A Sudden Long-distance Relationship

Xu Zhi quickly walked out of the Orchard Courtyard's gate, standing there chatting with Chen Xi.

"What exactly are you doing? Does farming really make you happy?"

Chen Xi curiously peeked into the courtyard. Apart from a bunch of thriving vegetables in the fields, she didn't see anything else. She could only say in a low voice, "Hey! I'm so angry. Am I not pretty enough? You don't come to see your pretty girlfriend for dates often."

Xu Zhi said, "Don't I often go shopping with you and ride the Electric Scooter in the morning?"

Faced with Chen Xi's little resentment, Xu Zhi indicated that he had spent plenty of time with her.

Besides farming, Xu Zhi wasn't a complete shut-in. He went out for walks every morning and rode around on the Electric Scooter with her, which was quite carefree and relaxing.

Although, he always felt that farming was much more interesting than dating his girlfriend.

"That's different. You spend an hour with me a day, and then farm all day." Chen Xi was very dissatisfied, saying in a low voice, "I've been working hard to learn about this stuff, and I'm taking dating very seriously. Is my charm really not enough?"

"What are you learning?" Xu Zhi couldn't help but laugh.

"I'm going back to school in four days." Chen Xi was very angry, and then she became listless, "Summer vacation is almost over."

Xu Zhi paused when he took the lunch box.

After calculating the time, he realized that summer vacation was coming to an end. In an instant, he completely snapped out of his intellectual battles in the courtyard with those Sand Sculpture Players.

Honestly, he would feel a little uncomfortable without the delicious bento every day.

He knew very well how Chen Xi felt about him. She had offered help in the snow, and when he was terminally ill and at his lowest point, she had taken the initiative to be with him, to be his girlfriend, and to spend his last days with him.

Xu Zhi thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't matter if we have a Long-distance Relationship. We can call each other and video chat."

He had already planned it out. He would have a long phone call every day, stroll through the rural scenery, and then farm and manage the sandbox. It would be a very beautiful and peaceful rural life.

"That's different, completely different."

Chen Xi stubbornly acted like a young couple about to part, saying, "That's a Long-distance Relationship. Calling and videoing aren't really being together."

Xu Zhi was speechless, his brow twitching. "By the way, have you heard of the game Spore Evolution?"

"I don't know." Chen Xi was taken aback.

She said that as an Innocent Beautiful Girl, she usually only played casual games, and wouldn't play anything too violent.

"This is a casual sandbox game, very casual, with very free actions, like Minecraft, a sandbox construction game. Have you played it?" Xu Zhi smiled.

"Minecraft? I've played it." Chen Xi nodded this time.

Xu Zhi said, "It is said that this sandbox casual game is Black Technology, a second world, completely realistic. We can meet there, which is more real than video calls in reality."

"Really?"

Chen Xi was taken aback, "A completely realistic second world? We can meet there?"

Xu Zhi thought for a moment and added, "However, there are some conditions for the internal beta access. You need to write a scientific paper on natural evolution."

Chen Xi was immediately stunned, her eyes widening in surprise, and she said with a suspicious and shocked expression, "A scientific paper... Are you sure this is a casual game?"

"It's okay, I can handle it."

Xu Zhi comforted her, "You can just download the game when you get to school. I'll hire someone to write the paper for you and get you an internal beta access. Then you can just log into the game... However, your school's computer configuration probably isn't good enough to run the game. I'll pay for it, about twenty thousand, to buy you one that can run it."

"I love you!"

Chen Xi immediately became excited, kissed Xu Zhi hard on the face, and ran away, jumping and skipping with shyness.

Xu Zhi stood at the gate of the courtyard, gently touched the face that had been kissed hard, and smiled, "As expected, if you throw money and say cheesy love words, no girl can resist."

As a Creator God, being rebelled against by a group of Spores created in a small sandbox, and having Gilgamesh in the large sandbox thinking about killing gods all day long, that was one thing. But if he couldn't even fulfill his girlfriend's small requests, what kind of Creator God was he?

As for the internal beta access, it was just a matter of his word.

However, buying a high-configuration computer that could run the game would naturally cost him some money. Of his 100,000 yuan savings, 20,000 yuan had been spent, and now he only had 80,000 yuan left.

"Money is all crap. It doesn't matter if it's spent. But I have to find a way to make money." After comforting Chen Xi, Xu Zhi didn't think much of it. He had many ways to make money.

Actually, when the two of them usually went on dates, they just went out for a drive, looked at the scenery, and chatted.

In the future, when they went on dates, they could transfer to meeting in the miniature sandbox. The scenery there was also good, with beautiful mountains and rivers. The two of them could tour the scenery and also watch a group of Sand Sculpture Spores and strange creatures running around everywhere.

It was truly a beautiful and fantastic world.

