Xu Yuheng read the message several times. Finally, he couldn’t bear it and called Xu Fengqing to determine if his account had been hacked or not.
He couldn’t believe it when he heard the voice of his older brother on the other side.
Thus, he tested it again.
“Big brother, I received the message you sent me. Are they suggestions for the home system?”
This was the only explanation that Xu Yuheng could think of.
Quilts, pillows and blankets were essential for home use. The players didn’t need to sleep but they still wanted their home to look good. It was just that the sleeping bag made him a bit confused.
Xu Fengqing didn’t explain much. He just hummed and asked his brother to arrange it as soon as possible.
Finally, he added some daily necessities such as towels, washbasins, toothbrushes and so on. He hoped that the game group would make it live as soon as possible.
Xu Yuheng noted it down one by one. He hadn’t thought about these things mentioned by his brother.
After all, no matter how real the holographic world was, players wouldn’t really live in the game. So regarding the home system, he and the game group thought more about decorative items such as furniture.
Now Xu Fengqing’s words broadened his thinking.
Real life could be referred to in regard to the things sold in the home mall. After all, the goal he set for Starry Sky Age was to create a second world for humanity.
As a holographic game, the products might be virtual but they could actually be experienced in the game.
As long as the price was right, wasn’t this better than raising virtual characters using in-app purchases?
Following this line of thought, there were too many things that could be sold in the game.
Old Wang insisted that players shouldn’t be able to buy what could be obtained from the game to prevent affecting Roland’s economic system, but there were still too many things that Roland couldn’t produce.
After all, Roland’s current industrial system was too backward. Many things needed to rely on alien imports.
“Big brother, your idea is really good!”
Xu Yuheng praised it sincerely. He was ready to discuss it with the game group immediately and implement it as soon as possible to enrich the gameplay and achieve profitability.
“Is there anything else to add besides these?”
Xu Fengqing paused. Did he provide his younger brother with ideas? He didn’t know what his second brother made up again, but he shook his head and said, “Pay more attention to the company’s affairs and tell me if there is anything.”
He couldn’t leave for the time being. In the half an hour when he had left, Ah Xe almost had an accident.
Until Ah Xe recovered and had the power to protect himself, Xu Fengqing couldn’t leave, let alone work in the company.
“Yes, you can go on vacation with peace of mind. Leave everything with me.”
Xu Yuheng fully agreed. As for arranging for his older brother to meet Xiao Li, he was ready to wait until after this busy period. After all, Xiao Li was also busy building the City of the Braves.
Xu Fengqing hung up the phone. The moment he looked up, he saw that the silver-haired man had opened his eyes at some point.
He was changed into a new outfit and no longer had the miserable and pitiful appearance from before. Even so, his face was still pale and his eyes weren’t bright.
Xu Fengqing glanced at him and didn’t speak. He lowered his head and used the spoon he made earlier to gently stir the Black Valley that was still boiling.
“I’m sorry.”
Soon, he heard the man’s somewhat hoarse and dry voice.
Xu Fengqing raised his eyes.
On the other hand, Xenos lowered his head. Half of his face was hidden in the shadows under the light of the fire.
His voice was also a bit dark.
“I’m sorry to show you such an ugly body.” Xenos closed his eyes. His remaining left hand was clenched into a fist by his side.
Xu Fengqing looked at him.
He could feel that the man in front of him once had a proud soul. Judging from his appearance and temperament, he should also be a person of noble origin.
It could be imagined what type of tragic past he had suffered to get to what he was today.
Xu Fengqing pursed his lips. He sensed the sympathy and softness of his heart. He couldn’t help reminding himself.
The person in front of him was just an NPC, a virtual game character. Everything about him was set and perhaps even his words now were presented lines.
He would treat and take care of this person out of personal moral principles. However, he and this NPC shouldn’t have too many intersections, let alone a heart-to-heart relationship.
Thinking of this, Xu Fengqing silently withdrew his gaze and continued to stare at the porridge.
Xenos hadn’t expected him to say anything. Xenos stared blankly at his legs under his trousers, eyes a bit empty.
His legs were empty from the knee down and it directly collapsed. If he rolled up his trousers, he could see hideous scars which were left by the bites of interstellar beasts.
In addition… his arm.
Such a body was mutilated and ugly.
He remembered that in the early days, he occasionally woke up from dreams and would be shocked when he accidentally saw it…
Showing his body in front of outsiders was an unbearable thing for him.
