"Son, how is it?" Seeing Ling Yi's figure reappear in the living room, "Mother" Jiang Yunzhi asked with some anticipation.
"Father" Ling Yun appeared calm, but Ling Yi noticed that his hands were clenched into fists due to tension.
Ling Yi didn't speak, but instead spread his hands, displaying the three fragments in front of them.
"Fragments!" Jiang Yunzhi exclaimed in disbelief.
Ling Yun stepped forward, looked at Ling Yi, then at the three incredibly mysterious fragments, his surprise and delight impossible to conceal.
"You..."
"I'm so excited, I'm number one!" Ling Yi said with a smile.
"Really?" Ling Yun still Dharma Manifestation.
"You all know my ID. When you log in next time..." Before Ling Yi could finish speaking, Ling Yun's figure disappeared in front of him.
Clearly, Ling Yun had already entered the e-sports room through the Launcher to check Ling Yi's data.
This slightly moved Ling Yi.
It's important to know that once you enter an esports room, you must participate in at least one game before you can leave.
Ling Yi was very clear that his "parents" actually harbored a strong aversion and fear towards games.
They are both ordinary people with no talent for gaming. In the game, they are just "easy targets" in the eyes of others. Over the years, they have lost a lot of their lifespan.
About ten minutes later, Ling Yun reappeared.
Seeing Ling Yun's face, which looked even older, Ling Yi was deeply moved, but also felt a surge of anger.
There was even an urge to immediately unseal one's own power, use all the laws, find the person behind it all, and utterly destroy them, reducing them to ashes.
Ling Yun stepped forward and hugged Ling Yi tightly, murmuring, "Son, well done, well done..."
Ling Yi felt conflicted at this moment. He enjoyed the feeling because it was a fatherly love he had never experienced before.
But a voice inside him told him that it was all fake, that he wasn't his father, and that he would eventually leave this world.
Ling Yi breathed a sigh of relief when Yun Song released him.
Next, the couple busied themselves with preparations. They didn't know how to reward their beloved son, so the only thing they could do was cook a big meal for Ling Yi.
Around noon, the doorbell suddenly rang.
Ling Yi opened the door and immediately saw Li Hongming standing at the door, wearing a loose-fitting school uniform, large-framed glasses, and looking adorably dazed.
Ling Yi knew that this was another plot forced upon him by the author. If the story had unfolded normally, he would most likely have won over this girl.
But Ling Yi sees himself as someone who is always just passing through various worlds.
Ling Yi wasn't afraid of taking on girls, but rather afraid that he wouldn't have enough energy and emotion to devote to them.
Just like in the Ling Realm, didn't Ling Yi also spend a lot of time with Zhiruo and the other girls in his family?
This isn't Ling Yi, but... he's the Protagonist of this novel. His destiny is to constantly travel through time, bringing more exciting plot twists and fresh experiences to the story.
Unless... Ling Yi is able to completely transcend these boundaries one day.
Before this, Ling Yi could accept any plot arranged by the author, but Ling Yi was reluctant to accept this kind of terrible plot.
"Sorry, there can only be one winner in a game." Ling Yi roughly guessed that Li Hongming had come to reclaim her lifespan fragments.
"Can I buy it back?" Li Hongming asked softly. She wasn't stupid; on the contrary, she was quite clever and naturally sensed Ling Yi's rejection.
This made Li Hongming very unhappy.
"Are you sure?" Now it was Ling Yi's turn to be surprised.
The lowest price for a single fragment on the market is 15 million, and now the highest price has reached 30 million.
After all, this is lifespan, and countless people need these lifespan fragments. Moreover, the price will only continue to rise, given that the drop rate of fragments in the game is extremely low.
" Ling Yi, why are you leaving that girl standing at the door? Come inside." Jiang Yunzhi appeared behind Ling Yi with a spoon, seemingly out of nowhere.
Jiang Yunzhi's enthusiasm made Ling Yi and Li Hongming feel somewhat awkward.
"Shall we come in?" Ling Yi asked.
The questioning tone instantly displeased Li Hongming and made Jiang Yunzhi want to punch someone.
"What, you're not welcome?" Li Hongming retorted.
Ling Yi shrugged. Well, the author is forcing this on.
"Come in!" Ling Yi said, then turned and walked towards the living room.
"Snort!"
Li Hongming grew increasingly annoyed. "What's with that disgusted look you're giving me? Do you think I'm ugly?"
She suddenly realized that she would be able to get her braces off in a couple of days. She thought that if she put on makeup and dressed up nicely, she would definitely scare this guy.
She's been waiting for this ugly duckling to turn into a swan story for a long time, but there haven't been any viewers to witness it until now.
