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Three days later, on the fourth of February, Lunar New Year’s Eve.
While 90% of the people across the country were staying at home, indulging in feasts, playing games, or watching TV together, Mo Yang reaped his own big cabbage and conveniently sold it to his boyfriend. Then, he waited for 006 and 009 to open the final category of the “Breakthrough Battle” game, preparing for a grand fight on New Year’s Eve.
Heh heh.
It sounds incredibly bittersweet.
But in reality, things were quite lively–
Zhou Api had already arrived in the Dream World riding his electric bike through a friend connection. Zhou Api’s guide ID was 666, which, to be honest, was a very distinctive number.
Moreover, 666 couldn’t hide his admiration for 006. After coming over, he screamed and spun around 006, busying himself like a lap dog, as if he wanted to become 006’s automatic follower.
Mo Yang speculated that perhaps 006 was the leader among those with a “6” in their guide IDs, and all the guides with a “6” had a certain admiration for it. However, at the moment, 006 appeared aloof and domineering in front of 666, not showing his usual lapdog behavior of buying this and that and boasting about his excellence. He truly was a condescending ball.
Even Zhou Api, who had a thick face in his daily life, felt somewhat embarrassed seeing his guide behaving like this. But he immediately looked more obsequious toward Mo Yang and said, “Boss, today is Lunar New Year’s Eve! I wish you a prosperous Year of the Pig, all your wishes come true, and may every day be as joyous as today, heh!”
Mo Yang: “…” This New Year’s greeting made him feel like giving a red envelope.
“Alright, same to you. At least the three of us can celebrate the New Year together. It’s fortunate that we are loners and don’t have to watch the evening gala and share red envelopes with relatives. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to get anything done tonight.”
Zhou Api smiled, “I’ve finished everything during the day. I can feed a whole family by myself. I just happen to be able to accompany you, boss. However, this game takes up a lot of time. I wonder if the Breakthrough Battle game can be accessed anytime. If it’s like the mystery-solving games, where we can only return to reality for three meals a day, then I’ll have to go out of business.”
“Well, it’s not a big deal! Boss, since today is New Year’s Eve, I specially spent 500 yuan to buy a top-notch seafood hot pot! The three of us can have a meal and a drink to celebrate, and then enter the game. It’s not too late, anyway! We have until midnight!”
As Zhou Api said that, he took out a card and shook it up and down. The card transformed into a very large, steaming seafood hot pot, looking extremely delicious.
Mo Yang, thinking about the nutritional exercise meals he had been eating strictly in the research institute for the past five days, looked at the incredibly delicious seafood feast and couldn’t help but salivate.
“Not bad, not bad! I’ll buy some high-quality beer, the kind that increases short-term life points and is refreshing!”
As he spoke, he opened the in-game store page and started to purchase. He bought a case of beer. A thousand dream coins.
006, who had been speaking coolly to 666, immediately cried out:
[Host, don’t waste it! Keep those thousand dream coins to buy strength-enhancing supplements! Why buy this temporary beer?!]
666, wagging his tail, nodded and shouted to his host, [Zhou Fatty, you let the boss pay for the meal, don’t you have any respect for the boss? Hurry up and bring some dishes for the boss, I’ll give you a 20% discount as your golden card food server!]
Mo Yang rolled his eyes at 006, and Zhou Api’s mouth twitched. He felt that his own guide was like a different ball altogether. It used to ignore whatever he said and always tried to swindle his dream coins in various ways. But now, in front of the boss, it could disregard its own face to this extent…?!
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.
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Mo Yang took a bite of the lobster ball, his eyes brightening. The taste was exactly the same as the authentic lobster ball he had eaten before.
“Go ahead. Speak while eating.”
Zhou Api also picked up a piece of squid, chewing slowly.
“First, besides players who have already chosen the woodworking profession for their own houses, other Dream World players can upgrade their houses by finding a carpenter after leveling up. It only requires providing some materials and dream coins to upgrade our small wooden house from level one to level two.”
“Not only does the area double, but the furniture inside also gets upgraded accordingly. Of course, you can also directly buy a level two house from the Dream World, but it’s more than twice as expensive as upgrading.”
Mo Yang nodded and poked a shrimp ball into Wan Mei’s bowl. Despite being trained by the Demon King for these days, he was proud that within just five days, he could fight any soldier in the Dragon-Soaring Team on equal footing. So, he felt he could give some praise to his boyfriend.
