Virtual Empire Begins with a Game
Chapter 41

Interactive Scene: Golden Wind Jade Dew

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"Aaaaaaaah—"

"Why isn't it coming out yet!!!"

"But it's okay, keep going! I can still save up!"

Qi Huahua continued to fight and rush the progress, collecting raw ore to buy Liquid Gold.

The Frost Snow Project not only gives raw ore as mission rewards, but also grants a reward each time the Investigator level increases, alternating between Liquid Gold and Flowing SilverLiquid Gold can be used to draw from all pools, while Flowing Silver can only be used for the permanent pool.

Motivated by these rewards, Qi Huahua was full of energy.

But as the level increased, the leveling speed became slower and slower, and saving up for draws became more and more difficult.

After another ten-pull without getting anything good, Qi Huahua stopped insisting on ten-pulls and started drawing once every five Liquid Gold.

When she wasn't high enough level to do the main quests, she started exploring wild chests and doing limited-time events, transforming into a gambling addict, drawing once for every Liquid Gold she got.

Her wails echoed throughout the entire livestream:

"Zhu Meng, I beg you, have mercy on this poor person!"

"Tong Que, I love you so much, why aren't you coming to me yet?"

"Why hasn't it come out yet? Only 20 more draws until pity!"

Some viewers couldn't bear to watch and sent gifts to encourage her to top up.

But Qi Huahua still refused: "No! My mom told me since I was little that I can't spend money recklessly in games!"

The viewers typed out a string of ellipses.

One Captain who couldn't stand it anymore suggested: "Zhu Meng's own Dream Ferry app has an event where inviting people to register also gives Liquid Gold, up to 10 draws. Do you want to participate?"

The cat-eared loli representing Qi Huahua on the screen suddenly looked up: "Why didn't you say so earlier?!"

"I'll pull everyone I know!"

"Wait for me to get the invitation code!"

Qi Huahua's action was maxed out, and she quickly ran to Dream Ferry to register.

After getting the QR code for invitation registration, she pasted it on top of her virtual avatar's head.

After that, this cat girl loli pointed to the QR code on her head, shaking her fluffy cat ears and saying, "Here, here!"

"Look over here! Everyone who hasn't registered yet, please come and help the kitty register!"

"I'll kowtow to everyone, thank you meow!"

The viewers were very supportive and scanned to register.

Before long, Qi Huahua had brought over 600 new users to Dream Ferry—far exceeding the 100 people needed to get all the rewards.

Qi Huahua excitedly collected all the rewards and opened the gacha page again with great enthusiasm.

"90 draws to pity, I've already done 70, this time I'll definitely get it!"

"Play the suona! My wife is coming through the door!"

After saying that, Qi Huahua's virtual character froze for a few seconds, and then the livestream really started playing festive suona music.

Amidst the suona music, Qi Huahua pressed the ten-pull button.

One Fei Yun, one four-star sniper rifle, and eight three-star weapons.

So the suona seamlessly switched from the festivity of a wedding to a funeral procession.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!"

Qi Huahua was frantic: "80 draws already!"

"80 draws and still nothing? I'm going to vomit blood, ahhhhh!!!"

Viewers who didn't play the game comforted her.

But the battle-hardened gacha game players said that their hearts were not moved at all, and they even wanted to laugh a little—

"Too normal."

"It's a gacha game, how can we not appreciate this?"

Even veteran Frost Snow Project players appeared to share their experiences: "Be content, at least now the probability of drawing the featured five-star character is up from 50% to 75%, so you don't have to worry too much about getting an off-banner character."

"What a benevolent gacha game company."

"Benevolent my ass!" Qi Huahua finally lost it.

"I can't take it anymore! Red-Green Modifier—activate!"

She switched to the top-up interface and completed the 648 top-up process in just 6 seconds.

Her familiarity made her seem like anything but someone who never tops up except for the monthly card.

Amidst a series of question marks from her viewers, Qi Huahua skipped any rituals and completed the last ten-pull at lightning speed.

The crystals shattered in golden light.

Qi Huahua burst into wild laughter.

A tightly wrapped character leaped out of the crystal.

The wild laughter came to an abrupt halt.

The live stream became eerily silent.

Only the old character in Combat Outfit was left looking around the screen—it was Olga, who hadn't been remastered yet.

