The Self-Redemption of the Wronged Fool [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 19.1

To be honest, the information Cui Miao leaked was merely the content Ji Qiuchi intended for him to access. The gameplay of Divine Realm was vast imaginably so allowing players to acquire resources through various means.

Different combat power levels offered different regional choices, and various skill combinations were available for players to pick at will. The most distinctive feature was that they could directly chant skill incantations via voice to activate abilities.

Initially, it might have felt a bit embarrassing, but eventually, the ACG (Anime, Comic, and Games) community was completely won over. Who hasn’t gone through a “chunibyo” phase in their youth?

Moreover, the incantations were not long, and those who preferred manual operation could still do so. The speed of monster grinding while chanting incantations could even be multiplied, making the experience incredibly exhilarating.

From the closed beta to the present, the feedback had been almost entirely positive. Initially, some internal employees at Shiji thought this game might flop, but with the popularity previously established by Star Spirit Legend, this new iteration of Divine Realm with the same gameplay but a different world-building only became more explosive.

Furthermore, because Divine Realm added a trading function and strictly prohibited studios from using multiple accounts and phones to farm items, many professional players had already chosen to move in. They intended to master the gameplay of Divine Realm during the internal testing phase.

The three rounds of closed beta took several months, and the official public launch of the game occurred during the winter break. On the first day, the game’s top-up system nearly crashed from the overwhelming volume.

What followed was a staggering number of concurrent users. As long as they made no mistakes in subsequent version updates, the game could be operated indefinitely.

However, Cui Miao became unbalanced. The tricks he had played during those days had zero effect on Ji Qiuchi. Yet, he had withdrawn from the project team midway. Watching the project flourish and seeing such a massive cake without having a piece for himself caused his eyes to turn red with jealousy.

To make matters worse, everyone in the company repeatedly brought the subject up or looked at him while shaking their heads.

Cui Miao was half-dead with rage.

Until the entire project was finalized and the game went into public beta, Zhao Chengyu never found an opportunity to join the project team. He could only wait for an accident to occur to another employee so he could fill the vacancy.

But who knew how long that would take?

Their “indestructible” relationship had reached a point of mutual loathing due to everything going wrong. Especially for Cui Miao he no longer cared about marriage at all. If he really wanted to get married, he believed he had better options.

Zhao Chengyu also had no intention of marrying him during those days.

Humans are very strange creatures. Seeing Ji Qiuchi rising to success and gaining charm through the successful completion of the company project, Zhao Chengyu felt that he was good again. He felt Ji Qiuchi was charismatic and that he could never find anyone better.

Yes, Zhao Chengyu regretted it.

Ji Qiuchi earned the admiration and affection of everyone in the company. During the victory banquet, many people came over to talk to him, expressing their willingness to work under him.

Looking at Ji Qiuchi, who was smiling and drinking with them, Qi Ye’s heart had long been itching with desire. However, in this world, they were in a normal superior-subordinate relationship. He worried that if he forced Chi Chi, the other party would simply run away and turn around to crush Shiji.

What was even more of a headache was that the other party had grown accustomed to his care; it was as if no matter what he did, Chi Chi wasn’t surprised and didn’t feel the slightest heartbeat.

It was exactly like this only Chi Chi could make him love and hate like this, feeling both dead and alive.

But could he give up? Naturally, that was impossible. Wasn’t it just a matter of chasing him one more time?

On this side, Ji Qiuchi didn’t know what Qi Ye was thinking. Despite it being a victory banquet, he remained serious and unsmiling, truly looking like someone meant for great things.

He continued to be happy with everyone, but he could always sense a strange gaze. “Little Ling? Is someone peeping at me? Is it those two, Zhao Chengyu and the other?”

520 was nearly scared to death. It spoke silently: “It’s Qi Ye.”

“He must be very happy for me, right?” Ji Qiuchi curled his lips, feeling proud again.

520 had a sense of déjà vu. This feeling the previous owner of this sensation was Lin Ming.

“Teacher Ji, we are alumni. Let’s exchange contact information.”

Ji Qiuchi was in high spirits from drinking and immediately pulled out his phone, only for it to be grabbed by another person.

Qi Ye’s deep eyes swept over the person opposite them. That person immediately felt a shiver, made an excuse, and left.

“Shall I take you home?” Qi Ye asked.

“Sure, Bole (talent scout). Thank you for giving me the chance. In the future, your brother here guarantees to turn yours into the world’s number one game company,” Ji Qiuchi said with a chuckle.

Seeing this cute appearance, Qi Ye couldn’t help but smile. “Alright, I believe you.”

When he sent him home, Qi Ye did not cross the line in the slightest. In the last world, he had lost control, so Chi Chi ran away. This time, he had to exercise restraint.

