Wen Qian was recently playing a casual campus RPG game, short for "School Simulator." After staying up all night playing games, she died suddenly. When she op...
Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Wen Qian looked at the person in front of him in silence...
Wen Qian looked at the silent passerby in front of him and felt a little confused.
Is there anything strange about what she said?
Wen Qian recalled what he had just said. It was very polite and courteous, a textbook-level opening statement for asking for help.
The stranger raised his hand and pointed behind Wen Qian: "The summary place is behind you."
Wen Qian turned around in surprise. The empty little bookshelf that she had passed by countless times but had always ignored appeared before her eyes as if a fog had been cleared.
Is this negative halo due to poor direction or blindness?
"Thank you." Wen Qian nodded to the stranger and hurried towards the small bookshelf with a sign that said "Collection Department".
She looked so anxious, as if the bookshelf would grow legs and run away if she didn't hurry up.
Only after he put the book on the bookshelf did Wen Qian breathe a sigh of relief.
[Congratulations to the host for completing the weekly task - reading books]
[Achievement - Try Your Hands (Complete a Mission)]
[Reward: Freely allocated attribute points +1, experience +20]
[Experience value is full, level Lv1——Level Lv2]
Listening to the jingling sounds of celebration in his ears, Wen Qian could hardly suppress the smile on his face.
This joy slowly froze after he turned around and looked at the intricate branching routes in the library.
Returning the books was not difficult, a more difficult test was waiting for her - walking out of the library.
Wen Qian thought of the kind passerby who had just helped him. He seemed to be preparing to go out, so he just had to follow him out.
She turned around and looked at where Passerby F was standing, and suddenly fell silent.
...Who is this passerby Z?
Looking at the other person's blurred face and the clothes that had been blurred into a pile of colored blocks, Wen Qian took a deep breath.
System, I want to complain. If you are face-blind, then you are face-blind. Why do you blur the clothes too?
[We have received a player complaint and the system will respond within three working days]
Wen Qian: Use this trick?
She looked at passerby Z hesitantly, suspecting that he might be the passerby F just now.
After all, there was no one else passing by except him - it was impossible that passerby F had teleported away, right?
But the ID card on the other person's head...
Wen Qian had a guess in her mind. In order to verify her guess, she suddenly turned her head and then turned back to look at the passerby Z.
Sure enough—the ID card above Passerby Z’s head had changed.
The ID card becomes a passerby K
Wen Qian once again felt the rigor of the system - it was even afraid that she would use this blurred code to identify people. As long as she looked away, the labels above everyone's heads would be disrupted.
Haha, luckily Detective Wen has already discovered this.
Loren looked at Wen Qian, who suddenly began to look him up and down after returning the book, and the smile on his lips deepened.
Did you recognize it? Actually...
This amused smile froze on his face when he saw Wen Qian performing the sunflower head-turning trick in front of him as if no one was around.
It turned into deep doubt - what was she thinking?
"Are you going out? Let's go together." The girl who had just done such a strange thing walked towards him as if nothing had happened.
It was as if he didn't care about other people's eyes at all, and his expression didn't even change.
"Then let's go together." Loren had been observing the expression on Wen Qian's face, and could naturally see the confused look in her eyes when she looked around.
So you don’t know the way?
Loren turned slightly and raised his hand to signal Wen Qian to walk beside him. He suddenly felt that it was a perfect decision to choose the library as the meeting place for him and Lu Yanbai.
Otherwise, how could I encounter such an interesting thing?
As for whether she was pretending or real - Loren didn't care, as long as it was interesting.
"Are you a student of Holy Thorn?" Loren spoke to Wen Qian naturally.
Faced with the conversation with passers-by, Wen Qian no longer felt the initial surprise, because he would not give her any tasks anyway.
"Ah, sort of."
"Is that so?"
"I haven't registered for school yet." Wen Qian said bluntly, "So I can only say it's considered as such."
"Did something delay you? It's okay. Reporting a day late shouldn't be a big deal."
Loren changed his mind. If Lu Yanbai wanted to expel her from school because of this incident, he would stop him.
After all, such interesting people are rare, and it can add a bit of fun to his dull campus life.
Wen Qian glanced at the NPC who seemed to be comforting her, and once again sighed that the NPCs in this game were really smart.
He can actually comfort people.
"You've come the wrong way." A slender finger pressed on Wen Qian's shoulder, "This way."
Loren just shifted his gaze slightly, and the people around him turned and walked straight to the other end as if they had lost their sense of direction.
"Let me take you away." He extended his hand to Wen Qian.
Wen Qian looked at Loren and slowly fell into deep thought.
Is he going to take her away? They just met, right?
Could this be - this is the part where the game gives benefits to players?
When Wen Qian thought that this was a game, she felt relieved. Holding hands in a game was nothing. She had done many things like marrying eighteen people in three days.
She was immersed in her own thoughts for a long time, but the person in front of her did not urge her and continued to reach out to her.
Wen Qian understood very well that it was normal for NPCs to be in standby mode before the player made a decision.
Just like the noodle shop owner before, he could ignore her standing in the shop with a cart of flour before she handed in the task.
"No need." Wen Qian refused regretfully, "Let's talk about it when I can see you again."
Forget it now. With the debuff, she couldn't even see his outstretched hand. She could see nothing but a bunch of blurry blocks of color.
Loren looked at the girl in front of him who suddenly immersed herself in her own world. After a while, she said something that was a little confusing.
He smiled and paused, "Okay, I'm being presumptuous."
After leaving the library, Wen Qian said goodbye to the kind passerby and prepared to hail a taxi home.
Taxis are an inherent means of transportation in the game. In the game, when players want to go out, they can choose to walk or take public transportation.
