SCT-Novel Chapter 26.1: Strength of First-Tier Players
Chapter 26.1: Strength of First-Tier Players
Chapter 26.1: Strength of First-Tier Players
October 9, Earth Time, 4 a.m.
Qin Guan, who had become the "wife" of many netizens, exited the forum and logged into the game. The sun had risen in OtherWorld, and the advanced NPCs were already at work.
When Qin Guan logged in at the respawn point, he noticed there were people waiting nearby.
Although countless "husbands" flooded the forum with comments after Qin Guan released his video, the content of the video itself carried significant weight. Various hardcore players, accustomed to pulling all-nighters, were interested in his invitation.
"Vanilla," the first to greet him was the socially adept Brother Lahong, who led a few others over. He approached Qin Guan and shook his hand as he said, "I've watched your video, though I won't join in because I'm not very skilled myself. However, these friends of mine are rather capable. Take a look and bring them along if they're suitable."
"You're too kind, Brother Lahong," Qin Guan replied politely as he stealthily used "Identify" on the players brought by Brother Lahong.
ID: Study Obsessed
Potential: 48
ID: Phantom
Potential: 49
ID: Guileless Gale
Potential: 49
Soon, Qin Guan's other two companions, Give Me Medicine and Blossoming Strokes, also logged in.
Blossoming Strokes had been grinding until the advanced NPCs got up and started their workday before logging out. After a bathroom break and a quick bite, she logged back in. She hadn't yet had time to visit the game forum and was still unaware of her tragic image circulating throughout the Internet, so she was still in rather good spirits.
Seeing that Qin Guan had already gathered a group of high Potential players in such a short time, Blossoming Strokes gleefully greeted, "Yo, the team's already gathered up. That's really efficient!"
Give Me Medicine didn't hesitate and immediately started adding these enthusiastic players to the team.
After triggering the hidden quest, a team panel had appeared with space for ten more people apart from the team leader. Give Me Medicine added Blossoming Strokes, Qin Guan, Unceasing Entropy, Yang Ying, Win By Grinding, and the three players brought by Brother Lahong. After exchanging a glance with Qin Guan, he decided to include Brother Lahong and Tang Jia, who couldn't bear to leave after bringing experts over.
They came with the intention to help after all, so it wouldn't be right to disappoint them.
Next, the team of eleven players, consisting of four first-tier experts, immediately set off toward the small wooden house where Give Me Medicine had first triggered the quest.
"Tsk, even Sis got roped in..." Inside the Town Hall, Yang Qiu, who had been watching this bunch ever since Qin Guan logged in, frowned.
His sister, Yang Ying, seemed to have taken a liking to this means of making a living after earning more than a month's salary in just three days of manual labor. Without hesitation, she quit her low-paying, demanding job and devoted herself to the gold farming business in the game. Yang Qiu wasn't particularly surprised by this. There were very limited job opportunities for someone with only a high school education.
Yang Ying had always been ambitious, and her ambition wasn't limited to mere words. It was reflected in her actions and her strong spirit. Even though she knew that her younger brother had connections with the game development team and even managed to secure a helmet for her, she never asked her brother to give her special treatment or boasted about knowing an insider on the game development team.
In the conversations she had with Yang Qiu via social media, it had always been stuff like "come home quickly and let Mom be reassured," "you're a minor, don't recklessly sign any contracts," "focus on your work and don't act like a child," "don't spend wantonly and save for your future college expenses," and other such similar advice.
In short, she was a reliable family member that wouldn't cause any worries.
Of course, even with such reassurance, she was still a family member, and Yang Qiu couldn't help but have some personal concerns. Seeing his sister getting involved in this quest made Yang Qiu start to reflect on whether he had gone too far with the quest he had personally created...
"Never mind... It's not like Yang Ying hasn't been slain by NPCs before. It's just a half hour of offline rest at most." Yang Qiu sighed and suppressed his biased thoughts.