San Tian Liang Jiao

Chapter 104

Chapter 1 Just in Time

“Brother Jue, perfect timing, we just finished a script.” Wang Tanzhi said directly after adding Feng Bujue to the team.

It was two o'clock in the morning, real-time, when Feng Bujue entered the landing space and received Little Tan’s team invitation.

“You’re leveling up pretty fast.” Feng Bujue looked at the levels of the three people in the team. The last time he saw Little Tan in the game, he was level 12, but now he was level 14, just like Si Yu and Bei Ling.

“I bought an experience boost card, and I just cleared a medium-length script,” Little Tan replied.

“Very good, you guys keep queuing. I’ll go scout the Slaughter Mode by myself first, and then I’ll queue with you,” Feng Bujue said.

Bei Ling’s voice then rang out from the channel: “Don’t forget about the signature thing.”

“Oh, right. It’s more cost-effective to start the guild first, that way we can get team experience bonuses.” Feng Bujue said, “I’ll open a conference room and invite you guys. We’ll talk face to face.”

After he said that, he began operating on the touch screen, sending out the conference room invitation. Then he switched the menu, opened the link related to the guild, and followed the prompts for a few steps, when a system prompt popped up: 【Before confirming your operation, please ensure that there is at least one space in your knapsack.】

Feng Bujue clicked confirm, and another prompt popped up: 【Please enter the name of the guild you wish to create and receive the signature list.】

He stopped at this step, thinking, “Hmm… I should discuss this with them. If I just make up a name… Little Tan is easy to deal with, but Si Yu and Bei Ling might not sign.”

Feng Bujue left the screen and turned to press the conference room button. When the elevator doors opened, he walked in. The other three were already waiting inside.

At this moment, Little Tan and Bei Ling had also changed out of their newbie default outfits.

Bei Ling wore a full set of black anti-terrorism unit assault gear, covering herself tightly from head to toe. If she displayed her black cotton mask and helmet, she would probably look like a CT from CS. From a distance, it would be difficult to tell her gender. It seemed that she was determined to develop in the direction of firearms or sniping.

Little Tan bought the Assassin Brotherhood set. He chose a dark red coat with a golden shawl. The clothes had a hood that could be worn to cover the upper half of his face. His upper body, waist, and legs were all equipped with many leather cases for storing throwing knives and ammunition. He wore fingerless gloves on his hands and soft deerskin boots on his feet. At first glance, he did have some assassin flair.

Although these two were fully armed in terms of appearance, what they were doing at the moment was very incongruous with their image. Bei Ling, in her anti-terrorism suit, was eating ice cream, while Little Tan, in his assassin suit, was eating bagged potato chips.

“I said… what’s with the snacks?” Feng Bujue asked.

“Bought them from the system store,” Little Tan said. “Although it’s just a virtual taste sensory simulation, it can satisfy cravings.” He held out the bag of chips. “Brother Jue, want some?”

“I know where they sell them. The reason I’m asking is, why did you buy them?” Feng Bujue said.

“Uh… the reason is, it’s the opening day, and chips are half price…” Little Tan replied.

“Half your head! You’re wasting knapsack space!” Feng Bujue said.

Bei Ling added, “You can buy knapsack space, too.” She licked her ice cream. “Upgrading a ten-slot knapsack to fifteen slots costs a total of one million game coins.”

“That’s about one hundred RMB per slot, then.” Feng Bujue blurted out, almost instantly converting it according to the current exchange rate of about 1:2000. “Hmm… looks like I should save my game coins. There are a lot of places to spend money.”

Feng Bujue didn’t have any spare money to recharge right now. Besides, he was hoping to earn some money from Thriller Paradise, so there was nothing to continue discussing about this topic. At this moment, he turned his head and saw Si Yu standing by the door with her back against the wall. Si Yu's personality naturally wasn't the type to buy snacks in the game. After their eyes met, she was the first to speak to Feng Bujue: “I’m sorry about what happened this afternoon.”

“Uh… it’s nothing,” Feng Bujue replied. “Didn’t you… already say sorry in the email?”

“Is that so…” Si Yu murmured, “You’re that type of person…”

“Hmm… what are you talking about?” Feng Bujue vaguely sensed that there was something implied in her words.

Bei Ling, who was sitting at the table, laughed: “My cousin probably thinks that you’re the type who can break up with someone with just a text message.”

“Don’t listen to that little devil’s nonsense,” Si Yu corrected. “I just think you’re the type who’s very easy to talk to.”

“Hey… that sounds like the same thing…” Feng Bujue said unhappily.

Little Tan laughed and slapped the table, spraying out chewed potato chip crumbs: “Spot on!”

“I’ll stab you with a knife and you’ll see blood too,” Feng Bujue said.

Bei Ling interjected, “Alright, you guys have plenty of chances to tear each other down. Let’s talk about business first. Where’s the guild signature list?”

“Didn’t get it yet,” Feng Bujue replied. “I was just about to ask you guys, what should we call the guild?”

