VCRMM: Chapter 352

After a year and a half, Starry Sky Age finally released a large number of gaming equipment again, including four million helmets and one million game cabins.

In addition, the entry age was raised to 60.

Starry Sky Age had become popular across the country after a year and a half of publicity. The number of experience stores had increased from 100 to more than 2,000.

Even so, it still couldn’t meet the needs of most players. The experience stores were basically full.

So even though five million places were released, there still weren’t enough places.

However, the game company had promised that it would release at least 100,000 devices every month in the future. Of course, most of them were gaming helmets but this could already meet the requirements of many people.

The popularity of Starry Sky Age wasn’t only due to its high degree of realism, but another important reason.

There were no cheats!

The game had been in operation for a year and a half, and there had been no reports of cheating so far. The model of one person and one account couldn’t completely prevent gold farming groups, but it greatly suppressed the gaming studios.

At present, Starry Sky Age was very friendly to civilian players. Apart from the expensive gaming equipment, there weren’t many forced consumption areas in the game.

In addition, the value of Escher coins was so high that it was easy for ordinary players to make money in the game. There was even the creation of a group of freelancers who made money through Starry Sky Age.

Many people even used their gaming time in the experience store to earn enough money to buy a helmet.

Of course, there were some lucky people like Grumpy Little Rabbit, but their number was slightly smaller.

On this day, Mr and Mrs Xu, feeling nervous and excited, carefully lay down in the game cabins with the help of their two sons.

“Dad, Mom, are you really not going to wait a bit longer?”

Xu Yuheng said, “There must be a lot of people entering the game now.”

Five million people might not all go online at the same time, but even one million people entering the game simultaneously was enough to crowd a birth point.

Mother Xu shook her head. “Your dad has waited for so long. Now he can finally see Xiao Li, and he must be impatient!”

Father Xu lay in another game cabin and couldn’t help rolling his eyes.

Obviously, she was the one who couldn’t wait.

He sighed and said, “I listen to your mother.”

Xu Yuheng and his older brother looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other’s eyes.

In the end, he could only remind the two elderly people again of the things to pay attention to after entering the game, including the agreed upon game name, adding friends as soon as possible after entering the game, etc.

“Okay, okay, I remember. When can I enter the game to see Xiao Li?”

Mother Xu asked impatiently.

Seeing her like this, Xu Yuheng was forced to shut up.

Fortunately, after more than a year of updates and improvements, and with the increase in the age of players, the game team made particularly big changes to the novice guide and launched two modes: young and old versions.

He had tried it himself and found that the elderly version of the guidance elf could take care of almost everything, so he believed that there wouldn’t be any major problems.

“Then I will close the game cabin. Remember your game names, or my brother and I won’t be able to add you as friends.”

Xu Yuheng spoke one last time before closing the game cabins. He started the game for the two elderly people. Then he and Xu Fengqing returned to their respective rooms.

Today, both brothers had postponed their work. No one could disturb their family reunion!

Xu Sili had already been waiting outside the teleportation hall.

However, there were so many people entering the game today that it was extremely difficult to find his parents among the vast crowd of new players.

Despite this, he and Si Sheng still floated in the air, waiting quietly, their mental power occasionally sweeping over the players pouring out of the teleportation hall.

Si Sheng held Xu Sili’s hand, his expression tense and his eyes fixed on the ground.

Finally, he heard the sound of the communicator ringing.

The young man raised his wrist and answered the call from his second brother, a bright smile flashing in his purple eyes.

After hanging up, Xu Sili looked at Si Sheng and said with a smile, “Let’s go. Leave here first and go to the City of the Braves.”

Feeling his joy, Si Sheng’s tense expression relaxed slightly.

He nodded and took Xu Sili to the teleportation circle outside the city. It shouldn’t be as crowded there.

Not long after, the two of them walked out of the teleportation circle and arrived at the City of the Braves, a city belonging to players.

It belonged to players but after more than a year of operation, many NPCs had settled here as well.

There were relatively few residents, most of whom came here to do business. There were also some administrative authorities.

Under the construction of the players, the area of the City of the Braves continued to expand. The buildings in the city were also strange in shape, with all types of shapes and styles.

Maybe they would pass a modern skyscraper and turn a corner, only to see an ordinary and unremarkable one-story bungalow.

Of course, players later spontaneously built buildings of the same style together to avoid forming a landscape that was too abrupt.

After all, the surrounding living environment was also part of the city. For those who loved to simulate cities, the scenery was a very important part.

Xu Yuheng also exchanged land in the City of the Braves. Xu Sili knew about it, but he had never been here and didn’t know what type of house his second brother had built.

Accompanied by Si Sheng, the two of them found Xu Yuheng’s home in Starry Sky Age according to the address.

Standing at the gate and looking at this manor with a very classical Chinese style, Xu Sili was slightly dazed. Then he slowly smiled with his eyes a bit red.

“Ah Li?”

