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Thanks to the child support form “Vailen”, there will be 8 extra chapters this week. This is the 3rd.
It’s not easy to encounter compatible teammates.
Encountering several compatible teammates at once is even more difficult.
And these teammates, who currently seem to be compatible in all aspects, all have a great possibility of reaching rank C. Even fools know to immediately secure and reserve them.
[Xiao Qing: Otherwise, after a few more instances, AFA will definitely come poaching. Although AFA’s reputation is like that, after all, they are a big and influential organization, which is still very attractive.]
[Xiao Qing: By the way, have you not encountered anyone from AFA yet? [ (º～º) ]
AFA—Xu Yintang hasn’t heard this term for a while. After thinking for a moment, he realized it was the term for another player group in the game, aside from the strategy group.
[Sugar: No.]
[Xiao Qing: Right, you don’t participate much in the forums, and you level up fast. Haven’t bumped into them is normal. But they have always had issues with Moon God. If you encounter them in the future, be cautious.]
[Xiao Qing: The ones at the top are relatively intelligent, but some of the younger ones below… well…]
[Xiao Qing: [ ╮(╯_╰)╭ ]
Xu Yintang sent a comforting [pat/jpg] using a Casey Cat emoji, and then chatted with Xiao Qing about this topic for a while. Xiao Qing rarely found someone who wouldn’t rush to the main topic, so he vented to Xu Yintang about his experiences being harassed by AFA.
As a potential stock that could find ways to trade with various strategy groups while still in D-level instances, Xiao Qing and the steadily progressing Xu Yintang were quite different. He had already caught the attention of various player factions early on.
However, strategy groups are usually fixed, and they generally don’t recruit casually. Xiao Qing had only done some information trading with them, maintaining a friendly and observant attitude—even if his relationship with Kama Zuozi was unclear, it wasn’t something that involved the entire cat group.
But AFA was different. They wanted to recruit any young talents who seemed promising. Individuals like Xiao Qing became their focus the moment they appeared, often being harassed by players responsible for recruiting.
In Xiao Qing’s words, it was like a persistent bank loan salesman; no matter how many times you reject them, there’s always the next time.
During extremely unlucky times, he would even encounter fools from AFA in instances—organizations with more diverse and mixed members were more prone to internal conflicts, leading to the only extremely evil incident in Xiao Qing’s gaming experience where he couldn’t take it anymore and killed his teammates.
[Sugar: … Hard work.]
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[Xiao Qing: I don’t really like AFA’s operating model. However, it’s not bad for some players who just want to accumulate points and survive. It’s like finding a high-risk, high-return full-time job. Considering the exchange rate of game points to currency, most have achieved financial freedom.]
[Xiao Qing: Existence is a compromise, after all, you have to give the lazy fish a way to survive.]
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It felt like a forced cooldown, extinguishing the flame directly.
“I’m just curious, after all. There are so many stories on the forum, and they’re all written quite vividly.”
Xu Yintang chuckled apologetically, using Shi Yuebai’s position to playfully touch his lips with his fingertips, sliding them in to chase the elusive softness of his tongue. Shi Yuebai made a faint “um” sound, slightly furrowing his brows in a gesture of reluctance, but his cheeks quickly flushed red from the neck where the warmth spread.
The temperature that had dropped was ignited once again as Xu Yintang added more fuel to the fire. Shi Yuebai, suppressing his impatience, indulged in a playful game where they chased each other’s tongues until patience ran out. Then, he pulled Xu Yintang by his hair, leaning over him, and bit fiercely on that gossip-filled mouth that was still enthusiastic.
Did they really have to talk about the conflicts between AFA now? He’s a living person! Right here in his arms!
Don’t you want to be affectionate?!
Xu Yintang moved his bitten finger, licking the blood off it, and flipped over to kiss Shi Yuebai, soothing the somewhat upset… well, let’s call him a lover (?), with the taste of blood lingering in his mouth.
