The following morning, the sun shone brightly.
Jiangcheng, Huating Residential Complex, Su Hang's home.
Su Hang, Jiang Sui, Huyan Lan, and Yin Long sat around the tea table, staring intently at the emaciated, sickly young man. They were shocked, puzzled, and even more incredulous!
"Are you Little Hu's father, and the vice-captain of our Sovereign Dominion Team [Tiger]?"
Su Hang stared in disbelief at the skinny young man in front of him. He had thought Hu would be a burly man, but he turned out to be a short man who was only 1.6 meters tall and weighed less than 70 kilograms!
Hu Xiao straightened his back and said, "Damn it, doesn't it look just like him?"
Jiang Sui, despite her professional training, couldn't help but say, " Uncle Hu, let's just chat, don't keep swearing. You've only been here a short while, and you've already cursed me several times."
"Forehead."
Hu Xiao paused for a moment, then chuckled, "You misunderstood, girl. 'Fuck you' is just my catchphrase, I didn't mean it as an insult."
"Damn it, all you do is swear!" Jiang Sui said, arms crossed and pouting. " Uncle Hu, I can't control what happens outside, but in my house, you need to change your bad habit of swearing all the time."
Hu Xiao Roar dodged the question, saying, "Damn it, I'll try my best."
What a joke! I've been saying "fuck you" as my catchphrase for ten years now; it's ingrained in my bones. How could I possibly change it so easily?
"Now that Hu is here, all four vice-captains of Sovereign Dominion are missing Liuli." Huyan Lan her chin on her hand and glanced at Su Hang. "Did she tell you what time she would arrive?"
Su Hang glanced at the time on his phone. "She said she'd arrive in the morning, so she should..."
Before he could finish speaking, there was a knock on the door.
" Liuli must have arrived."
Su Hang went to open the door.
Jiang Sui, Huyan Lan, Hu Xiao, and Yin Long stood up. They were both curious and expectant about this " Whale Overlord King of Glory " who had spent tens of millions of RMB on the game.
A short while later.
Su Hang returned, this time with a package in his hand.
"What the heck? It's just a delivery." Jiang Sui looked disappointed and sat down again. "What a waste of my time!"
"The sender is Yugong Liuli! It's a package sent by Liuli!"
Everyone was puzzled. " Liuli?"
In front of everyone, Su Hang opened the package, took out foam padding and other cushioning materials, and a chibi-style doll with purple hair and red eyes appeared. It felt soft and bouncy in his hand. "Is this a figurine?"
"You're so ignorant," Yin Long said, adjusting his mask with a wicked grin. "It's clearly Fiji..."
Huyan Lan kicked Yin Long away. "Fiji, you dam!"
"Ah!"
Yin Long clutched his waist, rolled on the ground, and screamed in agony.
Hu Xiao: "..."
This way.
Jiang Sui's eyes lit up with excitement. "Brother, this isn't a figurine, it's a custom-made miniature robot doll! It starts at 300,000 yuan, it's extremely expensive!"
Let me see where the power switch is.
Su Hang fumbled for the main switch on his back, pressed it gently, and the miniature robot's dim red eyes instantly lit up, its whole body emitting creaking mechanical sounds.
"That's interesting."
Su Hang placed the purple-haired, red-eyed robot on the table.
After a while.
With a mechanical click, the purple-haired, red-eyed robot, holding a small bracelet to her lower abdomen, slowly bowed and said, "Nice to meet you. I am Yugong Liuli, you can call me Little Liuli."
Everyone was startled.
"Holy crap!" Yin Long exclaimed, his eyes wide as if he'd seen a ghost. "When did robots become this intelligent?"
Hu Xiao stroked his Hu Xiao and said with interest, "If you were to scale it up to the size of an adult, it would be a painless killing machine when it picks up a knife. It seems I'll need to learn more about the robotics industry in the future."
Huyan Lan looked at Su Hang suspiciously and asked, "Why did Liuli give you a smart little robot?"
Who knows?
Su Hang was in high spirits. He stretched out his finger and gently poked Little Liuli's cheek. He always felt that this little thing was cute and silly, and had a strange sense of humor.
"Are you... Exalted Emperor?"
Little Liuli raised her head and looked at Su Hang.
Wait a minute!
Su Hang suddenly realized something, his eyes widening. "You can see me? This little robot isn't remotely controlled, is it?"
Everyone was stunned by these words.
"Mmm." Little Liuli nodded, her smile adorable. "I'm at home in Kyoto right now, controlling my every move with Little Liuli LCD controller. I can see everyone and hear what you're saying."
Everyone suddenly realized what was happening.
"I'm sorry, Exalted Emperor," Little Liuli bowed apologetically, "I apologize to everyone. Due to personal reasons, I cannot attend the offline training camp and can only participate remotely via a small robot. I hope you won't mind."
"It's alright," Su Hang smiled. " Little Liuli can see and hear, so it's no different from you coming in person."
"Yes, yes." Jiang Sui leaned over the table, her eyes full of joy, and waved, "Hello, I'm Exalted Emperor's sister, my name is Jiang Sui."
"Hello, Xiao Sui." Little Liuli waved cutely. " Exalted Emperor always mentions you to me, saying Xiao Sui you are beautiful, kind-hearted, obedient, and sensible. He said that the luckiest thing in his life is being your sister."
"Ah?"
