Mo Yang arrived at the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan at 2 pm. After taking some nice landscape photos from the tower, he found a comfortable hotel to stay in.
Thanks to the existence of the “Disguiser Card” and the “Invisibility Cloak Card”, he no longer worried about being caught. Moreover, the fake ID he made for himself was a high-quality product that could be used realistically.
From now on, CEO Mo could finally live a comfortable life and not have to stay in a small, run-down hotel during his escape.
At 4 pm, he entered the dream world again. He skipped his afternoon class in the game world, but occasionally missing a day or two in the love simulation game was not a problem. He decided to earn money by fishing on the lake with his fishing rod.
Mo Yang now had a total of 3100 Dream Coins. With this much, he could buy 30 “Level 1 Invisibility Cloak Transformation Cards” or 10 “Level 1 Disguiser Transformation Cards”. It was definitely enough for him to have fun in the real world. However, Mo Yang felt it was not enough.
Level 1 red transformation cards usually had a time limit of only one hour. Such level 1 transformation cards might work for short, unexpected events, but they would not be enough for long-term and dangerous situations.
He needed to buy some higher-level cards.
However, Mo Yang opened the Dream Shop and looked at the price of Level 2 Invisibility Cloak Transformation Cards that could provide three hours of invisibility. He felt extremely depressed. The price had directly increased by ten times from Level 1 to Level 2. And Level 3 transformation cards were ten times the price of Level 2.
The terrible ten-fold price increase only dropped at Level 5, but buying these cards required a specific shiny red diamond-like object next to the card in addition to enough Dream Coins.
Mo Yang couldn’t be bothered to guess what the red diamond was and how to obtain it, considering he couldn’t even afford a level three card. The top ten on the wealth list could afford level three cards, but those smart people wouldn’t spend their money like that.
He had caught eight fresh fish and shrimp of different types, and Mo Yang was satisfied with his harvest.
Now, it only cost him 4 points of mental energy and 20 points of health to catch eight fish, which was half the mental energy cost compared to the day before.
So, mental energy could be increased through training, and he had a feeling that his mental energy might be leveling up soon.
As he was slowly walking home with a bucket of fish that occasionally splashed water out with their tails, Mo Yang ran into his neighbor Mei BaiWan, who had just finished playing in the game campus world and was heading home for dinner.
Wan Mei looked at Mo Yang’s bucket of fish and said after a brief thought: “So, you’re the one who suddenly became rich and sold fish in the player market?”
Mo Yang, the nouveau riche, chuckled: “Is it only allowed for you to have good cooking skills and not for me to be an expert in fishing?”
Thinking about the high-quality and fresh fish that suddenly appeared in the market, Wan Mei’s mouth curved. Those fish couldn’t be caught just by being an expert in fishing. The “river crab” alone was something this chef, who purchased ingredients at the market every day, had never seen before.
“You sold those fish at a loss.”
Mo Yang: “What?”
Wan Mei looked at the bucket in his hand and said earnestly: “I mean you sold those fish at a loss. Maybe you didn’t carefully examine the food that turned into cards.”
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“Even for carp of the same kind, after being turned into a food card, the true state of the fish will be presented on the card surface. The food card will indicate the species and weight of the fish, as well as three grades of freshness – ‘fresh’, ‘normal’, and ‘stale’ – but compared to the digital weight notation, freshness is rather vague.”
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Wan Mei sneered: “You clearly have never cooked in your life.”
Mo Yang: “…” Is being able to cook something to be proud of?
“Your evaluation of food probably only has two categories: tasty and not tasty. All those high-quality ingredients you’ve eaten are surely weeping at your lack of appreciation.”
Mo Yang: “…” Enough already, should I fan you with a fishtail?
“After all these years, you’re still clueless…”
Mo Yang bent down, looked through the fish he caught, and picked a fish with a good texture as a weapon.
Then the top chef on the other side, who was full of pride and seemed to have been consumed by scientific research his whole life, closed his mouth. He swallowed the words he wanted to ridicule and changed the subject.
“So, do you want to sell me the fish? The freshest ingredients can make delicious dishes and perhaps even rare delicacies. Besides, I can teach you for free how to distinguish fresher ingredients.”
Mo Yang held a very spirited carp in his hand and, finally no longer being ridiculed by his neighbor, proudly pointed to the fishtail, saying: “No way, unless you invite me to a meal and let me truly experience your understanding of culinary art and your skill, I won’t sell it to you even if others want to buy it!”
Wan Mei: “……”
After a moment of hesitation, he finally couldn’t hold back anymore and said: “No one in the real world dares to make demands of me like this. They are all very honest and sincerely accept my ridicule. Why are you being so unreasonable?”
Mo Yang rolled his eyes rudely: “Funny coincidence, neighbor. In the real world (before), nobody dared to say I couldn’t appreciate things. Even if I used top-grade caviar to mix with old godmother chili sauce, they would still praise my innovation.”
The image of that scene caused Chef Wan to lose 1 point of health. He put his hand on his chest, feeling unsteady.
As a result, dinner was not eaten.
Chef Wan’s 4 points of health were not enough to allow him to prepare a meal for his neighbor, and Mo Yang’s expression after finding out the reason was beyond words.
In the end, Wan Mei used 5000 dream coins to purchase all seven fish and a large crab that Mo Yang caught. Then he said that he could share a bowl of carp and tofu soup and two crab roe steamed dumpling with him tomorrow morning.
