Chapter 10

After lunch and dinner, Bei Gu checked the time, changed into sportswear, and went out for a stroll. Qiao Lin didn't want to go online for the time being, so he picked up his shopping bag and followed Bei Gu downstairs, planning to buy some vegetables on the way to digest his food and cook them for dinner.

"Business is so tiring, my face is almost frozen from smiling." Bei Qiao, who had nothing to do for the time being, lay on the sofa and hugged Tang Yuan: "You are still living a comfortable life. As long as you act cute, you have food, clothes and fun."

"Meow" Tangyuan yawned: This is what I deserve.

"But people still have to try hard." Bei Qiao looked up at his watch, took out a cat toy and started teasing the cat.

You can start to play badly at any time, but opportunities wait for no one. There is nothing wrong in working hard while you are young, as long as you don't overdraw your health, don't help your boss make money for a house and a car, and don't be a sucker. Why not work hard? Don't think that playing badly is easy. If the way you play badly is not healthy enough, it will overdraw your health even more than working.

After teasing Tangyuan to jump on the sofa for a while, Beiqiao lifted the cat toy upwards, caught Tangyuan in the air, hugged the soft little cat, leaned sideways on the sofa, took out his mobile phone and logged into the "Another World Martial Arts" app.

Tangyuan leaned in Beiqiao's arms with a confused look on his face. After a few seconds of confusion, he quickly relaxed, narrowed his eyes and leaned on Beiqiao: Well, let's just consider it as enough exercise for today.

Rubbing Tangyuan's belly, Beiqiao held his phone to check the remaining amount of dog food for Dudu, gave Dudu a pat on the head from a distance, and then started checking emails.

The only thing about the game "Issue Martial Arts" that feels like a game is that players can check their personal information and emails, and there is a forum where they can chat about gossip.

Yuanshan Village had a fair share of players, and while business wasn't particularly busy, everyone would occasionally go back to the back room to browse the forums: "Who said there's no mobile phone in 'Issue Wuxia'? The shop's already open, so I can't just abandon it and log out of the game to play on my phone, right? The money I spent on the resident account couldn't be wasted."

The forum can be opened on a mobile phone or in the game, using mind typing. However, for the sake of player identity security, opening the forum in the game requires many prerequisites: First, you need a closed environment. If you are outside, there must be no one within a ten-meter radius. Second, before the forum is opened, everyone in the closed space, or everyone within a ten-meter radius in the wild, must apply to use the forum. If one person's application is missing, the forum will not be successfully opened. Finally, if an unregistered person enters the closed space or within a ten-meter radius, the forum will be automatically closed.

Bei Qiao was using her phone, so naturally, she didn't have to worry about the many prerequisites. However, having just logged into the game with her resident ID, she could only access the village forum. Forums in other areas could only be accessed after someone sent her an invitation code, or after she arrived in person.

Forum reading also has permissions. For example, the "Newcomer Report" post is a post that only local users can open. After Bei Qiao opened the forum, he immediately posted a post in the "Newcomer Report" post, introducing the escort agency's situation.

Bei Qiao: Even good wine needs advertising if it is not well known.

"There will be wolves howling at night... The meat in the bun shop is stale lately... An outsider pursued Yu Qian, got rejected, and went mad, wanting to hit someone." After the ad, Bei Qiao left the registration building and calmly clicked on the melon-eating post: "What happened next?" Oh, the outsider got beaten up by Tie Jie, who happened to run into him, and was then expelled from the village. What a joyful occasion!

After browsing a few gossip posts, Bei Qiao opened the search box and began searching for information about the mountain behind the horse farm.

This mountain is called Yuanshan. Some say it's named after its round top, a homophone for "round." Others say it was once inhabited by people with the surname Yuan, hence the name. Regardless of the theory, it's true that the inner area is dangerous, though there are no photos to prove it.

"What's on the other side of the mountain? The village chief didn't say, and it's not drawn on the map." Bei Qiao changed the keywords and looked up things to note when going out. The first sentence of the post he found was: "A hero won't just take out silver to pay for things. Silver is very valuable! Very valuable! Very valuable!"

Bei Qiao: Important things must be said three times. Well, the manic emotions emanating from between the lines... I don’t know who did what to poke the lungs of the officials.

In addition to spam posts, the forum also has a real-time group chat channel, which refreshes much faster than posts, making it convenient to find people. The only problem is that there are too many speakers, so the information refreshes too quickly.

Bei Qiao, who had been eating melons for a while, just opened the group and was dazzled by the messages that were frantically scrolling across the screen: There seemed to be more people here than he had seen in the afternoon.

Wonsan player group

Qi Zhi from the Clinic: The hunter said it will rain in the near future, so everyone should prepare some ginger soup in advance, as the clinic’s stock of cold medicines is insufficient.

Mi Zhao from the grain and oil shop: It's going to rain, so I have to check the warehouse to make sure there are no leaks or anything.

Baozipu Xishi: Oh, finally the forum is open! Is the signal so bad in Wonsan today?

Baozi Shop Xishi: I just searched the whole house for a signal but couldn’t find one. Luckily my backyard is big enough.

Song Tie from the Blacksmith Shop: Shishi, are you sure there isn’t a thief in the house?

Baozi Shop Xishi: What the hell? Wait...

After several pages of information were displayed...

Baozi Shop Xishi: Okay, it’s gone now.

