Sacred Souls: Genesis-Chapter 219 - 216 21 Days

Chapter 219: Chapter 216: 21 Days

Chapter 219 -216: 21 Days

Just as Jiang Qiao expected… players would never forsake the rewards they had obtained.

Next to the carriage shop, players didn’t care about any bloody resonance S curses, they simply waved their hands and took all the NPCs they had rescued back to their base.

Chen Meng also successfully managed to reduce Aixin’s health value to less than half on the thirty-second challenge, winning the martial contest for marriage.

The atmosphere around the carriage shop was as warm as a reunion of long-lost relatives.

Especially when Chen Meng won against Aixin, the cheers lasted for almost more than ten seconds…

“What do you think?” Hai Lan said, looking at Aixin who was being hugged tightly by Chen Meng from afar.

Aixin’s look of disgust was almost overflowing, but she did not resist… allowing Chen Meng to rub her face against her.

At this stage, as a neutral character, Aixin… could be touched by players at will, it’s just that the feel of some parts was too far from reality.

However, Chen Meng quickly realized that Miss Cat was still here; she put down Aixin and very solemnly announced to her “From now on, you are the third-in-command of Black Wind Village!”

“A spy sent by the enemy, but being so upfront must have its reasons, Hai Lan, our enemy might know what abilities you have.” Jiang Qiao said.

Any NPC identified by a Lion Heart Knight allowed Jiang Qiao to know all the information about him, leading to the possibility of players becoming spies, but it’s rare for NPCs to engage in such behavior.

Jiang Qiao did allow the existence of NPCs who betrayed players; it was part of the gaming experience, but he would completely ban companion NPCs that could affect player experience.

Whether Aixin could become one of those NPCs in the future or not, Jiang Qiao still needed to observe.

“Some people have already reached that wall, should we issue a quest… to divert everyone’s attention?” Hai Lan asked, pointing to the distant city wall.

No one, not even the GMs, could deal with that wall now, let alone the players finding a way to enter the second layer of the ruins.

However, in the consciousness of the players, they were exploring an instance, and after completing the first and second layers of the instance, it was natural to think of checking out the third layer.

“No need to divert, don’t worry, there are some doors in the game that can only be opened with a key… a prompt will pop up when the players touch that wall.”

Jiang Qiao swiped his fingertip and showed a window to Hai Lan.

‘Holy Spirit! Only after defeating all the Island Masters’ challenges are you qualified to enter. Island Master slay count 2/7.’

Wake up! You haven’t even cleared the side quests on Biland Island, and you’re already rushing to the main storyline?

Naive!

As this prompt appeared, the players trying to continue exploring the instance realized… they needed to slay all the Island Master-level monsters on the island before they could enter.

This kind of setup is common in many games… that is, even when you reach the final BOSS’s doorstep, you still need to kill those lesser BOSSes before fighting the final BOSS.

Jiang Qiao began to tally up the number of NPCs recruited by the players, but halfway through the count… Jiang Qiao’s attention was caught by Zhao Mingwei of the Dancing Nuclear Guild, who was preparing to teleport back to the city.

If it was a normal teleportation, it wouldn’t matter, but Zhao Mingwei’s expression seemed abnormal.

“Hai Lan, would it be alright to leave the tallying to you?” Jiang Qiao said.

“No problem at all, but what are you going to do?” Hai Lan, holding half a watermelon, asked as he munched on it.

“As a planner, I should take an interest in the psychology of players,” Jiang Qiao agreed and, after asking Ms. Cat, Queen Mei’s help to keep watch over the surroundings, began to cast the spell to return to the city along with her.

On Biland Island, Jiang Qiao’s spawning point after returning to the city was set at the Dancing Nuclear Guild’s base, the same as Zhao Mingwei’s.

After Jiang Qiao’s teleportation spell was complete… he opened his eyes again to find himself in the guild’s base, with Zhao Mingwei not far away… But Jiang Qiao didn’t approach to greet him because now wasn’t the right time.

