Chapter 6: Childhood Friend



After opening the familiar recharge interface, Song Luo exclaimed, "Wow!"

6 Soul Essences are worth 60 Crystal Energy, 30 Soul Essences are worth 300 Crystal Energy, 98 Soul Essences are worth 980 Crystal Energy, 198 Soul Essences are worth 1980 Crystal Energy, 328 Soul Essences are worth 3280 Crystal Energy, and 648 Soul Essences are worth 6480 Crystal Energy. Double your first recharge...

This wave, this wave is the traditional art of Xiaguo games.

Song Luo was too tired to complain. When he was about to open the recharge button to see whether it was the green payment software or the blue payment software, he found that... there was no way to recharge.

Song Luo fell into deep thought again.

Is this game really a half-finished product, without even a recharge function?

"Um?"

Suddenly, Song Luo found a small announcement in the upper right corner of the game. After clicking on the announcement, Song Luo found that the game was actually in the internal testing stage.

It's in the beta stage, so it's fine.

Song Luo yawned and was about to check out the other features of the game when a pop-up window suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Respected Hero"

"Due to system maintenance and upgrades, this game will be down for maintenance at 5:00 PM on July 16th. The downtime is expected to be 6-10 hours."

"We deeply apologize for the inconvenience caused to you by server maintenance. Thank you for your support of this game!"

"Downtime update?"

Song Luo was shocked, but soon his attention was attracted by the 17 o'clock.

He subconsciously swiped the screen of his phone and saw the glaring 5 p.m., and was immediately stunned. He couldn't help but feel a little surprised: "Why is it 5 o'clock?!"

After realizing it was already five o'clock, Song Luo hurriedly turned off the game, washed his face, changed into a T-shirt, and prepared to go out.

It’s nothing big. It’s just that a close friend of mine from childhood just graduated and has been working for more than two weeks. He happened to be on vacation today, so he decided to have a good meal.

In the hot summer, it would be nice to have some barbecue in the evening.

As the sky gradually darkened, Song Luo went to a barbecue shop a few blocks away from his community as agreed.

The streets were bustling with people, and the sheer volume of traffic made it difficult for Song Luo to find his childhood friend. He simply called, and the call was connected shortly after. A clamorous voice came from the other end. Before Song Luo could speak, the other end started yelling, "Song Luo, where are you? I'm starving, and you haven't arrived yet?"

Song Luo retorted without hesitation: "Stop arguing, Jiang Hei, I was just about to ask where you are?"

"The third table on the left after entering the door. I'm waving at you."

After he finished speaking, Song Luo looked up not far away and saw a young man with a rather dark complexion waving at him.

After seeing the real person, Song Luo skillfully hung up the phone and walked towards the young man.

Song Luo's childhood friend was named Jiang Fubai. It was said that his father loved ancient poetry, so he named him after the two poets Li Bai and Du Fu.

Although his name contains the word "bai", he is not actually white. His skin color is naturally darker and he is exposed to the sun, so Song Luo often calls him "Jiang Hei".

This childhood friend worked very hard after graduating from university. With his major in "Xia Language and Literature" and excellent physical fitness, he successfully passed the civil service exam and became a grassroots police officer in a local street police station.

As soon as he sat down, Song Luo half-jokingly said, "Officer Jiang, how do you say this wave? How many wanted criminals have you caught?"

"Don't mention it."

Jiang Fubai sat there with a depressed look on his face. He said, "I didn't graduate from a professional police academy. After I was assigned to the station, the director's face turned green. He quickly found a master to guide me. I feel overwhelmed."

"I don't know what's going on these days, but all the civil servants in the city are having a physical exam. It takes three days, and then we get one day off. So now it's my turn to rest. Otherwise, why do you think I'm here eating skewers with you?"

Jiang Fubai was talking as he called for the waiter to bring out the skewers. Song Luo casually peeled the edamame on the plate and asked casually, "Physical examination? Didn't we already have a physical examination when we first started working? Why do we need another one?"

Hearing this, Jiang Fubai recalled the relevant regulations in his mind, but he didn't seem to find any prohibitions on disclosing information, so he said, "It's a little different from the pre-employment physical examination. This time, there are blood tests, X-rays, and a physical fitness test, just like the physical examination for college students... Let's not talk about this useless stuff. How about we do something white tonight?"

"Forget it, we can drink beer if we can handle it." After the mutton skewers were served, Song Luo started eating without hesitation and asked, "What do you usually do in the police station?"

Hearing this, Jiang Fubai counted on his fingers and said, "Neighborhood disputes, conflict resolution, water leaks at the company, stolen phones..."

The two of them clinked their beer cans together, drank beer and chatted about everything, including the future, ideals, and other random things, and finally talked about games.

"By the way, today I just..."

Song Luo yawned and mentioned it casually. Just as he was about to recommend it, Jiang Fubai's phone suddenly rang.

Jiang Fubai took out his phone and took a look at it. He immediately sat up straight, put his finger to his lips, made a 'hush' gesture, and answered the call: "Hello, Chief Li, you're calling me so late. Are you short-staffed at the institute? I can go back and handle it right away..."

The work of grassroots police officers is very difficult, but when Jiang Fubai saw that it was the director calling, he wanted to go back to help as soon as possible, which made Song Luo quite pleased: Jiang Fubai's childhood dream was to become a policeman, and now his dream has come true. Song Luo doesn't want Jiang Fubai to end up "corrupted" like his name.

Song Luo sat opposite Jiang Fubai, eating skewers boredly. The noise from the opposite side was neither loud nor quiet. In this noisy environment, Song Luo also heard a few words such as "new department", "physical examination", and "congratulations".

About three or four minutes later, Jiang Fubai hung up the phone, quickly stood up, and while opening the taxi app, he said to Song Luo with an apologetic look, "I'm sorry, Song Luo, the police station just called me and asked me to gather there immediately. It seems like they're trying to transfer me to a new job unit or something. I guess they're transferring me to the Municipal Bureau. I can't accompany you anymore."

Song Luo naturally had no dissatisfaction. He stood up and smiled at Jiang Fubai, "It's okay. Work is important. Do your best!"

After Jiang Fubai left in a hurry, Song Luo was left alone at the table eating skewers. Bored, Song Luo opened his phone and clicked on the game he had played today, only to find that it was being updated. Bored, he opened a forum software called "Chat Bar" and started browsing posts.

It’s just that the posts in the forum today seem weird.

One of the most popular posts was...

"If you had the power of the eldest of the Calabash Brothers, what would you do?"

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