Chapter 496: Are You Guys Actually Going to Use the Computer or Not?

To the west of the Grand Jin Nation, within the boundaries of the ancient cultivation ruins overseen by the Three Great Sacred Sects.

Here lay only coldness and desolation, with shattered walls and ruined pillars scattered everywhere, weathered by untold years to the point that most halls had collapsed, and even many of the original protective wards had rotted away into nothingness.

The dimensions of this space were unmeasurable, resembling a vast minor world, leaving one to wonder whether those who entered were still within their original realm.

The sky was red, an orange-crimson akin to the hour of a fading sunset; rather than ruins, it resembled a colossal ancient battlefield.

One could even see rusted, discarded weapons scattered all around.

The bells at the plazas of each sect within the Three Sacred Sects tolled thrice, signaling that it was roughly the day for most of the cultivators who had entered to return.

Two cultivators from the Yundian Region suddenly turned their heads back instinctively.

"Look over there, what is that...?"

Looking back, deep within those ruins, immense mountain stones slowly drifted upward, as if answering some sort of call, and from the innermost depths, the celestial halls that no mortal had ever touched suddenly floated into the sky!

...

"Ring-a-ling..."

Owner Fang grabbed the dharma-artifact alarm clock, threw it away, and continued to sleep; at a time like this, perhaps even the collapsing of the heavens could not wake him.

Li Qin'er had already risen early; it was said that a new batch of computers would arrive in the shop today, yet she had not seen Owner Fang go out, so where would the computers come from?

Descending the stairs in doubt, before she even opened the shop door, she saw a dense, tightly packed crowd already pressing against the glass doors outside.

"Boss! Open the door!" Tang Yu and several other youths were practically glued to the main entrance, terrified of losing a seat if they entered late.

From behind, Xun Yuan shouted loudly, "Why are you all so early?!"

"This young master has been queuing here since six o'clock today!"

Peering ahead: "Then that one... what time did he arrive?!"

Just ahead of Tang Yu stood a tall figure completely wrapped in a black cloak.

"How should I know..." a flurry of whispers echoed from behind.

"It seems no one saw him leave last night..."

"It's opening! It's opening!" Seeing Li Qin'er finally open the door with great difficulty, the players rushed in almost like a swarm of bees, a stark contrast to the desolate state of the shop when it first started.

"How did the space inside this shop grow so much larger?!" someone exclaimed in astonishment upon entering.

"It is a spatial array formation; I never expected to see one inside a small shop!"

"Impressive..."

They seemed to be people from the cultivation clans.

"Making a fuss over nothing!" The heads of several aristocratic families scolded; they did not come every day, yet they would still come to study Legend of Sword and Fairy or StarCraft, and regardless of whether they came or not, the disciples of the major clans would always converge upon the shop by common consent.

Three middle-aged men of extraordinary bearing were seen leading a highly prominent middle-aged man who wore a scholar's crown and a black robe embroidered with red dragons: "Brother Xuanyuan, this way please."

The head of the Xun family chided, "It is merely a spatial array formation, why the sudden panic and loss of composure?"

"Mm..." The extraordinary middle-aged man in the black-and-red dragon robe stepped inside, "Indeed, a mere spatial array formation, what is there to be alarmed about?"

He appeared exceedingly calm, standing out with an aura of detached superiority among the crowd of dumbfounded onlookers.

The steps of the few men were neither fast nor slow as they observed the layout of the shop while walking toward the counter.

At that moment, another cry of surprise was heard.

"What is going on with this door?!" The one who spoke was precisely Tang Yu.

"What's wrong?" Hearing his exclamation, many people quickly looked over.

Tang Yu had just come out of the restroom and returned to the shop from the stairwell; the moment he pushed the door open, he instantly found himself entering a storefront that was identical to the previous one, and from his perception of spatial positioning, it seemed...

To be in the exact same location as before?!

Except the cashier before him had changed to Li Wuya.

And only when he backed out and entered once more did he arrive at the current storefront.

"!!??" Completely beyond comprehension!

He hurriedly walked back, opened the door again, and peeked inside: "Li Wuya?"

Out again, in again, another peek: "???"

How did it change back again?!

"Come quickly and look at this door!" Tang Yu cried out in astonishment once more.

"What are you making such a fuss about!" And right in front of several family heads at that; the head of the Tang family, Tang Ao, was clearly very displeased, stepping forward two paces and scolding, "What door this and door that, how do I usually teach you?!"

Absolutely no manners!

Tang Ao gave a cold snort, glanced at the doorknob Tang Yu was holding, and walked out: "What is wrong with this door, is it very strange?"

He walked back in with a face full of disdain.

"Huh?!"

"Where is everyone?!" He suddenly discovered that the people before his eyes had all vanished, and only Elder Li Wuya remained alone at the counter.

He hurriedly went out, and came back in.

"??? Impossible... could my eyes be playing tricks on me?"

Out again, in again.

The heads of the Xun and Wang families watched with twitching faces: "Brother Tang, what on earth are you doing?!"

In front of so many people, is it not embarrassing?!

"No..." Tang Ao pointed at the door before him with a bewildered expression, "It's this door..."

"What door this and door that? What is there to look at in a single door?" The two walked over with some disdain.

Ten seconds later.

Xuanyuan Qiu only saw the master of the Xun family and the master of the Wang family also standing beside the door, going in, coming out... going in again... coming out again...

"You fellows, what kind of ghost tricks are you playing?!"

"..."

Three minutes later, Owner Fang stretched heavily, having just finished washing up and coming down from his upstairs bedroom.

He immediately saw four middle-aged men plus a large crowd of youths standing before the main door that led from the corridor into the shop.

Pushing it open... and then entering in a neat, orderly row.

Before long, they came out again.

Then they pushed the door open again, walking in row by row.

Not forgetting to size up this door from left, right, up, and down along the way.

"Lunatics..." Owner Fang glanced at them as if looking at idiots, then walked into the shop.

"Boss!" The men were already completely dazed; as masters of their respective clans, they had actually stared for a long time and utterly failed to see through the nature of this situation!

An illusion technique? How could that be?! The person who could deceive their senses probably had not even been born yet.

"This..." several of them sputtered, stepping forward with wide, indignant eyes. "What on earth is this?!"

"How is it that I... passed through a single doorway, only to emerge from two different shops?!"

Following a rather shoddy explanation from Boss Fang...

Spatial folding?

"Such a thing actually exists?!"

"The mastery your resident senior possesses over space is simply unparalleled!"

"Hiss—!"

"Incredible...!"

"No, I must study this. I have to find out exactly how this was achieved!"

The group continued to pace back and forth through the entrance, drifting in and out.

Boss Fang finally reached the end of his patience: "Are you people going to log on or not?!"

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