“Oh? You’re quite democratic.” Bei Ling said, “Speaking of which… I really haven’t thought about that question yet.”

Si Yu said from the side, “Let’s discuss it now. You guys make suggestions, and I’ll be responsible for rejecting the unacceptable ones.”

“Sister Yu, we haven’t even said anything yet, how do you know there will be unacceptable ones?” Little Tan said.

“Hey? How come this kid is calling her sister after only a few hours?” Feng Bujue turned to Si Yu and said.

“You want to call me that too?” Si Yu replied coldly in her usual calm tone.

“I called you that once, didn’t you say that I’m older than you, so it’s not appropriate?” Feng Bujue said, “Calling you ‘meizi’ and you think I’m taking advantage of you… right?”

“I had already forgotten, but since you reminded me.” Si Yu said, “Then consider it your automatic waiver of this opportunity.”

“Tch… who cares about calling you that, since ancient times, those who call themselves ‘younger brother’ are always running errands, those who call themselves ‘emperor’ face a life of nine deaths and one survival, I’m not going to do that.” Feng Bujue said, “I think the name Si Yu is pretty good.”

“My cousin is playing the ‘retreat for the sake of advance’ strategy.” Bei Ling always had a smile on her face, and her tone seemed very mischievous, but her words could often hit the nail on the head, “She wants you to call her Si Yu.”

“No one thinks you’re a mute if you don’t speak.” Si Yu glared at her teammate and slowly walked over to sit next to her.

Bei Ling stuck out her tongue and quickly changed the subject: “I suggest, the guild should be called… Bei Yu Tan Feng!” When she said the first three words, she hadn’t even thought about what to say next. It was really a testament to her quick wit that she was able to finish the sentence.

Little Tan said, “Why are the girls’ names in front of ours…”

“You have a problem with that?”

“Um… we’ll be adding other members in the future, and Brother Long should be joining too, so this name is open for discussion.” Because Little Tan didn’t dare to answer “I do have a problem with that,” he gave a very tactful reason for his opposition.

Feng Bujue crossed his arms in front of his chest, wearing a thoughtful expression, and said, “My suggestion is… Non-Human Research Center.”

“Rejected.” Si Yu said those two words calmly a fraction of a second after Feng Bujue finished speaking.

“Why?” Feng Bujue asked shamelessly.

“Unacceptable.” This wasn’t said by Si Yu, but by Bei Ling and Little Tan in unison.

“Then you tell me one now.” Feng Bujue didn’t argue with the girls, but instead stared at Wang Tanzhi with a threatening look, “If you don’t say it well… I’ll chop you up and feed you to the pigs.”

“What kind of dialogue is that! Who do you think you are!” Little Tan shouted, “At least let me think about it for a while!”

“Anyway, there’s nothing to do, let’s all think slowly together.” Si Yu said, leaning back in her chair.

“First of all, we should set the tone of the guild. Things like Order and Gods are all studio names, and some names that are domineering, like Unbeatable Under Heaven, Overlord of the World, Supreme Ruler of the World, are obviously trying to make a name for themselves in the game. Small guilds like us can’t compare to them in terms of financial resources and numbers, so those very ostentatious and aggressive names can basically be ruled out.” As Feng Bujue spoke, he also sat down at the conference table, striking Ikari Gendo’s signature pose, crossing his fingers and holding them near his philtrum, “Secondly, those names that are incomprehensible, too long, and have a strong otaku vibe should also be avoided. A representative example is ‘Far East Magic Nap Society’. Using this kind of name will likely attract some bear children whose actual age is close to Little Tan’s mental age.”

“Hey! You’re the one who’s the most researched, aren’t you! You said it so casually! There’s so much information!” Little Tan shouted.

“Finally, names in English, Japanese, French, etc., or those mixed with obscure characters or Martian language, are both easy to misread and suspected of trying to sound cool, so of course they have to be ruled out as well.” Feng Bujue continued.

“You still managed to say what you wanted to say by relying on the censorship! How did you do it!”

“Alright, under these premises, let’s brainstorm.” Feng Bujue said, “Whoever doesn’t say it well, I’ll chop up Little Tan and feed him to the pigs.”

“What does it have to do with me if someone else doesn’t say it well!” Little Tan directly picked up a few pieces of potato chips and threw them at Feng Bujue, “Even if I don’t say it well, it’s not enough to chop me up and feed me to the pigs! Besides, there’s no such setting in this game!”

Coming up with a name was indeed quite troublesome. In addition to the points that Feng Bujue mentioned, there were various other issues to consider. Everyone’s preferences were different, and even if the guild name couldn’t satisfy everyone, it at least couldn’t make any one member feel very disgusted. In addition, particularly unacceptable or incomprehensible names were also not allowed. After all, they would have to wear the badge out to meet people in the future. If they really used the name “Non-Human Research Center,” it wouldn’t be a problem for Feng Bujue to go out with that label, it wouldn’t feel out of place at all, but if the girls wore that badge, people might mistake them for weird aunties.