Won?

Chen Guo was instantly stunned. The words "Glory" flashing on the screen were the iconic symbols of victory in the arena, equivalent to "K.O."

But how long had she been gone and come back? Forty seconds? Fifty seconds? Chen Guo glanced at her watch; it definitely hadn't been a minute. And the result? The opponent she had lost 52 consecutive matches to had been "Glorified" by this person in less than a minute?

Chen Guo even forgot to rush over and reclaim her account. She hoped this person could play another match so she could get a good look, but instead, she saw him skillfully exit the game. He stretched languidly, as if he had little interest in the computer, and looked around. He turned his head and saw Chen Guo staring at him with wide eyes, and he quickly explained, "You didn't log out of the game, and the battle started as soon as I sat down. I helped you win, don't worry!"

"How long did it take?" Chen Guo asked.

"Forty-something seconds!" Ye Xiu said.

Chen Guo's mouth dropped open, but he still said with a hint of regret, "My hands were freezing, otherwise, 30 seconds would have been enough."

Thirty seconds… Thirty seconds to defeat an opponent she couldn't beat even once in 52 matches. What kind of person was this?

Could it be a professional player from Team Excellent Era? Chen Guo suddenly thought. She knew that the Excellent Era club wasn't too far from her internet cafe. But then she thought again, she would recognize the people from Team Excellent Era! Unless this person was that never-seen-before expert, Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu! The thought of this name excited Chen Guo, but considering how low-profile this expert was, she figured he probably wouldn't admit it if she rushed up and asked. After hesitating for a moment, Chen Guo suddenly remembered something and ran back to the front desk like the wind.

"The customer at machine C-47, what name did they register?" Chen Guo asked the counter girl.

"Ye Xiu," the girl said.

"Ye Xiu… Ye Qiu? Sure enough!" Chen Guo was excited. In her opinion, this was a clumsy attempt to hide something. This proved that this person was Ye Qiu. If he had actually written Ye Qiu, she wouldn't have believed it!

"Hehehe…" Chen Guo's smile was sinister. She was already preparing to scour everything she could find to get this person's autograph. Ye Qiu's autograph! Who had it? No one!

Just as she was thinking, the counter girl casually added, "He forgot his ID here."

"ID?" Chen Guo was taken aback. She then realized she had been too excited. Internet cafe registration required real names and ID cards. Who could register with a fake name?

"The ID? Let me see." Chen Guo took the ID card from the counter girl and saw that it really did say Ye Xiu. She was instantly disappointed and had a strong urge to change the "Xiu" to "Qiu."

After learning that this person wasn't the low-profile expert she had admired for so long, although she was still curious about this person's strength, her interest had diminished greatly. Chen Guo returned to machine C-47 with a disappointed expression and handed Ye Xiu's ID back. "You forgot your ID."

"Oh, thank you," Ye Xiu quickly took it back. "Are you from the internet cafe?"

"Yeah, I'm the boss here."

"Oh? Boss, that's great. I saw on your internet cafe's website that you're hiring a night shift attendant, right?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Ah… yes…" Chen Guo didn't expect this person to suddenly say this. She was still thinking about how to get this person to spar with her, and this would be a good excuse.

"I read it, and I think I meet all the requirements. I have no problem with the work and the pay. How about it? Consider it, boss," Ye Xiu said.

"Oh, then you have to win against me in Glory one-on-one first," Chen Guo said.

"Huh? Is that in the requirements?" Ye Xiu turned around to look.

"No need to look, I just added it," Chen Guo said.

Ye Xiu was stunned for a moment and then understood that he had won too professionally just now. This beautiful boss was curious about his strength. Unfortunately… Ye Xiu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I can't beat you."

"Why?" Chen Guo was taken aback.

"Because I don't have an account that can win against you," Ye Xiu said.

"Account… what level is your account? What equipment?" Chen Guo asked.

"No level, no equipment," Ye Xiu said.

"No way?" Chen Guo was a little disbelieving. He defeated a strong enemy she couldn't beat in just over 40 seconds, and this person only had a new account with no level. How did he train that level of skill?

"The original account was given away," Ye Xiu could only say.

"Oh, is that so… You're very generous," Chen Guo said with emotion. This person was so strong, his account must also be powerful. Powerful accounts were very valuable, and he just gave it away casually. Very generous.

"Yeah, too generous," Ye Xiu smiled wryly. The account he handed over was Battle God One Autumn Leaf, and to describe it with just the word "generous" was really too stingy.

"Are you planning to play in the new server?" Chen Guo asked.

"New server?" Ye Xiu was taken aback and glanced at the date, suddenly realizing.

Tomorrow was the 10th anniversary of Glory's operation. Starting from the second anniversary, Glory would open a new server at midnight on the anniversary every year. Sales of the tenth edition account cards had already begun three months ago. Old players who weren't doing well in the old servers and new players who were preparing to enter Glory had already prepared new server accounts and were looking forward to this day.

Now, Glory's tenth server was opening. He recalled that One Autumn Leaf was an account from Glory's first server. Later, when Glory updated the fifth chapter, God Domain, he and many other experts reached the standards, completed the skill challenges, and became the first batch of players and accounts to have access to the public map, God Domain.

Now, One Autumn Leaf had changed hands, and his Glory professional career had come to an end. He happened to be encountering the annual opening of the new server. Ye Xiu's thoughts were touched, and ten years of memories suddenly rushed to his mind.

"New server?" Ye Xiu muttered to himself.

"I remember you can transfer to a new server before it opens, right?" Ye Xiu suddenly asked Chen Guo.

"Only level 1 accounts can," Chen Guo said.

