Chapter 39 (1/2)

Chapter 39: Rage Gauge

When speaking with Luqiu Duanyi, Yue Qiang always had that feeling that he was kept in the dark. Every time he took the initiative to ask a question, she would often answer it with yet another question. This question was often very important as well, one that he would slip into without knowing until he forgot what he wanted to ask in the first place.

Therefore this time, he seized the initiative decisively.

“Answer my question first.” He said loudly, “Is this game a ‘Single Player’ game?”

“I need to know how much is your progress now…”

Yue Qiang was not moved by her question. He continued to question closely, “Is this game a single player game or not, or should I say, are there any other players in it?”

The voice on the other side turned silent for a while. In the end she answered Yue Qiang’s question.

“This is a single player game.” Luqiu Duanyi’s voice slowed down, “This is an absolute single player game that only belongs to you.”

A game that only belongs to me… Yue Qiang seemed to sense something from these words. However, he swiftly refuted her loudly, “But…”

“There are not buts.” Luqiu Duanyi’s tone picked up her usual pace once more, “This is a single player game. That’s all. Why, have you seen an online multi-player game that comes with a ‘Game Manual’?”

“But…”

“Have you seen an online multi-player game that comes with a ‘Cutscene’? One that includes you, the player?”

But…”

She let out a cold humph and asked again with a somewhat ridiculing tone, “Then, have you seen an online multi-player game that is free of charge?”

When Yue Qiang heard this, he answered very straightforwardly, “I’ve never seen an online multi-player game that is free of charge.”

“Therefore, you are playing a single player game.” Luqiu Duanyi concluded, “Alright, now tell me quickly what is the rate of your blue progress bar.”

The woman’s arguments were complete sophistry, but he was no longer able to question anything else out of her right now. He looked at the bottom corner of the screen and said, “It’s over 70%, but not by too much. It’s about 73 or 74 percent.”

He had mentioned the changes of the progress bar earlier during his last call with her. Time hadn’t pa.s.sed too much since then, but for some reason the woman had stressed about this matter repeatedly. He was about to say something more when she took the lead and said, “Dangerous, it’s too dangerous… this progress is already too much.”

Luqiu Duanyi stressed with the utmost gravity she could muster, “Yue Qiang, for the next period of time, you must absolutely follow the plot development to the letter. Try your best not to change any plot or trigger any hidden quest whatsoever. Moreover, the most important thing is that you must reach the Mo Family’s Great Camp and learn that skill before the blue progress bar hits 100%. Otherwise, you will never have the chance again when it reaches 100%!”

These were the words that contained the largest amount of information Yue Qiang had ever heard from her.

At the same time, the blue progress bar had progressed tremendously along with several keywords – especially the two keywords ‘Mo Family’s Great Camp’ and ‘Skill’ – and reached 78%!

What came after those words was long silence. But Yue Qiang’s head was in a complete turmoil.

He recalled the past where every time he tried throwing a question at Luqiu Duanyi, she would either respond with silence or switch to another topic. The one time she spoke the most was the time she had sent him the game manual through an inexplicable method. At that time, the blue progress bar had increased tremendously because he spoke words that were relevant to the game first. This time, the blue progress bar had increased by a lot again after Luqiu Duanyi had spoken the words that were related to the game.

Was she trying her best to suppress my blue progress bar all this time?

“I can’t say anything else. We’ll talk more after you got out of that place.” Luqiu Duanyi said.

“Wait, where do I go to learn whatever skill that is?”

A series of noise came from the other side of the phone. It seemed like she was working as a saleswoman at a mall. At any rate, it sounded like an incredibly chaotic environment. After a while, the environmental noise grew even louder, and a series of static noise rang out of the earpiece. Then it was followed by a ‘du – du – du –’ disconnect tone.

Yue Qiang hung up.

So, he needed to suppress the blue progress bar’s elevation and reach the Mo Family’s Great Camp before it reaches 100%, was it?