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When preparing to say goodbye, Guan Tang asked Ling Mu to exchange numbers.
Ling Mu did not refuse, and gave his terminal number directly. Guan Tang was a little surprised, but also a little excited. He squeezed his fist and said, “I thought you would have to consider whether to give it or not.”
Ling Mu was puzzled: “What is there to consider?”
“I just feel that you might not be willing to be my friend. After all, you seem to be unwilling to communicate with others.” Guan Tang thought for a while, and came up with such a sentence.
Ling Mu couldn’t refute it. He didn’t want to pay attention to others. Recalling that he always approached him this semester, Ling Mu suddenly asked, “You must have a lot of friends, why do you always pester me?”
Qiu Zhenyang was quite relieved at their interaction, but Ling Mu’s words made him want to vomit blood. He quickly stepped in,  “The way you asked is wrong, you should ask him what is so special about you that attracts him, so he wants to make friends with you.”
Ling Mu raised his eyebrows: “Oh, is that so
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Guan Tang smiled after hearing the conversation between them, and said enviously, “The two of you have such a good relationship~ Actually, I understand what Ling Mu means. It’s because I think you are cool. Your personality is similar to my dad’s, which makes me feel you’re very kind!”
Ling Mu’s expression was a bit indescribable.
Just when Qiu Zhenyang was about to say goodbye and leave, Guan Tang suddenly received a call. He glanced down, and it was Nie Chen who called.
Although what happened just now made him very angry, Guan Tang still answered the phone: “Hey, what’s the matter? If you want to apologize, just admit your mistake while I’m in a good mood, maybe I’ll forgive you right away.”
While listening, Qiu Zhenyang took off his jacket and put it on for Ling Mu. This guy didn’t bring a jacket since he felt it was too hot out. Qiu Zhenyang felt that the weather might be cold at night, so he brought a thin jacket to put on him.
Hearing Nie Chen, he felt if Nie Chen apologized, he would have been a little conscientious, but the other party’s words caused him to be full of disgust.
“What kind of apology? You give me the money first to buy new props. Our club has finally climbed to the top three. We can’t fall down just because we can’t afford a prop. You are also one of the members of the club, don’t you know how to contribute?”
Guan Tang’s expression instantly collapsed, and there seemed to be infinite grievances in his eyes.
With an “oh” sound, he frowned and lowered his head and pressed the terminal until he had sent the money before asking Nie Chen again, “Have you received it?”
The other side said “I received it”, and then without thanking him, hung up.
Qiu Zhenyang looked at him staring blankly at the terminal, sighed inwardly, and asked him, “What’s the matter with the money? Does everyone in the club have to pay?”
Guan Tang shook his head: “No, they don’t have much money. My parents run a small business, so I have a little bit of money. Besides, my skills are poor, so I can’t help and can only contribute some money.”
Qiu Zhenyang was speechless when he heard this, but Ling Mu said, “Don’t you think they use you as an ATM?”
It’s direct and hurtful enough.
Hearing this made Guan Tang feel even more uncomfortable. His mouth shriveled and there was a pack of tears in his eyes that refused to fall.
“I advise you to break up with him sooner rather than later, instead of keeping this man for another year.” Ling Mu pulled the coat that Qiu Zhenyang had put on him.
Qiu Zhenyang could only leave one last sentence: “If you have any difficulties, you’re welcome to find us. We’ll leave first.”
He waved his hand, leaving Guan Tang standing alone, sighing for a long time before calming down a little. He walked slowly to his dormitory.
After returning to the dormitory, Qiu Zhenyang went to the kitchen to cook something simple, and the two of them shared the meal.
After eating and drinking, Ling Mu nibbled the fruit on the sofa and asked Qiu Zhenyang, “Why doesn’t Guan Tang break up with that kind of person?”
“I’m not too clear either. Maybe there’s something we’re not seeing, or maybe he likes Nie Chen very much?” Qiu Zhenyang doesn’t like gossiping, and his relationship with Guan Tang is not close enough, so he had no qualifications to go into it.
“If you’re really curious, you can ask him yourself. Don’t you have Guan Tang’s terminal number now? I’m sure he’ll be happy to chat or something.” Qiu Zhenyang guided Ling Mu to take the initiative to make friends. Guan Tang is a very suitable person to be friends with Ling Mu.
However, Ling Mu was obviously not as active as he thought. After a little pondering, he refused: “No, let it be. It’s annoying.”
Qiu Zhenyang: “
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Well, Xiao Mumu has a bad temperament and is annoyed about everything. It is also fortunate that he chased Ling Mu so fiercely that he did not have a chance to breathe.
Seeing Ling Mu go back to his room, Qiu Zhenyang followed, but before he could enter the door, he saw the door slam shut in front of him with a bang.
Also locked.
Alas, another night without a wife.
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A few days later, the game cabin sent by his grandmother arrived.
It happened to be Sunday. Qiu Zhenyang and Ling Mu stayed at home directly, ready to get acquainted with them first.
Because they have the highest authority levels, Qiu Zhenyang and Ling Mu can directly enter the game before the internal test starts.
There are two kinds of game cabins, one is a custom model, and the other is a standard model. The standard model is larger and fits most players, while the customized model can be made according to the different requirements of each player, making it more comfortable, and of course more expensive.