However, Xenos also knew that these sensitive emotions weren’t allowed to exist in him now.
It was like being in the underground cave.
Even if he knew that his heart was sick, he could only repeat that dark life day after day. He couldn’t get rid of it…
“It isn’t ugly.”
At this time, the man’s voice was heard.
Xenos raised his head a bit mechanically and stared at the black-haired man.
He held a bowl-shaped leaf in his hand and scooped out the boiling Black Valley and porridge water. Then he came to Ah Xe with the Black Valley porridge, dark eyes looking at him.
The man said seriously, “You are too thin. You need to eat more, so that you can recover quickly.”
Then he scooped up a spoonful of porridge and fed it to this person’s mouth.
The slightly hot porridge touched his lips, bringing him back to his senses.
Xenos looked at the man’s unsmiling face and his calm eyes. He strangely felt that the emotion that suddenly surged in his heart was smoothed out.
He didn’t eat the porridge he was fed. Instead, he raised his left hand and whispered, “I’ll do it myself.”
Xu Fengqing didn’t insist. He put the spoon back into the bowl. Then he saw the other person’s left hand trembling slightly as he pinched the handle of the spoon.
Xenos had lost strength in his hand while the bird was fighting against the ice shield. When Xu Fengqing changed his clothes, he also saw a bruise on Xenos’ forearm. It still hadn’t recovered at this time.
Xenos pursed his lips. Faint veins bulged on the sides of his forehead due to the exertion of his strength, but his left hand didn’t listen to his instructions.
In the end, Xu Fengqing still helped him out.
He didn’t speak and there were no signs of impatience or contempt on his face. It was just that the movements of his hands were much stronger and he didn’t allow Xenos to refuse again.
Xenos finally stopped being stubborn.
He leaned against the trunk of the tree and quietly drank the porridge fed by the man. The food provided energy and his weakened body finally recovered a bit.
The overdrawn magic power in his body was also slowly recovering.
After feeding him the porridge, Xu Fengqing took the branch and pulled out the hardened mud ball in the fire. He knocked it open and revealed the cooked bird inside.
As a player, he also needed to eliminate hunger through food in order to replenish his stamina.
Perhaps it was because the ingredients were good. There was no seasoning but the meat was tender and authentic. It tasted unexpectedly good.
Xenos watched him eat. Obviously, he couldn’t hold anything in his stomach but he actually felt a bit hungry.
He looked away, thought about it and finally couldn’t help asking, “Excuse me, can you tell me… your name?”
He could feel that this man was deliberately keeping a distance from him. The whole time, the man didn’t ask him who he was, nor did the man introduce himself. It was as if he didn’t want to talk to Xenos.
However, Xenos couldn’t ignore it.
Xu Fengqing paused. They would be spending the next few days together. Even if he didn’t want to get involved with this person, it was impossible not to tell his name.
He glanced at his game ID and said, “Fengqing.”
Hearing his answer, Xenos was slightly relieved.
Fengqing…
He repeated it silently in his heart. Then he said, “My name is…”
“Ah Xe,” Xu Fengqing suddenly said.
Xenos was slightly taken aback. Had he mentioned his name before? It was just… Ah Xe?
“I’m not interested in your identity and your past.”
He heard the man say, “I saved you just because I saw you. Once you are well, I will take you to find your companions.”
“After that, we won’t have any more intersections.”
Xenos looked at him and frowned slightly. “Is there nothing you need me to do? You saved me and did so much for me. I want to repay you…”
“No.”
Xu Fengqing shook his head. “The only thing I need you to do is recover as soon as possible and then find your companions.”
Xenos fell silent before finally nodding.
“Okay. I will try my best to get better. I won’t continue to drag you down or delay your time.”
Seeing that he was so weak that he could faint at any time, Xu Fengqing had deep doubts about his words. He just nodded before continuing to replenish his physical strength.
The Sixth Army’s sweeping of the interstellar beasts that day only lasted five hours, but the results of the battle were still gratifying.
Facts proved that no matter whether they were old players or new players, the key factor for mindlessly pushing the monsters lay in their faction leader—His Majesty Snow!
Due to the two days of battle, Xu Sili was also promoted to first place in the list of most popular game characters in Starry Sky Age.
For the others on the list, apart from him, they were basically all card characters linked from Game of the Gods. He was the only ‘original character’ from Starry Sky Age.
