Jiang Chen had a very scheduled daily routine.
However, lately, besides taking strolls and feeding the ducklings, he added another item on his itinerary, which was to visit #7.
#7 has already opened his eyes.
Similar to how Jiang Chen was initially, he could only move his eyes for now.
Through the glass window, Jiang Chen examined him. He saw that even though #7 was skinny, his countenance wasn’t bad. He’s definitely the type to be secretly photographed while walking on the streets.
Jiang Chen knew that amongst the 10 volunteers, he was the only one that was pretty famous. As such he was somewhat curious about this #7: “What did he do?”
The cryofreeze member said: “He’s a delivery man.”
Jiang Chen looked at him: “Really?”
The cryofreeze member said: “That’s what the information says, look.”
Jiang Chen took a glance.
An orphan with a high school diploma, the employee of an express delivery company…… he withdrew his gaze and then looked again at #7 in the hospital bed. Turning around, he went back to his room to play games.
At this time, he heard a ding. The elevator nearby opened and five people came out. Their shoulders were covered with so many stars that they practically blinded Jiang Chen.
The group walked quickly to the sterile ward and stood in a row in front of the window, looking in. The staff that accompanied them went to grab protective gear for them.
Jiang Chen digested the sight briefly and looked towards the cryofreeze member.
The latter also looked back at him silently, then laughed dryly. Jiang Chen instantly understood. Looks like #7 came from some kind of special department. His identity couldn’t be disclosed. As a result, the information that was provided to the outside world was false.
Jiang Chen tactfully returned to his room, laid in bed, and put on the glasses to enter the game.
Fang JingXing was already online and came over to find him. He said with a smile: “Morning.”
Jiang Chen replied: “Morning.” and heard the other ask what he wanted to do. Jiang Chen pondered briefly: “Let’s go to the bridge to take a look at Glimmering Lights River.”
Fang JingXing raised an eyebrow: “Where did this interest come from today?”
Jiang Chen thought to himself, might as well check it out while there’s still time.
An elite from the secret services, their physical condition should be pretty good.
#7 might not be as weak as he was, needing to lay around for 2 months. Who knows, perhaps he will end up transferring to a normal ward in just one month. By that time, Jiang Chen won’t be able to play anymore.
He said: “The weather is good, the sun is bright and beautiful.”
Fang JingXing silently recalled the cloudy skies this morning.
As soon as Jiang Chen said that, he remembered that they lived in the same city and added: “I’m talking about in the game.”
Naturally, Fang JingXing wouldn’t nitpick about this kind of thing. Walking with him to a nearby bridge, they stood in front of the railing and surveyed the Glimmering Lights River.
After enjoying the view for a short while, he turned his head slightly to look at the person beside him, recalling Jiang Chen’s life.
The champion of the 1st and 2nd seasons of Wandering Dream’s esports league games, who suddenly announced his retirement during the night of his championship.
After this, he passed away just a few months later, having contracted pancreatic cancer. When he died, he was only 18 years old. The entire esports circle was shocked. The fans were extremely mournful.
The following year, Wandering Dreams started hosting the world cup; he wasn’t able to make it.
Like a shooting star, the black Wardcaster shone briefly and then disappeared into the horizon.
Taking the stage despite his illness and winning the championship.
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How painful and difficult this must have been, Fang JingXing didn’t know and could never imagine.
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Judging from the gossip that his friend found, failing the defrosting process meant death. Refreezing was not even an option. Perhaps back then, they were just one misstep away from never meeting each other.
Furthermore, the condition of a person’s body after defrosting, if there were residual effects or not, Fang JingXing didn’t know any of these.
He could only deduce from the Wardcaster’s daily strolls and Jiang ShiLan’s previous words that the other should be fine. This made him feel a bit more relieved.
Before, he felt like it was pretty lucky of him to be able to meet this Wardcaster.
Now it looks like his luck practically defied nature itself, for him to actually encounter a former legend.
Fang JingXing was lost in thought, his mind wandering away from him slightly.
When he returned to his senses, his hand already reached out automatically and almost touched the Wardcaster’s gold-rimmed glasses.
Jiang Chen glanced over: “Paw.”
Fang JingXing smiled and withdrew his hand.
Jiang Chen only thought he wanted to play with his glasses. Holding onto the railing and looking into the river, he said: “Let’s go clear the Bounty Board.”
With the end of the Mid-Autumn festival, there were a lot less people.
Bright and early in the morning, there’s probably no one in the PK Arena, so it’s no fun playing there. Might as well get a bounty.
Fang JingXing said with a smile: “Okay.”
In Wandering Dreams, the players had a relatively high degree of freedom.
