Chapter 6 (2/2)
Ling Xiaolu pinched his left ear. ”Global Channel.”
The global channel appeared.
【Global】【Announcement】Player [Dou Kou] has sent a solo challenge to Player [Ji Meng], the stake is more than a million. All interested players are welcomed to [Yuanting County] to watch the challenge.
”Oh oh oh!” Ling Long somersaulted in the air.
”…” Ling Xiaolu asked, ”What are you getting all excited about?”
”A solo challenge the stakes exceed 1 million, the system would automatically make an announcement. Two benefactors will be fighting, this is really something big! People from the surrounding cities would definitely come and watch!”
It twisted anxiously. ”G.o.d! Why are they doing this in Yuanting County, and not Jingzhe City? This place is so small, the engine would definitely lag like crazy. No, I have to let my colleagues know and be prepared.”
Ling Xiaolu did not know what Ling Long was doing, but on his way, he met many people rus.h.i.+ng towards Yuanting County, and the global channel was mostly filled with cries and complaints.
【Global】Bai Huahua: Yuanting County! Why am I in Hanyang County! There's 16 jumps to go!
【Global】Aquamarine Go: What's 16 jumps? 26 jumps saying hi here.
【Global】Thin Rubber: Northwest composedly requesting for livestream.
【Global】Nine Heavens: Friends in the east, are you all ok? I hope you all get squeezed into paste *waves*
【Global】Li Xiaoyu: I just came from there, my stamina points!
”Why do I not understand a word they're saying? What jumps? And what is stamina points?”
”Didn't you just activated a waypoint at the inn? If you go to another nearby inn and activate a waypoint there, you can ‘jump' between both locations.”
Ling Xiaolu understood a little. ”So, the more jumps there are, the further they are?”
”That's right. Each time you jump, your stamina points will be deducted. The further you jump, the more stamina points will be deducted, and when your points reach 0, you will not be able to use the waypoints in the system. You can only run there yourself or drink stamina potions, but the cool down for the stamina potions are also quite long.”
”I understand it now. So, the company is trying to prevent players from travelling over long distances?”
”The stamina points will recover automatically, so travelling a long distance is not impossible. It'll just take some time.”
【Global】Pa Guo: [Livestream]
Someone sent a link on the global channel. Out of curiosity, Ling Xiaolu clicked on it as well.
The chat window reversed, and in the screen appeared an arena. The only two benefactors Ling Xiaolu had seen before were standing face to face, and there were also people leaving comments that appeared on the screen.
— Why is Dou Papa challenging the Ji fellow?
— He failed at catching a pet, and in a fit of rage, he wants to vent his anger at Xinshan?
— I guess it's about his bounty getting overshadowed today.
— What bounty what overshadowed? Can an educated little friend explain this to me, this confused person who has just came online?
— Dou Papa offered 5million for the location of the pink name, and Hubby straight away offered double the amount, so he definitely feels off-balance. Dou Papa has been playing for more than a year already, but he hasn't gained a human pet. Hubby has only just started recently, yet he dares to challenge him so publicly? I stan Papa.
— Another pink name has appeared? Alright then, even if there is, there's no regulation that states that an older player has the right to them. Li Zheng has been playing for even longer, if it's according to time, it also wouldn't be Dou Papa.
Ling Xiaolu saw the active discussion, and also posted a comment.
— What's the point of comparing experience or money? People are free to choose who they want to follow. They have to respect the will of the pink name, pets who are forcibly captured will not be obedient!
Ling Long saw that he was standing there, motionless, and could guess what he was doing.
”You're watching the livestream? You'll be able to witness the live show yourself soon. You should switch the livestream off, if not it'll overload the engine.”
Ling Xiaolu listened to it and closed the livestream window. Anyway, comments were filling the screen so rapidly that he could not see what was going on.
There was an immense crowd over at Yuanting County. Everyone who had rushed over to watch were gathered around the arena, and they were arguing over all sorts of matters, creating a very noisy atmosphere.
”Can people behind stop pus.h.i.+ng? You want to push me up the stage?”
”We're all here to watch the challenge live, can we all be a little more quiet? If not, just go home and watch the livestream!”
”Hubby, I love you! Kill that old man!”
”Ahhhhhhhh—!!!”
Ling Xiaolu covered his ears. It was too noisy.
”The ones with flying steeds, can you all go up?! Leave some standing s.p.a.ce at the bottom!”
This served as a reminder to everyone. Many people summoned their pets and flew to midair. A thousand over pets spread their wings. There were b.u.t.terflies, dragons, bats, and others, covering the sky without any s.p.a.ce in between.
They thought there would be more s.p.a.ce on the ground. However, some people were inspired and summon their pets out so that they could ride on them as well, and arguments broke out again.
