Update time: 2014-02-11
After finishing the quest, it was almost lunchtime, so Lin Zheng simply logged off to find something to eat. He had a huge stash of instant noodles at home, which would easily solve the meal problem. So, Lin Zheng boiled water for two servings, and also prepared Yang Qi's portion, knocking her out of the game to eat. After finishing the noodles, feeling that he knew too little about the game, almost like a newbie, Lin Zheng helplessly opened the official website to seriously learn about the game.
Phantom Spirit is a very special game. Its creation concept is not simply to be a game, but to build another spiritual world in which humans can survive. Therefore, this game world does not have a main storyline, and there are no main storyline quests. However, the construction of this world has adopted the ideas, fantasies, and expectations of countless people. In addition, with the powerful derivative system of the central computer, it has formed a world with extremely exciting and varied plots! In other words, it is not surprising if you meet some awesome novel characters or anime characters one day! Phantom Spirit is originally a wonderful world full of fantasy and immortals!
The official website also introduces that as the game progresses, the so-called job differences may be eliminated in the future, and even character attributes and levels will be cancelled, becoming a world closer to reality! Of course, this will be a long time in the future! As of now, this will not happen until many people reach the maximum level.
Lin Zheng only briefly understood the game's world view. In order to complete the game, he mainly focused on some game strategies and tips. He also considered some basic information for a long time, which can be regarded as a relatively in-depth understanding of the game. Compared with Yang Qi, he probably only lacked the experience of playing the first generation of "Phantom Spirit". After all, many default settings of "phantom spirit ii" are the same as the first generation, and you won't know without experiencing it yourself.
After reading the game information, it was already 1:50 PM. Lin Zheng logged into the game unhurriedly. After being half-dreaming and half-awake, he appeared at the entrance of the job hall. As soon as he went online, the information prompts kept ringing. He opened it and saw that it was basically from Tyrant and the others, asking him to team up to level up. He deleted all the information, and then opened the friend list to apply to join Tyrant's team. A sword sound rang, and Lin Zheng joined the team, but he was surprised to find that Xiao Miao was not in the team.
"Huh!? Where is Xiao Miao? Isn't Xiao Miao online yet?" Lin Zheng asked in the team channel.
"Uh! Well! Xiao Miao needs to take a nap from 12:30 to 2:00 every day. By the way, Xiao Miao goes to bed on time at 9:30 in the evening!" Tifa's voice came into Lin Zheng's ears, and Lin Zheng immediately had an "Oh! I see!" expression. "As expected, Xiao Miao is still a child!" Lin Zheng said, "What a good child!"
"You better not let her hear these words!" Tifa said with a chuckle, "She will fight you!"
"Speaking of which, Xiao Miao is really cute! Is she really 18 years old? Is this the legendary loli! I guess Xiao Miao is very popular with some strange uncles!"
"Haha! Tyrant is the biggest strange uncle! You don't know! Tyrant was... Ah--!" Dragon Tooth's voice came into Lin Zheng's ears, and the scream at the end scared Lin Zheng a lot. Then Tyrant's voice came, "Get out of here! Who doesn't know you are the most wretched here!"
"Hahaha!" Lin Zheng laughed loudly. Unknowingly, he had already walked out of Tianshuang City. Just as he was about to go to meet Tyrant and the others, a petite figure flashed past him, wearing a black cloak, and a small face that Lin Zheng was somewhat familiar with was revealed under the pointed wizard hat.
"That! I'll be there in a little while!" Lin Zheng said in the team channel.
"Hmm? What's the matter?"
"There is someone, a little concerned!" Saying that, Lin Zheng had already turned around to chase after that figure, "Hehe! It must be a girl!" Dragon Tooth's lewd voice came, making Lin Zheng roll his eyes.
"Youxi!?" Lin Zheng shouted at the girl. In fact, he was not very sure whether this girl was the person he knew. After all, he had not seen her for nearly 8 years. However, when the girl stopped after hearing his shout, Lin Zheng was basically sure that it was the child he knew!
Stop, turn around, what a clean and neat movement. A quiet face appeared in Lin Zheng's eyes, a taciturn expression, short black hair, uneven bangs, and inorganic eyes emitting a transparent light. Familiar with a bit of strangeness, of course, the 12-year-old girl is now 20 years old! But Lin Zheng was completely sure that this was the girl he knew - Changsun Youxi!