Seemingly since the veil was lifted, Shi Yuebai was not as gentle and compliant as before. Like a stray cat you brought home, with round cat eyes narrowing, he began to expose his domineering claws.
If accidentally scratched, it felt a bit painful and itchy. Shi Yuebai, as if knowing he made a mistake, would come to lick you in a seemingly apologetic manner, with a bit of a pitiful look in his eyes, as if afraid of being kicked out of the house.
Xu Yintang knew it was just an act. Although Shi Yuebai was beautiful, that sharp and fierce face was not suitable for portraying an innocent and cute expression. It just made him look awkward.
If you had to say there was something cute about him, it was the clumsy and earnest effort to be endearing. Even though Xu Yintang knew it was an act, he tacitly allowed the source of warmth to get closer and take advantage of the situation.
This wasn’t a cat; it was clearly a tiger, leopard, jackal, or wolf with luxurious fur and a graceful posture. While pretending to be a cat, he would hum and meow, but he couldn’t hide the predatory attack nature.
Shi Yuebai always had a good appetite, wanting to gain more benefits when resisting. This made Xu Yintang’s sweet traps incredibly effective. The fluffy and irritated prey was rubbed until it exposed its belly, squinting its eyes, even the tail base soft and displaying a cute and lazy appearance.
Having fully combed the fur and giving enough sweetness, Shi Yuebai became much more agreeable. He hugged Xu Yintang’s neck and licked the corners of his mouth with unsatisfied thoughts.
He thought of the grass on the graves of those old friends, which were three feet high, and the soft pillows on his high bed with his white moonlight and countless good times in the future. When he mentioned those idiots, his tone was… Not so disgusted anymore.
“Players were initially discovered by the government because AFA went out of control,” Shi Yuebai said, rubbing the blood vessels on Xu Yintang’s neck. Taking advantage of the absence of Second Treasure, he shamelessly occupied the territory of the cub, lazily speaking with a tone of satisfaction.
“A group of ordinary people suddenly gained money, power, and an organization to rely on, with internal classes and lack of sufficient constraints and guidance mechanisms in reality despite being born and dying in instances. The result naturally led to excessive desires and uncontrollable emotions, unable to see their own position.”
“I don’t know if the upper echelons of AFA knew what they were doing at that time, but they did train their army in a way that completely confused the boundaries between the game and reality, repeatedly challenging the government’s bottom line. Not to mention that at that time, the highest rank a player could reach was only B, and even now, we cannot possibly contend with the power of the national machinery.”
Shi Yuebai swayed his tail, attempting to rescue the tail tip from Xu Yintang’s hands. After some unsuccessful efforts, he could only hum and, in retaliation, teasingly stirred the patterns on Xu Yintang’s lower abdomen.
Xu Yintang couldn’t handle this. He had to release the soft tail tip, tighten his lower abdomen, press against Shi Yuebai, and change directions. He seized the ignited flames everywhere.
First, grip tightly, from the wrist to the heart, intertwining ten fingers.
Shi Yuebai didn’t struggle, heaved a sigh to adjust his breathing, and pondered to retrieve the words that had drifted away. “Players in instances are just passing by; reality is the root of where we stand. In fact, we need a stable real world more than the government does. Our loved ones, partners, friends… as long as we’re alive, we can’t completely disregard people or things that matter to us. It’s equivalent to the players’ soul anchors, supporting them to survive in instances time and time again.”
A stable and peaceful real world is the most basic condition to ensure the safety of those they care about.
However, at the same time, the government cannot tolerate the existence of an unstable element with ambitious aspirations within the country. In this regard, AFA back in the day was like dancing in the minefield of the national dad.
BlueMoon, still in its infancy at the time, had enough of the terrible gaming experience harassed by AFA’s dominance. Sensing the unfavorable direction, unwilling to follow AFA into the government’s hit list, he pulled a few friends who looked decent and didn’t want to die yet, made a deal with the National Science Alliance, and kicked the AFA’s high-level members into the dust of history.
It boils down to the fact that as long as people are alive, there will never be complete indifference to people or things. When the massive national machinery goes into full operation, the difficulty of the extermination mission does not exceed that of an E-level instance.
