Star Abyss Walker

Chapter 21 Membership Card

late at night.

The people who had booked overnight sessions at the internet cafe had gradually started using the computers. I heard that Xicheng is going to regulate the operation of internet cafes recently, and even plans to ban the "overnight" service and prohibit all internet cafes from operating late at night. So I pulled down the shutter door early, and I will definitely not open it for anyone who comes from now on.

After disassembling and repairing a faulty computer several times, I lay down in my network administrator's chair for a short rest.

Upon opening the regional rankings, I couldn't help but feel a slight chill; my ranking had risen very quickly!
1. Gunfire Like a Dragon Level: 18 Class: Starry Sky Super Weapon

2. One-Hit Kill Level: 17 Class: Starry Sky Super Weapon

3. Milk Tea Life-Sustaining Immortal Level: 17 Class: Starry Sky Super Weapon

4. Shadow Chasing Level: 16; Class: Starry Sky Super Weapon

5. Chaos Demon King Level: 16 Class: Starry Sky Super Weapon

6. Lu Xun deleted comments overnight. Level: 16. Profession: Starry Sky Super Weapon.

7. Rabbit's Critical Hit Rating: 15; Class: Firepower Attacker
8. Top Liberal Arts Scholar of Zaun: Level 15, Class: Psionicist

9. Ruolin's Level: 14 Starry Sky Super Weapon
10. I'm bad at the game but I can still talk. Level: 14. Class: Damage Dealer
……

Currently ranked fourth, it's really quite ostentatious!

Moreover, it must be said that the top three leveling speed is indeed fast. If nothing unexpected happens, they either took on a large-scale quest or obtained dungeon crystals like me. Otherwise, they shouldn't be leveling up so quickly!

Of course, if you're rich and have unlimited ammo, you can form a squad and go around shooting, and your leveling speed will definitely not be slow. However, at this stage, most players are penniless, so the possibility of RMB players appearing can be basically ruled out.

One call a day, and it continues.

Having consumed 1% of my current experience points, I activated the Star Chart and said in a deep voice, "Player Chasing Shadow is searching for player Chasing Light. Players with information about Chasing Light, please contact me! Thank you!"

"Wow, it's the legendary Shadow Chaser..."

A player entered the Star Chart chat room almost instantly. It was the same female player named "What are you eating? Give me a bite too": "Master Chasing Shadow, haven't you found your friend yet?"

"No, it's too crowded, it's a bit difficult..."

"Indeed, but you've been leveling up really fast lately. I feel like if you keep pushing, you might be able to break into the top three on the Xicheng leaderboard!"

"It was just luck; the upgrade speed won't be as fast from now on."

At this moment, a male player entered the chat room. Surprisingly, it was "I'm bad but I can talk a lot," ranked 10th. He immediately asked, "Brother Zhu Ying, you're in fourth place... Awesome..."

He smiled and asked, "May I ask what your overall combat level is? Let a newbie like me experience just how terrifying the combat power of a top-five expert is..."

"Guess?" I said with a smile.

"It should be at least 150 points, right?"

He said cautiously, "A couple of days ago, I heard that the combat power of One-Slash Soul-Piercing Technique officially broke through 150 points. You are currently ranked fourth, and two days have passed. Logically, your combat power should be close to 150, right?"

"Not yet, it's almost there."

I glanced at my overall combat ability of 325 points and didn't reveal my true strength.

"Oh, that's not bad either."

"What are you eating? Give me a bite too!" someone asked. "Cai Cai, how much have you eaten?"

"Just reached 140 points, how about you, Kou Mei?"

Known as "Kou Mei," who chuckled, "What are you eating? Give me a bite too. I'm just a nobody, barely over a hundred. I'll take it slow. I don't dare to be greedy or rush things, for fear of dying out there. I've heard that dying means real death, and I don't want to die yet."

I smiled and then left the chat room.

Cai Cai, Kou Mei...

These players are quite interesting.

So, he crossed his arms, closed his eyes, and tried to sleep as much as possible.

……

I don't know how long I slept, but I was suddenly shaken awake.

"Ding Han, my machine is malfunctioning. It's a critical moment, please help me take a look!"

The person who woke me up was a regular, almost every night. He was a player of Legend of Mir, known as Old K. He seemed to be a professional player, playing a Taoist character who made a living by hunting for treasures and selling them.

"Oh?"

I immediately stood up: "What's wrong? Let me see what's going on."

"Take a look, the picture has been shaking since just now, I don't know why."

Old K was getting anxious and said, "I've been poisoning that Yellow Spring Cult Leader for twenty minutes now, and he's about to die. Ding Han, hurry up and take a look, don't delay my business."

I quickly tested it and there wasn't anything seriously wrong; a restart would solve it.

Shortly after, the machine restarted and everything returned to normal.

"Fuck..."

Old K was covered in sweat.

"Don't be impatient yet."

I dragged a chair over and sat down, laughing, "What's yours will be yours. Maybe the machine malfunction is just a minor hiccup. Just take it easy. Want a smoke?"

"Have one."

I took out a Liqun cigarette, handed it to him, and lit it for him.

Old K, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, logged into his account, squinted his eyes, and looked quite pleased with himself.

The character was released shortly afterward.

"The cult leader didn't recover much blood, that's great!"

