Chapter 1: The Mysterious Expert of Xingxin Internet Cafe
Xingxin Internet Cafe.
As the streetlights came on, the dark city became dotted with lights.
Looking out at the heavy snow outside the window.
Ling Chen skillfully swiped open a computer, casually pulled an account card from his pocket, and without even looking, inserted it into the card slot.
Beep!
As the account card was inserted, the computer automatically launched glory, entering the loading screen.
Yes.
Ling Chen was a Transmigrator.
He transmigrated into the world of The King's Avatar, becoming an internet cafe manager at Xingxin Internet Cafe.
As a Transmigrator, he also possessed a system.
However, over the past three years, he had already claimed all the system rewards.
Over these three years, through the system's rewards, his various stats had reached professional top-tier levels, and his proficiency with every class was unmatched.
And as a graduation reward, the system gave him a full set of Silver Weapon accounts for all classes!
After that, the system vanished, but his habit of playing glory, clearing dungeons, and completing system tasks every day remained.
Aside from work, he would just play glory for entertainment.
Ling Chen shook his head, casting aside the strange thoughts in his mind. While waiting for the game to load, he pulled a box of dried radishes from his pants pocket, put a carrot stick in his mouth, lit it, and took a deep, enjoyable drag.
Satisfying!
As the smoke slowly rose, glory finished loading and entered the game interface. Ling Chen, as usual, opened the character interface and glanced at it.
Because he had many account cards, and each was a top-tier developed account, he would randomly pick one to play with each day.
So, before playing the game each time, Ling Chen would still check the specific class of the account.
"It's Dou Fa (Battle Mage)!"
Ling Chen smiled faintly, somewhat lost in thought. He remembered that Ye Qiu, or rather Ye Xiu, became famous because of his Dou Fa (Battle Mage).
Having transmigrated into The King's Avatar, he was naturally curious about the protagonist, Ye Xiu. He also knew that the protagonist would retire from Jiashi Club on the tenth anniversary of glory.
Subsequently, he would become an internet cafe manager at Happy Internet Cafe, form a team at Happy Internet Cafe, and eventually reclaim the championship.
So, ever since the day he transmigrated, he had gone to Happy Internet Cafe.
However, he forgot the exact time he transmigrated.
It was three years before Ye Xiu's retirement.
Three years had passed.
The system rewards were all claimed, and he himself had become a top expert in glory.
Ye Xiu still hadn't arrived.
Calculating the time, it should be soon, right?
As he was thinking, suddenly the chat box flickered, and a friend named Zhu Yanxia sent a message.
Without thinking, Ling Chen directly closed the chat box, marked it as read, and at the same time, navigated to the friend deletion interface, quickly deleting the friend.
"Damn it, I got caught slacking off during work hours."
"Damn, when did this account add the boss lady?!"
"Leng Chen! You've gotten bold, daring to delete me!"
Not long after, a pretty, youthful girl with a ponytail walked over. But contrary to her appearance, her tone was very irritable.
However, Ling Chin didn't even look at her: "Delete? What delete? Why don't I know?"
Chen Guo was a bit angry and said, "It's that account! I added you!"
"Do you have proof?" Ling Chen said indifferently.
"Of course, my friend interface—" Chen Guo suddenly froze.
glory's friend interface always disappears once a friend is deleted.
So, after Ling Chen deleted it, the evidence was gone.
Thinking of this, Chen Goo stomped her foot, gritting her teeth slightly: "Then you were playing games during work hours, weren't you! I've told you how many times, no playing games during daytime work hours! This time I'm docking your pay!"
Ling Chen paused, slowly took a puff of his carrot stick, his left hand controlling the mouse, his right hand flying across the keyboard, and without thinking, he said, "Boss lady, it's already after work hours. It's perfectly normal for me to play games, isn't it?"
Chen Guo was stunned.
After work hours?
Isn't it not even eleven yet?