Wan Mei looked at the lobster ball, poked it once, and ate it.
Zhou Api: “…”
“Ahem, the second piece of news is about someone’s death. It caused quite a stir on the forum. If you open the Dream World discussion forum now, it should be the headline.”
Mo Yang frowned, “That shouldn’t be the case. Killing is prohibited in the Dream World. Even if you fail in the game, it’s just a mental setback. So why would someone die? Unless he didn’t die in the Dream World but in the real world!”
Zhou Api picked up a piece of lotus root and chewed slowly. Nodding, he said, “Exactly! You’re absolutely right, boss. The person died in the real world.”
“The Dream World issued a notice stating that the person died of carbon monoxide poisoning in reality. At that time, he was unable to leave the game world, so even if he sensed the danger, he couldn’t escape and ultimately died. Therefore, the Dream World advises other players to choose safe and undisturbed places to play during the game.”
“But that’s not the main point. After reading this news, I felt uneasy and spent 2000 dream coins to find out the real name of the deceased player from 666. Then I checked his information in reality and found out that this Song Youwei was about to go to jail for embezzling millions of public funds. Suddenly, he became rich and then quit his job.”
“According to his neighbors, he underwent a significant change in the past month. He was initially an insecure and arrogant person, but within a month, he became extremely confident, even saying that he would become the richest person in the world.”
Zhou Api clicked his tongue twice, “Sounds like nonsense, but if he came to the Dream World, then it must be true. And three days before Song Youwei’s death, he brought two young and beautiful escorts into his house, and later these two escorts started living with him. On the third day of cohabitation, Song Youwei died. Those two escorts, however, became just like the initial Song Youwei, suddenly full of confidence, and quit their jobs one after another.”
Zhou Api sneered, “If those two escorts have nothing to do with Song Youwei’s death, then you can write my name backward!”
Mo Yang’s heart skipped a beat when he heard that the deceased person’s surname was Song. He thought of Song Autian, whom he had encountered in the first game. Autian happened to like young and handsome guys, and Song Youwei happened to have exactly two escorts…
Mo Yang had a ridiculous idea and turned to 006, who was floating above his head, and said, “006, was it Song Autian who died? After reaching level two, did he actually find two escorts as his companions?”
006 was initially reluctant to answer the host’s question, but when it saw Wan Mei, the powerful Demon King, glancing at it, it shuddered and felt dissatisfied: [100 dream coins!]
Mo Yang agreed and transferred the money.
[Yes, the deceased was indeed Song Autian. He managed to complete the mystery-solving game within five days, barely made it through the battle game within six days, and then played two dating sim games. He played a total of five games and barely reached level two. After that, he did bring two people into the Dream World. As for the rest, I don’t know anything.]
Mo Yang shook his head for a while. “This is truly… reckless. He thought he was the protagonist.”
Curious, Zhou Api asked, “Boss, do you know Song Youwei?”
Mo Yang nodded, “Yes, I met him in a dating sim game. He seemed to think he was the chosen one. Although I thought he might not last long, I never expected him to die so abruptly.”
As Mo Yang spoke, he looked up at 006 with a sharp gaze. “So, even though guiding people into the Dream World has its benefits, it’s not always safe.”
“If someone in the real world knows your identity and can manipulate accidents to harm us during the game, it can be very dangerous. So, from now on, we must stay in a safe place while playing. And let’s check if there are any game items that can forcibly exit the game, just in case.”
006 and 009 both shimmered at the same time.
[Yes, yes, yes! There’s a five-minute Forced Game Exit Card! After using it, a substitute will replace the player for five minutes, allowing the player to resolve any sudden events! It’s very cheap, only 5000 dream coins per card!]
Zhou Api immediately howled, “5000! Why don’t you just rob them?! It was 1000 dream coins per minute, right?!”
006 and 009 turned their spherical bodies towards Zhou Api at the same time. Even though there were no faces or expressions on their spherical surfaces, Zhou Api could still perceive their disdain from the golden glow.
Zhou Api, who only had a total of 8678 Dream Coins and was feeling poor, sighed, “I was wrong. I shouldn’t have tried to compare my spending with the big shots.”
The silver spherical entity, 666, sighed and turned away without saying a word.
Mo Yang said, “Hmm, let’s buy two five-minute cards for now, just in case.”
