Fork in the Road

After teaming up, the two of them, based on their understanding of the official Legend of Mir servers, headed directly to Centipede Cave, which was slightly higher level than them. Using the teleportation NPC in the safe zone, they were instantly transported to the entrance of Centipede Cave, saving them a long trek.

This game is so damn user-friendly, thumbs up.

On the official Legend of Mir servers, a simple walk could take nearly ten minutes, which was such a waste of time. It was practically burning through game time cards, just a disgusting and despicable money-making tactic by capitalists.

Entering Centipede Cave, the Mage junior took down an Oddity with just two Lightning Techniques, while Li Wu's Warrior would one-shot everything. Centipedes, Black Evil Maggots, and Sand Worms all fell in a single hit. Only the Evil Sand Worm could withstand a few blows.

Experience points shot up in chunks.

In the official Legend of Mir servers, you'd have to kill hundreds of monsters to find one rare monster that would drop a pile of items.

Here, just killing a few monsters would result in a massive drop.

At first, the two of them excitedly picked up everything and stuffed it into their backpacks. After about ten minutes, they had reached a state of "leave no trace on the road" and "heart like still water."

They only picked up items that were useful.

After fighting for a while, they realized they had underestimated their own strength, or perhaps, underestimated how overpowered this game was.

After a brief discussion, they decided to return to the city together and head to the higher-level Zuma Temple!

Inside, they fought until the sky was dark and the sun and moon were no longer visible.

"Holy crap, Demon Bell! Don't pick that up, it's mine, mine!"

"What the hell, Ring of Strength, that's mine, you grabbed it, throw it out!"

"A top-tier Great Hammer Guard is nothing, it fell in a few hits before my Dragon Slaying Sword. Boring!"

"Holy crap, Death Gauntlets with Attack 1-5, this one's for you. Tell me if you see anything rare. Just pick up the normal equipment too. Maybe it's all rare stuff!"

As they fought monsters, the two of them would occasionally let out excited shouts.

At first, other players thought they were two idiots bragging, but as they listened, the bragging became so convincing it was almost indistinguishable from the truth.

This made the players in the internet cafe playing the official Legend of Mir restless.

They crowded over to watch, and what they saw was astonishing. They became engrossed, their faces filled with envy!

In no time, a crowd gathered behind every player playing Greedy Blue Moon.

The crowd behind Li Wu's group was the largest.

The more the surrounding Legend of Mir players watched, the more their hearts ached with sorrow and grievance.

Damn it, I'm spending money, buying game time cards.

I grinded day and night, waited for BOSSes to spawn, risked my life and only got a pile of trash, not even a Purgatory with 20 durability.

And look at them, in just one hour, they're almost fully geared with Zuma set and wielding a Dragon Slaying Sword!

Some people might never reach Rome in their lifetime, while others are born in Rome!

Trash Shanda Legend of Mir, even dogs wouldn't play it!

During a brief lull in Li Wu's monster-slaying, a few people asked him fawningly, "Big bro, how do you play this Legend of Mir? Teach us, little brother?"

Normally, if someone just called him "bro," Li Wu would have put on airs.

But the current Li Wu was too busy and impatiently replied, "There are flyers at the counter. It's all on there, go take a look yourself."

The next moment, a group of people rushed towards the counter, startling the network administrator who was dozing off. Seeing the commotion, he thought a robbery was in progress.

But upon closer inspection, he realized they were just grabbing flyers. "Never mind," he thought, and went back to dozing off.

"Don't grab!"

"Save one for me!"

"Who the hell is taking multiple copies! That guy is talking to you, only one per person. If anyone takes more, we'll all beat him up!"

After about ten minutes, each of them had a flyer in hand and returned to their seats.

Soon, Greedy Blue Moon was installed on all their computers. After registering and logging in, they all wailed.

Looking at the screen displaying: Server is full, queue 1024.

Are you kidding me? You can't even handle it, you have to queue!

Meanwhile, Li Wu and the Mage junior, both clad in Zuma set, headed straight for Zuma Boss's Lair. They killed monsters along the way, slaying gods and demons alike!

With their hands in their pockets, they charged forward, heading straight for the heart of the enemy.

They entered the Boss's Lair directly. Before they could react, sword light rained down from the heavens.

