Even though before entering the log-in lobby, Feng Bujue was already mentally prepared, when he opened the inbox, he was still shocked.
"The last time I received so many emails … was when I fought her during the Battle of the Butterfly at S1 …" Brother Jue looked at the number of emails and sighed helplessly.
After so many updates, the social system of Thriller Paradise had naturally become richer and more complete. Correspondingly, some of the rules had changed as well.
In the current version of the game, players were free to send and receive emails. However, the 'supervision' of the system had become stricter. The system's ability to identify 'spam' had improved by leaps and bounds compared to the early days of the game. It was almost as good as a real person reviewing emails.
In addition to profanities, disgusting comments without profanities, spam composed of all kinds of gibberish, and advertising emails, there were also some more complicated means … such as acrostic poems, indirect abuse combined with examples of current events, specific graphics composed of various symbols, and so on. The system could screen and block all of them.
Once a player sent an email like that, they would not be able to send another email for a long time. Other than that, even if they did not send an email that was deemed as harassment by the system, within a certain period of time, if a player did not receive a reply, they would not be able to send more than one email to the same target.
In conclusion, the current anti-harassment system of the game was still quite effective.
But … even so, Brother Jue still received more than ten thousand messages. It was not hard to imagine that if not for the system, the number that would have been waiting for him would not have been five digits but seven digits …
"Hmm … 'I am very unhappy, you are a bad person' … 'I hate you' … 'Can you go and stop your heartbeat' … 'Xu Huai Shang's personal bodyguard, the following sentences that might be censored are omitted. One hundred million words, you are on your own' …"
Feng Bujue quickly browsed through the emails and most of the content made him speechless.
Due to the existence of the system review, in order for the mail to be delivered, these people had to rack their brains to find words that would not be censored. The result was … in the end, the things that were sent over were extremely "harmonious". It did not make people angry at all. In fact, it even felt a little cute.
Ding!
Brother Jue looked at it for two minutes before a notification came. It meant that he had a friend who wanted to talk to him.
He glanced at the window, and sure enough … it was Xu Huai Shang.
After thinking for two seconds, Feng Bujue clicked on "Audio Only" (Video could be used, but Brother Jue usually didn't do it because he didn't think it was necessary). After the connection was established, he spoke first, "Hello."
"Hello." Xu Huai Shang replied.
"You're really good at ambushing us today," Brother Jue said in a teasing tone right after the greeting. "Acting first and reporting later, right?"
"Ha …" Xu Huai Shang naturally knew what her Brother Jue was talking about. She was amused. "You must be dealing with the threatening emails now, right?"
"Yeah, these threatening emails are between kindergarten classes and kindergarten classes. They look like they are acting coquettishly. It's a nightmare," Feng Bujue complained.
"Just bear with it for a few days. It will lessen after a while." Xu Huai Shang said, "Unlike me … I'm harassed like this every day. Other than the threatening emails, there are love confessions, flirtations, and the most ridiculous thing is that there are people who confess to me about the bad things they've done …"
"You are you, and I am me." Feng Bujue said, "Why don't you tell me that you don't have to wait in line when you go out?"
After he said that, Xu Huai Shang was obviously stunned for two seconds before she said, "Hey, hey … how do you know that I don't have to wait in line when I go out?"
"Don't worry, I'm not a stalker." Feng Bujue knew that Xu Huai Shang had probably misunderstood him. "I'm just speculating."
The next second, Xu Huai Shang raised her voice, "When I go to the café for a cup of coffee, everyone from the waitress to the manager says that I'm a lucky customer and I don't have to pay … That's not my problem, is it? When I go to the theme park, there are always people in front of the line who want to invite me to join them, that's not my problem either, is it? I'm also troubled by that! "
"That's none of my business!" Feng Bujue said, "Go talk to your parents! Put on a mask and sunglasses before you go out! "
The two of them yelled at each other for a few seconds and then went silent for a few seconds.
Then, it was Xu Huai Shang who pulled the topic back, "Okay, let's get down to business. Can I join your club?"
"No." Feng Bujue answered without thinking.
"Why not?" Xu Huai Shang asked.
"Our club is very low-key." Feng Bujue said.
"Huh?" Hearing Xu Huai Shang's tone … she seemed to want to laugh but she forced herself to hold it in, "You know that you're more famous than all the players in many gaming studios combined right? Furthermore, Underworld Frontline is the champion of S2, how can you be low-key? "
"So, you want to increase our club's popularity by at least two times?" Feng Bujue asked.
