The sequel to OE that "we" are looking forward to (14)
How should I respond to you when you say that?
Jiang Yuanshi really wanted to say this, but in the end he just slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep. In the darkness, he felt the wetness and licking at the corners of his eyes.
When I opened my eyes again, it was a new day, peaceful, leisurely and comfortable. I didn’t feel too many things when I was alive, but now I am enjoying them all after death.
"Z01, the monster is over there!"
"Z01, what should we eat today?"
"Z01, did you pull out the seedling?... What did you say? You want to experience what it means to force growth by pulling up seedlings? Then just pull out one. Why pull out so many? I pulled out the whole field over there!... What? A controlled experiment? Do I look like that seedling? Ah! Come here! Don't run!"
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In a field somewhere in a village outside the city, a farmer was running with an expressionless face, followed by a fire-breathing dragon. The dragon was tiny in size and was making some inaudible noises in its mouth, looking quite evil.
It's so... rare. Jiang Yuanshi actually looks like this when he's angry.
This is what Z01 thought as he took photos and entered them into the private database while running.
The chase scene was extremely intense.
After 10 minutes, the dragon was hungry and called a truce.
Jiang Yuanshi threw the diamond into his mouth and chewed it fiercely, as if he was eating Z01 instead of a diamond.
Z01 said nothing, simply handing over the new diamond: "Try this purple one."
Jiang Yuanshi: "Ouch." He opened his mouth and took a bite, and gave Z01 a bite at the same time.
Z01: "How does it taste?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Well, it's okay, it tastes like grape." It's quite delicious and crunchy.
During the meal, Jiang Yuanshi chatted about the time they had been in Wuxiu City. According to Z01's records, 28 days had passed since they came to this world, almost a month.
There was still no news from the Transmigrating Book Bureau. Jiang Yuanshi wondered, "Are those Lord Gods trying to keep us in this world without even holding a meeting?"
Z01: "It's unlikely. Running this world requires willpower, and they generally don't grant long-term vacations to those who perform tasks."
Jiang Yuanshi: "Then aren't we doing that now?"
"Yes, but not for long. After all, if the budget is overspent, the higher-ups will notice."
Jiang Yuanshi leaned against Z01's feet, where he sat cross-legged, and said as he ate, "Sometimes it's quite scary when there's no warning. It's so sudden and hard to guard against. Speaking of which, it seems like the game of Wuxiu City is almost over."
Z01 straightened up Xiaolong, who was gradually falling, and asked, "Are you planning to go to the next place?"
"Well...it's not impossible. Anyway, the store here is managed by us. There's a teleportation array, so if it's out of stock, we can just go and restock it." At this point, Jiang Yuanshi remembered something. He looked up and asked, "Should I restock the stock tomorrow? I think I got a sold-out reminder."
Z01 nodded, and Jiang Yuanshi said, "We can still hold on for another day, so let's go tomorrow."
Z01 agreed.
Today is also a bad day.
However, before the two of them had their meal, a scroll appeared out of thin air. It was new news. When they unfolded the scroll, they found that it was a commendation and reminder from the Supervisory Bureau.
The Supervisory Bureau is also the police station. Recently, thieves have voluntarily come to work, and the police station's performance has greatly improved. They sent their thanks to Jiang Yuanshi and Z01, but at the same time, reminded them to further update the surveillance scrolls. Recently, many thieves are curious about whether the store can really send them to the police station, so they gave it a try.
This is a bad influence.
The existence of monitoring scrolls has its pros and cons, but what makes Jiang Yuanshi curious is that the probability of triggering the NPC theft in the game is very small. Even if all the NPCs in the city appear in the store, only three or four people will be triggered. How could it be so many?
Could it be that in this world, the NPCs in the game have awakened automatically?
But Jiang Yuanshi and the others did nothing.
There was no other choice, the two bad players could only move up their schedule and go to the store today to replenish the stock and check the situation.
After finishing their meal, the two men came to the store with the goods. The only customer in the store had just left. After watching him leave, the two men began to restock the goods. The process was simple, but the shelves and windows had to be cleared before new goods could be added. However, there was still a fried chicken leg and a strange-tasting potato cake in the store.
