21st.”

As they knew a lot of Zhao Yao's secrets, he had to properly erase their memories.

To Shen Li and his men, they were made to believe it was their first day of work and they fell into an infinite h.e.l.l of housework.

Zhao Yao surveyed Sun Jian's head. “This worker seems to have fallen ill… Why don't we…”

“Forget it, let them go to the second day to make them happier.” Zhao Yao said to Ning Ning, “Adjust the date to the 22nd. Let them work for the second day. Hmm, I won't need to erase their memory tomorrow.”

Ning Ning listened obediently as her hair stood on end. She was both excited and scared at the same time.

“Boss is more powerful than what I thought… He's also more ruthless than what I thought… Perhaps I should stop working here? Wait, did I work here for more than a few years?”

Ning Ning's smile was uglier than her crying face. “Did I get one month's pay for working ten years?”

On the second day, Zhao Yao patted Shen Li and Sun Jian's shoulders and encouraged them, “Congratulations, you are working for the second day. You may leave after six more days.”

Sun Jian and Shen Li were pleasantly surprised. “We have worked for a day.”

“I feel very tired. I realize homework is tiring.”

“Buck up everyone, we'll leave in six more days.”

Shen Li looked at Zhao Yao with grat.i.tude. “You're magnanimous. As long as we worked for seven days, you'll let us go.”

“Yes…” Zhao Yao patted their shoulders and said, “Don't be too calculative and don't brood over it.”

“What?” Shen Li looked at his hand and asked puzzled, “Where's my thumb?”

Bam! Zhao Yao knocked them out and waved his hands as he said, “Call Lucifer. Regenerate them before letting them work.”

After working hard for the past few days, Zhao Yao had designed, developed and tested Closers World for many years. He had completed half the work and he wanted Apple to get Closers World 2.0 online.

Because Closers World was under maintenance for half a year, the previous gamers were starving for the game and they scolded Zhao Yao vehemently. From antic.i.p.ation, frustration, anger to the final hopelessness, a lot of the gamers were still hoping for Closers World to be online.  wuxiaworld.site

When Closers World 2.0's release date was announced, the gamers' world became abuzz with Zhao Yao's emoticons.

With Zhao Yao's promotion, all major media were publicizing Closers World 2.0.

To publicize and let more people join Closers World 2.0, Zhao Yao created a video channel to introduce the game.

In the video, Zhao Yao smiled and said, “Greetings everyone, Closers World 2.0 is the new version of Closers World. After trying for three minutes, you'll fall in love with this game.”

Zhao Yao announced that there were no level upper limit in Closers World 2.0. The top ten gamers with the highest levels would receive one to ten billion US dollars per month. There would be no repeat winners so everyone only had a chance to win in the top ten ladder once.

There would also be a Closers World 2.0 group tournament. The first prize was ten billion US dollars.

He also introduced Closers World 2.0's new gameplay, maps, dungeons and models.

The comments exploded with activity after Zhao Yao announced the prize money.

“He's asking for my liver and my life.”

“Take this money away and give us the game.”

“Save my child!”

Zhao Yao was pleased when he saw the various news on Closers World 2.0. With the support of multiple governments, the special nature of the dreamscape game, the ability of Closers World 2.0 to replace sleep and the attractive prize money, Zhao Yao could imagine how popular Closers World 2.0 would be.

Zhao Yao could not help smiling when he thought about the new design settings.

He developed the game to acc.u.mulate the energy for the evolution of his supercats. So he needed more gamers to spend more time and more attention on him.

Zhao Yao could imagine the countless livers that he would be harvesting in Closers World 2.0.

Bam! Zhao Yao looked at the door of the room that was kicked open and frowned. “What's up Zhao Xue?”

Zhao Xue's eyes glimmered as she looked at Zhao Yao and said, “Is the prize money for real?”

“Of course it's real.”

“Why are you paying that much for the prize money?”

“Of course I'm not paying,” Zhao Yao said. “England, France, the US, j.a.pan and China are paying 100 billions US dollars each every year. It's a paltry sum for them.”

“That sounds more like protection money.” Zhao Xue shook her head and looked at Zhao Yao as she asked with antic.i.p.ation, “You developed the game, do you have a winning strategy?”  wuxiaworld.site

“I've no winning strategy.”

“How could it be? You designed and developed it!”

“It's a top-notch game created by me. How could there be a winning strategy?”

Matcha opened the door violently and jumped headlong into Zhao Yao's arms as he said fawningly, “Zhao Yao! Could you share information about Closers World 2.0 with me?”

Before Zhao Yao replied the door to the room was opened with a bang. Rice Cake jumped on Zhao Yao's head and shouted, “Zhao Yao! Could I play Closers World 2.0 first?”

A few days later on the streets of Paris in Europe.

A sleeping Chinchilla, who was sprawled in the sun, shook his body and opened his eyes. His eyes glimmered with spiritual radiance.

“I've lost contact with Giggle and Tom for a long time. I wonder what's up with them.”The Chinchilla shook his head and gazed at the bustling streets and said, “This planet's not that primitive.”

He jumped down from the window sill and walked on the street as he immersed himself in local French culture.

Suddenly, his ears were up and he turned his head to see a young man on a wheelchair. Looking at the games visor on his head, he said bewildered, “This is… the scent of the power of awareness? The natives could not possible know such stuff. Is it the work of Giggle?”

He squinted his eyes and half an hour later, he appeared in a residence with the games visor. He lay on the bed, started the games visor and entered Closers World 2.0.