Chapter 16

In fact, what Qin Yu intended to take advantage of was completely different from what everyone else thought. Don't be too evil-minded, at least not for now...

"From a health perspective, I suggest you give up playing the game directly."

"—Look, you've only grown four nutrient rings. Come on, keep eating."

Qin Yu swallowed a mouthful of food and pointed at Wen Xiaodao's fingers.

Wen Xiaodao glanced at her own delicate fingers and saw that there was a white arc at the base of the nails on both her index and middle fingers.

This white arc was the nutrient ring. The more fingers with nutrient rings, the more balanced the nutrient intake and the healthier the body.

Although she was reluctant to stop playing the game, Wen Xiaodao knew that her irregular schedule and poor diet were not healthy. So, while muttering "I don't want to" under her breath, she obediently picked up the bowl and sipped the soup in small mouthfuls.

Qin Yu couldn't help but shudder inside. This girl was just too adorable. He then composed himself:

"...However, you will definitely continue playing the game."

Upon hearing this, Wen Xiaodao smiled obediently. Qin Yu composed himself again and cleared his throat:

"Cough, so, if we take a step back, ensuring a normal schedule and diet can largely mitigate health issues."

"Then what happens after that?"

Wen Xiaodao asked with wide eyes, looking like a cute little fool. Qin Yu composed himself for the third time. This was a battle of humanity and beast:

"Stupid, don't you want to enter 'Dungeons and Dragons' to take revenge and settle the score—

—Just like a fierce tiger lying in the wilderness, enduring and waiting, and one day, when the time comes to avenge, the blood will be shed..."

After some thought, Qin Yu swallowed the phrase "Jingyang River mouth." Wen Xiaodao burst into laughter again:

"You're the tiger. Well, I've always wanted to play 'Dungeons and Dragons.'"

"Alright, but first, from today on, you must have a normal schedule and not stay up late playing. As for taking revenge in the new game..."

Wen Xiaodao, distracted by the new game, nodded absentmindedly, completely unaware that Qin Yu had used this as an excuse to make her sign the "Professional Player No-Overtime Treaty."

His scheme succeeded, and Qin Yu remained calm:

"...Prepare yourself. I have a friend who is also playing 'Dungeons and Dragons' and has joined a large guild. I'll see if he knows anything about 'League of Legends'—

—to help you out."

"But what if he is from 'League of Legends'?"

"Then make him your inside man!"

Qin Yu said with a serious tone. Wen Xiaodao glanced at him sideways:

"You're quite devious."

"Many people have complimented me on that before."

Qin Yu nodded solemnly...

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"Does the 'Servant Ring' not work either?"

"Yep, it disappears as soon as it's summoned. It seems like the air in the entire space is anti-magic."

Alpha was flipping through a book titled "The Sword of Harenis—Marching Towards Victory" while chatting privately with Lancelot.

Not long ago, Alpha had tried reading the book and using the 'Servant Ring' to summon an invisible servant to dust and arrange the shelves, but found that after using 'Summon Invisible Servant,' only a faint blue magical light flashed in the air, and then it was as if nothing had happened.

"Bullshit, how can the air be anti-magic? There must be a dispel field or something—If that's the case, there's nothing you can do. You'll have to do it yourself, enjoy the fun of being a part-time worker.

—No, you're on a monthly subscription, it'll be a good month if you finish it."

Lancelot's tone was full of schadenfreude, but Alpha didn't mind, flipping through the pages and saying:

"A month is a month. It's more interesting than reading 'Quantum Mechanics'...

—Hey, this book, it's about your god Harenis. He's really ruthless, even picking on his own brothers before becoming a god. Is this what a great hero is?—Hey, by the way, do you know 'League of Legends'?"

Alpha, while reading about Harenis' ruthless "heroic" battles against his own brothers, asked Lancelot about 'League of Legends.'

Lancelot was naturally very sensitive to the words 'League of Legends,' chasing and killing them every day. He replied:

"I know them very well. They are our enemies—no, our toys, the ones we thoroughly crush, chasing and killing them from the guild leader to the new members."

Lancelot paused for a moment and then said in a tone that suggested he wasn't joking:

"What? Did they recruit you? Don't join, no matter what benefits they offer. When you use 'Detect Evil,' anyone who stands up in the group will be useless, let alone a whole guild coming to help."