"I don't really care about that." Xu Huai Shang said, "I only know that your club is very strong and I think the atmosphere is very good."
"What else?" Feng Bujue continued.
Xu Huai Shang was taken aback, "What else?"
"There's one more important reason that you haven't told me, right?" Feng Bujue said.
"Hmm …" Xu Huai Shang hesitated. After thinking about it, she felt like she couldn't hide this from Feng Bujue so she said, "Okay … I think there's a high chance that I can win S3 if I join your club."
"Ah ~ That's right." Feng Bujue said proudly, "If you want to ride my coattails, just say it. If you're honest from the start, maybe I'll consider it."
"So, what's your decision now?" Xu Huai Shang seemed to be getting impatient so she followed up with another question.
"Still no." Feng Bujue's tone was rising.
"Why …" Xu Huai Shang said word by word, "Still, no?"
"Because our club is not only low-key, it's also very democratic." Feng Bujue replied, "I don't have the right to decide whether or not you can join us. I have to ask the other members before I can give you an answer."
"As long as they all agree, then you'll agree?" Xu Huai Shang asked.
"Yes." Feng Bujue said, "But … everyone in our club has to agree. There can't be a single veto."
"Your club only has 5 members right?" Xu Huai Shang asked.
"Yes, that's why every vote is important." Brother Jue said matter-of-factly, "Think of our club as the United Nations Security Council. Every member has a 'veto'."
"Ho ~ Even though I've never heard of our club having such a rule, but since you've said so, I hope you'll follow it in the future."
At this time, another person's voice came from the communication channel.
This person's tone was 90% similar to Brother Jue's but the voice was much better than Brother Jue's.
"Huh?" Brother Jue's first reaction was that he had misheard, "What's going on? Ruo Yu? "
"Brother Jue, actually the four of us have been here since the beginning …" Then, Xiao Tan's voice came from the other side.
"Where … are you?" Feng Bujue asked as he thought about it.
"In Sister Shang's conference room …" Xiao Tan replied.
"You've found yourself another big sister in such a short time?" Feng Bujue almost instinctively complained, "By the way, you're home fast, aren't you? Didn't you take a dump when you got home after eating hotpot? You came online earlier than I did! "
His voice was getting louder and louder because he realized that his conversation with Xu Huai Shang was under the scrutiny of his four Underworld Frontline teammates. Even though he didn't say anything out of line, it didn't feel good to be spied on without knowing it.
"Then … you should know the general situation now." A few seconds later, Xu Huai Shang's voice came back, "If you don't have a problem with your vote, come to my conference room and add me … leader."
…
When Feng Bujue was invited into Xu Huai Shang's conference room, Ruo Yu, Xiao Ling, Xiao Tan and Miss An had been waiting for him for a long time.
To Brother Jue's surprise, Goddess Xu had arranged her meeting room to be something like a 'training room'. There was basically no entertainment. Other than the area around the meeting table, there was not even a place for one to sit comfortably in the room.
"Hmm … so this is a conference room for professional players … It does have a lot to learn from." After Feng Bujue entered, he walked to the side of the room and sat down while looking around.
"Not all professional players would arrange things like this." Xu Huai Shang said, "At least the studio I worked for before didn't have any requirements for players to do activities in the resting area …" She paused and then continued, "This is just my personal preference … Because sometimes I have to wait in the conference room for a meeting, I feel like I have nothing better to do so I might as well use that time to train."
Obviously, Xu Huai Shang, who was called a 'genius' by Meng Jingchan, was not only very talented in gaming, she was also a very hardworking player.
In fact, she was probably the most hardworking professional player in the game right now.
From the earliest days of e-sports with keyboards and mice to the future where virtual reality games were becoming more and more popular, the discrimination against female players in the gaming circle had never stopped. With the passing of time, people's views had also changed. Even today, there were still many people who held the stereotype that 'female players are definitely weaker than male players'. Whenever a female player was mentioned, their focus would first be on the player's appearance. Then, there would be some gossip that was either exaggerated or distorted.
Admittedly, since the creation of 'video games', the overall strength of male players had always been overwhelmingly strong. This was even more so after the gaming industry became more professional. For a very long time, it was extremely rare for male players to lose to female players in a professional tournament. Occasionally, when a famous male player lost to a female player, he would be ridiculed until he retired from the game. Even after he retired, he would still be ridiculed …
However, when it came to Feng Bujue and the others who relied on neural connection technology to play the game, the number of female players and the overall strength of the female players had increased significantly. This changed the situation a little bit.