Then Chen Guo looked at the time on Ling Chen's screen.
Eleven o'clock and one minute.
"Did I misread the time?" Chen Guo looked at Ling Chen with suspicion, then carefully checked the screen three times, finding that it really was eleven o'clock and one minute, but she still instinctively didn't believe Ling Chen.
"Alright, even if you weren't slacking off during work hours!" Chen Guo paused, staring at the carrot stick in Ling Chen's mouth, and changed the subject, saying, "Why are you smoking in the non-smoking area again? Didn't I say you have to go to the smoking area to smoke?!"
Ling Chen paused, but without changing his expression, he took a long drag, the flame on his mouth growing brighter, and a long ash slowly appeared on the tip of his stick.
Surprisingly, the ash didn't fall off; it remained attached to the tip. Skillfully stubbing out the end, Ling Chen threw it on the ground and stomped on it twice with his foot, saying, "Boss lady, I haven't found any smokers. No cigarette butts found on site. Report complete!"
Chen Guo frowned, but she didn't get angry. Clearly, she was used to Ling Chen's antics. She shook her phone, smiling, and said:
"I took a picture! This is proof of you smoking... Hmm? Ten fifty?"
Chen Guo's expression stiffened. She looked at the time on her phone, then at the time on Ling Chen's computer, and realized that Ling Chen had secretly changed the computer's time to trick her.
She slapped Ling Chen on the back and said indifferently:
"Ling Chen! It's ten fifty now, hmph, you even changed the time to trick me! Playing games during work, and smoking in a non-smoking area. Speak, how will you explain this time?!"
Rubbing his slightly aching back, a bitter expression appeared on Ling Chen's handsome face. He hadn't expected the boss lady to be much smarter today; he'd been caught.
However, he also noticed that the boss lady's attitude today wasn't as bad; at least she didn't directly give him a big slap to the head. It seemed she was still in a good mood.
Long Chen felt that there was still room for negotiation regarding the pay deduction. After a moment of thought, Ling Chen said, "Boss lady, how do you want to compensate? As long as my pay isn't docked, anything is negotiable?"
When it came to his salary, Ling Chen felt a bit helpless.
His system rewards were abundant, but they didn't include any monetary rewards.
So, his current living expenses came solely from his salary as an internet cafe manager.
Coupled with his fondness for smoking, Ling Chen was quite strapped for cash.
Although the system had given him a complete set of Silver Weapon class accounts.
Even if he casually took one out, it would cause a scramble among major clubs, and living comfortably would be no problem.
But Ling Chen had no intention of selling the complete set of Silver Weapon class accounts.
Within three years, he had also fallen in love with the game glory. The complete set of Silver Weapon accounts given to him by the system was simply too valuable for collection.
It was like an antique dealer facing an ancient artifact, a stamp collector seeing a rare stamp, a fishing enthusiast seeing a fish...
Such accounts were priceless to a glory enthusiast.
Since he didn't plan to sell them, Ling Chen had no other income. His monthly salary of three thousand yuan made his life quite tight.
Chen Guo's face lit up with joy, seemingly pleased that she had Ling Chen cornered. She clapped her hands and said, "Just now, a peerless expert came to the internet cafe. He only took thirty seconds to help me win a PK. How about that, isn't he amazing?"
"Mmm, mmm, mmm, amazing, amazing." Ling Chen nodded perfunctorily. Chen Guo's meaning was clear: she wanted him to help her spar with someone, but Ling Chen had no such intention.
Wouldn't it be better to just clear dungeons and relax after work? Sparring was too much of a drain on energy.
Seeing Ling Chen's perfunctory answer, Chen Guo was clearly a bit dissatisfied. She continued, "This peerless expert is right here in the internet cafe. Don't you want to spar with him and prove yourself?"
Ling Chen raised an eyebrow.
There were many peerless experts, but not many who would appear at Happy Internet Cafe at this time!
Could it be Yi Xiu?