In "New World," there were many large cities.

These cities were collectively known as main cities.

The so-called main cities were actually controlled by various forces within the game.

"New World" was a vast world where all races were integrated. It contained numerous races such as elves, giants, orcs, undead, and even elements like vampires, werewolves, and beast girls.

However, the ones in charge of the main cities were the gods of "New World."

But this world was too large.

An imbalance of power would lead to oppression and exploitation, which in turn would create opposition. Therefore, in addition to the main cities, many other cities were built. During the game's storyline of conquest and being conquered, many abandoned or sparsely populated cities emerged.

The gods didn't want to manage these cities; instead, they became a paradise for players.

Many alliances or guilds, with sufficient financial resources, would purchase a city as their main alliance city.

During the peak of the "New World" online game, an alliance main city wasn't cheap; it could be worth as much as a publicly listed company, about a billion.

But now, with the game announcing its server shutdown, many alliances began selling off various assets. Game real estate like cities would definitely not have players willing to be fools and take over.

After all, if the game was ending, what was the point of buying a city?

Did you expect to come back and play in your dreams?

However, if players didn't buy the cities in the game, they could sell them to some NPCs, but these NPCs offered very low prices. But Lin Chen brought ten billion gold coins!

When he wanted to buy Tianyue City, the seller was also a player, somewhat famous in the game, and the president of the Jianghe Huhai Guild, Jiang Haihe!

"Lin Zhong Chenxi...you're the guy who wasted money buying a Chroma Egg and hatched a Vermilion Bird, right?"

Jiang Haihe actually recognized Lin Chen and took the initiative to greet him.

At this moment, he was sitting on the city lord's throne in the Tianyue City Lord's Mansion, but he didn't look majestic; instead, he seemed slightly downcast.

There were also several NPCs here, apparently discussing prices.

"Humph, I bought the city for ten billion gold coins, and now the value of gold coins has plummeted, and I've lost everything, but they still want to lower the price, only willing to offer three hundred million..." Jiang Haihe's voice was full of dissatisfaction. He looked at Lin Chen and said, "If you want to buy it, I'll give it to you for eight hundred million gold coins."

"Okay, I'll take it for eight hundred million gold coins."

Lin Chen smiled and said, "This is for my CP (couple) in the game. I want to give her a home in the game. What could be more impressive than the City Lord's Mansion?"

"Haha..."

Jiang Haihe was very happy that Lin Chen agreed to his asking price. Hearing Lin Chen's explanation for buying the city, he laughed again and said, "Brother, you're quite the romantic! The game is about to shut down; why waste this money? It seems your sister-in-law is very attached to this game… Alas, who wouldn't be? You're all young, probably only played for three or five years, but I've been playing this game since it launched, for a full twenty years!"

Listening to Jiang Haihe's words, Lin Chen seemed to hear the sound of a broken heart.

Jiang Haihe.

It was said that he was the CEO of a publicly listed company in real life and very powerful.

But he spent twenty years in this game.

In the end, it was so poignant.

Feeling the sadness of the middle-aged man in front of him, Lin Chen couldn't help but say, "President Jiang, you're not planning to destroy your account, are you? A twenty-year-old account!"

"To be honest, I really can't bear to... But, I'll sell what I can! Actually, many people know that I've invested a lot of money in this game, so since the game announced its shutdown, my company's stock price has been falling, and I estimate that I'll go bankrupt soon." Jiang Haihe said with a wry smile, "I'm selling all kinds of assets now, anything that can be sold for money... Look at my equipment, I'm looking for someone to take it over!"

In fact, after "New World" announced its shutdown, many people went bankrupt, including merchants in the game and people like Jiang Haihe who invested a lot.

Lin Chen didn't plan to say much at first. After all, he was such a big CEO; even if he went bankrupt, he wasn't in the same class as Lin Chen in reality. If this game hadn't happened to announce its shutdown, Lin Chen would have found it difficult to even chat with Jiang Haihe.

However, seeing Jiang Haihe's heartbroken appearance, Lin Chen couldn't help but say, "Many people say that games are an illusion of reality, but for some people who are addicted to games, reality should be the illusion, right? I think President Jiang might as well change your way of thinking. If your company in reality really can't be sustained, why not just sell it off? Anyway, you have wealth that ordinary people don't have in a lifetime, so why not pursue your dreams in the game?"

"Change my way of thinking..."

Jiang Haihe pondered.

He didn't say much.

Soon Lin Chen quickly handed over the gold coins and completed the transaction.

Tianyue City was now his.

When Jiang Haihe bought it, he spent ten billion gold coins, and now Lin Chen gave him eight hundred million.

It looked like he only lost two hundred million gold coins.

But, you had to know that when Jiang Haihe bought this city, those ten billion gold coins were a solid ten billion in cash!

And now?

Eight hundred million gold coins were not even two hundred thousand.

It was more than a loss to grandma's house.

No wonder Jiang Haihe's company's stock price was falling every day and was about to go bankrupt... After all, for a businessman, with such a game 'investment,' no one would choose to cooperate with him.

Lin Chen's words were also just to the point. On the one hand, he was persuading Jiang Haihe to think positively, and on the other hand, he was telling him that as a businessman, Jiang Haihe had lost the trust and respect of others in the business world, and it would be difficult to rise again.

You might as well just play the game happily in the future.

[Announcement: Tianyue City has just completed a transaction. The city lord is now Lin Zhong Chenxi.]

A game announcement rang out in the game.

Naturally, someone complained in the world channel again.

[It's Lin Zhong Chenxi again, haha... a sucker!]

[Still wasting money to buy a city now, isn't this just a pure idiot?]

[Such a sucker is really... Speaking of which, is Big Shot Lin Zhong Chenxi here? See if you need anything else; I'll sell it to you right away if I have it!]

[...]

Lin Chen was too lazy to look at the world channel.

It was the same even if he looked, either complaining or ridiculing.

Lin Chen didn't care.

However, some people thought Lin Chen's behavior was suspicious… The game had announced its shutdown, and announcements were being sent out every day, but someone was still investing money in this game. Was he really stupid?

Or did he have some inside information?

Among these suspicious people was Xue Mo, the president of the Xue Piao Qianli Guild.

"Lin Zhong Chenxi… It seems I have to find a chance to ask him!"

Xue Mo muttered to herself.