Xu Huai Shang, on the other hand, could be said to be a flag-bearer of this era.
She was the first female professional player to win multiple individual championships in international competitions regardless of gender. At least in the middle of the 21st century, this was an unprecedented achievement.
Perhaps from an outsider's perspective, a girl like Xu Huai Shang only needed to rely on her face to live an "easy" life. But in reality, it was because of her appearance that her path to becoming a professional gamer was even more difficult.
Without a doubt, even if Xu Huai Shang didn't want to, she would inevitably be 'treated differently' in various situations. Therefore, when she first started playing the game, other than being harassed, she was also questioned by all kinds of people.
More than once, she had been treated unfairly because she had refused some unreasonable requests.
The glory that she earned through her hard work was also attributed by some people to 'relying on her appearance' and 'connections'. And … there were many people who were willing to pay the price for these rumors.
However, she still managed to survive … In the end, the game itself wouldn't lie.
She used ten times, or even ten times more effort and effort than others to finally gain the recognition of the players on the game's level. Finally, people moved their eyes away from her appearance and recognized … that she was a professional player, and one of the top players in the game.
Only Xu Huai Shang could understand the hardships and hardships that she had endured along the way.
Now, as a professional player, she didn't need to prove her strength anymore. But … she still had one regret, and that was that she had yet to win the 'team championship' honor. Therefore, this time, she joined the Underworld Frontline. It was the same as betting on Feng Bujue and the others …
Of course, Feng Bujue didn't know about her experiences and thoughts. At the end of the day, Brother Jue didn't know Xu Huai Shang.
But … as a woman, Ruo Yu's intuition in this regard was much more sensitive and sensitive than Brother Jue's. When she saw the news about Xu Huai Shang's contract being terminated, she already had a vague idea of something … After that, after a series of probing, even though Xu Huai Shang was still tight-lipped, Ruo Yu understood that the trigger for the termination of Xu Huai Shang and Red Cherry's contract was the decision she made in the S2 match between Red Cherry and Underworld Frontline.
After knowing this, Ruo Yu's heart was filled with an indescribable emotion …
"Speaking of which … the characters in your account, and the resources, will they all belong to you after the termination?" Feng Bujue didn't comment too much on Xu Huai Shang's' personal preferences'. He quickly asked a question that he was more interested in.
"Yes, they will all belong to me." Xu Huai Shang replied, "But … before the termination, the studio had already used various methods to reclaim the resources that could be reclaimed. To a large extent, it has hindered my ability to play the game normally … So, since the level cap was released, I haven't been able to level up much."
"Oh …" Before she finished, Brother Jue had already figured out the few suspicious points that he couldn't figure out at Linlu Town. He mumbled to himself, "No wonder …"
"Hmm … Anyway …" Then, Feng Bujue scanned his companions. "Since no one has any objections, I'll invite Goddess Xu to join my group."
"How about you change the way you address me first?" Xu Huai Shang asked.
"Hehe …" When Feng Bujue heard this, a wicked smile appeared on his face.
"If you dare to say that word that starts with four …" Now, Ruo Yu had reached the level where she could see through Brother Jue's trash talk before it even left his lips. "Tomorrow morning, when we greet each other, there might be an uncontrollable physical altercation or something like that."
"Er …" Feng Bujue, who was exposed, swallowed the trash talk that was about to come out of his mouth. Then he turned to Xu Huai Shang and said, "Then why don't you tell me what to call you?"
"You're older than me. Just call me Xiao Shang." Xu Huai Shang replied.
"Then here's the problem …" Feng Bujue said seriously, "In front of your die-hard fans … like your personal guards, should I come up with a different name?"
"No need. No matter what you call them, their attitude towards you will still be 'death sentence' or 'death sentence' …" Xu Huai Shang narrowed her eyes and complained.
"Haha …" Brother Jue laughed. "Okay then …" He called out the game menu and invited Xu Huai Shang to join his group. "Welcome to the big family of Underworld Frontline." He paused for half a second before adding, "Of course, I can't guarantee that I'll be able to lead you to the championship of S3."
"No." Before Xu Huai Shang could reply, Ruo Yu said in a firm tone, "You'll definitely get it …" She looked at Xu Huai Shang. "It's not that we'll 'help' you get it, it's that we'll all get it together … the championship of S3."
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