Chapter 1 A New Beginning

Nie Yan called a few classmates, telling them that he had transferred to Huahai City. The classmates were quite surprised. Nie Yan's family didn't seem very wealthy. Could their financial situation handle transferring to such a big city? Nie Yan didn't explain. They were just nodding acquaintances anyway, so a simple greeting was enough.

That day, Nie Yan visited several relatives with his parents, and then the family moved their belongings to a villa in the suburbs of Huahai City. It was still being organized.

This was an extremely luxurious villa, nestled against the mountains and beside the water. In front was the open Linghu Lake, with a separate courtyard, occupying a vast area, filled with various plants, blooming flowers, and beautiful scenery. The villa in Nie Yan's memory wasn't this one, but another one a few hundred meters away.

It was slightly different from what happened in his previous life; there was a subtle deviation.

Nie Yan's rebirth caused a bit of a butterfly effect in this life, changing the world in some unique and subtle way, and then slowly spreading out. Nie Yan suddenly had a strange thought: he wondered if his rebirth would eventually affect the federal election.

Who could predict the future?

Even a reborn person could only drift along in the tide of history. The future was forever uncontrollable, as elusive as the stock market. All Nie Yan could do was slowly increase his own strength, give himself some power, and, when uncontrollable situations arose in the future, crash hard into the tracks of fate and change the course of history. At least, he couldn't let the history of his previous life repeat itself. That would be enough.

Nie Yan enjoyed the warmth and happiness with his parents.

To Nie Yan, regaining this ordinary life was a gift from heaven.

Nie Yan called Guo Huai.

"Your family moved to Huahai? Where?"

"Ping'an Community, Number 27," Nie Yan said. In his previous life, he had scoffed at how cliché the name of this community was, but he later realized that these two words were the most precious.

"That's a villa district! A house there costs at least tens of millions. Not bad, kid, you've made it big. My old man has been valuing the stuff in *Faith*, and the value of a piece of land in Calore is ridiculously high. Based on the land you bought in other cities, the value is immeasurable." Guo Huai said. Nie Yan's current wealth was staggering. He had no idea how much Nie Yan was actually worth.

"When the fortress wars start in the future, if we take a fortress and have a city, you'll know what real wealth is," Nie Yan said with a smile.

"I'm waiting for that day. I heard that game currency trading will be opened in about five or six days. It's said that virtual asset auctions will start soon. Some things will be auctioned on the trading platform. The exact time isn't confirmed yet." Guo Huai said that many forces would definitely enter *Faith* in the future, and even his old man was a little eager to join.

Only then did Nie Yan remember this matter, and his heart tightened. Cao Xu and those financial tycoons were finally coming.

Auction houses, NPC pharmacies, and so on in major cities would all be put up for auction. Many capital tycoons would definitely use Renminbi to suck up all the game coins in the hands of the players and then divide the virtual assets.

When Nie Yan's father earned money and entered *Faith* on the wave of its popularity, he would find that they had already missed the best opportunity. Sometimes, opportunities were fleeting and could never be found again.

What Nie Yan had to do was buy as many virtual assets as possible. In the coming days, he wouldn't dare to buy large quantities of shrapnel magic bombs so lavishly again. A thousand shrapnel magic bombs were enough to get his team to Level 30.

"Tell the brothers in the Ni Ren (Amazing People) Tribe that the guild will open game currency exchange for guild contribution points these next few days, with one silver coin exchanged for twenty-five guild contribution points. The tentative time is three days. In addition, for every silver coin donated to the guild, they will get an extra twenty guild contribution points discount when using Level 30 equipment. A one-time donation of ten silver coins allows them to use a Level 30 Silver-grade equipment for free, and donating thirty silver coins allows them to use a Gold-grade equipment for free," Nie Yan said after thinking for a moment. He wanted to quickly gather a batch of game coins in this way.

"One silver coin for twenty-five guild contribution points? Wouldn't we be losing out too much?" Guo Huai said in surprise. In the Ni Ren Tribe, one silver coin was equivalent to twenty guild contribution points. If they exchanged it in Nie Yan's way, wouldn't the guild warehouse be emptied quickly?

"It doesn't matter if we lose a little now. The price of game coins will definitely rise during this period. We'll collect the game coins, and after the virtual asset auction is over, we'll replenish the guild warehouse." Nie Yan said. This was a strategy to get the guild brothers to gather all their money in the guild warehouse first, and after the virtual asset auction was over, the profits they gained would be returned to the guild brothers.

