Chapter 136
Qiao Rui's family was better off than Bei Qiao's, so when Qiao Rui entered high school, his parents rewarded him with a 90% new holographic cabin as a gift for his studies.
During the three-month vacation before the start of his first year of high school, he spent a lot of time in the holographic cabin, which is why his parents were worried that he would play games.
"Not bad, it doesn't look like it's second-hand at all." Bei Qiao had seen holographic cabins in stores before, but because they were too expensive, her parents thought they were useless and took up too much space, so her family didn't buy a holographic cabin, but only bought holographic glasses, one for each family member.
Qiao Rui's holographic cabin is a single-person stand-up model. It can be activated by standing inside and closing the door. It can also be operated via an external device connected to the internet, whether it's the holographic cabin itself or holographic glasses. A two-person model was once available, but it was later removed from shelves due to complaints.
"That's right. If my classmate hadn't gone abroad, I wouldn't have found this leak." Qiao Rui stepped into the holographic cabin and pointed at the interface outside the cabin: "Would you like to take a look at my new game?"
"Okay, same as usual." Bei Qiao took out the holographic glasses from his backpack, inserted them into the holographic cabin, and watched Qiao Rui close the door and start the holographic cabin.
Before Qiao Rui bought the holographic cabin, he played computer games. When he played games, Bei Qiao was responsible for watching him from the side.
That's right, she watched. As someone who grew up in a different family, Bei Qiao wasn't particularly good at gaming, nor was she obsessed with spending time improving her proficiency. Whenever she encountered a game she found interesting, she would simply watch others play.
"You like farm games recently." When Qiao Rui chose the game, the corresponding picture appeared in Bei Qiao's holographic glasses.
"I can't say I like it or hate it, I'm just used to it. Checking in every day gives me a sense of accomplishment." Qiao Rui squatted at the edge of the field and waved, "That's not the new game I'm talking about."
"The game's level of realism isn't high." Every time you water, you create a complete square, and the grass you pull out disappears... Isn't this just a 21st-century farming game converted into a first-person perspective and placed in a holographic cabin?
"I only play because I'm not that skilled. I wouldn't even know how to farm!" Qiao Rui trotted around the farm, completing tasks: watering the crops, harvesting the fruit, feeding the chickens, cows, sheep, and horses, and even brushing their fur. After completing his daily tasks, he breathed a sigh of relief at the neatly organized farm, switched screens, and entered a new game.
After landing and picking up his weapon, Qiao Rui ran out of the room and strolled around with Bei Qiao, who could see the shared screen: "Sister, help me observe if there is anything unreasonable around."
"For example, this backboard hanging above the door? What game is this?" Bei Qiao looked up to the upper left.
"It's a hide-and-seek game. One group hides, and the other searches." Qiao Rui jumped up and grabbed the backboard. "No, this is what was originally in the scene."
"Put a backboard at the entrance of the restaurant"
"It's unreasonable, right? This is the difficulty in catching people. The rooms in the game are random and the layout is very chaotic. Some things that look unreasonable are the original layout of the scene, and those that look normal may be players pretending to be them." Qiao Rui didn't stand firmly when he landed, and he stumbled and stepped on the tiles in the corner.
A player, transformed into a transparent figure, was huddled there when he saw a giant foot descend from the sky and reflexively shuddered. Qiao Rui spotted the clue and eliminated the opponent on the spot, earning a point.
"So the difficulty for the other side is not to be discovered when they become a wooden man." Bei Qiao walked around. Restricted by the external signal, she could only move on the map where Qiao Rui was and could not go anywhere else.
"That's right, finding someone requires eyesight, and hiding requires strength." Hiding itself is not difficult, but it is difficult to persist. People will always get tired.
"Then I remind you, is it considered a violation?"
"It doesn't count. There are many people who do this."
"Okay, then when do you plan to eat?"
"Huh? It's already noon."
Although Qiao Rui wouldn't be stopped from playing games, he still had to eat his meals. Bei Qiao pressed Qiao Rui to log off and eat, and then pressed him to help digest his food after he finished eating.
"Can't I just digest my food in the holographic cabin?" Qiao Rui slumped on the sofa, phone in hand, muttering unhappily, "It's okay to stay outside... Damn, a mecha transforms in the street! Right next to us!"
"I know. I saw it with my own eyes."
"Why isn't it me that you see?" Qiao Rui pounded the sofa in frustration.
In the afternoon, Qiao Rui entered the holographic cabin again. Bei Qiao put on the holographic glasses and saw him sitting in a virtual open space reading a book. His expression was a little grim, and it was obvious that the reading experience was not pleasant.
"What book are you reading?" Seeing a pile of books as tall as a person next to him, Bei Qiao walked over and opened one casually, and found that the content seemed a little familiar: "Planning to be a pilot" is understandable, as people have had the dream of flying since ancient times.
"Becoming a pilot or not doesn't matter. I just want to fly." Qiao Rui collapsed on the ground with a look of pain on his face, hugging the stack of books sideways. "But there's so much to learn. I'm only on the third one now. I didn't fully understand the first two, and now I've almost forgotten everything."
