Chapter 42
It can be called a good harvest.
However, when Jiang Yunu first got these four crystal cores, she didn't know that it was a good harvest.
Two hours of computer time was far from enough to satisfy her desire to explore the virtual world. She felt that she had just started to get some feel for using a spatula to kill monsters, but in the blink of an eye, the system was reminding her that the time was about to end and she had to prepare to get off the computer.
No matter how much Jiang Yunu was reluctant to leave this holographic game world, rules were rules.
There were still five minutes before she was due to disembark. A translucent floating pop-up window appeared in front of her eyes, with a countdown of seconds starting from "300".
The countdown returned to zero, Jiang Yunu automatically exited the game, and the hatch of the simulation cabin turned from solid to transparent again in front of her eyes.
She had to get off the computer and leave the classroom to make room for other students who were already queuing at the door of the computer classroom.
...Luckily she has an appointment for tomorrow night!
Thinking that he could still get on the plane tomorrow night, Jiang Yunu's heart immediately became excited again.
Joyson was rarely away from her this weekend. The red-haired boy was "kidnapped" by his roommate, along with a senior named Hubana.
Senior Bambi spoke righteously at Friday dinner, saying that Joyson couldn't run after his sister all day, that Jiang Yunu sometimes needed some personal space, and that Joyson should also have some "boy time", so he took the initiative to join Joyson and his friends' dormitory gatherings and took Joyson to experience some so-called "boy activities" on weekends.
It was not until Saturday night that Joyson, seemingly exhausted, contacted Jiang Yunu on his personal terminal.
[Phantom of the Red Attic]: How was your computer experience today?
[Phantom of the Red Attic]: [A creeping emoji]
Jiang Yunu was used to chatting with people using the default username, so he naturally did not modify the notes of the contacts in the contact list, allowing them to keep their original IDs.
Joyson’s ID is still very visually impactful, making people want to laugh every time they see it.
Jiang Yunu typed quickly.
[User 24071523]: Absolutely perfect!
[User 24071523]: But you, the "Phantom of the Red Attic", attended a boys' exclusive party, and ended up getting your red color faded?
Jiang Yunu teased mercilessly.
[Phantom of the Red Attic]: ...
[Phantom of the Red Attic]: [Another emoji of crawling on the ground]
[Phantom of the Red Loft]: Can we have a rule? Whether in real life or online, please don't address each other by their first names.
[User 24071523]: You said you wanted to set three rules, so where are the other two?
[The Phantom of the Red Attic]: There are two more chapters, so please repeat the above twice!
[User 24071523]: Okay, so this is the legendary "important things should be said three times".
When Jiang Yunu was chatting, he would easily let himself go, talk ramblingly, and unknowingly deviate from the original topic.
Fortunately, the person opposite him was Joeysen. Joeysen was already familiar with Jiang Yunuo's speaking style, and the familiarity also gave him a certain resistance.
Soon, Qiao Yisen remembered his original question and flipped through the chat history, and saw Jiang Yunu's concern for him before the topic went off track.
[The Phantom of the Red Attic]: Well, I won’t go too far, but it’s really tiring to get together with a group of people you don’t know very well for a whole day.
[Phantom of the Red Attic]: It’s not enough to make me lose my color, but it’s enough to make me physically and mentally exhausted.
Joyson sent a third emoji of himself lying on the ground, which was enough to show that today's social activities had indeed drained his energy.
Jiang Yunu usually advises others not to attend gatherings that are too exhausting unless necessary, but she knows that Joycean would not want to refuse Senior Bambi's kindness, and Hubana was indeed thinking about Joycean and was worried that his social circle would be too narrow, so she pulled him out.
So Jiang Yunu didn't say much, just sent an emoticon back to Qiao Yisen.
Different from the cute emoticons she sent to Senior Zhou, the emoticons she sent to Joyson were generally more "brotherhood-like".
Joyson accepted the emoticon and gave Jiang Yunu a prostrate "thank you for your concern".
Then Joyson asked about boarding the simulator.
[Phantom of the Red Loft]: Is the simulator cabin really that fun? Is your experience really as good as "perfect"?
User 24071523: Of course. Is there any need for me to tell you any lies? The simulator experience is truly extraordinary!
Speaking of the simulation cabin, Jiang Yunu could talk about it until midnight today without feeling sleepy.
She immediately grabbed Joyson and started talking to him, passionately introducing how interesting the experience of the simulation cabin was.
Joyson was a little moved by what she said.
[Phantom of the Red Attic]: Then why don’t I make an appointment for a computer session next week?
[Phantom of the Red Attic]: Is it tomorrow night?
User 24071523: Yes.
The appointment time for the computer classroom is 8 o'clock every night.
Jiang Yunu had already made an appointment once and knew that he had to get there on time to grab the popular time slot.
But for next week's simulated flight, she has the idea of still avoiding the hot spots.