The linkage with Game of the Gods did indeed bring the first wave of enthusiasm for Starry Sky Age. Almost one-third of the 100,000 players of the open beta came to see their virtual husbands.
This inevitably caused a certain degree of trouble to Wen Jishan, Li Zhecheng and the others. They never expected that they would be so popular among the braves.
There was even a player who had the audacity to climb the wall and sneak into the palace just to see them.
Of course, the final result of this player was also miserable. Not only was she imprisoned but her reputation in the faction also fell directly to a negative level.
Since she started a live broadcast throughout the whole process, this result also gave a blow to the players eager to try it.
The holographic, live virtual husbands could still only be viewed from a distance, not appreciated from up close. Otherwise, they were unable to be able to move in the game.
After experiencing the charm of the game, no one wanted to abandon the game like that.
The moment Xu Sili heard the news and saw Wen Jishan and Li Zhecheng’s very unnatural expressions, he couldn’t help laughing like crazy.
He even proposed for the two people to give more interviews to satisfy the love of the braves for them. This made the two of them extremely depressed.
However, Xu Sili didn’t come back early due to their gossip. It was to tinker with the card illusion space.
He was ready for Lilith to give lectures. The more he got in touch with the cards, the more he felt the usefulness of the cards.
He didn’t have time to study in the card space recently. This caused Lilith to return to a state of being alone. It was really pitiful.
Therefore, he was ready to turn Lilith’s card into an illusion space like the trial grounds.
As long as they entered the designated space, ordinary people could teleport to Lilith’s card space and accept her lectures.
At present, there was already some progress. As for the matter of the selection of people, Xu Sili had arranged it early.
Being a card master and an elementalist didn’t conflict, but he still felt that just as there was specialization in the art industry, there was no need to let the elementalists double cultivate. This was actually a waste of resources.
There were so many children who didn’t have any elementalist talent detected. It was completely possible to make them learn to be a card master, which was another way out.
However, this didn’t mean there were no thresholds for card masters.
This profession had requirements for spiritual strength. They must have certain spiritual attributes to become a card master.
Fortunately, the card master’s testing card had matured. Xu Sili quickly used the existing materials to make a card master test card according to what Lilith taught him.
Together with the previous elementalist test card, he handed them to Dean Justin and asked him to start testing for card master seedlings.
Once the follow-up process matured, he would set up the Card Master Academy.
Of course, players could also learn to be a card master but he wasn’t prepared to let them learn too easily.
People often didn’t know how to cherish what was easy to get. It could be said that this characteristic of human beings was vividly reflected in the players.
In any case, he didn’t want too many players to learn the card skills, especially the card transformation skill. Otherwise, it would be easy for things to get out of control. After all, no one knew what this group of silly players would do.
In the dormitory, Xu Sili and Si Sheng were immersed in research about how to turn the card into illusions when he received a communication request from Mr Bazel.
Xu Sili couldn’t help being pleased. Could it be that the underwater breathing potion had made progress?
Xu Sili quickly responded. The projection of an old man with a long beard appeared in front of him.
“I greet Your Majesty,” the old gentleman said respectfully.
Xu Sili hurriedly said, “Teacher Bazel, are you looking for me for something?”
Bazel nodded. But what he mentioned wasn’t about the underwater breathing potion. It was about…
“The teachers, including you, want to donate to Roland?” Xu Sili blinked doubtfully.
“Yes, we hope to do something, no matter how small, for the empire.”
Bazel nodded solemnly.
It was true that Roland’s condition was much better than before, but it was undoubtedly very backward for the old people who had been living on highly developed alien planets for over a hundred years.
As they walked through the streets, they happily remembered some of the scenes still preserved in their memories while also feeling saddened by Roland’s poverty.
Then after discussing it, they decided to start a donation drive. It wasn’t just them. They also looked for the people they knew to raise money.
Xu Sili was naturally very moved but he didn’t lack money. He was just about to refuse when he suddenly thought of something and clapped his hands. “This is good!”
“Mr Bazel, I will transfer you a sum of money. Then donate it to Roland in your name through the Interstellar Alliance!”
Bazel was confused by this, but Xu Sili had already taken action and directly transferred money from his card to Bazel.
As a result, Bazel received a transfer notification.
[You have received a payment. It is a total of 10,000,000,000 cosmic coins. Please pay attention to check it.]
Bazel, “……?”
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