"Take your time." Bei Qiao sat down beside him, holding the book. "I've tried it before, but these books are really hard to read."
"Did you succeed?"
"Half of it. I read part of the book first, and then I looked for a video tutorial posted by an expert on the Internet. In the end, I took off successfully, but failed to land, so I parachuted out. I still don't know which step went wrong." Bei Qiao shrugged.
"Then what?"
"Then I signed in every day to save up gold coins, waiting to redeem them for new planes. After graduation, I was too busy and stopped signing."
"Oh, I forgot to sign in yesterday!"
Qiao Rui really wanted to fly a plane. Even if reading was tiring, he had no intention of playing games to rest his brain.
Bei Qiao checked the latest news on her phone and left when her aunt was about to get off work that afternoon. Qiao Rui walked her to the door and suddenly thought of a question: "Sister, how are you doing in "Issue World Martial Arts"?
"Why do you think of asking this now? Okay, the escort agency is not big, and the business is enough. If you want to go out and have fun, I can lend you a donkey to ride."
"Hey, just chatting. When my mom gets home from get off work, I can't tell her I spent the whole day in the holographic cabin, right?"
"Do you think your mom doesn't know you're playing games? If she really wanted to discipline you, she wouldn't have come to me. It's not hard to find someone stricter than me." Bei Qiao waved her hand: "As long as you keep your grades up and don't cause trouble, what can she say? Let's go. I've sent you the link to the test flight video tutorial. Keep going!"
"Thank you, sister...why so much?"
"There are so many books to read, and you still expect a quick tutorial?" Bei Qiao pressed the elevator button: "This is what I screened."
It was already getting dark when he left Qiao Rui's house. Unfortunately, Bei Qiao caught up with the rush hour and had to stand in the subway for more than ten minutes before returning home.
"I'm back. If you have nothing to do, go online and check it out." Qiao Lin, who was sitting on the sofa, turned around after hearing the door open: "Qianqian from across the street came to see you at noon, but didn't say what it was about. Your dad was in a hurry to go offline for a run, so he didn't say hello to her."
"Okay, got it." Bei Qiao nodded and quickly closed the door to prevent Tangyuan from rushing out.
“Are you hungry now?”
"I'm not hungry. I had lunch quite late."
"Okay, then we'll have dinner after your dad comes back."
Beiqiao lowered her head to change her shoes at the door. Tangyuan, who failed to "escape", slapped her with her paw unhappily, then ran straight to the bedroom with her tail wagging, and spread herself on Beiqiao's newly bought sofa like a cat strip.
Tangyuan: If you don't let me go out, I'll grab your sofa! I'll take it all, leaving you with no place to sit, humph!
"What's so mad about you? The last time you ran away, you didn't even recognize your home. It was the stray cat downstairs who brought you back. Have you forgotten the beating you got?" Bei Qiao went back to her room, changed into her home clothes, and hugged the unhappy Tang Yuan in her arms, rubbing him twice. Before Tang Yuan could come over and act coquettishly, she put the cat back on the sofa and put on her holographic glasses.
Tangyuan: "......Meow" Happiness is moving too fast like a tornado. You will lose my love if you do this, do you know that? Shit shoveling officer!
Sitting in a carriage for too long can easily cause back pain. Although Qiao Lin carried Bei Qiao out of the carriage and sent her back to the bedroom after the carriage arrived home, Bei Qiao, who had just come online, still clearly felt the soreness and stiffness in his body.
Bei Qiao threw off the quilt and jumped out of bed, patting his slightly stiff limbs and leaning on the edge of the bed to do stretching exercises. Just then, there was a knock on the door in the front yard.
"I'll be right there." Bei Qiao used his Qing Gong to fly out of the window and landed on the ground in the front yard. He picked up Dudu, who came over and wagged his tail, and held him in his arms. He walked into the house and opened the front door. "It's you... What are you doing?"
The person who came was Yu Qian, whom Qiao Lin had mentioned. For some reason, even though it wasn't raining outside, she was holding an oil-paper umbrella. Wrapping herself tightly in her Taoist robes, Yu Qian looked around suspiciously. "Well, to cut a long story short, can I stay at your house for the night?"
"You should say it's longer." Bei Qiao looked at the back door that he had locked and let Yu Qian into the house: "What happened? Why are you suddenly dressed like this?"
"Woo woo, my house is haunted! I don't dare go back now!" Yu Qian walked into the house along the wall, squatted down by the wall like a quail, buried her face in her arms, and her body trembled slightly.
"Yeah." Bei Qiao put down the grinning Dudu, took out a rope from the cabinet, and tied up Yu Qian, who was on guard but a step slow, with lightning speed.
"What are you doing?" Yu Qian was shocked.
"Get off her." Bei Qiao kicked the umbrella in Yu Qian's hand aside and pushed open the door: "The sun hasn't set yet, and there's a big rooster in the neighbor's house next door. My dog is black, you..."
"How did you know that?" Yu Qian's face suddenly became expressionless, and even her voice changed.
Bei Qiao didn't answer, picked up Yu Qian and walked out the door.
"Stop it! I'm leaving now!"
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