“After entering, look for room 005 so we can play together.” Qiu Zhenyang said to Ling Mu before entering the game cabin.
At the moment of connection, Qiu Zhenyang felt sleepy for a while, then closed his eyes. When he opened them again, it was a completely different world.
His consciousness appeared in the form of a human on a bright and wide ground. The land was endless, full of hanging doors standing not far away. Each of the floating doors looks very thin, but once they are opened and entered, players will automatically be matched or enter a team room.
Qiu Zhenyang looked around, Ling Mu was not here.
He didn’t hesitate, and walked directly to a nearby door. The door opened automatically, and Qiu Zhenyang walked into the ray of light.
“Please enter a room number or choose a random match.”
“005.” After Qiu Zhenyang said the room number, the surrounding scene immediately changed, forming a room the size of an ordinary living room with sofas and chairs in the room. Although everything’s virtual, the game will scan the human body to calculate the physical strength and mental strength of each player to determine their ‘talent’ setting. This also means taking breaks can help improve endurance.
Qiu Zhenyang walked to the sofa and sat down, clicked on the instructions, and began to read.
These explanations are basically provided by Qiu Zhenyang to the technical team, and the person in charge has also talked to him in detail. These instructions are indeed clear enough to be understood.
“Machine Warfare” is similar to a MOBA game in Qiu Zhenyang’s previous world. It uses a planet as the playing field, with 20 players divided into two teams. Each player controls a character on a team, and can earn gold coins by eliminating aliens. These coins are used to buy equipment in the virtual mall, allowing them to become stronger and destroy the mothership of the opposing team, which is the final victory condition.
Each game differs depending on players’ choices. Each team of ten people can select the map after entering the game. At that time, the system will randomly select one of the maps selected by everyone.
Qiu Zhenyang roughly scanned the instructions, and Ling Mu also came in at this moment.
He looked around the room curiously. After all, he didn’t play games, so he was curious about this mode.
“Come on, come over and read the game introduction first. I’ll team up with you to play a game later. Just listen to me and I’ll show you the ropes.” Qiu Zhenyang waved Ling Mu over, and pulled up the video instructions, and projected it on the wall.
Even without playing the game, the video explanation is clear, and Ling Mu had a general understanding after watching it once.
Immediately afterwards, Qiu Zhenyang confirmed the mode and started a man-machine match.
In the team mode, one can choose whether to turn on the voice or not. After Qiu Zhenyang turned on the voice, he instructed Ling Mu: “You come with me first, temporarily serve as my assistant, and I will take you through it.”
Qiu Zhenyang chose the role of the marshal, the highest up the command chain on the team. As for Ling Mu, he picked the adjutant, an auxiliary position. There are still two fixed scouts, and the remaining six characters can choose to be guards or assault soldiers. There is no limit to the number of these.
In the early stage, improving team economy depends on harvesting aliens and some alien bosses. While explaining, Qiu Zhenyang led Ling Mu to drive the mecha and slowly explore, while the rest of NPCs carried out the tasks he assigned.
When the level reached 10 and all the mecha’s moves were unlocked, Qiu Zhenyang took Ling Mu to start a sneak attack.
There are two scouts in the team. They drive the lightest mechas, which are fast, stealthy, and can also fly, making it easy to find the location of enemy members and track and mark them.
Qiu Zhenyang took Ling Mu to ambush a marked enemy assaulter first. He cooperated with his teammates to take down the three opposite assaulters. The enemy scouts were directly killed by the robot teammates that Qiu Zhenyang commanded. Next, the guards fell as they were unable to resist without help from the assault soldiers. The game ended without the marshal and adjutant of the other party arriving.
After the fight was over, Ling Mu was still a little confused.
Although he is not familiar with the game, just a simple man-machine game made him nervous, and excited!
The great thing about this game is that all the means of attack and defense, and even the combat effects, are within the technical scope allowed by the Interstellar Military Department. It’s very different from what’s in school, and more closely resembles real battle!
For Ling Mu, this is what he wants to experience the most!
“One more time?” After returning to the room, Ling Mu still couldn’t calm down, and even made another request to Qiu Zhenyang.
“Okay, you can play as many rounds as you want.” Qiu Zhenyang smiled dotingly, “You can do anything as long as you like, but
that twice a week?”
He winked at Ling Mu, his expression rippling.
Originally, Qiu Zhenyang was only habitually teasing him, and he didn’t hold out much hope, but what he didn’t expect was that this time, under the temptation of the mecha, Ling Mu actually nodded and agreed!
At that moment, Qiu Zhenyang almost thought that he was dazzled, so he confirmed again: “You agree?”
Ling Mu frowned and looked at him. “Didn’t I nod?”
“I was afraid I was hallucinating because of my expectations. I can rest assured if you give me a verbal answer!” With Ling Mu’s nod, Qiu Zhenyang felt that his whole body grow hot. Not to mention playing games, even if he was really on the battlefield, it was enough!
The energetic Qiu Zhenyang rolled up his sleeves, ready to show off his skills!
“Come on, your husband, I will last forever, and will bring us to win 100 games!”
This time Mumu pitted himself.
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