FIMA Ch136: Game

After all, they were university students. Lao Wu didn’t really make Xie Fengqing stand as punishment. He just reprimanded both of them and then lectured the whole class before continuing with the lesson.

However, for Xie Fengqing, his face was already lost. During the next two classes, Gu Siyuan could feel an invisible cold killing intent directed at the back of his neck.

Sitting next to him, Tao Xiangwen was also affected by the residual anger, hardly daring to breathe.

Finally, when the bell rang and the professional class ended, Tao Xiangwen immediately urged Gu Siyuan to escape.

Gu Siyuan, naturally indifferent, was not bothered by these stares. However, he was concerned that if the task target behind him continued to be so angry, he might get himself killed out of frustration. So, he decided to do a good deed and let him not see.

The students left the classroom one by one.

In the empty classroom, only Xie Fengqing, lazily leaning on his chair, and Qiu Yu, who was keeping him company, were left.

Qiu Yu looked at the message on his phone, his face subtle, and he secretly glanced at Xie Fengqing.

Xie Fengqing lifted his eyelids, “What’s wrong?”

Qiu Yu pursed his lips, “I didn’t know before that the scumbag Gu Siyuan could fight so well.”

“Fight well?” Xie Fengqing squinted and asked, “What did you do?”

Qiu Yu played with his phone and said lightly, “What else could I do? As I said last night, I found someone to teach that scumbag a lesson.”

Xie Fengqing frowned and said coldly, “Didn’t we agree to stop? I don’t want any more entanglement with that guy.”

Qiu Yu patted his shoulder, “Well, it’s out of our hands now. Who knew that scumbag Gu Siyuan could fight so well? Damn, the guy I hired said he brought ten brothers, and they were all taken down in a minute. They’re still in the hospital now. Damn, could that guy be a black market boxer?”

His tone was full of disbelief.

Xie Fengqing raised his delicate eyebrows and suddenly thought of how, before class, that guy had pinned him against the wall, his hands gripping his arms with such force that he couldn’t move at all.

He raised an eyebrow and pretended to be disdainful, “Maybe he’s just full of brute strength.”

He said this, picked up the textbook on the desk, and walked out of the classroom.

“Right, if he had real skills, he wouldn’t be relying on you for a living.” Qiu Yu quickly followed.

As they passed the classroom door, Xie Fengqing subconsciously looked at it.

Suddenly, his gaze fixed on a few clear cracks on the glass door, temporarily held together with clear tape.

Could it be that at that time, that guy was because…

How could it be, this scumbag?

…

Gu Siyuan and Tao Xiangwen left the classroom together and went to the nearest cafeteria for dinner.

While eating, Tao Xiangwen kept chattering at Gu Siyuan, “Tsk, that was close, so exciting. Siyuan, you really have guts… daring to provoke someone like Xie Fengqing?”

Gu Siyuan remained indifferent, “Are you afraid of him?”

Tao Xiangwen: “…”

Shouldn’t you be the one afraid? After all, you are the scumbag.

In fact, he didn’t have a particularly close relationship with Gu Siyuan usually. Gu Siyuan wasn’t close to anyone. But their dormitory was a mixed four-person room, with him and Gu Siyuan being in the computer science department, while the other two were from the finance department next door, with different schedules.

So, he had the most contact with Gu Siyuan and they played games together. But today, somehow, this guy, though colder, seemed more approachable, making people want to get close, even forgetting his scumbag nature.

Tao Xiangwen laughed, “You don’t know, during class, I was really afraid Xie Fengqing would lose control and smash your head.”

Gu Siyuan raised an eyebrow, “He’s so thin and has such a slim waist, could he break my head in one hit?”

“…” Tao Xiangwen.

Thin or not, slim or not, is that the point?

Why does something sound off?

However, Tao Xiangwen, being straightforward, decided to ignore it and said, “The point is you’re too much of a scumbag. Not only did you cheat on him and humiliate him today, but you also played a prank on him. That’s Xie Fengqing, the great god of our N University. Everyone respects him. If I were him, I would beat you to a pulp.”

Gu Siyuan glanced at him coldly, “First, you couldn’t beat me. I’d kill you before that. Second, don’t talk so disgustingly while eating.”

With that, he stood up, took his tray to the designated area, and walked out of the cafeteria.

“Hey, why did he leave…” Tao Xiangwen quickly finished the last bite on his plate and hurriedly followed.

When they returned to dorm room 406, the other two roommates from the finance department were already there, engrossed in their computers, fingers flying as they played an online game.