“Brother Laugh… this time I’m really out of options,” Lin Xi said, scratching his head helplessly as Zhao Mingwei walked over.

“Banned from the competition?” Zhao Mingwei asked directly.

“Ban from competition? Who dares to ban your competition?… Your recent form has been incredible; even the rookies have started to think they can rely on your strength again,” Lin Xi said, pausing to collect his thoughts before continuing, “But the higher-ups really don’t like you… playing Magic during matches, how should I put it, they’ve decided to ban you from touching ‘Magic’ during the summer tournament and intercontinental competition.”

“I… understand,” Zhao Mingwei said to Lin Xi after a moment of silence.

“Don’t just understand it! The summer competition and intercontinental competition last for twenty-one days, and if you sneak online during these twenty-one days and get caught! The punishment is severe, it’s not as simple as being banned anymore. The contract you signed with the club includes penalties for violations… I haven’t really looked into what those penalties are.”

Lin Xi was truly frantic. He thought Zhao Mingwei had gone offline to sleep five hours ago, but then one of their team’s newbies mentioned, ‘Brother Laugh playing that mini-game Burning Town is really impressive, handling an NPC single-handedly.’

Lin Xi was dumbfounded at the time because the entire management level of Supreme over the Continent was present, followed by various inquiries and investigations.

Zhao Mingwei’s rule-breaking by playing other games during the competition was quickly reported to the higher-ups of Supreme over the Continent. The first violation might have been overlooked with just a warning, but this was the second one! Supreme over the Continent had already spent a considerable effort in PR to pacify Zhao Mingwei’s fans and haters the first time.

If Zhao Mingwei’s continued play of Magic during the summer competition leaked out… Weibo and online forums would erupt into a storm of blood and violence once again.

“Brother Laugh, you built the reputation of Supreme Team with your own hands; don’t let this game waste your past honors and future prospects,” Lin Xi knew Zhao Mingwei was stubborn, so he changed his approach to one Zhao Mingwei might accept more easily, “It’s just twenty-one days! Just don’t play Magic for twenty-one days. After the intercontinental competition, we have two months off. You can play however you want then!”

Sorry… I’d die if I didn’t play games for three days, that was Jiang Qiao’s thought, but Zhao Mingwei had a different view.

“Twenty-one days… is that not a long time?” Zhao Mingwei asked.

“If you’re worried about keeping up with equipment and levels, it shouldn’t be a problem. Magic has already updated a major version, and it’s unlikely they’ll raise the level cap or release new equipment within a month! So it should be fine!”

Lin Xi mistakenly assumed that Zhao Mingwei, the internet addicted youth, feared falling behind in levels and equipment if he didn’t log in for half a month.

“That’s not what I’m worried about…” Zhao Mingwei said.

“Then what is it? It’s not about the arena ranking, is it? You can forget about that, Brother Laugh! If you make it to first place in the whole server of Magic, Supreme over the Continent might just get blown up by your fans!” Lin Xi’s voice was passionate, but the scene he was familiar with unfolded before him again.

“Master!” Yelena ran over from the side of Dancing Nuclear Guild, holding a bunch of little hearts.

“You’re not worried this NPC will be…’lonely’, right?” Lin Xi glanced at Yelena, raising his hands to make air quotes as he said “lonely.”

Lin Xi really wanted to remind Zhao Mingwei that NPCs remain NPCs; they’d be the same after twenty-one days, and even the same after a year.

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“Damn, I hear knocking outside the door; someone’s probably coming to talk to you,” Lin Xi said, likely referring to the real world.

“Buy me some time; Yelena has a hidden mission I haven’t finished,” Zhao Mingwei said.

“…Alright,” Lin Xi made the motion of removing his helmet, vanishing from Zhao Mingwei’s sight. Zhao Mingwei, meanwhile, turned his gaze to Yelena, who was still holding a pile of little hearts.