Chapter 340 - 316: Frenzy! Something’s Wrong

Chapter 340: Chapter 316: Frenzy! Something’s Wrong

As this thought crossed his mind, Huang City immediately went online and started searching for information on how to get to the Xuanfeng Alliance and what kind of documents he would need.

Unfortunately, it seemed like getting to the Xuanfeng Alliance was a real hassle. It required all sorts of visas and wasn’t as easy as traveling to Tai Country.

At that very moment, countless people were doing the exact same thing, causing search queries for the Xuanfeng Alliance to spike to a terrifying level of popularity online.

This was a truly incredible phenomenon. Without some serious traffic manipulation, achieving this effect would be absolutely impossible.

But for Qingfeng Network Company, one of the nation’s three internet giants, orchestrating this was a piece of cake.

And it was under these circumstances that Qingfeng Network Company played its trump card.

Huang City spent a long time searching online before sighing faintly. The process after getting a visa was already a nightmare, and staying in the Xuanfeng Alliance long-term would be even more complicated.

The time and money required just for the paperwork were far more than his meager savings could handle.

He had no choice but to give up.

Just then, his phone vibrated. A smart assistant appeared on the screen, taking the form of a voluptuous, red-clad woman.

Her avatar was a "teacher" who was extremely popular in Japan.

Smart Assistant: "Master, take a look at this news. It’s very interesting! The Xuanfeng Alliance has launched a tourism program. What’s more, they’ve waived visa requirements for us in the Dragon Country, so you can travel there directly. The crucial part is, as long as you find a job in the Xuanfeng Alliance and have proof of employment, you can live there long-term. However, your employment status needs to be re-verified every month..."

These smart assistant ads were one of Qingfeng Network Company’s cash cows.

These ads weren’t jarring, they were popular, and they generated huge traffic, allowing Qingfeng Network Company to rake in profits.

Huang City looked at his phone screen, which was now playing a news video showcasing various scenic areas in the Xuanfeng Alliance.

The scenery was indeed beautiful.

But the key was that the scenic spots were full of beautiful women.

It seemed like almost all the employees at these tourist attractions were gorgeous women.

Huang City shot up from his seat almost subconsciously, pulled out a backpack, and began to pack.

Of course! He had to get to the Xuanfeng Alliance as fast as humanly possible.

He was already green with envy from watching those other videos. Now that he could go without a visa and could stay if he found a job, what reason was there to wait?

’With my years of experience as a "long-rectangular-solid-directional-movement-engineer," finding a job in the Xuanfeng Alliance, with all its large-scale construction, should be a piece of cake, right?’

Countless people online were doing the exact same thing.

This might seem like an exaggeration to some, but it wasn’t at all.

After all, plenty of people in online relationships would travel a thousand miles from the southern Min Province to the black-earthed lands of the north without ever having seen the woman’s face.

A true thousand-mile pilgrimage.

Of course, after meeting in person, many of them would make the thousand-mile journey back home even faster.

Others fell into a honey trap.

There were even guys who, after falling for someone online, discovered their partner was a man who would then aggressively insist they stay the night before leaving.

Even though countless people had been duped like this online, others continued to fall for the same tricks, one after another.

So, what was so strange about going to the Xuanfeng Alliance?

For some people in the Dragon Country, the distance to the Xuanfeng Alliance wasn’t any greater than the distance to other cities within their own country.

Once he finished packing, Huang City immediately pulled out his phone to buy a ticket to the Xuanfeng Alliance.

But when he clicked on the booking option, he was shocked to find that all available times showed "Sold Out."

He immediately checked the next day.

Still sold out.

’???,’ Huang City thought.

There weren’t any available tickets until three days later, and even those were nearly gone.

He had tried to buy a ticket the instant he saw the video. He couldn’t believe so many people had been even faster.

He immediately clicked and bought one.

There were many men like Huang City across the country.

However, it wasn’t just men buying tickets to the Xuanfeng Alliance; women were too.

After all, netizens weren’t just men.

Today’s short-video platforms all use data analytics to push tailored video news with precision.

Men were naturally pushed the kind of videos Huang City had seen.

But you couldn’t recommend the same content to women. Recommending that to them would be a disaster!

They would never let their boyfriends or husbands go, afraid of what "shouldn’t happen" might happen there.

Besides, even single women had a serious concern: if the women there were beautiful and desperate to marry, wouldn’t that hurt their own "market value?"

