Although Lin Hao had played this game several times, he still needed to ask NPCs about some things.
For example, where to fight certain monsters.
Especially in higher-level maps, monster locations were randomized, so triggering NPC quests was essential.
Meanwhile, the big shot quietly followed behind Lin Hao, not saying a word.
Lin Hao maneuvered his character to an NPC and began to converse with her.
She seemed to be the quest giver.
The boss in that instance had a very small chance of dropping a divine-grade staff, and he thought he could go check it out and get some equipment for the big shot.
With that thought, Lin Hao slowly turned his head to look at the big shot's black staff. He felt like he had seen it somewhere before, but he couldn't quite recall where.
He must have been mistaken.
However, honestly, the staff was really ugly, completely black from head to toe.
For a sweet and bubbly moe girl, why was she equipped with such a dark and gloomy staff?
As a straight man, he couldn't quite comprehend it.
So, today's mission was to find that divine-grade staff and replace the top-ranked big shot's artifact!
After deciding, he continued talking to the NPC. But for some reason, this NPC seemed to have become sentient. No matter what he asked, she simply wouldn't answer.
And she even seemed to be indirectly scolding him?
Could he tolerate this?
He actually endured it.
After all, he was asking for a favor. Even if it was just an NPC, he had to treat her well. What if she gave him false information?
Don't ask him how he knew; he and Hu Tu had been tricked by an NPC before, and they were led around in circles.
So, from then on, Lin Hao learned that playing this game required patience and a silver tongue.
Shuang Mu Walks the World: Beautiful sister, have you lost anything recently?
Look at how sweet his words were. He didn't believe this auntie wouldn't tell him where the monster was.
Logistics' Salted Fish: Hahahaha, this streamer is flattering an NPC for information. I'm dying of laughter.
Bunny Loves Spicy Food: The streamer is really going all out for that monster.
I'll Always Love My Crown Prince: Is this the legendary NPC bribery? I want to know if the NPC will tell him.
Pancake: I also want to know if the NPC will fall for this trick.
Lin Hao ignored the now-manic bullet screen, his eyes fixed on the NPC, afraid of missing any information.
The big shot standing beside him quietly watched Lin Hao flatter the NPC, feeling inexplicably annoyed.
After giving Lin Hao a deep look, he turned away, no longer watching him, and gazed at the distant mountains.
Lin Hao, still waiting for news from the NPC, didn't notice the big shot's gaze.
The auntie NPC, hearing Lin Hao's words, blushed very humanly and waved her hands, saying, "Young man, thank you, I really haven't lost anything."
Lin Hao, who had been waiting for news, instantly turned to stone upon hearing the auntie's reply.
Lin Hao, furious, pounded his keyboard in his room.
Damn it, why was this auntie like this?
The streamers, seeing this scene, were not angry and instead spammed "Hahahaha."
Hair to the Waist: Did this auntie just reject the streamer? Forgive me for laughing for half an hour, hahahahaha.
A Day of Decadence: Hahahaha, the person upstairs, you're hurting my eyes.
Logistics' Salted Fish: Upstairs, you're so loud.
Bunny Loves Spicy Food: Upstairs, are you a devil? Typing so many hahas.
Flowers and Grass: You're really hurting my eyes. Streamer, mute them!
Bai Bai Likes Hee Hee: Although upstairs is noisy, it accurately expresses my feelings.
Hee Hee: Wow, someone likes me? So exciting.
Helpless: I think I heard the streamer smashing his keyboard.
Pinky Pinky: Upstairs, haven't you seen the streamer's perspective? He's smashing his keyboard there. I saw it.
I'll Always Love My Crown Prince: Hahahaha, my mother is asking me why I'm laughing like a pig. Hahaha.
Lin Hao looked at these bullet comments, and his previous mood was lifted by his fans. He said with some helplessness, "This auntie really won't budge. I even called her a beautiful sister, and she still told me she didn't lose anything. I just want to take a simple quest, why is even an NPC bullying me?"
He spoke these words with some grievance.
But instead of comfort from his fans, he was met with more "Hahahaha."
If his keyboard wasn't about to break from being smashed again, he would have smashed it again. What kind of fans were these?