What a pity, in order to facilitate loading, it can only go into the belly of the wishing dragon.
Xiaolong regretfully lost 1,000 gold coins and ate chicken legs and potato cakes.
"Ah!" Someone suddenly shouted, and Xiaolong was so scared that the chicken leg in his hand fell.
Xiaolong and a customer with strange clothes who just entered the store made eye contact. Xiaolong was stunned and the customer's eyes were also dull, but they still looked at each other and Xiaolong calmly picked up the fallen chicken leg.
When the customer saw this action, it was as if a switch was turned on. Jiang Yuanshi heard a "click" sound in his ear. Before he could react, the customer rushed over excitedly, but due to some restrictions, he only stopped in front of Jiang Yuanshi.
It's so strange. Jiang Yuanshi's memory doesn't have this NPC. He doesn't remember designing such a character.
The customer happily stretched out his hand towards Xiaolong, but retracted it before he could touch him. The movement repeated over and over again as if there was a bug. Jiang Yuanshi found it a bit scary. After all, the movement was so fast that it could stir up the wind, so Jiang Yuanshi started to blow the fan.
Just as the customer tried to reach out again, a hand reached out and hugged Xiaolong's belly to lift him up. Z01 looked at the customer's face expressionlessly, then stepped back silently.
But the strange customer not only did not come forward, but instead shouted and looked extremely excited. The shutter sounds of "click, click" rang out continuously, but Jiang Yuanshi did not see the camera.
Just as he was wondering, he heard the customer say, "Oh my god, I finally found it! I'm so excited! Hurry up and post it!"
What on earth is this NPC talking about? Z01 asked Jiang Yuanshi, and at this moment Jiang Yuanshi's expression was uglier than ever before.
Customer: "Huh? This new NPC's random dialogue is actually like this. It's like a real-time conversation. The author's updating skills are getting better and better."
This time, even Z01 understood.
This customer who can say such things cannot be an NPC.
Jiang Yuanshi took a deep breath and began a long-lost mental conversation with Z01. The two decided to keep the human-machine communication going and wait and see what shocking words this customer would say in order to get more information.
But the customer stopped talking and just kept clicking. Suddenly, the world pressed the pause button and he couldn't move, but his consciousness was still there.
A very familiar and long-lost save file interface appeared in the air, but it did not belong to Jiang Yuanshi and Z01.
The customer stopped talking, the world stopped, and Jiang Yuanshi and Z01 became NPCs.
Jiang Yuanshi asked Z01 in his mind: "What's going on?"
Z01: "Analysis in progress... Anomalies detected, suspected to be causing link fluctuations with other worlds."
Another world? Jiang Yuanshi had a bad thought: "Is this the reality of my existence?"
Z01: "The probability is 88%. It seems there are other worlds, but we can't analyze them."
But one thing is beyond doubt, that is, they have become NPCs.
It's ridiculous, but inexplicably feels normal.
After all, he had been living too comfortably recently, so comfortably that Jiang Yuan began to feel afraid.
As expected, the beauty will eventually be broken, and accidents will occur again, and the situation will even be worse than any previous world.
Before they encountered the so-called customers, they could move freely, but after they encountered them today, they became NPCs and their movements were restricted by the game. If the main gods took action during this pause, Jiang Yuanshi and Z01 would hardly be safe.
Before the customer… no, the player—returned, the two suspended players could only gather as much information as possible. Jiang Yuanshi asked Z01, "Can you gather any news from the real world? If there's any relevant updates in reality, then it would completely prove that this world is connected to reality."
"It's not allowed according to the regulations."
According to the rules of Chuanshuju, the system does not have this authority. Even if it does, it cannot cross borders to investigate information, otherwise it will be punished. But since Z01 said so, it proves that it is possible. After all, rules are meant to be broken. However, this time, before Jiang Yuanshi could start to persuade him, Z01 had already displayed a large screen in the space.
"The time for cross-border transactions is limited, so I can only extract the latest news. This is the hottest topic recently, and there are discussions about our store."
"Why are you so self-conscious now?" Jiang Yuanshi teased casually, and Z01 agreed, "You taught me well."
