VCRMM: Chapter 404

Happiness?

Xu Fengqing looked at Xenos and saw his figure reflected in the determined purple eyes.

He suddenly raised his hand and gently touched Xeno’s cheek.

Xenos was startled. He felt that the man’s fingers were very hot, and the skin that was touched became a bit hot.

Then the man moved his thumb slightly, the tip gently rubbing the corner of his eye. A crystal line appeared on it, which was the tear mark that Xenos had just cried.

Xenos realized this and hurriedly turned his face away. He raised his hand to wipe the other corner of his eye. Perhaps he was embarrassed. Xu Fengqing saw that his ears had turned red.

He smiled softly and whispered, “It is good like this now…”

“What?” Xenos didn’t hear clearly.

“Nothing.” Xu Fengqing shook his head. Then he stood up and held Xenos’ shoulders, letting him lie back down. “You need to rest now. I’ll find… someone to treat you.”

He was about to turn away and leave, but just as he took a step, Xenos grabbed his sleeve.

Xu Fengqing stopped and turned to look at him.

Xenos blinked. It was just a subconscious action. Now that he saw Fengqing looking at him, he had to let go in disappointment.

However, the man who was about to leave sat back down again.

Xu Fengqing sighed. “Go to sleep. I will leave after you fall asleep.”

Xenos was still looking at him. Then he saw the man reach out to cover his eyes.

He had no choice but to close them obediently.

He thought he couldn’t fall asleep, but he didn’t know if it was due to the fatigue caused by overdrawing his mental strength or because he was too at ease, but he soon fell into a deep sleep.

Once his breathing became even and long, Xu Fengqing carefully got up. He tiptoed out of Xenos’ bedroom and called Xu Sili in a place where no one was around.

Xu Sili had already left the battlefield when he received the call.

They won a great victory today and captured several of the most important cities in the Bewatt Empire. From now on, they just had to slowly nibble away at them and they would be able to control the entire Bewatt Star sooner or later.

As for whether to eliminate all of the lizardmen or not, Xu Sili decided to leave this question to the natives of Bewatt Star.

He would show no mercy on the battlefield. After all, if the roles were reversed, he believed that the lizardmen wouldn’t show the Roland Empire any mercy.

He was just using his own method to give someone a taste of their own medicine. He believed that after this battle, those nations eyeing the Roland Empire would have to carefully consider their own strength.

However, there were so many lizardmen and they were spread all over Bewatt Star. If he had the time and energy to kill all the lizardmen, he might as well clear out all the interstellar beasts on Escher Star first.

The level limit could be further unlocked as long as half of the interstellar beasts were cleared. Wasn’t that great? Why use it on the disgusting lizardmen?

Of course, before officially calling off the battle, the lizardmen must be severely defeated. From now on, Bewatt Star would still be a free battlefield for players.

This was discussed with the natives of Bewatt Star and an agreement was signed.

As long as players didn’t destroy the planet and didn’t do anything to harm the natives, they could do anything on Bewatt Star, including hunting down the lizardmen.

Xu Sili was very satisfied with the result and was in a happy mood. However, when he returned to the Roland Empire via the teleportation circle and received news from his oldest brother, his good mood disappeared in an instant.

“Is Xenos’ condition so serious? Okay, I’ll go back right away.”

He quickly flashed back to the palace with Si Sheng and played Sprouting for the sleeping Xenos.

Now Xu Sili had trained Sprouting to the maximum level. After reaching the maximum level, he found that as his perception and understanding deepened, the power of the skill would slowly increase.

This was probably the benefit of being an NPC?

Players had a super talent that allowed them to learn quickly, but the upper limit was actually set. NPCs might have slow progress relying on their own perception, but they could make great achievements after years of accumulation.

It was just like Xenos. In over two years after his return, he soared from two stars to five stars. His talent was truly terrifying.

Xu Sili mobilized the sound elements and played a specific melody, slowly soothing the trauma in Xenos’ spiritual sea. It was just like he did with Aunt Val before.

Once he felt it was about time, he played the Good Night Song to help Xenos fall asleep better and restore his overdrawn mental strength.

Only…

“The lost lifespan might not be easy to make up.” Xu Sili walked out of the bedroom and said to his oldest brother.

Xu Fengqing frowned and asked, “How can we increase the lifespan of NPCs?

“Physique is linked to the upper limit of health,” Xu Sili said. “For NPCs, it is only by leveling up that they can continue to break through the upper limit of health and extend their lifespan.”

After all, it was still the level restriction that was to blame.

However, the conditions for upgrading the main city to level 6 were too harsh. Half of the territory of Escher Star must be cleared out.

