I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 374

Chapter 374: Has Nuo’er’s Fanbase Spread Across the World?

After a routine rest with Xiao Mo on the hotel bed, I turned on the computer and checked its setup. Surprisingly, this hotel in a fourth- or fifth-tier city had “Age of Aquarius” installed.

The game was right on the desktop, ready to play with a single click, and the desktop wallpaper was a promotional poster for “Age of Aquarius.”

It featured a twin-tailed girl wielding dual guns, with a mature and composed man standing behind her, reminiscent of the anime “Aria the Scarlet Ammo.”

The tagline on the poster was simple and direct: “Age of Aquarius for Everyone, Ushering in a New Era of Gaming.”

If I hadn’t known about “Age of Aquarius” myself, I might have thought the game company was exaggerating.

After all, there have been too many games that started strong but ended poorly recently. However, having experienced the game and watched Gabriel and the others explore it, I knew they weren’t exaggerating.

“Age of Aquarius” truly ushered in a new era of gaming.

It achieved relative fairness, with no convoluted in-game purchases, no gear that could only be bought with real money, and no game content locked behind paywalls. Everything in the game could be obtained through grinding.

Most importantly, the game incorporated the latest artificial intelligence system. Conversations with NPCs were no longer limited to the same few cold, repetitive lines like “Oh, my back” or “The blizzard is coming again.”

In the game, talking to any NPC felt like conversing with a real person, with almost no repeated text or voice lines.

AI generated character images, modeling, text, simulated scenarios, and assisted with voice outputs…

The interface was simple, with no misleading ads, no “first recharge for 6 yuan and get XXX,” no “double recharge bonuses,” no “ten draws for an SSR.” Everyone started the game as a bare-chested robot, chasing their dreams and crafting what they wanted themselves. This game, which sounded like it would be a total flop, had taken the world by storm and indeed ushered in a new era of gaming.

Ironically, if I remember correctly, around the time “Age of Aquarius” announced its open beta, some games underwent a massive “harmonization.”

Skeleton monsters were wrapped in thick, tattered cloth and turned into “plaster monsters,” the skill “Massacre” was renamed to “Bustling Fun,” characters’ red eyes were changed to white, and the blind character class had a resurgence as their eyes were miraculously healed…

So, even if “Age of Aquarius” didn’t have many innovative gameplay mechanics, the fact that it could launch an open beta made it feel revolutionary.

“It even has an Tianqi 2800 graphics card?”

After roughly checking the specs of this computer, I was shocked by the “graphics card” entry, which read “TQ2800 24G.”

This card seemed to have just been released a few days ago. Even if there was a backdoor for quick purchase and delivery, it would have taken only a couple of days to arrive.

In other words, this computer… at least the graphics card is brand new.

Moreover, although the Tianqi 2800 isn’t quite as good as the top-tier Tianqi 3000, it is still considered “high-end” for consumer graphics cards. Most households would think twice before buying it, let alone an e-sports hotel…

I bent down to inspect the computer case.

Fortunately, the case was semi-transparent, allowing me to see its internal structure from the outside.

Sure enough, through the case, I saw the horizontally installed graphics card, the Tianqi Nuo’er Maid TQ2800, looking very new. The entire case looked new, indicating this was a brand-new machine.

At the same time, there was a knock on the hotel door, and a mature woman’s voice came from outside. “May I come in?”

“I’m coming!”

The knock made me stand up instinctively. After tidying my clothes a bit and exchanging a confirming glance with Xiao Mo, I walked towards the door and gently opened it.

“Hello?”

“Hello!”

At the door stood a woman dressed in a professional office lady outfit, appearing to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. Seeing me, her expression was extremely excited, and she spoke with a slightly trembling voice, “Excuse me… are you… that… from Shenzhen City, Yin, Yin Nuo’er?”

“Huh?”

I was taken aback for a moment. “My name is indeed Yin Nuo’er, but I’m not sure how many people with the same name are in Shenzhen City. Do we know each other?”

“Ahem, I know you, though you might not know me. I regularly watch your café’s live streams and have an account on Tongmeng!”

She took out her phone and showed me her account.

“A few days ago, the graphics card that Nuo’er endorsed was released, and our entire hotel switched to it… Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I’m the duty manager here, and I really like you! Not in that way, but… I don’t even know what I’m saying.”

She seemed a bit tongue-tied. The woman in the black office lady outfit, with a certain local accent, hurriedly fished out a small notebook and a pen from her jacket pocket.

“Nuo’er, could you give me an autograph?”

Then, she noticed Xiao Mo behind me and exclaimed in surprise, “Is that Xiamo?! Oh my god! You two are really so beautiful. I thought you looked good in the videos, but your skin is amazing. Wow, this is my first time seeing such beautiful people…”

Xiao Mo walked over and waved at her, “Hello.”

I took the pen. “Should I sign here?”

“Yes, on the cover of this notebook, anywhere you like.”

The woman looked very happy. “I never expected to meet you here. Are you here for fun?”

“Yeah, we’ve been working for more than half a month straight, and the manager gave us a seven-day vacation.”

Leaning against the wall, I tried to write “Yin Nuo’er” in neat and formal characters. However, despite my efforts, the characters still looked like the cutesy handwriting of a little girl.

“Here you go.”

“Thank you!”

Happily taking the notebook, the woman glanced at me and then at Xiao Mo, her face showing an expression like an aunt who sees her niece finally finding love. Holding the notebook with both hands, she took two steps back and handed me a business card.

“I won’t disturb you two any longer. If you need anything, just call. I’ll be on duty for the next two days.”

I nodded. “Okay, thank you.”

The door closed with a creak.

Could it be that we have fans even here? Has the café’s influence spread this far?

“She indeed has no ill intentions toward us.”

While I was still dazed, Xiao Mo had already turned and gone back into the room.

“Nuo’er, come quickly. Try to see if you can learn the space spell command. If you can, I’ll take you to visit your hometown in the next few days.”

My… hometown?

I followed her instinctively. “So soon? I’m not ready yet.”

“It’s okay. You’re the queen over there, everyone will be too happy to see you to worry. Don’t fret.”

Already seated on the bed, Xiao Mo waved at me. “If you can grasp the basics of the spell command, I’ll give you a little gift.”

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