Mo Yang had a smile on his face, but he was secretly mocking him in his heart. He had never seen such a stingy person! Two steamed dumplings are not enough to fill my cheeks!
However, the next morning, after eating the pitiful bowl of carp and tofu soup and two crab roe steamed dumplings, Mo Yang was completely stunned.
It was such a feeling of happiness~~~
How could these steamed dumplings and fish soups taste so good!!!
And, he didn’t misread it just now. After drinking the soup and eating the steamed dumpling, his health points increased by 5!!
He stared at his neighbor, who was slowly drinking soup and eating buns and thought about how to get another bite.
Then, he was mercilessly kicked out of his neighbor’s cabin by 009, who was sent by Wan Mei. He then fought with 006 and 009 again.
As he was leaving, the look of “I already knew everything, I was just waiting for this moment” from his neighbor Wan Mei caused Mo Yang to lose another 2 points of health.
So much so that the luxurious crab roe steamed dumplings and fish soup from the luxurious breakfast at the hotel in the real world tasted like nothing in his mouth.
Putting down his chopsticks with a heavy heart, Mo Yang gritted his teeth.
Is cooking all that important?!
Who said I can’t survive without your food?!
Bah!!
Throughout the day in the pink campus world, Mo Yang didn’t pay attention to his tablemate who always seemed to be smiling.
However, it happened to be Feng Yu’s birthday that day.
Mo Yang gave the birthday gift he had already prepared – a very fashionable and expensive pair of headphones – to Feng Yu.
As soon as Feng Yu received the gift, his likability skyrocketed from 40 to 70. When Mo Yang said “Happy Birthday,” his likability rose to 75.
Mo Yang thought that if he gave Feng Yu a hug at this moment, his likability would probably go up to 80. While he was still contemplating whether or not to hug him, this handsome and cute tall boy directly hugged him around the waist and began to spin excitedly, his unrestrained laughter ringing throughout the classroom.
“Hahaha! Ah Qun, I’m so happy! I didn’t receive any gifts this morning and thought you had forgotten about me!”
“I was just thinking about how to remind you if you forgot, but it turns out you didn’t forget!”
“I really like these headphones!! Don’t worry, I’ll wear it for the rest of my life!! Even if it breaks, I’ll keep it safe!”
“Ah ah ah, I’m so happy!! Ah Qun, let’s go to the same university in the future and stay together forever!!”
Feeling the strong arms around his waist and the various gazes with different meanings coming through from the podium, even though this was just a game, Mo Yang still felt ashamed at this moment.
But when he lowered his head and saw Feng Yu’s eyes filled with genuine happiness and joy, he inexplicably trembled in his heart. Can characters in the Dream World game be portrayed so realistically?
He looked at that smiling face and those eyes, and inexplicably, he smiled and said: “If it breaks, I’ll buy you a new one. I’ll give you a new headphone every year on your birthday.”
Feng Yu seemed very surprised to hear this answer. He hugged Mo Yang’s arm tightly and smiled even more brightly with some strange persistence: “Then let’s apply to the same university!! And work together too!”
Mo Yang smiled: “Sure. Then you, as a student who is not so good at studying, have to work hard. After all, I am going to apply to A University.”
As Mo Yang replied with the last sentence, a system information panel flashed in front of his eyes.
[Congratulations to player Yang Heigou for successfully capturing the target character “Feng Yu”, Feng Yu’s favorability value is 90.]
While Mo Yang was puzzled by this information, Feng Yu, who was hugging him, finally let him go. He then grabbed his slightly curled golden hair with joy and confusion: “Ah, I want to uninstall all the games and study hard from today onwards!”
The whole class: “…” Oh. What does it have to do with us brainless NPCs?
Feng Yu smiled and ran to Ouyang Yang, seemingly showing off: “Ouyang, hehe, you have to answer my questions from now on~”
Ouyang Shuo’s originally expressionless face now showed a visibly gloomy expression. He tightly pursed his lips and looked at Mo Yang, who was still standing on the platform.
Suddenly, in a very low voice that only he and Feng Yu could hear, he said: “I still have a chance… And, do you think you can succeed? Until the end, who can be sure of the result? This is a dream world.”
Feng Yu’s face instantly became extremely ugly.
After a long time, he muttered to himself.
Of course, I know this is a dream world.
And we are just “NPCs.”
Author’s note:
And about the “NPCs”, you can think whatever you want, but they are still somewhat special. But the revelation will have to wait for a long time.
… they have full thoughts and know this is a game???? Are they those that get fully sucked dry by the system????
Let’s just wait! I don’t want overthinking
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Imprisoned by the system? Created by them, suffering from sentience? Humans of other dimensions with different roles? Mysterious.
hm. not entirely surprising considering the guides have called themselves puppets of yhe subsystem. wish the author fleshed things out more though.
OMG OMG OMG. NOW I’M CONFLICTED.
Ohhh this is like that horror novel I have read where the NPc are also player but they aren’t allowed to tell
What’s the name
Being an extra actor in an escape game. (The mc is seme and the uke is a cute little guy who wants to fight all the time)
internal screaming
… So, I guess Song Aotian will soon became NPC huh…
Woah!!! I’m getting goosebumps!
Ohh the twists!! It’s like alien invasion in a different way. Wowo. Thank you
Great, that ending for some reason made me want to cry….