Xu Sili took a look and found that after so much effort from the players, they had only cleared more than 20%. This already included several ancient countries such as Sovo. It can be imagined how big 50% of the planet’s area was.

Xu Fengqing listened to Xu Sili’s analysis and nodded. “I understand.”

Then he went offline.

The power of an individual was weak and more players must participate in this matter. Increasing the number of players was the top priority.

Xu Sili also vaguely understood what his oldest brother was going to do. In order to increase the number of players in a short period of time, he must increase the production of gaming equipment. As for the audience of Starry Sky Age…

Judging from the statistics on the forum, it would be no problem to grow to at least 100 million. This didn’t include the overseas market.

It seemed that he would need to assign more daily missions.

Sovo City, the Clouds Hotel.

Qiuqiu was sitting on the balcony with four or five kittens, basking in the sun.

The kittens were all in animal form. They were huddled together and snoring soundly. Occasionally, they turned over in their sleep, revealing their soft white bellies. This was really adorable.

This scene was faithfully recorded with a camera by players waiting outside the window, satisfying a large number of cat-watching spectators.

Of course, Qiuqiu didn’t know about this.

He looked after his younger siblings and looked up at the sky above his head with a rare hint of worry in his eyes.

Everything in the Roland Empire was too good, making him live like he was in a dream every day. Still, he didn’t forget where he came from and why he came to the Roland Empire.

Abba climbed up the ladder on the windowsill. He sighed with relief when he saw that all the kittens were sleeping. Then he walked to Qiuqiu and handed him a piece of dried fish.

“Hurry up and eat. Don’t wait until they wake up, or there will be nothing to eat.” Abba took a piece by himself, his long cat tail shaking as he lowered his head to chew on the dried fish.

The kittens had big appetites and would definitely snatch food from them after waking up. They might be suppressed every time, but they always persevered. This could be quite annoying sometimes.

Qiuqiu lowered his head silently, chewing on the dried fish bit by bit. Suddenly, he said, “Abba, how long do you think it will take for the war on Bewatt Star to end?”

“I don’t know.” Abba moved his cat ears and shook his head.

Qiuqiu continued, “I miss our oasis.”

That was the place they transformed with their own hands. In his mind, it was the real home of the cat tribe. No matter how good the Roland Empire was, he wanted to go back to the desert oasis.

“Do you think the oasis will still be there when we go back?” The always careless Qiuqiu was rarely in a bad mood.

Abba touched the top of his head and comforted him. “This battle will take at least a year. Don’t think too much. It is useless to think too much.”

“One year… It takes so long!” Qiuqiu was disappointed.

“This is already considered fast. This type of interstellar war is inherently disadvantageous to the Roland Empire, and the lizardmen aren’t weak either.”

Abba explained the facts to him. He really thought it would be powerful if the Roland Empire won the war within a year.

“Will the Roland Empire lose?” Qiuqiu was a bit worried.

“That shouldn’t be the case. Late Night Poisoning is so powerful…”

“I think I heard my name. Are you saying something bad about me?”

A male voice was suddenly heard.

Qiuqiu and Abba turned their heads and saw that Late Night Poisoning had entered the room at some point. Their eyes widened. “Late Night, why are you back? Didn’t you go to fight the lizardmen?”

Qiuqiu and Abba actually wanted to go when Late Night Poisoning said he was going to join the war, but they were too weak. Their tribe also needed them to take care of the children, so they stayed in the Roland Empire.

Seeing Late Night Poisoning, Qiuqiu was genuinely happy. But after Abba’s joy passed, he couldn’t help wondering, “Are you a deserter?”

“Bah! Who is a deserter? Let me show you this!”

Late Night Poisoning showed a badge. “See? This is a small badge that can only be obtained by killing 10,000 people!”

This was a medal of achievement. After wearing it, there was an attribute bonus and it also gave a discount when buying things in the points mall.

“Are you back for a holiday?”

Abba hesitated. He had never heard of allowing soldiers to come back for a holiday in the middle of a war, but the Roland Empire couldn’t be judged by common sense.

Late Night Poisoning shook his head. “What are you thinking about? I will naturally come back to see you after the war.”

Qiuqiu was pleasantly surprised, but Abba was stunned. “The war is over? What do you mean?”

“It means that we have won and there is no need to fight any longer.”

Late Night Poisoning smiled. Then at the request of the barrage in the live broadcast room, he focused the camera more on the sleeping kittens. He didn’t feel that his words were shocking.

“The war… is won?”

Abba really stuttered this time. He paused for a long time before shouting, “How can it be so fast? It has only been less than a week? How did you win?”