The World Online Chapter 124-125

Chapter 124 - Preparation

Translator: TeamTWO

Editor: Jun

After Ouyang Shuo finished expanding the s.p.a.ce of his storage bag, he started purchasing military goods.

He first spent 210 gold on 210 ordinary military tents. Since it was inappropriate for Ouyang Shuo to ask the officers to stay in the same tents as the soldiers, he had bought 10 more tents for his officers. Then, he spent another 50 gold on a fine military tent, storing it in his storage bag. The fine tent would be used as command post.

This was followed by military grain pills. With 500 gold, Ouyang Shuo bought 50,000 military grain pills, enough to sustain 1000 men for a month. Plus, these pills could be stored in his storage bag. They had no such things as an expiration date, so even if they couldn't finish them, they could still use it next time. The military grain pill had a diameter of 2 cm, so 50,000 pills took up only a small little corner of his storage bag.

After leaving the barracks, Ouyang Shuo made his way to the wood workshop.

The wood workshop had changed a lot since the last time Ouyang Shuo had come. It had expanded to 4 or 5 times larger than it was before, and had been divided into two sections. The front section was purposed to accommodate the guests and visitors, while the back section was a large s.p.a.ce of the workshop. Hundreds of carpenters were in the workshop, busy crafting parts and manufacturing the wooden-ox horse.

As it was late in the day, Ouyang Shuo lost his intent on touring the workshop. He received the south-pointing chariot from the manager Lu Guangzhi, stored it in his storage bag, and directly returned to his manor.

Ouyang Shuo went back straight to the manor and logged off.

In the brick and mortar world, it was already the height of summer.

Ever since the last holiday trip they had, Bing'er had been more clingy than ever. Today was a Sunday, Ouyang Shuo woke up early from bed and brushed himself up. As soon as he was done, the little girl came rus.h.i.+ng out from her bedroom, she was ready to join Ouyang Shuo for a morning jog, for this, she even omitted her favorite habit of sleeping.

"Baby, why are you so active lately? Is the Sun now rising from the west?" Ouyang Shuo teased her.

The little beauty smiled and said nothing like a proud peac.o.c.k.

Bing'er wore a pink t-s.h.i.+rt along with pink cotton sports pants, and on her legs were a pair of white canvas sports shoes. Her appearance was exactly that of an active sports girl. Ever since she and Xiaoyue had gotten along together, Bing'er's clothing was handled by Xiaoyue. Compared with Ouyang Shuo's aesthetics, hers naturally was a few levels better. After all, in the field of fas.h.i.+on, most men were far behind the women. 

While jogging around in the park, pa.s.sersby were staring at the little beauty as though as she were a star walking on the street. Even Ouyang Shuo could enjoy the luxury of being stared at by pa.s.sersby.

Even after they came back, Xiaoyue was still in bed, it seemed that she was sleeping in due to the game. Although, it was proven that when players were in-game, their human body would be in a light sleep state, but it wasn't as good as real sleep. Therefore, for some players, especially female players, if conditions permitted it, they would sleep in after logging out of the game. As the saying goes, lack of sleep is the enemy of a beauty. 

After breakfast, Ouyang Shuo opened his handbrain and logged in to the game forum. 

Around these 2 days, the forum had been extra lively, the focus was naturally directed towards the Battle of Zhuolu. Such a new style of a quest system with the lack of disclosed information had kept the players in suspense. However, most of the players weren't qualified for the battle and could only discuss about it in the forum.

Although, there were adventure players who had the same whimsical ideas to join the lord players in their territories and indirectly achieve the goal of partic.i.p.ating in the Battle of Zhuolu. Unfortunately for them, most of the qualified lord players were the best of the best and they didn't have a lack in talents. Furthermore, due to the limitations implied on the t.i.tle, most of them could only bring 100 to 200 men along with them, and there were no available s.p.a.ces for the adventurers anymore.

Ouyang Shuo was still worried, that after knowing his ident.i.ty, his little aunt Ling Jing would approach him and ask him to bring her mercenary group along. If that were the case, then there existed a risk of getting exposed too early.

Yet, truth had proven to Ouyang Shuo that his worries were merely in his imagination. Ling Jing, although different from others in terms of s.e.xual orientation, was particularly good at conducting herself in society. She kept her promise out of love for her nephew and had never spoken a word to her partner Xie Siyun about Ouyang Shuo's ident.i.ty.

In the game forum, other than the Battle of Zhuolu, there were still some other hot topics.

领地数量是有限的，整个中国区，能够存活至今的玩家领地数量，不会超过一万。而作为联邦最为发达的两个大区之一，现实中，中国区能够排的上号的企业，又何止万计，光是个人资产上亿的富豪就突破一万人。

The territory-buying incident caused by Song Wen was still in a frenzy even after 2 months, and it was actually getting bigger. Even after the government had released its notice, it still wasn't enough to quell the public's doubts.

