Chapter 80: This Is a Big Pit

"Look... a new game?"

"Why don't we stay and have a look too?" The friends who had come along with Chen Yang nodded in agreement. They had already beaten Resident Evil, and if the new game was truly worth it, perhaps it would be worth a try.

Jiang Xiaoyue sat in front of the counter, thoroughly bored. When she was bored, she would usually run behind Fang Qi to watch him play, but today...

Jiang Xiaoyue stared at the crowd before her, her face filled with grievance.

"I really want to grow taller sooner..." Jiang Xiaoyue had been jumping up and down in the back for half the day, but she hadn't managed to catch so much as a glimpse of the game!

Women always treasured their own appearances, so Lan Yan and Nalan Mingxue had clearly caught up on their sleep before coming. Although faint dark circles still lingered around their eyes, they were no longer obvious.

Upon entering the door, Nalan Mingxue's chilly face still clearly bore a trace of embarrassment she hadn't managed to conceal. This was a first for her; after all, as the most gifted genius of the Nalan family, being lectured by the old master...

Was indeed an unprecedented first.

"Xiaoyue, watching the game?" Lan Yan's personality was much more lively. Seeing Jiang Xiaoyue jumping up and down in the back without a hope of seeing, she found it quite amusing. "Quick, bring sister two tubs of Haagen-Dazs, and sister will hold you up so you can watch."

"I don't want you holding me! How embarrassing!" Jiang Xiaoyue turned her face away to the side.

"You really don't want to?" Lan Yan leaned in close. "This game is much better to watch than Diablo! There's a sword-controlling technique that allows one to fly through the heavens and plunge into the earth, and there's a Wine Sword Immortal who looks like a drunkard but is actually a hidden grand master. You can also watch the boss fight all kinds of demons and monsters. As long as you let sister hold you, she can take you to see it right away."

Lan Yan offered a barrage of temptation.

"...No! I want to see the boss get beaten up by the demons and monsters!" Jiang Xiaoyue said with a pout.

Lan Yan instantly let out a "pfft" and laughed. "There will definitely be that!"

"Uh..." Although conflicted in her heart, Jiang Xiaoyue was indeed a bit moved...

"It sounds so interesting..."

"Alright then..." Jiang Xiaoyue accepted the spirit crystals, only then bringing over two tubs of Haagen-Dazs. Lifted high into the air by Lan Yan, Jiang Xiaoyue could finally see the screen.

Lan Yan was a warrior after all, and her cultivation was not low; holding a little girl like Jiang Xiaoyue was almost as effortless as holding a western doll.

"Want a taste?" She could even spare a hand to eat the Haagen-Dazs.

"Please do not casually offer snacks to others for tasting." Fang Qi spoke as if he had eyes in the back of his head. "Otherwise, you will be permanently denied service."

"..." Jiang Xiaoyue immediately bared her little tiger teeth and glared at Fang Qi, but by this time Fang Qi had already left her with only the back of his head. Jiang Xiaoyue was so angry she immediately bared her fangs and brandished her claws. "How can this person be so annoying!"

In truth, under this level of freedom, Fang Qi really wanted to try if he could achieve a perfect ending. For example, preventing Ling'er from being taken to Shushan by the Sword Saint, thereby preventing the massive amount of tragedy that followed.

After Ling'er was taken away by Elder Shi, Fang Qi had done every single side quest for this purpose and had trained his levels for quite some time.

But it was clear that Fang Qi's time was limited. In the game, when an event was supposed to happen, that was when it would happen. Fang Qi had studied it for a good while, but with so little time, he could only change a few details.

The event of Ling'er being taken up the mountain by the Sword Saint was irreversible. Given the Shushan Sect's current stance regarding demons, even when Fang Qi mentioned the possibility of Nuwa's descendants and gave an advance spoiler, he only received a reply of "detain for now, awaiting verification."

As for snatching someone from the hands of the Sword Saint...

Looking at the sword qi as vast as a deep sea on the screen, and the profound sword techniques that were completely incomprehensible, everyone experienced a taste of what despair felt like!

"Let this old man do it!" Nalan Hongwu rolled up his sleeves directly. "How can this old fellow be so unreasonable?! Let this old man fight him for three days and three nights to see whether his sword techniques are sharp or this old man's martial skills are fierce!"

