Chapter 22: Chapter 22: Corrupted

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching stopped wielding his axe: “There’s a lot in this update, and I’m old, so I read slowly. Let me take another look.”

The game’s announcements inside the game don’t last long, only for a second, mainly so Fang Ka can let players know he updated it.

If you want to check the announcement’s content, it’s quite simple.

During the first update, Fang Ka set up an announcement panel just like the game panel.

All you need to do is mentally recite ’show game announcement’ and ’hide game announcement’ to display or hide it.

This is mainly so players can see his update content inside the game without having to log off to check.

Otherwise, who knows if these players, after logging off, might suddenly feel like going to the bathroom, making a bowl of noodles, or brewing a cup of coffee. That would be such a waste of time, not worth the blessing of working non-stop.

So, it’s best to just read the announcement in-game, and after reading, you can continue enjoying the blessings, ah no, continue being harvested like leeks.

Mr. Zhou nodded slightly and continued chopping trees.

He only came over to talk to Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching after reading it.

Soon, Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching swung his axe again: “Ah, I feel like this announcement was set specifically for the two of us. After all, among the players, it’s just the two of us as Skeleton Mages.”

“In the future, we’ll definitely learn magic, and this update on the magic settings is very helpful to us. It shows us how to walk our own mage path.”

Hearing Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching’s response, Mr. Zhou grinned: “Indeed, it is very helpful to the two of us; however, the possibility of it being updated specifically for us is slim, although I am quite confident in myself.”

“I think perhaps it’s because the mage profession wasn’t completely refined before, and this time it was completely refined?”

“Once we save enough money and points, let’s exchange them for the Meditation Skill. After officially becoming a qualified Skeleton Mage, we can prioritize learning Dark Magic in the shop.”

“After that, choose from the Water, Wood, Earth, Wind, and Ice magic systems, which don’t conflict with the Dark element.”

“Among them, Earth and Wind elements conflict, so we need to choose one of them. The others basically don’t have any conflicts.”

“In theory, we can study the Dark, Water, Ice, Wood, and finally choose either the Earth or Wind elements.”

“Becoming a mage of five elements at most? That sounds pretty nice.”

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching shook his head: “Theory is just theory. This game is made so detailed and realistic, and then there’s this affinity setting. It’s definitely not like those trashy online games we usually play, where you just read a bar to learn.”

“I bet learning magic will be very hard. We shouldn’t aim too high. I’m planning to go down the Dark path only, and at most, have some fun with the Ice element.”

Hearing Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching’s words, Mr. Zhou curiously asked: “Why mess around with the Ice element?”

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching reached out and touched his own skeleton: “You say, if each of my bones is covered with a layer of crystal-clear ice crystals, wouldn’t that be super cool?”

Mr. Zhou tried hard to visualize this and was immediately astonished: “Wow, Mr. Qian, you’re amazing. This idea is truly remarkable.”

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching swung his axe down the road: “Of course. When I was in university, a lot of girls chased after me. I’ve been handsome for half my life. Now, even though I’ve turned into a skeleton in the game and can’t continue being handsome, I will not give up. Being handsome is something I fight for myself.”

“Besides, being powerful in the game is a matter of one version, but being handsome is a matter of a lifetime.”

“Who knows, maybe when the lousy developers see me so stylish with the Ice element, they’ll strengthen the Ice element directly?”

Mr. Zhou looked at Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching, grasping the key point and asked: “Mr. Qian, why did you say you were handsome for half your life? Did you gain weight and lose hair in middle age?”

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching clenched his jaw, glared at Mr. Zhou: “Xiao Zhou, I’m planning my handsome future, and you’re asking if I’ve gained weight and lost hair?”

“Look at your conscience. Do you have a conscience? Huh?”

Mr. Zhou glanced at his own empty skeleton, then seriously shook his head: “It seems like I really don’t.”

“Plus, I think when the lousy developers see that scene, they’re more likely to urgently nerf the Ice element.”

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching raised his arm: “Stop saying so much nonsense. What? You’re not tempted? You don’t want to learn the Ice element magic with ice crystals covering your entire body?”

Mr. Zhou sighed: “Of course, I want to, but I want to learn the Wood element even more, to become a large wooden sculpture.”

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching’s arm shook: “Why don’t you learn the Earth element? Become a large sand sculpture?”

As the two bantered, in the distance, Iron Black Pot came online again and stood up.

Seeing the Scapegoat, who just stood up and began crazily chopping trees with Fang Ka’s steel axe, Mr. Zhou remarked emotionally: “Considering the time, he must have quickly eaten a bowl of instant noodles and then hurried back online, right?”

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching pointed at the sitting Fang Ka looking at a book from afar: “Not to mention that performing well might be included in personal contributions, don’t forget that Mage Fang Ka is still over there, certainly wanting to perform well, maybe increasing some favorability?”

Mr. Zhou scanned the fallen Skeletons sprawled all over the felling ground and said with some emotion: “I really admire the details of this game; it’s indeed incredible. When players go offline, their in-game characters don’t disappear but exist in a sleeping state.”

“Wow, luckily, we’re all Skeletons. If it were normal character avatars… hahaha, I think this game would have degraded by then.”

“I bet this game’s lousy developers thought of that from the start, so they intentionally made us into Skeleton characters? Damn, I really want to hang this lousy developer under a lamppost.”

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching also scanned the surrounding empty ground Skeletons: “Lying around like that is really quite unsightly. I wonder if in the future, players will be allowed property? If we could have our own houses, that’d be great.”

Mr. Zhou pondered for a moment, then spoke up: “I’ll find some time to log off later and write a review, advocating for the housing system to go online. What do you think?”

Grandpa Qian of Bone-Touching gently shook his head: “Have you ever seen a lousy developer change their plans because of players? If it ever changes, they wouldn’t be lousy developers, haha.”

“Either way, it’s worth a try.” Mr. Zhou shrugged slightly and said nonchalantly.

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