He desperately wished he could swap his fans. Thank you.
Unbeknownst to Lin Hao, a short video was made from this human-like auntie and his keyboard smashing incident, and it became a little viral on the star net without him realizing it.
Lin Hao didn't feel any care from his fans, so he thought of the big shot. He felt that the big shot would definitely comfort him. With that thought, he turned around.
He ran to the big shot's side.
Shuang Mu Walks the World: I want to know where that monster is, but this auntie is too tight-lipped and won't tell me anything. It's so annoying.
The big shot, who had been annoyed by Lin Hao's earlier flattery of the NPC, fell into his own loop.
Now that Lin Hao was looking for him, he finally paid attention to him.
Tian Tian is So Cute: What do you want that monster for?
Shuang Mu Walks the World: Because, that's a secret. I can't tell you right now.
Lin Hao patted his chest, thinking, "I almost told him. Good thing I stopped."
If he told the big shot now, what kind of surprise would it be?
Lin Hao saw the big shot fall silent for a long time, then walked past him and started talking to the auntie.
It was just a bit far, so he couldn't hear the conversation between the big shot and the NPC.
Lin Hao saw this and said to the fans in the live broadcast with some doubt, "Do you think the big shot will succeed? After all, this auntie is stubborn. What if the auntie makes the big shot cry?"
Bunny Loves Spicy Food: Streamer, you're overthinking it. That's a top-ranked big shot. How could he be scared by a small NPC?
Brave but Shameless: Exactly, streamer. He's the top player on the leaderboard. How could he be scared by an NPC? Streamer, stop imagining things.
I'll Always Love My Crown Prince: Is the streamer worried about the big shot? Wow, so cute.
Flowers and Grass: Brother, why is your focus always so unique? You're almost derailing me. Hmph hmph hmph (I used to be very pure).
Pinky Pinky: Hahahaha, it's really "CPs can be made out of anything." But after your analysis and processing, I really feel like there's something between them. Oh no, I'm not right.
I'll Always Love My Crown Prince: Ahhhhhhh, my mother just came into my room and said she wants to watch the live broadcast with me. What should I do? She just wants to know why I'm laughing like an idiot. Should I watch it with her? Waiting online, it's urgent.
Blue Enchantress: Congratulations upstairs, you have a progressive mother.
Flowers and Grass: Congratulations upstairs, you have a progressive mother.
Brave but Shameless: Congratulations upstairs, you have a progressive mother.
A long queue of strange comments formed, which Lin Hao immediately noticed.
He was a little curious.
Finally, Lin Hao couldn't suppress his curiosity. He glanced at the big shot, who was still talking, and silently scrolled through the chat logs.
After reading them, he buried his face in his desk and laughed so hard he pounded on his keyboard. He hadn't turned off his microphone, so his unrestrained laughter filled the entire live broadcast room.
Logistics' Salted Fish: Is this still my gentle and soft-spoken little brother? Whose goose has escaped? Come and collect it before it bites someone.
Sunflower: Not whose goose, but whose donkey has escaped.
I'll Always Love My Crown Prince: Is the streamer laughing at me?
Blue Enchantress: Please return our gentle and soft-spoken little brother. Thank you. We like that little brother, not this goose.
Flowers and Grass: This goose is laughing too loudly.
Bunny Loves Spicy Food: What a terrifying goose. I really want to put it in a pot with some iron.
Pinky Pinky: Upstairs is a beast.
I'll Always Love My Crown Prince: Upstairs is a beast.
Helpless: Upstairs is a beast.
Bear (ー_ー)!!: Upstairs is a beast.
Cough Cough: So cruel.
Lin Hao saw them forming another strange queue of comments. Just as he wanted to keep watching, he saw the big shot had returned.
The big shot came to Lin Hao and looked up at him.
Tian Tian is So Cute: I already know.
Lin Hao froze upon seeing this reply.
Shuang Mu Walks the World: What did you say to that auntie? Why did she suddenly tell you?
Lin Hao couldn't understand it. Why didn't he, a vibrant and energetic young man, gain the auntie's favor, but the big shot could get information with just one move?
Does this auntie not like men?
