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nTranslator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations

nRed Queen controlled everything, the zombie hordes were everywhere, and the lickers were horrifying. Everything on the screen was shocking. Moreover, this movie made the viewers feel like they were personally in the scene, making them worry about getting hurt and subsequently becoming an ugly monster like the zombies.

nAs the story progressed, Lan Yan noticed that not only was the plot exhilarating, the swift combat and the final battle against the lickers were amazingly nerve-racking as well. The more she watched, the more shocked she became!

nHow did the author do it? She was astonished.

nThis game is such a unique novelty! It amazed her!

nShe never thought something like this existed in this world! It was beyond her wildest imagination!

nShe finally believed that the customers weren’t duped into coming here. What the shop offered was more than enough to attract all these people!

n“Is what we saw real?” Nalan Mingxue finished the movie at the same time. Although her expression was much calmer than Lan Yan’s, a hint of barely-visible amazement could still be detected if people observed her closely.

n“Who knows? Maybe it happened in a faraway land, or perhaps it’s just a story,” Fang Qi answered casually.

n“Really?” Nalan Mingxue could feel that her body was changing. For example, she felt like she could better control her body and even gained knowledge of combat techniques!

nAlthough her warrior qi didn’t improve, if she were to engage in combat, she would be better than she was before!

nFang Qi shook his head. “It’s called a ‘movie.'”

n“A movie…?” She carefully pondered the meaning behind this word.

n“Is there anything else?” Lan Yan couldn’t help but ask, “What is the game you were talking about before?”

n“I remember you accusing me of being manipulative. You said I tricked and bewitched my customers. You also said that I hired these people to act as customers in my shop.” Fang Qi looked at her and said with a smile on his face.

nSong Qingfeng and the others also stared at her.

n“…” Her ignorance was more obvious than ever. If there were a crack in the floor, she really wanted to crawl into it.

nLan Yan felt extremely awkward and embarrassed. Did I say that this shop… was tricking and bewitching its customers?

nBefore, she was looking at these warriors and rich young men as if they were stupid. But now… she felt like the stupid one!

n“I admit that I underestimated your shop!” She looked at Fang Qi, feeling like she was going to burst into tears. She finally understood what Fang Qi meant by ‘ignorance is bliss’.

nFang Qi laughed before standing up and teaching them how to play the game.

nFour hours later…

n“What? We can only play for six hours?” Lan Yan immediately stood up from her seat and stared at Fang Qi with wide-open eyes.

n“No!” she screamed, “I have to at least uncover the mystery behind the Book of Curses!”

nThe people around her couldn’t help but laugh. “The owner has never changed his rules for anyone.”

n“Oh yeah?” She questioned as she took out a bunch of crystals and stuffed them into Fang Qi’s hand. She demanded, “What do you think? I’ll pay you ten times the original price!”

n“Ten times?” The highest offer to date was from Song Qingfeng, and it was only five times the original price!

nDid she just offer him ten times the price?

n20 crystals for an hour?

nA couple of customers looked at the crystals and swallowed their saliva. Talk about steep prices!

nFang Qi looked down at the crystals in his hands and hesitated. If the system allowed him to do so, he really wanted to run away with all that money.

nSadly, the system didn’t even respond this time around.

n“I’m sorry…” Fang Qi gave her the crystals back unwillingly and said righteously, “Everyone has to follow the rules at my shop.”

nIs he an idiot? Why wouldn’t he take the crystals? A single player could play for several days with 20 crystals! He really doesn’t want it?

n“Then how much do you think we should give you?” Nalan Mingxue asked. Her tone was icy and sounded impatient; it felt like she wasn’t in the mood to negotiate with Fang Qi.

n“A thousand times the original price? Or ten thousand times?” Fang Qi’s expression remained calm. “It doesn’t matter how much you give me; rules are rules, and I won’t bend them for anyone.”

n“The owner sure is a rule-abiding person!” The man with the mustache said as he smoothed out his facial hair. He was relieved after seeing how Fang Qi followed his own rules. It meant that no one could get their hands on these computers.

nWu Shan and the others, who were originally unhappy about the time limit, felt much better upon hearing Fang Qi reject someone who offered him ten times the original price.

nSong Qingfeng thought back at his own bitter experience and couldn’t help but gloat in his mind. We tried the same thing a long time ago.

n“Are you… really not going to let us play?” Lan Yan felt like spitting out blood. She noticed that she couldn’t stop playing!