”Can the one on the elephant have a bit more civic mindedness? So what if you have an elephant?”
”Come down from your hippopotamus before speaking!”
”Can you give some s.p.a.ce for the one on a crocodile?!”
It looked like fights were about escalate any time. Ling Long pulled at Ling Xiaolu's ear and whispered, ”Don't worry, our colleagues on the line are already on the move. They're hidden amongst the crowd, and once there's a problem, they will immediately stop and imprison them to maintain the order on the scene.”
When it said that, everyone started looking like GMs to Ling Xiaolu, including those elephants, hippopotamuses and crocodiles. They could all be GMs in disguise.
The two people on the stage were still giving each other verbal jabs under the eyes of the crowd.
”We've been going our own way, what do you mean by doing this?”
”What do you think? A person shouldn't be too arrogant. Or is that with the surname Ji, you can behave tyrannically in the game?”
”So it's just because I doubled your bounty? If you can, you can double it again, I'm not stopping you.”
”Hah, how did you get your money in the first place? Everyone here has contributed to it, right?” Dou Kou stirred the crowd, ”This fellow is using our hard-earned money to squander it in the game, can you all accept it?”
A third of the people shouted that they could not, another third shouted that their money was Hubby's money, and the last third shouted asking why were they not fighting yet? They were not here to listen to them arguing.
Ji Meng was disdainful. ”You didn't get an equivalent exchange when you spent your money? Were you forced to buy your ring? Saying things like this, are you still a primary school student?”
Ling Xiaolu was not happy. Why was he looking down on primary school students? Did Ji Meng not study in a primary school before?
”Less nonsense, I'm asking now, do you dare to accept the challenge?”
”Am I not here already? I've only played this game for a short time, and I might not beat you in a fight. However, I can still come up with a bit of pocket money. If I lose, I'll just take it as though I'm thanking you for your years of support for the game on behalf of the shareholder uncles.”
The crowd started shouting.
”I've also supported Xinshan for many years. How about giving me some of your pocket money to thank me too!”
”I'm a beta tester! If there's any thanks, I'm first in line!”
”If the crown prince loses, increase the appearance rate of rare pets for a month!”
”Agreed!”
”Increase the rate!”
Everyone came to an alarming consensus. In shock, Ling Xiaolu looked at these people who had been in three factions and now came to join in one. So it was not that people could not unite, it was only that they lacked a common goal.
Ji Meng was even more disdainful. ”I only represent myself in the game, and Xinshan would never change their numbers for anyone in the game. If I could really do anything I want, wouldn't it be easier to change put the pink name under my name directly?”
”Poo, shameless,” Ling Xiaolu scolded. ”Who wants to be under your name?”
Dou Kou said, ”So many benefactors are watching, I believe you also don't dare to be that arrogant. If not, when all the benefactors leave, whose money can you earn then?”
Ling Xiaolu wanted to get a clearer view, but the people around him (including the elephants, hippopotamuses and crocodiles) were too big and tall. They firmly blocked the arena from sight.
He glanced around, and found a stone pillar not far from the arena. The pillar was taller, and there was s.p.a.ce on top for a person to stand. Ling Xiaolu calculated the footholds around the area, and felt that he could give it a try.
He silently retreated from the crowd.
”Where are you going? You're not going to watch it anymore?” Ling Long had not watched enough of it yet.
”It's not that I'm not watching, I'm just moving to a better view.” He climbed onto the roof of a building.
”Although the view from this place is very wide, but don't you think it's a little far?”
Ling Long gazed into the distance, and the dense crowd looked like ants.
”Don't be anxious, follow me.”
Ling Xiaolu leapt nimbly, heading towards the stone pillar. It was very difficult to find the footholds accurately, and Ling Xiaolu did not dare to guarantee that he would succeed on the first try.
He calculated the distance, estimated his strength, aimed at his target, jumped!
Perfect!
Just as he thought so, a light flashed past him. At that exact time, an unexpected person teleported to his targeted location. As it was too fast, Ling Xiaolu did not see anything clearly, other than something gold on that person's head.
That person clearly also did not expect that anyone would jump over. Unable to find somewhere to land, Ling Xiaolu could only go to the side. About to land, at the critical moment, the gold name swiftly caught his waist.
Ling Xiaolu swayed and finally steadied himself. However, if the other person was to let go, he would still fall.
The arm around his waist was very powerful, and it seemed like he had no intentions of letting him fall.
Alarmed, Ling Xiaolu broke out in cold sweat. Falling from this height, he would probably need to return to the reviving point.
Fortunately, this person reacted in time, and so he had a lucky escape from death. He could not even mind their intimate, ambiguous pose, as after all, this person was his saviour.
”Thank you,” He lifted his head. ”I'm really very grateful… Li Zheng?!”
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