Originally, Fire Knife was just chatting with this silver-haired girl, waiting to trigger an Easter egg.
But as they chatted, he began to look forward to the Serpent King Dragon arriving later, so he could chat with the little girl a bit longer.
This change in mindset wasn't because he suddenly developed a peculiar fetish, but because he unexpectedly discovered:
The 14-year-old silver-haired girl named Ciri in front of him seemed to be designed with excessive detail and intelligence.
This was definitely not the treatment of a random NPC.
At the very least, it was the same treatment as those collaboration characters from Silver City!
She was worth digging into!
The bar shook violently, the walls and ceiling were torn apart, and the fierce wind made it difficult for everyone to stand.
The silver-haired girl, Ciri, disappeared in a flash of silver light.
Leaving Fire Knife with his arm outstretched, bewildered in the wind.
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Fire Knife was dumbfounded.
"Did the girl forget something??"
"I'm still here!!"
"Could it be that this really was a bug, and now the bug has been fixed?"
What was even more outrageous was that because he had been talking to Ciri the entire time, he completely ignored the Adventurer Miss Ju's attempts to talk to him.
As a result, when the airship capsized, the Adventurer Miss was thrown out of the airship, looking so delicate and charming.
Fire Knife only saw a fleeting shadow.
He didn't even have time to set his game nickname, and just like that, he became an unregistered player, sliding slowly down the already tilted floor with a bewildered expression.
Fire Knife grabbed a piece of the upturned floor, his entire body sliding out of the airship, teetering precariously.
To make matters worse, he was using a dream machine to log into the game.
The sense of excitement was maxed out.
Even more exciting was that the upturned floor couldn't bear his weight and began to crack slowly!
At the moment the floor completely broke and he was completely captured by gravity.
A flash of silver light illuminated his vision.
The silver-haired girl reappeared.
Grabbing his arm, she disappeared with him again in a flash of silver light.
...
With a crash, the cups, bowls, chopsticks, and condiment bottles on the dining table were knocked to the ground, making a loud noise.
The customers in the restaurant turned their heads to look at the man who suddenly appeared and slammed into the table.
"Ah..."
Fire Knife climbed up from the table, rubbing his sore nose.
He surveyed the unfamiliar surroundings.
This was clearly a restaurant, and through the glass, he could see the bustling streets outside.
"Where did you bring me?" he asked the girl in front of him.
The silver-haired girl blinked: "Isn't this your world?"
Before Fire Knife could speak, she added: "I saved your life, you have to treat me to a meal."
"???" Fire Knife was full of question marks.
What do you mean by "our world?"
You can't possibly have run into reality, can you?
Just as he was feeling lost, a passerby suddenly stopped outside the window, took off his coat, put down his hat, and slumped on the ground to beg.
This smooth begging action immediately inspired him—
"Sprawling City?!"
"You sent me to Sprawling City??"
Wasn't he supposed to be teleported to [Eternal Hunting Ground]?
Wait... why can you come to Sprawling City?!!
Fire Knife looked at this girl in shock, his eyes filled with disbelief.
——Did you just refund the game for me??
The silver-haired girl didn't answer his question, but just tapped the table expectantly with a chopstick in each hand, asking: "You're not going to run away, are you?"
Fire Knife looked at her expectant eyes.
In the end, he closed his mouth, sighed, and silently opened the menu and handed it over.
"Order whatever you want."
He still had a lot of credit points, a meal was nothing.
At the same time, he looked around the restaurant—Sprawling City was just like its name, constantly "growing".
New buildings and new stores would pop up from time to time.
This Sichuan restaurant was one such example—Fire Knife had never seen it before.
After Ciri finished ordering, she only waited for 30 seconds before the robot waiter began serving dishes one by one, quickly filling the table.
The silver-haired girl didn't complain about the outrageous serving speed, but just ate heartily.
Fire Knife watched her gobbling down food, feeling very absurd.
Wasn't he live-streaming the opening of [Monster Hunter]?
How did he start raising a cyberpunk child?
After finishing the meal, the little girl became curious about the city outside the restaurant.
Fire Knife's paternal instincts kicked in, and he began to take care of the child again.
He also took the time to explain the cause and effect to the even more bewildered viewers.
Only then did everyone know that Dream Building had already begun hiding Easter eggs at the beginning of the game!
A large number of imitators began to appear.
Fire Knife also obtained a lot of valuable information through the viewers relaying information.
The most important piece of information was: the silver-haired girl's teleportation was random!
Some people were indeed teleported to [Eternal Hunting Ground], where the first competition had already begun.
Some people were thrown into the world of [Frost Snow Project].
Some people were thrown onto the battlefield of [War of Kings], becoming the 201st person on the 200-person battlefield.
Some people were even thrown into the castle of [Evil Ghost!].
Of course, there were also many people like him who were teleported to Sprawling City and Silver City.
But these were not the worst.
——The worst of those people were teleported to the sea.
On the boundless blue sea, there was only a broken sampan and an iron hook with a rope.
It was simply a case of calling to heaven and not getting a response, and calling to earth and not getting a reply.
Apart from exiting the game and logging in again, there was absolutely no other way.
This peculiar Easter egg full of randomness aroused a lot of discussion among players.
Many people were full of curiosity about this girl, trying every means to get information out of her, wanting to know more about her.
However, this girl was very cautious.
If you asked questions like "Where do you come from?" "Why can you teleport?" "Can you teach me?" "Do you know what's going on with the white frost in the Huaiwa Rainforest?" "Can you be my wife?", she would shut up.
If you asked too much, she would even draw her sword in the street and cut you half to death with one strike.
Before the Sprawling City police arrived, she would turn into a white light and disappear.
As a result, after a day, everyone only obtained three pieces of information: "knows swordsmanship", "can teleport", and "super eater".
——She could even eat a whole roast suckling pig and a whole roast lamb by herself.
This led everyone to guess that she also had a favorability system.
You had to build enough trust first to learn more.
But now that [Monster Hunter] had just been released, and a whole new world was waiting, who had the time to攻略an NPC who might not even be useful?
Women will only affect the speed of drawing your sword!
"Only weaklings with a white-haired fetish will be manipulated!"
"True tough guys should charge towards the ultimate BOSS naked!"
In the live broadcast room, Fang Shuo gave an impassioned speech—
"Brothers, do you know what the meaning of an open world is?"
"It means that we can skip all the processes, ignore all the tasks, and directly rush to the ultimate BOSS's lair!"
"Although!"
"Although we still don't know who is the culprit that caused [Huaiwa Rainforest] to become [Huaiwa Frost Prison], the ultimate BOSS must be in the central area of Frost Prison!"
"As long as we rush over! Take the first kill! We can lift the ice封of Huaiwa Rainforest and get the [Honor Player] title!"
Fang Shuo was full of confidence.
"I can do this alone."
"But Boss Xu said: Whether it's one person or a team, you can get the title."
"If I do it alone, I can only get one title, which is a pity."
"So now, publicly recruit 13 teammates to complete this epic expedition together! Strive to win 14 [Honor Player] titles in one go!"
"Let me make it clear first, I don't accept people quitting halfway!"
"Those who are not afraid of death have priority!"
"Those with strong will have priority!"
"Those who have participated in the internal test have priority!"
"Now, brave men who are not confused by female色can join the team!"
"Let us sprint towards the ultimate BOSS!"