Ever since the incident, the smart ones among the civilian lord players had declined and rejected the corporate people's offers. Some of them were waiting to sell only for a better price while some decided to wait until things had been cleared before making any decisions. 

The number of territory lands was limited in nature, the existing territory land in the whole China server would not exceed 10,000 in number. While being 1 of the only 2 strongest within the federal government, China had way more than 10,000 top corporate people, and even individuals worth 100 million numbered more than 10,000.

With such a situation at the moment, the wolves had little meat to share. With a low supply and a high demand market, it would be natural for the prices to shoot up high. The wolves had to increase their bidding prices higher and higher in order to acquire territory lands. Song Wen had spent a 100 million on a grade 3 village and Song Jia still thought it was a waste of credits. Yet now, even an offer of 200 million credits was still insufficient for one to get a grade 3 village, so one could tell how crazy the market was right now.

Following the high price of territory land, the public's doubts against Earth Online had evolved. As of now, the doubts had spread not only in China, but all over the world. Ouyang Shuo would like to see how long the federal government could hide the truth from the public.

For Ouyang Shuo, it was natural for him to wish for the federal government to disclose the truth. As a direct result, the public would stop changing in-game golds into real-world credits, and this would in turn cut off gold-funding sources from players like Di Chen and the like.

However, no matter how much he wished for it, Ouyang Shuo wasn't going to do it himself. Acts like posting the truth onto the game forum would be the same as looking for a death wish. In this modern era, skynet was capable of overlooking everything, everywhere. Ouyang Shuo wasn't equipped with the necessary hacking skills to release the truth while bypa.s.sing or avoiding the skynet.

No matter who or what was it, those who dared to expose the most confidential intelligence of the Alliance would be faced with harsh repression. The Alliance might not be able to overwhelm the public's will, but there were multiple ways one could imagine for an individual to be squelched.

In this modern era, the democratic system had been perfected. Suggestions like the ones Ouyang Shuo gave to Song Wen were derived interpretations based on the player's understanding of the game rules, combined with real world business regulations. Such acts, even detected by skynet, would be considered legitimate and Ouyang Shuo would be protected from skynet by his civil rights.

But, if one had disclosed confidential information intentionally, and hence caused social chaos, then the Alliance would have enough reason to arrest you immediately under the charge of leaking the Alliance's confidential secrets. 

That said, before finding the perfect timing, Ouyang Shuo would not put himself in danger easily.

It was already 11 AM when Ouyang Shuo logged out of the forum. It was then Xiaoyue was finally awake, Bing'er teased Xiaoyue just like she would tease Ouyang Shuo when he had slept in. 

The little girl lifted her fleshy small hand, lightly sc.r.a.ped her fleshy face, laughed, and teased Sun Xiaoyue. "Shame shame, big sister is a lazy pig, Bing'er had already finished her homework. Big sister only woke up now."

Sun Xiaoyue wasn't like Ouyang Shuo, so she felt embarra.s.sed. She quickly walked over, hugged Bing'er in her arms, squeezed Bing'er's fleshy face, and said, "Bad Bing'er, you even dare to tease big sister now. I will teach you a lesson, else your tail would go over the sky."

"Ah!" Bing'er immediately begged for mercy. She made a pitiful face and said, "Wuwu~~~Big sister, Bing'er realizes her mistakes. I will not tease and say you are a lazy pig anymore."

"You still dare to speak of it!" Sun Xiaoyue was furious and used her hand and tickled Bing'er. The little girl couldn't take it and kept laughing.

"Ah, haha, big sister!!! Bing'er really knows she did the wrong things, haha. Big sister, have mercy on Bing'er!" The little girl begged for mercy as tickling her was Bing'er's biggest weakness.

"Hmph, now you're talking." Xiaoyue had finally let her off and went into the toilet like a winner at life.

Ouyang Shuo was really enjoying the show while making himself comfortable on the sofa.

Bing'er turned her head to Ouyang Shuo and saw her brother's gloating face. She rushed into his arms and said, "Big brother bad bad, you don't even come and save you cute little sister."

Ouyang Shuo laughed, knocked on her head, and said, "Haha, you think Xiaoyue sister is like me? Someone you can simply tease? You made the mistake, you face the consequences."

Bing'er felt embarra.s.sed and hid her face in Ouyang Shuo's arms, not saying a word.

Ouyang Shuo caressed her little head and deciding to gave her an out, he then said, "Baby, say what you want for lunch, I will make it for you."

"I want sugar-vinegar ribs!" Unsurprisingly, the little foodie lifted her head and said excitedly

"You little brat, you keep ordering foods that require great preparation. Fine, I'll fulfill your request for lunch, making sure our little princess is satisfied." 