They didn’t even look up when Gu Siyuan and Tao Xiangwen came in.

Tao Xiangwen, a hardcore gamer, was immediately tempted. He tossed his textbook aside and eagerly powered up his computer.

He didn’t forget to urge Gu Siyuan, “Come on, hurry up. After what you did, Xie Fengqing definitely won’t team up with you anymore. With your lousy skills, you can only rely on me now. I’ll find someone to team up with you.”

Gu Siyuan shook his head, “No need. I’m not playing.”

He had no interest in playing online games with these youngsters.

Tao Xiangwen turned to look at him, nodding, “You’re right. After treating Xie Fengqing so poorly, you’d get flamed online. Better lay low for now.”

Gu Siyuan’s expression didn’t change. He turned on his computer, first entering a programming forum and then opening the stock market page.

In this domineering CEO Mary Sue world, one needs at least some economic independence to avoid being crushed.

Time passed.

Tao Xiangwen’s exclamations sounded again, “Wow, Xie Fengqing is streaming today. Oh, it’s Christmas, and the game has a new dungeon update…”

Gu Siyuan was completely absorbed in the red and green curves on his screen, ignoring him.

Tao Xiangwen continued, “Xie Fengqing is leading a team to clear the new dungeon. Oh wow, there’s a newcomer in the team called ‘Bu Zhan’…”

“Bu Zhan…” Gu Siyuan squinted and finally looked up.

Tao Xiangwen nodded, “Yeah, interesting name, like someone who refuses to fight.”

“Bu Zhan Zi Ying Ning… Ying Ning?” Gu Siyuan’s eyebrows arched slightly.

‘Bu Zhan’ was the in-game ID of Ying Ning, the main character in this world’s novel “Great Wilderness.”

According to the original plot, Xie Fengqing was supposed to meet Ying Ning three months after breaking up with him. Why had it happened so early?

Gu Siyuan exited the stock market page and returned to the main interface, where an ink-painted icon of “Great Wilderness” appeared in the upper right corner.

He hesitated for a moment, moved the mouse, clicked on it, and followed the guide steps. After a while, the original account ID ‘Gu Daxia’ logged in automatically.

Before Gu Siyuan could check out the game, the private message notifications started bombarding the screen.

Many of them were voice messages.

He clicked on one.

The playback began automatically.

“You deadbeat scumbag, men are all trash!”

“Damn, I’ve never seen such a shameless person, a freeloading waste who even dares to cheat.”

“Your skills are so bad, without Xie Fengqing carrying you, what are you?”

“This trash, I’ll kill you every time I see you.”

“F***ing scumbag, trash…”

All sorts of colorful curses echoed in the quiet dorm room.

Suddenly, the other roommates, who had been engrossed in their games, fell into an awkward silence.

After a long while, Tao Xiangwen frowned and tried to comfort him, “Siyuan, didn’t you say you weren’t playing today…”

“They’re right.” Gu Siyuan nodded, unfazed.

After all, they were cursing the original owner.

The game “Great Wilderness” was developed by a famous alumnus of their university, with the company headquarters in their city, N City.

In N City, the gaming culture was strong, with numerous offline activities and benefits.

Riding on this atmosphere, students from over a dozen universities in N City started organizing inter-university PK tournaments three years ago.

To facilitate team-building and monster-fighting, students from N City’s universities joined their respective school guilds in “Great Wilderness.”

A group of young intellectuals, many of them highly skilled, created quite a spectacle in the servers.

Xie Fengqing was the vice president of N University’s guild.

Not only was Xie Fengqing a top-notch gamer, but he was also a wealthy second-generation star in real life, a prominent figure at N University.

After participating in an offline gaming event, his photos were leaked on the “Great Wilderness” forum, instantly making him one of the game’s top male idols.

Whenever he streamed a faceless tutorial, the stream room would be packed.

It was also through “Great Wilderness” that the original owner met Xie Fengqing.

The original owner’s family was average. Coming to the big city for university dazzled him.

Especially his dorm mates, who had good family backgrounds and lived lifestyles he had never experienced. A single meal with them could cost half his monthly living expenses.

The original owner, obsessed with saving face, kept up appearances.

To keep up with their conversations, he started playing the most popular game at N University, “Great Wilderness.”

During an offline event with Tao Xiangwen and others, he overheard Xie Fengqing telling his friends in the restroom that the original owner’s looks were his type.

Although the original owner was not much, he did have a decent appearance.