Si Sheng noticed his abnormality and looked over with concern.

Xu Sili shook his head and said with a smile, “This place is similar to my old home…”

He almost thought he was back in reality.

Unfortunately, the neighbors around him reminded him that this was the City of the Braves and he was still in Starry Sky Age.

After hearing his words, Si Sheng’s gaze fell on the house in front of him with a slight gleam in his eyes.

Ah Li’s former home…

He scanned it carefully with his mental power and nodded gently. “It is very beautiful. It has a warm feeling.”

“Yes, many of these places were designed by my mother. She put a lot of thought into them. I didn’t expect my second brother to recreate them one by one in the game.”

Xu Silis’ tone was full of nostalgia.

Finally, he took Si Sheng’s hand and said, “Let’s go in. They are waiting.”

At this moment, after some twists and turns, Mr and Mrs Xu and their two sons were sitting on the sofa.

The two elderly people didn’t change their appearance much. They just looked younger. Father Xu looked to be only 40 years old. He had a handsome face that revealed a calm and restrained expression, and a ruddy complexion that looked very healthy.

Mother Xu was almost 30 years old, looking younger than her eldest son.

She was originally attracted to this perfectly restored house. In order to invest in Starry Sky Age, the Xu family had been forced to sell their property.

They might be rich again now, but the current owner of the manor had no intention of selling it and they couldn’t force him. Moreover, even if they bought it back, many things inside it would have changed.

Unexpectedly, her son presented it again in the game.

Mother Xu stared at him intently and Father Xu praised him repeatedly, making Xu Yuheng very happy.

Until…

Mother Xu saw herself in the mirror. Then she sat back on the sofa holding the mirror, looking at it very attentively.

“Ah Heng, I really look a lot younger now!”

Mother Xu looked at her radiant young face and couldn’t help saying, “Oh, I should’ve adjusted my age a bit lower.”

The three men’s smiles froze.

Father Xu and Xu Yuheng were actually okay. They both looked younger than in reality. Only Xu Fengqing honestly used a realistic face.

He was already 35 years old and rather mature. His expression was so serious that he looked like the oldest of the four.

“Mom, this looks good,” Xu Fengqing said very seriously. He really didn’t want to call a ‘girl’ in her teens or twenties by ‘Mom’…

“Dad, you too.”

Father Xu paused for a moment as he was suddenly named. Then he smiled stiffly and said, “That’s right. Now is my best age!”

Mother Xu curled up her lips and didn’t want to continue this topic.

In any case, she would definitely try it in the future.

“Where is Xiao Li? Why hasn’t my baby Li Li come yet?” The moment Mother Xu finished speaking, the door of the living room was gently pushed open.

The silver-haired young man stood there with a bright and warm smile.

“Dad, Mom, I’m here.”

“Xiao Li, you’re here.” Xu Yuheng automatically ignored Si Sheng beside him. Just as he was about to say something, Mother Xu got up from where she was sitting on the sofa.

“Mom…”

Xu Sili also looked at his mother.

The young woman in her 30s looked just like the one in his childhood memories. She was gentle and beautiful, but there seemed to be more sadness in her eyes than before.

At this moment, tears filled her eyes.

“Xiao Li… are you really my son Xiao Li?”

Xu Sili knew that Mother Xu’s mental state had become unstable due to him.

He suppressed his mixed feelings of sadness and joy, walked over quickly and nodded. “Yes, I am your son, Xu Sili.”

“Didn’t my second brother tell you? After my plane crashed, my soul ran into the game. If you don’t believe me, you can ask me questions…”

Xu Sili was really worried that the two elders wouldn’t believe him. Before he could finish his words, Mother Xu reached out and hugged him.

“Wu wu wu, my Xiao Li, it is really you…”

She stroked Xu Sili’s face and cried. “Why didn’t you tell me you were sick? Why did you hide it from me…?”

In addition to the plane crash, Xu Sili’s illness was also a source of concern for his mother.

“I’m sorry, it is my fault.”

Xu Sili suppressed his emotions but tears were already flowing out.

“Dad, Mom, I’m sorry…”

Mother Xu didn’t say anything. She just hugged him tightly, crying with both sadness and joy. Father Xu came over and hugged her and their lost son, tears also flowing from the corners of his eyes.

Xu Fengqing and Xu Yuheng surrounded them. The two brothers also had red eyes, but their faces were filled with smiles of joy and relief.

A few steps away, Si Sheng looked at the scene of their family reunion. He was happy for Ah Li, but at the same time, he inevitably felt a bit lonely.

Family love… it was an emotion he had never experienced before.

He stood here, as if he and that family were in two different worlds.

Just as he lowered his eyes, wondering if he should retreat temporarily, he heard a kind female voice say, “By the way, Xiao Li, I heard you have a boyfriend?”

Marshal Si Sheng, the patron saint of the empire and the strongest person in Starry Sky Age, froze in his tracks, not daring to move.