Chapter 796: Square Jungling and Triangle Midlaning

"System upgrade?!"

Couldn't you have upgraded earlier?! You only upgrade after this boss gets thoroughly thrashed?!

Owner Fang glanced left and right, then opened his communication jade to check the group chat.

He then wiped away a bead of sweat, feeling somewhat like a thief with a guilty conscience.

Fortunately, no one saw him when he lost face, otherwise this pack of haters would definitely have forced this boss to leave the group.

"Hey, say something!"

System: "System upgrading..."

"Holy crap!"

"System upgrading..."

"..." Owner Fang looked thoroughly depressed.

...

Ever since Owner Fang's shop first opened, many people had been studying the things in the shop that they lacked, learning from them to compensate for their own shortcomings.

Even at the new shop, a group of dwarves and mages were meticulously studying the blacksmithing, enchanting, and other crafts within "World of Warcraft."

Not to mention the Wuwei Daoist Alliance, who had walked this path the earliest.

With Owner Fang holding shares, it possessed the most complete research facilities for everything within the game worlds—including technology, magic, and artifact crafting—and featured an extremely clear division of labor.

Some focused on studying the artifact-crafting techniques from Legend of Sword and Fairy and Mount Shu; others learned equipment-crafting projects from "Dungeon & Fighter" such as dismantling, enchanting, doll-making, and equipment blueprints; some concentrated on researching the runes from "Diablo"; and still others had already begun to delve deeply into certain high-tech fields.

This place had perhaps always been the frontline of research in the world.

As far as research was concerned, it was definitely not the case that every single project could turn a profit, so... in truth, Owner Fang had now gradually transitioned from a regular shareholding partner into the big investment boss behind the scenes.

After all, relying solely on the assets of the Wuwei Daoist Alliance, they could no longer sustain the gradually expanding research community of cultivators.

In certain aspects, they had even long surpassed the two new continents of the East and West.

Now it could already be seen that within... the Wuwei Daoist Alliance, there was an extremely comprehensive, new-model communication jade production line, as well as specially developed weapons meant for classes like Mechanics and Launchers.

Looking out, seeing these items manufactured as flawlessly as spiritual artifacts, it truly gave somewhat of an illusion... of having arrived in another world.

Of course, far more things were still under research and had not met the world at all yet.

For instance... the "Animus" from Assassin's Creed, which could trace back ancestral memories.

And the research in this area was personally hosted by Jun Yangzi of the Wuwei Daoist Alliance and his disciple, Li Haoran.

You could even see cultivators carrying a stack of books every day in the ultra-high-freedom game "Grand Theft Auto V" to study for master's and doctoral exams, cultivators tinkering with machinery in "Dungeon & Fighter," and a whole bunch of computer models shaped like "super-evolved communication jades."

Clearly, it was only in the preparatory stage.

At this moment, Owner Fang suddenly received a message:

Li Haoran: "Boss, with the exams lately, these questions always feel a bit hard to understand. Can you explain them to me?"

After saying that, he sent another one: "During a mutation process, an extra pair of nucleotides is inserted into the DNA. What kind of result will be obtained?

Option A: ...

Option B: ..."

"???" Owner Fang's eyes nearly went blurry from looking, "If you ask me who a raid leader would kick between a blind man with an A-set and a weapon master with Magic War armor in a Luke two-support raid in DNF, I could actually answer you. What on earth is this DNA? How could I possibly understand it?"

Owner Fang replied: "Read a book a hundred times, and its meaning will naturally appear. If you still don't get it, go memorize the periodic table of elements."

"Oh..."

"What the hell..." Owner Fang looked depressed. In the end, did you cross over or did I cross over?

...

Fang Qi was currently standing alone by the red maple lake outside the Canglan City shop, holding an ordinary bronze sword in his hand, casually lighting a cigarette for himself: "Life... always needs some kind of goal."

Perhaps... it was because of that special dream that gave him a sense of vigilance, or perhaps... he should thank the one who cast that spell.

If he still had a wish, then... the dream had already given the answer.

It carried all his memories and glory from being coldly mocked to being the center of attention. How could it be put down just like that?

Speaking of which, he also had to thank a certain unscrupulous system. Perhaps this time it really showed some conscience, issuing a quest... that matched what he wanted to do deep in his heart.

It wasn't too big, nor was it too small, but right now... it was just enough to hold a world-class esports tournament.

"Whew..." A faint smoke ring was exhaled from his mouth, as if he too were sighing with emotion.

Casually putting out the cigarette butt that only had its last section left, his expression gradually brightened up: "After fulfilling this sole wish, I can safely leave the shop for the clerks to manage in the future, travel the world myself, and take a good look at this magnificent land that is completely different from my original world."

He suddenly remembered a meme from before he crossed over: "In the end, I found out that games are still more fun."

"..."

Whether it was or wasn't, anyway, right by this lakeside, swinging his sword was also a silent protest against this salted-fish system for not even letting him into the cultivation room while it was upgrading.

At this moment, Owner Fang suddenly spotted a group of elves walking up along the nearby lake embankment, crowding together.

Sera blinked her eyes repeatedly, acting cute to the max: "Boss! Why are you here?!"

"Uh...?" I say, why are you, an elf, acting cute? Do you think you're Xiaoyue? Instead of learning good things from others, you learn all these crooked and wicked ways.

Thus, Owner Fang looked at her with a face full of confusion "???".

"Did the boss have yummy food today (cute)? We ordered delicious crispy chicken and iced black tea, intending to have a picnic here. Do you want to come and eat together?"

"Ha—?!"

Owner Fang had a face like: (╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻

Are you going to let a person practice their sword properly or not?!

"Showing uncalled-for diligence means you either have malicious intent or want to steal!" Owner Fang looked wary, "Speak, what conspiracy do you have!"

"What do you mean conspiracy?!" Sera pouted her lips displeasedly, "The boss is so nice, the games in the shop are discounted or free. Can't we give something back to the boss?"

"Is it really that good?"

Several elves looked sincere: "Yes, yes! Of course, it would be even better if you could teach us some LOL techniques!"

"...The fox tail is showing." Owner Fang looked comical, "Is this because you got crushed by someone while playing LOL?"

"Humph!" Rorine beside her held her chest and said, "Xuexue kept saying we are noobs lately, it's infuriating!"

"We want to become sharp!" Sera cheered herself up, "We also want to learn those high-level techniques that can make us sharp!"

"Boss, is there any?"

"What positions do you usually play?" Owner Fang thought for a moment and spoke.

"Did you agree?!" A group of elves were practically happy enough to jump up.

"I play mid lane!"

"I play jungle!"

Owner Fang scratched his head and thought for a bit: "Then today I'll tell you about square jungling and triangular mid-laning."