When Zhao Rong returned to the real world, he spotted the stubble-faced, middle-aged man standing beside the arcade machine, staring intently at the screen.

The man chuckled and boasted, "Don’t be fooled. I may be a fatty with no more strength than it takes to truss a chicken, but I assure you, this is the hardest level of them all. I’ve dragged everyone who tried to pass it into the game, and then I watched them die, disappear, and finally vanish into thin air, completely erased from this world..."

As the man laughed arrogantly, Zhao Rong rushed forward, leaped into the air, and landed a flying kick that sent him sprawling face-first onto the ground. "You son of a bitch," Zhao Rong snarled. "You dragged us into that game world? I’m going to start by beating the hell out of you."

True to his word, Zhao Rong proceeded to beat the man senseless. He didn’t stop until his target was bleeding from the head, crying for his parents, and scrambling to find his own teeth on the floor. Only then did he stop. Zhao Rong grabbed the man by the collar, lifted him up, and pointed at the arcade machine.

"I’m asking you, can you beat this level for me?"

The stubble-faced man shook his head, feigning grievance. "Big Brother, I’m just a martial arts expert who guards this level. I don’t actually know how to play the game..."

Before he could finish, Zhao Rong cracked a resounding slap across his face, drawing blood from the corner of the man’s mouth. "You bastard, still trying to play smart with me? I see you don’t want to live anymore."

With that, Zhao Rong picked up a brick from the ground and brandished it threateningly. Before the brick could connect with his skull, the middle-aged man dropped to his knees, begging for his life. "Big Brother, please spare me! I’ll help you beat the game, I promise!"

Seeing the man finally cower, Zhao Rong tossed the brick aside. He pointed at the arcade machine again and ordered, "Beat it for me, right now. Otherwise, this brick isn’t just for show, and I guarantee it’ll fracture your skull."

Hearing how ruthless Zhao Rong was, the man obediently started playing. As it turned out, he was an expert gamer, and in no time at all, he cleared the final level.

The moment the game was beaten, the assistant, Lili, Yu Lan, and Xuelian all returned from the dinosaur world to reality.

As soon as they materialized, they took deep gulps of fresh air, basked in the sunlight, and gazed up at the white clouds drifting across the sky. "It’s so good to be alive," one of them said emotionally. "To come back from that terrifying dinosaur world to our peaceful reality... it’s just so wonderful."

Lili stepped forward, wrapped her arms around Zhao Rong, and planted a firm kiss on his cheek. "Brother Zhao Rong, you’re incredible! You’re not just handsome and a master of Martial Arts, you’re a gaming genius too!"

Yu Lan hugged Zhao Rong’s leg, crying with excitement. "Brother Zhao Rong, if you ever got into competitive gaming, I bet you could join a pro team and win an international championship!"

Xuelian also thanked him profusely. "Brother Zhao Rong, is there anything you can’t do? There’s nothing in this world that’s impossible for you!"

Wiping tears from his eyes, the assistant thanked him for saving his and the three women’s lives. "Brother Zhao Rong, I don’t know how I can ever thank you for saving us..."

Just then, the stubble-faced man looked at Zhao Rong and begged, "Big Brother, since I helped you beat the game, shouldn’t you let me go now? Spare my life?"

Before he could finish, the assistant snatched up a nearby stick and furiously beat the man with it. "You’re a wicked, wicked man!" he seethed, venting his rage. "If Brother Zhao Rong hadn’t stepped up to save us from that arcade machine, we’d all be dead in that dinosaur world by now!"

No sooner had the assistant finished than Lili picked up a whip and began lashing the man mercilessly. "You’re pure evil! Not only do you work for villains, but you murder people for money! You’re the worst of the worst!"

Xuelian went even further, grabbing two empty beer bottles and smashing them over the man’s head until he was seeing stars. "You’re the most vile person in all of Bada Alley! You almost got us killed! Now you’ll pay, a tooth for a tooth and blood for blood!"

While the women were delivering their savage beating, the assistant refused to be left out. He leaped into the air, aiming a flying kick at the man. "Let’s see how you like my flying kick!"

His foot connected, sending the man flying more than ten meters through the air before he slammed violently into a stone wall.

When Zhao Rong saw that his friends were about to beat the man to death, he quickly stepped in to stop them. "Everyone, hold back! If we kill him, all our leads will dry up. Don’t forget, the dwarf who led us into Bada Alley has already escaped."

It turned out that while Zhao Rong’s group was trapped in the game, the dwarf had seized the opportunity to flee.

With that, Zhao Rong helped the battered man to his feet. "You’d better lead us to your bosses, Zhou Xiaoer and Hong Ju," he commanded. "Otherwise, my assistant and the three women behind me will be happy to send you to meet King Yan."

Beaten to a bloody pulp with broken ribs, the man spoke through the pain. "I used to own an arcade hall. I was famous for being an amazing gamer... But I got greedy and courted death, taking this job in Bada Alley to be the ’expert’ for the eighth stage. Now look at me... Even if you kill me now, I won’t take you to see my bosses, Zhou Xiaoer and Hong Ju."

Hearing his defiance, Lili stepped forward and drove her knee straight into his groin. "Keep talking tough," she hissed, "and see if I don’t smash your eggs."

Clutching himself, the man cried out in agony. "Let me tell you the truth! If I take you to see the boss, Hong Ju, and her son, Zhou Xiaoer, I’ll die for sure, and it will be an agonizing death. Rather than die like that at their hands, I’d prefer you just give me a quick and clean death right here!"