TSA Chapter 14

Ran Qi arrived at Gu Le’s dormitory door. After ringing the doorbell, the door opened immediately.

They nestled on Gu Le’s couch, happily sharing these fresh strawberries.

The strawberries were just as delicious as he remembered. They were red, tender, and juicy. A slight sourness that made his mouth water complemented the sweetness.

“Omg! It’s so delicious! So this is what Blue Star Fruit tastes like!” It was the first time for Gu Le to eat strawberries. At this moment, he only took small bites of the strawberries, enjoying the feeling of the sweet juice filling his mouth. An intoxicated expression appeared on his face. “I have decided. I will work hard to save up the exchange coupons to redeem for more Blue Star delicacies to eat!”

“I support you.” Ran Qi said with a smile. Real food tasted much better than that synthetic nutrient solution. Gu Le’s reaction was completely expected.

Ran Qi ate strawberries while opening the game forum. The game forum was a place exclusively for players to communicate with each other, both online and offline could log in here. It was bound to the player’s personal information. The forum categorized the posts into strategies, tips, gossip, small talk, sales and purchase requests, etc.

Even though the game had only been open for a day, there were already tens of thousands of posts in the forum. Newly posted posts and the most popular posts were sorted higher.

The most popular post was actually an information collection post— <Blue Star Information Encyclopedia>.

The original poster took holographic images of every place he walked, every plant, every animal, and provided text explanations. According to the original poster, he was a student of Blue Star history and came to the game mainly to see the Blue Star recorded in the history museum with his own eyes.

This attracted a group of people shouting 6666 below, hoping the original poster could post more content about Blue Star’s foods.

1L: The original poster is awesome ah! Really a knowledge gain!

2L: Finally, the book combines its content with reality. It’s worthy of the holographic game with the highest degree of restoration. It feels like I have been in another world!

3L: Can the original poster record more content about Blue Star’s foods? Those fruits and plants look delicious!

4L: What’s the point of being delicious… I can’t cook it ah!

5L: Has anyone tried that Scallion Pancake? I heard it’s super delicious!

6L: I bought one, and it’s very delicious! Fragrant and crispy. There’s no way to describe the taste!!!

7L: That’s enough, upstairs. You can stop your description… I’m losing control of my fists…

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997L: Has anyone seen the exchange mall? You can redeem these foods from the mall with the Physical Exchange Coupon!

998L: What’s the point of seeing it? We don’t have the coupon ah…

999L: I’m so envious of Big Brother Night Owl. He has the most exchange coupons, right?

1000L: Not really. There’s another one called Bai Ran. He should have quite a few exchange coupons, too. He made the Scallion Pancake. He may make more food in the future!

1001L: Big Brother is friends with Big Brother. Did you guys see the system announcement just now? The first kill was taken by Night Owl and Bai Ran together. Each of them got another exchange coupon!

1002L: I kneel and beg Big Brother Night Owl to create a guild. I will be the first to rush over and sign up qaq

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Although the floor of the building was very crooked at the back, the content compiled by the original poster was indeed quite interesting. So, Ran Qi clicked on it to give it a favorite.

The game character’s appearance was scanned directly from the real-life appearance into the system, but some adjustments were allowed. Even though the manipulation wasn’t extensive, minor changes could greatly improve the appearance. This was similar to microplastic surgery in real life, attracting many female players to the game.

The female players had infinite creativity. Compared to the monotonous upgrade route of the men, they directly played this game as a free micro-surgery effect evaluation game, dating game, simulation management game, travel game, dress-up game, and all kinds of strange games. They were keen on collecting all kinds of cheap clothes, matching them with different clothes, and then taking screenshots to post them on the forum, which also attracted many replies from people who liked good-looking people.

In addition to this, there were also some customized posts for buying and selling equipment. The game had just opened. Besides shouting in the World Channel, some players who had gotten good equipment, but wanted to save the Trading Hall’s fees would also post for sale in the forum, hoping to sell it as soon as possible. As time passed and everyone leveled up, these once rare items now have little value.

Some players had a hard time getting the equipment they wanted and came to the forum to try their luck to buy it.

[For Sale] Mage level 15 rank-B staff, PM for the price.

[For Sale] A piece of cat’s eye stone, PM for the price.

[Want to buy] Assassin’s glove, preferably rank-B with hit attribute. The price is negotiable.

There were also a lot of useful posts, such as dungeon clearance strategies, video records, etc. The summaries of one hundred thousand players who participated in the beta test still gave a lot of help to other players.

Ran Qi also saw Feng Wuhen’s post about Yuena and Ba Ge falsely accusing them of cheating on the recipe. It could only be said that Feng Wuhen was worthy of being a beta test player and knew that it was necessary to guard against others. So, when Yuena and Flower Iris fought over that hash brown recipe, he turned on the video recording function.

1L: Crap. This slap in the face is too ugly, right?

2L: Yes. They actually have the nerve to use the world bounty! These two people are quite thick-skinned…

3L: Hahahaha. Big Brother Bai Ran responded in the end. It’s so cool!

4L: Although the Scallion Pancakes are used as a reward, they can be eaten and add attributes. It can be worth much more than just 1 gold coin. I’m more than willing to help Bai Ran kill them. Not to mention that they are not reasonable at all!