"Not bad, not bad." Jiang Yuanshi praised and looked at the big screen.
That was a discussion post on a social platform:
[Ask about the new product release schedule for the Knowledge Shop in Nameless Adventure]
The thread owner: Topic as above, does anyone know when the shop will have new items? I can't beat the Splice Monster even if I encounter it, woohoo, I really need that big bone, and I've never seen the boss NPC in the shop... I've searched all the guide posts, but can't find anything. Please, kindhearted people (crying loudly) (folded hands)
#UnnamedAdventure#Game#IntellectualShop#…
The post received over 10,000 likes and over 1,000 replies.
[Bite Sasa's Ass]: (Sticked) Newbies, don't wait, it's normal that you don't have a guide, because old players don't have one either (crying). As someone who passed the OE ending but couldn't bear to quit and has been waiting for the new sequel, I've been staring at that store for a long time. When the author updated it, there was not even an announcement. If I hadn't wandered around the city every day, I would have almost missed their store opening (every time I ran into someone opening a store, my luck got better)
There are two shopkeepers. The main shopkeeper is a mini dragon, and the second shopkeeper is a human. These two cannot be conquered because there is no dialogue option, so there is no favorability or anything like that, and there is no deduction. If you want the shop to update, you have to buy all the things. However, the new things in the shop are quite rare and the quantity is very large. I recommend it. But I just can't catch the two shopkeepers... (whisper, the game author, you are so big)
Reply below:
[God knows I have money, but every time I go, I can't buy it. I leave with a huge amount of regret. And author, you really sell it out. These two are not only married but also adopted. Long is the adopter. It's really fun.]
[After reading this post, the player who quit the game after the ending was sad and quietly restarted the game]
[Same as above, curious to crawl back and take a look]
[Hi everyone, I'm back. I have one more thing to add here: it's not just a huge sale, it shocked my whole family. Who would have thought of putting a marriage certificate and adoption certificate on the door of a store? Isn't this just trying to seduce me?!]
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At the same time, after refreshing, another message was pushed up:
【Cooking Master】:
[Just came across another thread. The poster there encountered two shop owners restocking their wares. They took a photo together, along with some screenshots. The little dragon in the picture was so terrified that it dropped its chicken legs. It was so adorable, and it even picked up the chicken legs. So cute! The poster said she wanted to hold the little dragon but couldn't, and then the human shop owner took the little dragon back, afraid she'd touch it. It was inexplicably cute.]
Because of this statement, many people followed the shared link.
Jiang Yuanshi also crawled over.
Then I saw the poster’s excited speech and 18 pictures, including group photos and screenshots, but most of them were photos of him and Z01 together.
Many people below started to share their opinions and posted short fan fiction stories, while some people also said frankly that they couldn't accept it.
Don't you think they're overselling it? They're the most obvious in the entire game. I almost suspect the author read the fanfiction for Znar the Hero and Sasa, and suddenly I can't support it anymore. It also makes me a little sad. Every time I see this little dragon, I think of Sasa, who hasn't returned home yet. I hate OE!!!
[Same to me, but I'm not saying the author's plot is bad, it's just that OE is so regretful. I've played the game all the way through, and I can't bear to see Sasa die. I almost feel like he's my little dragon.]
[Looking at the picture, I thought it was Sasa. They look so similar. However, Sasa's eyes are blue, not this color. At first, I thought Sasa lost her memory and ran off with someone else. Then, when I realized this, my anger at being cheated on and abandoned turned into sadness. It turns out my Sasa didn't come back (crying). Sb, author, when will you update?! ! ! (I don't mean to scold the author, the author's first letters are S and b)]
[Honestly, I have a wild guess. This human hero has black hair, red eyes, and red earrings—all the same things you'd find in a player's wardrobe. He also has a dragon. I'm starting to wonder if they're the real Znar and the dragon from the original game. And they're not dead, just living in seclusion, appearing as an Easter egg. Is the author setting the stage for a happy ending?]
[I believe it, begging for help.]
[Begging for a follow-up to oe, I want a happy ending (life is already very hard in reality)]
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