Chapter 5

This guy actually went to show off in the world channel!

Yu Mi was practically fuming, wanting to kill him again. But the corpse of “What Are You” had already disappeared, presumably back to the camp.

Immediately after, a friend request popped up on the screen.

[System: “What Are You” has added you as a friend. Do you want to add him back?]

Yu Mi hesitated for a moment and chose “No.”

The private chat from the other side came right after.

[Private Chat] What Are You: Next time, I’ll give you a free fortune telling.

[Private Chat] Sweet Nuo Nuo: No need!

[Private Chat] What Are You: I really can tell fortunes.

[Private Chat] Sweet Nuo Nuo: Go away. (╯‵□′)╯

Yu Mi sighed helplessly, trying to find some humor in the situation, and went to the world channel to say: “This is my first time killing someone… #Crying”

[Private Chat] What Are You: So I was the first person you killed? Tsk, that’s quite an achievement.

[Private Chat] Sweet Nuo Nuo: Shut up!

Then he continued with a few others on their escort mission.

Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun said, “I also have a Qingyun Alliance account, but that account didn’t trigger this opportunity. Later, you can kill me, okay, good disciple?”

“How can that be?” Yu Mi said, “Isn’t it rebellious to kill my master?”

His master laughed, “It’s fine, I’m letting you kill me.”

Yu Mi was just joking with his master and quickly agreed, “Alright.”

The four of them ran back and forth, completing the task safely. Then Yu Mi’s master logged off and switched to her other account, flying over to their location.

To trigger the opportunity, she had them replicate the previous operation. Chen Ziming and Haitang Si Ai Nüdi first beat her until she was barely alive, then let Yu Mi finish her off.

The three cooperated enthusiastically.

A few seconds later—

[Jianghu Express: Qingyun Alliance’s “Shuizhu Yan” was injured by Chiyan Valley’s “Sweet Nuo Nuo” during a fierce battle, unexpectedly triggering the rare opportunity “Between Life and Death”!]

Chen Ziming turned to his roommate, “Whoa! Xiao Ba, you’re amazing!”

Haitang Si Ai Nüdi exclaimed, “Oh my god! Nuo Nuo, you’re so lucky!”

[Nearby Chat] Shuizhu Yan: Ahhhhhhh! @!A!aaah! Ahhhh!!

Yu Mi didn’t expect to be so lucky and was happy to help his master!

He glanced at the bottom left corner and saw the world channel was exploding.

[World] Wu Jin Lian Hua: [Sweet Nuo Nuo] Are you an insider sent by the officials to distribute opportunities??

[World] Can Drawing Sword Keep You: God-level newbie? Built-in opportunity system?

[World] ダ: [Sweet Nuo Nuo] Baby, where are you? Can you please kill me? #Pleading #Pleading

[World] Guda Mao Ning: [Sweet Nuo Nuo] Baby, kill me, kill me! Please!

[World] Name Taken: [Sweet Nuo Nuo] Baby, can you switch factions first and then come kill me? #Crying

…

The world channel was flooded with Yu Mi’s ID, and then his private chat was constantly pinging with people asking where he was, begging him to kill them. Many people also sent friend requests.

Yu Mi was at a loss.

“What should I do? So many people want me to kill them.”

“Then just kill them,” Chen Ziming said, “Killing people can increase your battle intent value, which helps you get PVP equipment. It’s great that they’re lining up for you to kill them, kill, kill, kill!”

Yu Mi was troubled, “But I might not be able to trigger another opportunity.”

“It’s okay,” his master reassured him, “Everyone knows that, and they won’t blame you if it doesn’t happen. If you don’t want to kill, you can log off and hide for a while, then come back later.”

Yu Mi didn’t have much to do and was willing to help, but he was worried about disappointing people.

He hesitated for a moment, then said something in the world channel.

[World] Sweet Nuo Nuo: I might not be able to trigger it again, I was surprised too… If you want to try, you can find me in Fanxing Desert Orz, but don’t blame me if no opportunity comes out. No need to add me as a friend.

Immediately, a bunch of people said, “No blame, no blame!”

Soon, Yu Mi’s headset was constantly pinging with alerts as players from the opposing faction came looking for him. Hearing the alert sound, he couldn’t help but feel nervous.

Fortunately, they were all there to ask him to kill them, not to fight him.

Everyone was fully equipped, and Yu Mi, being a newbie, had low damage, barely scratching them. Eventually, they all took off their equipment to let him kill them.

So, for the next while, Yu Mi was there killing people painlessly. A line of people queued up for him to kill, and his battle intent value skyrocketed.

But after more than an hour of killing, no one else triggered an opportunity.

Yu Mi felt embarrassed and repeatedly apologized in nearby chat, but everyone comforted him, saying it was okay.

Honestly, if he really triggered three rare opportunities in one day, he should report his account for being suspicious.

After killing everyone, Yu Mi was hungry and logged off to go eat with Chen Ziming.

The two went to a restaurant outside the school to eat clay pot rice noodles. As soon as they entered, Yu Mi saw a familiar figure—

Qi You’an.

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Yu Mi’s first reaction was—to retreat! Find another place to eat!

But the other party had already seen him.

Their eyes met.

Qi You’an was also out with his roommate.

With no way to escape, Yu Mi had to muster the courage to approach and say to Qi You’an, “Hello, senior… Do you also like the noodles here? I’m really sorry for causing you trouble during the day… Let me treat you today.”

“No need,” Qi You’an looked at him, then at Chen Ziming beside him, “Are you together? Let me treat you.”

Yu Mi quickly said, “No need! I should treat you, what do you want to eat?”

