Breakfast Time

Xiao Yu usually has very low requirements for food; as long as he can eat his fill and the food tastes good, he is satisfied.

A bowl of beef noodles, a bowl of wontons, or a plate of chicken leg rice are enough to make me happy. I don't crave fancy dishes or delicacies.

However, this does not mean that Xiao Yu is a person who likes to be sloppy. Food can be simple but not crude, the taste does not need to be exquisite but it must at least be palatable, and it must meet the daily nutritional needs.

After all, if you don't exercise much and your diet isn't good, your body won't stay healthy.

However, when Xiao Yu opened the refrigerator door, he found it completely empty. He thought to himself, "Looks like I'll have to eat out."

Stepping out of his house, the sky was just beginning to lighten. It was early autumn, and the air was very cool. As Xiao Yu walked down the street, breathing in the crisp morning air, his mind became much clearer.

He found a breakfast stall, ordered a few steamed buns and a bowl of porridge, and that was his breakfast.

He frequented this steamed bun shop regularly and was considered a regular customer. The girl who took orders was named Liu Xiaoyu. Although she wasn't a great beauty, she was pretty and charming, and she was cheerful. Xiao Yu often chatted with her.

"Why are you here so early today? What, did you stay up late again?" Liu Xiaoyu asked casually as she served Xiao Yu some steamed buns.

"Yeah, I just logged out of the game."

"If you ask me, you'd better take it easy. I've heard that holographic games emit radiation that can damage the brain, and playing too much of them is bad for your health."

While stuffing a bun into his mouth, Xiao Yu mumbled, "Do you think I want to? It's about making a living, sister. We rely on this for our livelihood. When it really comes down to it, we can't think about anything else. Besides, don't you get up early in the morning to steam buns for people too?"

"Alright, alright, I was just saying, it's fine if you don't want to listen." Liu Xiaoyu said, sitting down to the side. Since it was too early and there were no customers yet, she rested her chin on her hand and watched Xiao Yu eat breakfast.

After a while, he leaned closer, seemingly curious, "Speaking of which, do you professional gamers earn a lot? I've heard you professional gamers make a lot of money, driving luxury cars and chasing after beautiful women. You don't seem like it."

Xiao Yu rolled his eyes. "You're talking about an esports player, or maybe a studio owner. For solo professional players like us, earning ten or twenty thousand a month is considered good."

"That's not bad either. I work myself to the bone steaming buns here and only make a little over three thousand a month. Sigh, it's not as good as you guys making money while playing games. Oh right, why don't I just follow you? I don't need much, I'd be happy if I could make five or six thousand a month."

Xiao Yu thought to himself that it made sense. These days, wages rise and prices rise as well. Although he only earns 10,000 to 20,000 a month, it's not a lot, but it's not bad either.

He had indeed considered finding a few helpers to play with, since it wasn't convenient to do many things alone. However, he didn't have any interest in Liu Xiaoyu. There were female players who were good at the game, but they were too few. Most female players were casual, and very few were like them who played like crazy every day.

Moreover, he was used to being easygoing and didn't really care much for managing people. After thinking for a moment, he said perfunctorily, "If you want to play, that's fine. I can teach you how to play with a gaming pod, but I can't say whether you can make money from it. Playing games also depends on talent. Some people are just not suited for gaming. If you just can't learn, there's nothing I can do. So I suggest you just play in your spare time and don't make it your main job."

"Hmph, someone as clever as me, what's a mere game! It's not like it's that hard; it's just leveling up by fighting monsters." Liu Xiaoyu said, looking unconvinced.

Xiao Yu couldn't help but chuckle. Since he had nothing better to do, he started chatting. "This game is quite different from other games. Players can not only be adventurers, but also play various roles such as monsters, heroes, mercenaries, and merchants. I'm playing the monster template. I start as a small monster, the kind that can be killed with one hit. Then you have to complete various story events to advance. It's quite difficult to play."

As she spoke, she briefly recounted her experiences over the past two days. How about that? Were you scared?

Liu Xiaoyu looked at Xiao Yu with some suspicion. "It doesn't sound that difficult. It's just playing a monster or an NPC, right? I don't think it's anything special."

