Chapter 104 – Green Qilin Valley

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TL: RMB = Yuan = 1/6 Dollars.

A black sword flashed across the night sky. Amidst the sound of something breaking, I could feel the warmth of fresh blood flowing at me.

In the darkness of the night, I felt countless eyes staring at me. Even more so, there was a kind of feeling that I was being targeted by some kind of weapon then the realization hit me; I was about to die.

Both my legs were numb from running in the wild. The thorns from brambles left cut after cut on my legs. Although it was raining heavily, even the rain was unable to cool down the heat in my heart. The sword in my arms quivered and on top of it was a trail of blood.

In front of me there were countless dismembered corpses. As a bullet pierced through my head, my vision turned gray. I heard the voices of my family crying and I felt a chill that went straight to the bones and a sense of despair surge through me.

Looking at the impenetrable dark sky I thought to myself. Where is this? How did I end up here?

……

“Ah!”

Suddenly waking up from my dream, I immediately sit up. Only then did I realize that it was a nightmare. Yet even though, it was a dream it felt very real.

“Li?”

On the side Tang Gu was using his laptop to surf the web. He looks at me and asks, “Why did you suddenly wake up? You are drenched in sweat, did you have a nightmare? Really, you’re already an adult and still having nightmares…”

Breathing raggedly, my heart gradually calms. Using my hands to wipe the sweat on my forehead, I smile and say, “Uhh, it was a nightmare. Now that I think about it, it is pretty embarrassing… Fortunately, it was just a dream…”

Tang Gu smiles, “You must be tired from all the grinding. To actually have a nightmare? Hm, what is your level now? Oh yeah your ID is Xiao Yao Zi Zai right? I think I checked your information before and if I recall correctly that character was pretty high level. Let me check…”

A few seconds later Tang Gu lets out a voice of surprise. Looking at me as though I’m a ghost he says, “Damn, you are already level 45? Ba Huang City’s ranked 37th? So unfair…”

I stay silent, did I fall from the 7th position to the 37th position? Exactly how long have I been sleeping…

“Hey Glasses, how long have I been sleeping?”

“Not too long, you came back around 6PM yesterday and immediately went to sleep and woke up now. It’s noon right now. Haha… Oh yeah, do you remember what happened yesterday?”

“No idea…” Standing up I touch my shirt and find that it is completely soaked and wrinkled. Ignoring Tang Gu’s nosy words, I say, “I’m going to take a bath.”

“Alright!”

……

Not turning on the heater, I take a cold bath. After retiring from the army four years ago, it has been a long time since I had these kind of nightmares. I never expected that I would trigger my most painful memories now.

After washing up I look at the clock and it was already 12 at noon. I quickly grab my phone and call Lin Wan Er’s mobile–

“Miss, are you still in the game?”

“Yup.” Lin Wan Er’s voice seems to be a little hurried. She laughs and says, “Dong Cheng and I are currently 2v1ing Lv 50 elite monsters. Why, are you finally awake?”

“Yeah, I even forgot how I got to bed last night…”

Uncomfortably, she says, “Huh, You you you! You actually forgot everything…”

“What’s wrong?” I ask.

Lin Wan Er seems to be stomping her feet in the game and says, “You still dare to ask… While we were eating at the second cafeteria, you bragged that you could drink a thousand cups of liquor without getting drunk. Dong Cheng and I ended up getting you a bottle of white wine. Yet after drinking a few cups you fainted. Dong Cheng and I even had to drag you back to the male dormitory…”

I couldn’t help but laugh, “Surely that’s not true?”

“You still dare to laugh…” Wan Er sounds embarrassed. “Bastard! Do you know how Dong Cheng and I feel to be surrounded and stared at by so many boys like little animals in the zoo?”

With an apologetic voice, I say, “I’m seriously sorry about that. Actually I am really able to hold a thousand cups. But probably due to me staying up last night, my body wasn’t in a good shape. That must be why I got drunk so easily… Oh right, do you all want to come down and eat now?”

“Nah, Dong Cheng and I have already called in a delivery. We are currently rushing to Lv 50 and won’t be joining you for the meal!”

“Sure then I will go and check out Zhan Long Studio then.”

“Okay.”

……

Going downstairs I walk straight out of the school campus and directly to Zhan Long’s studio which was just beside the university. I reach the studio in a couple of minutes. After walking up the stairs, I take out my key and open the door. At the same instant, my nose is assaulted by the thick scent coming from pickled vegetables. Wow, these guys are really obedient. They really are eating rice with pickled vegetables!

“Ka cha…”

The kitchen doors opens and Old K carries a huge pan of rice while walking towards me. He was apparently getting ready to steam the rice.

“Old K?”

“Xiao Yao, why did you come back?” Old K smiles. “To abandon your beautiful employer at the school and come to our smelly workplace. Has your head been crushed by a door or something…”

I ask him, “Are Fox and Little Wolf still in the game?”

“Yeah, why?”

“Don’t eat that for lunch. I will go and order some dishes from the restaurant downstairs and they will send the food over in a while. You can go and prepare the rice first and call the other two about 20 minutes later to go offline and eat.”

Old K widens his eyes, “You have money to eat out?”

“I still have around 700RMB in my card and some gold coins in the game. I’ll clear out some useless equips in my storage later on, I should be able to get a few dozen gold coins.”

“Okay, then I will go online first and call them in a while!”

“Yup!”

Turning around and going downstairs, I withdraw the remaining 700RMB from the ATM machine and order a few dishes from the restaurant below: Sour Vegetable Chicken, Fish with Meat Floss, Spicy Fried Chicken Gizzards, and Di San Xian totals up to 115RMB. Then I grabbed 4 bottles of beer and go back to the studio. Not long after, a worker from the restaurant brought the dishes to us. Then the four members of Zhan Long studio gather around a table in the living room after logging off.

“What kind of celebration are we having today?” Fox smiles. “It is quite a spread. Boss, did you strike it rich?”

I take out the 600RMB from my pocket and pass it to him, “Try to change the diet of everyone for a week. Although we may be poor, we can’t starve…… Zhan Long studio should aim to start earning profit within a week!”

Fox, being the treasurer, accepts the money and smiles, “Yes.”

I continue asking, “How is your leveling going?”

Song Han says, “I am at Lv 29 while Old K and Fox are at Lv 28. The speed isn’t too slow, is it?”

“You are at Lv 29 already?” I was rather shocked. I unconsciously smile and say, “Good, it’s really not bad. If you follow this pace of leveling then all of you could possibly reach Lv 40 within 5 days!”

Fox says, “Yeah, before Lv 20, what took other people 3 days to complete, we did it within 10 hours. Also you gave us Silver Tier and Bronze Tier equipment. Coupled together with three Killer Bees, we basically swept clean any maps with monsters that were of equal level with us.”

I deeply think about the matter for a moment while pouring myself a cup of beer and sake, “Just having three damage dealers isn’t enough to survive. Fox, have you found any new team members? We must find steady and long-term teammates, especially Healers.”

Fox shakes his head, “Currently we haven’t found any yet. Yesterday night we formed a part