"Zhao Xu, it's Chinese New Year and your family is so busy, why do you still go out?"
At this time, Zhao's mother was preparing for tonight's New Year's Eve dinner, watching Zhao Xucai prepare to go out after brushing his teeth and washing his face.
Even on this rare holiday, she couldn't help but talk about it, "I usually stay at home and indulge in games every day. It's hard to see you during the Chinese New Year, and now I have to leave again."
"Mom, dad is going out today too. Don't worry, I have an appointment with a classmate and I will be back soon tonight." Zhao Xu said calmly.
At this time, Mother Zhao looked at Zhao Xu and couldn't help but shake her head, "He went to that company today to give out year-end bonuses. Can it be the same?"
But as soon as she finished speaking, Zhao Xu had already gently closed his security door, and a few seconds later opened the elevator door and headed towards the first floor.
To be honest, Zhao Xu himself didn't really want to go out.
But this time, he just happened to meet his high school friend who came back from abroad. Last night, because he had been playing the game, the other party called him four or five times in a row.
It wasn't until Zhao Xu finished taking a shower that he realized what had happened.
Less than half an hour later, after taking the subway and transferring, Zhao Xu arrived at a restaurant specializing in morning tea.
With the arrival of the New Year, many stores opened by outsiders on the roadside have closed their iron gates. After posting notices about the date of return to the city next year, they return home directly.
And because Zhao Xu had a large family coming to settle here, he naturally no longer had childhood memories of "going back to his hometown" and making "beeps" on the tracks on the train.
However, by this New Year's Eve, the wave of returning home has long passed, and there are still shops on the streets, most of which want to do the peak business of the New Year.
The teahouse where Zhao Xu went for an appointment this time continued to offer morning tea because of the New Year's Eve dinner.
"Hey, Brother Xu."
Suddenly, an exclamation of surprise resounded throughout the entire restaurant hall. Guests enjoying morning tea at other tables glanced at the noisy side, then turned around and paid no more attention.
In a hurrying city, people often have such an indifferent attitude towards getting along with each other.
At this time, Zhao Xu also relied on this exclamation to immediately locate several of his high school best friends, and walked straight through several round tables.
"Master Xu, long time no see." At this time, Zhao Xu's classmate Liu Feng came over directly and put his arm around his shoulders.
"Yeah." Zhao Xu said with a trace of nostalgia, "Yeah, long time no see."
"I'll go, your look will make me think you have bad intentions towards me." Liu Feng couldn't help laughing, and after sitting down, he handed over the menu, "Come on, let's order the wave first, look. Look at Bubu.”
Zhao Xu naturally didn't explain much.
In Liu Feng's eyes, they only met during the winter vacation last year.
But in Zhao Xu's memory, the last time they met was an accidental encounter in a tavern five years ago.
At that time, Liu Feng was very high-spirited. Although he entered the game late, his outstanding abilities allowed him to quickly become successful.
Within two years, he married a local aristocratic woman in Arthur, and combined with his career as a priest and the reputation of his father-in-law, he became a powerful member of the city.
He even directly organized and recruited a team of well-known adventurers.
At that time, Zhao Xu, who met again in the world, was only a few years away from the death of his family, and at the same time, the "Demon Sealing Campaign" in the entire Northland was reaching its peak.
Zhao Xu, who had a face full of vicissitudes at that time, met the high-spirited Liu Feng again. The two high school buddies of the same age seemed to be ten years apart.
Zhao Xu glanced at the "honey chicken feet", "steamed pork ribs", "barbecued pork buns" and other refreshments on the menu, then checked a "barbecued pork rice roll" and handed it to the waiting waiter, saying in harmony Said: "Okay, thank you."
At this time, the open transparent glass basin also turned to his eyes. Zhao Xu directly unpacked the tableware in front of him and put them inside one by one to iron them.
The "Liu Feng" who sat next to him took the AP international class after high school and studied abroad, while the other two friends, Hong Qiwei and Hou Tiansheng, were admitted to college step by step like Zhao Xu.