Jiang Sui blushed, deeply moved. Looking at Su Hang, her eyes were filled with happiness. Her brother was really something else; he was usually so reserved, but in front of strangers, he transformed into a doting brother.
A loud bang.
The Little Liuli instantly lost weight and took off. When it landed on the table again, it was greeted by two snow-white Mount Everest, a truly magnificent sight.
Little Liuli looked up, swallowing, and exclaimed, "So white and so big!"
The owner of the two Mount Everests spoke with a spirited voice, "I am Huyan Lan, the vice-captain of our Sovereign Dominion [Phoenix]. Let me ask you a question first: what kind of man do you like?"
"Huh?"
Little Liuli's tiny head held a huge question mark.
A short while later.
Little Liuli recalled the blurry figure of her senior, "If I had to say, someone like the high school heartthrob—good values, academically gifted, and incredibly skilled at Honor of Kings."
Huyan Lan was stunned, her beautiful eyes widening.
A non-existent memory violently invaded my mind: a sailor-uniformed girl with purple hair and red eyes, always sitting quietly by the classroom window reading. Every time my male self and Su Hang passed by, they would stop and linger.
Later, the purple-haired, red-eyed girl fell in love with the school heartthrob, married him, had children, and lived a happy and fulfilling life together until their hair turned white.
" Su Hang."
Huyan Lan up, tears streaming down her face, and said, "So, in a parallel world unknown to others, Liuli was the Yueguang of our student days."
Little Liuli: "..."
Su Hang's lips twitched. "I've really had enough of your madness."
"Damn it, little sister Liuli, my name is Hu Xiao, Hu as in tiger, Xiao as in roar, our Vice Captain of Sovereign Dominion [Hu]. If you don't mind, call me Brother Hu from now on!"
Little Liuli waved her hand. "Hello, Brother Hu, you look so thin, only about 60 pounds."
"Damn it!" Hu Xiao Roar exclaimed in amazement, "You have sharp eyes! You guessed my real weight right away."
Little Liuli asked curiously, "Are you sick?"
"It's not a serious illness, just a result of overthinking and a bit of malnutrition."
Liuli suddenly realized.
"Next is--"
Little Liuli turned around like Little Penguin, looked at the silver-masked boy striking a cool pose, and waved, "Hello."
"Oh my god, Feng Feng! Seeing such an adorable Vice Captain Liuli Thunder, your brother Long has to give her a good shout-out!" Yin Long rolled up his sleeves and shouted enthusiastically, "I'm Yin Long, Vice Captain of Sovereign Dominion!"
Little Liuli looked embarrassed, feeling that apart from the Exalted Emperor siblings, the [Dragon][Phoenix][Tiger] all had some kind of problem.
Su Hang stood up and said, "Except for the team leader, Tai Sui, all the core members of our Sovereign Dominion Team are here."
Jiang Sui quickly said, "Brother, on behalf of Tai Sui, let's consider him as having arrived."
"Alright." Su Hang didn't think much of it and continued, "Today, our core members are gathered here for a ten-day offline training camp, with the ultimate goal of the Clash of Kings in mid-August."
"However, through Sovereign Dominion's first team match, it's easy to see that we have a tacit understanding and can cooperate seamlessly even without intensive training."
Yin Long, Hu Xiao, and the others were extremely puzzled.
"Then why bother with all that trouble of holding an offline training camp?"
Su Hang didn't answer directly, but instead smiled and surveyed the entire room, "I said I'm the strongest player in Sovereign Dominion, who agrees and who disagrees?"
Jiang Sui immediately raised her hand and said, "I agree!"
"I object!" Huyan Lan hugged Mount Everest and said disdainfully, "You, a Strongest Overlord player, dare to claim to be the strongest in Sovereign Dominion? If word gets out, I wonder what other teams will think of us."
"Damn it, Brother Su," Hu Xiao slapped his fist and squinted, "You say you're the Captain of Sovereign Dominion, I agree, but if you say you're the strongest player in Sovereign Dominion, I, Hu Xiao, will be the first to disagree!"
With his legs crossed, Yin Long sipped his sugar-free Sprite and said, "It's obvious that the strongest player in Sovereign Dominion is me, Yin Long, not you Exalted Emperor."
"Since our Sovereign Dominion team was established, we haven't ranked the team members according to their game skills," Little Liuli said, resting her index finger on her chin. "Offline training camps ensure fairness, impartiality, openness, and transparency, so there won't be any disputes about the rankings!"
"That's right." Su Hang gave Little Liuli an approving look. As expected of his most compatible support, she could instantly understand his thoughts!
Little Liuli continued, "If we're talking about ranking, will it be an internal battle? But our Sovereign Dominion isn't like other teams, where there are often a dozen or twenty core members. We only have five people, barely enough to form a team."
"It can only be a one-on-one solo match."
Su Hang shook his head and said, "Whether it's a team competition or an individual duel, the ranking of the members is not convincing enough!"
Huyan Lan frowned and asked, "Then how should we arrange them?"
Su Hang said in a deep voice, "Let's aim for the [ King of Glory Extreme Rank ] rank, which is unprecedented and unlikely to be surpassed in the future. We'll rank players based on their speed of advancement and compete to Sovereign Dominion the strongest player in the game!"
Everyone suddenly realized that, in short, the ranking of members was based on their individual speed in solo queue sprinting to the [ Extreme Rank ]!
"I wonder what star level you mean by '[ Extreme Rank ]'?"
Su Hang stated a number of stars.
Everyone froze in place.
"Ah?"