The two of them stared at each other for a long time. Just when Zhou Zhou couldn't help but lie to cover up his identity, Elvia suddenly turned her head and looked at the lake in the distance again.
"Aren't you cold in your wet clothes?"
Zhou Zhou: “Hmm?”
He looked down and saw that the clothes they were wearing were still wet after being brought out of the lake by Al.
After other players log off, their clothes will be dry when they enter the game next time, but if they stay in the game and their clothes get wet, they will slowly dry over time, just like in real life. But if it is damaged, the garment will not be restored and the damaged area will remain.
It was indeed uncomfortable when he first came ashore, but Zhou Zhou was so focused on playing with the little octopus that he didn't pay much attention to his clothes, so his clothes are still wet.
"It's not cold, not cold." Zhou Zhou breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that Al was talking about clothes, not swimming.
Because he knew nothing about the outside world, he didn't know whether everyone outside could swim or it was just a coincidence that all the players in the same dungeon could swim. Before Al exposed the matter, he didn't want to bring it up himself, in case he ended up making things worse. Al obviously hadn't noticed, but if he suddenly forced an explanation, it would make the other party suspicious.
If he wanted to change, he would have to change all his clothes. Zhou Zhou looked around and saw players wandering around Colt Lake.
"I'll go back and change later, Al, aren't you going to go back and change your clothes?"
Zhou Zhou asked, looking up. He was sitting on a small stool, his big amber eyes looking at him obediently, and there seemed to be a few words repeating endlessly in his eyes.
Aren't you going back? Aren't you going back? Aren't you going back? …
It seemed as if it couldn't wait for him to leave.
Elvia originally wanted to wait here with him, but Zhou Zhou didn't seem to need his company.
He sighed: "Then I'll leave first?"
Zhou Zhou immediately waved: "Goodbye~"
Alvia: “…”
Al was offline, and Zhou Zhou suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. He always felt like he was exposed in front of Al, especially every time he got into trouble, Al seemed to be there. Fortunately, he didn't doubt it.
Although he really enjoyed doing dungeons and missions with Al, he also unconsciously relied on him. But Al was more perceptive than the others, and he made his attitude towards NPCs clear early on, so when Zhou Zhou found that he behaved differently from the others, he always felt a little uncomfortable facing Al.
The bucket was placed in front of Zhou Zhou. He looked at the little octopus that was lying on the edge of the bucket again and poked it gently with his finger: "Little octopus, when will your master come?"
"Little octopus, when will your master come?"
Zhou Zhou:!
Zhou Zhou was surprised. Although he vaguely knew in the copy that the little octopus seemed to be able to talk, it did feel strange to see it with his own eyes. Especially after he finished speaking, the little octopus actually repeated it in his voice, with the same tone and intonation as his.
After discovering that the little octopus could imitate his speech, Zhou Zhou sat there and taught the little octopus how to speak. The little octopus, who didn't say a word in front of everyone, was also very cooperative and would imitate whatever Zhou Zhou said.
"hello."
"hello."
"You are so smart."
"You are so smart."
“…”
The two talked for a long time, until the little octopus looked a little tired, and Zhou Zhou stopped.
It was almost afternoon now. Zhou Zhou sat on a small stool and took out some dried fish to eat. He had almost finished his beef jerky in the copy, but he still had a lot of dried fish.
The little octopus was originally resting quietly in the bucket, but perhaps it smelled something or heard the sound of Zhou Zhou chewing, it crawled out again.
The small tentacle was raised high, pointing directly at the dried fish in his hand.
"You want to eat too?"
Zhou Zhou took out a small dried fish and handed it to the little octopus. The pink tentacle tip rolled up the dried fish and put it into its mouth. After eating, its tentacles were raised high again.
A pair of big, watery eyes seemed to be saying, "More!"
Zhou Zhou generously shared the dried fish with it. The two of them took turns eating one and ate a lot.
When Shirley and Keli came back online to find him, Zhou Zhou's stock of dried fish was running low. He eats a lot, and the little octopus eats a lot too. I guess the dried fish together are as big as several of it.
"Hey! Zhou Zhou." Shirley walked towards Zhou Zhou, "You are still waiting. I guess the captain won't be able to come back today."
Keli followed his sister and said, "Yeah, don't wait any longer. You haven't logged off yet? Aren't you going back to eat?"
Zhou Zhou blinked: "I'll go back later."
The two did not continue asking questions, but sat down directly by the lake. There was no dust or anything like that in the game anyway, so it didn't matter even if they lay on the ground.
Sitting in the game and basking in the sun, you can still feel the warm temperature of the sun on your face.
Keli narrowed his eyes and sighed, "The weekend is still the best."
Shirley and Keli are indeed siblings, their postures in the sun are exactly the same: "Yes."
The little octopus was eating dried fish, staring at Shirley and Keli with curious eyes. After they came, the little octopus continued to eat at the same speed, but did not say a word.
Looking at the leisurely appearance of the two, Zhou Zhou thought that he could ask them various questions about the real world. Shirley and Keli were people he had known from the beginning, and their relationship was the closest among his current friends.
"Shirley."
"Um?"
"Can both of you swim? When did you learn?" He wanted to know more about the world outside of the game.
As expected, Shirley didn't think much about it and answered directly: "Aren't there swimming lessons in elementary school?"
Keli at the side suddenly thought of something and laughed, "Do you remember? When you were a kid and just started learning to swim, every time you went into the water you drank a belly full of water."
Shirley gritted her teeth and said, "...I don't remember. Also, do you want me to help you recall the time when your pants fell off during your junior high school swimming class?"