5L: Do you know the follow-up? I watched the World Channel before and someone really went to kill Bai Ran for money but ended up meeting Night Owl. They were directly killed in seconds and lost all the money! Later, they went to Yuena and Ba Ge to get compensation. It was really miserable!

6L: It’s also crazy, even dare to mess with Big Brother Night Owl?

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“Haha! Ran Xiaoqi, you’re a celebrity now!” Gu Le curiously came over to take a look, and then burst of laughing.

Ran Qi glanced at him wordlessly and continued to scroll down. Then, he saw several guild recruitment posts.

[Recruitment] The Prosperous Dynasty Guild is recruiting professional life players with a monthly salary of 30,000-star coins. PM if interested.

[Recruitment] Colored Glass Moon Guild’s Abyss fixed team is recruiting players above level 20. Priority will be given to players who joined beta testing.

“I don’t think there’s a guild established now, right? Where did these guilds come from?” Gu Le asked in surprise.

Ran Qi explained. “It can be organized in advance. Many players know each other offline and enter the game together. They can directly form a guild after they receive the Guild Summoning Order.”

This approach was quite common in traditional online games, so Ran Qi was quite used to it.

“I see.” Gu Le nodded. “But offering 30,000 star coins a month to recruit a life player. It’s higher than the salary at work, won’t that be a loss?”

“It won’t be a loss. There are many things that life players can do. A professional life player can steadily provide equipment and various items that can help guild members increase their strength. The later you get to the game, the more valuable the life player becomes. Although the game does not enable the exchange of real currency and game currency, you can get a Physical Exchange Coupon by clearing the Abyss dungeon. The things you can redeem with exchange coupons have immeasurable value and can be easily sold at a high price. Having a sufficient number of people in the guild allows for a wider range of items to be exchanged.

Seeing him talking eloquently, Gu Le’s gaze instantly turned from surprise to cunning. “How do you know so much? Little guy, have you asked your brother in advance?”

“That’s right…” Ran Qi admitted it smoothly.

“Hahaha, are you going to apply ah? 30,000 star coins a month!” Gu Le snapped his fingers. “Honestly, it’s much better than going out to work after graduation. How cool is it to get a salary just for playing games ah.”

“Do you think I’m short of money?” Ran Qi lifted his chin slightly, deliberately putting on an arrogant look.

“Hahahaha. Ran Xiaoqi, you really deserve a beating to say that!” Gu Le smiled and hooked his good brother’s shoulder. “However, I don’t seem to have seen a post from Boss Night Owl. Didn’t he say he was going to build a guild as well?”

“Does he still need to advertise?” Ran Qi asked rhetorically.

“That’s true!” Gu Le nodded. After all, Night Owl was famous. As long as his guild was established, there would be many people rushing up to apply to join. There was no need to post in the forum, only to be drowned in the sea of posts. “By the way, Boss Night Owl looks very powerful ah. Do you think he’s from the military department?”

“When you say it like that, it seems so.” Ran Qi recalled how Night Owl and Soul Chaser got along with each other. Rather than being friends, they were more like superiors and subordinates. As long as Night Owl spoke, the others would not have any objections, they would simply follow orders.

“Haha. However, people from the military department shouldn’t be so idle to come and play games, right? I guess Boss Night Owl and the others are students from the military academy?”

Ran Qi looked at him with his eyes lit up when he mentioned Night Owl and couldn’t help but smile. “Yes, yes, yes. Your analysis makes sense… But when did you become so familiar with Night Owl? You call him boss very smoothly!”

“Hahahaha, isn’t this because he’s so awesome?!” Gu Le scratched his head. “His attack is really high. I bet his initial attributes are absolutely super high! The qualifications must be at least double A, right? Maybe it’s S… Anyway, it’s just awesome!”

“I won’t bet with you. Anyone with eyes can see that he’s awesome!” Ran Qi pushed Gu Le’s big head away and took the opportunity to take the last strawberry in the bowl, and stuffed it into his mouth.

“Ahhhh, my strawberry!” Gu Le grabbed Ran Qi’s shoulder and wailed loudly, “Spit it out!”

Ran Qi replied in amusement, “If I really spit it out, do you dare to eat it?”

Gu Le immediately choked and glared at Ran Qi angrily for a long time before saying, “Hmph. You have to make it up to me when we get back to the game! Make me five more scallion pancakes!”

“Just scallion pancakes? I was gonna make you something else… Since you just want scallion pancakes, forget it.”

“Daddy, I was wrong!” Gu Le quickly lowered his head and admitted his mistake. “Give me something delicious!”

“Good boy.” Ran Qi nodded with satisfaction, and then they laughed together.

They had a wonderful relationship and used to joke around. They often took turns being each other’s daddies.

After they laughed and fooled around, Gu Le asked, “By the way, how did you know how to make Blue Star food ah?”

“It’s probably a talent.” Ran Qi shrugged and said, “You know my dad. He loves to enjoy himself the most. Sometimes, he would get some star beast meat or something like that to change the taste. So, I learned a little about how to make it.”

“Oh——” Gu Le lengthened his tone, his eyes showing the sour gaze of the proletariat. “Hmph. All the evil rich people!!”