His eyes lit up, feeling like he had found his chance to change his fate. After returning to school, he began pursuing Xie Fengqing.

After getting into a relationship with Xie Fengqing, the original owner naturally became famous in both N University and the game, playing as a couple.

At first, seeing their photos together, people thought they were a perfect match.

However, after watching a few game streams, everyone realized the original owner’s skills were really subpar.

With such high rankings and combat power, it was entirely thanks to Xie Fengqing pulling him up. Every time after clearing a dungeon or boss, Xie Fengqing would generously give rare materials and weapons without any hesitation.

This was essentially living off someone else.

However, since Xie Fengqing was willing, no one else had anything to say. At least the original character was handsome enough that just looking at his face was enough to ship the couple.

Yesterday, there was another offline gathering of “Great Wilderness” among the universities in N City.

The original character also attended.

At this gathering, the original character secretly hooked up with Qi Yue, the president of a rival school’s guild.

Qi Yue was a famous playboy in the “Great Wilderness” game, also quite well-known across the dozen or so universities in their city. He had hooked up with countless men and women.

However, he was good-looking and very generous, which was crucial, so there were always people flocking to him.

The original character was no different.

Although Xie Fengqing was also rich and generous, he considered himself to be in a romantic relationship with the original character. Gifts between couples should be mutual. If he gave something too expensive, the original character would have trouble reciprocating and might even lose face.

Therefore, in the game, Xie Fengqing was very generous to the original character, giving whatever he wanted.

In real life, he hadn’t given anything particularly valuable, except for twice lending a few thousand yuan under the guise of an emergency (which had not been repaid).

This made the original character very dissatisfied.

So, when Qi Yue enticed him with a large red envelope last night, he unhesitatingly cheated on Xie Fengqing.

As a result, by chance, someone saw and exposed them, making it known to all the students at the gathering, and eventually spreading back to the game.

The original character became a scumbag hated by everyone.

…

Gu Siyuan opened the world map and, knowing that Xie Fengqing was leading a team to clear a dungeon, manipulated his character “Gu Daxia” to head over.

However, as soon as he moved, it immediately attracted the attention of nearby characters.

Then, the world channel broadcasted.

“The scumbag is here…”

“The cheater actually dares to log in today!”

“Kill him!”

Gu Siyuan’s game character was a cute girl, and she was immediately surrounded by a group of people, looking quite pitiful.

Tao Xiangwen got up to get some water, saw this scene, and said helplessly, “Siyuan, you might as well give up this account for now and play with a new one. I just saw a post on the forum selling a white-level account, over eighty levels, but it has no equipment. You’ll have to start from scratch…”

Hearing this, Gu Siyuan nodded immediately. He mainly logged in to observe Xie Fengqing’s emotional state, to prevent him from straying towards the main character Shou Yingning. Using a new account should be more convenient.

Tao Xiangwen sat in front of the computer and sent him the post.

Gu Siyuan took some time to contact the seller and negotiate the price, soon owning a new account. He changed the ID to “Small Account.”

Tao Xiangwen stood behind him, looking at this ID name, and had only one word in his mind.

Simple and crude…

After changing the ID, Gu Siyuan opened the character interface to check, and indeed everything valuable had been reclaimed, leaving only the basic items given by the game.

Seeing this, Tao Xiangwen couldn’t help but laugh out loud, “This account is too white. You’ll have to start from the tenth-level nightmare dungeon to gather some decent weapons and armor.”

In “Great Wilderness,” there are two types of dungeons: mainline dungeons, which are mainly for leveling up characters and gaining experience and are relatively simple; and nightmare dungeons, which refresh various rare items and are much more challenging.

For the average player, to clear a tenth-level nightmare dungeon, the character level might need to reach level thirty.

Gu Siyuan was not lacking in patience. Since he was going to play, starting from the beginning was actually better for him to understand the game more completely.

Thinking about it, he simply logged into the game homepage and opened the official new player guide, reading it carefully from the beginning.

About three minutes later, he had memorized it word for word.

Then, he searched the game forum for veteran players’ records and strategies for the tenth-level dungeon, as well as several live-stream videos of people clearing it.

After watching for a while, he almost memorized the complete map and key points for clearing the dungeon.

Tao Xiangwen watched his series of operations, dumbfounded.

He patted Gu Siyuan’s shoulder, “Bro, you really were just living off Xie Fengqing before. Even though you’re an old player, it’s like you’re a newbie, needing to look at so many guides and strategies. Anyone who doesn’t know would think you’re planning to activate some hidden boss or break a server record or something.”