I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 385

Chapter 385: Ahoge Early Warning Radar!

After a brief conversation with Sikong Yue, I understood that many people in this game are using various functions to develop their “side businesses” and “hobbies.” There are currently many people doing things similar to running café.

Players who focus on dungeons and strategies usually don’t have much time for leisure and rural life activities.

The effort put into these activities doesn’t proportionally benefit dungeon runs. However, they do provide some minor attributes. Not participating in these activities makes players feel itchy, so leisure players and competitive dungeon players intersect in this way.

For example, the “rest chairs” in café are quite common. If you’re willing to spend the time, you can make them yourself. It involves saving some money to buy a house, moving in, designing blueprints, and using various materials to make chairs and other furniture.

The attributes of this furniture are random, ranging from increased health and critical hit rate to attributes beneficial for leisure players like movement speed and agility. There are also more “unusual” attributes like “increasing the grappling hook’s launch speed and vehicle movement speed” or “reducing material consumption during crafting.”

Some players dislike dungeons but love using grappling hooks. They learn from “Attack on Titan” or “Batman” to use grappling hooks to jump between buildings in the VR zone, experiencing the thrill. These players need the grappling hook launch speed attribute.

Others who are interested in outdoor adventures particularly need attributes like “health” and “stamina.” Players tackling large dungeons need attributes like “defense penetration” or “critical damage.”

In essence, whatever random attributes you get, you won’t lose out. If you create a chair and the attributes don’t match your interests, you can sell it.

However, the game doesn’t provide an auction house system like most fast-paced games today. To sell items, you must take them to the market or arrange a face-to-face trade via the forums.

This system connects everyone together like a large network.

Some people complain that this kind of online game feels somewhat “retro.” There’s no dungeon lobby, no fast leveling up, no auction house, and no instant teleportation.

You even have to spend a few minutes traveling by car to reach a clock tower, making it not much different from real life. However, others argue that this is what makes the game good, as they have genuinely learned a lot from it.

Some business owners who were originally uninterested in games heard that others could get orders within the game. They specifically installed “Age of Aquarius,” opened their own shops, and placed small free-to-use props like attribute-boosting chairs. As traffic increased, people naturally checked out the shop’s items while sitting idly, and placed orders if they were interested.

Sikong Yue, responsible for the “Shangjing Cat Cafe” in the Orca City, even works in real life while wearing motion capture suits, 3D glasses, and headphones.

When she cleans the cafe and serves customers in real life, these actions are synchronized in the game. When customers appear in the game, she sees them on her semi-transparent glasses. It’s truly amazing, a “dual-purpose” role.

“When do you two plan to come back?”

Sikong Yue seemed to be delivering something to a customer in the game.

“Your café’s business has been booming recently. I’m even considering staying here for a few more days.”

“You’re planning to stay in Shenzhen for a few more days?”

I was a bit surprised. “Not going back?”

“I’m a free spirit, I go wherever I want.” Sikong Yue smiled.

“Remember? I’ve finished school, my dad doesn’t care about me anymore.”

Oh… I almost forgot. This girl was a top student.

Having grown up as a young lady from a wealthy family, Sikong Yue obtained a high academic degree at a young age and then embarked on a world tour, living more freely than anyone else.

“If you stay and work at the cafe, you won’t get a raise, you know?” I remarked.

“The café is still in its growth phase, and funds are a bit tight.”

Generally, it seems a bit of a waste for someone like Sikong Yue, with her background, to work at a café. If I were the manager, I’d feel a bit uneasy. Her field is high-tech chip engineering, so hiring her as a maid at an engineer’s salary would be out of the question.

“Haha, I was just joking. I don’t really know where I’ll go next. I just find it nice here at the moment,” Sikong Yue replied, then shifted the topic.

“What are you and Xiao Mo planning to do?”

“We’re planning to head back tomorrow.”

I glanced at the person next to me. “If I stay any longer, I might end up becoming a water mage.”

In this other world, mages are classified simply, from low to high: magic apprentice, mage, great mage, magister, and forbidden spell master, totaling five levels. These classifications don’t have clear “boundaries.”

The Mage Association on the continent determines these levels, similar to how English proficiency levels are certified on Earth. If you have enough skill, you can take the exam. Being certified as a mage has its benefits, but there are also many talented individuals who don’t bother with the exams, just like some people on Earth who are proficient in English but don’t take certification tests.

“Leaving so soon? I thought you’d stay a few more days,” Sikong Yue said, as it seemed a customer had approached her. She waved at me.

“Alright then, it’s almost noon, and it’s getting busy. I should go help.”

“Okay.”

Watching Sikong Yue busy in the game, I stretched in front of my computer and spoke to Jiang Wei in the team chat.

“Are you guys still playing?”

“Ye Zi and I will explore a bit more.”

Jiang Wei, who looked like Marisa Kirisame, sounded a bit silly speaking in a girl’s voice.

“I’m so excited right now! I’ve been shipping Marisa and Reimu for years. Though Marisa and Alice are also pretty good, my wife prefers Reimu.”

“With Alice, you’d be pricked by various dolls as soon as you walk in the door,” Ye Zi said, crossing her arms.

“Actually, I think you look pretty good like this. Maybe one day there will be another technological breakthrough like ‘Age of Aquarius,’ and we can turn you into a little girl for real.”

“Believe it or not, I’ve played a lot of female characters and heroes in game!”

“Great, when science gets to that point, you’ll be the first one I transform.”

“Wife, you’re not… serious, are you?”

“……”

Seeing Jiang Wei and Ye Zi showing off their affection in the game, I took some time to study the various operations and interfaces of the game. Then, I stood up from my chair.

“Xiao Mo, we’re heading back this afternoon, right? Then we’re going to Moon Orchid Island?”

Over the past few days, with Xiao Mo’s help, I had fully mastered the use of the “Spatial Forbidden Spell.”

According to Xiao Mo’s plan, we would pick up the wedding dress from the owner of the small town shop before, go back in the afternoon, and quickly get ready. I would change into that special Lolita dress and try to use the spatial forbidden spell. If successful, Xiao Mo would follow me.

We planned to spend the remaining days of our vacation in the other world. I wouldn’t reveal my identity as the “Diwu” just yet. I wanted to adapt to the other world first and then return to work after the vacation.

“Yes, we are.”

Xiao Mo stood up as well and, as usual, whispered in my ear, “My dear, it’s not even 10 o’clock yet.”

“Wait a moment.”

I felt the hair on top of my head stand up instantly, like an “early warning radar.”

“Why are you suddenly saying this?”

“We have some time before lunch. How about we…”

Xiao Mo pushed me onto the bed behind me.

“Practice your water magic a bit more…”

“……”

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