Read Novel Full Chapter 201.1
Long Lost Encounter
[Ding! The update is successful!]
[Game debugging successful, copy link activated, game restarting…]
[Game started successfully.]
[Welcome to the new immersive escape game. This time, the new update mainly includes:]
[1. Rescuing a small rabbit NPC trapped in a crevice.]
[2. The game store has added some new items, including affectionate props such as fireworks and flowers, to enhance the emotional experience of the game.]
[3. The voice service system of NPCs on the 300th floor entertainment lobby has been repaired, making their voices more human-like.]
[4. The voting game activity has been upgraded. The upgraded content is highly playable. Please check the activity page for specific details. We welcome everyone to participate actively.]
[Finally, the system wishes all players a pleasant gaming experience.]
Bai Lixin slept soundly through the night, and the new system update didn’t even wake him up.
It wasn’t until the next day, when the warm orange sunlight fell on his face, that he stretched lazily and woke up.
When he opened the interface, he received the notice about the system upgrade from the previous night.
After scrolling through several notifications, Bai Lixin opened the activity page as prompted.
It was a meticulously decorated page, and a huge poster occupied the center of the screen, indicating how important the system considered the activity to be.
[It’s the first time the main brain has organized such an event.] the escape system’s voice rang out in Bai Lixin’s mind.
Bai Lixin’s attention was focused on the top advertisement of the activity page, and he asked, [The first time? Has there never been such an event before?]
[Yes, that’s right. Master Bai Lixin, you may not know this, but the main brain first put out the voting game as a precursor to this game. But yesterday, for some reason, the system suddenly upgraded, and it became what it is now.] The escape system replied.
Bai Lixin scrolled down the activity page with his consciousness and asked, [So does that mean the previous voting game was cancelled?]
He had already learned some details about the voting game from the messages left by Xia Chi and Zhou Guang, and he had also quickly browsed through the interface the previous day.
The so-called activity was more of a simple voting and canvassing event.
After successfully completing a level in the game, players could receive a varying number of voting rights based on their performance in the copy. Each vote could be given to the player of their choice and when the activity was over, the player with the most votes would receive advanced game props and performance points as rewards.
But these votes were not just given out for free; rather, it was more like an investment.
If the total number of votes received by the person they voted for won first place, these voters would also receive corresponding performance point rewards based on the number of votes they had given, and some players could even draw game props.
Originally, this voting event still had 10 days left before it ended, but a new player known as “Little Overlord” had already taken the lead by nearly twice the amount of votes compared to the second place player.
[The voting event is still in effect, but it has been postponed and other activity content has been added,] the escape system said.
While the two were talking, Bai Lixin had quickly browsed through the activity content.
As the system had said, the voting event had not been cancelled, but it had been extended.
But now, the simple voting event had become much richer, and the voting had become less significant.
[Introduction to the “Nationwide Battle” activity]
[The game lobby has a total of 999 floors, with an entertainment area for players to rest every 50 floors. The points for this event are located in these leisure areas, at floors 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 550, and 600, a total of 12 floors.]
[Three official tokens are placed on each floor, making a total of 36 tokens. Each floor’s token is different, numbered 50-1, 50-2, 600-3, etc.]
[Players can redeem the obtained tokens for prizes according to the following rules:]
[1. Those who collect all 12 items (one per floor) will receive the special prize. If three players collect them successfully, the order in which they are collected will determine the special prize, first prize, and second prize.]
[2. Those who collect all three items from the same floor will receive the cut off rewards. (The rewards are generous and can be shared and accumulated.)]
[3. Each token can be exchanged for a prize separately, but the more tokens that are collected, the more valuable the prize will be.]
[4. Tokens are non-bound items and can be traded by players.]
[5. The event will last for 60 days, and tokens that have not been found by players will disappear immediately after the event ends. Found tokens will not disappear. After the event ends, there will be a five-day period for trading and exchanging. Rewards will be distributed by officials based on the tokens that players have.]
[Also, the previous voting activity will not be cancelled but will be included as an additional activity in this nationwide event. The deadline for voting has been extended from 10 days to 60 days and will end at the same time as the “National Battle.” The rewards will still be given according to the previous content, with the time extended and the prizes increased.]
[This event is the first nationwide activity since the game was launched, and the officials attach great importance to it. In this event, a mysterious guest has sponsored the event. At the same time, the mysterious guest will also be the only designated non-system auditor appointed by the officials, randomly appearing on the floors of the event to test players’ gaming abilities. Successful candidates will receive the auditor’s reward on the spot.]