Speaking of Youxi, this girl once made Lin Zheng very speechless! Youxi's parents were both ultimate anime fans. Under the influence of these ultimate parents, Youxi unexpectedly became a super otaku! Ten-year-old Youxi could play 18-forbidden love games in front of Lin Zheng without changing her expression. How sturdy is this! Lin Zheng was struck by lightning at the time!
As a responsible neighbor big brother, Lin Zheng felt that he had an obligation to bring Youxi, this little otaku, back to the right path, but many educations failed. Youxi still firmly took the otaku road! Then, at the age of eleven, Youxi fell in love with the official Youxi in "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya", and even changed her original name Yu Xi! What made Lin Zheng vomit blood was that her father actually agreed, and said with great surprise that Youxi had vision and how correct her role positioning was! What! What a strange father!
However, not long after that, Lin Zheng left home and had no chance to properly correct Youxi's outlook on life. It was the first time he saw Youxi in nearly eight years. He didn't expect that she still had the same look when they met! Well! Although this look is quite cute! At the moment when Youxi turned around, Lin Zheng's heart jumped with cuteness! Is this the charm of the legendary emotionless beautiful girl? Nonsense! But I was really touched!
"Youxi? Are you really Youxi?" Lin Zheng asked again to make sure.
"Yes!" Youxi nodded lightly.
"Changsun Youxi?"
"Yes!"
"Do you remember who I am?"
"Yes!"
"I am Lin Zheng!"
"Yes!"
"Yes your head!" Lin Zheng jumped up and knocked Youxi on the forehead, "Will you die if you say a few more words! Are you possessed by Nagato!?" Regarding Lin Zheng's behavior, Youxi just looked at him with slightly questioning eyes, as if asking "Why did you knock me?" like that.
Lin Zheng saw that it was over! Could it be that she has been completely assimilated!? In other words, if she has been maintaining the cosplay state of Nagato Youki for the past eight years, wouldn't she have been playing it all the time!? How persistent are you! Or has she completely integrated herself into the role? Looking at the situation, I am afraid that it is already "deep integration"! The expression, behavior, and natural unmodification show that Youxi did not deliberately play any character, this has become her attribute! Lin Zheng stared at Youxi speechlessly, as if trying to see flowers on her face. And Youxi actually stared at him without any expression. A normal girl would have some expression, right!
"Listen carefully, Youxi!" Lin Zheng said with a serious face, "You are Changsun Youxi, not Nagato Youki! What you want to be is yourself, not to be someone else's shadow, especially a virtual character, understand?"
"Yes!" Youxi's answer was still so concise. Lin Zheng felt powerless and thought, forget it, I will slowly correct Youxi's world view in the future! As for the personality! Well, an emotionless beautiful girl is really cute, this, there is no need to change it, right!?
"Then good! Youxi! It's been eight years since we last met, tell me about your situation! Don't make it up! Don't tell me you are some kind of alien!" Lin Zheng asked casually, if you want to educate well, you have to understand Youxi's situation, right?
Youxi blinked her eyes, looked at Lin Zheng for a few seconds, and then replied: "Changsun Youxi, 20 years old, Dragon Garden Computer Science Department, second year, Network Language Class A, Guardian!"
"Very good! Very good!" Lin Zheng said with satisfaction, "Dragon Garden! I see, you have become a student of Dragon Garden! Amazing!" Dragon Garden is now the highest institution in China, and its teaching conditions can be called the best in the world. Being able to enter Dragon Garden means that Youxi is studying very well and has talent! It seems that although she is an otaku, Youxi is still very serious about her studies. As a big brother, Lin Zheng is still very happy that his sister can have this achievement! But what is the last introduction? Could it be something like a network administrator?
"Network World Inspection Guardian, what is this?"
"Monitor the entire network world, and correct the errors caused by abnormal life forms that appear in the network world! This is my main job!" Youxi said indifferently, once again making Lin Zheng struck by lightning. Is it Chuunibyou this time? What what? There will be errors in the network world? And it is caused by abnormal life forms, and she, Changsun Youxi, will correct it? Not an alien but a network hero?
"Then, can you tell me, which organization gave you this great mission?" Lin Zheng said weakly.
"The remaining thoughts of Atlantis civilization!"
"Prehistoric civilization? Awesome! Youxi's imagination is getting richer and richer!" Lin Zheng said with a dry smile, which looked very forced.
Sensing Lin Zheng's distrust, Youxi blinked her eyes gently, as if pondering how to explain.
