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The Online Game G.o.d is Very Pure
After registering an account and randomly choosing the ‘Elf" cla.s.s, Yu Chu thought for a moment. Looking at the average face that would not move anyone"s heart, she gave her character the name: “Charming ChuChu”1
【SYSTEM】: The nickname is already in use.
The system on the side was unhappy: “What is this broken game, how is that also called system? So angry, ah.”
Yu Chu, too lazy to care about it, propped up her chin and tried out several names in succession, but it only resulted with prompts saying that they were all already taken.
In a fit of irritation, she loudly typed in the dialog box, imputing: “Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow”2
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Seven meows.
【SYSTEM】: Congratulations, the registration was successful!
Yu Chu: “……” Okay then.
Silently staring at the screen, she held her chin in one hand and moved the mouse in the other to control the character"s movement.
«People of the World» had a rather refine art style and diverse setting. There were also various kinds of playing methods.
Yu Chu first opened the ranking board and looked at it. The first name on the Equipment ranking list was Lin Xinxin"s master, which was the campus idol, Li Haorui.
His online name was “One Small Boat”.3
It painted quite a poetic picture.
Aside from the cash heavy Equipment ranking list, there were other lists such as the Battle Power list, and the PK4 list…… The same name was at the top of these two lists—— Yu Chu looked up and narrowed her eyes.
“S”.
Only one capital letter: S……
It was a very simple and rude name.
She only gave it a quick glance then closed the ranking board and started working on her own novice quests.
The Novice Village was where every beginner initially sp.a.w.ned and the village chief would release a very simple novice quests, mainly to help familiarize new players with the gameplay.
The first were fetch quests.5
The village chief stroked his bread and amicably said: “Please help me send this letter to Liu Lao"er at the end of the village.”
Yu Chu ran, thump thump thump, to the end of the village.
Liu Lao"er said: “Thank you very much. Can you help me by getting my sickle from the blacksmith shop at the head of the village?”
Yu Chu ran, thump thump thump, back to the head of the village.
After continuing this loop for a while, he harvested the quest reward: a novice dagger and novice clothes.
After that, she received her first kill quest. The village chief said: “Hero, can you help hunt a few rabbits and bring them back?”
Thus, Seven Meow equipped her dagger and went off down the road.
She lurked in the gra.s.s outside the village for a while and managed to harvested a few fat rabbits.
As she was about to return to the village, a system prompt in big red font popped up on the screen.
【SYSTEM】: A Fire Cloud Beast is coming towards you!
Yu Chu blinked. Dragging out the angle of the viewpoint away from her character, she saw a huge fire red beast rushing towards her……
The Fire Cloud Beast was the BOSS of a level 10 quest. Of course, Yu Chu was only a level 3 novice.
So, she controlled the elf on the screen and quickly evaded.
However, the ferocious beast running speed was very fast and it did not give her a chance to escape. The screen flashed red with the system prompt: “You have been killed by a Fire Cloud Beast. Resurrection after 10 seconds.”
The resurrection time for novice players was relatively short. Yu Chu looked at her elf character lying on the ground.
The beast on the screen was still roaring nearby, and Yu Chu could see that there was now a person on its back.
That person probably had an a.s.sa.s.sin"s profession. Before, he must have been hiding in the gra.s.s and had only just now showed their figure. The person raised a long sword and dealt it a killing blow.
Those agile movements… even from through the computer screen, Yu Chu inexplicably felt that it carried a kind of hard to described elegance.
Slender white fingers lightly tapped the keyboard and the pale blue light of the screen illuminated a boy"s delicate face. A quiet indifference floated within his beautiful eyes.
He glanced at the elf who was lying dead not far away.
1. Charming ChuChu // 楚楚动人 // Chǔchǔ Dòngrén – 楚楚(ChuChu, her nick name) 动人(something charming, touching or moving)
2. Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow // 喵喵喵喵喵喵喵 // Miāo miāo miāo miāo miāo miāo miāo – AKA Seven Meows. Would you guys rather I write out Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow or go with ‘Seven Meows"? There are instants when the word ‘Seven Meows(七个喵)" is used in the raw but I"m wondering if you guys would want the long version to stay as is when it actually does appears as ‘喵喵喵喵喵喵喵" in raw or just change it to ‘Seven Meows"
3. One Small Boat // 一叶扁舟 // Yī yè piānzhōu – lit means small boat. I guess that would be poetic sounding if its referencing those ancient Chinese canoes /ref. I think it can also be One Leaf Boat.
4. PK – written in English alphabet. PK stands for Player Kill/Player Killer/Player Killing. Obviously means to kill another player, usually in an unofficial way.
5. fetch quest // 跑腿任务 // pǎotuǐ rènwù – lit. run errands mission/task, so its pretty much fetch quest/delivery quest, a quest that make players find/deliver/carry/fetch items for an npc
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