That morning was actually very calm and tranquil. Most of the players were leveling up in the realms, occasionally chatting with each other, shouting to form squads, or asking questions as newcomers. People were getting by very harmoniously, until the appearance of this horn.
Seeing it, people were curious, wanting to know what’s going on.
Immediately afterwards, they saw the Ace, who had stirred up such social unrest amongst the 10 servers last night, speak up for the first time on this server.
[Horn] Total Annihilation: Sunbathing? [Screenshot][Screenshot][Screenshot]
Neither Fang JingXing nor Jiang Chen were stupid. Seeing the scene that greeted them, they immediately figured out how this had developed.
Thoughts going astray from a personal lack of principles, yet accusing them for having no integrity? Now this was a bit shameless.
Jiang Chen just happened to be in a disgruntled mood, so he immediately started to snap back.
Fang JingXing was half a beat slower. Seeing this situation, he laughed. Without using a horn to replace the other’s message, he switched the chat channel and became the first person to cheer him on.
[World] Abyss: [Applaud] Such energy [Screenshot][Screenshot][Screenshot]
The players clicked them open one by one and went crazy.
[World] Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev: Oh damn!
[World] Treehouette: Oh fuck, help, I’m blind!
[World] Invincible Warrior: Mass exercise in broad daylight?
[World] The Demon Clan’s Little Cutie: Sunlight outside of the Demon Realm looks that good? New player asking where’s this place?
[World] Jiejie Chubby: Glimmering Lights River. Can’t tell the precise location.
[World] Mammon: Speaking of which…… the Aces should be searching for the hidden story quest, right?
[World] Evening Breeze: This concept I understand……
[World] Seeking God for Life and Soul: But why did they strip down to only their underwear!
[World] Love Escapist: Hahahaha I need to go take a look, @Abyss where?
[World] Abyss: Outside of the Demon Realm’s exit.
Over at the bank of the Glimmering Lights River, the Wardcaster immediately garnered the entire map’s hatred with his words. They were really too mocking.
Not to mention, mocking was one thing, he even dragged them out on display. Did they not want their dignity or something?!
They swiftly put on their clothes and surrounded the two in a flurry of activity.
However, despite surrounding them, they all knew that they couldn’t blame the two people.
The person in the frontmost said: “Ace, can you answer a question honestly?”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Aljcu Jtfc rjlv: “Qtja vb sbe kjca ab tfjg?”
Ktja qfgrbc rjlv: “Pr atf tlvvfc rabgs defra jcv yflcu cjxfv gfijafv ja jii?”
Aljcu Jtfc rjlv: “Rba gfijafv.”
Ktf mgbkv: “Ktfc kts vlv sbe uesr raglq mbwqifafis cjxfv pera cbk?!”
Jiang Chen said: “Naked PK.”
Ktf mgbkv: “…… Tbe’v jmaejiis mbwf eq klat atlr xlcv bo gfjrbc?”
Jiang Chen said ‘oh’ and calmly corrected himself: “We were doing the hidden story quest.”
The crowd: “…… You just said it was not related!”
Jiang Chen encouraged them: “Believe in yourself. Do your best.”
The crowd choked. For a second, they actually couldn’t tell if he was mocking them again.
There were smart ones who understood his meaning however— Since you guys didn’t want to believe the truth, and insist on hearing what you want to hear, I will fulfill your wishes.
Recalling the previous spectacle with a god-dammit expression on their faces, they decided to forget this black history. Turning around, they left.
The remaining people looked at each other in dismay and then half skeptically followed and left. The riverbank slowly cleared up.
The forums have already exploded by this point.
Because in the morning, there were many demon clan players, who upon reaching level 35, had left the demon realm and saw this gathering of nudes in the distance. They were all very shocked and screenshotted the view to post on the forums.
Someone gathered this info and discovered that the Aces of all 10 servers were running around naked.
Very quickly, someone familiar with the events helped clarify this matter. To put it simply, two people had discovered a hidden story quest and stripped naked next to the river this morning, doing who knew what. The Aces felt that this could be related to the story quest, so they also stripped naked. Yet in the end, the guys said they were actually PKing naked.
The players laughed uproariously. The thread quickly became a hit as well. Recently, tags from Wandering Dreams VR have been quite hot. “Aces running around naked together” can definitely become the most popular trending search today.
They deeply felt that this was truly amazing. A mere two people had sent astray the conduct style of 10 full servers. This will probably be selected as one of the top ten stories of the year.
Those people, who have yet to join the game, all ran off to Mercury Reflects Fate.
The players of other servers also registered side accounts on Mercury Reflects Fate, wanting to seek the two Aces in admiration and take pictures together or something.
Only the newcomers were rather bewildered, not understanding why Aces would sacrifice everything like this for the sake of the hidden story quest.
The veterans educated them on the basic knowledge.
According to information placed on the official website, hidden story quests and dungeons were harder than normal and not easily discovered.
Because of this, their rewards were very generous; rare materials were a guaranteed drop. In addition, the prize for first clear was doubled. Mercury Reflects Fate had discovered a hidden story quest. Since the Aces of other servers know this, they naturally couldn’t sit around and do nothing waiting for other people to find it. They’d definitely fight over first clear in their own server.
The newcomers were enlightened and understood.
The veteran said: “It’s rumored that they also found one during the beta, but the location is in a wilderness area that’s surrounded by max level mobs. This is why no one dares to head there right now. I heard that they didn’t manage to clear it even by the end of beta. Currently, there’s no information at all about this newly discovered story quest. Who knows if there are any level requirements in the later stages. Let’s wait and see. Even though those two are the first to discover it, they might not be the first ones to clear it.”
