Chapter 38 (1/2)

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Translated by Coldtaco

Edited by Aelryinth

Chen Mo was looking through the player discussions and forum hot posts for Plants vs Zombies.

If a new version was released, it would depend on what the players wanted or liked. If he released a version that didn’t cater to the players’ desires, it would be meaningless.

Chen Mo then noticed a woman at the door. She had a ponytail, was wearing jeans, and was dressed pretty neatly overall.

“Zhuo Yao?” Chen Mo managed to recall her name. She was the owner of Fates Internet Cafe, who had come over just after Chen Mo had opened his experience store.

Zhuo Yao was shocked when she looked around the first floor of the experience store. “Wow, I haven’t been around for a month, and your experience store is much livelier than when I was here last! I remember it was completely empty last time!”

Chen Mo replied stiffly, “Of course! It’s not possible to have opened for a month and not have a single person in your internet cafe, right?”

Zhuo Yao answered, “You can’t really compare; is your experience store really the same as an internet cafe? Seems like you’re doing quite well for yourself, there’s so many players here.”

Chen Mo poured her a glass of water while she sat down on the sofa.

“You said you’d be here some other day. Turns out that some other day was a month later!” Chen Mo jested.

“(Sigh) Stop mentioning it. There was so much to do at the internet cafe, so I couldn’t leave,” said Zhuo Yao. “Moreover, I’ve been addicted to this game as of late.”

Chen Mo asked, “Addicted to a game?”

Zhuo Yao nodded, “Yeah, it’s that Plants vs Zombies that became really popular recently. Haven’t you played it? You’re a videogame designer, there’s no way you don’t pay attention to the new games leaderboard.”

Chen Mo said, “Uhh… I’ve played it.”

Zhuo Yao said happily, “I knew it. So what level are you up to for endless mode? I’m up to 97, I’ll pass 100 soon!”

Chen Mo didn’t reply.

Zhuo Yao noticed that Chen Mo was being a bit weird, she assumed that he was embarrassed about his score and consoled him, “It’s alright, I’ll teach you. My strategy is great, guaranteed to cruise through the first fifty levels.”

Chen Mo pointed at a far away computer at a girl playing the game, “She’s already at level 174.”

“Huh?!” Zhuo Yao was shocked. What was the meaning of that?

She stood up to get a better look of the girl. She seemed like a good kid, probably a student from the nearby university. How could she be better than herself, who’s been playing throughout the nights?

-Hold on!-

When Zhuo Yao walked into the store, she hadn’t paid any attention to what people were playing. But she noticed something when she looked at the screens.

Was everyone here playing Plants vs Zombies?

-This is an experience store, and experience stores usually only contain games that belong to the designer. Does that mean…-