"Brothers, I'll lead the charge! Follow me — let's destroy those Little Japs!"
Zhao Baihui, his hair white as snow, sat in a comfortable gaming chair, his mouse hand still remarkably steady and strong.
This was a newly developed mega-scale online game featuring a genuine nation-war system, where countries could declare war on and invade one another.
He was currently leading the forces of Great Qing in an assault on the nation of the Japanese players.
He'd been playing this game for two years now, and his favorite thing — without fail — was leading the Four Great Nations to crush the Little Japs whenever the nation wars came around.
Never got old, not even after a hundred battles.
A teenage girl came in, changed the bed sheets and duvet cover, and upon noticing how completely absorbed Zhao Baihui was in his game, pouted with undisguised displeasure.
"Master, you've been playing for six hours already! Do you still want to keep your eyes or not!"
"Xiao Ya, just twenty more minutes. Twenty minutes — once I break through the Little Japs' capital city, I'll stop."
"I'm the main force here. I can't just disappear on them."
As the game's top-spending player — one who utterly crushed the second-place contender into the dust — his combat power was a critical factor in this nation war.
The game's balance was actually quite well-designed. Taking on two or three opponents at once was manageable enough, but fighting eight or ten at a time was genuinely difficult.
But then again, who told him to top up so much money?
"Alright, Master, twenty minutes then. I'll come back in twenty minutes."
Xiao Ya stepped out, returned to the break room to rest, and chatted with her colleagues.
"Master is already 110 years old, and he still has this much energy. It's truly remarkable."
"Of course it's remarkable — Master was the first person to unify the entire world. How could he be anything ordinary?"
"It's such a pity, though. All the people who accompanied Master in his earlier days are gone now. Even his children have passed."
"Master must be terribly lonely. That's why he loses himself in games. I was wrong — I shouldn't have tried to stop him from playing."
"Don't think of it that way. You only do it because you care about his health. We all hope Master can live forever."
"That's true. Oh — the twenty minutes are up. Let me go check on him."
Zhao Xiaoya went to the room, found the computer switched off and Master nowhere to be seen, and figured he had probably gone downstairs for a walk. She left without a second thought.
In the building next door, in the monitoring room, a young guard stood to the side with a long-suffering expression, watching as the Master had commandeered his workstation and was going absolutely wild on it.
"Stop staring at me play — keep an eye on Xiao Ya. Find out where she is, and the moment she heads this way, you warn me!"
"Yes, Master." The young guard wore a look of utter resignation. If this got discovered, Sister Xiao Ya would have his head later.
He was a young scion of the Zhao family, for crying out loud. Why did he have to suffer like this?
So sad. So blue.
…
Zhao Baihui passed away peacefully at the age of 120, leaving behind the undying legend of the great Master Zhao.
On that day, the United Nations and governments of every nation flew white flags of mourning in unison.
The flags flew for a full year.
…
"Class, today is the first lesson of your middle school history course. Open your textbooks — does everyone recognize the person on the cover?"
"Teacher, that's the face on our money!"
"That's right. This is the person on the new currency — Master Zhao, the greatest man the world has ever known."
"He created the happy life we enjoy today. Without him, many of us might still be going hungry."
"As it stands, most of us no longer need to work. We are free to enjoy life each and every day — and all of that is because of Master Zhao."
"He not only unified the world, but led the development of controlled nuclear fusion technology, giving humanity access to virtually unlimited energy and making it possible for every single person to live a life of dignity and happiness."
"Remember him for the rest of your lives. Never forget him."
"His name was Zhao Baihui."
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【Congratulations on completing the grand achievement: World Unification】
【You have received one Mysterious Gift Package】
【Your first Mysterious Gift Package contains: Reincarnation】
【Your second Mysterious Gift Package contains: A Mysterious Pocket Dimension】