The newcomers nodded their heads. Pondering for a moment, they still couldn’t help but head to Mercury Reflects Fate as well.
The two people at the center of the spotlight were currently staring at a player, large eyes meeting small eyes.
The player was an Untamed Warrior with the ID name Avian Ruler. The tiger ears on his head were around and fluffy, looking somewhat silly but cute.
Jiang Chen said: “Do you need anything?”
Avian Ruler said: “No, our deputy guild leader will be coming over. He asked me to wait here.”
Fang JingXing figured it out: “You’re from Indulge?”
Avian Ruler said: “That’s right.”
Saying this, he realized something and adjusted the ID on his chest.
He had been running around naked just now. Afraid of embarrassing himself, he had covered up his guild name.
Jiang Chen looked at the newly appeared two characters “Ruyi” and understood that he was about to join a guild. Taking two glances at the guy, he said: “Come over here.”
Avian Ruler walked forward in confusion: “What?”
Jiang Chen squeezed his ears and then calmly retracted his hands: “It’s all good.”
Avian Ruler has already gotten used to being touched in the past few days. He also followed suit and touched it, bragging: “Don’t they feel fluffy?”
Jiang Chen nodded and touched them again.
Fang JingXing: “……”
So you like this kind of thing?
As they conversed, a carriage stopped at a nearby transportation station and a person stepped out. He wore a white and blue magic robe. Handsome and confident, he looked extremely sunny. The class that he played was exclusive to the human race, the Exorcist.
As the distance closed between them, Jiang Chen saw his ID clearly: Love Escapist.
“Tsk, it cleared up so quickly……” Love Escapist felt a bit regretful as he walked over leisurely: “You didn’t even ask to help delay them for me.”
Fang JingXing smiled and said: “You can send a horn saying I’m naked again, then hide right here to wait and see it again.”
Love Escapist said: “I need to make a side account for that.”
Fang JingXing knew that he was joking. Introducing him to the Wardcaster, they joined the guild.
Instantly, the guild channel lit up.
There weren’t a lot of Indulge members online, but they all popped up, welcoming the two Aces.
One reason Love Escapist made this journey was to watch the show; the other reason was to recruit them into the guild personally.
Adding them to Indulge, he said: “Alright, you guys keep playing. When you have time, you can return to the guild to take a look. It’s in the main city.”
He examined the Wardcaster on the side and understood that this one was not someone to mess with. Not to mention, Fang JingXing was guarding him, which made it less likely for him to suffer losses. However, as the deputy guild leader, he still instructed: “If someone bullies you in the future, just tell the guild. Our guild members do not accept abuse in silence.”
Jiang Chen nodded.
As such, Love Escapist waved his hand and led Avian Ruler away on the carriage.
The remaining two people discussed briefly and started to walk along the riverbank to the neighboring city.
Every map in Wandering Dreams has at least one transportation array. There were only three places with exceptions.
These were the roads that connected the neighboring cities to the three realms. Perhaps the game wanted players to deeply experience the moment they advance from novice to competence. Or perhaps they only wanted to create a kind of ceremony. In any case, this journey couldn’t be shortened through teleportation. They had to cross it personally, either using their feet or by taking the carriage from the transportation station.
The two knew that the hidden story quest lacked a prerequisite condition, so they abandoned the carriage and chose to take a stroll along the river. Unfortunately, after making the journey, they couldn’t discover any clues at all. Seeing the river about to make a turn, they had no choice but to head back up, returning to the main road. After this, they walked about five more minutes before finally reaching the neighboring city.
An old man stood at the entrance of the city gate. Seeing that it was their first time here, a command triggered automatically and he told them that beyond here was the battlefield for heroes, and that they have to choose a build.
The two people both played attack builds, so they quickly made their decision.
The gold chains on the Wardcaster’s glasses became visibly stained by black flowers. The faint dark patterns that were originally on his shirt vanished completely, turning pure white. This made him look harmless, but actually concealed his murderous intent.
The Abysswalker utilized a cold and lofty style and did not need to hide his true strength. As such, the markings on his magic robes and his forehead became even more distinctive and even extended further outward.
The old man was pleased and said: “Go ahead and enter. From now on, this great land will belong to you youngsters.”
Neither of the two moved. Instead, they looked at each other’s changes and practically said at the same time: “Don’t tell me……”
They closed their mouths simultaneously, understanding that they had the same train of thought.
Fang JingXing said with a smile: “Go back and take a look?”
Jiang Chen said: “If it doesn’t work this time, then we’ll go level up.”
Fang JingXing naturally didn’t have any objections.
As such, the two people returned to the river. Jiang Chen took out that cursed pair of shoes and threw them inside.
The girl appeared instantly and said furiously: “Who dares to pollute my river!”
She charged over. Upon seeing them clearly, she froze and asked: “Are you guys…… heroes of Wandering Dreams?”
Jiang Chen: “……”
Fang JingXing: “…….”
Sure enough, this was the condition that was lacking!
Both involved throwing shoes, but before choosing a build, they were assholes; after choosing a build, they were heroes. Such double standards.
HAHAHAHA such double standards!!
Also, imagining those screenshots coming out of nowhere and blinding so many people without any kind of warning had me in stitches.
Thank you so much for the translation!!
Thanks for the chapter!! 🧡💛
Thank you for the chapters! They’re so funny 😂 spreading complete chaos
Lovely beautiful chapter
This novel is so funny. I can’t wait to see what kinds of chaos they’ll cause lol
pffft- the double standard sure is real- 😂😂😂
I laughed so dang hard even though its like midnight right now, oh well I hope my mum don’t get up and give me a big spanking on the bum!