Side Story (1)
The fog around him dissipated. He Jin was just about to take a good look at the game world that he hadn't seen for three years when he felt something stick to his head. Then, he heard a child's voice that could be described as a pleasant surprise. "Papa ~ ~ ~!"
"… Tang, Tangyuan?" He Jin reached out and plucked 'that thing' off his head. He held it in his arms and took a closer look. Sure enough, it was a demon baby with horns on its head and a ferret's tail. He excitedly kissed Tangyuan's forehead and involuntarily said in a gentle voice, "Baby, I'm back."
Tangyuan was originally so excited that its entire body was trembling. After being kissed by He Jin, it immediately stared dumbfoundedly at He Jin with its two large, watery eyes. Its entire body was still slowly emitting a light purple heart-shaped "aura."
He Jin found it extremely refreshing. In the past, Tangyuan had been expressionless most of the time. Only in battle would it transform into an angry "little devil" or express its emotions through the speed of its voice. But now, it actually had such rich expressions and reactions?
It was obvious that the God and Demon World had been constantly improving over the past few years …
There was only one thing. Why was Tangyuan still so big after three years? Could it not grow bigger? He Jin raised the baby up and down, looking left and right. It didn't make sense!
Tangyuan folded its wings and obediently sized up He Jin. Occasionally, it would happily call out "Papa" in a small voice, like a completely domesticated puppy.
He Jin's heart almost melted. He hugged and kissed it again and again. He never thought that he would have such deep feelings for a virtual game baby.
"Hey, are you done being affectionate?" Qin Yang asked impatiently, but his gentle gaze on He Jin and Glutinous Rice Ball did not match his urging tone.
He Jin reluctantly let go of Tangyuan. Tangyuan immediately flapped its wings and flew around him, unable to hide its excitement.
"You've only been looking at your son. Haven't you noticed any changes in yourself?" Qin Yang reminded him.
He Jin was stunned. Only then did he look down at himself. Tangyuan hadn't grown up, but he had!
He had almost forgotten that he had originally designed his character to be a "growth type" character. He hadn't been online for three years, which meant that he had suddenly grown by twelve years. Now, his character was almost the same age as he was in real life.
Qin Yang sighed with some melancholy. "It's been three years. It really feels like a lifetime."
He Jin thought that he didn't like his current appearance, so he suggested, "Why don't I buy a Time Shuttle Pill and change my appearance?"
Qin Yang crossed his arms and said, "Don't. This is pretty good. Otherwise, others will always think that I have a 'pedophile' …"
He Jin: "…"
"Let's go. I haven't played in a long time. Let's have some fun today." Qin Yang flapped his wings and soared into the sky. Seeing that He Jin was still in a daze, he stretched out a hand towards him. "Don't you remember how to fly? Do you want me to carry you? "
He Jin glared at him. Blushing, he tried his best to meditate, opened his wings, and flew up in a crooked manner.
"Papa!" Soup Ball clenched his fists and encouraged him.
He Jin took a while to get used to it before he regained control of his balance.
Shishui and the others knew that He Jin was coming back today, so they all went online to welcome him.
Qin Yang created a team and flew to the gathering place. Everyone's voices sounded directly in his ears through the group chat channel —
"Ah Jin, you're finally back!" This was Shishui's voice. It was gentle and gentle. He Jin still remembered it.
"Ah Jin is here? Oh yeah, the number one Demon God Team is here again! "Wild Crane? He was still so energetic.
Then there was a voice full of resentment. "Ah Jin, you're too much! You actually left without saying goodbye! If you didn't come, I would have broken up with you! "This was Liluo.
He Jin said apologetically, "I'm sorry …"
When everyone heard this voice, they were all stunned.
His Highness Jiu: "Uh, who was the person who just spoke?"
Shishui: "… Ah Jin?"
Qin Yang said, "It's Ah Jin. He's grown up."
He Jin didn't know if this sentence had a double meaning, but he had an inexplicable feeling in his heart when he heard it.
Everyone was silent for a moment. In the end, it was His Highness Jiu who sighed sadly. "Sigh, it's been three years in the blink of an eye."
Xian Yun: "Anyway, it's good that you're back. It's really rare to have a permanent playmate in the game."
Shishui: "That's right, all our old friends are gone. What's the point of us playing this game? How about it, you're not leaving this time, right? "
He Jin came back to his senses and promised, "I'm not leaving. I'll play with everyone until we're old."
The second half of the promise was a little exaggerated, but because of this sentence, the atmosphere became lively again.
Wild Crane said excitedly, "That's a promise, you can't change for a hundred years!"
His Highness Jiu: "You're not bluffing, right?"
Qin Yang: "I've already kidnapped him and brought him home. What do you think?"
Everyone laughed evilly. In this relaxed atmosphere, the appearances of his playmates appeared in front of He Jin. Apart from His Majesty Jiu, who often changed his clothes, the others didn't change at all, including Xian Yun, Ye He, and the chubby panda Liluo, who still looked like teenagers.