Considering that the majority of AFA’s members were ordinary players following the trend to pass their time, the name AFA was preserved to avoid causing panic among players.
The organization underwent silent changes in leadership, and many members probably felt that life had improved considerably. At least the new leaders knew how to register a company in the real world and provide them with regular social security and benefits.
Xu Yintang pinched Shi Yuebai’s palm like kneading a stress ball, thoughtfully. “So, is the current AFA actually aligned with you?”
“I can only say that we have reached a consensus on maintaining stability in the real world, but everything else that needs to be dealt with is still dealt with,” Shi Yuebai said, sneering. “After all, the fundamental nature of the organization hasn’t changed, and the monotonous assembly line of clearing levels is no fun.”
Xu Yintang understood. “Even organizations have to learn to enjoy the game, right?”
Shi Yuebai smiled and happily kissed Xu Yintang. “A game should have the appearance of a game. Isn’t it great?”
As he spoke, his expression was like that of a child showing off a card collection, not hiding his pride – it could even be described as arrogant. Xu Yintang couldn’t help but smile along, responding with a tender and lingering deep kiss.
“Control freak.”
In the gap between kisses, he bit Shi Yuebai’s ear. Shi Yuebai chuckled, producing a hoarse sound. “Don’t like it?”
“… No.” Xu Yintang replied sincerely and gently, “I like it even more.”
Xu Yintang had seen on the forum what kind of bad ecosystem the earlier games were like, until BlueMoon appeared and almost rebuilt everything.
First, the program, strategies, then influencing the organizational forms of players, the trading patterns and pricing benchmarks in the in-game store, spreading to the distinction and integration of the real and gaming worlds, the control and guidance of players’ unique abilities, gradually blending into a stable and friendly cooperative relationship between the government and players.
Now, all players were unconsciously playing the game in the way Shi Yuebai liked, even AFA, which he called a monotonous assembly line.
Enjoyable, chaotic, and crazy…
…yet orderly.
This was indeed something Shi Yuebai could be proud of, even to the point of arrogance. He could proudly and boldly approach Xu Yintang with affectionate and fervent touches, more intimate than a deep kiss.
No, it wasn’t time for the final step yet.
But Shi Yuebai allowed himself to indulge in a bit of sweetness first.
…
“Is that the sound of a phone ringing?” Xu Yintang suddenly asked.
Shi Yuebai heard it too. He reluctantly diverted a bit of attention from the blissful haze to search for the source of the ringing – not his own phone, not Xu Yintang’s phone…
After a moment, he pulled out a buzzing phone from the drawer of the bedside table.
It was the work contact device given to them by the NPC after completing the hidden two-player instance. The only contact displayed on the screen was the repeated illumination of the name ‘Wang Laowu.’
Xu Yintang freed up a hand and pressed the answer button. The excited voice of Wang Laowu transmitted from another world.
“Hurry to my office! This time it’s a big job!”
Author’s Note –
I don’t know why, but when writing about them being affectionate, I always imagine some malicious antagonist scheming to gain wealth and harm lives while indulging in luxury and soft beds, creating a scene that is both lascivious and sinister [blushing small face].
Perhaps it’s because protagonists on the righteous path usually focus on their tasks, separate flirting from serious matters, and don’t turn serious matters into flirting material.
Serious matters make great flirting material
Sexposition at its finest 🤣
Thank you for the chapters!!! Cant wait to see how their hidden instance will go and the spicy scenes 😏😏
Time to play…in an instance! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🦋
I thought this was gonna be a slow burn, but I’m actually really happy they got together so soon!
I realise this is a different kind of slow burn. They are together but they really are in such different levels of affection lol
True true! I figured that most of the romance would be Xu Yintang coming to have genuine affection for Shi Yuebai, and SYB understanding XYT isn’t a perfect being!
Thank you for the chapters!!!! Can’t wait for spicier scenes🫣
Another instance 🥳
Cute evil s*xting
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