nHowever, she couldn’t play anymore!

nIf she didn’t just witness how powerful the owner was, Lan Yan would want to kill him!

nShe thought Fang Qi was a sly scammer. But now, she realized that he was an honest business person!

nHow could someone not be moved by money? If he is a scammer, then everyone else would also be a scammer!

n“I really want to keep playing…” Lan Yan stomped hard on the floor. “Can’t you accommodate us?”

n“No.”

n“You’re doing this on purpose!” Lan Yan glared at Fang Qi murderously, but he just ignored her.

nAfter a while, Nalan Mingxue finally said, “Let’s go.”

nFeeling embarrassed, Lan Yan didn’t want to let up. “But… I really want to keep playing…”

n“Ah… Miss!” Before she could react, Nalan Mingxue had left the internet café. Lan Yan had no choice but to follow her.

nLan Yan’s expression was complicated as she walked out unwillingly. “Ms. Nalan… I think this shop isn’t what we thought it was.”

n“Why didn’t that world look fake to me? It was so weird.”

n“The zombies, guns, and virus all seemed so real…”

n“Oh, and… I feel like I learned a lot of combat skills…”

n“Oh, and… I think my skills improved.”

n“I wonder what happens afterward… I’m so curious…”

n“The owner is awful; I can’t believe that he won’t let us keep playing… I really want to teach him a lesson!”

n“I really want to go back and play…”

nLan Yan blabbed on and on and on. In the end, Nalan Mingxue turned around; her expression was different than it used to be. She said softly, “Let’s come again tomorrow.”

n“…”

n– Yunshan Tavern –

nTo some extent, what happened to Xiao Yulv affected them as well.

nRight now, all they cared about was Xiao Yulv and the three mysterious lightning strikes in Fang Qi’s shop.

n“The owner’s so brave!” Blackie shuddered as he recalled what happened. “I can’t believe that he kicked Xiao Yulv out of his shop!”

n“I wonder if anything bad will happen because of this,” Liang Shi sighed.

n“Bad?” Blackie laughed. “You think the owner was looking for trouble? He didn’t even take them seriously!”

nLi Kuan picked up his cup and toasted to Liang Shi with a bitter smile on his face. “I’m glad you stopped me back then, or else…”

nThen, he shook his head and drank all the wine in his cup.

nWu Shan laughed loudly. “That’s not important, it has nothing to do with us. All we have to do is play the game! I’m impressed by the owner’s adherence to his rules!”

n“Everyone is,” Li Kuan replied, smiling awkwardly.

nThey had to admit that the movie version of Resident Evil One brought more shock to them than the game did.

nThe large zombie horde, the dismembering scene by the lasers, and the messy city at the very end all left deep impressions in their minds.

nThose who had never seen storylines like this before were all shocked beyond words!

nOn the other hand, everyone knew that watching the movie could help with the improvement of one’s combat skills. Although the improvements weren’t continuous and sustainable like the improvement from the game, it was still visible.

nSome even wondered, Is this really virtual? The combat, weapons, and everything in the game seems real! Is it a record of a war somewhere that we don’t know about?

n– Lingyun Academy –

nAfter the movie version came out, the students had more to talk about in their daily conversations.

nMost of the players were from the Lingyun Academy, so they would talk about Resident Evil on their way to the school.

nOf course, there were also players who liked to play pranks on others.

nAfter his martial arts techniques class, Song Qingfeng headed home around sunset.

nThere was a secluded tree-lined trail from the martial arts field to the gates of the academy. Because of its location, no one trimmed this area. Therefore, the branches and leaves of the Tung trees intertwined and created a giant, green arched passage.

nThe thick leaves stopped the sunlight from seeping through, so the trail was dark. Suddenly, Song Qingfeng noticed two people standing under a tree in front of him.

nThe two people were wearing ragged clothes and headed towards him slowly. There wasn’t enough light, and their heads were down, so Song Qingfeng couldn’t see their faces clearly.

nHe instinctively felt like something was wrong. He asked curiously, “What are you doing…?”

nSuddenly, the two of them looked up and showed their rotten faces!

nThen, they growled and charged at Song Qingfeng.

n“Zombies?” Song Qingfeng was immediately terrified. How could there be zombies in the real world?

nBy the time he came back to his senses, the two ‘zombies’ had jumped before him; one of them even grabbed his arm!

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