Fang JingXing was born with a golden spoon in his mouth and treated like a star that people revolved around reverently.
Later on, he fell in love with esports and took over his family’s gaming organization. Instead of being the boss, he concealed his identity and started as a newcomer, going into the arena to win matches personally and made a name for himself through strength alone. Currently, he has more than 10 million fans just in China alone.
Too many people love him so he has already heard all sorts of different compliments.
Originally, he thought he’d be indifferent to whatever else he hears. Unexpectedly, this was not the case. Having lived 25 years, this was the first time he’s heard someone say they like him because he was healthy and tenacious.
He thought it was a bit novel.
Yet the culprit didn’t give him any explanation at all.
Whenever Jiang Chen’s in a bad mood, he’s too lazy to bother with people: “Are you One Hundred Thousand Whys?”
Fang JingXing said: “I’m curious.”
Jiang Chen said: “I have no obligations to answer you. It’s not like you’re……”
He froze mid-speech and looked down at the brief introduction on the statue. Then he turned back calmly as if nothing happened and continued to say unperturbed: “It’s not like you’re Behold the Lofty Mountains in Awe.”
Fang JingXing: “……”
That gesture was so blatant that Captain Fang instantly felt like his intelligence had been insulted.
He thought to himself, don’t tell me this is a fake fan, and asked: “You can’t even remember his ID, yet you’re a fan?”
Captain Jiang refused to admit that he lied and let the other experience it himself, saying coldly: “New fan, just became a fan.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he looked at the base of the statue again. Ignoring the various awards and commemorations, he looked specifically at the name. This time, he memorized it fully in just one second.
—-Behold the Lofty Mountains in Awe (JX) (Fang JingXing)
Behold the lofty mountains in awe, and emulate the virtuous with enlightened deeds.
The name was Fang JingXing. The domestic server ID was “Behold the Lofty Mountains in Awe”, which matched just right and was very easy to remember. As for the letters in the back……If Jiang Chen’s assumptions were correct, they should be used for competing in the World Cup.
Looking back and forth, Jiang Chen finally noticed that the person in front of him was the same class as the statue. By this point, he definitely wouldn’t blurt out impulsively and ask ‘Don’t tell me you’re him in the flesh’ and asked instead: “Are you his fan as well?”
Fang JingXing really didn’t know if he should laugh or cry at this fake fan: “You can say that.”
Saying this, he looked at the other person’s chest.
In the keyboard version, the character ID was usually on top of the head, which was both eye-catching and easy to distinguish.
But inside the virtual world, having a line of words hanging above the head would look somewhat ugly. As such, there were two modes. One was suspended above the head and the other was suspended in front of the chest.
Both of them had their names suspended in front of their chests. At this moment, a row of words floated in front of this Wardcaster’s left chest— The Martian text that Jiang Chen had written randomly in his bad mood— Even though Fang JingXing was well-educated with a variety of life experiences, he still didn’t know how to address the other right now after looking over there.
He secretly thought that choosing ‘Ah’ as his own ID was whimsical enough, yet there was someone with even more personality.
Jiang Chen didn’t know what he was thinking and said: “Since we’re part of the same fan club, enough with all of the questions already.”
Fang JingXing was very agreeable this time and said with a smile: “Since we’re part of the same fan club, let’s form a squad and farm mobs. I can help you level up.”
Jiang Chen shot him a glance. This kid had clearly planned to leave a second ago, but within a few brief words, he had changed his mind. Jiang Chen didn’t get it, but it didn’t matter to him if they partied or not, so he accepted the invitation.
Fang JingXing walked forward together with him, side by side, wanting to scout out this fake fan’s background.
It’s not that he was vain. He was just way too famous.
Those able to receive beta invitations from the official game company were mostly elite gamers. Right now, it was the start of the new season. All the teams needed to prepare for the competition so the presence of the main force was scarce. Participants of the beta were basically newcomers from training camps or already retired competitors. Then there were reputable Gods of different servers and famous streamers— Within this group of people, after subtracting the very few that only focused on PvE content and Gods who don’t like watching the tournament, it’s impossible for there to be someone who doesn’t remember his ID.
Beyond this, there were still two possibilities.
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As Captain Fang’s scheming abacus click-clacked loudly inside his head, Jiang Chen, who had been labeled as “suspected game employee” was completely clueless and very quickly, left the plaza.
The two people followed the main road to reach the wilderness. The first thing that appeared before their view was a giant wisteria.
It was planted at the center of the wilderness. Supported by the trunk, the branches reached great heights in the air. Little purple flowers cascaded down and spilled outwards in layers upon layers, an extremely spectacular sight that divided the grassland perfectly into four regions. Each region had different types of mobs.
Fang JingXing looked at this newly added tree and said with a smile: “When the server launches, this place will definitely become a must-visit holy ground.”