Bei Qiao, who had been peeking at the screen, touched his chin: "..." I always felt that something had happened. This Xishi seemed to have a high martial arts value...so why did she open a bun shop instead of an escort agency?

Song Tie from the Blacksmith Shop: It's all right now

Baozi Shop Xishi: It’s okay, they are just two cat demons. I drove them away with oranges.

Baozi Shop Xishi: I just don’t know if there are any players among them.

Other Yuanshan Village players who had been visited by the cat demon: "..." Who would believe that they were using oranges instead of fists? How could the cat demon be so easy to deal with?

Writer Yu Qian: Does orange peel also work on cat demons?

Other Yuanshan Village players: “…” Oh, it turns out there are still people who believe it.

Baozipu Xishi: I have personally tested it and it works. Although the cat demon’s reaction is not as big as that of ordinary cats, its aversion to orange peel is exactly the same.

Other Yuanshan Village players: Yes, yes, that’s right, the cat demon must not have been scared away by your arms that are so muscular that you can run a horse.

Baozi Shop Xishi: So what if you were scared away by my muscles? You're just jealous!

Grocery Store Nanyi: Oops, I accidentally typed out what was really in my mind.

Grocery Store Nanyi: Well, I am jealous.

Baozi Shop Xishi: Okay, I believe it.

Baozi Shop Xishi: By the way, let me ask, who said that the meat in my buns is not fresh? Can I be blamed? The hunters have gone home these days, where can I get fresh meat to make buns for you?

Xishi from the Baozi Shop: If the hunting team doesn't go up the mountain again, there will only be vegetarian buns in the future. Comrades who love meat don't have to buy them.

Xian Yu from the clothing store: ...

Baozi Shop Xishi: I'm talking about you. You don't get tired of eating baozi three times a day, but you eat at a restaurant. Eating six meals a day is not good for your brain.

Writer Yu Qian: This is love!

Baozi Shop Xishi: Love me! He's just lazy! This week he eats Su Yu's rice balls, next week he eats my buns. If he can finish a meal in a few bites, he won't even start cooking.

Baozi Shop Xishi: His chopsticks are covered in dust!

Qi Zhi from the Clinic: Not only meat, but medicinal herbs are also in short supply.

Song Tie from the Blacksmith Shop: "If you want to go up the mountain, I can go too, but I'm not a professional. I can only take people around the perimeter, picking up eggs and catching birds. Anyone want to go?"

Writer Yu Qian: I gave up very self-awarely. Others who will drag others down, please do so consciously.

Mi Zhao from the Grain and Oil Shop: I understand, you’re a sister complex.

Qiao Qiao from the Escort Agency: Can I ask about the specific situation?

Tang Suyu from the Pastry Shop: Oh, there’s a new person coming!

Bei Qiao greeted the others and privately chatted with Song Tie to ask about going up the mountain, wanting to confirm the danger.

Song Tie from the Blacksmith Shop: Don't worry, we non-professional hunters are just wandering around the periphery. As long as we are not alone, we will be fine.

Song Tie from the Blacksmith Shop: If you are really worried, Qiao Qiao can wait for our Hunter Xin to come back from visiting his relatives.

Qiao Qiao from the Escort Agency: Okay, I’ll think about it.

Bei Qiao wanted to go to the mountain to take a look, but before she could make a decision, Yu Qian's private chat dialog box suddenly popped up.

Writer Yu Qian: Qiao Qiao, help! Can you escort me out of the village tomorrow morning?

Writer Yu Qian: Please, please!

Bei Qiao: ...Let me tell you what happened first.

Bei Qiao asked Yu Qian a few more questions and roughly understood the situation Yu Qian was currently facing.

Yu Qian rarely left the house during her gaming days. She was either at home writing or out submitting manuscripts and looking for food. Her life was very regular. However, the aunties nearby thought this was not good for her, as she thought staying home for too long would make her sick. So, from time to time, they would call over some distant relatives from who knows how far away they were, and then invite Yu Qian over to visit.

"The previous person was fine, and everything was fine after talking it out, but the one who came this time was, was very confident, uh, that's not right..." Yu Qian wiped her face vigorously, trying to find an adjective, but to no avail.

"Anyway, I don't want to meet him, so I might as well hide away!" Yu Qian had already made plans: "The county town is twenty miles away from our village. I'll stay in an inn there for two days to hide." Anyway, the man is not from the village, so he won't stay there forever, right?

"It should be no problem to go to the county town, but I have to check the map first to see if the road is dangerous, and also ask the village chief for a pass." After Bei Qiao told Song Tie that he had something to do and would not go up the mountain, he put down the dumplings and returned to the room, fastened his seat belt, put on holographic glasses, and logged into the game again.

While it was still light in the game, Bei Qiao rode his donkey to the village chief's house to get a pass. He lay on the stone table, copying the map while listening to the village chief's chatter.

"There's no danger. There's a main road outside the village. There are no bandits near our village, so it's quite safe."

"After entering the county town, the shops with five-pointed stars on their plaques are the shops run by our players. The names of the players' shops are all on the forum. Once you enter the county town, you can open the forum and compare them."

"After you pay the accommodation fee, the player acting as the waiter will quietly give you the remote control in the room... Oh, right, you don't have money for accommodation, but I have to emphasize again, even if you have money in the future, you must first put some silver and copper coins in your pocket. Don't show the silver casually, it's really valuable!"

"Okay, don't make the map so detailed. Just make sure you can understand it yourself. Don't leak it. This is almost a strategic item."