With that thought, Lin Hao glanced at the auntie with a peculiar look.
Then he shivered.
This game was truly terrifying.
However.
Could it be that the auntie was only telling this divine being because of her top-ranked status?
He thought back to his past. When he was still ranked first on the leaderboard, he remembered an auntie inexplicably bothering him as soon as he arrived, persistently asking him to find something.
With that thought, Lin Hao suddenly turned his head to look at the auntie and thought carefully.
Damn it, it really was that auntie.
In this day and age, are you discriminated against by your rank in a game?
Is it that human-like?
However, he did go in the end. After he and Hu Tu defeated it, it seemed to have dropped a staff, and it was also black.
With that thought, Lin Hao's mind instantly recalled the appearance of that staff. It looked like the one in the big shot's hand.
No wonder it looked familiar. It was the staff dropped by that monster.
That staff back then was sold by Hu Tu. He didn't know how much it sold for, as neither of them had any use for such things.
Because they chose to be assassins to look cool and attract girls, most of the equipment dropped by these monsters were magical. Many items were either sold or given away.
Lin Hao snapped back to reality and saw that the big shot had already traveled a considerable distance. He quickly tapped his keyboard and caught up to the big shot.
He silently thought to himself that he couldn't get lost in thought for so long in the future.
It was delaying things.
The big shot glanced at Lin Hao, who was still lost in thought behind him, and silently slowed down, waiting for him to regain his senses to catch up.
Before long, they arrived at the monster's location.
Seeing this grassy area, Lin Hao thought, "As expected, a high-level quest changes its location."
The last time he was here, it was in a desert, but this time it was a grassland.
This game was truly a masterpiece.
While Lin Hao was marveling at this, the clowns in the live broadcast room were up to their antics again.
Hair to the Waist: Is this a matter of character?
Bai Bai Likes Hee Hee: Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter. The auntie the streamer couldn't handle with all his efforts, the big shot resolved it in an instant.
Logistics' Salted Fish: Streamer, why aren't you showing off today?
Brave but Shameless: Maybe his previous showing off ran out of his good luck.
I'll Always Love My Crown Prince: That's possible.
Flowers and Grass: Hahahaha.
Of course, Lin Hao didn't see these comments. If he had, he would have exploded again.
Lin Hao and the big shot had only been on the grassland for a short time when they encountered the boss. It was a giant man-eating plant with a row of terrifying fangs.
There were no other creatures around except for this flower, which showed how dominant this plant was, just like the vines they fought before.
Before Lin Hao could say anything to the big shot, he saw the big shot next to him instantly fly up and approach the man-eating plant.
Seeing this, Lin Hao's eyes almost fell out. How could this big shot not play by the rules?
He hadn't said anything, and he was already preparing to attack?
Didn't he need to prepare a strategy or something?
But before he could voice his thoughts, he saw the big shot cast a high-level fire magic spell.
The man-eating plant was instantly reduced to ashes.
Just like before, no rage mode, no lingering, just a direct game over.
All that was left on the ground was a pile of ashes and scattered equipment.
Looking at the equipment, Lin Hao felt a pang in his heart. He had wanted to give the big shot a token of appreciation.
Now, he hadn't done anything, and it was all over.
After these few experiences of the big shot guiding him, his heart was now completely calm.
If he were still surprised now, wouldn't that be a bit much?
The big shot slowly descended from the sky, looked at the equipment on the ground, said nothing, and stuffed it all into Lin Hao's backpack.
Lin Hao took out the staff from his backpack. It was intricately carved with colorful flowers, very beautiful. He saw it immediately.
So he took out the staff and brought it to the big shot.
Shuang Mu Walks the World: This is for you.
Tian Tian is So Cute: I have one.
Shuang Mu Walks the World: This one is more beautiful.
After a while, the big shot didn't speak.
Then he silently accepted the overly exquisite staff.
Short Skit:
Someone: He likes this equipment set, don't change it!
Lin Hao: Big shot, here's a staff, yours is too ugly.
Someone looked at the staff in his hand and decisively threw it away, picking up the staff Lin Hao handed him.
Someone: Okay~
Welcome, my darlings, to comment, collect, and forward~