She was so happy her eyes practically became a line. She kissed Ouyang Shuo on the face and said, "En, big brother treats Bing'er best!" proving Ouyang Shuo's petting was useful. 

"I want boiled potatoes and sirloin." All of the sudden, Sun Xiaoyue's head came out of the bathroom and said loudly.

Ouyang Shuo made a facepalm, accepted his fate and helplessly said, "Understood!"

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Chapter 125 - Frolic

Translator: TeamTWO

Editor: Levs

After lunch, Ouyang Shuo received a call from Song Jia. 

"Woodsy, the Battle of Zhuolu, will you partic.i.p.ate?"

"Of course!" Ouyang Shuo proudly said. In front of Song Jia, Ouyang Shuo always felt relaxed. he says what is on his mind without any fear and without the need to hold back. Just like a child, showing off his achievements and everything to Song Jia.

"Hmph, smug!" Song Jia said helplessly against Ouyang Shuo's childish acts. Yet not knowing why every time Ouyang Shuo showed off to her, she could see as if the quiet little boy back in high school who always studied in the corner of the cla.s.sroom had time-traveled and appeared right in front of her again. She felt a pleasant and gracious feeling lurking in her heart. 

"Your brother's Tian Shuang Village, has it been upgraded to grade 1 town yet?"

Song Jia shook her head and said low-spiritedly: "Not yet, when we acquired Tian Shuang Village, it had just been upgraded to a grade 3 village. In addition, it was created by a bronze-level token, the territory properties were very bad. My brother has been trying hard lately, but the requirements were still not met. It is sad that we can't make it for the battlefield mission."

Ouyang Shuo nodded his head while he secretly rejoiced in his heart, fortunately, they wouldn't be meeting in the battlefield maps. Otherwise, he wouldn't know how to face Song Jia. He wouldn't know whether to reveal his ident.i.ty or continue hiding it.

If he approached her, his real-world ident.i.ty would be exposed. Ouyang Shuo wasn't too worried if only Song Jia knew of his ident.i.ty. But if the Song Corporation grasped on the slightest clue about his ident.i.ty, they could instantly dig out his ident.i.ty, there was simply no way to hide it. 

But if he continued hiding it from Song Jia, that would be unfair to her. If they weren't in the same map, not having the possibilities of meeting each other, then that would be fine. But what if they were on the same map, facing the possibilities to meet each other, to continue hiding his ident.i.ty from Song Jia would be a little too overboard. 

Fortunately, fate had it all decided and Ouyang Shuo didn't have face with such dilemma.

"It's alright, there will be plenty of opportunities like these in the future!" Ouyang Shuo comforted her.

Song Jia nodded, she wasn't really feeling sad or anything. After all, her interest lies within the adventurer path rather than the kingdom buildings. She was just feeling a little down seeing her brother's dismay.

"All the best, take back a good prize!" Song Jia smiled and said.

"Of course I will!" Ouyang Shuo continued on his childish act. 

Song Jia made a facepalm and with a sweet voice she said: "I can't stand your thick face anymore, you can make a wall from it already."

Ouyang Shuo made a face pretending he was hurt and said: "Ey, so you don't trust my strength, so hurting. Life, so lonely like snows."

"Alright, alright, I know you are powerful. My mom's calling me already, talk to you next time. Bye-bye!" Song Jia said and ending the conversation.

"Bye-bye!"

    ……

Kun Ming City, Shengs.h.i.+ Garden. 

Shengs.h.i.+ Garden was a high-end villa district, only those with power and money could afford to stay in it. The whole area was like a landscape garden covered in green with beautiful flowers while the villas were scattered around in the man-made paradise. 

In the southwest corner of the garden, in one particular villa stayed 4 single ladies. The 4 beauties each had their own styles and auras. Even in such a high-end area filled with extraordinary people, they could still stand-out among the crowds. However, in the eyes of the security guards, it was a fly in the ointment that the 4 beauties were too shut-in, seldom coming out from the villa, although, there were always 3 to 4 express deliveries sent to them. 

Not known by the others, the villa belongs to the Consonance Game Studio. 

The 4 beauties were naturally "Green Red Purple White" of Consonance. Due to their success in the gaming world, each and everyone's net worth were more than 10 million. For example, their big sister Bai Hua, had already broke through to the hundred million category. Of course they could afford such a high-end villa.

Much like Sun Xiaoyue, the 4 beauties took a nap after logging out of game. It was already 11 AM when they all woke up. Their home robot had already finished making their brunch, waiting to serve the 4 mistresses. 

Thanks to the development of advanced technology in this modern era, artificial intelligence robots took over the world quickly. Home robots were one of them, it can clean the rooms, do the laundries, cook meals, and every other house ch.o.r.es. Even the advanced home robot's cook was comparable to those star-chefs.