[Friendly reminder: the more participants, the more abundant the prizes in the prize pool (with no upper limit). Only registered participants can receive the auditor’s reward.]
[This event has opened a special discussion channel, where players can discuss the relevant content of the event in a dedicated interface.]
[Friendly reminder: the dedicated interface is only for discussing event-related content. If the system detects any other comments, the player will be banned and punished by the system.]
[Players are welcome to sign up!]
Bai Lixin quickly browsed through the event content, and his attention was completely drawn to the “mysterious guest” and “non-system auditor” at the end.
Non-system auditor, which means that this mysterious guest was not part of the system. Other than the one on the 999th floor, is there any other person?
Could this mysterious guest be the one on the 999th floor?
Yesterday, they had just escaped from the fairytale world copy, and today, he received the system’s news about the “National Battle” event. Was this all just a coincidence?
Was Dijia, that bastard, planning something bad again to stab the system in the back?
Although it was not yet confirmed, the probability that this mysterious person was Dijia was very high.
Bai Lixin scrolled to the bottom, found the [Sign Up] button, and signed up without any hesitation.
The event interface could display the number of participants in real time. When Bai Lixin registered, the number of participants had already reached as high as 30,000, and the number was still increasing.
Next to the number of participants was the prize pool, which was already dazzling with rewards when the number of participants exceeded 30,000.
Both the millions of mall points and the millions of performance points were constantly increasing, and mysterious props were constantly being added.
Bai Lixin followed the instructions and arrived at the exclusive discussion area.
The layout of this exclusive discussion area was similar to that of a forum, with each post in the form of a thread.
By now, the discussion area had already exploded with thousands of posts in just one morning.
One post titled “National Battle Building Thread” ranked first, with a “hot” icon next to the title.
Bai Lixin clicked on the post.
Xx: [What the fuck, guys, has the system gone crazy? This is very new, I thought my eyes were blurred.]
Xxx: [Who knows, I woke up and thought I’d time travelled. What is it trying to do? Giving us benefits?]
Xx: [Am I the only one interested in that mysterious guest? Isn’t this the perfect opportunity to make a fortune? Finding him can give us props, much better than directly participating in a copy. If I play a copy once, I might get 1000 points and 1000 performance points. This guest might give me 2000 points on the spot.]
Xxxx: [Forget it, you have to be lucky to run into the mysterious guest. Didn’t the notice say that he appears randomly and can change his identity? With so many floors and so many participants, the chance of meeting him is too small.]
Xxx: [It doesn’t matter, I’ll contribute to the prize pool. I won’t lose anything by participating, a blind cat can sometimes catch a dead mouse. What if I’m lucky and get a windfall?]
Xx: [Let me do the math for you. I checked the performance points ranking list, which shows the scores of the top ten thousand players. The ten-thousandth player is located on the 608th floor, which means only about ten thousand players can reach the 600th floor. Don’t forget, performance points determine the floor you can climb, and the floor you’re on determines the entertainment areas you can access. Most players can’t even enter all the entertainment areas.]
Xxx: [Hmph, I never even thought about climbing to the top entertainment areas. Don’t you see that there are mny prizes? As long as you get a token, you can exchange it for a prize. With such a huge prize pool, even a little exchange would be enough. And at the end of the event, people will probably go crazy trying to collect the tokens, and the price of a token will definitely skyrocket. As long as I get one token, I’ll be rich.]
Xx: [This activity is so weird. Collecting a token from every entertainment floor will get you a special prize, but three people can also get a cut off reward. And the system specifically mentioned that the reward is very generous. The word ‘generous’ is very suggestive. If you can’t collect the special prize, you can still gain a lot by collecting the cut off reward.]
Xxx: [Stop talking and go find them! Let’s go! It doesn’t cost anything, isn’t this a no-risk, high-reward opportunity?!]
There was still a lot of content after this post, but because it was the first day of the activity and there was not much constructive information, Bai Lixin closed the discussion area after flipping through it and not finding anything useful.
He thought for a moment, opened the private chat interface, and sent Xia Chi a message.
Bai Lixin: [Are you there, Xia Chi?]
Less than a second later, Bai Lixin quickly received a reply, as if Xia Chi had been waiting for him.
Xia Chi: [Brother! I’m here. You finally messaged me. Wuuu, I miss you so much!]
Bai Lixin: [I miss you too. Where are you now?]