"Then I'll try." Ye Xiu said as he took out an account card from his pocket and quickly entered the Glory server transfer application page. Chen Guo looked at this account card in surprise. "This isn't the first edition card, is it?"

"It's the first edition card." Ye Xiu smiled. Glory's account cards had a new edition every year, and the first edition card was almost ten years old now.

Chen Guo looked at Ye Xiu in surprise. "How many years have you been playing Glory?" The card was dead, but the person was alive. The card was ten years old, but the person might not be.

"Almost ten years," Ye Xiu replied, confirming that he and the card were one.

Chen Guo felt like an old-timer with five years of game experience, but she didn't expect this guy to be twice her age. Ten years, that was Glory's first batch of players. To be able to play until now and still have the interest to go to the new server, what kind of spirit was this?

While they were talking, the page already displayed "Server transfer successful."

"It's done." Ye Xiu withdrew the account card, held it in his hand, and instantly thought of all the bits and pieces contained in this first edition card.

"You said you wanted to be a night shift attendant?" Chen Guo suddenly said again.

"Yes," Ye Xiu quickly returned to reality from his memories.

"Which one were you looking at?" Chen Guo asked.

"The night shift one," Ye Xiu said.

"Oh, you can do it?" Chen Guo was surprised. The night shift was the one that worked from 11 PM to 7 AM every day. The monthly salary was three hundred more than the others, but few people applied. After all, many people didn't want to work day and night, so Chen Guo currently had everyone rotate. If someone really applied for this full-time night shift, everyone would be relieved.

"I can, I like being busy at night," Ye Xiu said.

Chen Guo carefully sized up the person in front of her. His hair and beard hadn't been groomed for at least half a month. His face was a little chubby, and although it was fair, it was a sickly pale. His eyes were staring at her, looking a little listless. She had seen this kind of appearance many times. The teenagers who frequently came to her internet cafe to stay up all night often looked like this. This guy wasn't young, but he was so颓废, disdain.

Disdain aside, Chen Guo was still very happy to have someone willing to do the full-time night shift. What's more, she was also curious about this person's strength after ten years of playing games. She immediately made a decision, "Okay, I'll hire you."

"Thank you, boss."

"You've seen the conditions, just follow that," Chen Guo said.

"No problem."

"Okay, come with me!" Chen Guo was decisive in her actions. After hiring Ye Xiu, she immediately began to use Ye Xiu as an employee. She ordered him to move a pile of new keyboards that had just arrived today to the storage room on the second floor.

Chen Guo's internet cafe was called "Excellent Era Internet Cafe," which was considered a high-end internet cafe. It had two floors with thousands of computers. The second floor was slightly smaller but obviously more luxurious, it was a high-end area. And inside was a hidden suite with two rooms and a living room. The storage room was also in this suite. Ye Xiu was busy moving the keyboards up and down, and he had already inspected the suite. The recruitment notice said: Includes room and board. Ye Xiu had just left the club, and he hadn't thought about where to go next. The condition of including room and board meant that he had a place to stay, which was why he was interested in the job as an internet cafe attendant.

Now it seemed that this suite was probably the "room," although the decoration was simple, it was clean and tidy, very good. Ye Xiu was very satisfied, thinking as he moved the last few sets of keyboards up and put them in place.

"Okay, this is your place to live." After seeing that Ye Xiu had finished his work, Chen Guo immediately pointed to the small bed squeezed into the storage room and said.

"Ah?" Ye Xiu was stunned. The residence he had imagined was the bright and clean suite outside, even the living room sofa would be fine. Here… Ye Xiu looked up. There was a small window on the west wall of the small storage room, and it seemed to be directly facing the street light outside. When the storage room light was turned off, the small window immediately had dim light, as if it was haunted.

"Uh, it's a bit bad, just bear with it for now… Actually, it doesn't matter if I have you or not in this internet cafe right now, I'm not very short of people. The recruitment notice you saw was a long time ago," Chen Guo said.

"Oh, is that so? It's okay, it's fine here." Ye Xiu immediately stated, and his indifferent attitude made Chen Guo feel a little sorry. This small storage room was indeed not a place for people to live.

"Usually it's okay, just play computers downstairs, it doesn't matter, no charge for our own people," Chen Guo said.

"Boss, you're very generous!"

"Ahem, there are over a thousand computers, what's the difference with one more!" Chen Guo said.

"How's the customer flow usually?" Ye Xiu asked.

"It's not bad, I'm very satisfied anyway." Chen Guo said, "Of course, there are fewer people on your night shift. Most of them are college students from nearby universities who come to stay up all night. You actually don't have much to do, just watch the place."

"Got it."

"How about it, to adapt to your new job, how about staying up all night tonight? I'll also assess you, see how your ability to stay up all night is." Chen Guo said.

"No problem, ability is full." Ye Xiu gave Chen Guo two thumbs up to show that staying up all night was his specialty.

"Okay, let's go, go downstairs, I'll treat you to a late-night snack." Chen Guo said.

"Oh? What are we eating?"

"There's nothing much at this time, there's a small restaurant across the street that probably hasn't closed yet. Go and take a look, just buy a few dishes back, I don't eat celery." Chen Guo said as she took out two hundred yuan from her pocket and stuffed it to Ye Xiu.

"It's snowing!" Ye Xiu said.

"It's just crossing the street, it's not far, how much snow can you get covered in? Go quickly." Chen Guo said.

Ye Xiu was helpless and went out to cross the street to buy a late-night snack. He had just changed jobs and was being bossed around, but he didn't feel too annoyed in his heart. This woman chatted with people casually and didn't treat them as outsiders. This familiarity was very comfortable and kind. Thinking of this, Ye Xiu suddenly realized that he hadn't even asked his new boss what her name was.