Chapter 6: Game 6 Oh, because I blocked you...
"Can you please stop hugging him?" The boy who looked like a sunflower standing opposite He Yuezhe looked indignant.
"Why?" He Yuezhe tightened his arms around the man who was as hard as a piece of wood. "You can't just throw him to the ground, right?"
The boy turned his head away angrily: "Why not? Can't you see that he is pretending to be asleep?"
"What do you mean by pretending to sleep? I don't understand. '4399 Game Master', are you really pretending to sleep?" He Yuezhe turned the "wood" in his hand over and over and looked at it all with an innocent look on his face.
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"Do you want to go to the game lobby immediately (this will not consume any attempts)?"
"yes."
When He Yuezhe came to the game hall carrying her physical backpack, there were only a few people inside, scattered in various corners of the hall.
The last time she came, there were no benches in the hall, but this time there were many different facilities.
[Welcome players who have been temporarily banned to the game lobby area 1! Please be mindful of your words and actions and communicate with everyone in a friendly manner~]
As the announcement flashed in the hall, a few people looked at He Yuezhe who was standing motionless at the portal.
"Hey! Hello, girl. We are planning to form a 'guild'. Are you interested?" A man who looked like a teddy bear walked towards her from the crowd with a smile.
"'Guild'?" He Yuezhe was a little confused. Wasn't this section even opened yet? How come someone had already started to form one?
"Yeah," Teddy Bear led her closer to the group, "It's not really a guild, it's just a team with a larger number of people. After all, the guild hasn't opened yet."
"It's fine if you're not interested. It's not a secret between us anyway, so we won't force it."
Seeing that He Yuezhe didn't react, the teddy bear scratched his head and took out a dagger from his backpack and handed it to her.
"This meeting is destined for us. I'm giving you a small gift. Don't refuse!"
[Player 'Happy Future Bear' has given you a gift!]
[Ding Dong—Congratulations! You've successfully obtained the Blackstone Dagger Level 1!]
[Congratulations on successfully unlocking the achievements "First Weapon" (Unlocking condition: Obtain the first weapon) and "First Gift" (Achievement condition: Receive a gift from another player)!]
"Thank you." He Yuezhe smiled and took the dagger.
She was indeed not interested in this kind of work which was easily thankless and required her to be in a group with others.
"Then we'll leave first. See you next time." The teddy bear tilted his ear to listen to what another person who seemed to be in their team said, then turned back and waved to He Yuezhe.
Three seconds later, the group led by him collectively transformed into a beam of light and disappeared.
He Yuezhe guessed that they should go to other lines in the game hall to continue recruiting people.
Area 1 of the game hall suddenly became quiet.
He Yuezhe found a bench in an empty corner along the wall and sat down.
She held her backpack in front of her. This was her habit. When she went out, she always liked to hold something, otherwise she would feel insecure.
But in reality, I haven’t left the house for a long time.
But there is no reason for me to go out, right?
When He Yuezhe first came to this world, he felt that the original owner of this body had habits very similar to his own.
Of course, apart from covering the windows with newspapers.
The original owner's home, or rather, his residence, was very small. There were no mountains of garbage, no clothes scattered everywhere, and no dirty dishes.
It's clean and old, not cozy at all.
Bookshelves, desks, and even drawers are filled with various textbooks and tutoring materials.
The original owner's name, class, and all personal information were severely blacked out with a black marker, and a small mountain of newspaper was glued on top with rice paste.
He Yuezhe once lived in a daze for a period of time, and she almost forgot her own name.
...That doesn't count as the past, does it?
In fact, she had been in this state for a long time until she was inexplicably brought here by the system.
[Ding Dong—You received a message from a stranger! Please check it immediately.]
The sudden notification sound from the system woke He Yuezhe, who was already feeling drowsy.
She clicked on the friend interface and saw a chat box with no avatar and the name "Stranger" jumping to the top of all lists, with a small red dot showing excitedly on it.
[Chatting with “strangers”]
"Are you a&%&@?"
——“Stranger (game nickname will not be displayed until a friend is added)”/Delivered on January 3 at 14:23:19.
"Are you %&@?"
——“Stranger (game nickname will not be displayed until a friend is added)”/Delivered at 14:23:24 on January 3.
“Gibberish.”
——"Has been temporarily banned"/Sent at 14:23:56 on January 3.
"Is that you?" A young man suddenly rushed in front of He Yuezhe, squatted on the ground, and looked at her from below with tearful eyes, "You finally came to see me?!"
He Yuezhe: You’re crazy!
“…” After closing the chat interface, He Yuezhe looked at the boy.
His aura was indeed somewhat familiar, but with his strange face, she couldn't recognize him at all.
"I, am I..."
