NOVEL WEB Chapter 17 - Purchase Items in Real Life and Bring Them into the Game!
Chapter 17: Purchase Items in Real Life and Bring Them into the Game!
Thousand Faces Gentleman (Voice Message): “Brother, are you really a player?”
Ye Qiu thought for a moment and then replied with a voice message: “I’m both a player and not a player.”
That statement wasn’t wrong.
At this point, he could already bring everything he obtained in the game into the real world. Could he still be considered just a player?
Not to mention, he was a reborn individual who knew what was going to happen in the future.
Ten days from now, all players would lose their status as “players”!
They would become just like normal people in reality.
Death would be true and permanent!
As for Thousand Faces Gentleman, Ye Qiu wanted to cooperate with him.
The main goal was to make money!
As well as to develop some connections.
In the future, Thousand Faces Gentleman would wield considerable influence in the real world.
When the apocalypse arrived, countless people would be displaced, human civilization would be in ruins, and there would hardly be a safe place to live!
Only the strong could establish relatively stable sanctuaries.
Thousand Faces Gentleman was one of those strong individuals. He even built a shelter of his own.
Previously, Ye Qiu had voluntarily told Thousand Faces Gentleman about a new leveling method. That was to establish a foundation for future cooperation between them.
However, this information wasn’t particularly valuable.
Because, in his past life, the same method became widely known just one day later.
For that reason, 5,000 gold coins was a reasonable price.
Of course, that was just an appetizer!
Ye Qiu was confident that soon enough, Thousand Faces Gentleman would be chasing after him, actively seeking further collaboration!
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Meanwhile, Thousand Faces Gentleman listened to Ye Qiu’s voice message.
He froze on the spot.
“Brother, what did he say?”
Beside him, Adorable Sunny quickly asked.
Thousand Faces Gentleman snapped out of his daze and repeated Ye Qiu’s words, “I asked if he was a player, and he replied, ‘I am a player, and I am not a player.'”
“…Huh?” Adorable Sunny blurted out.
Then, the two of them, having played many games before, quickly understood what he meant.
Thousand Faces Gentleman nodded and said, “Most likely, he’s a player. After all, we still don’t know whether NPCs can add friends.”
Adorable Sunny asked, “So what should we do next?”
Thousand Faces Gentleman thought for a moment before answering, “That guy can enter and leave the village freely. He must have a special method. I plan to seek his help. Right now, we need to use every second to level up, or we’ll fall too far behind the others in power leveling!”
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Meanwhile, Ye Qiu suddenly logged out.
His main reason for logging in earlier was to test something — to see if real-world objects could be brought into the game.
The results proved that it was possible!
So, Ye Qiu began preparing.
Recalling past strategies from his previous life, after the game merged with reality, certain real-world items could also be equipped to fight monsters!
Guns, of course, were the best option.
But, right now, there was no way for Ye Qiu to get his hands on one.
So… Ye Qiu glanced toward his kitchen.
“There are two big guys in there. In the low-level novice village, they’ll be pretty useful.”
He refocused. Then, he got up and left the house, heading straight for the biggest supermarket in the city.
He chose to walk.
On the way, Ye Qiu truly felt it.
His light, agile steps were like he was walking on clouds.
If he moved a little faster, it almost felt like he could fly!
Just like in the game, but the sensation was completely different!
However, after walking for a while, once he reached a crowded area, he took off his cloak and stored it in his in-game inventory.
When he arrived at the supermarket, it was almost empty.
Ever since the countdown in his mind reached zero and the world didn’t end, places like supermarkets and shopping malls had become eerily deserted.
“Lightning rods, gas masks, insulated suits, fire blankets, flame-resistant clothing, night vision goggles…”
Ye Qiu had already compiled a long shopping list. These were all items that could be bought directly!
Oh, right, a modern crossbow!
While crossbows weren’t nearly as powerful as guns, they were still far superior to the starting bows in the game!
In the game, there was an Archer class. But their starting equipment was just a basic wooden bow with wooden arrows.
That thing, forget about killing high-level monsters, even shooting an ordinary Magic Rabbit took over ten shots!
As for fighting a boss, they couldn’t even break through its defense!
The only advantage of the Archer class was their long attack range.
Using bows or crossbows granted a slight bonus.
But their attack power was the lowest among all classes!
It was almost equivalent to a mage using basic attacks.
After buying everything, Ye Qiu checked his inventory.
“Too bad. Inventory slots can store an unlimited amount of one type of item but they can’t store two different items in the same slot.”
For example, one slot could hold several tons of rice.
But it couldn’t hold a single grain of rice and a single grain of wheat together.
Different types of items would each take up separate slots.
Each player started with 20 inventory slots. Equipped items didn’t take up inventory space.
Back home, Ye Qiu went to the kitchen and stored the two big guys inside his inventory.
Then, he re-entered the game.
Less than an hour had passed in the real world. But in the game, dawn had already arrived.
Ding!
[Your friend “Thousand Faces Gentleman” has sent a voice message. Accept?]
Ding…
Ding…
Several notifications came in.
Ye Qiu checked and all were voice messages from Thousand Faces Gentleman.
Thousand Faces Gentleman (Voice Message): “We can continue cooperating.”
Thousand Faces Gentleman (Voice Message): “Can you take me into the village? Price is negotiable.”
Thousand Faces Gentleman (Voice Message): “Do you know how to increase favorability with NPCs? If you do, I’m willing to pay a high price for that information!”
Thousand Faces Gentleman (Voice Message): “You’re not online? If you see this, please reply. I’m online almost 24/7.”
After hearing the messages, Ye Qiu smiled slightly. He knew Thousand Faces Gentleman was finally getting anxious.
So he replied with a voice message, “We can cooperate. Meet at the usual spot.”
Immediately…
Thousand Faces Gentleman (Voice Message): “Ok, ok! I’ll be there in a minute!”
Ye Qiu raised an eyebrow.
This guy is really online 24/7?
Well, it makes sense.
The game allowed players to sleep in-game, without affecting their real-world state.
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At Tiger Mountain, Ye Qiu met Thousand Faces Gentleman again.
This time, he was alone.
His sister, Adorable Sunny, wasn’t with him.
After meeting up, Thousand Faces Gentleman got straight to the point, “Brother, can you take me into the village?”
Ye Qiu nodded. “I can.”
Hearing that, Thousand Faces Gentleman was both shocked and overjoyed.
Since last night, he had tried everything to get into the village but failed every time!
At that moment, he realized that money wasn’t all-powerful!
At least in this game. It couldn’t buy absolute freedom!
Asking Ye Qiu was just a long shot. But unexpectedly, it was possible!
Ye Qiu didn’t hesitate to name his price, “Taking you into the village costs 50,000 gold coins.”
“What?!” Thousand Faces Gentleman was stunned.
It wasn’t exactly expensive but it definitely wasn’t cheap!