"Those donation terms aren't bad," Guo Huai said. As a businessman, he could see the benefits of these terms at a glance. In order to wear top-quality equipment at Level 30, players would definitely raise money everywhere and then donate it to the guild. The guild wouldn't have to pay too much, and it would get a lot of money. After the virtual asset auction was over and the game coin exchange was opened, the profits would definitely be hundreds or thousands of times greater. When the players reached Level 30, the guild would naturally have the ability to help them get Silver and Gold equipment.

"Go ahead and do this. See how much money we can raise in the next few days." Nie Yan said. He had his eye on the central auction house in Calore. Although auction houses had been built all over Calore, diverting the players, the central auction house in Calore would still be a landmark building in the future, the most popular auction house in the entire Greenland region. To buy the central auction house in Calore, two or three thousand gold coins would definitely not be enough. In his previous life, the price of the Calore Central Auction House was as high as two thousand three hundred gold coins.

If he could buy the central auction house in Calore, it would have a profound impact on the future of the Ni Ren Tribe.

All the big players were also raising funds, and the connections they had were much stronger than Nie Yan and the others. With so many big players competing, it would be very good if Nie Yan could take a small piece of the pie.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely help you get things done," Guo Huai said confidently.

"Also, there's another thing. How are your connections in Huahai City? Can you help me investigate someone?" Nie Yan hesitated for a moment and said.

"Who?" Guo Huai asked in surprise.

"Xie Yao, a female student in Class 3, Grade 2 of Huada High School," Nie Yan said. He had decided to get Xie Yao's information first. Knowing yourself and your enemy meant you would never be defeated. In his previous life, he didn't know Xie Yao's family background, only that her family was quite rich. In this life, he had finally figured it out and knew where to start.

"Oh, you old blockhead, you've finally fallen in love again! A future sister-in-law! I'll help you find her right away, even if I have to dig three feet into the ground," Guo Huai said with a smile. It was rare for Nie Yan to care so much about a girl, so how could he not help?

"Don't disturb her."

"I understand that," Guo Huai said.

"Also, how are things going with our class beauty?" Nie Yan teased with a smile.

Guo Huai coughed to cover up his embarrassment and said, "It's still the same. I've only asked her out once."

Nie Yan smiled and said, "You dared to ask her out. That's already a big improvement."

"Hehe." Guo Huai laughed awkwardly.

The two chatted for a while before hanging up.

His father had already gone to the company. Nie Yan accompanied his mother for a walk in Huahai. In the evening, the family had dinner with relatives in Ningjiang. Anyway, the drive between the two places wasn't far, only half an hour. The villa had been arranged and they were moving in a day earlier than expected.

Nie Yan's room was on the south side. Opening the window, he could see the beautiful scenery outside. His father had arranged for Nie Yan to complete his school enrollment procedures. He would be able to enroll in two days.

In the distance, the twilight glowed with dazzling colors.

A refreshing breeze blew in from the window.

Nie Yan took a deep breath, and his mood improved inexplicably. He was about to relive his senior year of high school. This was really something to look forward to.

In his previous life, Nie Yan was just an unremarkable person in the class. At least half of the students in the class didn't know him. In this life, he was going to truly integrate into the class.

"Damn, you transferred to Huahai? Which school?" Tang Yao asked excitedly.

"Huada High School," Nie Yan said. Tang Yao was at Huahai First High School. The two places were quite far apart.

"Huada High School," Tang Yao thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask my old man and see if he can help me transfer over."

Nie Yan remembered that Tang Yao had said this in his previous life, but the matter had later come to nothing.

"Graduation is coming soon. Don't bother making trouble," Nie Yan said with a smile.

"Do you remember that kid Wei Kai?" Tang Yao suddenly said.

"What's wrong with him?" Nie Yan asked. Wei Kai was mixed up in the underworld. It was best to avoid such people.

"He just took over a guild called Kuang Feng Po Mie (Raging Wind Destruction). It seems to have quite a few people, five or six thousand. That guy knows that I'm Yaozi (Hawk), that you're Nie Yan, and that we created the Ni Ren Tribe. He said he wants to join us." Tang Yao said. He was in high spirits when he said this. Back then, Wei Kai was so arrogant, but now he was like a pug, crawling all over them.

Raging Wind Destruction. He seemed to have heard of it in his previous life, but he didn't have much of an impression. It was a small guild. Five or six thousand people was pretty good. This guy later made a name for himself. He had one or two thousand brothers who would sell their lives for him, but in his previous life, his backing was obviously not strong enough. He didn't have much glory before he had to run away.

Nie Yan weighed the pros and cons. Wei Kai was a double-edged sword. Accepting him might bring trouble, but when necessary, it was still a little useful to have underworld forces, just like the relationship between Cao Xu and Po Tian. Po Tian was quite famous in the underworld.

"Let me think about this carefully. Don't give him a definite answer yet," Nie Yan said. This matter had to be carefully considered.

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