Chapter 67: The Planner Is So Scummy, It Doesn’t Match My Mom’s Style
Wei Jun’s expression instantly brightened, and he turned back, “Tan Jie?”
The department personnel nodded, “Because you requested all personnel at the base to participate at the time, Tan Jie was on vacation at home, but we still notified him. He used his home computer and now says he managed to get in.”
Wei Jun’s heart suddenly relaxed.
“That’s a relief.”
He didn’t expect such a surprise.
“Tell Tan Jie—no, have Tan Jie play at home. Does he have VR equipment? If not, quickly send a set over, we’ll reimburse it, and have him log into the game within an hour.”
“After logging into the game, if everything is true, log off immediately and report.”
He knew the game required logging in within an hour, so he had to connect as quickly as possible.
“Yes! I’ll go notify Tan Jie.”
*
“Damn it! The heavens have eyes, I, Hu San, am back!!”
Although the facial recognition verification took a few seconds at the beginning, which almost gave Zhen Qiang a heart attack, fortunately, after the face appeared, he quickly passed the verification. The moment the facial recognition popped up, it seemed like the screen just went black before he passed.
Then, the message he was pleasantly surprised by popped up: 【Congratulations on obtaining the qualification for the non-deletion test. Please log into the game within one hour, otherwise the login channel will close and your account will be void. 】
Zhen Qiang sat back on his stool without hesitation, put on his VR equipment, and logged into the game again.
Ah, the familiar interface again, the air was fresh, everything was beautiful.
He originally thought he would be greeted by that heavenly sound of system inquiries again.
It turned out to be a heavenly sound, but the line had changed: “Yo, you’re back?”
It was the System’s tone!
Zhen Qiang was so moved he almost shed tears, “System, is that you?”
System: “It’s me.”
Zhen Qiang laughed wildly, “See? I, Hu San, am back!”
The System replied perfunctorily, “Mm, you have the previous modeling data. Do you want to import it directly?”
Zhen Qiang paused, “Huh? If I import it, will all my previous points still be there?”
System: “No, it’s just importing the modeling data. You are a New Player.”
Zhen Qiang: “…”
What a scam of a game.
Zhen Qiang shook his head, “No, I’ll create a new face this time.”
Last time, his character creation was too ordinary. Although A Wu was friendly to every disciple in the Sect, always greeting them with a smile, he still showed extra favoritism to good-looking Junior Disciple Brothers and Sisters. Even when tending to the Spiritual Fields, he would spend more time near their fields.
He thought he had been hiding it well.
The common folk in the countryside were even more realistic.
Zhou Xiao and his group had gotten on good terms with a disciple responsible for procurement at the Flying Sparrow Sect. Initially, some people had approached him, but he ignored them.
As soon as he saw Zhou Xiao, he became a bit more enthusiastic—because Zhou Xiao’s character creation was good-looking.
In this world that valued looks, Zhen Qiang had had enough!
Unfortunately, Zhen Qiang still overestimated himself.
Not everyone had a talent for character creation; it was still akin to creating one’s own face in reality.
Even though many celebrity faces appeared in his mind, he found himself completely clueless, unable to understand how to create subtle, attractive adjustments.
In the end, the more he tried to create, the uglier it became.
Why couldn’t this game import other people’s character creation models?
Zhen Qiang finally despaired, realizing the newly created face was worse than his previous one, which he had casually tweaked. He could only say with tears in his eyes, “Forget it, import the previous modeling.”
System: “A wise choice.”
Zhen Qiang: “…”
Do you think I can’t hear the sarcasm in your tone!
System: “You can also use your previous ID name.”
Zhen Qiang said without hesitation, “Use it.”
An familiar ID made things easier.
Entering with the ID Zhen Weida, Zhen Weida found himself in the Newbie Village.
It was now a true Newbie Village, located in the suburbs of Wang’an County.
Players had already built dozens of new houses. For the Life Players who chose not to venture out, building houses alone kept them busy for a long time.
These ancient-style buildings were all built along the river.
Each small house was in a garden cottage style. Although the houses were small, living in such a place perfectly matched the idyllic, otherworldly style that Chinese people imagined in their hearts.
Even the small mountain peaks behind the houses had been partially cut down by some players and planted with peach trees.
The game’s time flow was fast, and with players using Spiritual Energy to nurture them, it wouldn’t take long to see vast expanses of peach blossom forests.
It was a breathtaking sight.
Some houses had wisps of cooking smoke rising from them, clearly indicating players were busy.
“Huh—”
As a player walked by, they saw Zhen Weida and their expression instantly became surprised, “Holy crap, Zhen Weida, you’re back? You’re amazing to have snatched a quota, did you make some shady deal with the System? How did you do it?”
Zhen Weida looked and saw it was Gu Yunxi, a Life Player.
This was an old player. Zhen Weida put his hands on his hips, proudly saying, “Go away, of course it was with my single status—bullshit, it was with my brilliant mind! Didn’t expect it, did you? I, Hu San, am back! Where are Ye Xizhao and the others now?”
Ye Xizhao was one of his partners.
He just hadn’t replied to his messages in the game.
Gu Yunxi said, “They’re running around south of Wang’an County.”
That was where Zhen Weida had fallen off the cliff before.
Mentioning this gave Zhen Weida psychological trauma; he didn’t plan to go there for now.
Zhen Weida: “Alright, I’ll go find them after I’ve met the Sect Master.”
As they were speaking, someone walked over, “Excuse me, are you all Players?”
Gu Yunxi and Zhen Weida turned to look. It was clearly a New Player.
They didn’t even have Spiritual Energy fluctuations yet.
They had done a simple character creation, and they were quite handsome, with a determined kind of handsomeness.
Zhen Weida was now equally jealous of every player who could create faces, “Brother, your face is really handsome.”
The other party paused, then said, “Thank you for the compliment.”
Gu Yunxi was very friendly, “I’m an old player, and he is too. Just wait here for a bit. After all the New Players have arrived, the Sect Master will come to give you Pills for opening Spiritual Roots. Don’t wander off, there are still First Order Demonic Beasts around here, and you’re currently defenseless.”
The other party nodded, “Thank you for letting me know.” Then they hesitated for a second before extending their hand, “Hello, my name is Shuitan.”
Gu Yunxi waved his hand, “No need to be so formal playing a game. I’m Gu Yunxi, and he’s Zhen Weida.”
Shuitan nodded.
He tentatively asked, “Excuse me, is the Sect Master Song Jiulai of this game a Game Planner?”
Gu Yunxi and Zhen Weida exchanged a look, and then Gu Yunxi said, “Actually, we’ve guessed that privately, but we don’t want to believe it.”
Shuitan was surprised, “Why?”
Zhen Weida said, “Mainly because the Planner is such a scumbag, it doesn’t match my mother’s artistic style.”
Shuitan: “…”