So, the videos pushed to them were about the Xuanfeng Facial Mask.

"The Xuanfeng Alliance has opened up to tourism! Travel to the Xuanfeng Alliance now and you can buy Xuanfeng Facial Masks at factory price! Guaranteed authentic and freshly produced."

"Tourists visiting scenic areas in the Xuanfeng Alliance can also receive vouchers for Xuanfeng Facial Masks. Each scenic spot has its own corresponding vouchers."

"Tourists will have the chance to receive free Xuanfeng Facial Masks during their visit to the Xuanfeng Alliance..."

The moment this news broke, it caused an uproar.

The Xuanfeng Facial Mask was already explosively popular in the country.

Every girl knew how effective the Xuanfeng Facial Mask was.

But the supply of Xuanfeng Facial Masks was limited, and there was still not enough to meet demand. Whenever a new batch was released, it would be sold out in an instant. The only way to get one was to be the fastest.

This was especially true in groups of best friends. If some had bought it and others hadn’t, the ones who had it would step out each day with noticeably fairer skin.

As the saying goes, fair skin can hide a myriad of flaws. Someone who was plain would definitely look prettier with much fairer skin. Someone who was already beautiful would look even more so.

The contrast was stark.

So, the more they saw it, the more they wanted to buy it, and the more they wanted it, the more desperate they became.

When it came to beauty, women were like that. They could live without a boyfriend, but they had to be beautiful.

In this situation, when they saw the news about visa-free travel to the Xuanfeng Alliance, how could they possibly resist the temptation? They immediately unleashed their lightning-fast fingers and began snatching up tickets.

And it wasn’t just the men who regularly trained their "hand speed."

As a result, nearly all flights to the Xuanfeng Alliance for the next ten days were completely sold out.

Many who couldn’t get a plane ticket resorted to entering places like Myanmar first—risking getting their kidneys harvested—before trying to cross into the Xuanfeng Alliance from there.

This forced the domestic airlines to urgently add more flights, cutting back on less popular routes to increase service to the Xuanfeng Alliance.

The airlines were dumbfounded by this sudden surge in demand and struggled to keep up.

Soon after, in the Xuanfeng Alliance, Baguda rushed to Wind Capital. The moment he saw Lu Feng, he reported excitedly, "His Excellency the Governor, those people at Qingfeng Network Company are incredible! Their ads just went live, and do you know how many people from the Dragon Country are already coming to our Xuanfeng Alliance to travel?"

"According to the data we got from the airlines, 3,000 people are flying directly to the Xuanfeng Alliance tomorrow alone!"

"That’s to be expected. There will be more in the future," Lu Feng said, shaking his head.

’It’s only 3,000 people.’

Baguda was making a big deal out of nothing.

After all, the daily number of tourists from the Dragon Country going to Tai Country was far higher than this.

During a single month of holidays, the number of tourists from the Dragon Country visiting Tai Country could easily surpass one million.

’This is just the beginning. The Xuanfeng Alliance has what it takes to attract far more tourists from the Dragon Country in a month than Tai Country does.’

The only thing holding the numbers back right now was the lack of flights.

"The number of people who come isn’t what’s important," Lu Feng added, looking at Baguda. "What’s important is providing good service and making them stay."

Baguda nodded, immediately indicating that he understood. He then hurried off to make the arrangements.

Lu Feng, meanwhile, turned his attention to the game world in his mind. He shifted his perspective to check on the various parts of his domain.

Qingfeng Base and the East Suburb Fortress were all normal. Nothing was happening at Red Leaf Base either. Chen Lin, however, was wearing his Mecha and leading a team to lure another zombie horde for cleanup.

Lu Feng watched the zombie horde, noting that its numbers were still massive. It was a city of tens of millions, after all. After the apocalypse, zombies were everywhere, and cleaning them all up would take a very long time.

But suddenly, Lu Feng stared at the zombie horde, stunned.

In the game world, Chen Lin was also stunned by what was happening to the horde, unable to process it for a moment.

In front of the horde, survivors from Qingfeng Base were using hovercars, honking their horns and blasting music to lure the zombies slowly forward.

But now, even as the people from Qingfeng Base tried to attract them, the entire zombie horde had come to a dead stop, completely motionless, as if frozen by a spell.

The scene was absolutely bizarre.