Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

"Do you play games too?" Zhou Min asked, glancing at the computer with games hanging on Feng Pinling's desk.

"Um, do you want to play together?" Feng Pinling casually invited. She had already persuaded the other two people in the dorm to join in, and she hoped Zhou Min would too. Otherwise, if everyone was studying and she was the only one playing games, she would feel like she was being lazy.

"Okay, what game?" Although Zhou Min didn't plan to play games, she didn't mind spending some time on games in order to learn more about Feng Pinling.

"Fantasy Cultivation is a really fun online game," Feng Pinling enthusiastically introduced.

Zhou Min certainly knew this game; it was an online game that had been running for over ten years and was still very popular. In her previous life, Zhou Min had also played this game, where she met a rich second-generation heir who pursued her relentlessly, scaring Zhou Min so much that she quit the game.

At that time, Feng Pinling was very supportive of Zhou Min dumping Chen Sheng and accepting the pursuit of this rich second-generation. However, Zhou Min disliked Feng Pinling's malicious belittling of Chen Sheng, so the two often quarreled and eventually their relationship deteriorated.

The game "Fantasy Cultivation" was released this summer and was far less popular than later games. Yet, Feng Pinling, a student who was recommended to the Capital University, was able to accurately identify this game with great potential.

Zhou Min felt that this might be Feng Pinling from her past life. After all, she had always wanted to date a rich second-generation boyfriend, but it was difficult to find such a good resource at school, and Fantasy Cultivation was later known as the game with the most rich players.

Many players spend a lot of money on equipment. Because there are so many wealthy players, the prices of rare equipment and items in the game are driven up. As a result, many ordinary people have made a lot of money in the game by farming equipment and selling gold coins, even exceeding the income of many people's jobs.

This is why the game later attracted many players and studios aiming to make money. Their involvement increased the game's playability and popularity, and even after more than a decade, it remains one of the most popular online games.

“Okay, which game server are you in?” Zhou Min said, moving closer to Feng Pinling’s computer to look at her game interface.

"Have you ever played games before?" Feng Pinling paused for a moment when she heard Zhou Min's familiar words.

"Well, my classmates recommended a few online games during summer vacation, and I played them a few times." Zhou Min noticed that Feng Pinling paused for a moment and immediately sensed something was wrong.

"Oh, are you still playing now?" Feng Pinling has put a lot of effort into games. She wants her roommates to play games with her, but she doesn't want anyone to steal her thunder.

"I'm done playing. Those games are too difficult; I can't learn them." Zhou Min tried her best to act like a gaming novice, not wanting Feng Pinling to associate her with her past life in any way.

"Then you absolutely must play this game. It's super easy, and the characters and scenery are beautiful." Mao Yating played it for a day and has completely fallen in love with it.

“Yes, the plot is also very interesting,” Jiang Fei echoed.

For these students who have just finished 12 years of monotonous basic education, online games, which combine storyline, gameplay, competition, leveling up, and social interaction, are incredibly interesting.

So Jiang Fei and Mao Yating got hooked on the game as soon as they started playing.

"Okay, I'll download it and play it later. Are you all in the same server area?" Zhou Min asked with a smile.

“No, Jiang Fei and I are in the newly opened District 16, and Feng Pinling is in District 1. Why don’t you come to our district too?”

"Yes, I started playing early, so I'm in server 1. Now everyone in server 1 is at a high level, so you guys will get bored if you come in. You might as well go to the new server. The new server is more interesting. Many people from our server have moved to the new server."

"Okay, I'll download it as soon as my broadband is connected. Where did you connect your broadband?"

"It's in the telecom store next to the back gate of the school."

"Okay, I'll go now."

Just as Zhou Min finished getting ready to leave, she discovered that she had received a file on her QQ account.

Xu Li then sent another message.

Xiaoxifeng: [The most comprehensive guide to Capital University is here, save it now!]

As expected of Xu Li, he found something like this as soon as he arrived at university. Zhou Min immediately gave Xu Li a thumbs up, and everyone else followed suit.

This small group consists of 19 students from their school who were admitted to universities in the capital. The group was very lively during the summer vacation.

But since arriving at school yesterday, the group chat has become very quiet; I guess everyone is busy getting to know their new classmates.

Zhou Min opened the file and took a look. Sure enough, the content was very detailed. It not only included comparisons of mobile phone plans and broadband plans, but also comparisons of dishes and prices in various school canteens, and even prices and shop recommendations for nearby shopping areas. It had everything you could need.

Zhou Min carefully reviewed the guide and decided to get broadband from China Telecom. Unlike in later years when internet speeds were much faster, there was little difference between various broadband packages for the average user.

There's still a significant difference in internet speed between current plans. Zhou Min, who was already used to gigabit fiber optic internet, directly chose the broadband plan with the fastest speed.

When Zhou Min went to the business hall to complete the broadband application, the staff enthusiastically promised that she could contact them anytime if she experienced any lag or buffering issues.

Their boasts were even more extravagant than those of later generations. Although Zhou Min didn't believe their claims about the internet speed, she was very satisfied with their service attitude.

The staff who installed the broadband arrived shortly after Zhou Min returned to her dormitory.

"Why do you need someone to come and install your broadband?" Jiang Fei asked in surprise.

When they got their broadband installed yesterday, the salesperson just gave them a dial-up number and password, and told them to dial up online themselves in two hours.

"I don't know, I'm connected to China Telecom's network. What about you guys?"

"So are we."

"That might be because our meal plans are different."

"What kind of package did you choose?" When Feng Pinling signed up for the internet, she didn't think much about it. After all, in this day and age, any broadband package would be sufficient, so she chose a cheap one. But yesterday, when she was playing games, she felt that her internet was very laggy, and sometimes the game screen couldn't even load.

So when she heard that Zhou Min's package was different, she also wondered if she should change to a different package.

"2600 a year."

"So expensive!" the three exclaimed in unison. Feng Pinling immediately gave up, now thinking that Zhou Min was foolish and had too much money.

Even with the dramatic price increases and faster broadband speeds in later years, it still wasn't this expensive. She felt that Zhou Min had definitely been scammed.

"Good things are bound to be expensive! Once this broadband is connected, nothing will lag, and the download speed can reach 10 megabits per second. Watching movies and playing games won't be affected at all." Before Zhou Min could speak, the broadband installer interrupted.

In this era, no download software has started to limit download speeds, and download speeds are directly affected by internet speed.

"I think our internet is alright," Mao Yating replied, pouting.

"Hehehe, you're only playing a game now, so it doesn't feel like much. You'll see the difference when you have other things to download later." The installation guy glanced at Mao Yating's game interface and didn't argue with her any further.

As Zhou Min watched the installer replace the network cable clips and the network cable inside her desk, she instantly felt that it was definitely worth the money.

Different network cables have different speed handling capabilities, and this package is indeed an upgraded product. Zhou Min thought that the broadband in her apartment hadn't been connected yet, so after the installation was finished, she went to the business hall with the installer and got the same package for her off-campus apartment as well.

When the shop owner saw that Zhou Min had an apartment off-campus, he immediately thought she was a big customer. He not only promised to be there whenever there was a problem, but also gave Zhou Min a pair of headphones as a gift.

Zhou Min glanced at the headphone model and discovered it was a relatively niche brand that would sell very well in future generations, and its price wouldn't be low.

Zhou Min immediately thanked the boss.

The boss was even happier that he had given Zhou Min the right gift, seeing that she had a good eye for quality.