In the Primitive District of the Virtual Universe, within his own manor,
Luo Feng sat before his desk, flipped open his laptop screen, lightly clicked, and opened his email.
“The fourth ring of the highest-point mission has been completed. After evaluation by many members, your completion rate for the fourth ring is 70%, earning you 280,000 points. Thus, the entire highest-point mission has now concluded.”
Luo Feng slightly furrowed his brow.
Only 70% completion? During the fourth ring, especially regarding the ‘judgment of my father,’ he had indeed been somewhat overbearing and directly declared his father innocent. Yet, regarding the other family members, Luo Feng believed his judgments had been fair.
“Let me see what the review says.”
Luo Feng continued reading the email.
“Review: This final mission tasked Luo Feng with judging 21 members of his clan. However, regarding his father, he neither captured nor judged him, thus failing to complete the fourth ring mission as a whole. Clearly, deep down, Luo Feng holds his father in extremely high regard, even refraining from judging him altogether.
Although his father may seem somewhat innocent, he is not entirely without fault. A minimum of a hundred years in prison would have been appropriate, yet Luo Feng directly declared him innocent.
Between public duty and personal matters, he clearly favors the personal.
Therefore, this mission’s completion rate can only be rated at 70%. We hope Luo Feng can better understand the distinction between public and private.”
…
After reading this review, Luo Feng’s mindset remained unchanged. Having reached the first stage of heart cultivation and walking an extreme path, even the advice of Hong and Thunder God could hardly influence Luo Feng. Thus, one can imagine his stubbornness—or rather, the firmness of his conviction.
He coldly closed the email and opened a new one.
“Additional reward for the highest-point mission?” Luo Feng smiled as he read.
The first four rings, even if each were completed at 100%, would only total one million points, while the maximum additional points could reach another million.
“Based on your performance from the first to the fourth rings, you are awarded an additional 600,000 points. We hope you will reflect on yourself.”
Luo Feng felt a stirring in his heart.
600,000 additional points?
Then his total points for this mission would be: 82,000 (first ring) + 180,000 (second ring) + 300,000 (third ring) + 280,000 (fourth ring) + 600,000 (additional points), totaling 1,442,000 points. This is 72.1% of the mission’s maximum 2,000,000 points—falling short of the so-called threshold of 80%.
Clearly, this result can only be described as mediocre.
“Final Review: In the first ring, you slaughtered millions yet remained lucid enough to spare some who did not deserve death. This proves… that deep down, you are extremely bloodthirsty yet still calm. And though bloodthirsty, in the second ring, you chose to protect 1 billion weaklings, showing your compassion for the weak.
The third ring proved your fearlessness against the powerful, your unyielding spirit, and your firm execution of the mission with unwavering belief.
Bloodthirsty yet calm, compassionate toward the weak, unafraid of the powerful.
You did very well in the first three rings. If the fourth ring had been handled well, we could have given you an additional 900,000 points.
But when the same mission of judging 21 people was changed to judging your own family, your reaction surprised us… especially toward your father. Not only did you refuse to judge him, you didn’t even bother to capture him or put on a show of doing so. Clearly, your family has a tremendous influence on you, even to the point of blurring public and private boundaries, disregarding laws and regulations.
Humans are naturally social beings and should value family.
But everything must have a proper degree, and you clearly have gone ‘too far’ in this aspect. We hope you can awaken to this realization.”
…
The highest mission officially concluded.
As for how the Virtual Universe Company viewed him after this mission, Luo Feng couldn’t care less.
“Too far?”
“You say I value my father too much?” Luo Feng sneered.
What a joke—arrogant fools!
Under the guidance of his elder and second brothers, Luo Feng had immersed himself in reading ancient Chinese texts. Through this reading, his soul had been cleansed, and many ideas deeply resonated with him.
Since ancient times, Chinese culture has held the saying: “Among all virtues, filial piety comes first!”
Filial piety has been revered as the highest virtue.
Even in history, although the Chinese nation underwent many dynastic changes, many dynasties consistently agreed… that disrespecting and defying one’s parents was a capital offense! Some dynasties even imposed cruel punishments such as “lingchi” (death by slicing), “flaying,” and “reducing to ashes”—clearly elevating “filial piety” to the highest level.
In contrast, in modern society, even during the era of base cities, cases of neglecting to support one’s parents or even physically abusing them were not uncommon.
Without the cultural heritage of China, people no longer saw these as grave sins.
But for Luo Feng, who cultivates the heart…
He had always been filial to his parents since childhood. Later, after “clarifying his heart and seeing his true nature,” and after reading many historical texts, he had further insights.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a case where a son reported his father for stealing a sheep, yet the son’s act was deemed unfilial and severely punished!
In the history of China’s Qin Dynasty, the laws were extremely strict and emphasized legalism, yet they downplayed “filial piety.” The entire nation lacked even the most basic warmth and affection in familial relationships. How could the citizens truly be loyal to the state? How could the nation remain stable? Thus, the Qin Dynasty fell within two generations!
…
There are many historical stories about filial piety, but they all point to one truth.