"Yeah, yes, it's me. I came to see you." He Yuezhe cancelled the materialization of the backpack, grabbed the boy's neck with one hand, and looked at him with a smile, "[Outsider]?"
Hearing this, the boy's body swayed and became shaky.
He staggered and almost fell to the ground, but quickly regained his balance.
"World Announcement: As of 2:30 PM on January 3rd, there are 30 minutes left until the full opening of the World Dungeon. The novice period is about to end!"
"All players please arrive at the game lobby before 15:00:00!"
"All players please arrive at the game lobby before 15:00:00! Otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences!"
"Ah, I need to send an invitation to my friend first, do you mind?" He Yuezhe then remembered that Yuan Yang seemed to have not arrived yet, perhaps in another area of the game hall.
She glanced at the dazed boy and then sent Yuan Yang an invitation to form a team.
[Team invitation sent! Waiting for player '4399游戏大师''s response.]
[Player '4399 Game Master' has joined your team. Please go to the team-building NPC in the game lobby to sign a contract (the number of team members can be continuously changed before the contract is signed)!]
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"Okay." Yuan Yang sat on the bench and rubbed his injured body, then lowered his head to reply to the two people standing in front of him who were somewhat tense.
"You're not angry anymore?" He Yuezhe heard him finally speak, and no longer paid attention to the boy who was still furious. He stared at him from head to toe, "You seem a little weak...but are you okay?"
"Hey, he just fell down. Is there any need to be so concerned?" The boy was a little angry that she ignored him.
He Yuezhe looked at him with a look of sudden enlightenment: "So you are so interested in this kind of thing? Do you want to try it too?"
Seeing that the quarrel was about to start again, Yuan Yang, who had just recovered from the anger of being thrown to the ground by the two of them for no apparent reason, quickly said: "Um, um... I'm fine..."
The young man ignored the words of the man on the chair and turned his head to the side and snorted.
"Ahem, hello? Is there a sound?"
In the center of the game hall, a virtual screen like the news broadcast suddenly flashed intermittently.
The fragmented image gradually became solid. The players originally standing in the center of the hall were all startled, and some even had their feet stuck in the model.
"Good afternoon everyone! Welcome once again to participate in this closed beta test of "Nuts"!"
"The three-day novice period is over, and what's about to begin is the first era of the Nuts world: Seeking Light!"
"In The First Age: Seeking Light, dungeons around the world will be open, and players can team up to conquer them!"
"Each dungeon contains a different mysterious treasure. Players are welcome to explore!"
"During this phase, the player level cap is 10. Experience gained above level 10 will be temporarily stored in the form of experience packs in your backpack!"
"Nuts is a large-scale development game, so there is no world main storyline!"
"There are multiple side quests in the world for players to pursue, but these quests have restrictions and cannot be forced!"
Wait... "there is no main world storyline"?
"This concludes the introduction to the First Era: Seeking Light! Further details will be announced in the World Announcement!"
"Ding Dong—it's 3:00:00 PM on the 3rd of January, Year 1 of the First Era: Seeking Light. All world dungeons are now open, and all regional restrictions have been lifted! Please play safely and work together to maintain a positive environment!"
The game hall erupted in cheers and applause just like in reality!
Even though everyone didn't know each other, they high-fived and hugged each other like old friends.
"The game lobby has been uniformly switched to party hall mode!"
As the system sounded, the game hall transformed from a snow-white empty room into a party room filled with colorful lights, chairs and a bar.
"Do you want to join us?" He Yuezhe opened the friend interface and sent a friend request to the boy.
The boy still frowned: "You are so perfunctory."
"Hmm?" He Yuezhe glanced at him in confusion and prepared to walk towards the NPC's place. "If you don't want it, we'll meet again someday."
After a few seconds, the boy followed the instructions given by the elf and clicked on the friend interface.
——A big red dot is particularly eye-catching in the upper right corner of the friend request.
It turns out that she wasn't asking herself the same question while chatting with others.
"……snort."
After passing through his friend, the words "Colorful World" appeared clearly above the boy's head. After flashing for a few seconds, they turned into a light grayish white.
"Did you choose this ID yourself?" He Yuezhe was a little curious.
The three of them chatted as they walked towards the NPC who was forming the team.
Since the game hall was packed with people, the three of them had to walk slowly.
"Yeah," Colorful World looked back at her suspiciously, "What's the problem?"
"Hey, why does it show that I can't add this player as a friend?" Yuan Yang suddenly asked.
He Yuezhe was about to say something, but after thinking about it, he decided to swallow his impolite words quietly before Yuan Yang interrupted him.
"Oh, because I blocked you." The voice of "Colorful World" came slowly from the front of the two of them.
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