madnovel Chapter 17 Getting to Know the Virtual Realm
Chapter 17 Getting to Know the Virtual Realm
Lu Ren sighed, "That's why I said prices are very high here."
"This hotel costs two or three thousand? You've been ripped off!"
"The hotel is alright, a standard room is 500 yuan a night, which is expensive but acceptable."
Shen Yaoxing asked, puzzled, "Then how come...?"
"Last night you said you were heartbroken, and you insisted on drinking, then you went to a bar, and ended up throwing up all over someone's clothes, so you had to pay for it..."
Last night, Lu Ren used skills he had honed in the workplace for over a decade, frantically bowing and scraping, to ensure the young lady's safe return.
"No need to say anything more."
The cause of the headache has been found.
Shen Yaoxing covered her face with her hand, her expression slightly unpleasant.
The lost memories in my mind, the memories of being a fool in the middle of the night, gradually came back.
It's like someone is yelling that they want to drink more, while someone else is constantly apologizing to others.
"..." What is all this nonsense!
Even though it was broad daylight, her words carried a hint of emotion and were somewhat unreasonable: "I was already in that state, why didn't you stop me from drinking then?"
Lu Ren scratched his head: "Oh, I see. Then I'll be more careful next time."
Shen Yaoxing paused for a moment, realizing that the conversation sounded familiar...
"Why didn't you stop me from stealing your dirt?"
"Then I'll be more careful next time."
In her memory, the man carried her on his back, digging up dirt from the ground and stuffing it into his mouth as they walked deeper into the thick fog.
She rubbed her forehead, her face burning, feeling embarrassed.
"Uh, sorry, I said something strange."
"Does your head still hurt? Would you like some honey water? I just bought some honey on the way here."
Shen Yaoxing was taken aback again, looking at him strangely: "You're quite good at taking care of people."
"My sister always prepares honey water for me whenever I have a hangover."
"That little girl."
"Yes, once I earn the money, I need to hurry back and pay her tuition. She'll be starting high school this summer."
The girl sitting on the bed took the honey water that Lu Ren handed her. She found it quite interesting to watch the man's subtle pride when he talked about his sister.
This was a side of the man she didn't know. No, there were probably many more things about him that she didn't know.
I've known him for a few days, but I don't really understand him at all.
They were teammates, but it seemed like they had never really looked at each other properly. Shen Yaoxing had just woken up and was still a little dazed. She held her cup and quietly began to examine him.
Is it because you've been so upset about Longyou and that ** lately, and also because you're overwhelmed by all the mess in the clan?
The sweet honey water flowed down her esophagus into her stomach. Shen Yaoxing looked at Lu Ren and suddenly felt that the man's face had become much clearer.
"If you don't want naan, I also bought you some porridge. Eat it quickly, it won't be hot if it gets cold."
She suddenly smiled and looked at him, saying, "You really are a good person." Her intuition was right; it really helped her find someone.
Lu Ren was a little confused, wondering why he had suddenly been given the "friend zone" card. He hoped that instead of just giving him the card, he could at least get a raise!
Of course, he didn't dare say it outright.
After eating about half of the naan, they asked, "We're out of money again. What are our plans for the future?"
The young lady's plan was still to take him to make some money first, and then buy some guns.
A lot happened yesterday, but the next few days have been much calmer.
Every day, the two of them would go to the mission hall to accept collection-type missions, and then complete the missions with the help of Shen Yaoxing's knowledge and his reconnaissance abilities.
Of course, there are occasional mishaps, such as not being able to find the target for a whole day and having to take turns on night watch in the wild for a day or two.
In the past few days, Lu Ren has also gained a lot of training. In addition to some common knowledge about the virtual world, he has also experienced nearly ten battles.
The two have killed more than 50 mud monsters and two yellow mud monsters.
Lu Ren is starting to act like a professional now; at least he won't just blindly rush in like he did on the first day, giving the Void Beast an Uchiha-style slam or something.
With weapons, he could handle the mud-eating monster with ease.
Furthermore, he has gained another Iron-level skill, [Hardening] from the Yellow Mud Monster, which can harden any part of his body to a certain extent after use, with the stamina consumed depending on the area hardened.