Ji Qiuchi did not know that the other man stood under the streetlight, watching him go home until the very end, his gaze dense and lingering like silk.

After that day, everyone moved non-stop to establish another game project team, but the nature of that game remained highly confidential to everyone.

Cui Miao felt that his fall to this state was also related to Zhao Chengyu’s bad luck. When he chose to withdraw from the project team, the other party didn’t even stop him.

Perhaps Zhao Chengyu had even been looking forward to seeing him fail so he could join the project team himself it was just a pity the project team didn’t want him at all.

Cui Miao didn’t know that the police had already arrived downstairs. He had violated the non-disclosure agreement and sold company project data. Not only would he have to pay a massive fine, but he would also have to go to jail.

He was taken away in broad daylight, and with the evidence being complete, he didn’t even have a chance to struggle.

Netizens found out about this shortly after. Thinking back to his previous leaks and his targeting of Ji Ning, everything became strangely ironic.

Our new planner is a genius; without him, this game wouldn’t have come out so fast. I knew it that whole narrative before was very suspicious.

My friend is at Shiji. Apparently, everyone in the group is quite convinced by him, and the game is really fun!!!

The characters release outfits in entire malls’ worth; they are sold at a fixed price without any messy gacha or pity systems. Thanks to Planner Ji, we ‘African’ players (unlucky ones) are no longer at war with gacha.

Divine Realm stood far ahead of the pack, becoming the hottest game of the year.

Some even lamented why it wasn’t a full-dive VR game. If it were, they would be willing to live in the game world.

Zhao Chengyu watched with a frown as Cui Miao was taken away. Regarding the other’s leaks, Zhao Chengyu had no idea; he just hadn’t expected him to be so stupid as to do such a thing.

Now, he truly regretted it. If it weren’t for Cui Miao, he wouldn’t have divorced Ji Ning at all. The two of them would have completed the Divine Realm project together, and after finishing it, both would have gained immense benefits.

Shiji was very generous to its employees; they did not hold back on commissions and bonuses. Someone in the project team had even revealed that this single project was enough for them to buy a house. How could that not make people envious?

Zhao Chengyu couldn’t sleep all night. By the early hours of the morning, he was almost possessed. If he hadn’t been deceived by Cui Miao, he would still have his family and his lover, and their lives would be different.

Now, everyone in the company avoided him like a cockroach. This was all Cui Miao’s fault. Of course, as someone close to him, Zhao Chengyu was also taken away for investigation, but since he truly hadn’t done it, he was released quickly.

However, for him, it was still a humiliation. He regretted it and began appearing in front of Ji Qiuchi every day, hinting at his feelings and unabashedly speaking ill of Qi Ye.

Ji Qiuchi had always viewed Qi Ye as a mentor and boss, and nothing else had happened. Although Ji Qiuchi felt a bit embarrassed for using him as an excuse once, their interaction was very normal. When Zhao Chengyu repeatedly claimed Qi Ye had designs on him, Ji Qiuchi felt he was defiling the friendship between him and his mentor, making him even more annoyed.

Qi Ye just smiled and said nothing. He wasn’t displeased about Ji Qiuchi using him as a shield. Previously, when Zhao Chengyu smeared them, Qi Ye directly added fuel to the fire, letting it ferment for so long that the whole company found out this time including Ji Qiuchi.

Ji Qiuchi was speechless. The two of them having an affair? A “skin-and-flesh” transaction?

After Qi Ye found out, he even comforted him and treated him as usual. This made Ji Qiuchi admire the other’s character even more, thinking he was a good person and that everything was Zhao Chengyu’s fault. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, and after work that day, he directly delivered a heavy slap to Zhao Chengyu.

Zhao Chengyu was stunned.

“You lowly thing. You’re the one spreading rumors about me and Qi Ye everywhere, right? If you act like a jerk again, I’ll slap you again.”

Qi Ye really wasn’t as good as Ji Qiuchi thought. The Divine Realm project was a huge success, the annual party was approaching, and Qi Ye intended to express his feelings.

But he didn’t expect someone to beat him to it. Ji Qiuchi’s answer was actually that he intended to focus on his career.

Many people suggested that perhaps because of his previous failed marriage, he was avoiding such things, which led many people with similar intentions to give up one after another.

Because Ji Qiuchi could not possibly agree, and in the end, it was because Zhao Chengyu was still in the company.

And Zhao Chengyu actually went all out, claiming he had changed his mind. Even though he had been hit last time, he said that as long as Ji Qiuchi apologized, he would forgive him; he still liked him, putting on a look of profound affection.

To this guy, Ji Qiuchi just gave two cold laughs and raised his hand, scaring him away.

Qi Ye was not happy after seeing two people confess; his whole body emitted a terrifyingly dark aura.

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