Nalan Hongwu practically wished he could rush into the screen to have a grand battle with the Sword Saint!

"Reasonable?!" The crowd who knew his identity couldn't help but twitch their faces: Prince Nalan actually had times when he talked about being reasonable?!

However, naturally no one spoke up about this at this moment. The others also more or less harbored a bit of this sentiment; they just lacked Nalan Hongwu's strength and possessed self-awareness, knowing they probably wouldn't even last a single move against the Sword Saint!

The final test results revealed that some detailed parts could be changed, but as for altering the skeletal structure of the entire story, Fang Qi still hadn't found a way.

Looking at the reaction of the crowd behind him, Fang Qi couldn't help but shake his head, because the main storyline ahead still contained a segment of plot involving Liu Jinyuan and the butterfly demon Caiyi!

So by the time he finished Liu Jinyuan's plotline, the audience behind him had mostly already wept till they broke down!

It was truly because this story was too realistic and delicate. Meeting due to saving a butterfly that had fallen into a spider's web, and later becoming acquainted to repay the favor—the dreamlike, illusory plot points were linked ring upon ring, making people feel as though it were a story that had truly happened!

Or rather, many people did not wish for it to be fake!

Furthermore, as people of a different world, where had they ever seen such a high-end story?!

A human and a demon could actually fall in love?! A demonic creature also understood how to repay a favor?!

How could there be such a bizarre thing?!

Fang Qi also had to sigh; the plot of Legend of Sword and Fairy was a massive pit, the kind one couldn't crawl out of!

"How can a monster be so good too...!?" Shen Qingqing, who was spectating in the back, had originally only intended to watch a game to pass the time. In the end, upon seeing Caiyi not hesitate to sacrifice her thousand years of cultivation to exchange for ten years of Liu Jinyuan's life, she had dissolved entirely into a crying mess!

As for the little loli Jiang Xiaoyue, she was already holding onto Lan Yan at this moment, crying loudly: "Waaah... how could Caiyi be so foolish..."

Even Nalan Hongwu's eyes were slightly red at this time as she murmured coldy and distantly: "Why would anyone still be so foolish after cultivating for a thousand years... if it were me, I definitely wouldn't..."

It wasn't just Shen Qingqing and the rest of the women; even Chen Yang and his companions, who had merely run over out of curiosity to see the new game, watched with reddened eyes as they choked out: "This isn't real, right?! Can someone tell me this isn't real!"

"I, a dignified, indomitable man, am actually moved to tears by a story in a game?!" Chen Yang said, feeling it was beyond belief as he rubbed his somewhat aching eyes.

"Let's play this game tomorrow!" Chen Yang proposed loudly. "We've watched so much at the boss's place, which is equivalent to knowing their future. I feel like we can change this kind of tragedy!"

"Yes! I feel like we can change this kind of tragedy!" The eyes of many players who hadn't touched Legend of Sword and Fairy yet also revealed a look of determination. They wiped their tears while tightly clenching their fists. "Tomorrow, we'll play Legend of Sword and Fairy too!"

Of course, Fang Qi could only sigh that they were too young.

Nalan Hongwu took a deep breath, his nose turning slightly sour. "Fortunately, this old man is used to life and death and didn't make a fool of himself in front of these juniors! How does this story feel even more moving than the joys and sorrows, partings and reunions of reality?!"

The crowd, who before Legend of Sword and Fairy had said things like they had long grown tired of this kind of story, that it was uninteresting, and that it was a vulgar person's fantasy, were at this moment slapping their own faces soundly while still shouting their approval loudly!

Fang Qi finished playing the plot and let out a long breath. Looking at the crowd around him with their reddened eyes, he took another deep breath. He somberly wanted to ask: what if Ling'er dies later too...?

"Obtained a new system gift pack."

Right at this moment, Fang Qi suddenly heard a system notification.

Opening the system panel:

Given that the host's gaming process has drawn an excessive number of spectators and already possesses the popularity required of a qualified internet cafe owner, a special reward of equipment is granted: Live Broadcast Big Screen * 2.

This facility will be installed simultaneously when the new shop is completed, and the live broadcast will be opened simultaneously.

.