Chapter 157 The Material for Tomorrow

Having safely passed the night, the guild players finally calmed their tense hearts from the day's ordeal. As everyone prepared to log off at dawn, the guild leaders suddenly received a message from Jun Mo Xiao: "Don't forget to prepare the materials for tomorrow!"

"What!!!" All the guild leaders were shocked, their hair a mess in the wind, roaring in the wind, their hands trembling, unsure what to reply.

But soon, everyone received another message: "Just kidding."

"Damn!!!" Someone even sent this message to the world chat. Those who didn't know were confused, but those who did knew who this exclamation was meant for.

The others logged off, and the substitutes took over. Over at Ye Xiu's side, Chen Guo had stayed up to watch the excitement last night, getting even less sleep than Su Mucheng. By dawn, she still hadn't gotten up. Tang Rou had to go to work as usual during the day, so she didn't delay any further and logged off to rest. Ye Xiu, however, was still full of energy and practiced alone for a while. He waited until Chen Guo woke up and, as they had discussed last night, transferred the character to her so she could continue leveling up.

"I told you, I'll stop practicing when I don't want to play anymore," Chen Guo emphasized.

"Yeah, I know. I haven't done many of the quests on my side, so you can level up by doing quests," Ye Xiu said.

"Okay," Chen Guo nodded and officially began her power-leveling career. As a girl who was all about good starts and finishes, Chen Guo would say things like that to Ye Xiu because she knew that after being involved with Glory for so many years, she had become a bit fickle with games. She had played everything and experienced everything, so she easily felt tired and bored when playing. Apart from special events or occasions, she rarely had the patience to diligently level up like Ye Xiu and Tang Rou.

Chen Guo thought she might not want to play after three or four hours. As it turned out, she understood herself quite well. Whether it was running quests or grinding monsters, it didn't feel fresh to her. Sure enough, she quickly got bored. The only thing that kept her going for so long was the novelty of the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, this self-made weapon.

"Just finish this quest and that's it," Chen Guo thought, continuing, continuing... until Ye Xiu got up and stood behind her. Chen Guo was still busy with a quest, thinking, for perhaps the hundredth time, "This is the last time. I can stop after this."

"Not bad, you're leveling up quickly. You're an old hand after all," Ye Xiu said. Chen Guo, who was wearing headphones and focused on killing monsters, didn't even hear him.

"Boss, it's time to get off work!" Ye Xiu had to get closer to her ear and shout.

"Ah?" Chen Guo was startled and jumped. She turned around and saw Ye Xiu behind her, looking surprised. She looked at the time and realized it was already three in the afternoon.

"Didn't you say you'd stop playing when you got tired? You're so energetic!" Ye Xiu could tell from the experience bar that Chen Guo hadn't rested at all, otherwise, she wouldn't have leveled up so much.

"Ah, yeah..." Chen Guo said.

"Not tired yet? If you're not tired, keep going," Ye Xiu said.

"Here you go." Chen Guo got up. When she left, she felt a little lost. Had she really played for so long without realizing it? She should have felt bored a long time ago. What had kept her going until now? Chen Guo walked around for a while, but then turned back to see what Ye Xiu was doing. She saw that Ye Xiu was just continuing to kill the monsters she hadn't finished and doing the quests she hadn't completed. It was ordinary and unremarkable, nothing to talk about. Still, Chen Guo stood there and stared blankly for a long time. She realized that she was now in a state where leveling up was boring, but not leveling up was even more boring... Her hopes for Glory seemed to have been placed entirely on the tenth server, on the Happy guild in the tenth server, and on Jun Mo Xiao, who was said to be an important character in the future team.

"An Unspecialized class..." Chen Guo scratched her head. What would it be like if this Jun Mo Xiao really appeared in the professional league? What would it be like to fight against Wang Bu Liu Xing, Da Mo Gu Yan, Yu Ye Sheng Fan, and even Yi Ye Zhi Qiu, these famous characters? What would the fight be like?

"Oh, you've finished this quest," Ye Xiu suddenly said while Chen Guo was in a daze.

"Oh?" Chen Guo came over and looked at the quest Ye Xiu was talking about, then nodded in confirmation. "Yeah, I finished it."

"Oh..." Ye Xiu didn't say anything and continued to work, so Chen Guo simply pulled up a chair and sat beside him, acting like a military advisor, offering suggestions and pointing fingers. Although she knew she was completely out of her depth, she was still full of enthusiasm, especially when Ye Xiu followed her instructions exactly. That was truly a great sense of accomplishment.

After dinner, the internet cafe was lively again, even more lively than usual. Because today was another day for the professional league matches. The Happy Internet Cafe would show the Jia Shi team's matches like a movie, which had become a major feature of the Happy Internet Cafe. On this day, the internet cafe would attract more customers than usual. Those who occupied the computers had to pay, but those who stood in the aisles were left alone as long as they didn't block other people's view.

Today, after dinner, Chen Guo directed the staff to start preparing as usual. The lines were connected before the match approached, directly entering the television broadcast screen. The host and commentators were already chatting, but everyone felt that something was wrong with the content. Some customers who were paying attention to the match broadcasts even shouted out as soon as they saw the television screen.