Xia Chi: [I’m at the guild.]
Bai Lixin: [What about Zhou Guang and the others? Are they there too?]
Xia Chi: [Yeah, we’re all together! They miss you a lot too.]
Bai Lixin gradually recalled the past in his mind. For Xia Chi, it had only been more than two years since they last saw each other, but to him, it had been more than fifty years.
Although these fifty years were just a flick of a finger compared to his long life, it was enough to make him forget some things.
Some vague memories and facial features gradually became clear in front of him. Bai Lixin paused for two seconds and sent a message to Xia Chi: [When do you have time? Are you guys free today to hang out?]
Xia Chi: [Yes! We have free time today, ah no, we have been free these days.]
Bai Lixin looked at the clock on the wall, and it was almost noon. [I’ll freshen up and see you in half an hour.]
Xia Chi: [Sure, no problem. We’ll wait for you!]
Bai Lixin took a shower and changed into a clean light brown knitted sweater and pants. It was exactly half an hour later when he arrived at the coffee shop on the first floor.
In the two-plus years, even the coffee shop had been renovated.
But the room’s decoration was not much different from before. As Bai Lixin walked towards the coffee shop, he heard several players cautiously and carefully chatting about something. Judging from their behavior and actions, they should be novice players.
“I’m scared. How could I get caught up in such a scary game?”
“Don’t be afraid. You’re a newcomer, we’re also newcomers. Let’s work hard together.”
“Yeah, since we can pass the trial game, it means that we have a certain level and luck in it. Even if we’re not in the same level later, we will definitely be able to clear it smoothly.”
“How about we make a promise? Let’s make a promise that whenever we pass a copy, we will gather here once.”
“Yeah, I hope we will all be here when we meet again.”
“Yes, that’s right. We will all be here!”
This conversation reached Bai Lixin’s ears, instantly giving him a feeling of being transported to another world. When he just entered the game, he, Xia Chi and a few others also sat in a small corner and made a promise.
Originally, the memory had been covered in dust with time, but he did not expect it to still be so clear.
“Brother!”
A familiar voice suddenly rang out in the coffee shop, pulling Bai Lixin back from his thoughts.
Bai Lixin looked up and saw Xia Chi, whom he had not seen for a long time, desperately waving at him from a private room.
Bai Lixin was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and took several steps towards Xia Chi.
As Bai Lixin walked towards him, Xia Chi’s eyes suddenly turned red. He took two quick steps and came before Bai Lixin. Without waiting for Bai Lixin to say anything, he hugged him tightly, shouting loudly, “Brother, I thought I would never see you again, wuuu, brother, I missed you so much!”
All the eyes in the large coffee shop turned towards them.
“Ahem, Xia Chi, how about we talk inside? It’s okay if you embarrass yourself, but don’t embarrass God Xin, okay?”
Another familiar voice came over. Bai Lixin looked up and saw the composed Zhou Guang gently lifting the curtain and peering out, his face turning red as he shouted at Xia Chi.
Xia Chi stopped crying, grabbed Bai Lixin’s sleeve and dragged him into the private room.
There were five people sitting in the private room, one woman and four men: Bai Lixin, Xia Chi, Zhou Guang, Liang Xi, and Li Cancan.
This game should have a time-stopping function. It had been more than two years in the game, and their appearance had not changed much, but their eyes were much more determined and sharper than they were in the novice period two years ago.
In front of Bai Lixin was a cup of cappuccino that he liked drinking.
Bai Lixin picked up the cappuccino and held it in his hand, scanning the excited faces of the people around him, saying, “It’s been a long time. Thank you for the cappuccino.”
“Wuu wuuu….”
Xia Chi, who was sitting next to Bai Lixin, started crying again, clinging to Bai Lixin’s body like a pastoral dog. “Brother, it’s been more than two years. I finally see your face to face and hear your voice. I no longer have to look at your fan fiction every day and miss you. Wuuu wuuu.”
Just as Bai Lixin was about to lift the cappuccino to his mouth, the blue ceramic cup suddenly stopped in mid-air. He turned to Xia Chi and asked, “What fan fiction?”
Xia Chi’s crying suddenly stopped, and the air stagnated in an instant.
Xia Chi stiffly climbed off of Bai Lixin’s body and sat back down obediently. The “flash of inspiration” in his mind jumped non-stop, as if it was laughing at him.
‘Oh no, I was too excited to see Brother and accidentally said something I shouldn’t have.’
‘Help!’