Li Hongming's sudden arrival caught Ling Yun and his wife off guard, and they looked at Ling Yi with questioning eyes.
That gaze seemed to ask: Did you scumbag her?
However, Li Hongming's personality was completely different from what she showed at school; she was practically a different person.
Her speech and knowledge made her appear like a lady from a prominent family.
This puzzled Ling Yi greatly. Coupled with Li Hongming's earlier statement about buying back the fragments, Ling Yi couldn't help but suspect that this girl might have an incredibly powerful background.
After finishing their meal, Ling Yi ignored the strange looks from Ling Yun and Jiang Yunzhi, called out to Li Hongming, and led her into his bedroom, closing the door behind him.
"Speak! What do you want?"
"Buy the fragments, and also, I want you to play the game with me!"
"Thirty million fragments. I can forget about playing games with you; I don't have time."
"Take me with you, I'll give you 100,000." Li Hongming said, pouting.
"No!" Ling Yi said without hesitation.
"Why?"
"Why so many whys? I just don't want to." Ling Yi didn't want to have much interaction with Li Hongming at all, so his attitude wasn't exactly friendly.
Li Hongming looked at Ling Yi, her face flushed with anger. She really wanted to give Ling Yi a good beating right now.
"You think I'm ugly?"
"No, don't overthink it. You can't just say things like that, it's like I've done something to you."
"Hmph, you just think I'm ugly. You're just as annoying as everyone else in the class," Li Hongming said angrily.
"Don't you know how ugly you are? When did I say I thought you were ugly? Alright, the fragment is right here. Do you want it or not? If you do, send me the money."
Li Hongming stared at Ling Yi for a long time before gritting her teeth and saying, "Give me the account!"
Ling Yi revealed Ling Yun's account number, and in front of Ling Yi, Li Hongming took out her phone and transferred 30 million.
Ling Yi: "..."
If Ye Fei embodies the standard Protagonist template, Zhao Dahai Young Master Zhao, embodies the villain template, then Li Hongming is undoubtedly the female lead template.
After transferring the money, Li Hongming left in a huff.
Ling Yi didn't care. He was determined to Reversal the author's plot, and when it came to women, this was his bottom line.
Otherwise, he would truly be a scumbag.
When Ling Yun and his wife learned that Li Hongming was a wealthy woman, they were truly astonished.
They never expected to receive 30 million so easily; they were so excited they couldn't sleep all night.
They talked about Ling Yi's future, Li Hongming's identity, the relationship between Li Hongming and Ling Yi, and even thought about what to name their child if they got married.
Ling Yi returned to his room, and in a flash, appeared in the e-sports room...
The world One Piece East Blue, Cocoyasi Village.
Despite being exhausted from her recent sea voyage, Nami wore an undisguised smile of happiness.
Good haul today, I "earned" another two million Beli.
Just as she was preparing to return to the village to share her joy with her sister.
Nami's face suddenly froze, and then she vanished from the spot.
In the e-sports room, Nami slammed her fist on the Computer desktop.
"Ugh, I hate it, this darn game is starting again."
This is the third time Nami has been forced into the e-sports room since she obtained the Launcher.
The technology in the Pirate World is clearly off track.
Their weapon Forging technology and warship construction technology are incredibly advanced, and they even have robots, but they don't have Computer.
Therefore, Nami's first two gaming experiences were extremely poor.
Fortunately, Nami's world does have a technology tree, even if it's been developed in the wrong direction.
Therefore, Nami is very adaptable and quickly figured out the basic gameplay, unlike Uncle Nine who logged into the game six times and still didn't know how to fire a gun.
Different world backgrounds naturally lead to different levels of acceptance of games.
Nami just wanted to end all of this as soon as possible, so Nami parachuted out as soon as the plane took off.
This is a desert Map; the flight path is from the military base to the prison.
Military bases are relatively rich in resources.
Therefore, quite a few players choose to jump to the military base.
However, Nami's parachute jump was too slow, and Nami had no idea how to speed it up, nor did she bother to figure it out.
Even after pressing the F and T keys, he pushed the mouse and keyboard aside, completely adopting an "I don't care" attitude.
Pressing F is for parachuting, and pressing T is for starting all-player voice chat, so that she can Taunt when there are other players around.
Nami's game horn slowly landed at the foot of a mountain on the southern outskirts of the military base, without landing inside the base itself.
"Ugh, there's not a single player here. Is anyone here?" Nami shouted into her headset.
Just as Nami thought no one was around and was about to control her horn to run towards the military base, a voice rang in her ears.
" Nami, did you come to a place like this just to see the scenery?"
Nami sat up straight in her gaming chair, and only after rotating her camera did she realize that a player had appeared behind her.
This player was Ling Yi, who had spotted Nami in the lobby and followed her there.