Jiang Chen glanced at him: “Oh, is he?”
Hearing his calm and composed tone, Xie ChengYan thought to himself, sure enough, he knew.
He still hasn’t mentioned anything about the beta account or his mom. Seeing this kid pretending to be dumb, he also pretended to be dumb for the moment: “Yes, if you don’t believe me, I can go to my grandpa’s house someday. We can video call and I can show you my little uncle’s trophies. They’re the championship trophies for the first and second seasons of the Wandering Dreams League, as well as the commemoration for being the 2nd season’s MVP…….”
He wanted to use his little uncle’s prestige to recognize this person as Didi, but when he said this, he started to feel that he was both juvenile and disrespectful to his little uncle. Feeling a bit regretful, he said: “I’ve watched videos of his competitions. He’s really very amazing. It’s a pity I was never able to speak with him.”
Jiang Chen fell silent briefly and patted him on the head.
Xie ChengYan raised an eyebrow. This Chuuni actually knew how to comfort people. He recalled his own mom’s evaluation of this boy and secretly said to himself, he does seem like a pretty good person.
Jiang Chen withdrew his hand and asked: “Who do you think is more impressive, your little uncle or Fang JingXing?”
Movie King Xie still had a bit of idol baggage and integrity. He didn’t praise brainlessly and spoke honestly: “This is hard to say, but if they PK, I will definitely stand on my little uncle’s side.”
Captain Jiang nodded and felt very pleased with this nephew.
Looking at his nephew’s full set of fashion, he assumed that the other didn’t need anything else, so he sent some flowers.
Wandering Dreams had a flower delivery system. Flowers could be used to confess feelings of love or express fondness and feelings of admiration. The popularity sections of different leadership boards were arranged according to the number of flowers received.
When sending flowers in the Chinese servers, the arrangement cards followed local customs and utilized ancient poetry and verses, some of which were even altered slightly. As long as players send a certain amount, they could choose and select messages they wanted to send.
Skipping all of the “When the mountains flatten, when heaven and earth merge as one” quotes and finally picking a verse that didn’t sound like a love confession, Jiang Chen pressed send.
[System] Player Total Annihilation sends Player Qing Yan 99 roses as a gift. In this night of banana rain, fate is the person right before your eyes.
Floral effects appeared around Xie ChengYan. He was startled briefly and then said with a smile: “Why are you suddenly sending me flowers?”
Jiang Chen said: “You’re worth it.”
For a moment, Xie ChengYan couldn’t figure out what he meant. He was just about to ask more when he saw a new message appearing.
[Horn] Male God Wants to Get Married: [screenshot] Is this the actual person himself?
People clicked it curiously and were shocked.
Total Annihilation looked both cold and taunting. Since server launch, he had only spoken up once, which was to troll someone. How could this kind of individual send flowers? What kind of situation was this? Could it be that there’s a follow-up to the first bowl of dog-blooded drama of this server?
The dungeoneering squad just happened to finish killing the boss. The group looked at these two people involved, looted the corpse, and exited the dungeon. At the entrance, they bumped into the Abysswalker who came over in search of them.
Although they had also heard this gossip before, after interacting with each other in the last few days, they could all tell that the Wardcaster and the Abysswalker weren’t a couple. They just didn’t know if there was any entanglement between them. And also this Qing Yan, who the Wardcaster had added specifically into the squad— just what’s his relationship to the Wardcaster?
At this moment, seeing these three people meet up, 5cum and the others silently moved away a bit to make way for the Abysswalker.
Fang JingXing joined their squad and said: “Let’s go, clearing a 10-man dungeon.”
5cum and the others: “…….”
No wait, the 99 flowers. Aren’t you going to express an opinion here?
Have you forgotten how you were once pewpewpew’d by fireworks for the sake of love?
They looked at these three people again. Hearing Love Escapist give a cough, they had no choice but to suppress their investigative desires and head towards the 10-man dungeon.
The three people in the back followed them slowly. Fang JingXing glanced at a certain scoundrel and couldn’t help but to admit that he felt a tiny bit sour inside. During these days, he had accompanied the other in playing dungeons, leveling up, fishing, and completing quests. He felt like he had never treated any player so well before, yet there’s not even one flower for him.
He said jokingly: “Only for him, none for me?”
Jiang Chen said: “I’m his fan.”
Fang JingXing reminded him kindly: “I remember during the beta, a certain person also said he was my fan?”
Jiang Chen was very composed: “I had just become a fan.”
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He turned to look at this guy: “That day when I became a fan, it was too lively and rowdy, so I decided to stop being a fan.”
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Jiang Chen said: “No.”
Hearing this entire exchange to the side, Xie ChengYan instantly laughed in delight, rejoicing at Fang JingXing’s misfortune.
He saw the gossiping masses calling him out in world chat, asking him if he had any thoughts on gaining the Ace’s favor. In the game world, no one knew his identity so he was pretty casual and unrestrained. As such, he spoke up.