"Hey, don't you believe me? How about we make a bet? If you can upgrade a monster template to a BOSS template within a month, I'll take you into the industry and guarantee you'll earn at least five thousand every month. But if you can't upgrade it, then you have to treat me to steamed buns for a month."

"Let's bet, who's afraid of who?" Liu Xiaoyu said, extending her hand, a gentleman's word.

"A swift horse, a whip!" The two clapped their hands forcefully, and that was it.

"Alright, I'll go buy a game pod tonight. But it seems we have some guests coming in, so please excuse me." With that, she gracefully curtsied and turned to serve the guests steamed buns.

Xiao Yu shook his head with amusement. This Liu Xiaoyu was indeed a very interesting girl. She was beautiful and had a good personality. Ten years ago, she would probably have had many suitors. It's a pity that the virtual world has developed too fast these days. The virtual beauties in various adult games are more and more beautiful than the last, and playing them is no different from playing with real people. You don't have to worry about kidney failure at all. You can play however you want, and play as many games as you want. As a result, beautiful women in the real world have become worthless (of course, handsome men have become worthless as well).

Just like now, although Xiao Yu is a homebody who has never had a girlfriend, he didn't feel a ripple of emotion at all when facing a beautiful woman, let alone a heartbeat or blush. But that's fine, so if she doesn't play it right and has to refuse, he won't feel embarrassed.

He didn't take Liu Xiaoyu's bet too seriously. In his opinion, it was unlikely that Liu Xiaoyu would make a name for herself. He just considered it as training a newcomer and making some money for breakfast on the side.

While casually eating his food, Xiao Yu kept replaying the strange sound he had heard earlier in his mind. It's not uncommon to encounter strange things in games, since ghosts really do exist. But if he actually encountered one, he couldn't help feeling uneasy.

However, his unease was short-lived. His mind quickly returned to the Defias Brotherhood. He had heard of the Defias Brotherhood before, but he had only thought it was an ordinary monster force. He never expected that this monster force had been completely controlled by the Shadow Dynasty, which piqued his curiosity.

Xiao Yu took out his handheld computer and opened the Firmament Chronicle. This Firmament Chronicle contained detailed records of all the plot events that occurred in the game, and could be considered the most comprehensive database.

He first browsed the forum and searched for the keyword "Nightwhisper Village". There were posts on the forum about Nightwhisper Village being massacred by monsters, but not many people paid attention to them. After all, it was just a newbie village. There were probably hundreds or even thousands of newbie villages like this in the whole game. What happened online was just a small ripple.

Then he checked the Firmament Chronicle of the Firmament Chronicle, which contained detailed records about the Nightwhisper Village incident.

Firmament Chronicle: Volume of Azeroth - Alliance Chapter - History of the Night Elves - Chapter 963 - "The Beginning and End of the Monster Riot in Nightwhisper Village".

In the year 1375 of the Azure Sky Era, the goblin leader Eric, the gnoll leader Derek, the human bandit Black Rod, and the kobold leader Big Gold Tooth secretly formed an evil alliance and launched a despicable Cheap Shot on Nightwhisper Village.

Caught off guard, the evil alliance easily breached Nightwhisper Village and defeated its guards.

In this battle, Nightwhisper Village suffered a devastating blow; the Manst Moonwalker was killed, and the entire population of Nightwhisper Village was slaughtered.

After wreaking havoc for a while, the evil army only stopped its slaughter when reinforcements from the Cenarion Circle arrived.

With the assistance of some adventurers, the reinforcements commander Ruslan Sharpclaw led a small Cenarius Guard in a fierce attack against the evil alliance. After a hard-fought battle, they finally defeated the evil army, which outnumbered them several times over, and successfully Nightwhisper Village. In the battle, they killed leaders such as the Big Gold Tooth, the gnoll Derek, and the human bandit Black Rod. Only the goblin leader Eric escaped in the chaos and his whereabouts are unknown.

Ruslan Claw also became a new hero of the Alliance due to his heroic performance in this battle...