The Geared Immortal

The competition

/*unedited*/

The disgraceful retreat of Jiayi Tse and his gang gave the Tse clan a huge shame. In a room, Jiayi Tse faces a middle-aged man with a strong build. The side of his mouth is already bleeding with a clear bruise on half of his face.

Clenching his face the fists Jiayi Tse is looking down as the middle-aged man shouted and scolded him with harsh and rough words.

"I will never forget this grievance, and I swear to pay you back from this humiliation… Shin Jiao." Jiayi Tse thought with great hatred brewing deep within his heart.

…

Susan Tang's condominium

Three days have passed in a blink of an eye and Shin Jiao's life return once again to normal. However, there is a twist as another person is now living with them.

Shi Anne Li shamelessly made out a reason why she has to stay close to Shin Jiao. She is scared that she would be kidnapped once again so she wanted to stay close to him. Meanwhile, Susan Tang was furious at this situation so she opposed to this setting, however, she could not drive the woman out because of the danger she is in.

Shin Jiao, on the other hand, is also unable to decide on this as he too felt a bit concerned for the woman whom he felt has a great connection to his past.

Hence the three didn't have a choice but to live together because of the danger Shi Anne Li is in.

However, this situation turned the now two-bedroom condominium upside down as two women would always fight and bicker with each other every day on almost everything.

Even the clothes that Shin Jiao would be wearing became a heated argument as the two would always put forth their suggestions and argue.

Although it becomes a headache for him but seeing the two beauties concern for him, his heart would always feel at ease.

The morning light has opened another chapter of their lives and today is the fourth day since the virtual world 'Merging Worlds' was launched.

And now the number of users has increased to a whopping 1 million people all over the world and is still increasing as the days go by.

Shin Jiao has increased the capacity of the server to at most a billion of people. That way the lag and the connection would become smoother. With the advanced technology of runes and arrays, he is able to easily handle the flow of Qi in the system.

In the office, two young women and a young man are sitting on the sofa and looking at the report.

Because of the circumstance, Susan Tang decided to hire Shi Anne Li with permission from her parents so that she would be able to stay near Shin Jiao. When her parents heard what happened and who is targeting their daughter, they didn't hesitate to let her stay with Shin Jiao.

As a business enterprise, the Li knew how strong the NXT Element Company is. Although the company is new their security is top-notch, especially when the media saw how the mercenary group was easily taken down by the automated system of the company. They didn't hesitate even for a bit.

"Me and Director Shi decided to put forth a competition next week for the players in-game. This is the first competition for celebrating the game's breakthrough in reaching 1 million players. We decided to give out many gifts and prices." Susa Tang said as she explained the plan to Shin Jiao.

Shin Jiao is currently tinkering something while listening.

He just nods his head in agreement.

When Susan Tang saw this an evil grin appears on her gorgeous face. She then slyly added.

"We will give out the new and limited edition visor that we are currently producing…"

When Shin Jiao heard this he nods his head, but suddenly stopped. He then lifted his head and turns his attention to Susan Tang and saw her sly expression.

"No… You are not going to make me produce new products…"

"Then what's that? I've seen how that works and it's more sleek and cool looking." She pointed with her lips at the gadget on the table.

"You mean this? I… I just made this today. But it is still in the research stage."

"But it is already working, right? I saw you using this before."

"Sigh… you really."

"Haha… I'm just kidding. I'm just messing around with you. I know you already made some changes with the old visor, right?"

Upon hearing this, Shin Jiao nods his head.

"Yeah, the ones I made can be considered as the second generation visor. But don't you think, it's too early for us to expose those. I mean…"

"Yeah, I know… but, this is a marketing strategy to make our competitors grumble in despair. Haha…"

"Imagine, while they are still researching about the visor, a new one would suddenly pop out… Hehe…"

"That is a really devious plan, Miss Tang. Haha…" Shi Anne Li added while also laughing.

Seeing the evil thoughts in both women, Shin Jiao shook his head helplessly. He didn't know much about business. His goal is just to earn money to buy more resources and be able to recall his lost memory by immersing sometime in the virtual world.

The three discuss the plan that they would launch the next week, but Shin Jiao puts his focus on the clear visor on the table.

This would be the third generation visor that he is thinking, and it would facilitate VR and AR capability. Plus this would not need wired connection as it would automatically connect with SLIA on the phone. This means that one can play the 'Merging Worlds' by just using his phone.

After the whole day of work, the three went home and discovered something is amiss.

The door of the apartment is actually open and it seems that it was forced. Shin Jiao immediately used his absolute sense and within ten meters from his position, he slowly scanned the inside of the condominium.

He didn't found anything and just saw the messy things on the ground.

As he enters he found that everything was in a mess but was baffled that he didn't also found anything missing.

What Shin Jiao discovered so far made him feel a bit uneasy. This is because the talismans on the room were actually taken, this may be the reason why the protection did not function and stop the intruders. There is also the possibility that there are two teams that infiltrated the condominium and use a special technique to disable the talisman.

Either way, he knew that the people who entered their place is not normal.

"I don't think this is a robbery. It seems that the people who entered this place are looking for something. Luckily we didn't put anything in this place that's very important." Shin Jiao thought.

He looked at the two women who slowly got inside the house.

"They didn't take anything, but it seems that the people who entered this place are looking for something… I think it's time that we found a new place." Shin Jiao suggested.

With a nod of their heads, the two agreed for the first time.

"Will it be okay for you?" Shin Jiao asked Susan Tang.

"I'm fine with it. I already guessed that this would happen as our company grows stronger."

"Don't worry, we have to find a villa this time and I will make sure that it would be totally protected." Shin Jiao said.

But in his mind, he is not sure if it is possible.

With the sparse amount of Qi in the air, he isn't confident of the strength of the protection that he can get from an array. But he still has to try. His opponents are strong and are in the shadows, he needed to be more careful.

That night, after cleaning everything, setting up the array again, and having their dinner, the two went to their rooms and slept. Shin Jiao, on the other hand, stayed in the living room and lie down on the sofa. He decided to take out the visor and enter the virtual world.

Closing his eyes he waited for the countdown to appear as he looks at the dark space around him.

'Welcome to 'Merging Worlds' entering the game in 5… 4… 3��� 2… 1…'

Then the whole world turned blank and Shin Jiao found himself appearing in a bed inside an inn.

"I'm back in this place. Today's goal is to increase my strength so that I can travel to the Asian server which is located in the Beginner's town." Shin Jiao muttered as he stood up and stretches his body.

Even though he already knew the effect of the virtual world, but it still amazes him on how he was able to create such a thing.

As Shin Jiao walks towards the notice board of the village, he saw a notice which attracted his attention.