Chapter 006: Finding Clues
"No way!" Xue Chunchai announced, "If you don't play the game, I won't tell you where this year's Star Baby and my dear natural sweetheart are traveling. You will never find her, and you will never be able to send her postcards. I will confiscate all the postcards she sends to you."
Two days later, Su Shi sat in Luo Dai's infirmary with a sullen expression on his face. Luo Dai looked mournfully at his beloved notebook placed in front of him, then glanced at Su Shi, who had registered an account in the secluded mountains with a name that lacked creativity, simply called "Su".
"I do not play games!" Su Shi gritted his teeth as if asking him to quit the game was akin to taking his life.
Luo Rai nudged Xue Chunchai's shoulder, exclaiming in astonishment, "This beast... you threatened him... and this is acceptable?"
Xue Chunchai waved his hand lazily, saying, "I can appreciate my own beauty just fine; go on and get to work, no slacking off allowed!"
Then, the thirty-level assassin, Mr. Cui Rulan, was about to start taking on apprentices. When the white-clad scholar... oh no, the white-clad assassin Cui Rulan appeared in the novice village with a novice named "Su" dressed in tattered clothes, it attracted even more onlookers. At this moment, the game "Returning to the Forest" was undergoing an upgrade, directly transitioning from version 1.8 to version 2.0, which added new maps and bosses, raising the maximum level from 85 to 100. Among the newly added dungeon quests was one called "Sword of Goodness," meaning that any player, by any means, could successfully assassinate the boss Wei Chi Chou Bai in the new map dungeon "September Villa" and would be guaranteed to receive blue-light level equipment. At this moment, the game "Returning to the Forest" was undergoing an upgrade, directly transitioning from version 1.8 to version 2.0, which added new maps and bosses, raising the maximum level from 85 to 100. Among the newly added dungeon quests was one called "Sword of Goodness," meaning that any player, by any means, could successfully assassinate the boss Wei Chi Chou Bai in the new map dungeon "September Villa" and would be guaranteed to receive blue-light level equipment. The attributes of the dropped blue-light level equipment were inversely proportional to the number of small monsters the player killed after entering the dungeon, meaning that the fewer "people" killed along the way, the stronger the attributes of the dropped equipment would be. In a state of not killing anyone, one could obtain level 100 holy light equipment. Of course, the fewer "people" killed along the way, the stronger the boss Wei Chi Chou Bai would become. Therefore, this dungeon was called "Sword of Goodness." This dungeon had no level restrictions for entry, and from the moment it opened, it was crowded with players, all eager to try their luck at September Villa.
Did he not used to love Xiao Xing?" Luo Dai also leaned in and whispered in Xue Chuncha's ear, "Did he not insist on dying naturally before? Wasn't he madly in love with Li Jia?
"Hush—passionate youth, that wild adolescence, that boiling and ever-changing emotion needs no explanation..." Xue Chunchai whispered in Luo Rai's ear, "I'll leave the little demon to you. If you can't find them in ten days, I'll report your secret gaming on the external network in the infirmary—"
Hello, hello, hello... In the vast sea of people, with eight hundred thousand players retreating to the mountains and forests, how can one possibly find them..." Luo Dai began to wail, his handsome face contorted into a frown.
Luo Rai's face turned pale with fear, and gritting her teeth, she said, "One day, someone will come to deal with you on behalf of the moon, you with your hideous appearance and twisted heart!"
"Very capable, indeed." Xue Chunchai said with a sense of pride, whispering, "All you need to do is say that you want to burn all the postcards sent back from the Star Baby, and he will listen to everything you say."
Su Shi's pale face flushed bright red, glaring at Xue Chunchai as if ready to kill, tightly closing his mouth and saying nothing further
"This can barely be considered a clue..." Xue Chunchai suddenly pointed at Su Shi's nose, "Su Xiaoyao, you should also create a character and join Luo Dai in the game. Within ten days, you must find this person named Yi Xiao Yan Yun."