Chapter 142: Professional Commentator Xiao Yulü

Queue up?! For four or five hours?! Zhang Wanyu even began to suspect if her identity had been found out. Was this owner deliberately making things difficult for them?!

Dong Qingli, sharp-eyed, instantly spotted the game written on the small blackboard: Diablo 2.

She stepped forward and inquired, "Is that biographical novel of Diablo truly published by your shop?"

Fang Qi leisurely finished his Häagen-Dazs before replying, "Oh, that... I suppose you could say so."

"Then do you have the second volume? When will it be released? Could it be that you are the author? How did you ever conceive such a wondrous world?!" A fervent passion flickered within her eyes.

"Why do I feel like I've run into a fanatical admirer at a book signing..." Though she tried her best to conceal it, the excitement in her voice remained palpable. "She won't ask for my autograph next, will she?"

A cold sweat broke out on Zhang Wanyu. "Isn't the young mistress asking a bit too many questions..."

"Oh, that..." Fang Qi pointed at the small blackboard. "That is a game in our shop. As for how it was conceived... you'll have to ask Blizzard for that."

"Blizzard?" Dong Qingli found it rather strange. "What is that?"

"Blizzard?" Xiao Yulu's ears twitched, and he hurriedly snuck a glance over, sensing that he was about to overhear some monumental information.

"Blizzard..." Fang Qi's gaze seemed to traverse countless planes, returning to the Earth of that information age, as he said profoundly, "That is a form of faith."

"There is a saying: 'A product of Blizzard must be a masterpiece,'" Fang Qi said.

Eavesdropping from the side, Xiao Yulu suddenly came to an enlightenment. "Are you saying that Diablo is the work of a great faction called 'Blizzard'?!"

"Half and half." Fang Qi glanced at the beautiful fan before him. "If you came to buy the book, I'm afraid it likely sold out long ago. As for the second volume... it will probably take a while longer."

"Then..." Dong Qingli pointed at the small blackboard, finally shifting her attention to the game. "What is this game about? How can it have Acts One, Two, and Three?"

"Act Two is Lut Gholein," Fang Qi replied.

"The Lut Gholein mentioned in the first volume, known as the Jewel of the Desert?! The content of the second volume?!" Dong Qingli took a deep breath to suppress her inner excitement. "To think this trip wasn't in vain! This place actually contains the content of the second volume?!"

"No wonder there are so many people in this shop." Dong Qingli scanned her surroundings, only to suddenly realize that the customers here were either wearing the standard robes of the Liuyun Daoist Palace or the attire of the Yunhai Sect; there were hardly any locals from this city!

"That person can actually fly while standing on a sword?!" Zhang Wanyu, who was observing the environment, suddenly spotted a disciple of the Liuyun Daoist Palace playing Legend of Sword and Fairy.

"Hmm? What kind of weapons are they holding?! They can kill someone from such a distance with just a flash of fire?" Immediately after, she looked at an adjacent screen and saw another Liuyun Daoist Palace disciple playing as a sniper.

"Are these... games?" Dong Qingli was truly at a loss. "Are they paying to watch these things? But I can watch just by standing behind them, can't I? Why spend money?"

"My dear lady, do you truly not understand, or are you just pretending?" Xiao Yulu could no longer watch in silence. "Did you two really charge in here without knowing a single thing?"

"..." Dong Qingli seethed inwardly. I only read a volume of a novel, what am I supposed to know?

"Council members! Over here!"

"Switch to Fire Resistance Aura! There are too many Hydras, I can't hold them off!"

"You Paladins hold the line first!"

"Static Field! Blizzard! Get rid of the big one first!"

On the other side, Nalan Hongwu and his companions had already entered Travincal and begun farming the Council members.

"Paladin... Fire Resistance Aura?!" Dong Qingli's beautiful eyes darted as she quickly looked toward the source of the voices, seeing a large group shouting and hollering, fighting joyously on their screens.

"See that?" Xiao Yulu waved his folding fan, acting as a commentator from the side. "The people on those screens are themselves. Entering a game and operating within that world using an in-game identity is what we call a role-playing game."

He then pointed toward the Liuyun Daoist Palace disciple playing as a sniper on the other side. "Engaging in combat against other players using firearms within a game like that is called a first-person shooter game."

"There is also a movie in this shop, which is said to be a biographical novel where you can see real scenes. It is incredibly formidable, though I haven't watched it myself, so I won't explain it to you ladies."

The little girl, Jiang Xiaoyue, stared dumbfounded. "Boss... why do I feel like this guy understands everything better than you do?"

Fang Qi replied, "He clearly overheard all of it from me."

"By the way, if there are no seats available," Xiao Yulu added, "you can have a tub of Häagen-Dazs. That flavor..."

Seeing Xiao Yulu's enraptured expression, one would think he had actually tasted it before.

"Boss, this employee of yours is far more articulate than you," Zhang Wanyu remarked coldly.

"Employee?" Fang Qi glanced at Xiao Yulu. "You mean this fellow who has been blacklisted by our shop from ever being served, yet still refuses to leave...?"

"...??" Zhang Wanyu was utterly bewildered.

Xiao Yulu proclaimed confidently, "This young master will play the games here one day!"

At this moment, another half-baked idea seemed to cross his mind.

"The spells of my Liuyun Daoist Palace are ever-changing..." Xiao Yulu sneered inwardly. "I refuse to believe I cannot find a way to deceive my way through!"

"Having stayed here for so long, I have pretty much figured out the inner workings of this shop. That wretched boss never seems to treat women too poorly, babbling about gentlemanly demeanor! Basic etiquette?! In my eyes... hmph!"

"And I heard that there are games in this shop that cater specifically to female players... like that Resident Evil or whatever..."

He cast a glance at the great beauty beside him, sinking into deep thought.

"But for now... this young master will steal all your thunder first!" Xiao Yulu chuckled coldly.

"Häagen-Dazs?" Dong Qingli frowned. When it came to food, what place in Jiuhua City could compare to her Wind and Moon Pavilion?

Furthermore, the works of true masters always bore poetic and picturesque names; this "Häagen-Dazs" sounded mediocre at best.

As she was thinking this, Xiao Yulu waved his folding fan and began to show off again. "This Häagen-Dazs is no ordinary food! Its preparation can be traced back to the 'Crisp Mountain' that is most popular in the Imperial Capital during summer, yet it is crafted far more advancedly and ingeniously than the ones there! A rich milky fragrance intertwined with the scent of spiritual herbs, melting the moment it touches the tongue. That flavor..."

"Moreover, the selection of ingredients for this Häagen-Dazs is meticulously mindful, refined to an absolute extreme..."

Immediately after, he began flaunting the ingredients of the Häagen-Dazs.

"This small shop puts so much care into even a simple snack?" Hearing this, Dong Qingli's impression of the shop seemed to gradually undergo a massive shift, and she even looked at it in a new light. "How about we start with two portions of Häagen-Dazs? We have nothing better to do anyway."

Fang Qi snapped his fingers. "Xiaoyue, collect the money."

Zhang Wanyu pulled out her money with a darkened face. "Are you sure he isn't a shill hired by your shop?"

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