Those who liked PK and group fights went to the PK Arena. Not only could they fight with people from this server, they can fight cross-servers. Single player, multiplayer, whatever they wanted. Even fighting against AI, all sorts of wild mobs, dungeon bosses, everything was selectable. There were many modes, never boring.
There were also those who enjoyed daily activities such as cooking, tailoring, forging, potion making……etc. These all had their corresponding ranks and titles. It’s said that through mastering one skill, you’ll never worry about food and drink. People could become even more pacifist and obtain a vegetable field, growing and playing with vegetables every day. Or perhaps marry a companion and explore the land, getting into a relationship and experiencing love.
For players who didn’t want to PK with others or play dungeons in a squad, much less spend normal life inside a game, yet still wanted to obtain high level rewards, they could conquer the bounty board and become an emotionless bounty hunter.
As the name suggested, the bounty board offered rewards and provided tasks. Players could select any job that fit them.
In addition to the tasks issued by the system, players could also pay a bounty to kill someone or find items. The rewards can be money or items, however, there’s a certain time limit. If no one accepts the task and the time expires, and the player does not add more money, then the bounty will be removed automatically.
It’s worth noting that the Bounty Board also had levels.
The amount of levels unlocked on a server’s Bounty Board depended entirely on the players’ efforts. The higher the level unlocked, the more choices there were for the tasks. At the same time, the harder the task, the higher the reward and points. Once you accumulate a certain amount of points, you can use it to exchange for equipment and Divine Weapons.
The Bounty Boards were distributed amongst the 6 major cities. They’re built magnificently in gold and jade, a glorious and splendid sight.
Fang JingXing and Jiang Chen were located in Fractured Star City, so they went to the Bounty Board here. They saw many panels that were brightly lit already. Those were tasks cleared by large guilds members in recent times.
The #1 bounty hunter on the leadership board looked very familiar. It was the Golden League Alliance’s guild leader, Gu Wen.
Jiang Chen glanced at the top twenty list and discovered that several of them were from Gu Wen’s guild. He said: “Golden League Alliance…… Is this a guild that likes to clear the bounty board and fight in the PK Arena?”
Fang JingXing said: “En, I heard most of their members like it.”
Jiang Chen subconsciously wanted to ask, then why play the hidden story quest with them, but when he considered it again, it was a one-time mission after all. Gu Wen and the others might have just wanted to play a little. As such, he lost his curiosity and looked towards the task list.
Another feature of the Bounty Board was that players could accept any task on the wall that’s lit up.
Players could pick the strongest right from the start, as long as they’re capable of completing it. This was also why Jiang Chen was willing to play the Bounty Board— there’s no need to start from the most basic and trivial chores.
The Bounty Board was also separated into single and multiplayer. Currently, the two-man squad panel was only unlocked to level 3.
The method here was to complete twenty tasks to advance one level, but every level had a dozen tasks listed because many run parallel.
For example, right now, there were five parallel tasks at the very top. They were, respectively, kill the Demon Ape Chief, kill the Flame Turtle Chief, kill the Vigorous Bird Chief, find the material Pillar Stone, and find the material Dawn Redwood.
It’s fine to just pick one of the five tasks. After it’s completed, the next row will light up, and so on, until the difficulty level grows higher and higher.
The two of them were teaming up together. Naturally, they needed to accept the hardest task.
Jiang Chen automatically ignored the material collection and looked at the three mobs. He discovered one that he never fought before: “Where’s the Demon Monkey Chief?”
Fang JingXing said with a smile: “I’ll take you over there.”
As such, the two people accepted the task, entered the teleportation array, and very quickly reached Muxi Mountain.
The elevation of this mountain was very high. Standing on top of the mountain and looking to one side, it’s possible to see the entire Demon domain.
The road here was not easily walked. The lighting in the forest was also dark. Not a lot of players came here normally. Naturally, there was even less in the morning. Looking around right now, only the two of them were present.
For a moment, Fang JingXing felt his heart itch slightly.
He has already analyzed his own selling points. Currently, his voice was the only advantage that could bring him some favor.
In the past, he was afraid of crossing the line and didn’t dare to flirt randomly. Now he actually harbored the secret desire to tease, practically wishing the other could cross the line.
However, this Wardcaster was not easy to fool. If he didn’t find a suitable reason to switch to his original voice, he might look suspicious.
He pondered for a few seconds: “Are you going to fight it in a bit or me?”
Jiang Chen said: “Fight it together.”
Fang JingXing persuaded patiently and pragmatically: “You never fought it before. Don’t you want to give it a try yourself.”
Jiang Chen said: “Nope. Waste of time.”