No wonder, this little sandbox is too clever, now it has even more uses, becoming a place for them to meet and date.

After dealing with Chen Xi's anxieties about her long-distance relationship, Xu Zhi just smiled, picked up the lunchbox at the door, and the heart that had been hanging in the air finally settled down.

On the other side, inside the courtyard.

"Genesis, what is this?"

A group of players couldn't help but exclaim.

"How could this word—Genesis—suddenly appear in our Spore Evolution game sandbox? Could this be a hidden storyline branch, or the world background setting of this sandbox game?"

The players marveled and were greatly shocked, as if they had discovered a new continent.

Sure enough, this game has an explosive degree of freedom, just like real life, where all hidden storylines need to be explored.

In the eyes of the players, their actions clearly triggered the main storyline! Yes!

They are about to attack the boss, which must have triggered a cutscene! Which of the players present isn't a veteran of online games?

They naturally know that most online games have background world settings. Western fantasy online games and Eastern Xianxia online games all have plot histories. They must have triggered a cutscene of the background plot.

"I didn't expect this sandbox game to have a background setting? I thought it was just a simple sandbox game world for spore evolution!"

"The design team is hardcore, but it's incredibly conscientious! They even have a background world for us to discover!"

All kinds of strange and bizarre species were lying on the huge pages, discussing excitedly.

"Everyone, stop messing around and wasting time. Quickly turn to the next page and see what's written in this book called Genesis... Damn it! Brothers, this game is too hardcore! Even the background introduction cutscenes require us players to turn the pages ourselves to trigger them!"

A group of people mistakenly thought they had triggered a game plot.

Immediately afterward, led by Mount Akina Speed, everyone hurriedly rushed out of the huge pages and jointly released the second page. They saw the three large characters "Dark Martial Era" written on the second page.

[Dark Martial Era, the world changed drastically, the sun set and the moon rose, and the world fell into a long darkness of five thousand years. 99% of marine life became extinct. Only Blue Moon Grass absorbed moonlight to survive, becoming the only surviving species and rapidly multiplying, becoming extremely prosperous in this dark ocean. Blue Moon Grass became the overlord of this era!]

Swish! The first mass extinction?

Countless people's faces trembled slightly.

"Are these ultra-ancient historical eras?"

"Don't look too closely! Quickly use the VR Glasses' recording function to film it and study it later. If we delay any longer, the boss giant will come back! Next page!" Someone roared loudly.

Countless people reacted from their numbness. It was the first time they had played a game so excitedly that they were all mentally unstable.

It was too exciting, this feeling of sneaking around was too explosive.

In an instant, they turned to the next page.

The three characters "Light Martial Era" were written on it.

[Light Martial Era, the world changed drastically, the moon fell and the sun rose, and a scorching sun appeared in the sky for five thousand years. The Blue Moon Grass overlord, which had survived the Dark Martial Era, began to experience a large-scale species extinction. Among them, the Purple Zhao Grass, a weaker branch of the Blue Moon Grass, unexpectedly rose up and became the protagonist of the era dominating this era!]

Dominating a vast era, the protagonist of the era?

The second mass extinction?

Everyone was completely restless and hurriedly turned to the next page.

The three characters "Newborn Era" were written on it.

[Newborn Era, the era ushered in a new life, and various animals exploded. The first marine animals appeared, a prosperous age of species, and heroes competed for beauty. Invertebrates relied on their shells to dominate the sea for a while, becoming the overlords of the era, but they did not dominate for long. Vertebrates were born and defeated them with their agility. Vertebrates became the overlords of the Newborn Era and will rule a long and vast era!]

What exactly is this?

They seemed to understand but also felt confused.

The background setting of this sandbox game seemed difficult to understand, but they also felt that the world view was extremely vast. This sandbox game was very free, and they had too many things that had not been explored!

Until they turned to the next page and arrived at the fourth era of the vast history, they were completely stunned.

[Genesis, intelligent species appeared. The Ape-Wisdom race developed tribal city-state civilizations, drove away giant beasts, and became the overlords of this era, but they were cruel and violent. The heavens could not tolerate it, and a Great Flood descended, destroying all living beings. The third mass extinction began to erupt, wiping out 99% of living beings.]

Intelligent life once appeared!?

City-state civilization?

The Great Flood? It was actually the third mass extinction? Hiss!!

Seeing this, everyone completely lost their composure, gasped, and hurriedly flipped to the next page, just in time to see a line of text that Xu Zhi had just written, which was the ongoing fifth Era.

[Prosperous Witch Era, the God of Wisdom Hermes speaks with the people on the earth, and the Three Witches open up the path of the Witch, Babylon 198, the Three Witches die of old age, and the god descends a miracle to mourn them.]

God of Wisdom! Hermes! What the hell is this! Everyone's minds went blank, feeling as if a magnificent game sandbox world was slowly unfolding before their eyes.