Hardening is a skill that is highly regarded throughout the Thousand Lakes Province and even the whole country, by both men and women.
Furthermore, it also boasts superior quality, allowing it to be replaced with a higher-grade hardening material in the future.
Lu Ren tested it and found that the hardening effect was excellent, making the skin as hard as thick wood.
This is the most practical of all his skills now. Before, he could only deal with one Mud Eater at a time. After learning this skill, he can handle two to three Mud Eaters by himself.
Besides [hardening], under Shen Yaoxing's guidance, Lu Ren also practiced [methane explosion] several times.
I've heard that the swamp monster's "swamp gas explosion" is roughly equivalent to an anti-tank mine, capable of creating a crater 4 to 6 meters in diameter and about 2 meters deep, which can completely destroy a small brick-and-mortar house or a heavy truck.
Lu Ren's elemental attribute is limited to only 6 points, so his "methane explosion" is far from reaching that power. It is only about the level of 1 kilogram of TNT, which is equivalent to six or seven offensive grenades or one mortar shell.
But Lu Ren felt incredibly awesome, having created an explosion on the scale of a mortar with his bare hands. He thought, "What's the difference between me and Superman?"
The two mud monsters they killed were killed by him using a [methane explosion].
The Yellow Mud Monster had amazing defense; it took three to four explosions to kill it each time, and the two of them were in grave danger.
Although the Yellow Mud Monster's spirit remains are priced at around 5000 in the Linjiang Void Realm, which is 10 times the price of the Mud Eater's spirit remains, Lu Ren would rather hunt 20 Mud Eaters than face the Yellow Mud Monster.
He can only use [Methane Explosion] once when he is at full strength, after which all his strength will be exhausted. He will need to replenish a lot of food or take a Mud Monster Spirit Remains. Each Mud Monster Spirit Remains costs 480, so four uses would cost 2,000. The Mud Monster Spirit Remains that could originally be sold for 5000 will have to be reduced by a small amount.
So after killing it twice, they gave up on choosing the Yellow Mud Monster as their economic beast and would detour around it every time they spotted it.
Since he was able to easily hunt mud monsters, Lu Ren had become somewhat arrogant, thinking that the Void Beasts and the Void Realm were nothing special. He didn't expect to be defeated by the Yellow Mud Monster so soon.
Also, Lu Ren had a feeling that the young lady was now not only at night, but also sometimes during the day... well, how should I put it, annoying?
She was very polite to him when they first met, but now she can be quite unreasonable at times.
Sure enough, in the workplace, bosses only speak gently to employees at the beginning; once the contract is signed, their true colors are immediately revealed.
Moreover, although this young lady has a good personality, she is befitting of her status as a lady from a prestigious family. In terms of domestic affairs, she is practically a blank slate, if not a complete mess. If no one takes care of her daily life, it will be a complete mess.
She said that when she used to go on adventures with Longyou and the others, the female members of the team would take care of her daily needs, but now she has no one to rely on here, so she has to leave everything to Luren.
Although there are differences between men and women, Shen Yaoxing chooses people based on her intuition.
The extent to which a person can be trusted depends on when your intuition reminds you what is appropriate and what is not when you are with that person.
However, this function seemed to malfunction in front of Lu Ren, or perhaps it was something else entirely. She had a feeling that it would tell her what was appropriate no matter what she did.
Sometimes reason tells her that the differences between men and women make it inappropriate, but the underlying code doesn't see any problem and tells her not to worry.
Is it appropriate to have him comb my hair? My intuition says yes. Is it appropriate to have him wash my clothes? My intuition says yes. Is it appropriate to have him bathe and change my clothes? My intuition says yes again.
This is obviously malfunctioning. She won't let anyone bathe or change her clothes for her, and she feels strange even with maids, let alone men.
But this only proves one thing: the individual Lu Ren in front of her is exceptionally high within her intuitive understanding.
Although she was not good at housekeeping, she certainly didn't need anyone's help with things like bathing, so she only asked him to do things like serving tea and water, combing hair and washing up, doing laundry and making the bed.
Lu Ren accepted it all. After all, Miss Shen had been very good to him. He had saved more than 2 yuan in half a month, and Miss Shen didn't want a single penny of it; she gave it all to him.