Wan Mei added, “One five-minute card and one ten-minute card.”
006 and 009 exclaimed, [Sure, sure, sure! Host, good luck! The cards have been placed in your backpack, remember to use them!]
666 muttered, [Broke ass.]
Zhou Api sighed even more sadly. “…” Maybe I should change the topic.
Zhou Api took a deep breath and said, “Because Song Youwei died, I think we should disguise ourselves a bit when playing in the Dream World. Shouldn’t we wear masks before entering the game? I searched and found many strange masks with various functions in the shop. They can even be customized. With masks, we should be able to effectively avoid enemies who know us.”
Mo Yang nodded, “That’s a good idea. We’ll buy masks after entering the game. Anything else?”
“There’s one last piece of news I found on the forum. It seems that a player has a high luck value and obtained a hidden item in the battle game, just like my jade pendant and your bracelets. However, his item is not as precious as ours. He got a bag of honey orange seeds, which allows him to bypass the farming level and directly grow honey oranges. So, I thought that after entering the game, we could search around and maybe find something useful.”
After Zhou Api finished speaking, he stared at Mo Yang with his round face shining brightly. Understanding the philosophy of being a boss, Mo Yang praised him generously and opened the shop on his phone. He asked Zhou Api, “You’ve worked hard. As a benefit for being my little brother, I’ll buy you a mask.”
Before Zhou Api could speak, 666 excitedly circled around Mo Yang.
[Thank you, boss! Boss, don’t be so polite! Buy the mask from me, and I’ll give you a 30% discount!]
Then 666 was bumped away by 006, who asked it to calm down and not steal its business.
Mo Yang looked at 006 and asked, “Are you offering a discount?”
006 responded, […Host, why are you like this? Can’t we have a fair trade?]
Mo Yang looked at the shining 666 and then back at 006.
006’s golden glow was now surrounded by a dark aura. [At most a 10% discount! Don’t compare us, the top ten leading guides, with those weaklings who barely crossed a hundred! Didn’t you see that I only added two zeros to represent a little respect for the guides before 100? Those who crossed 100 aren’t even worthy of our attention!]
009 chimed in agreement from the side, [The guides are also divided into different levels. Can’t you see that we have different colors?]
Mo Yang looked at the golden shining 006 and 009, and then at the silver shining 666. He understood.
And so, the three of them began to choose their masks.
Apart from the cool masks inspired by various anime characters, cute cat face masks, and strange masks with built-in face lights, Mei BaiWan, the Great Demon King, decisively chose a moisturizing mask that felt comfortable when applied to the face. This mask cost 5000 Dream Coins and claimed to change faces when worn, waterproof, sweatproof, and even bulletproof.
Mo Yang smirked, “This is truly a face-changing mask.” He actually quite liked the fierce black panther mask.
After paying, Wan Mei bought a small black cat mask and handed it to Mo Yang.
“Double protection.”
He also bought himself a clown mask. When he wore it, the mask appeared to be smiling, but his eyes remained completely serious, giving off a creepy vibe.
“Did your hand shake when choosing? I liked the black panther one.”
Wan Mei put the mask on Mo Yang’s face and touched his slightly shiny skin. “Both are from the Felidae family. They’re the same.”
Zhou Api chuckled, “…” Heh, I’m used to these sudden displays of affection. He quietly bought a cheerful cartoon pig mask for himself, thinking it might bring some luck.
Meanwhile, 110 was roaring at its host as usual.
[Are you stupid?! Are you?!]
[With so many masks to choose from, you had to pick Mr. Bao, Inspector Qing?! What’s so appealing about that dark face with a moon engraved on the forehead? Are you expecting to catch thieves in the night without being noticed?!]
Xin Lei and Sun Wukong are much better than this black, crescent-faced mask, Aah!
Song Kefeng defended himself, “No, I just like Inspector Qing. It’s affordable and dignified! Plus, pressing the moon on it automatically lights up for illumination.”
The last mask is the funniest
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I can’t with them. If they ever team up, they will be the kind of superheroes gang that give nightmare to people
Captain Song.. is unexpectedly cute?
RIP Song Aotian. I guess at least he didn’t ended up as NPC.
R.I.P to Pervert Song Aotian. And Detective Song Kefeng is so cute 🥺🥰
the headlight function lmaooo
Polisman SKF is so cute lol. Tq