[Horn] Qing Yan: Because I’m worth it [Smug]
Seeing him pop up, the gossiping masses became enthused again and asked if the Abysswalker had anything he wanted to say.
The Abysswalker himself didn’t have anything he wanted to say. He just felt a slight imbalance. He thought to himself, in the future, he will definitely make this Wardcaster send him flowers willingly. Looking through the flower delivery system, he saw a poem that suited his intentions very well and used it.
[System] Player Abyss sends Player Total Annihilation 99 roses as a gift. The belt grows loose, but I have no regrets. For you, I pin away willingly, haggard and pallid.
Unmoved, Jiang Chen gave a simple thanks and kept walking.
Xie ChengYan glanced at his good friend and felt this was too tragic, so he gave a consolation prize and let the system randomize the poems.
[System] Player Qing Yan sends Player Abyss 99 roses as a gift. What is love? That which teaches a vow of life and death together.
Everyone: “…….”
Wow, this melon seems quite fragrant! So it’s a love triangle!
5cum and the others suppressed the impulse to look back. Finally, they reached the entrance of the dungeon, so the group entered to clear the place. Once they came out, they looked at these three people, wondering if something will happen.
At this time, the Wardcaster said calmly: “I’m getting off. See you guys tomorrow.”
5cum and the others: “……Getting off just like this?”
Jiang Chen said: “En, time for bed.”
Xie ChengYan came online around 8pm. He played with him for a while, so now it was 9:30pm.
5cum and the others played with the Wardcaster the last three days and knew he went offline at a designated time everyday.
Who would have expected, this arrangement still remained unaltered today, rigidly adhering to schedule. Once again, they felt that this was quite a vicious person as they watched him disappear on the spot.
Xie ChengYan was somewhat surprised: “He sleeps this early?”
Fang JingXing said: “He has a fixed schedule for play and rest.”
Impressed, Xie ChengYan followed them and switched to another 10-man dungeon.
Xie ChengYan finally left the realm, went to pick a build, and joined the guild Indulge. After playing with them for a little while longer, he logged off.
The next morning, everyone gathered at 8:30am and sat in the guild’s conference room to listen to the Abysswalker explain his thought process on defeating the lion king.
To put it simply, they have the summoning talisman that Ling Huai gave them, which could be used in a crisis to call for help.
Fang JingXing said: “I looked at the map. The Glimmering Lights River just happens to pass through the lion king’s territory. Let’s lure it to the riverside and have Ling Huai hit it.”
The members of Indulge didn’t know they had outside assistance and asked: “Can she win?”
Fang JingXing said: “Don’t know, but let’s try.”
It made sense. In any case, it was better than waiting for them to level up.
As such, the 8-man squad went to buy some healing potions and reached the grasslands through a teleportation array.
Wandering Dream’s max level mobs were all aggressive monsters. As long as players enter a certain range, they will start attacking.
The hidden story quest discovered in the beta was precisely located in a wilderness area with max level mobs. Because of this, even now there has been no one who dares to wander over to start the quest.
The medicinal ingredients they had to find this time were also dropped from some max level mobs. While fighting them, they had to hug the edge of the wilderness boundaries and lure them over one at a time cautiously to whither them down slowly on the side— the only reason they had avoided dying.
Comparatively, the red-striped lions were much better.
Most likely, the developers had felt that the lion king was hard enough to kill already and didn’t want players to be harassed by random side mobs while fighting the lion king. So for once, they made the red-striped lions into a passive mob. As long as you don’t hit them, they won’t bother you.
However, when the group saw the waist-high lions meandering around them, they still felt somewhat scared and nervous.
Fang JingXing said: “When we fight the lion king, pay attention to your attack range. Don’t hit these side mobs.”
Avian Ruler said: “Who can control something like that!”
Fang JingXing said: “Then you guys don’t hit anything. I’ll pull the monster.”
Avian Ruler and the others looked at this squishy in unison and asked: “Can you handle that?”
Fang JingXing said: “I should.”
Two minutes later, they saw the lion king.
It was one size larger than the small mobs and as tall as an adult man’s chest. The stripes on its body were a dark red, looking sinister and frightening. It seemed especially scary in this virtual reality.
Avian Ruler and the others looked at the lion king and then looked at the riverside, which was more than 200 meters away, and felt like they were going to die.
They were low in level and also low in speed, unable to outrun the lion king. With two bites, it can kill someone. Assuming that they were lucky enough to run 10 meters each, at most, there needs to be more than 20 corpses to cover this distance.
Avian Ruler swallowed: “Can…can you really do it?”
Fang JingXing said: “En, you guys can get in the river. The Wardcaster stays.”
Avian Ruler and the others: “…..Ah?”
Gou Cheng: “You don’t need us to help tank it a bit?”
This Majesty is Most Beautiful: “Don’t even need a cleric?”
5cum: “Just the two of you?”
Avian Ruler: “And both squishies!”