Ever since the rise of home robots, housemaids had been a history. What's left was just high-cla.s.s custom made personal chamberlain service, and that was not something the public could afford to enjoy. Only those n.o.bles and blue-bloods would hire one of them.

The Bai Hua sisters were rich, the home robot they have was naturally of advanced grade. Moreover, none of them were picky with food, that was why they seldom leave the villa. As for shopping? You'd gotta be kidding me, other than looking for freshness, who still leaves the house to shop, especially for the 4 serious game addicts. 

180 years ago, ever since VR technology was introduced to the world, ideas of shopping online through VR technology had already been spoken of numerous times. Now, VR technology was a history. The trading platform had developed a virtual shopping mall, the customers logs in to the mall just like a game and could shop as much as they would like to. If one had purchased an item, it will be sent over by unmanned-drones within two hours real-world time, it was truly convenient. 

The only reason Ouyang Shuo brings Bing'er out for shopping and entertainments was because he didn't want her to detach from the real-world and live in the virtual-world at such a young age. 

After eating their brunch, the 4 sisters sat together in the living room. 

Because they were at home, plus it was summer, they have all wore simple clothings. 

Bai Hua wore a loose pure white T-s.h.i.+rt with short pants, her hourgla.s.s-body shape was presented clearly. If only there were males on the spot, they might have a nosebleed from seeing such a sight. Bai Hua casually sank herself in the soft couch, looked at Tsing Yi who was sitting beside her and asked: "Little sister, you had went over to Shanhai yesterday, what thoughts do you have?" 

The trip to Shanhai Town, although Tsing Yi never spoke a word during the whole trip, but she was the one with the best observation among the 4. The question asked by Bai Hua wasn't intended to tease her. 

Tsing Yi, in real life, was a cute little girl. She wore a cute cartoon T-s.h.i.+rt with only a pink panty, in addition to her cute baby face, she looks just like a cutie. 

She stared at Bai Hua's b.r.e.a.s.t.s with an envious look on her face and then looked at her own, she said; "Big sister, what do you eat, how can yours grow so big?"

Bai Hua facepalmed, she knew it was gonna be like this. Tsing Yi was known as the little Zhuge in-game, but she was in fact a naughty girl in real life, always teasing her sisters. 

Before Bai Hua could say anything, Zi Luolan came from the side and hopped onto Bai Hua, hugging Bai Hua tightly. She lifted her hands and swiftly molested Bai Hua's b.r.e.a.s.t.s, and she said with an evil tone: "Heihei, little sister, don't be jealous. This is all natural, nothing jealousy can change about. You are still young, you will probably have a second growth."

"Hmph, sister you are lying again. You told me last time that papaya can help with the growth of b.r.e.a.s.t.s but it had no effect at all, big liar!" Tsing Yi didn't believe in Zi Luolan's theory of second growth. 

To be honest, Zi Luolan's body was comparable to Bai Hua's, hers was even more s.e.xier. 

Zi Luolan wore a black singlet without bras, her two little pinky dots could be seen clearly, and at the bottom was only a s.e.xy panty that could barely cover her b.u.t.t, exposing her long white legs.

Among the 4, only Hong Ying was not linked to the word "s.e.xy". Short hair, military green T-s.h.i.+rt and a short jeans, a military lovers' outfit. In addition to her airport flat body, she could be mistaken as a boy from afar.

Bai Hua pushed Zi Luolan's hands aside, she was helpless towards the female hooligan. She turned and looked at Tsing Yi, smiled and said: "Little sister, you don't have a boyfriend anyway, why are you always concerned about your breast size? Moreover, for a cutie pie like you, you will always be welcomed everywhere."

"Indeed indeed, what's the use of a big breast, it's only a burden." Hong Ying agreed from the side. 

Zi Luolan went speechless against Hong Ying's opinion, she then said: "Third sister, you are travelling far down the path of a tomboy, you are hopeless. Little sister can still act cute but you, you can only act as a bodyguard."

"If a tomboy then a tomboy, I find it perfectly alright." Hong Ying answered in full confidence. 

Bai Hua ignored the two and continued talking to Tsing Yi: "Or is it that our little sister had fallen in love with some other boy?"

"Big Sister!" Tsing Yi couldn't take it and she ran over to Bai Hua, she said furiously: "Even if I had fallen in love, staying at home everyday, I still wouldn't have any chance at all."

"Ey, the spring had just pa.s.sed and here comes your spring time. Even words like no chance at all came out of your mouth." Zi Luolan teased her. 

"Ah!" Tsing Yi realized she had spoken the wrong words and immediately her face blushed red. 

"Hahahahah!" The sisters laughed together. 

Such a scene was their daily lives. Everyday Tsing Yi would be envious of Bai Hua, and every time Zi Luolan would molest Bai Hua. 

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