Divine Wind Realm.

At this moment, all players ranked within the top five thousand on the Stellar Level Rankings had gathered in one place.

In the eyes of ordinary players, these people were lofty experts who stood high above the masses. But right now, every single one of them stood obediently, not even daring to breathe too loudly.

Because the person standing before them was the legend among players!

Daniel!

Daniel lifted his eyelids slightly, his gaze sweeping across everyone’s faces.

His eyes were cold and clear. His voice was not loud, yet it was like icy spring water seeping through cracks in stone, coolly slipping into everyone’s ears.

"The human race must continue moving upward, so the fusion of the game world and the real world is something that cannot be stopped."

He said, "I do not want to see the world descend into chaos and order collapse when that time comes. If anyone dares stir up trouble and commit evil after the fusion, don’t blame me for turning ruthless."

Hiss—!

Everyone present drew in a sharp breath at the same time.

Cold sweat had already broken out on many people’s foreheads.

No one doubted Daniel’s strength, and there was even less need to mention his power and influence.

He was the strongest existence in this world.

Without exception.

His prestige among players had already reached the ceiling. Once he had been placed on that pedestal, he had never come down.

Everyone present was shrewd. They all understood what Daniel meant.

Most of them had never had such thoughts to begin with. But even if a tiny part of them had, they would now have to carefully weigh the consequences.

What would happen if they angered this lord?

"In short," Daniel said calmly, "what I want is an orderly and stable world."

"Whatever Aetheria is like, Earth must become the same."

"Guild Leader!"

A veteran player from the guild suddenly stood up, his gaze sweeping across the surrounding crowd like a blade.

"We all understand what you mean. I’ll put my words here right now: whoever dares rely on whatever foundation they once had on Earth and refuse to obey the rules you set down will be making an enemy of the entire guild!"

"Then let them test whether our blades are sharp or not!"

"Guild Leader, I swear to follow you to the death."

"Guild Leader, I support you too."

"大神 Daniel, don’t worry. We all support you."

Very quickly, wave after wave of players stood up and voiced their stance.

Those with other thoughts sat as if on a bed of nails, feeling uncomfortable all over. Awkward smiles hung on their faces, but in the end, they also stood up and echoed the others.

Daniel saw this scene clearly.

He understood better than anyone what kind of people players were.

A lawless world was something many ambitious players longed for.

The entire world would be reshuffled, and they would hold Strength capable of crushing billions of people in their hands. Who would not want to climb upward?

Who would not want to taste the flavor of power?

Daniel simply would not give them that chance.

"After the game and reality fuse,"

His gaze pressed down on the noisy crowd like two torches.

"I will not forcibly keep you in the guild. But you had better think it through. Once you leave, you can forget about ever coming back."

"All guild resources will be closed to those who leave. Also, if anyone relies on their Strength to act recklessly, even if they are a brother who has followed me for the longest time, I will make sure they die without even ashes left behind."

"You had better carve these words into your minds."

He waved his hand.

"Meeting dismissed."

After saying that, Daniel turned and left.

He had always been decisive in the way he handled matters.

He drew only one red line.

Whoever stepped across it would die!

He would absolutely not leave these people any room to repeatedly test his limits.

After Daniel left, the players finally began discussing in twos and threes.

"By the gods, that aura from the guild leader just now nearly scared my soul out of my body."

A player let out a long breath.

"It was even more terrifying than facing a supreme-grade boss alone."

"Who says it wasn’t?"

Another player lowered his voice, as if afraid something might hear him.

"I didn’t even dare breathe too hard. I was afraid the guild leader would misunderstand and think I was disloyal to him, hahahaha..."

"But may the Lord bear witness, my loyalty to the guild leader is tougher than silver-grade metal forged by dwarves."

"The guild leader’s words hit the nail on the head."

Someone smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Those young brats who grew up under Earth’s old order have suddenly been given such enormous Strength overnight. Who can guarantee they won’t go mad?"

"Exactly. We ’players’ know what kind of people we are, don’t we?"

They themselves were players.

Daniel’s words had been meant for them.

And only they had the ability to turn Earth upside down.

"I’ve already made up my mind to follow the guild leader."

A player smiled honestly, but his eyes were filled with seriousness.

"If he points east, I will never go west. If he tells me to cut someone down, my sword will point at that person."

"Without the guild leader, where would this strength of mine have come from?"

"Looks like I’ll have to go back and give my brothers a proper warning."

Someone sighed helplessly.

"It’s time to restrain ourselves a little and stop being too conspicuous."

"Yeah. When Strength rises too quickly, people’s hearts become hard to control."

"At a critical moment like this, who would dare become the first bird to stick its head out?"

Someone muttered under his breath, as if warning himself.

"The guild leader will definitely kill a chicken to warn the monkeys. Whoever jumps out first will be that chicken. Trying to show off? That’s just courting death."

...

Daniel found a quiet place and took the Scroll of Version Upgrade out of his backpack.

[Ding! Confirm use of Scroll of Version Upgrade?]

"Confirm."

[Ding! Use successful!]

The next moment, a grand world announcement resounded throughout the thousands of large and small World Zones of Stellar!

[Ding! The brand-new version "Lord of Earth" is about to begin. The game world and the real world have begun fusing...]

[All players, please note: After world fusion, players will no longer need gaming devices to log in.]

[After fusion, the game system will continue to exist. Advancement beyond supreme-grade will require Mental State to improve one’s realm.]

[Prompt: After world fusion, all game systems will remain unchanged.]

[Key emphasis!!!]

[All real-world game regions will merge and fuse into one Earth world. The world’s area and landmasses will expand drastically!]

[Note: After world fusion, players who die on Earth will no longer be able to resurrect.]

[After the new version begins, the Gate of Reincarnation will open. The Gate of Reincarnation exists within every player’s system and can instantly appear at the bound resurrection point. Note: Currently, only Aetheria has resurrection points. Aside from Earth, deaths in all other planes will automatically result in appearance at a resurrection point.]

[Prompt: After world fusion, version update maintenance will begin. Estimated duration: five minutes. After maintenance ends, all players will appear on Earth by default.]

...

Daniel listened as system prompts popped up beside his ear one after another.

Overall, the changes were not too great.

There were four most obvious points.

First, gaming devices were no longer needed.

Every player’s system now had a Gate of Reincarnation. Through it, they could instantly return to their bound resurrection point.

Second, Earth had become special.

After the game fused with reality, all Earths where humans from different worlds lived would be forcibly fused together, forming a brand-new, enormous Earth!

Third point.

If one died on other planes, one could still resurrect.

Only death on Earth was true death.

There was definitely some secret hidden behind this.

Fourth, after reaching supreme-grade and above, players could no longer rely on killing monsters to gain experience and level up. From then on, they had to rely on themselves!

Even after reaching the required level, the Divine Domain would not generate on its own. Everything would depend on one’s own ability.

Mainly speaking, these were the four points that needed attention!