Jiang Chen was 30 years behind on the current version of Wandering Dreams, so he couldn’t differentiate between what’s newly added; he only gave a curt “En” before saying: “Let’s kill mobs.”
The two picked a nearby region and started killing mobs.
Fang JingXing had reached level 5 talking to NPCs and learned a single-target skill before heading to the plaza.
Meanwhile, Jiang Chen was only level 2 and could only basic attack.
The monsters of this region were all level 5 and had a 3 level difference with Jiang Chen. A slight carelessness and he’d end up on the ground eating dirt.
Fang JingXing selected a mob, but didn’t hit it yet. Kiting it around, he glanced towards Jiang Chen’s direction. His gaze froze.
Switching from keyboard to VR was a complete break from previous character control habits and camera views. There’re definitely some trouble adapting at first.
This Wardcaster was naturally no exception, yet he still didn’t let the mobs touch him even once. Instead, he relied on moving around and dodging to adjust himself. Within a short period of time, he very quickly adapted to the new style and switched from defense to offense. Using basic attacks, he killed the mobs without dropping any HP.
This footwork looked very confident and stylish, the other was clearly a pro.
Fang JingXing couldn’t help but overturn his previous verdict. Perhaps this really wasn’t a game employee, but a player instead?
After killing one, Jiang Chen also looked at Fang JingXing. Seeing that he and the mob were both still in full health, Jiang Chen thought the other hadn’t adjusted yet and continued to hit his own mobs.
Two minutes later, Jiang Chen advanced to level 5 and finally gained his first skill. Fang JingXing fished around and slacked off very thoroughly, only defeating two mobs. Pretty much pilfering experience from Jiang Chen, he advanced to level 6.
Jiang Chen said: “Such a noob.”
Fang JingXing explained: “I was busy with something just now. Let’s switch locations. Farming level 5 mobs is boring.”
So the two people went to the lakeside and started fighting high level mobs. This time Fang JingXing was a bit more serious. With the two elite players in a squad farming mobs, their experiences increased super fast.
When the two players inside the lake climbed onto the shore, this was the scene that greeted them. They were limited in their judgment, but they weren’t blind. Whispering some words between each other, they guessed that these two were perhaps professional esport gamers.
Jiang Chen and Fang JingXing also noticed them.
It was really very difficult to meet living people inside the realm at this point in time. The two stopped one after another.
Seeing that they were level 16, Fang JingXing spoke up first: “The two of you started playing recently as well?”
Of the two people, one was a Warrior, the other was a Swordsman.
The former said: “We’ve been here for several days and have been killing mobs inside the water. It’s a bit slow.”
With these words, Jiang Chen and Fang JingXing both understood. The new competitive season of Wandering Dreams was still played in keyboard mode. Yet despite no current news about switching to VR, the change was inevitable in the future. Meanwhile, maneuvering in water has always been difficult. These people were here practicing in advance.
There’s an 80% chance they were newcomers from training camps.
Fang JingXing said ‘Oh’ with a smile.
The Warrior said: “Which organization do you guys belong to?”
Jiang Chen said: “None, I’m only a bystander.”
Fang JingXing said: “Me as well.”
It was obvious that they didn’t want to say anything. The Warrior laughed dryly and tactfully stopped questioning.
The swordsman said: “We’re going to clear the Spider Cave. Do you guys want to go?”
Jiang Chen never heard of the Spider Cave, so he remained silent.
Fang JingXing was somewhat tempted.
He and the Wardcaster were already level 10. The Spider Cave was a small level 15 dungeon for 5 people. There was a 5 level difference, right within the boundary of receiving bonus experience. These two people were from the training camp so they have solid foundation skills and can completely carry them along, which saves both time and effort.
He looked towards his squadmate: “Let’s go.”
Jiang Chen nodded and followed him into the new squad.
Those two people walked up to them and looked at their IDs out of habit. One was called ‘Ah’, and the other was called ‘{xu-5cc靉の!’. Never been baptized by the experience of Martian text before, the two newcomers were stunned on the spot. Dumbfounded, they didn’t know how to address him.
The Warrior said: “What…what does your ID mean?”
Done catching his breath after fighting mobs until now, Jiang Chen said casually: “It means love’s five.”
The Swordsman: “……”
Fang JingXing: “……”
The Warrior was rather straightforward and started counting with his fingers while thinking to himself, this guy is playing me. He said: “The number of characters doesn’t match up!”
Jiang Chen said: “Love’s pain and waste.”
The Warrior said: “Still doesn’t match.”
Captain Jiang lost his patience: “Love to believe it or not.”
The group chatted as they walked, circling around the small lake to head up a mountain to the side.
They climbed halfway up the mountain and were just about to turn along the mountain road when the Swordsman suddenly swayed. Body tilting off-balance, he fell off the mountain directly, turning into a corpse.
