After logging off from the continent of Aether, Ye Chuan returned to his familiar room.
"I should get a massage every time I log off from now on," he said, stretching lazily before walking out of the room.
Outside his room, Ye Chuan noticed a familiar, well-endowed girl huddled together with an expressionless girl. Both of them were holding game controllers.
"Oh? Ye Chuan, you're back!" Lan Xiaoke was the first to notice him. Seeing him walk out of his room, she immediately asked,
"What's for dinner tonight?"
Hearing Lan Xiaoke's first words be about dinner, Ye Chuan felt a bit helpless. However, his gaze also fell on Bai Qianshuang beside her.
"Qianshuang, how come you're home during the day today?"
At this time, Qianshuang should normally still be in the Tianxuan Continent. After all, her sect had just been established, and there were still quite a few things to take care of.
"I can take a rest today," Bai Qianshuang said softly. Seeing Ye Chuan come out, she patted the empty space between herself and Lan Xiaoke.
"Ye Chuan, sit here."
"Sit here?"
Ye Chuan squeezed into the middle spot between Lan Xiaoke and Bai Qianshuang, noticing that the two were currently playing a co-op console game that required teamwork.
As soon as Ye Chuan sat down, Lan Xiaoke went limp as a puddle of mud and draped herself over his shoulder. "Ye Chuan~ Let's go do something fun, shall we?"
"Mhm, let's go do something fun," Bai Qianshuang agreed.
Hearing both Lan Xiaoke and Bai Qianshuang say this at the same time, Ye Chuan glanced at the time. "Right now?"
"Yep, right now." Lan Xiaoke hugged Ye Chuan's arm, giving his hand a round of massage before continuing,
"Let's go out shopping. We've been cooped up in the house too much lately."
"I'd like to go out for a walk too," Bai Qianshuang added.
Ye Chuan: "..."
"So that's what you meant by fun," Ye Chuan realized.
"What else? What did you think we were going to play?" Lan Xiaoke said. A second later, she caught on, her eyes curving into happy crescents.
"Playing games works too. Let's just play until it's time for dinner."
"Let's just go out for a stroll," Ye Chuan said.
"Ehhhh—"
"Just one round!" Lan Xiaoke hugged Ye Chuan's waist. "Just one round, then we'll go out!"
"..." Ye Chuan subconsciously looked at Bai Qianshuang, only to find her looking back at him. "Play games with us for a bit."
Hearing this, Ye Chuan took the game controller and started operating it. He glanced at the monitor in the distance, pressed a few buttons, and then asked,
"How's this?"
"Mmm... your skills are alright." Lan Xiaoke blinked as she watched Ye Chuan handle the controller.
"But still, I'm a little bit better."
Lan Xiaoke immediately leaned over to snatch Ye Chuan's controller away, but she used too much force and ended up getting smacked in the face by the controller.
Smack!
"Ugh." Lan Xiaoke rubbed her cheek. "Seriously, and I was all ready too."
Saying that, she pressed her bag against the controller. "Heave-ho! My time to shine!"
Watching this scene, Ye Chuan continued to press the buttons on the controller. Seeing Lan Xiaoke's excited eyes, he turned his head to look at Bai Qianshuang.
"Qianshuang, how about you?"
"You guys play. I'll... wait until one of you dies before I play." Bai Qianshuang averted her gaze. After all, both of their HP bars had limits.
Whoever went down first, Bai Qianshuang would just take over.
"Come on, Qianshuang. Mmm, this game can be controlled by two people together anyway." Lan Xiaoke beckoned Bai Qianshuang over to join the game.
This console game was very well-made and had taken many scenarios into consideration.
"I..." Hearing this, Bai Qianshuang had no choice but to lean in and join Lan Xiaoke in playing the game.
Seeing this, Ye Chuan also took over Bai Qianshuang's controller and began to operate it. For the next while, no one spoke as they focused entirely on playing.
"This isn't working, your movements are too slow." While fighting the boss, Lan Xiaoke realized her actions weren't fast enough. After repeatedly failing to push the opponent into its second phase, she turned her head and said to Bai Qianshuang,
"Qianshuang, how did your skills get so rusty? What happened to our teamwork?"
"I'm not used to operating it like this." Bai Qianshuang also knew that if they kept this up, they wouldn't even reach the second phase. She had no choice but to squeeze closer to Lan Xiaoke and start controlling the character again.
"Yes, yes, yes, just like that." Seeing Bai Qianshuang's skills improve, Lan Xiaoke's eyes lit up.
"Faster, faster! We're just a little bit away from pushing the boss into phase two!"
"I know... Xiaoke, keep it down a bit." Hearing Lan Xiaoke's constant chattering, Bai Qianshuang spoke softly,
"I'm already trying my best."
Ye Chuan, meanwhile, continued pressing the control buttons on the gamepad. Seeing Bai Qianshuang and Lan Xiaoke cooperating with perfect tacit understanding, he noticed the boss was starting to enter its second phase.
"I! Will not fall!" Along with the boss's roaring voice, a sky full of rain-like attacks rained down like arrows, directly overwhelming Lan Xiaoke and Bai Qianshuang's characters.
"Finally beat it. Doing it in one go is really hard." Lan Xiaoke wiped the sweat from her face, having finally managed to trigger the boss's second phase.
"Hmph."
Bai Qianshuang also wiped the sweat off her face at this moment. She looked up at Ye Chuan. "How was that? Our teamwork is flawless, isn't it?"
"It was alright..." Ye Chuan hummed in acknowledgment. He looked at Lan Xiaoke and Bai Qianshuang. "What about the second phase? How do we beat it? The boss has already gone into a berserk state."
Right now on the monitor, the boss's entire body was swollen red and purple, its face bulging with veins as it roared and began to violently shake its body.
"Let me do it! I'm good at this!" The first phase was harder than the second phase, but when it came to the second phase boss, Lan Xiaoke had it completely under control.
"Hehe—" After settling into her spot on the sofa, Lan Xiaoke began mashing the controller with a clatter.
"Watch me!"
With Lan Xiaoke's skills, dealing with the second phase boss was indeed very simple. She easily handled the attack ranges by effortlessly jumping up and down.
Seeing this, Bai Qianshuang, who was beside her, started to learn from her. When it came to gaming skills, she was far inferior to Lan Xiaoke, but that didn't mean she was slow to improve.
"..." Bai Qianshuang was silent for a moment before asking Ye Chuan, "Xiaoke's bouncy joystick technique is indeed very impressive..."
"Yeah, indeed... Her skills speak for themselves, after all." Ye Chuan couldn't help but nod. When it came to pure technique, no one was a match for Lan Xiaoke, not even him.
Bai Qianshuang continued to study Lan Xiaoke's boss-fighting techniques, but she also noticed a problem: Lan Xiaoke was a bit too self-centered, completely ignoring the reactions of others. That wasn't a good habit.
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