“Let him treat,” He Wenrui, who was beside Qi You’an, said, “Your brother Qi has something to celebrate today.”

Yu Mi instinctively asked, “What celebration?”

“He today—” He Wenrui was about to say that this guy triggered a rare opportunity, but Qi You’an stopped him with a look.

“Order your food,” Qi You’an said, “Or do you want me to go back to my seat?”

Yu Mi immediately shut up, not daring to say more.

The four of them each ordered a bowl of noodles, and Qi You’an paid for everything, even ordering three side dishes for them to share.

He Wenrui was quite sociable, enthusiastically starting a conversation at the table, asking Yu Mi and Chen Ziming which dorm they lived in, what their major was, and what courses they were taking.

Chen Ziming was responsible for chatting with him.

Qi You’an ate quietly. Yu Mi didn’t dare to make a sound, wishing he could bury his head in his bowl.

He overheard that Qi You’an and He Wenrui were studying computer science. He Wenrui said he wanted to work in a gaming company in the future.

Chen Ziming asked what games they usually played.

He Wenrui said, “We usually play some niche indie games.”

After the meal, the two groups parted ways and returned to their dorms.

Yu Mi was worried that if he logged in, people would ask him to kill them, so he didn’t log in that night.

The next two days were busy with classes and a pile of homework, so he didn’t log in either.

It wasn’t until Saturday, after waking up naturally, having lunch, and ordering milk tea, that he happily logged in to play the game.

Teaching Plan, activate!

The acronym for “Sword Roar in the Jianghu” can be derived into words like “Teaching Plan” and “Analytic Geometry,” so players often use “Teaching Plan” as a nickname for the game.

As soon as Yu Mi logged in, he received a flood of private chat messages.

Many people had left messages asking to be killed during the days he was offline.

Yu Mi didn’t know if they were online, so he didn’t reply to any of them.

Then he opened his unread mail and found that “What Are You” had sent him a new outfit two days ago.

The email had no text, just a period.

A meaningless “.”

Yu Mi: What’s going on??? Did he send it to the wrong person?

He didn’t take the outfit from the mail but instead clicked to return it.

Then he checked the store to see the price of that outfit.

520 RMB.

A minute later, the email came again.

Yu Mi opened it.

Sender: What Are You.

Email content:

[Thank you gift, accept it. Wear it for fun. If you don’t accept it, I’ll hit you every time I see you.]

Yu Mi: “…”

I helped you trigger an opportunity, and you still want to hit me?!

He was so angry his teeth itched, but he wasn’t swayed and returned the mail again.

He could buy his own outfits; he hadn’t even used the 888,888 ingots he won.

After returning it, he sent a carrier pigeon message to the other party.

[If you dare hit me, you’ll never trigger another opportunity! That was your last one!]

Upon seeing the email, Qi You’an frowned slightly.

Tsk… what a vicious curse.

Then the third email came.

Qi You’an opened it.

Sender: Sweet Nuo Nuo

Email content:

[Don’t send me outfits, I only like wearing the sect uniform!]

Oh?

Qi You’an smiled a little. If he remembered correctly, this guy was wearing last season’s outfit just the day before yesterday.

He opened the list and checked Sweet Nuo Nuo’s equipment interface to see his clothes.

The other party had somehow already changed into the classic black and white sect uniform.

Qi You’an: “…”

Fine.

Very fine.

He tossed the outfit into the warehouse and continued with the follow-up tasks for the opportunity, collecting randomly spawned special herbs along the way.

Since it was a faction-related opportunity, the tasks were arranged along the wild escort mission route. There were constantly Chiyan Valley players passing by with escort silver.

Qi You’an had turned off faction mode, so others couldn’t attack him, and he had no intention of attacking others. He quietly searched for items.

Before long, his headset pinged twice, and a prompt appeared on the screen.

[Enemy faction player Sweet Nuo Nuo detected! Distance: 25 feet.]

Qi You’an looked up and selected someone with his mouse.

The moment he saw the familiar ID, Yu Mi immediately stopped, not daring to move, standing there dumbfounded.

Why did this guy really come?!

His master wasn’t there, and neither was Chen Ziming. Although there were experts online, Yu Mi was too embarrassed to bother them, so he was doing the escort mission alone, not expecting to run into this guy again!

Not only him, but there was also another red-named player nearby, a male from the Holy Fire Sect named Wen Sha, who was killing others.

Yu Mi was trembling, planning to log off on the spot, when he suddenly received a message.

[Private Chat] What Are You: I won’t hit you. Go ahead.

Yu Mi was a bit incredulous and replied: Really?

[Private Chat] What Are You: Really.

Yu Mi quickly moved forward.

He intended to bypass the other red-named player, but the other player, perhaps seeing his cowardice, suddenly targeted him, running over from afar and knocking him off his horse.

“Ahhh! Don’t hit me!” Yu Mi frantically pressed the control release and then ran for his life.

In his panic, he saw someone speaking in the map channel.

[Map] What Are You: Don’t hit him.

[Map] Wen Sha: Who are you, bro? Are you teaching me how to do things?

[Map] What Are You: Thirty thousand gold.

Wen Sha immediately stopped.

[Map] Wen Sha: Okay, bro! Thanks, bro, I’ll go hit someone else, hehe.

Yu Mi, with half his health left: ???

Other players doing the escort mission: ???

[Map] Grilled Fish Fish: I’m a newbie too, why isn’t anyone paying protection money for me? #Crying

[Map] Nan Tong Mi Wo: I’m a guy too, why isn’t anyone paying protection money for me? #Crying

[Map] Cute Little Sister: I’m also ABB, why isn’t anyone paying protection money for me? #Crying