The next second, both of them were lying on the ground, watching a black and white screen, instantly killed!

It was as if the Warrior statue in the safe zone had come alive, clad in golden armor, wielding the Sky-Opening Greatsword, majestically fighting the Zuma Boss. They, on the other hand, seemed like two mosquitoes he'd swatted aside.

What made Li Wu want to vomit blood was that his Dragon Slaying Sword was dropped.

His world was shattered!

Wu You was thirty years old this year and came from a wealthy family, the son of a coal tycoon.

For the past two years, he'd been idle, adhering to his father's bottom line: he was an enemy of gambling and drugs, but he'd tried everything else.

A few months ago, a friend introduced him to the online game Legend of Mir, and he became addicted. However, after leveling for a few levels, he found it too tiring and bought a high-level account to start PK, but the thrill was only temporary.

This day, he checked the official Legend of Mir forum and saw "Chasing Legend" on the second line of the Baidu search results.

What the heck? What other game could surpass Legend of Mir?

He clicked on it and discovered a new world!

He found this game called Greedy Blue Moon Legend of Mir, and the weapons and equipment looked surprisingly good!

When the server opened, he registered and logged in immediately, creating his character in one go. Upon entering the game, without a word, he looked around and was pleasantly surprised to find a top-up entrance.

It supported online banking transfers, which was quite convenient. He directly transferred money to the account provided and then added their QQ.

Could it be a scam? The thought flashed through his mind and was gone. The cost of deceiving someone would be too high.

He decided to transfer 10,000 first to test the waters.

A few minutes later, his QQ received a reply: "Top-up successful, wishing our esteemed player a happy gaming experience."

Oh, the customer service was quite polite.

Wu You bought every gift pack, item, and anything else that could be purchased in the game's mall.

In total, he spent a little over 20,000 in the early stages, and there was nothing left to buy. It was fine; it wasn't too expensive, just the cost of an evening's entertainment.

He even maxed out the VIP membership levels, reaching VIP 15, with no further upgrades possible. It came with a dazzling array of equipment.

Wu You curled his lips, feeling like, "I haven't even exerted myself yet, and you're already done?" He decided to go with it for now.

He immediately equipped the gifted gear, and indeed, it was just two words: cool and flashy!

He instantly became the most dazzling person in the safe zone! Surrounded by a group of followers, their fawning words continuously scrolled across the screen, bringing him immense satisfaction.

After a brief tour, he used the member NPC to teleport directly to the Zuma Boss's Lair to practice on the Zuma Boss.

Before he could even land a few hits, two minor mobs appeared from nowhere behind him. Wu You casually used his "RMB Strike" to beat up the little brats, one by one.

Wu You scoffed, "What's their rank, daring to steal monsters on the same map as me?"

Seeing that the opponent's Dragon Slaying Sword was dropped, Wu You picked it up, checked its stats, and sneered, "Trash!"

He threw it away again. A mere Dragon Slaying Sword was nothing compared to the Sky-Opening Greatsword in my hand.

He immediately teleported back to the city, quickly forgetting this minor incident.

Back in the city, he continued to enjoy the admiration of thousands, which made Wu You feel very excited, his sense of immersion skyrocketing!

This feeling was similar to when his family suddenly became rich, The first time he took a flight to Beijing's Heaven on Earth to see the world.

The first time he spent tens of thousands, even millions, dining and engaging in entertainment activities with the female celebrity he had longed for.

It wasn't entirely the same, but it was exactly the same!

This was the kind of game that a high-end, quality player like him should be playing.

Later, he'd go fight the Woma Boss to get the Horn, planning to create the first Guild in the district!

Now that he had set his goal, how could he forget his unreliable friends?

Wu You took out his three-star diamond-encrusted phone and started calling his buddies!

Meanwhile, Players from Beijing, Ice City, and those who found the game through Baidu searches were continuously pouring into Greedy Blue Moon Legend of Mir. Their backgrounds varied, but after a simple trial, they were all instantly addicted and couldn't stop. In any internet cafe, one person playing would attract a crowd to download the game.

Word spread from one to ten, then from ten to a hundred, spreading like a virus.

On March 15, 2002, the online game Legend of Mir took a fork in the road.