Qi Huahua completely broke down: "Aaaaaaaahhhhh!!! Zhu Meng!!!!!! Why do you torture me!!!!!!"

The viewers rushed to mock her:

"Hahahaha, you hit the 25% chance!"

"Where's the clip maker? Come quickly! You've got your material!"

"Isn't this another kind of luck?"

"After watching so many streamers, you're the first one I've seen get an off-banner on pity."

"So tragic, hahaha."

"Think of the bright side, the next pity is guaranteed to be Tong Que!"

"How much does Tong Que not want to see you, hahaha, I got her in 20 pulls!"

"Take the whales away!"

"Why not just give up? Forced melons aren't sweet."

"I don't care! I want her!" Qi Huahua could barely maintain her professional voice.

"I don't care if it's sweet or not, I must twist this melon off today!"

"My turn—draw cards!"

10-pull! 20-pull! 30-pull! ...

It wasn't until the 6th 10-pull that golden light finally burst from the crystal again—

The red-haired beauty Tong Que elegantly swayed her slender waist and walked to the front of the screen.

The camera moved from bottom to top, circling this bejeweled red-haired empress for a 720-degree spin, finally stopping on her sharp, phoenix eyes that looked down on everything.

Qi Huahua took a deep breath.

And slowly exhaled—

"Ooooooh—wa!"

"Finally, that feels good!"

She couldn't wait to enter the character page, pulling left and right to rotate the view, switching weapons and talent pages, admiring Tong Que from different angles.

She kept giggling as she watched.

The viewers were left speechless, and the fans who made highlight reels of her streams went into overdrive.

Then, Qi Huahua discovered that Tong Que's outfit interface not only had two outfits, old and new, but also an [Interactive Scene] waiting to be unlocked under the new outfit.

"What's this?" she clicked on it.

System prompt:

"Do you want to spend 1280 points to unlock the exclusive interactive scene [Golden Sound Jade Vibration] - [Golden Breeze Jade Dew]?"

[Golden Sound Jade Vibration] was the name of Tong Que's new outfit.

In contrast, the old outfit was very perfunctorily named [Combat Outfit].

"Interactive scene? Golden Breeze Jade Dew?" Qi Huahua blinked. "Isn't that a honeymoon night?!"

"128 yuan? So cheap?"

"Meow meow is going to charge first, brothers!"

The viewers advised her to be rational: "Don't be impulsive, what interactive scene? It might just be a dynamic background."

"It's not even an outfit, and they dare to sell a background for 128?"

"Just because they're short of money, they can't do this, right? Isn't this just fleecing the players?"

"Wait a minute, what does Golden Breeze Jade Dew have to do with a honeymoon night?"

But Qi Huahua couldn't hear anything at this point: "Confirm purchase!"

Unfortunately, the purchase failed.

System prompt:

[Sorry, your points balance is insufficient. Do you want to recharge?] [Yes]/[No]

Qi Huahua:?

She quickly realized that the 648 yuan she had recharged had all been converted into Liquid Gold, and had been mostly used up, leaving only the last 10 draws...

"Hiss—"

Qi Huahua gasped.

After hesitating for a moment, she slowly said, "Okay, I'll recharge another 128."

"128 also has a double bonus for the first recharge, so if I recharge 128, Zhu Meng will give me another 128."

"128 minus 128 equals 0."

"From a mathematical point of view, I'm not losing at all, it's like I didn't spend a penny, and I get 2560 points for free!"

"What a steal!"

The viewers all had question marks floating above their heads.

But Qi Huahua had already convinced herself, and quickly recharged and placed the order, securing the [Golden Breeze Jade Dew] interactive scene.

After the purchase was successful, clicking on it again entered the loading screen.

Qi Huahua giggled non-stop, fully expecting to see a scene of a honeymoon night.

But after the loading was complete, what appeared before her was a Chinese-style pavilion surrounded by lanterns under the night sky.

In the center of the pavilion was a small square table, with wine utensils and snacks on it.

The candlelight flickered, and Tong Que sat opposite, gently playing the zither.

Two magpies squeezed into the eaves, and the background was a brilliant starry sky.

Listening to the melodious zither music in her ears, a question mark slowly appeared above Qi Huahua's head: "Wait, where's my honeymoon night?"

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