Shishui: "Come, there's a new activity recently. Let's go!"
His Highness Jiu: "Go go go!"
On the way to the activity location, He Jin saw a player with a System baby flying past him. He wanted to take a closer look, but the other party had already flown away.
"Does God and Demon have other System babies now?" He asked Qin Yang curiously.
"There are about 90 of them in the entire world now, right? The official website has a serial number. Now, every System baby will appear on the official website when they are born. Their appearance and attributes are all publicly available on the internet. " Qin Yang looked at He Jin and smiled. "These players will be our customers in the future. Once they develop a relationship with the System baby in the game, it will be very difficult for anyone to reject a product like a 'physical Smart Baby'."
Wild Crane heard this from ahead and turned his head. "Wuqing, we want to reserve one too!"
Qin Yang made an OK gesture and heard He Jin ask again, "Do System babies still only get them after doing that hidden mission?" That mission had consumed a lot of their energy.
"The game company changed the rules." Qin Yang shrugged. "The previous condition was too harsh, and very few people could meet it. Now, it's changed to three years of marriage before you can accept the mission. The mission is also much easier than before. Otherwise, just the marriage age of five years would be enough to stop 99% of the players. So, since the new rules were released, those who were married but not divorced are now qualified to have a baby. In the past three years, the game company has also spent a lot of effort to perfect the childbirth system. Recently, the 'baby population' has probably exploded. "
He Jin: "I think three years is quite long …"
Qin Yang glanced at He Jin. "To control the abandonment rate to the greatest extent. If they can't even be husband and wife for three years, how can they ensure that the two players can take good care of their babies?"
"Papa ~" Glutinous Rice Ball called out pitifully, as if complaining about He Jin's three years of abandonment.
He Jin's heart clenched. He immediately felt guilty and blamed himself for his actions.
Qin Yang: "Although this is just a game and the babies are virtual, the people who set up the game world definitely don't want to condone the players' irresponsibility. This is because the experience they get in this world will affect their views in real life to a certain extent."
After hearing Qin Yang's words, He Jin suddenly realized that no matter who the players of God and Demon were in real life, a part of them already belonged to the game character. They didn't need to distinguish between virtual and real because everything that happened in the game world was also part of their life experience. It also left behind their life trajectory and became an indispensable part of their lives.
Qin Yang, who was one year younger than him, saw it much more clearly than him.
At this moment, He Jin felt that his attempt to separate the game and reality was too shallow.
Perhaps the topic was a little heavy, so Qin Yang changed the topic. "Anyway, no matter what, our Glutinous Rice Ball will be the biggest demon baby in all of God and Demon."
Glutinous Rice Ball seemed to understand human nature and smiled smugly. "Heji ~"
Qin Yang continued to show off. "And the year Glutinous Rice Ball was born, I had the number one Demon Venerable Gene in the entire game. Its talent is also very high. Currently, there is no system baby with higher potential on the official website."
Glutinous Rice Ball flapped its wings hard and smiled. "Heji ~ Heji ~"
He Jin's focus was not on the fact that his baby was also the number one in the entire server. Instead, he grasped the detail of the year it was born and asked, "Aren't you number one now?"
His Highness Ninth heard their conversation and flew over. "In the three years that you weren't here, Brother Heartless was busy being a big star and rarely came online. The number one position in the entire server has long changed hands. Haagen-Dazs was on it for a while, but now it's all been replaced by newbies."
He Jin pulled up the ranking and saw that Shang Huo had fallen out of the top ten. Shishui was still in the top ten, but her ranking was not high. Now, the number one player was a Protoss player called Flowing Gold.
Shishui said, "In the past year, there have been two players whose strength has been very stable. One is called Flowing Gold, and the other is Falling Wood. However, their rankings often change. One is number one today, and the other will be number one tomorrow."
He Jin took a closer look. Sure enough, the current number two was Falling Wood.
Wild Crane said, "These two are a God and a Demon. It's quite similar to when Heartless and Shishui competed. However, I heard that they are still high school students."
Shishui sighed and said, "The new generation really surpasses the old."
He Jin asked curiously, "Are they fans of Shang Huo and Shishui?"
Shang Huo said, "I don't know them. Why?"
He Jin said, "Don't you think that their names are very similar to the style of Shang Huo and Shishui? Flowing Gold, Falling Wood, and so on … "
"Hahahaha!" His Highness Ninth burst out laughing. "If you didn't mention it, we really wouldn't have realized it. Oh my, if there's another Leap Earth, you guys can set up a Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation!"
Shishui touched her chin and said, "Maybe they are really our admirers?"
While everyone was laughing, the wild crane suddenly shouted, "Not good! Brother, I can't take it anymore! "
Everyone was stunned, not understanding the situation.
Xian Yun was also stunned for a second, but soon a hint of surprise appeared on his face.!!!
Wild Crane hurriedly flew back while explaining, "I'm about to give birth!"
Everyone, "…"
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