[User 24071523]: I want to get in at the right time, but I want to avoid the most popular times and try to get in during less popular periods.
Her main goal is to increase the quantity, hoping to grab more time slots and extend the time she can spend in the computer classroom on weekends.
When Joyson lived in his home on a run-down street, he was used to staying in bed and had difficulty getting up early. But after only a week in Eng, his daily schedule had been forced to change a little by the full class schedule, and he began to feel that getting up early was not so difficult.
Joyson immediately expressed his willingness to cooperate.
[Phantom of the Red Attic]: I don’t know which time periods are popular and which time periods are unpopular. You can just send me all the targets you want to grab, and then we can grab the same ones.
Jiang Yunu agreed immediately, and then simply made a table and shared with Qiao Yisen all the time slots that she thought were relatively "free" when she made appointments last week.
During this period, Zhou Jinxue also sent a greeting message.
Senior Zhou is always very sensible. If she doesn't have time to greet Jiang Yunu during the day, then after 8 o'clock in the evening, before 10 o'clock, the normal bedtime for most people, she will definitely send Jiang Yunu one or two messages, just like checking in with her junior every day, to show concern for her junior's daily life.
Zhou Jinxue also asked Jiang Yunu about his experience in the simulator cabin. Jiang Yunu, just like he had answered Joyson, honestly said that he was very happy with the experience and had already started planning to make an appointment for a longer time next week.
Zhou Jinxue was also busy this weekend. It seemed like school had just started and the senior sister had been assigned some extra homework by the school teacher. She was even slower in replying to messages than before.
But when Zhou Jinxue's reply came, Jiang Yunu found that the other party had also sent him a form.
It was a more detailed "computer time reference table", which was far more convincing than the one Jiang Yunu had summarized based on his own experience.
[Daytime Brightness Reflecting Snow]: This may be of some reference to you. You can look at the time above.
[Daytime Reflections on the Snow]: This was compiled by previous students. It cannot be found on the school’s official website and is only circulated among students.
When Jiang Yunu saw this table, his eyes lit up!
User 24071523: Thank you! You are the best!
Jiang Yunu launched a cute emoticon attack on Zhou Jinxue, and a bunch of lively little animals popped up in the senior sister's chat window.
Girls' dormitory area, Building 6.
Zhou Jinxue was sitting in the living room on the first floor of the dormitory building, replying to messages, with a floating screen displayed in front of him.
Her screen wasn't very big, and the text in the chat window was of standard size, but the little animals rolling across the screen were really eye-catching.
A roommate passed by behind the sofa where Zhou Jinxue was sitting. When he looked up inadvertently, he saw a lot of cute furry creatures.
The roommate couldn't help but stop and moved closer to the back of the sofa in a mysterious way.
"No snow," my roommate said. "Are you chatting with the AI animal?"
Zhou Jinxue: “…”
Zhou Jinxue looked at the screen, then looked at his roommate's curious eyes.
"No." Senior Zhou said calmly, "It's the junior student I brought with me."
...But this junior schoolmate, to some extent, does easily remind people of a lively little animal.
Zhou Jinxue didn't know why she thought this way. She also felt that it was impolite to associate others with small animals, but Jiang Yunu often gave her this impression, which made the always upright and decent Zhou feel a little distressed.
Jiang Yunu took the senior's watch and immediately shared all the time periods marked "hot spots" on the watch with Qiao Yisen.
The next day, Sunday night, Jiang Yunu and Qiao Yisen had a dinner date. After dinner, they did not leave the cafeteria immediately, but opened the terminal and waited at the small table in the cafeteria.
As soon as eight o'clock in the evening arrived, the two of them immediately rushed into the simulation cabin reservation interface.
With the help of practice and the help of the table provided by the senior student, Jiang Yunu successfully grabbed four time slots, and the computer time for next week was doubled.
It was Joyson’s first time, and he wasn’t very skilled at the operation, but he still managed to grab two time slots.
Jiang Yunu was also quite satisfied with the result: "At least we have four hours to play together next week."
Joyson originally felt that he was holding back, but four hours sounded like a long time in total, which made him feel a lot better.
Jiang Yunu said goodbye to Qiao Yisen at the cafeteria door - she had another computer class this week, from 21:00 to 23:00 at the latest.
Jiang Yunu rushed to the multi-purpose building and entered the computer classroom just in time, getting into the simulation cabin she had been longing for.
This time, Jiang Yunu did not hesitate in front of the [Virtual Battlefield] option, but plunged directly into the game next door.
The holographic game still put Jiang Yunu into the novice combat map, and the familiar spatula returned to her hands after one night.
Jiang Yunu had completely gotten rid of the discomfort she had felt when she first faced the spatula yesterday. She wielded her extremely hard spatula and in two hours, she killed four earth elemental beasts and also shoveled away two water elemental beasts that crawled out of the newly added lake scene.
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