"Boss lady, what's going on?" The voices rose and fell.

"What do you mean, what's going on?" Chen Guo stood beside her projection screen with her hands on her hips.

"Jia Shi! Today's television broadcast isn't Jia Shi. Quickly connect to the online broadcast," someone shouted.

The Glory Professional Alliance had a total of twenty teams. On each match day, two teams would fight each other, with ten matches taking place simultaneously. Television channels were limited, so it was impossible to broadcast all ten matches on ten different channels. Therefore, the relevant e-sports channels would choose the popular ones, the interesting ones, or the matches stipulated in the broadcast contract to broadcast in order to get the widest audience.

For example, today, there was a battle between two strong teams and rivals, Wei Cao versus Lan Yu. The match between Jia Shi and a weak team would obviously have to take a back seat. If you wanted to watch Jia Shi's match, you could only go to the website. The website would have simultaneous broadcasts of all ten matches. You could click on whichever match you wanted to watch.

At the Happy Internet Cafe, Chen Guo always followed the Jia Shi match broadcasts, so all the loyal viewers she had cultivated were die-hard Jia Shi fans. As long as there was a Jia Shi match, they didn't care about any battle between kings like Wei Cao versus Lan Yu. At this time, the internet cafe was connected to the television channel, which was naturally Wei Cao versus Lan Yu, not the match everyone wanted to watch. Of course, they had to remind the boss lady quickly.

"Jia Shi is playing against Ming Qing today. What's so interesting about that? Classics can't be missed. Today, we're definitely watching Wei Cao versus Lan Yu," Chen Guo said loudly.

A bunch of viewers were all surprised. Those who came specifically for this were undoubtedly regulars. Everyone knew that the pretty boss lady of Happy was a big fan of Jia Shi. Moreover, it was said that she was not young and was a woman, and she often had a crush on Su Mucheng. Everyone had privately discussed this quite a bit.

But this die-hard fan actually said that Jia Shi's match wasn't interesting. What kind of evil had she encountered?

After everyone was surprised for a moment, someone finally shouted, "Boss lady, don't joke around. Quickly switch to the match. It's about to start."

"Yeah, yeah!" Shouts echoed, and many people firmly believed that Chen Guo was just joking and wouldn't possibly not watch the Jia Shi match.

"Who's joking? Today, we're showing Wei Cao versus Lan Yu!" Chen Guo's unquestionable tone finally made people realize that she wasn't joking.

"Jia Shi! Jia Shi!!! We want to watch Jia Shi!!!" As a result, many viewers immediately started a rebellion, shouting and yelling, whistling, throwing things, and protesting fiercely.

As a result, Chen Guo didn't show the slightest sign of retreating. She simply rushed in front of the projection screen, jumped onto a stool, and shouted, "It's Wei Cao versus Lan Yu! If you want to watch Jia Shi, go home and watch it!"

The fans' loyalty to Jia Shi was clearly much greater than their attachment to this small internet cafe. Seeing that the boss lady was acting crazy today and stubbornly refused to broadcast the Jia Shi match, they were all angry. Many people shouted slogans like "I'm never coming again!" and flashed out in large numbers. While leaving, some deliberately caused trouble, pulling out mice, tearing off keyboards, and seizing opportunities to sabotage. Chen Guo saw some of this, but she was powerless to stop it. She didn't say anything, but just watched them leave.

Of the remaining people, besides those who didn't watch the matches, there were also some who were more mature and wouldn't get angry or cause trouble over this. If the internet cafe didn't broadcast it, and they wanted to watch Jia Shi, couldn't they just search for Jia Shi's broadcast on their computers?

On the projection screen, the match between the two giants had already begun, but the internet cafe was deserted and messy. Countless mice and keyboards had been pulled to the ground or torn off directly, and several monitors had been smashed. Fortunately, the main computers were sealed inside the computer desks, otherwise, they probably wouldn't have escaped the calamity either.

The internet cafe's staff silently cleaned up, thinking that the boss lady would probably be devastated by this. None of them dared to go up and greet her.

As a result, they saw Ye Xiu walk over from his original gaming position in a carefree manner, directly to the front of the projection screen. He pulled up a chair, sat down comfortably, and said, "You're right. What's so interesting about Jia Shi's match today? Of course, we should watch Wei Cao versus Lan Yu. You really don't know how to appreciate it. Excuse me, miss, you're blocking the screen."

"Heh..." Chen Guo, who was still standing on the stool, actually laughed. After jumping down, she pulled over the stool she had stepped on, didn't even wipe it, and sat down next to Ye Xiu to watch the match together.

"Cough..." Ye Xiu suddenly coughed.

"What, want to smoke again?" Chen Guo glanced sideways.

"No... Don't you think we're sitting a little too close?"

Chen Guo looked up at her oversized projection screen and nodded. "A little."

"Quick, move further away. What if they show a close-up of Wang Jiexi later? I guarantee you'll be scared to death by the scale of his two eyes," Ye Xiu said.