Extra 2: The Newbie I Helped Couldn't Possibly Be the Chamber of Commerce President
July 10th, 10:00 AM.
"Today is a good day, a good day!"
Xiao Ling hummed a little tune as she happily turned on her computer, and the first thing she did was start Wuthering Waves.
The reason is simple: he couldn't wait to try out the new version today.
The game loading bar went empty and full, full and empty again. After a while, Xiao Ling finally entered the game as he wished.
The first thing to do after logging into the game is, of course, to complete the daily tasks.
After quickly finishing his daily tasks and collecting everything he could get, he got down to business.
"Dreamland! I'm coming!"
"That's strange. Why did A-Yu go upstairs right after lunch without staying to eat with us?" Aemeath, gnawing on braised pork ribs, her face full of doubt.
"I don't know... maybe there's something urgent to take care of?" Sigrika replied in a muffled voice, slurping her soup.
"Hmm... when I was helping my senior earlier, he was muttering something about hurrying back to his room to progress through the story..." Chisa recalled, tapping her lips with her chopsticks. "He's probably playing a game now, right?"
"Playing games during mealtime? That won't do." Roccia frowned slightly, preparing to go upstairs to call someone. "No matter what, eating on time is the most important thing."
"Principal, please continue eating. I'll take the food up to that guy."
Dania finished her meal first, then got some food and soup and went upstairs.
"Little Dania really dotes on Righteous One..." Cartethyia remarked.
No one objected much to Dania's actions, and they continued eating their lunches.
"Hmm? Yaya, you're here." Xiao Ling greeted Ms. Honey Peach with a gentle expression as she brought out the food and soup.
"Yeah~" Dania placed the food and soup on Xiao Ling's computer desk, "After all, I can't just watch someone skip meals to advance the plot, can I?"
"Yaya is so good to me~ Come here and give me a kiss~" Hajiling happily gave Dania a kiss on the cheek.
"Eat your food!" Dania tapped his nose in an annoyed tone.
After this brief interaction, Xiao Ling switched the plot to automatic mode, eating while keeping an eye on the development of the story.
"It's been updated?" Dania asked curiously.
"It was updated today, didn't you know?"
"I've been so busy dealing with you lately, I haven't had time to play games."
I'm not taking the blame for this.
"You'll have to carry it whether I want to or not." Dania rolled her eyes cutely.
Well... this kind of banter is part of the fun they share.
The storyline segments lasted from morning until night.
This time, KG Games went all out, bringing together all three acts of the story in one go, making it a truly enjoyable watch.
"What a sinful man..." Dania sighed.
Dania found it truly absurd; how could someone seem to have several more romantic encounters every time they went to a new place?
"That's called charm, baby," Xiao Ling said smugly.
After the storyline, it's time for the much-anticipated "Poker" segment.
Just as Xiao Ling was about to start grinding the map, a text message notification sounded.
Chongming Plucks Flowers: Boss.
Chongming Plucks Flowers: I can't beat the new BOSS.
Chongming Plucks Flowers: Please help me out~
Du: I'm on the ship.
Chongming Plucks Flowers: Then I'll be waiting for you.
"Who's looking for you?" Dania asked suspiciously.
"A newbie I met in the game," Xiao Ling replied. "She can't beat the boss and wants me to help her."
As we all know, KG Games' intellect in designing multiplayer gameplay is as dull and uninteresting as a ripe banana. It seems devoid of content, but in reality, it's utterly boring.
However, this doesn't stop some kind-hearted players from spending time guiding a complete newbie who's starting from scratch.
Xiao Ling's acquaintance with Chongming Plucks Flowers could be considered fate. At that time, he had a sudden urge to help a newbie, and after searching for a long time in the multiplayer game interface, he found her.
After obtaining the other party's permission to enter the world, Little Ai) brute-forced speedrun through the beginner village, drawing repeated praise from the other party.
