The Righteous Player(s)

Chapter 131: Affection Rate Store

When Delicious Wind Goose hurried back home and entered Mist Continent again, it was almost dark.

He found that Wandering Child and Lin Yiyi stayed in their room, drank tea, ate snacks, and watched the live broadcast.

Noticing that Delicious Wind Goose woke up, Wandering Child glanced over with disgust.

“You’re slow, Old Goose. You’ve been offline almost the whole day.”

“You’re not a Wind Goose, but a clumsy penguin.”

“No, it’s more like a delicious fried goose.”

Wandering Child and Lin Yiyi mocked in conjunction.

Delicious Wind Goose was a little bit ashamed and furious, “Fuck off, you two. I’m going to see Mr. Chen.”

“Mr. Chen?”

Wandering Child was a little surprised, “The one who was demoted from a higher position to a lower position on our platform?”

Everyone had their circles.

The three of them were more familiar with each other. On the one hand, the three of them did well in games. They would not drag each other down, and they even had common topics. Another reason was that the three of them now lived in Shanghai. It was convenient for them to get together offline.

The two people, Delicious Wind Goose and Wandering Child would often meet before entering a game. Even though one played card games and the other played MOBA games, their ages were still close, and they were all popular streamers.

Eighteen of the forty players in this first batch of the closed beta were streamers from the Fighting Cat Streaming Platform.

These players had a few acquaintances who had good gaming skills in their real life.

But none of them were able to receive the closed beta invitation.

It was a pity.

Among the Eighteen Arhats (18 Top Trending Streamers) on this Fighting Cat Streaming Platform, the most popular streamer was certainly Delicious Wind Goose.

Delicious Wind Goose was a well-known card game streamer. While ensuring the entertaining vibe of the stream, he could still stably demonstrate his skills. In a particular card game’s ranking, he had consistently ranked within the Top 50. The most notable feature was when Delicious Wind Goose didn’t play according to the game’s meta [1], but a loyal “warrior” class deck player. He even participated in the professional league. His highest achievement was attaining the Top Four.

He persisted in the warrior class deck because of his habit of being a warrior when playing MMORPG in the past.

Moreover, in reality, Delicious Wind Goose was a fan of armorer combat sport. He was at a high level, almost able to participate in the competition with various countries.

His anchor was indeed the warrior profession.

It was fair to say that Delicious Wind Goose was the core streamer of the card game genre in Fighting Cat Streaming Platform. His popularity had stably retained at the Top Five.

Compared with half-dead streamers like Wandering Child (Child God) and Glutinous Rice Balls (Jiu Er), Delicious Wind Goose’s popularity in streaming granted him significant influences.

The influence was probably enough to affect the platform executives.

Wandering Child’s expression turned a little serious for a while.

“What’s with the demotion?” Delicious Wind Goose couldn’t help but laugh out loud. He patted Child God on the shoulder, “Old Chen! It’s Beer Chen, your former esports teammate!”

“Fuck?!”

Child God was shocked, “I know he has a good family, but I didn’t expect it to be so good. No wait, I have to find him to alter my contract!”

Although it sounded like a joke, Delicious Wind Goose nodded in agreement, “You should, Child. I have already told Old Chen that our group of people who had entered the game ‘Mist Continent.’ Those streamers in the Fighting Cat Streaming Platform should alter their contract since they need to reduce the streaming hours every day.

“I have already altered my contract. My daily required streaming hours have been reduced by half. That game… No, the work of exploring and growing in that world is much more important than our streaming work.”

“Okay, I understand.”

Child God nodded thoughtfully, “Then I will publish a post on the forum and tell them.

“Thanks, Old Goose.”

“Nothing. You will face this problem sooner or later. We can’t procrastinate on this. Let’s resolve it early.”

Delicious Wind Goose sighed, “But just to avoid his salary being lowballed, I told Mr. Chen about Mist Continent.”

“How much did you reveal?”

“About half of it. I used the narration of VR games, and we are alpha testing the games. I kept the rest of it a secret.”

Delicious Wind Goose shrugged and said helplessly, “If I tell the truth, people will not believe it.”

“En, that is reasonable.” Wandering Child nodded.

To be honest, if Old Chen was not one of the closed beta players… If someone told him that clicking on a mobile app could directly project his consciousness to the other world, he would not believe it.

“However, he promised to keep it confidential for us. From the look of it, he seemed to believe it. At least he showed deference to me or probably you too. He won’t push our salary down too much. The required stream time for every month is reduced to half. The contract fee is temporarily deducted by only a quarter. If the duration comes back to normal after one year, the previous contract will be recovered. Otherwise, if our streaming duration remains halved, the salary will be reduced to half.”

It was more like taking an extended vacation.

Within a year, the salary was only reduced by a quarter while the streaming duration was halved. Old Chen’s attitude seemed sincere.

Delicious Wind Goose added, “However, the premise is that we have to increase the penalty for job-hopping or signing contracts with competitors. Moreover, if there is other information about Mist Continent later, we should contact him as soon as the confidentiality period has ended.”

“That’s for sure.”

Wandering Child agreed, “If this game can generate an invitation code, I will be the first to give it to Beer Chen.

“This guy has a much better view of the bigger picture than me. He is witty too.”

“The most important thing is that if we can bring the boss into ‘that world,’ we can ask for more leave, right?”

Lin Yiyi blinked her eyes and couldn’t help but smile.

Wandering Child glanced at Lin Yiyi with some envy, “Sometimes, I envy you. Your time is free, let alone disappearing for a few days. Even if you go missing for a month or two, no one will come to look for you.”

“No, no, no, if I went missing for a month or two, someone will come to look for me.” Lin Yiyi retorted.

“Speaking of it, what about Jiu Er?”

Delicious Wind Goose asked curiously, “Why are you both still here? Are there any instructions you need to convey to me?”

“Jiu Er has entered the dungeon instance. Her progress is great. She reveals a new map that we haven’t seen before. I’m guiding her now. Feel free to continue your chatters.”

Lin Yiyi stared at the live broadcast screen in the void and said casually, “We have discussed it and plan to have a shift system. We don’t know about the erosion rate yet, but it is better to control it.

“This dungeon instance is troublesome. We need someone giving instructions outside. Otherwise, it will be too hard to tackle.

“We challenged the dungeon last night, and you guided us. Then, it’s time for you to enter the dungeon today. Let’s watch the live broadcast and take a rest outside.”

After that, Lin Yiyi pointed to the bread and fruit on the table, “Don’t go out. Hurry up and eat something, drink some water, and lie down.”

“When we are offline, the body here will not accumulate hunger and toilet needs,” Delicious Wind Goose couldn’t help but complain, “Otherwise, I think I might have wet the bed now.”

“Oh, yes, Old Goose. One more thing.”

Wandering Child suddenly asked, “Don Juan is back. We haven’t messed with that affection rate store just in case. We’re all waiting for you to have a look. Do you have any suggestions?”

“Then I don’t want to enter the dungeon instance. I can’t access the forum in the dungeon instance.”

Speaking of the main business affairs, Delicious Wind Goose’s expression became serious, “You should visit the store. Your affection rate is the highest, right? Then you can see most of the features.

“No matter what is in the store, don’t be rash. Remember to take a screenshot, post it and let me take a look.”

“Alright.” Wandering Child nodded in response.

[1] Most effective tactics available during that point in time.