Chapter 13 June 13th

June thirteenth, one in the morning.

Feng Bujue entered Xiao Tan’s meeting room on time. As usual, he was the last of the four to arrive (because he was too punctual).

Now, this place had become something akin to a superhero headquarters…

All six walls of the room had been replaced with dark, metallic walls with a strong sense of technology. Each wall was decorated with cyan-blue light-stream circuits, and there were two embedded light strips on the ceiling.

The originally long and narrow conference table had now become an oval, moderately sized table for six. The table narrowed downwards in an arc, extending into supports and a base, tightly connected to the floor. Its overall shape didn’t resemble a table so much as a work of art.

On the other side of the room, a three-piece luxury sofa set was placed, with a coffee table in the middle. And in the corner next to it, there was even a refrigerator…

In addition, at the end of the meeting room, a huge screen had been added, which could be used to play movies (yes, as long as you bought them, Dream Inc. could provide movie-watching services in the game; of course, due to copyright issues, some movies had to be paid for), or connect to the imaging function on the conference table for touch-sensitive simulation operations.

“Whoa~” Brother Jue was stunned when he entered the room. He thought he had opened it the wrong way. After a second, he realized, “Not bad, not bad at all.”

“Of course… you can’t imagine how amazing the decoration stores in this game are.” Xiao Tan, sitting on the sofa, muttered with a bitter expression, “Even real-life furniture stores aren’t that exaggerated. The ‘root directory’ of the goods there has dozens of pages. Xiao Ling and I spent an entire night sorting it out…”

“Heh… is that so…” Feng Bujue replied with a smile, “But…” He walked to the sofa, turned around, and flopped down on it, groaning comfortably, “Ah… the effort was worth it.”

“You didn’t contribute any money or effort…” Ruo Yu said coldly from the other side, “What did you put in?”

“Tch.” Feng Bujue snorted and replied, “Aren’t you just reaping the benefits too?”

“Actually, I went with them that day,” Ruo Yu replied. “But five minutes later, I suddenly felt like I was a bit of a hindrance, so I went to grind levels.”

“Oh…” Feng Bujue turned his head to look at Xiao Tan and Xiao Ling, “Did you two publicly flash your affection?”

“Where would we?” Xiao Tan scratched the back of his head, pretending to be stupid.

Xiao Ling sneered, “Is it as blinding as the affection you and Sister Biao show in real life?” She laughed, “That night… her old classmates were almost scared to death, right?”

“You wealthy people are all getting married…” Feng Bujue said in a joking tone, “Can’t these two weirdos occasionally show some affection?”

“Who’s getting married with him?” Xiao Ling turned her head away, revealing a disdainful expression.

“Who’s showing affection with you?” Ruo Yu narrowed her eyes, casting a contemptuous gaze.

“Alright, alright…” Feng Bujue shrugged and smiled, “No jokes, let’s get serious…” He paused for a second. “A few days ago, I successfully cleared a Nightmare difficulty team scenario, you know.”

“Heh… hehe…” Xiao Tan chuckled dryly, “In other words, we have to go to Nightmare with you tonight, right?”

“That’s right, with me, the old driver, leading you~” Feng Bujue said smugly, “What’s there to worry about not clearing?”

“If you mention those three words again, be prepared to die,” Ruo Yu replied with cold eyes and a serious tone.

“We’re on the same team, you can’t kill me, can you…” Brother Jue replied.

“I never said I’d kill you in the game,” she calmly replied.

“Um…” Feng Bujue immediately put on a serious expression. “I was wrong.”

“You admit your mistakes so quickly!” Xiao Tan's retort was also quick.

Shua—

Just as they were chatting, the meeting room door opened again.

A slender figure wearing a black suit and trench coat, with a black top hat, walked in.

“Eh? Everyone’s here.” An Yueqin smiled and waved to everyone, greeting them. She also wore a pair of bright red gloves, which matched the red bow tie at the collar of her shirt.

“Editor-in-chief, what kind of look is that?” Feng Bujue asked, puzzled.

“Hehe… Doctor of the Crazed Wolves, cool, right?” She raised one finger and lifted the brim of her hat.

“The real character wears a hooded cloak, the brim is a circle wider than yours,” Brother Jue replied, “And he wears a black tie and white gloves.”

“Tch… your Joker cosplay is just so-so too,” An Yueqin retorted, unconvinced, “If you’re so capable, go dye your hair green, soak your face in chemicals, and cut open your cheeks with a knife.”

Feng Bujue spread his hands: “Ah~ that’s right, only someone wearing the Survey Corps uniform here looks most like the original character.”

“I just randomly chose a suit that was moderately thick, convenient for storage, light, and flexible,” Ruo Yu replied, “There’s a fundamental difference between that and someone like you who spares no effort to buy a complete set of clothing just to cosplay.”