Hong Qiwei and Zhao Xu were both in the same university town, so after crossing Arthur, they got quite close to each other due to geographical relationship.
Although Arthur is the last harbor after the destruction of the earth, there is no doubt that most people, without convenient means of transportation, are basically bound to their towns for their entire lives and never leave.
Adventurers like Zhao Xu and others were able to travel all over the country during their adventurous travels, see the customs and customs of various places, and also have the opportunity to get to know the local earth.
"Brother Xu, I'm really sorry. I took too long to come back this time. I'll give you a cup of tea instead of wine."
After everyone clinked glasses together, Liu Feng didn't feel uncomfortable at all and started chatting directly. He didn't focus on his study abroad experience. Instead, he just enjoyed some online fun, which immediately brightened the atmosphere at the table.
Zhao Xu looked at Liu Feng with emotion.
Whether on Earth or in Arthur, the people who are more open-minded are often people like Liu Feng who can get to know everyone. Even "otakus" like him and Hong Qiwei wouldn't bother to attend this kind of class reunion without Liu Feng's connection.
"Brother Xu, have you played 'Arthur'?" suddenly asked his friend Hou Tiansheng. He and Hong Qiwei are both game fans. They brought some of Zhao Xu's games with them when they were in middle school and high school.
It was only after he entered college that this kind of atmosphere disappeared, so Zhao Xu began to play less and slowly retreated from the game.
"I've just been playing a little bit, and I'm not very good at it yet." Zhao Xu said with a slightly "shy" smile. Compared to Antinoya and others, he is really not very good at it.
Zhao Xu didn't mean to pretend or think about how to steer the topic in this direction.
At this moment, he seemed to be really an outsider, not the current number one Arthur player.
"Then hurry up. I think this game will definitely become popular in the second half of the year and become the number one game." Hou Tiansheng said, "Arthur, I have already registered three new accounts, and then I have figured out some basic links. Now that I earn money, I don’t have to spend any money from my family when I go out with my girlfriend every month.”
After Zhao Xu listened, he smiled silently.
Countless people in previous lives took advantage of the popularity of the Arthur game and felt extremely proud of themselves the moment they exchanged game gold coins for RMB.
It was only when I traveled through time a few months later that I started to thump my chest and realize that all I had gained in exchange was mirror images and moonlight, and I had lost the opportunity to play the game.
"You are obviously a monkey and you betrayed our FFF group. You have lost your fortune." Hong Qiwei was worried about his stomach, and he grabbed a basket of barbecued pork buns for tea and snacks. While eating, he said: "I earned it in the game. , I invested everything into weapons and equipment, and I don’t know how comfortable my life is.”
"I really don't know why you gamers who bring girls are complaining and tired every day."
Hou Tiansheng suddenly turned his face away, "Oh, how can you, a fat nerd like you, understand the fun of adults? This game of Arthur blocks all 18X functions. In reality, you can still vent your emotions to Little Butter. The game Can you still go to heaven?"
Hong Qiwei, who immediately insisted that the three dimensions were heretics, started arguing again.
Zhao Xu, on the other hand, silently picked up the teapot and filled it for several people. In fact, among everyone present in his previous life, Hong Qiwei, the fattest math student, had the highest rank.
Zhao Xu had also met the wife he married in his previous life, and she was completely ladylike.
It can only be said that this wave of time travel has brought about a turning point in the lives of many otakus who are addicted to games. People like Zhao Xu who barely managed to get into the car were not left behind.
"I heard from you that the game Arthur is pretty good. However, it has not yet been launched abroad. I will definitely be stuck playing the Chinese server now." Liu Feng sighed.
Suddenly, Zhao Xu came to his senses.
The previous life foreign servers will be launched in the half-year period and the nine-week period.
If we really follow what Antinoya said, the time travel will happen eight months after the server is launched, probably in June or July.
Then it may not be so obvious for players in the national server that the 12 months has been shortened to 8 months.