Shen Yaoxing's requirements were simple: they had to buy the necessary supplies, have a place to stay overnight if they returned to the camp, and make sure she didn't go hungry or cold. He could use the rest of the money as he pleased.
The aspect of benevolence and righteousness.
During this time, Lu Ren went out into the virtual world once, took five thousand yuan home, handed it to Lu Youhe with a mysterious look on his face, and then left with a mysterious look on his face... unable to leave.
Lu Youhe grabbed his arm, refusing to let him leave, and demanded that he explain exactly what he had been doing.
Lu Ren had no choice but to tell her that he was now a professional, but Lu Youhe refused to believe him.
He had no choice but to demonstrate his skill by digging and eating dirt from the curb in front of her.
My sister's tears were streaming down her face.
Finally, Lu Ren showed her the attribute panel, and she was shocked.
This bastard has really become a professional!
Lu Youhe felt both happy and worried about this.
Although being a professional looks glamorous, it is indeed a dangerous job. When Lu Ren left, Lu Youhe kept nagging and stuffed the money back into his hands, worried that he wouldn't have enough to eat outside... This person might have confused his sister's and mother's identities.
"I'll go to the Void Realm with you, I want to go too."
"What are you going to do? You're not even a professional."
"Didn't you say there are many ordinary people in the virtual world camps? If I go to work in the camp, I can take care of you."
"Get out of here, I need you to take care of me. By the way, isn't your birthday the week after next?"
"Huh? You actually remember?"
"Why don't you beg me? If you beg me, I'll come back to celebrate your birthday."
Lu Youhe looked disgusted. It was just a child's birthday celebration. She was already earning her own money and was a big sister now.
Lu Ren treated her to a big meal at the best restaurant in town, and then hurriedly returned to the Xuzhen camp before dark.
Foolish sister, live with guilt while taking your brother's hard-earned money!
They spent nearly 10,000 yuan to buy a Type 09 semi-automatic shotgun, which greatly improved the two-person team's strength, and they dared to explore further out of the camp.
This also means that you are more likely to encounter mud monsters, or even sludge monsters.
Lu Ren's attributes reached 6 points in each category half a month ago, reaching the bottleneck period of his Flowing Firefly Realm.
The so-called bottleneck period is when the main attribute can no longer be improved through training and combat, and you need to break through to the next level to improve it again.
The advantage of having low initial values for all items is that the speed from the initial stage to the bottleneck period will be much faster.
Shen Yaoxing said it took her a month to reach her plateau, while Lu Ren only took two days to reach his limit.
Regarding how to break through the bottleneck, the young lady said it was through combat and the use of abilities, especially in life-or-death crises.
There are many examples of breakthroughs in times of crisis in this world, but this method is not recommended, as it is too reckless.
Shen Yaoxing spent a month reaching the bottleneck and another two months to successfully break through.
In fact, Shen Yaoxing was only half a year older than him, but Lu Ren awakened his professional skills at the age of 17, while the young lady awakened hers at just over 16.
Therefore, Shen Yaoxing has only been a professional for a little over a year.
Lu Ren didn't know what Shen Yaoxing was up to, but after spending half a month together, he vaguely sensed that the young lady seemed to be searching for something.
Shen Yaoxing didn't tell him, and he didn't ask.
Another busy day, but today's harvest was good, I earned 2500 yuan.
Although it wasn't much, today's work was very easy; I just had to guide a few people.
Recently, many young faces have come to Xuzhen; they are students from the Linjiang Vocational College of Qianhu Joint School.
These students should be on summer vacation, but they have summer homework. Their summer homework is naturally related to the virtual world and virtual beasts. Today, Lu Ren took on a task from a student and led three people to find the Yellow Mud Monster.
They were able to accept this mission because Shen Yaoxing has reconnaissance skills.
Investigative professionals typically possess the abilities of mentalists, who are quite rare.
They were only responsible for searching; the ones who actually made the move were the three students, two mages and one warrior, two at the Candlelight Realm and one at the Firefly Realm.
The mud monster, which Lu Ren found difficult to deal with, was easily dealt with by the warrior.
Seeing that Lu Ren, a true expert, had his confidence greatly damaged, he didn't stop Shen Yaoxing from drinking again tonight. After getting the money, they went to the bar arm in arm.