Hu Die Lan

Chapter 54 A Little Guidance

Tang Rou, as a newbie in this area, was completely clueless. What about Chen Guo? She played a Gunners! Regarding Battle Mages, she mostly watched exciting videos and never really studied the class. This strategy guide was something she and Tang Rou dug up together online that afternoon. Chen Guo, not caring about the specifics, just searched for Battle Mage topics with Ye Qiu or One Autumn Leaf as the author, and downloaded everything that fit the criteria, compiling it for Tang Rou. As a result, she'd only started reading the first article when Ye Xiu pointed out that the strategy guide was outdated.

Speaking of which, it really had been nine years! Glory had been updated countless times. Which class hadn't undergone adjustments? If there were no changes from nine years ago until now, and players hadn't improved their skills at all, Glory wouldn't be as popular as it was now. Games need room for development!

"Are you serious?" Chen Guo asked Ye Xiu.

"Yes."

"Then what are the four places?" Tang Rou asked.

"You two go eat. I'll revise the strategy guide for you," Ye Xiu said.

One of these two was obsessed with the game genre, and the other was the type to throw herself into something wholeheartedly once she made up her mind. They were researching Battle Mages together and didn't even think about eating. Now that Ye Xiu mentioned it, they both felt a little hungry.

"Then should we go eat first?" Chen Guo asked for Tang Rou's opinion.

"Okay, then thank you," Tang Rou said, the second half of her sentence directed at Ye Xiu.

"Go, go!" Ye Xiu shooed the two away. Not long after he sat down, he heard Chen Guo exclaim from over there, "Why is tonight so lavish? Who ordered the meal?"

When everyone said it was ordered by Brother Ye, Chen Guo scorned him and said to Tang Rou, "You're pretty good at taking credit for someone else's generosity."

"Hehe," Tang Rou chuckled.

"Seriously, you lost so much, how come you don't seem to care?" Chen Guo really didn't see Tang Rou treating that 1100 yuan as anything important. Although she'd been a longtime employee at the internet cafe for two years, Chen Guo deliberately increased her salary. But in the end, the work she did was no different from anyone else. What else could a girl do at an internet cafe other than manning the front desk? So it wasn't that high. 1100 yuan still wasn't a small amount for Tang Rou, but Tang Rou's nonchalant attitude was on par with Chen Guo, the internet cafe owner.

Chen Guo's internet cafe, operating at its current scale, was guaranteed a net income of at least ten to twenty thousand yuan even in the worst months. She really didn't need to care too much about a thousand yuan or so. However, Chen Guo had built the internet cafe to its current state step by step, which wasn't easy, and she had a stable flow of customers. Losing a thousand yuan or so in Glory PK so casually, even Chen Guo felt a little heartache for Tang Rou.

"Loser pays up," Tang Rou said.

"You've lost it all. What are you going to eat this month?" Chen Guo said.

"Don't you take care of all my meals?" Tang Rou smiled.

Chen Guo was helpless. Her internet cafe's policy of providing full room and board had fostered a group of spendthrifts.

"Hurry up and eat, hurry up and eat. After you're done, let's see what tricks that guy comes up with," Chen Guo said.

On Ye Xiu's side, he quickly revised that old article. Then he looked at the teaching materials Chen Guo had compiled for Tang Rou. It was obvious that Miss Chen had a very strong sense of branding. Anything marked with the name Ye Qiu or One Autumn Leaf was all taken down. Ye Xiu was really dumbfounded, deleting some unnecessary, repetitive, and outdated things, in short, anything that could be deleted, supplemented where needed, and repaired where possible. Just as he was busy as could be, Chen Guo and Tang Rou returned after eating. Chen Guo immediately saw Ye Xiu open a strategy guide she had worked hard to find, glance at it, and then throw it in the trash. She rushed up to question him, "What are you doing?"

"You've compiled a bunch of nonsense. A lot of it is repetitive and useless. I'm cleaning it up for you," Ye Xiu said.

"Is that so?" Chen Guo was skeptical. Although she was always annoyed by Ye Xiu and couldn't show a good face, Chen Guo knew in her heart that Ye Xiu's Glory level was much higher than hers.

"Are you sure you can do it? These are all posts by Great God Ye Qiu," Chen Guo said.

"Yes, why not? If he knew, he'd be very happy to have this opportunity to reorganize it," Ye Xiu said.

"No, you're not allowed to clear everything from the trash. I want to check," Chen Guo said.

"You can check if you can understand it!" Ye Xiu laughed.

Chen Guo was depressed! To be honest, she had never played a Battle Mage. She only had a vague understanding of the intermediate and advanced content in these strategy guides. When it came to this content, she really had to rely on Tang Rou to explore it herself. But seeing Ye Xiu's professional appearance, Chen Guo couldn't help but ask, "Can you really teach?"

"Yes."

"You know everything about Battle Mages?"

"Yes."

"Aren't you afraid that Little Tang will be abused after you teach her?"

"Hahahaha." Ye Xiu laughed. "It's not that easy. Have you heard of 'The master teaches the trade, but the apprentice's skill is self-made'? The principle is the same. Whether you can train up depends mainly on yourself. Even if I don't teach, the strategy guides are public. Those who are willing to spend time and effort can train themselves. I'm just helping her save time and avoid detours."

"You're talking so eloquently, then let me ask you, what should I do if I want to improve my hand speed?" Chen Guo asked.

"Absolute hand speed or operational hand speed?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Of course, operational hand speed," Chen Guo said. Absolute hand speed was just closing your eyes, tapping the keyboard with your left hand, and waving the mouse with your right hand. No matter how fast it was, it was useless in actual combat. So, operational hand speed was more important, the speed of operation that was purposeful after eliminating those useless operations.

Ye Xiu felt around in his pocket, took out something, and handed it to Chen Guo, "Take this and play with it."

"What is it?" Chen Guo took it and looked. It was a palm-sized plastic board with three rows of ten round mole heads on it. It was actually a handheld mini whack-a-mole.

Chen Guo's nose was about to be crooked with anger. Was this how he was trying to fool her? Then she heard Ye Xiu turn his head and say, "Try it!"

"Try what?"

"The switch is at the bottom. You can adjust the level. Just try the lowest level! I've tampered with it, I guarantee you'll love it," Ye Xiu said.

Chen Guo was skeptical. She turned on the switch at the bottom, and the ten mole heads flashed. An electronic prompt sounded, telling Chen Guo to press the mole head to select the level. After Chen Guo pressed the first mole head, a short piece of electronic music played, and the mole heads started flashing rapidly.

Chen Guo had played this kind of mini whack-a-mole before. You just had to press whichever one lit up to hit it. But the flashing speed of the one Ye Xiu gave her was far beyond Chen Guo's expectations. She quickly chased after it and pressed it frantically. In less than ten seconds, the mole heads flashed together, as if mocking her, and announced the end of the game with a few beeps.

"Hand speed of 120, right?" Ye Xiu laughed.

Chen Guo was stunned.

"Someone with a hand speed of 120 can barely last 5 seconds. Take it and play with it. It'll help with reaction training," Ye Xiu said. "The main reason you can't improve your operating speed is because your reaction can't keep up."