"No, the girl I share an apartment with seems to have been bullied in another game."

After receiving the prompt in his mind that his "Knowledge Specialization" in the religious domain had been enhanced, Alpha put the book revealing Harenis' dark history back on the shelf and picked up a book about the loyal and just god Tom before he became a god—

—"Tell You a Different Tom," why not "Tom and XXX's Unforgettable Story"?

"Did you get the game girl? She's asking you to stand up for her?"

"Get lost, we just started talking. If you talk so loudly, Harenis will give you a hard time."

Alpha rubbed his ears, which were ringing from Lancelot's sudden high-pitched voice, and opened "Tell You a Different Tom." On the other side, Lancelot was so excited that his voice was breaking:

"No~ Shi (No problem), private chat doesn't count for Paladin behavior assessment—When did you start talking? Tell me the details."

"Get lost, it's just talking, chatting—Are you a Paladin or a teapot? Your head is full of sexual thoughts?"

Alpha harshly criticized the teapot-like Paladin, glanced at the system time:

"Alright, I won't talk to you anymore. You keep crushing 'League of Legends' to avenge your little sister-in-law. I'm busy."

Having obtained the information he needed, Alpha cut off the private chat for the umpteenth time, ignoring Lancelot's shouts of "Hey, hey... Who's your little sister-in-law? I'm half a year older than you..." and continued flipping through the religious texts.

This book, "Tell You a Different Tom," was much more interesting, with a vivid and emotional story.

It turns out that this god of loyalty and courage had a bit of a Saint Seiya-like resilience, defeating the Black Lord and the god of tyranny, Bane, despite being weaker. However, in the end, he could only watch helplessly as the Black Lord was resurrected, and had to continue fighting Bane by stealing followers.

Not bad, Lancelot is an enemy of 'League of Legends.' Now, he can rightfully think about avenging Wen Xiaodao.

Arrogance leads to downfall, and 'League of Legends' is a prime example. Ruining people's livelihoods is truly despicable. Even if it wasn't for Wen Xiaodao, Alpha would have wanted to help (who would believe that?).

Alpha didn't rush to tell Wen Xiaodao the good news that his friend was constantly suppressing 'League of Legends' in the game.

—Alpha wanted to wait until mealtime.

Alpha estimated that Wen Xiaodao would definitely wait for his message and not play the game, at least on the first day of signing the "Professional Player No-Overtime Treaty," to forcibly adjust her already chaotic schedule, or rather, her inverted schedule.

To be honest, Wen Xiaodao's schedule was quite regular, sleeping and waking at very precise times... if you didn't consider the day and night.

About 3 hours and 40 minutes of game time later, around 10:50 in real time, Alpha closed the book he was reading.

In the morning, he had finished another 300 books. Alpha couldn't help but glance at his specialization bar.

—His "Knowledge Specialization" had already reached level 11, and his "Language Specialization" was about to level up.

Reading indeed helped his specializations. Alpha considered whether he should visit the libraries in "Dungeons and Dragons" in the future. After all, a little religious knowledge wasn't enough to make his "Knowledge Specialization" reach a high level, and "Language Specialization" couldn't be improved just by reading these books.

He had done a lot of work in the game, and Alpha had also done his homework outside the game...

...

...

In the Harenis Temple in Silvermoon City, a Paladin in silver armor pushed the door open, a two-handed greatsword gleaming on his back, clearly not an ordinary item.

"Even though evil is everywhere, my humble servant remains unrepentant..."

The Paladin knelt before the statue of Harenis and recited the Paladin's prayer fluently and quickly. After exercising a certain number of judgments, which meant dealing with a certain number of evil players, Paladins must return to the temple to pray and communicate with the main god to gain the god's approval and more powerful abilities.

The white light emanating from the Paladin's body was proof that he was receiving power.

As the prayer neared its end, the white light on the Paladin's body became increasingly bright, eventually enveloping him completely before disappearing. The prayer ceremony was finally over.

The Paladin stood up, satisfied, and stretched his arms, drawing his greatsword and swinging it a few times, feeling full of power.

After finishing the prayer, the Paladin strode out of the temple, muttering to himself:

"That bastard, so quick to get it done? Living so close, he must have done all the bad things already."

Lancelot emphasized the word "get it done" and smiled lewdly...

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