"Why don't you believe me?" Youxi asked, and Lin Zheng retorted helplessly, "How can you expect me to believe you?"
"Oh!" Youxi responded and then fell silent, giving Lin Zheng the feeling of punching cotton. What drove Lin Zheng crazy was that Youxi actually became silent! Helpless, Lin Zheng changed the subject.
"Youxi, who did you come to play with?"
"Mm! People from the same dormitory!"
"Are you very close?"
"Very close!"
"Can you introduce me to them?"
"Sure!" Alright, this conversation was too concise. Was this one of her cute points? Lin Zheng looked at Youxi, sighing inwardly. This girl was amazing! She was practically Yuki Nagato reborn! How could she be so similar? If any follower of the Church of Nagato saw her, they would be amazed.
"Youxi! Over here!" At the city gate, a female swordsman waved her hand and shouted. Coincidentally, Youxi's finger also pointed towards her. Oh! This must be Youxi's classmate and roommate. Seeing Youxi leading Lin Zheng over, the female swordsman's pretty face instantly became alert, and she pulled Youxi to her side. "Who are you? Why are you with our Youxi? Don't think you can deceive her just because she's naive!"
Lin Zheng looked at this female swordsman called Xiao Meng, the cute Guardian, feeling happy that Youxi had a good friend, but also speechless. At least he looked decent and presentable. Why did he look like a playboy or some strange uncle? Was it necessary to be so vigilant?
"Meng, this is Lin Zheng, my brother!" Youxi said, pointing at Lin Zheng. "This is Xiao Meng."
"Huh? Your, your brother?" The female swordsman Xiao Meng was stunned, and the vigilance on her face disappeared. She stared at Lin Zheng curiously and asked, "How come I didn't know you had a brother? Wait, that's not right! You have different surnames!"
"Childhood sweethearts!" Youxi explained.
"Oh! I see!" Xiao Meng had an expression of "I understand!" She then smiled and said to Lin Zheng, "Hello, Big Brother! Sorry about just now! You know how innocent our Youxi is. People are always trying to deceive her, so I have to protect her! So, hehe!"
"It's alright. I'm very happy that Youxi has a good friend like you!" Lin Zheng said with a smile. "In the future, please take care of Youxi! This girl is indeed a bit too naive!"
"Of course! Taking care of Youxi is the duty of our entire school! Youxi is our Dragon Garden's mascot! Look how cute our Youxi is! She's so adorable!" Xiao Meng hugged Youxi happily, her affection overflowing. Lin Zheng could understand this to some extent, but "mascot"!? Lin Zheng was sweating!
"Do you know, Big Brother? Last year, there was a cosplay competition, and our Youxi didn't even need makeup to instantly kill the other contestants!" Xiao Meng began to tell Youxi's glorious history. Lin Zheng thought, that's for sure! After eight years of playing a role, she had long since assimilated herself. Besides, she was a beautiful girl~~ What Xiao Meng said next left Lin Zheng dumbfounded.
"Also, also! At the calligraphy competition, she actually wrote out Wang Xizhi's 'Lanting Xu' perfectly! It stunned the judges! Haha!" Xiao Meng looked proud, as if she had won the prize. In fact, Youxi's participation in the calligraphy competition was entirely Xiao Meng's doing. After seeing Youxi replicate the shocking 'Lanting Xu', Xiao Meng immediately signed Youxi up for many competitions, such as piano competitions, violin competitions, Go competitions, badminton competitions...
She was practically treating her like a god! As a result, what shocked the entire Dragon Garden was that she knew everything, and she was proficient in everything. Although she didn't win every championship, she was at the top level in everything! For a time, Youxi's fame in Dragon Garden was known to everyone.
However, a person, especially a girl, who is too outstanding is easily ostracized. Youxi, who was in the limelight, was greatly ostracized for a while! Especially her image, which made many people feel that she was constantly trying to show off, being pretentious, and too artificial. College students hate showoffs the most!
But later, after in-depth investigation and tracking by the "Dragon Garden Paparazzi Campus Beauty Selection Committee," most of the boys understood the truth. Changsun Youxi was a girl as pure as a blank sheet of paper, as pure as a snow lotus on the Tianshan Mountains. She was a real, existing, emotionless beauty in the campus! When the truth was exposed, the girls showed great love for Youxi, this natural moe creature. Yes, Youxi, with some younger sister attributes, could satisfy the girls' desire to be older sisters! Everyone protected her under their wings, not allowing the boys who had reacted to have a chance! As a result, two opposing forces appeared in Dragon Garden—the "Cute Girl Support Group" formed by the girls and the "Moe God Support Group" formed by the boys, and recently there has been a tendency to expand outside the school.