“That’s right,” An Yueqin replied, and looked at Brother Jue, “Your income isn’t that low, why are you so stingy when playing a game? Wouldn’t it be better to just spend money and buy a Joker outfit?”

“Not only didn’t he spend money, but he also earned several hundred from the game in May…” Ruo Yu interjected.

“Ah?” An Yueqin widened her eyes when she heard this, “I’m saying, Bujue, are you planning to switch careers and become a professional gamer? Is there a need?”

“You two, stop with the back-and-forth, okay…” Feng Bujue said in a drawn-out voice, looking unhappy, “Miss, what level are you? Shouldn’t you be focusing on leveling up? You don’t need to interfere in the guild’s high-level meetings, do you?”

“High your head,” Ruo Yu interjected, “I asked her to come. Qinqin is a newbie, we should help her out, right? There are still a lot of skills and equipment in the guild warehouse, it’s perfect for her to use.”

“That’s right, that’s right,” An Yueqin added, “And…” She looked at Brother Jue again, “Don’t keep calling people ‘Editor-in-chief’ or ‘Miss,’ is that how you address people in the game?”

“Got it…” Feng Bujue replied weakly, “In front of outsiders, I generally call these people ‘Si Yu’, ‘Xiao Tan’ and ‘Bei Ling’. Your nickname is [Shi Shang Hua Jian], should I call you Shi Shang?”

“Sounds like I’m calling a manly man,” An Yueqin replied.

“Then Hua Jian?” Feng Bujue asked.

“Um… okay.” An Yueqin thought for a moment and agreed. She knew… if she said no, Feng Bujue would probably start talking nonsense, and then names like “Stone” or “Ru Hua” might pop out of his mouth.

“Then, when there are no outsiders, can I call you Qinqin?” Feng Bujue asked again.

“Dare you?” An Yueqin immediately slammed her hand on the conference table next to her.

“Guild leader, you’re being insubordinate,” Xiao Ling chuckled from the side, “You said yourself, what should the punishment be?”

“Alright, alright… Editor-in-chief,” Feng Bujue said, “Only your girlfriend can call you Qinqin, okay?”

“Hmph…” Ruo Yu heard the sarcasm in Brother Jue’s words and snorted coldly, “Envious, jealous, and hateful?”

“That’s right, I can call Sister Yu that, but you can’t,” An Yueqin replied.

“Sigh…” Feng Bujue held his forehead with one hand, “The dignified guild leader of Hell Frontline, completely lacks any prestige…”

In fact… not to mention prestige, he might not even have any dignity.

“Then what about me?” Xiao Tan raised his finger and pointed at himself.

“Call her Sister Qin,” Xiao Ling replied.

“I’m older than her,” Xiao Tan replied.

“Oh? Then what do you want to call her~” Xiao Ling suddenly changed to a very charming tone, squinting at Xiao Tan with a malicious look.

“Um…” The quick-witted Xiao Tan gave in within half a second, “Actually, I’m an elementary school student, I can call anyone ‘sister’.”

…………

The group chatted in the meeting room for a while, watched a movie, and ate some snacks from the refrigerator (since they bought them, it would be a waste not to use them), and then began to prepare for the night's activities.

The four skill cards that Brother Jue won in the Peak Tournament, two for scouting, had already been given to Xiao Tan and Xiao Ling. The other two specializing in medical skills were still in the warehouse, and now they could be given to An Yueqin along with some other items.

From the “Doctor of the Crazed Wolves” look, it could be seen that An Yueqin wanted to take the route of medical plus combat. Although she was not yet level ten, the learning conditions for those two medical skills were not too high, and she would probably be able to use them both before level twenty.

In addition, over this period, Hell Frontline had gradually accumulated some other items. The attributes of these items were not bad, and it was a pity to sell them, but none of the four in the guild could use them, so they had been hoarded. Now, An Yueqin’s joining solved this problem.

Before long, Miss An was fully armed and went to queue for scenarios on her own. She took out all the skills and equipment she was going to use, even those she couldn't use yet. Anyway, for a rich player like her, the grids in her inventory and storage box were simply not an issue.

After An Yueqin left, Feng Bujue maliciously looked at Ruo Yu and said jokingly, “Your girlfriend is so lucky. When I was a newbie, no one gave me skills or equipment.”

“Oh, you want to delete your character and start over, is that it?” Ruo Yu replied without expression, “Whether it’s the game or life, I can help you if you want to delete it…”

“Haha…” Feng Bujue smiled and didn’t answer. At that moment, a strange color flashed in his eyes, and he thought to himself: “That won’t do… whether it’s the game or life… there are still many things I need to do…”

…………

The four-member team was assembled and returned to the login space, ready to join the queue.

After exchanging some information with his teammates, Feng Bujue decided that it was better to queue for a normal difficulty team scenario first. After all, the night was still long, and there was no need to challenge Nightmare difficulty right away. He would just play a normal scenario as a warm-up.