Love Escapist said lazily: “Stop wasting your breath and follow the command.”
Since the deputy guild leader spoke up, the group immediately shut up. They went into the river silently and gazed at the two people from afar, thinking they were going to collect their corpses in a bit.
The two people left behind exchanged a look with each other.
Fang JingXing said with a smile: “You get it?”
Jiang Chen said: “Got it, start.”
Feeling calm and assured, Fang JingXing walked in front of the lion king. He threw a basic attack, turned around, and ran off immediately.
With a roar, the lion king charged forward and took a bite. Instantly, the Abysswalker only had 10% of his HP remaining.
Avian Ruler and the others: “……”
What did they say? Two bites, a dead body!
Fang JingXing didn’t even look back. Before he was bitten a second time, he consumed a potion and recovered his health fully.
The next second, he had only 10% health remaining again.
As such, he switched to another HP potion. Very quickly, he was at 10% HP once again.
Avian Ruler and the others watched, heart gripping with trepidation at the sight.
If he ever consumes a potion one step too slow, he’ll become a corpse. This was pretty much no different than walking on a tightrope.
Before coming here, they had purchased all of the HP potions they could buy at this stage. There were a total of four kinds. However, all of the potions in the game had cooldowns. They couldn’t be used again before a certain time.
“The 3rd kind already.” Gou Cheng said: “By the time he consumes the 4th kind, will the 1st kind be out of cooldown?”
“No.” Love Escapist said: “There’s not enough time. It’s too short.”
Avian Ruler lamented: “Then it’s over.”
As they spoke, Fang JingXing had already consumed all of the potions. The lion king took a bite and he was left with 10% HP again.
Right as it was about to take another bite, Jiang Chen took action on his side and threw out a basic attack and a single-target attack, immediately stealing the lion king’s aggro.
As such, he took over Fang JingXing’s position and continued to pull the lion king along as he ran.
Fang JingXing followed next to him and asked: “Did you figure out his attack pattern?”
Jiang Chen had been reading information about the lion king in the last two days and said: “No need to worry.”
As such, Fang JingXing didn’t ask anymore as he watched the other replenished his health at the perfect moment, without making any mistakes.
He smiled in satisfaction. By the time the Wardcaster also finished consuming all of his potions one by one, Fang JingXing’s potions had cooled down on his side. He immediately stacked his damage and stole the lion king’s aggro again.
Avian Ruler and the others knelt down immediately in awe: “Oh fuck!”
“Amazing!”
“Such great masters!”
“It’s us mortals, who were unable to recognize such great skills!”
Love Escapist had heard about the Wardcaster’s strength before. However, it’s one thing to know it, it’s another to actually see it with your own eyes.
Even though this was just the basic set of skills that many professional players can achieve, one thing must be taken into consideration. This was the Wardcaster’s first time fighting the lion king.
He only needed to watch Fang JingXing pull the mob for a short mere 10 seconds to execute it perfectly. It’s no wonder such a skilled person as Fang JingXing was willing to spend the time and effort to play with this person. It was indeed worth it.
The two people pulled the mob alternatively, their movements as smooth and fluid as an official promotional video. Within a blink of an eye, they successfully dragged the lion king to the riverside.
Prompt and decisively, Jiang Chen pulled out the summoning talisman and used it.
The river started churning and a familiar girl leapt out.
Moving uniformly, Fang JingXing and Jiang Chen dove behind her simultaneously. Ling Huai was just about to ask why they had summoned her when she looked up and saw a lion charging at her with its ferocious maw wide-open. With a “Ya”, she smacked it.
Immediately, the lion king’s HP dropped by 1/3rd.
Avian Ruler and the others: “…….”
Oh fuck! This feud was definitely on. The lion king immediately abandoned the player and focused on biting Ling Huai. With a ‘Ya’, Ling Huai threw another attack. The lion king lost another 3rd of his health.
Everyone watched with great satisfaction, cheering the young lady on.
However, the young lady had a time limit for how long she could stay. After throwing out three attacks, she waved at Jiang Chen and the others and left.
The group: “……”
Who does this?!
The scum game system couldn’t possibly let then off with being salted fishies in the battle, it can only leave behind corpses or successes! LMAO
Really too evil!!! 😂😂😂
lmao Ling Huai is too good for this, I swear I can hear the crisp “pa” sounds through the screens…
Also I’m just wondering is anyone else able to access their notification or reading list?
the site has been having problems for a while now. you can just go on cg discord for novel release updates.
I really miss notifications of comments though… and my really long list of stories I’m reading… sniff… 🥹🥺😭
same sister… same… 😭 😭 😭
Thank you!!!
sister Ling Huai, 666!!!!
Awesome use of NPC superior firepower
Love triangle—just about broke myself laughing
Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
Unexpected gameplay xD
Hey, at least she got a good chuck of the lion’s health! I wouldn’t complain!!
Just gotta whittle down the last 10%! xD
Love it! Can’t wait for the next chapter! Thank you, @Infinite!