The three people ahead froze for a moment and then poked their heads out to look down in unison.
The Warrior said: “What happened? Disconnected?”
The swordsman took a second to revive where he died, his voice airy and meek: “I… I’m afraid of heights……”
The three people up top: “……”
Virtual reality was pretty realistic. Apart from not feeling tired, it was approximately no different than climbing a real mountain. This was really quite tragic.
The swordsman’s mood plummeted as well. He expressed that he needed time to recover and logged off immediately, vanishing.
The three people up top: “……”
Dying already before the battle for victory.
They didn’t even reach the entrance of the dungeon and one big thigh was already gone.
Fortunately there’s still the Warrior, who could pull mobs .
They continued walking upwards and successfully reached the dungeon.
The Spider Cave was located on the top of the mountain. The little minions were washbin sized bats. The Warrior chopped melons and sliced vegetables the entire path and led his two squadmates into the boss’s lair.
Jiang Chen examined it for a moment.
This was a cave about 5 meters in diameters. Temporarily, the boss has not been sighted yet.
As soon as this thought flashed across his head, he saw a shadow descend from above his head. A huge spider fell down and landed.
In the past, it was through a screen. Even if you were afraid in real life, there was no pressure during the fight. However, this time it was completely virtual. This spider reached the height of an adult man’s thighs. Incomparably hideous and lifelike in appearance, it landed directly in front of the Warrior.
The Warrior lost his mind on the spot: “Oh fuck ahhhhhhhhhhh!”
Jiang Chen: “……”
Fang JingXing: “……”
The Warrior abandoned the boss, turned around, and started running away immediately.
This dungeon had a pretty despicable setting. After entering, the entrance of the cave is sealed.
Therefore, he slammed straight into the closed cave entrance. Looking back and seeing the spider take two steps forward, he screamed hysterically: “Don’t come over here ahhhh! God fucking dammit, asshole game developers! Let me out!”
Jiang Chen: “……”
Fang JingXing: “……”
Caught completely off guard, the two people froze for a moment.
Immediately afterwards, the spider released a skill and hit the nearby Fang JingXing for 35% of his health.
Fang JingXing: “……”
Jiang Chen regained his senses and immediately backed up two steps.
At the same time, the Warrior discovered the spider marks that were gradually seeping out of the walls. Screaming and wailing loudly, he charged to Jiang Chen’s side and hugged him tightly.
Jiang Chen said: “Don’t cling to me.”
The Warrior couldn’t hear him at all, already terrified to the point of rambling incoherently: “I’m going to fuck his ancestors %￥#@……”
As such, Jiang Chen knew that all words were completely useless at this point. He turned around to check on his squadmate, who was being forced to tank. He raised his eyebrows in surprise.
The space available inside the cave to maneuver and attack was limited. With a 5 level difference, and not to mention facing the final boss itself, getting touched 2-3 times would lead to death. Yet after the initial blow, this kid never got hit again after that. His footwork was smooth and natural like moving clouds and flowing water. It could be described as a delightful feast to the eye.
When they were farming mobs together a while ago, Jiang Chen was already able to tell that this squadmate’s aptitude was not bad. In this critical moment, he was finally to discern the other’s true strength. He was definitely at a professional-level and most likely the main pillar of a team.
An unknown class and unknown dungeon, Jiang Chen gradually became fascinated by the sight, so much that he didn’t even know when the Warrior logged offline, until his squadmate started talking.
Fang JingXing: “Are you just going to stand there and watch?”
Jiang Chen thought briefly and cheered him on: “666.”
Fang JingXing: “…….”
Jiang Chen clapped: “You can do it.”
Fang JingXing: “……”
Jiang Chen said: “Don’t get distracted, watch your footwork.”
Fang JingXing laughed, extremely gentle and soft.
Heart skipping a beat, Jiang Chen had a bad intuition.
The next second, he saw a certain someone pulling the boss and charging right at him.
Already someone’s heart is fluttering! 😆
I totally get that warrior, if i massive spider dropped on me I would just delete the game.
I totally agree, spiders scare me to death
Yeah… especially if they’re big @_@
and now imagine a life-size cockroach king with large and long antennas and fine hair spikes poking out of it’s legs…. sorry that was a little too much graphic….😅
And it flies, that is material for nightmares
how do I click back space to delete that picture out of my mind… 💀
Yes!!! And the height? I can relate omg. I get dizzy at malls when I’m near the glass 😭😭😭
Loving this book so far, it’s so entertaining and pulls at my emotions, I don’t usually like esport books but I can’t wait to read more of this one. Thanks for sharing it 😁
Sharing the fun! Hahahaha! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️
Damn, even my heart skipped just then.
This is too cute.
Hahaha, oh no, this vr version is going to pit so many people
Thanks for the chapter+
He he he
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