Filial Piety!
It is the most fundamental element of the human race. Suppose a person cannot even fulfill the basic duty of filial piety and treats his parents poorly. Then, could such a person be loyal to his superiors? Loyal to his country? Such a person is either brainwashed and devoid of self-awareness or extremely selfish!
If one does not honor his parents, then in his heart… he truly values no one else. He only values himself!
Extremely selfish!
“Among all virtues, filial piety comes first!”
“Even if my father has erred, I, as his son, would rather bear the burden myself! I will also advise him to correct his ways… as for punishment… at the very least, I, as his son, will never carry it out.” Luo Feng murmured silently. “Public duty and private matters? Is there a boundary between them?”
“Perhaps what the Virtual Universe Company desires… are subordinates who perfectly obey company orders without question, even when it involves their loved ones! At the very least, they must place company orders on equal or even higher importance than their family. That is likely the kind of person the Virtual Universe Company seeks.”
“Unfortunately!”
“The commands of the Virtual Universe Company are not even a tenth as important to me as my father.”
“Too far?”
“I think not at all.”
Luo Feng murmured silently.
…
The next day.
At the Nine-Star Bay of the Black Dragon Island in the Virtual Universe, Luo Feng was with his father, Luo Hongguo, and mother, Gong Xinlan.
“Dad, Mom.” Luo Feng poured tea for his parents.
“Why did you come to visit us today?” Gong Xinlan looked at her son, her eyes smiling with delight.
Luo Feng smiled and changed the subject: “Mom, Dad, did you two form a guild called Nirvana in the virtual game?”
“How do you know?” Luo Hongguo’s eyes lit up as he quickly replied, “That game ‘Frost World’ is truly vast and breathtaking. It’s amazing to ride flying beast mounts through endless icy landscapes. The massive battles of a million armies, the duels between generals on the battlefield—it’s so cool!”
“Cool” was a word commonly used by his father’s generation.
“Hehe.” Luo Feng smiled at his father’s excitement. It made him feel fulfilled to see his father living his dream.
“Mom, Dad, I have something to show you.” Luo Feng said.
He then flipped his hand and produced a set of documents—information regarding the Nirvana Guild’s killings. After applying to the intelligence department, he had confirmed that these were the most basic and common files, and with his status, he was allowed to show them to his parents.
“What is it?” Luo Hongguo and Gong Xinlan were puzzled but took the documents and began reading.
The room fell silent.
Luo Feng sat quietly, waiting.
His parents kept reading, and their expressions grew increasingly grim. Finally, Luo Hongguo slammed the table and stood up, his eyes red, growling, “Damn it! A bunch of ungrateful bastards! I considered them brothers in life and death, but I never expected them to use me like this. Xinlan, you warned me not to trust people easily back then, but I thought—who cares in a virtual game? Just drink from big bowls, eat meat heartily, and fight with big swords. It’s so free and exhilarating. But they… they actually…”
“Dad.” Luo Feng saw his father’s reaction and knew the blow was heavy.
Luo Hongguo sat back down, his eyes filled with pain.
Gong Xinlan comforted him beside.
“So many people died…” Luo Hongguo’s voice trembled slightly.
“Dad, it’s just that you misjudged people, but the real culprits are those bastards.” Luo Feng quickly said.
“But they used my influence.” Luo Hongguo shook his head.
“No, to be precise, they used my influence.” Luo Feng said. “If not for me, the Black Dragon Empire and the Qianwu Cosmic Nation’s departments would not have been so hesitant.”
Luo Hongguo felt deeply pained.
Luo Feng also knew that showing these documents to his parents would hurt them greatly, but although painful, it had to be done. Parents may err, and it is the son’s duty to advise them.
“Mom, Dad.” Luo Feng changed the subject to distract his parents. “I have to leave soon.”
“Leave?” Luo Hongguo and Gong Xinlan asked in confusion.
Wasn’t their son often away?
“This time it will be for a long time—at least a thousand years.” Luo Feng said solemnly. “Therefore, in the future, I will no longer be able to return to Earth, and even in the Virtual Universe… I may only come here once in a very long while.”
“Where are you going?” Luo Hongguo and Gong Xinlan asked together.
“Chaos City.” Luo Feng said.
Last time he went there was to Chaos City, and his parents already knew some basic information.
…
After completing the highest-point mission, Luo Feng directly applied to the Virtual Universe Company to go to ‘Chaos City.’ As a core disciple, those at the Cosmic Level, Domain Lord Level, and World Lord Level all had opportunities to train there… Luo Feng’s application was naturally approved quickly. Then—
Through divine realm teleportation, Dylan directly sent Luo Feng to the universe-wide headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company.
After that, Luo Feng boarded the company’s own spaceship, joining other immortal gods, and entered the ‘Primordial Universe.’
As for Dylan and the honor guard, they could not follow him inside.
According to Luo Feng’s plan—
After leaving Chaos City, he would be at the peak of World Lord. At that time, he would no longer be able to bring the honor guard with him. In other words, from this moment on, the honor guard had already departed from him.
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