Old K looked excited, a cigarette dangling from his lips, and began to operate. He used red and green poison, summoned divine beasts, and the whole set of operations quickly became muscle memory. Then he threw a bunch of fire talismans to deplete the BOSS's health.

I didn't say anything, I just watched from the side. About five minutes later, accompanied by a miserable howl from the BOSS, a massive explosion occurred!
"Fuck!"

Old K suddenly widened his eyes, and before I could react, he controlled his character to rush over and pick up the treasure. Then he opened the package and laughed loudly, "Ding Han, look what this is?!"

I saw a thick, black stick in his package.

"Judgment! Holy crap, finally a Judgment! The first Judgment in this region!"

Old K laughed heartily, returned to the city without saying a word, and stored the weapon named "Judgment" in his warehouse. He turned to me and said with a smile, "Ding Han, you're really my lucky star! As soon as you arrived, you got the first Judgment in this region. Guess how much the big shots in this region bid for the Judgment?"

"How many?"

“This number…” he spread his five fingers.

"five hundred?"

"Bullshit, five thousand!"

Old K exclaimed excitedly, "Awesome! Two months' rent and internet fees are covered all at once!"

I smiled slightly and said, "Congratulations! This means that Feiyang Internet Cafe is your lucky place."

"That is!"

Old K laughed and said, "To be honest, I also got the first Wuji Staff in this area, but I didn't sell it. I used it myself, and that's how it snowballed and became so effective. I'm the only Taoist in the whole area who can solo this BOSS. Isn't that awesome?"

"Awesome..."

I nodded.

Old K quickly logged into his forum account, posted a screenshot of the ruling, and announced that the highest bidder would win. He also left his contact information. Then, too lazy to log back in, he lit another cigarette, puffed out smoke, and chuckled, "Ding Han, you're probably not from Xicheng, are you? Your accent doesn't sound like it. It sounds like someone from Tengshan City in the Red Dragon Kingdom, and it also sounds a bit like someone from Huaining City."

"is it?"

I smiled and asked, "Mr. K, where are you from?"

"Don't mention it, I don't want to talk about the past anymore."

Old K seemed to be wary of the past, saying, "I think you're a pretty good person. I heard that last time Lu Xiaobei was caught by the city management for setting up a stall on the street, you were the one who went to rescue him."

"It's easy."

"Humph……"

Old K gently exhaled a smoke ring and said, "Ding Han, do you know Lu Xiaobei?"

"Where do you begin?"

I was slightly taken aback: "To be honest... I don't know much about it, but I can tell that Lu Xiaobei is probably not a local. This internet cafe should have been in her hands for a short time, right?"

"Ah."

Old K nodded and said, "I also know the previous owner of this internet cafe. The business couldn't continue, there were too few computers in the internet cafe, and the performance was also poor. Later, I heard that their son was admitted to a university in BH City, so the couple planned to sell the shop. Just then, Lu Xiaobei came to Xicheng."

He narrowed his eyes and smiled, "When she first came to Xicheng, she was very extravagant. She was dressed in designer clothes and carried designer bags. Later, I heard that she sold the bags and used the tens of thousands of yuan from the sale to take over this internet cafe. She has been running it ever since, but she has not managed it well. It only started to improve a little after you came."

"No wonder."

I nodded and said, "I could tell at a glance that Lu Xiaobei wasn't the type to endure hardship. With her delicate skin, you could tell she was spoiled since childhood. She's not the type to work hard running an internet cafe."

"So you have to be nicer to her..."

Old K smiled knowingly: "What if Lu Xiaobei goes blind one day and falls for you? Maybe you won't have to work hard for the rest of your life. Just go home with her and you'll have mountains of gold and silver."

"Pull it down."

I couldn't help but chuckle: "I've always had a strong stomach and I've never liked being a kept man!"

Old K laughed heartily.

Afterwards, the two chatted for a while, and then Old K received several phone calls, all from people who wanted the Judgment Sword. It seems that this game is really popular in this era, as a Judgment Sword is so sought after.

……

In the morning, shortly after opening the roller shutter door, a figure darted down from upstairs. Lu Xiaobei, dressed in a nice casual women's outfit, rushed out.

"Why go?"

"Buy breakfast!"

She didn't turn her head back, as if she would starve to death if she delayed for even a second longer.

I was speechless for a moment, waiting for Zhao Yihang to come and hand over the shift.

Soon after, Zhao Yihang and Lu Xiaobei arrived side by side. Zhao Yihang looked unwell and kept his head down, while Lu Xiaobei launched into a tirade, pointing out various shortcomings in Zhao Yihang's work.

"Ding Han, breakfast."

Lu Xiaobei plopped down on the internet cafe manager's seat, opened the breakfast bag, and found that he had bought enough for two people.

"Boss, I haven't had breakfast either," Zhao Yihang said with a shameless smile. "Was there any for me?"

"No, go buy it yourself."

"Boss, you're so biased!"

I didn't stand on ceremony. I was hungry, and hot meat buns, fried dough sticks, and spicy soup were definitely better than instant noodles, so I had breakfast with Lu Xiaobei.

"Ding Han".

She pursed her red lips and said, "Business has dropped again these past two days. The chances of getting customers during prime time are still too low, and it's hard to retain customers. Do you have any ideas?"

"If you want to retain customers, there is actually a way."

"any solution?"

"Give them membership cards!"

(End of this chapter)