Keli shut up immediately.
Shirley snorted coldly, trying to save her image in front of Zhou Zhou: "I am very good at swimming now. I almost always got full marks in high school."
Students need to learn swimming from elementary school to high school, so Al is so sure that Shirley and Keli can swim, Zhou Zhou thought.
"So, is there anyone who can't swim?"
"Can't swim?" Shirley and Keli looked at each other. "That's quite rare. After all, swimming is part of the curriculum. Even if they can't swim at first, they will definitely learn it in ten or eight years. At least I didn't see that when I was in school."
"But I heard that some planets don't offer swimming courses because they are too short of water," recalled Keli.
"Really?" Shirley seemed even more surprised than Zhou Zhou, "So they all can't swim?"
Keli: “It seems that I will continue to study after I go to university.”
Zhou Zhou nodded aside. There is no such course on water-scarce planets, and it will only be learned in university. Okay, I remember it.
He asked a few more questions, all about common sense in the real world that he didn't understand. Shirley and Keli kept chatting with him and didn't doubt the purpose of his asking these questions at all.
It was not until the afternoon that Zhou Zhou finally prepared to go back after being urged by the two.
In the eyes of Shirley and Keli, Zhou Zhou was too engrossed in playing games that he didn't even eat properly. Now is the time when he is growing, so how could he not eat on time?
Zhou Zhou didn't wait for the captain and could only take the little octopus back first.
After saying goodbye to the two people, he returned to his rental house. As soon as he entered the door, he heard a lot of noise in the house.
In his small rental house, there were little dolls running everywhere on the bed and on the floor. When they saw Zhou Zhou coming back, the little dolls rushed over and climbed up along Zhou Zhou's trouser legs.
“You’re back!”
"Zhou Zhou, Zhou Zhou."
These little dolls are all the children in the doll house. They were obviously scared to death of Zhou Zhou not long ago, but now they dare to climb on him, calling him affectionately and sweetly one by one. Even though Zhou Zhou walked around to find a place to put the fishing rod and the small stool, and changed the water for the little octopus, the dolls did not get off Zhou Zhou and were extremely clingy.
Zhou Zhou was also very happy. He loved the hustle and bustle the most. When he came back, he saw so many children. Although they looked like little dolls, the moving dolls were also very cute.
The little octopus's originally round and black eyes were wide open. It lay beside the water channel and looked at the little doll on Zhou Zhou's body, seeming to be very interested.
The children also saw the pink octopus. Some little girls exclaimed in amazement and stared at the little octopus. The little boys were more naughty. Some of them even cheered and shouted that they wanted to eat octopus balls, which scared the little octopus that could understand human language so much that it retreated back into the bucket and dared not come out.
Zhou Zhou's face was gentle, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised as he coaxed the little octopus and played hide-and-seek with the little dolls in the room.
It's just that the house he rented was too small and he couldn't move around at all.
I’ve always wanted to save money to buy a house in the game, but it’s too expensive. His accumulated points now total nearly 600,000. Excluding the money spent on food and props, he still has 500,000 left, and he doesn't know what kind of house it can buy.
He had inquired about it before, and found out that houses in the game are also very expensive, so generally no one is willing to spend points on this.
But he is different. Everyone has a home to return to, but he doesn’t. Besides, he will probably have to stay here forever, so it is best for him to buy a house of his own.
Zhou Zhou was somewhat tempted. He originally wanted to buy a big villa like the one in the villa ghost, but it was too expensive. It would be fine if there were a lot of people, but if he was the only one in the villa it would definitely be empty, so it would be better to buy a smaller one which would be more economical.
He thought for a while and suddenly thought of a very important question, so he found Molan's contact information and sent her a message.
I also don't know whether I have to accumulate one million points to upgrade my level, or whether all the points accumulated from completing dungeons are counted, regardless of whether they are used or not.
If it is the former, he will have to wait until he has accumulated one million points and his level is raised before he can use these points to buy a house. If it is the latter, he can spend it now.
Molan responded to the message very quickly, she only replied with one sentence.
“Spend as you like.”
It seems to be the latter. It doesn't matter whether the points are used up or not. He is only about 400,000 points away from upgrading.
After changing clothes in the rental house, Zhou Zhou left the little octopus and the little dolls in the rental house, told the children not to bully the little octopus, and went out.
Following the location marked on the map, Zhou Zhou came to a store where he had looked at houses a few days ago. However, he found that they were too expensive and could only rent a house for one month.
Looking at the appearance, location, and interior decoration of various houses in the store, Zhou Zhou directly skipped those with too high scores and chose within the price range he could afford now.
After flipping through many pages, his eyes stayed on one page for a long time.
This is a high-rise building located in the center of Nightmare City. The topmost part is an area where players can purchase goods. The house he likes is not large, with two bedrooms and a living room, and is very warmly decorated. From the balcony, you can overlook the city view of Nightmare City. The streets below are also very lively. You can see various shops and entertainment places, and the flow of people is very large.
So far, most players are not interested in these things. They go online to do dungeons and go home after finishing them. Why waste points to buy houses? How many props can they buy with hundreds of thousands of points?
Although some life players are very interested, hundreds of thousands are indeed too much for them.
Only Zhou Zhou, whose points are several times higher than others every time and who can only stay in the game world, thinks about buying a house.
The decoration is very warm and it’s lively outside, so living alone doesn’t feel lonely, which suits him very well.
Zhou Zhou didn't turn the page any further and pointed at the screen: "This is it."
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