Walking will deduct physical strength, while riding in a car will consume money.
There is no concept of waiting for a car in the game. As long as the player wants to take a taxi, he will see the car appear in front of him in the next second.
Just as Wen Qian was thinking about taking a taxi, a system prompt appeared in front of him.
[Travel options: Taxi/Bus (to be unlocked)/Subway (to be unlocked)...]
[Taxi selected, money - 2]
Wen Qian waved with a painful look on her face as instructed by the system, and the next second, a red taxi appeared from nowhere and stopped in front of her.
In order to ensure that such terrible things as getting lost in the community would not happen, Wen Qian set the taxi's destination at the noodle shop.
Wen Qian walked into the noodle shop cautiously, and when he heard the blurry figure in front of him say "welcome", his eyes filled with tears.
Great, you didn’t come to the wrong place!
There is still half an hour left before the debuff expires. Wen Qian decided not to go anywhere during this half hour until he recovers.
Time passed minute by minute, and Wen Qian silently studied his personal panel.
The task of flipping through books provided her with a total of 6.5 intelligence points, and now her intelligence has reached 9.5!
Although it's still a little short, there is a freely allocated attribute point in the achievement reward, and adding that up will make it 10.5.
The first exam of the semester is a sure thing!
Jiang Zhi pushed the door open and was stunned when he saw Wen Qian.
It's her again. Does she live around here?
He withdrew his gaze and frowned unconsciously when he met Wen Qian's polite and unfamiliar eyes.
"Beef noodles, take away." Jiang Zhi looked at the boss with half-lowered eyes.
"Okay, wait a moment!"
Wen Qian supported his chin idly, quietly waiting for the countdown of the last few minutes.
As if he had just noticed that there was a customer here, the noodle shop owner looked at Wen Qian and said, "You haven't eaten yet, right? Would you like a bowl of noodles?"
Wen Qian glanced at the red-marked stamina value on the system panel and declined, "No thanks. I'll go home and sleep later."
No matter how much stamina she has left, she can recover to full health after a good sleep.
In this situation, who would waste money to replenish physical strength?
"If you don't eat, be careful not to faint on the ground." The noodle shop owner said the prompt line in the game.
When the player's physical strength reaches the bottom, the NPC will trigger a specific dialogue.
"I'll try to get home before I pass out from hunger," Wen Qian replied lazily. Seeing the boss was about to speak again, she bluntly said, "I only have 8 yuan left."
As expected, after Wen Qian said this, the boss immediately sighed and shook his head: "That's such a pity."
Always abide by your own setting of being obsessed with money.
"Add another bowl." A low, hoarse voice interrupted their conversation, "Pack it up separately."
"Okay!"
Wen Qian supported his chin and silently counted the countdown above his head through the stainless steel chopstick holder on the table.
60, 59, 58...
"Bang"
The steaming paper bowl fell in front of Wen Qian's eyes, and the mist hit the plastic bag.
Wen Qian was stunned. When he looked up, he only saw a slender and blurry figure walking out of the noodle shop.
[Congratulations to the players for receiving the gift - beef noodles]
[Friends section is now open, gifts can increase the intimacy between the two parties]
On the personal panel floating in front of me, the friend section that was originally gray and waiting to be unlocked has now lit up, and a string of names appeared on the list.
The first one is the noodle shop owner with a ten-point favorability, followed by Brother Zhao and [■■]/[■■]/[■■■]
The three blurred names are followed by the "Not Added Friend" sign.
Before Wen Qian had time to be surprised, his eyes were fixed on the last person.
What's up with Favorability -20?!
Who on earth is this [■■■]!
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The next morning, Wen Qian woke up and got up from the floor.
She silently glanced at the bed which was only one step away from her, then silently stood up and brushed off the non-existent dust on herself.
Yesterday at the noodle shop, her physical strength had dropped to the dangerous level. She rushed back to her residence in a hurry, and just as she was about to enter the door, she was stopped by the damn door verification.
【Door opening verification, please complete the following test】
【36×25-5=?】
Wen Qian, whose health was only three points left: ...
Fortunately, she managed to get into the house before her physical strength dropped to zero, and avoided the tragic fate of falling outside the door.
This was her limit. After entering the room, before she even reached the bed, a red exclamation mark appeared, indicating that her physical strength had reached zero.
Wen Qian's vision suddenly went dark, and when he woke up again it was already six o'clock this morning.
After receiving the gift of beef noodles, her physical strength should not have dropped so quickly.
A bowl of beef noodles can increase 30 points of physical strength. The reason why the physical strength is not enough is that she didn’t eat it.
The bowl of beef noodles was still lying safely in her inventory.
Wen Qian firmly believes that this kind of prop should be used at critical moments.
It is impossible for players to use items to restore their stamina just before the stamina value is refreshed. Wouldn’t that be a waste of a bowl of noodles?
The cost-conscious Xiao Wen never does business at a loss.
Everything was according to her plan. Even though something went wrong in the end, as long as the result was okay, that was fine.
What’s the difference between sleeping on the floor and sleeping on the bed? Your physical strength will be fully restored anyway.
The class time indicated on the system panel was nine o'clock, but it was only a little after six o'clock, so Wen Qian decided to take a shower before going out.
Wen Qian, who used the system panel as an alarm clock, glanced at the time and checked his intelligence, which had reached 10.5 points, and nodded with satisfaction.
She took off her school uniform jacket and happily praised herself over and over again in her heart. She didn't expect that in just one day, she would improve her intelligence to double digits!
That’s so awesome!
[School Uniform Jacket (Special Equipment) Removed, Intelligence -1]
Wen Qian: “……?”