"Hmph! I still remember the dumbfounded expressions of those stinky boys! They bullied our Youxi, and now they want to chase our Youxi? No way!" Xiao Meng said angrily, while Lin Zheng looked sweaty and had black lines all over his head. "Are the students in your Dragon Garden going to be any more bored?"
"What bored!" Xiao Meng puffed out her cheeks and said dissatisfied, "You don't know those beasts. When they see Youxi, they're like hungry wolves seeing meat, wishing they could swallow her in one gulp. If it weren't for our support group, you wouldn't be able to see this good younger sister now!"
"Damn! Is it that exaggerated?" Lin Zheng shouted in disbelief.
"Exaggerated?! Hmph!" Xiao Meng sneered, "Youxi's popularity in our school is even higher than that of the most popular international superstar Sun Yu. What do you think? By the way, you should be glad that the person who knows you are Youxi's Qingmei is me. If those beasts knew, especially in this game, they could tear you apart in minutes! Hehe! Do you think I should tell them?"
"Hiss—" Lin Zheng gasped. What a vicious idea! Speaking of which, Youxi was so awesome! She had even surpassed the popularity of an international superstar! Lin Zheng knew about the female celebrity Sun Yu. She was currently a very popular singer all over the world. Yang Qi liked to listen to her songs very much. According to the Chinese people's standard of chasing stars, Sun Yu's popularity had undoubtedly reached its peak in China! But such a person at the peak of popularity had actually been surpassed in Dragon Garden! And that person was the Youxi in front of him.
"With Youxi being so amazing, wouldn't many talent scout be looking for her?" Lin Zheng asked with a frown, looking at Youxi's small face.
"There are people staking out every day, it's so annoying!" Xiao Meng got angry when she talked about this, "Our Youxi isn't some vain girl. Besides, the entertainment industry is so chaotic, how can we let Youxi in? She's so naive, she'll be eaten by those disgusting guys until there's not even a bone left! They all have bad intentions! So, hmph! As soon as we find out, we immediately launch a school-wide manhunt, no matter which company it is, and throw them directly out of the school!"
"Well done!" Lin Zheng clapped his hands and praised. There were so many dirty things in the entertainment industry, how could Youxi go in?! No way! "My Lin Zheng's sister, why would she need to go to the entertainment industry to smile and earn money?"
"That's right, that's right!" The more Xiao Meng looked at Lin Zheng, the more pleasing he became. He didn't have the wolf-like eyes that the beasts had when they looked at Youxi. He was a good brother who loved his sister! Otherwise, hmph! No matter if you're a brother or not, I'll definitely kick you away!
"Um, in the future, if anything comes up that can't be solved, call me. My phone number is 123. After all, I'm Youxi's brother, and I have a share of the responsibility to protect her!"
"Mm! Youxi, have you written it down!? Hehe! Be sure to remember it. Youxi's memory is the best!"
"Mm!" "Ah—! Can you not be so cute! You're killing me with your cuteness!" Xiao Meng rubbed Youxi's small face affectionately, completely ignoring Lin Zheng's existence.
"Cough!" Lin Zheng coughed. "Pay attention to your image! This is at the city gate!"
"Uh, uh!" Xiao Meng reacted and immediately jumped up like a cat that had been stepped on. "It's over! Big Brother, run!" With that, Xiao Meng pulled Youxi and ran towards Qingfeng Forest. Lin Zheng scratched his head. What was this? Was it necessary to run?
"Eh! Who was that just now?"
"Youxi! Youxi!"
"Really!? Is Youxi in here? Where! Where?"
"That girl seems to be that dead girl Xiao Meng! There's no escape! It's Youxi!"
"She was just here, where did she go!"
"..."
Were these the beasts of Dragon Garden? With this kind of virtue, they still claimed to be students of the top universities in the country? Lin Zheng stared dumbfounded at the group of male players who suddenly looked like they were in heat. Their fanatical expressions were even more impactful than Xiao Meng described! What a group of beasts with excessive male hormone secretion! Damn! He had to get out of here quickly. If he was discovered to have been with Youxi just now, he might really be torn apart by these beasts.