Fang JingXing’s attempt to find an opportunity to “switch back to his original voice and cheer 666” was aborted. He behaved himself and obediently defeated the Demon Ape Chief with him, then reached out to pull him back.
Jiang Chen turned his head: “What?”
Fang JingXing said in a warm tone: “I want to find a scenic paradise to die together with you.”
Jiang Chen digested the words for a moment and said very happily: “Let’s go.”
If they went down the mountain, not only would it take some time and effort, they also needed to walk slowly to the teleportation array. It was too troublesome.
So they might as well find a cliff and jump down together. After dying, they could return directly to the city, saving travel time.
Wandering Dreams actually had an item that returned players to the city. It could be used three times a day for free. The rest must be bought with money. In addition, the more it’s used, the longer the cooldown. It only resetted after midnight. Today, they needed to do plenty of tasks. Since they encountered a map where they could suicide on, naturally they had to take advantage of it.
As such, the two people found a cliff and jumped down together.
The breeze blowing on his body didn’t feel cold and sharp. On the contrary, it was somewhat pleasant. Fang JingXing recalled how they had met initially and said with a smile: “What if you encounter an invisible wall again this time?”
Jiang Chen said: “How did you escape last time?”
Fang JingXing smiled: “Secret.”
Jiang Chen said: “Was my last firework useful?”
Fang JingXing said: “No.”
Jiang Chen replied with an ‘oh’ and understood: “So you logged off and then logged in again, then the bug resolved itself.”
Fang JingXing laughed, feeling like teasing him was superfluous; it’s useless.
The scenery below became clearer and clearer. It’s possible to see the glistening crystalline waters of the Glimmering Lights River below. A part of the mountain concave inward, forming an empty space that looked like a white beach.
In the empty space stood 7-8 players. There was a man and woman in the front, both wearing fashion bought from the store, one in a western suit and one in a wedding dress. Clearly, they were conducting a small-scaled wedding.
Fang JingXing was somewhat envious: “Looks like we’re going to eat a bowl of dog food.”
Saying this he paused: “If we go lay there as corpses, wouldn’t that seem not very good?”
Jiang Chen didn’t answer, because he discovered that the location of his landing seemed to be right on top of the groom’s body. As such, he yelled: “Get out of the way!”
The people below looked up in unison. Seeing the people falling from the sky, they were shocked. As such, they couldn’t react in time.
By the time Jiang Chen shouted a second time, it was already too late. He slammed into the groom directly.
In keyboard mode, being struck like this couldn’t result in death.
But in this completely virtual reality, the developers probably wanted to make it more realistic. After being struck, the groom dropped to the ground without saying a word.
The bride stared stunned at her cold and dead husband, then burst in tears with a ‘wah’.
Jiang Chen: “……”
Fang JingXing: “……”
There’s no way the two culprits could just return to the city now, so they revived on the spot.
Jiang Chen suppressed his voice: “It’s all your idea.”
Fang JingXing reminded him: “You were the one who picked that cliff personally.”
Jiang Chen: “What do we do now?”
Fang JingXing: “Apologize, and set off some fireworks for them?”
Unfortunately, setting off fireworks didn’t work.
The bride didn’t care at all if they were Aces or not. This was the date that she chose specifically, the wedding dress and location she picked specifically. Even the background music was drenched in her blood and sweat.
Originally, she thought she’d have the perfect wedding, but it ended up getting messed up just like this. Fireworks couldn’t make up for the damage she received to her heart!
Jiang Chen said: “Then what do you want to do?”
Fang JingXing was very good at finding opportunities for himself. Seeing the hole, he threaded the needle inside it: “How about I sing a song for you guys? Wishing you a long and blissful life together?”
The bride said furiously: “Who gives a damn about your song!”
Fang JingXing switched to his original voice and sang two lines, asking: “Is it okay?”
The bride fell silent for a moment.
Some of the relatives and friends were Fang JingXing’s fans. Hearing that, their eyes beamed with light as they hastily ran over to whisper to the bride. The latter coughed dryly and then said reluctantly: “Then……then you have to sing three.”
Fang JingXing said with a smile: “Okay.”
He walked to the rock on the side and sat down, indicating for Jiang Chen to sit next to him.
Jiang Chen said: “You just sing your song. I’ll listen from here.”
Fang JingXing said: “You picked the cliff. You hit the person.”
Captain Jiang recognized his mistake and silently moved over.
Thank you for the chapter 😍
The poor bride 😭😭 Hope the groom is on his way!
Lmao wedding crashers 😂
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The wedding…omg…just too funny… Thanks for the update 🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️
A good way to crash the wedding 🤣🤣
Thanks for the chapter
Lol this is too funny 🤣🤣🤣
I love this so much😂
Thanks for the chapter!