However, for foreign server players, the training period was directly shortened from 6 months to 2 months. For some professions, training was not even completed in time.
Moreover, the servers that were launched in the Jiuzhou month period were immediately gone.
In his previous life, Liu Feng was introduced to Arthur by Hou Tiansheng at such a teahouse breakfast.
Now that he has lost the crucial four-month game cycle, can he still seize the opportunity to marry a beautiful woman and rise as he did in his previous life
"Monkey, sharpen your sword before chopping firewood. If you think this game has great potential and can have a life cycle of several years, shouldn't you invest gold coins to strengthen yourself now? If you are stronger, as long as you can seize the first Echelon, you can make more money."
Zhao Xu warned Hou Tiansheng.
At this time, the other party was slightly stunned, because in his eyes, Zhao Xu had never been interested in games. Even if he played, he would accompany them into the game, which was equivalent to finding a common hobby.
"Oh, then I'll look back and pay attention." Hou Tiansheng didn't know why. He felt that when he saw Zhao Xu this time, he was both strange and familiar, and his words seemed to be more convincing.
"As for Liu Feng, hey, forget it, I will represent you later. If you use that accelerator, you should be able to play the national server abroad." Zhao Xu said.
"Hey, Mr. Xu, didn't you never play much before?" Liu Feng couldn't help but look surprised, almost thinking that Zhao Xu in front of him was pretending.
"Because, I saw something different in this game." Zhao Xu said confidently at this time.
Liu Feng's expression became serious and he nodded.
"Fat man, look at a rigid guy like Brother Xu, who has been sucked into this game. It seems that Arthur is really strong." Hou Tiansheng couldn't help but said in an ambiguous tone, "Brother Xu, you Could it be that he is obsessed with the characters in the game?"
As he spoke, he pointed at the posters outside.
At this time, on the mobile communications building outside, the huge poster depicted a woman in silver armor with blond hair and a resolute expression, waving a sharp blade and looking straight ahead.
"Like this female knight in shining armor?"
Suddenly, Hong Qiwei was stuffing a mouthful of glutinous rice chicken and retorted directly, "Go away, Ms. Vivian belongs to our players, and you will not tolerate your three-dimensional desecration of her."
"Vivian?" Zhao Xu didn't respond.
How come other people know him too
Didn't she just come to him from May's subordinates
"You don't know? You can tell that you don't visit the 'gossip section' of the forum. Ever since these game posters were posted some time ago, Vivian's popularity has immediately reached the top."
"According to the official statement, these characters are real NPCs in the game, so the forums are trying to guess which city this 'Vivian' is in. The threshold will definitely be crossed by then."
"But how do you know her name is Vivian?" Zhao Xu was a little surprised.
At this time, he also looked out the window, as if he was looking into Vivian's eyes on the poster.
"Brother Xu, the game official has provided basic information." Hong Qiwei said, "Brother Xu, do you know our goddess?"
"Well, she is under my command." Zhao Xu nodded.
"Haha, Brother Xu, I give you full marks for this joke." On the contrary, Hou Tiansheng couldn't help laughing, but he didn't mean to be sarcastic.
For these best friends, this was just a joke.
"Jingle Bell."
Suddenly, Zhao Xu's cell phone rang and he looked at his mother's home network number.
Without saying a word, he directly raised it to answer it.
"Zhao Xu, where are you flirting with women? A beautiful girl comes to your house to find you."
"Who?" Zhao Xu thought that when he was in school, he was in the game dormitory between two points and one line. Where did he get the time to play with women
"She introduced herself as Antinoya. Is this a friend you met online? Do you post-sexuals use Internet IDs when talking in real life?"
At this time, Zhao Xu almost turned stiff.
"Mom, please treat her well first, and I will go back soon."
"Hey, Zhao Xu, you must have gotten pregnant during this battle, right? Let me tell you, if you can do such a thing at such a young age, I, I can—"
(End of chapter)