Chapter 1 The Body is King

Fang Yue hesitated, but ultimately felt that his health was the most important thing.

Thinking that it would be at least half an hour before he met up with Lin Ling, he instructed the team members to watch over his body and logged off directly.

It was just a meal; it shouldn't take too long.

Fang Yue somewhat regretted buying so many instant noodles; he would have been better off buying some quick biscuits.

But I remember that Sister Yuan seemed to have bought a lot of snacks and put them in the living room. I can go see if there's anything to satisfy my hunger.

Fang Yue was eager to return to the game, so naturally, he wanted to be quick about it. Instant noodles were too slow.

Exiting the game, opening his eyes, Fang Yue looked at the pure white ceiling, and a wave of hunger surged from his stomach.

This formed a strong contrast with the feeling of fullness he had in the game.

Fang Yue checked the time; it was already past three in the afternoon.

This meant that since last night's extravagant instant noodles, Fang Yue hadn't eaten anything until today.

No wonder his stomach was so hungry.

Getting out of bed and going to the bathroom, Fang Yue ran to the living room of the rented house.

With just one glance, Fang Yue's face lit up with joy.

Because in addition to the large pile of snacks that Sister Yuan usually had on hand for watching movies on the sofa, there was also a bag of fresh fruit.

"Sister Yuan came back? And went out again? Or... did the landlord's daughter, who's as elusive as a dragon, come back?"

Fang Yue didn't think too much about it. He ate some quick biscuits, some fruit, and took the last bottle of iced fatty happiness water from the refrigerator, gulping it down.

"Ah! That's the stuff!"

Previously, because he was poor, he could only afford to buy instant noodles and didn't have money for fatty happiness water. Now, things were different.

Once I get the task done in the game, I'll go out on a shopping spree!

Gorging myself like this might not be healthy, but it's so satisfying.

As for a proper meal, that would have to wait until the game task was completed first.

Thinking of this, for some reason, Fang Yue recalled Liang Bai Kai Shui, the big V on the Dragon Play Forum, who had predicted that the game would die a miserable death.

Fang Yue seemed to vaguely share this feeling.

Because it was too compact!

There simply wasn't enough time.

The 1:1 game and real-world time flow meant that if you were bogged down with tasks in the game, you had to complete them in the game.

If something happened in reality and you had to go out, your character would become frozen, unable to do anything, and might even fail the task.

If you ignored the outside world and played the game, saying you couldn't get away, you would definitely be accused of being addicted to the game and neglecting your responsibilities.

Fang Yue, who made a living from the game, naturally didn't care and was immune to such accusations.

But the financial backers of professional gamers were mostly ordinary people, going to work or busy with things. They didn't have time to spend all day in the game. If they were playing the game and something happened in reality, and they went AFK for a while, their character might die, and that frustration would be very discouraging.

In general, this game had many problems, relying entirely on novelty and quality to stay afloat.

As for how to optimize it to attract more players and operate for a longer period, that wasn't something Fang Yue needed to consider.

"I can only hope that Tengli Group can solve these problems."

As a professional gamer, Fang Yue naturally hoped that the game would operate for a long time, especially since he was currently achieving success in the game and was far ahead of the competition.

Having eaten and drunk his fill, Fang Yue was about to clean up the trash and debris left on the table from his gluttony before returning to the game.

But suddenly, his gaming watch vibrated, emitting an LED-like warning red light, flashing on and off.

What's going on?!

Fang Yue was shocked and quickly looked at his gaming watch.

He saw words flashing quickly on it.

"Warning! Your game character is in danger! Please return to the game immediately!"

"Warning! Your game character is in danger! Please return to the game immediately!"

"Warning! Your game character is in danger! Please return to the game immediately!"

What?!

Fang Yue's face changed. Not caring about anything else, he lay down on the sofa and used his gaming watch to enter the game directly.

Five minutes after Fang Yue entered the game, the door to the rented apartment opened.

A girl of about eighteen years old, dressed in a pure and lovely manner, entered the house from outside.

At first glance, she saw Fang Yue lying on the sofa, and the mess all over the floor. Even the fresh fruit she had just bought had been mostly eaten.

She frowned slightly, hesitated, and closed the door.

Silently came to the living room, cleaned up the food scraps, wiped the table with a rag, swept the floor, mopped the floor, and finally looked at Fang Yue. After hesitating for a moment, she took an air-conditioning blanket from the room and covered Fang Yue.

Looking at the newly cleaned living room, the girl nodded in satisfaction, then sighed: "What kind of tenants did my old man bring in? He even said that they've lived here for several years and are absolutely reliable. Sigh..."

Without complaining any further, she went straight back to her room, closed the door, and locked it.

The room returned to silence.

Several hours later, Sister Yuan returned from work.

At first glance, she saw Fang Yue sleeping on the living room sofa. She didn't bother him, put down the ingredients, and went to the kitchen to cook.

The small rented apartment, although there were only three residents, each doing their own thing, was surprisingly peaceful.

Only the neglected parchment in the room faintly showed words.

"Where are they? Where are they? Where are they? Where are they? Where are they? Where are they? Come and look at my words, we are in danger, okay! Can that idiot have a little sense of crisis!"

...

In the game.

Fang Yue's dull, lifeless eyes suddenly regained their sparkle.

His stiff body suddenly had all its meridians connected, as if a force had taken over his entire body.

Then, Fang Yue saw the fluctuating perspective, the thin back, the bumpy mountain road, and the heavy panting.

"Are you... Little Hou?"

Little Hou was the small team leader riding on the same horse as Fang Yue.

At this moment, Little Hou was in a daze, as if he didn't hear Fang Yue speaking at all, just running wildly. Carrying Fang Yue on his back and running wildly, he didn't even know which direction he was running in.

Looking at the changing scenery around him, Fang Yue couldn't recognize it at all, and he said in a deep voice.

"Stop! Little Hou! Calm down! I'm here, don't be afraid!"

These few loud shouts did indeed bring the dazed Little Hou back to his senses.

"Vice Captain Ye, Vice Captain Ye! You're back! You're finally back! They, the Weirds... I I I..."

Fang Yue's heart stirred. He told Little Hou to put him down, and then asked calmly, "Don't worry, tell me slowly, what exactly happened? Also, where's your horse? Why are you carrying me on your back?"

"The horse, the horse is dead!"

As if recalling some terrifying scene, Little Hou was trembling all over.

Amidst the trembling, Fang Yue learned the general course of events from Little Hou's words.

The incident happened not long after Fang Yue logged off. Fatty, one of the six-person team, suddenly coughed twice.

This was originally nothing, but when this cough turned into gagging, and he began to spit out... a mountain of fingernails, Little Hou and the others could no longer remain calm.