He thought their relationship had come to an end, but to his surprise, the other party took the initiative to ask to exchange contact information.
They've known each other for over a month now, and during that time Xiao Ling has often helped her in her world, such as fighting bosses, helping her explore maps, and occasionally giving her some suggestions on character development.
After Little Ai) once again slashed down the new boss with the Tacet Discord, Chongming Plucks Flowers had been silent until now, finally spoke up.
Chongming Plucks Flowers: Lao.
Chongming Plucks Flowers: Which do you want to pick, the Yangyang or the Suisui?
Watari: To be honest, I'd love to try my luck, but I don't have the budget...
He could have easily used the blue-green modifier, or at the very least, used his looks to get Little Ai and the others' help, but he didn't think it was necessary.
In gacha games, the more you spend, the more likely you are to become unlucky. His account is already a mix of lucky and unlucky players, so it's better not to have a gambler's mentality.
Chongming Plucks Flowers: But last time I saw your account had quite a few Astrite, didn't it?
Watari: I'm saving this to build up Resonance Chain for other characters. If I'm lucky, I can free up a small pity item.
Chongming Plucks Flowers: Oh~ So, which do you want to draw more Yangyang or Suisui?
Watari: Let me make this clear first, my choice is purely based on budget constraints and my own actual needs, and has nothing to do with XP.
(Let's start with the disclaimer section.)
Watari: I can Suisui.
After those four words were typed, there was a long silence on Chongming Plucks Flowers's end.
"Chongming Plucks Flowers?" Dania noticed the unusual ID. "I remember that was Suisui's online nickname in the story, right?"
"Is that so? You don't mean to say that the person I'm playing games with is actually Suisui herself, do you?" Xiao Ling chuckled.
"It's not impossible, why don't you look at what's in front of you?" Dania pointed to herself.
"While it's possible she is Suisui herself, it's also highly unlikely that she could actually be Suisui."
"What the heck... Oh, she messaged you."
At Dania's prompting, Xiao Ling turned to look at the chat box and found that Chongming Plucks Flowers had sent several messages in a row.
Chongming Plucks Flowers: It seems the old man is indeed reluctantly parting with something he loves.
Chongming Plucks Flowers: How about this then?
Chongming Plucks Flowers: To express my gratitude to the expert for helping me, a newbie, during this time.
Chongming Plucks Flowers: I've decided to give the big boss a little surprise!
Just as Xiao Ling was about to reply to the message, his account was logged off.
"Your account was hacked?" Dania's tone rose slightly. "Do you need me to get Little Ai to come and help?"
"No need for that, she occasionally helps me log in and complete my daily tasks," Xiao Ling replied.
Dania said "oh" and then lowered her head to continue grinding on her account.
A moment later.
"You newbie really have quite a bit of money..." Dania's face twitched as she looked at the extra 6+5sp Yangyang in Xiao Ling's account.
Xiao Ling's face twitched for a while before she typed a message.
Watari: Your surprise is indeed quite a surprise.
Chongming Plucks Flowers: How about it? How about it?
Chongming Plucks Flowers: That way, you won't have to worry about not having enough budget!
Watari: What about your own account?
Chongming Plucks Flowers: You mean this?
Chongming Plucks Flowers: I've already filled my drawlist.
Chongming Plucks Flowers: But you're less lucky than me. It took me a lot of money to max out your account.
Watari: How much?
Chongming Plucks Flowers: Around seven or eight thousand? I can't remember exactly, I just remember spending money all the time.
Xiao Ling's face twitched even more as she read Chongming Plucks Flowers.
You can't really be Suisui and doesn't translate directly.
Inside an apartment in a high-end residential complex in Hangzhou.
Suisui looked at the chat box that hadn't received a reply for a long time, then glanced at Yangyang, who was sulking by the bedside, fiddling with her Rover doll, and couldn't help but chuckle.
"Now you really owe me a huge favor, Rover ~"