Lu Yao leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs and sipped on an iced Coke, overlooking the pixelated world of his computer screen.
From the Salt Pond Tribe in the mountains to the west to the East River Tribe in the rivers to the east, from the most dangerous depths of the forest in the north to the ghostly city of Saniro in the south, one’s own mighty name was known to no one.
It was also considered to be a little-known local god.
It was mastering Saniro that Lu Yao instantly switched birds and fowls, and his faith population doubly exploded.
He was already thinking about his next opponent.
Was it to annex the East River Tribe first?
Or was it to directly impose Sustainable Lightning and Earthquake Sanctions on the Salt Pond Tribe?
He stroked his chin.
While thinking, a new prompt appeared on the screen.
[Population is the shell, faith is power.]
[You already have a considerable number of believers and have gained a great deal of faith in the region, your greatness spreads all around and your wonders are further manifested.]]
[Please build your own spectacle, it will be your stepping stone from the trainee gods to the pantheon.]
Wonders?
This word was not unfamiliar to Lu Yao.
When Isabel subdued Liza, she had also said it.
“I also ascended up to the Creeping Zone, and got my spectacle destroyed by a bast*rd, so I descended back to the Safe Zone.”
That is, what one is in now is called the Safe Zone. And it was only after building the spectacle that one could move on to the next stage and ascend to the so-called crawl zone.
Just like what the tip described, breaking away from the Trainee Gods.
Lu Yao tapped on the shrine and made a new discovery in the [Wonders] section.
There was an available brand new miracle [Wonders].
The new miracle icon was a blurry building, and the [Wonders] required the consumption of 5,000 Faith.
Similarly to [Lightning] and [Earthquake], the [Wonders] did not have any detailed description behind it.
Lu Yao pondered, no wonder Liza was in such a hurry.
5000 Faith was a large amount of expenditure, and developing step by step, it would have to be a tribe of at least thousands of people to have this reserve. Considering that there were also emergencies and harsh environments that needed to be dealt with, it would take quite a bit of time to accumulate it.
Liza didn’t have that kind of patience, so she was going around robbing godly players of their faith just to make wonders and get back into that creepy area.
Now Lu Yao needed to consider, should he just open the [Spectacle]?
After thinking for a while, he made a decision.
[Spectacle] slowed down.
Currently, he was in the Divine Safety Zone, which should be similar to a Novice Village, so it was relatively safe. However, once he opened [Spectacle], then he might face a war with other Divine players as Liza did, and then it might be stressful.
Players who had played the old game knew that before leaving the Novice Village, they must practice and fight monsters as much as possible, and scavenge the equipment in the Novice Village.
Steady is Lu Yao’s gaming style.
Before being sure, a buddy would never leave the novice village!
I’ve made up my mind!
The first goal was to dominate the safe zone around here!
After making the crucial decision, Lu Yao’s mood lightened up.
“Little Fire. Cook me a bowl of noodles, ask for two cloves of garlic, and a fried egg.”
“Yes, my lord.”
The cactus ball got up from the potted plant, shook the mud from its thorns, jumped off the table, and went outside to cook the noodles.
Lu Yao got up and stretched.
A sudden cry of alarm came from outside.
“Crap! The cactus has become a spirit! What the hell is this!”
Lu Yao said in his heart that it was bad, and as soon as he pushed open the door, he saw a flat-headed youth with heavy dark circles standing at the door. The cigarette in the youth’s mouth was stuck to his lower lip, and his eyes looked at the ground in shock.
On the floor, the Cactus Attendant had transformed back into a cactus ball and was motionless.
“What brings you here? Old Zhou.”
Lu Yao smiled and greeted.
“No, Lu Yao, that cactus on the ground, which had hands and feet before, has become a spirit! Crap, it’s just damn outrageous!” Zhou Qiang was still staring at the cactus ball on the ground.
“You must be blind. This one rolled out of the flower pot in my house.” Lu Yao picked up the small fire on the ground and handed it to the other party, “Don’t believe me. It’s just an ordinary cactus ball.”
Zhou Qiang carefully observed the cactus ball, then touched it with his finger, a puzzled expression on his face.
“I clearly see that this thing has hands and feet, matchstick-like …… Maybe I’ve been too tired recently.”
Zhou Qiang rubbed his face with both hands.
“Right, why did you come over tonight?” Lu Yao sidetracked, “And didn’t I unlock the door? How did you get in?”
“Unlocked it? No.”
Zhou Qiang and Lu Yao checked the door and found that there was a problem with the lock cylinder of this old security door, whether it was unlocked or not, the lock inside wouldn’t pop out, purely for show.
“Old houses are troublesome with these problems, I’ll react to the landlord’s response later, but I guess people won’t give it a repair. Make do with it.”
Zhou Qiang pinched the cigarette and said, “Today I came to find you.”
“My online shop just can’t go on, I’m closing it down.”
Lu Yao froze, “You opened it from college to now, and the five year old shop just shut down? It’s too bad.”
“Small business is getting worse and worse.”
Zhou Qiang let out a bitter laugh as he pointed to his head, “See? This hairline of mine is moving upwards more and more, and I’m losing my hair every day, one catch at a time.”
“When I was in college brother I was still Kotobukuro Oguri Shun, now I’ve turned into online shop Pan Changjiang.”
From Zhou Qiang’s dark circles under his eyes and haggard appearance, Lu Yao could also tell that he was indeed under a lot of pressure right now.
When he just graduated Zhou Qiang was still springtime, and he was still thinking about being big and strong to create brilliance during the gathering …… Now he has been whacked by life to be black and thin, always smoking and frowning.
“I’m going to close the shop and go to the community as a temporary worker.”
Zhou Qiang pinched the cigarette and said with a smile, “Two thousand eight hundred a month, less money but not so much pressure, I am going to take a break before considering what to do next.”
“Bro I’m moving in today, but dude is not alone.”
Zhou Qiang shouted outwards, “Come up here, what are you hiding for?”
A woman then walked in through the door.
She looked to be in her early twenties, with clear features, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and black straight trousers. The woman’s hair was tied casually at the back of her head, and her eyes were a bit fluttering, as if she was thinking about something on her mind, but also as if she was a bit absent-minded.
Lu Yao noticed that her shoulders and waist were well defined, with little flab and traces of exercise.
“My girlfriend, Yu Yao.” Zhou Qiang introduced the two, “This is my college roommate, Lu Yao.”
Lu Yao politely smiled and nodded. Yu Yao was a bit constrained and nodded her head as well.
“We’ll be staying here for about a month at most.” Zhou Qiang explained, “We’ll move when we find a suitable house.”
Lu Yao nodded.
He was also slightly relieved in his heart.
If you guys don’t move, buddies will have to move.
Because of the presence of the simulator, it was really inappropriate to have other people in this house.
Now that Zhou Qiang and Yu Yao had moved next door, he had to be even more careful not to expose Little Flame to them.
……
That night, Lu Yao always heard someone humming next door. At first he thought it was a nightly interaction between a young couple, but the sound was getting more and more out of place.
Is it someone humming ……?
But whether the sound came from next door, or upstairs, Lu Yao couldn t be sure.
In the second half of the night, he was woken up again by the sound of doodads cutting vegetables.
In the middle of the night, who is a serious person cooking in the kitchen?
