Chapter 1 Wow, Really? I Haven't Streamed in a Few Days, and So Many Escape Games Have Come Out?

Lu Xiaoyao was almost overwhelmed when choosing an escape game, especially since the names of the designers and planners above were so familiar—Yan Hui!

That game planner who came to their school a few days ago. Her mind was filled with exclamation points.

No way!

Is this guy such a workaholic?!

He designs exclusive multiplayer games for their students and still has time to update and release several new escape games recently. Is he even human?!

She glanced at the chat and saw that many people were talking about a new game called "Ba Snake Train."

"So, this game has snakes? Is it scary?"

Lu Xiaoyao looked at the countless messages scrolling across the screen and couldn't tell what kind of game "Ba Snake Train" was.

[It's not that kind of scary, it's just an indescribable feeling. When you play it, you'll probably want to kill your teammates.]

This message left Lu Xiaoyao even more confused.

[Hurry! Kid, don't worry, it's definitely fun, a game that will definitely expose—cough!—show off your intelligence!]

Lu Xiaoyao: Are you implying that I'm not smart?!

[Yes, yes, yes, kid, this is super fun~ Don't worry, would we ever trick you?]

Finally, looking at these unlucky messages, Lu Xiaoyao asked quietly, "Have you guys tricked me enough?"

Ming Mei returned from Yan Hui's place and saw Lu Xiaoyao's live stream. Sure enough, she was still struggling to choose a game.

"Gui Gui, I think..."

[What do you want? No way I'm helping you write a report!]

Suddenly, Gui Gui anticipated Ming Mei's words.

Did it not know its host?

She spends her days watching her uncle and playing games. When is she going to write that 2000-word essay?

"That's negotiable," Ming Mei said. "You've been with me for most of the Eight Schools Exchange Program recently, so you've witnessed the whole thing. You must have a lot of thoughts, right?"

Gui Gui: [No, I don't. I'm just an innocent AI forced to watch.]

"As long as you help me write it, I'll send you to the main brain godfather for further study!"

Gui Gui: [Let me think about it.]

"Okay, then tell me your thoughts when you give me the report later."

[Okay.] After answering Ming Mei, Gui Gui was dumbfounded.

Why does its thinking require writing a report?

Before Gui Gui could regret it, Ming Mei happily returned to the dormitory, lay down in her game pod, and finally entered the game "Ba Snake Train" after a long "wait."

"So, Lu Xiaoyao hesitated for so long and still chose this game?"

Ming Mei opened her eyes and looked at where she was standing: a long, narrow, ancient-style wooden room. She was still standing behind the bar, with neatly arranged boxed lunches behind her.

Outside the bar were several tables by the windows.

Ming Mei felt the floor beneath her feet vibrating, so she left the bar and walked to a table by the window, looking outside.

She was immediately surprised by the sea of clouds outside the window.

"Isn't this a train? How can it fly?"

Ming Mei was surprised for a moment, then immediately pulled up the background of the "Ba Snake Train" game. She could only say that her uncle was really something.

The background of "Ba Snake Train" is that there is a school in the world of metaphysics that cultivates celestial masters. Every year, it selects children from the ordinary world who are born with spiritual power and sends them to the Celestial Master Advanced College on a train transformed by the Ba Snake.

Don't ask why it's a train. After all, times are changing!

Don't ask why the train can fly!

The Ba Snake in the Classic of Mountains and Seas has become a train. Can't it fly or run as it pleases?

In this story, the Ba Snake is not the main character; it just provides a place. The story takes place on the Ba Snake Train...

"Forget it, it's almost noon. I'll go sell boxed lunches first."

Ming Mei set her sights on the cart in the corner of the restaurant. It had been a long time since she had been an NPC selling boxed lunches, and she was inexplicably excited to sell boxed lunches as an NPC again!

Before she could rush forward, the background system prompted her that it was not her turn yet and the game plot had not yet reached the point where she could sell boxed lunches.

Ming Mei: ???

"Wow! There's even a restaurant here!"

Just as Ming Mei was depressed, Lu Xiaoyao's familiar voice rang in her ears, and then she saw Lu Xiaoyao and Wang Wenfei appear in front of her.

"Eh?"

Lu Xiaoyao looked at Ming Mei and her eyes lit up instantly. Just as she was about to "recognize" her, she heard Wang Wenfei beside her ask with a smile, "Hello, Miss Conductor, do you sell boxed lunches here?"

"Ah..."

Ming Mei opened her mouth and turned to look at Lu Xiaoyao, seeing that Lu Xiaoyao seemed to have realized that the person in front of her was an NPC, so she stammered, "Yes, do you have boxed lunches, Miss? We're hungry too~"

For the first time!

Lu Xiaoyao actually took the initiative to ask her to buy a boxed lunch!

No reason, no substitutes! Just wants to buy a boxed lunch!

The viewers who had been watching Lu Xiaoyao's live stream for so long were overjoyed as if it was the New Year.

[Ahhhhh! It's promising! It's promising! My kid is like a cow on an airplane this round, so awesome!]

[Wuwu, not easy, not easy! My kid has grown up! No longer being chased and fed by the merchant lady!]

[Congratulations!]

[Come, come, come, live stream admin, can I request "Today is a Good Day" as the live stream background music?]

…

And Ming Mei, at this moment, was full of bitterness!

It wasn't time for her boxed lunches yet!

The plot hasn't started yet!

"I'm sorry, it will take some time for our boxed lunches to be ready. If you need them, you can come back later."

Ming Mei had a hint of apology on her face, and Wang Wenfei also felt that something was wrong.

Isn't this the Mysterious Merchant?

Why doesn't she sell boxed lunches? Could it be that she was wrong again?

Thinking about it, Wang Wenfei felt a hint of vigilance about the word "again" that suddenly rose in her heart. She couldn't help but take another look at Ming Mei, thinking that she might have really mistaken her.

But she didn't explicitly refuse her.

She said she wasn't ready yet.

Wang Wenfei's thoughts were interrupted by Lu Xiaoyao beside her, who pulled Wang Wenfei back and said, "Madison just asked us if we wanted to eat instant noodles, saying that there were a lot of instant noodles available on the train."

"This game is designed pretty rough, there are only NPCs in the restaurant car, and there's no special food. I see that the snack cart over there is bare and doesn't even have any snacks!"

Lu Xiaoyao's disdainful voice was not quiet at all, and Ming Mei could hear it clearly.

"Forget it~ Let them eat instant noodles then."

Ming Mei could already imagine Lu Xiaoyao's reason for refusing when she went to sell boxed lunches later—too many instant noodles.

Thinking like this, she went straight back to the bar, complained to the system background, and directly replaced the high stool with a recliner. She lay down on it, waiting for the plot to begin.

"Anyway, it's almost the end of the semester, and the grades are out. It doesn't matter if I don't earn this credit."

After muttering to herself, Ming Mei simply lazed on the recliner and watched Lu Xiaoyao's live stream.

[Host, if you're so free, why not write a little now...]

"No, you write it, Gui Gui. You said you wanted to think while writing."

Gui Gui: […]

Ignoring Gui Gui's resentful protests, Ming Mei was already watching the live stream. Including Lu Xiaoyao, there were four male and four female players in this game.

The four female players were: Lu Xiaoyao, Wang Wenfei, Mu Ning, and a military school senior she didn't recognize.

The four male players were: Mu Chen, Madison, Julian, and Qi Hai Kui.

Looking at everyone present, Ming Mei just wanted to say that everyone's hand speed was pretty fast. They've all finished writing their thoughts, right? And here they are playing the game?