Not a god

Chapter 19: Obedience

In the coffee shop, Chen Xi logged off decisively.

Taoist Yu said: "I thought you would save that person."

"There's no way I can handle that thing."

Moreover, as soon as he entered, he heard her calling him a dog. Although she was her younger sister, Chen Xi also had a temper.

"How do you know if you don't try? Haven't you awakened your destiny?"

Chen Xi thought about it and asked, "What exactly is destiny?"

Jiang Wanwan had told him this morning, but he was too sleepy at the time. However, just now, he found that his destiny had actually awakened - to obey orders.
It turns out that there are only a very small number of people who have awakened to their destiny. This is also the reason why strange things have often appeared in the news recently. Chen Xi happens to be one of these people.

But his destiny seemed very weak, and he didn't even know when it awakened.

"Good at hearing... It sounds like I have sharp ears and eyes. It seems that I suddenly felt that my hearing became very good some time ago."

When walking on the street, he can clearly hear people saying he is handsome behind his back.

"Everyone has his or her own destiny. Just think of it as a game setting. The real world is actually similar to a game. Everything is carefully designed."

“Who designs these things?”

"Some people are born as kings, princes, generals and ministers, while others are destined to be widows and widowers. Who designed this? No one designed it. This is destiny. If you must say it is designed by God."

Chen Xi felt something was mysterious.

"What is the Taoist's destiny?"

"Long life."

“That sounds amazing.”

"It's not that great. There are many people who can awaken and prolong their lives. It is one of the most common destinies."

Taoist Master Yu continued, "But being obedient... I don't think I've heard of it, old man, do you know anything about it?"

Jiang Ziya, who was taking notes nearby, thought about it and shook his head: "It's the first time I've heard of this, too."

Jiang Wanwan and several other little girls looked at each other and said they had never heard of it.

Chen Xi: "Even you haven't heard that I have awakened a very powerful destiny?"

"Not really."

Taoist Master Yu hit the nail on the head and interrupted his fantasy: "This is just like rare diseases and common diseases. Rare diseases are not necessarily serious, and common diseases may not be treatable."

"The Taoist priest's metaphor is really terrible."

Chen Xi understood. As the name suggests, he could guess the effect of being obedient. He probably just became a little more alert.

He then asked a few more questions, and Taoist Yu explained them to him without hiding anything.

At this moment, the master decorator called out, "Boss, let's go eat first."

Two apprentices followed behind him, looking shy but unable to resist stealing a few glances over there.

There were several pretty girls in the store, and the two apprentices had been stealing glances at them from time to time, but were too embarrassed to strike up a conversation. They just knew that a few people over there seemed to be discussing a game, so they wanted to see what game it was.

After all, for people of their age who come out to work in a big city like Jiangcheng where every inch of land is valuable, they can't be happy with the hard-earned money they earn. The only form of entertainment is to play games and date girls online.

Now when I see them talking about games, I think maybe I can add them as a friend and get to know them better.

Maybe fate has come just like this?
As a result, they found that the game they were discussing was something they had never seen before, called "The Destiny of Man". Moreover, it seemed that they were not discussing playing games, but rather sounded like they were developing and debugging. The two young men were immediately frustrated.

They are the same age and work in the same coffee shop in the center of Jiangcheng City. They are just playing games while others are developing games.

Although the screen image looked like a cheap pixelated figurine, in their opinion, being able to independently make a game was quite practical. They just memorized the name of the game and wanted to go back and search for it.

Only then did Chen Xi notice that it was already noon.

"It's already twelve o'clock."

"We still have some time. I'll come back to fix it for you after dinner."

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Master." After watching the masters leave, Chen Xi said to the girls and the old man, "Do you want to eat?"

The drunkard sister seemed to have a pair of dog ears standing up on her head, "Eh? Boss, do you want to treat me to a meal? This is so embarrassing!"

Chen Xi ignored her, took Jiang Wanwan's thermos, used the bottle cap as a cup, and poured her a glass of water.

"I haven't seen you drink water since you got up. Drink some water."

"oh oh."

"Be careful, it's hot. Blow it on."

"Huh, huh-"

The girl in the hospital gown looked at the two of them, her face wrinkled into a knot, the tip of her tongue rolled back in her mouth, she licked her back teeth, slurred her food, and tasted very sour.

Mr. Jiang also stopped taking notes and smiled cheerfully: "Is it time for lunch?"

"I know there's a delicious mutton soup restaurant nearby. Let's go together."

Chen Xi is a very stingy person, but when it comes to Jiang Wanwan, he will be very generous.

Jiang Wanwan didn’t have many friends in the past, so Chen Xi couldn’t say whether these people could be considered Jiang Wanwan’s friends now.

But it has been a long time since I saw Wanwan so excited chatting with others.

When your introverted child invites other children to your home for the first time, parents must be generous and open.

After lunch, they returned to the cafe to continue discussing the details. Chen Xi took the baby for a walk and came back from time to time to log in and serve as a test subject for them.

Chen Xi also entered the game to try out the power brought by the so-called destiny, and found that he could indeed run faster than before, and had more strength, but it was only the basic increase of awakening destiny, and the speed and strength were limited.

He failed to log off in time and was killed by the yeti evil monster wandering around the square.

"What a rotten fish and shrimp! You are a born evil creature. I will personally kill you..."

Jiang Wanwan was furious and rolled up her sleeves to go in and grind that thing to dust, but was stopped by the other people.

Afterwards, Chen Xi did not go in again, but logged in to improve the game mechanism for them.

Then, for the whole afternoon, the three of them took turns operating the little figures on the computer screen to feed the snow monster in the square.

"Get out of the way, can you?"

"I'll come, I'll come!"

"No, it's not a problem with the operation. The character's stats are too low. Wanwan, you should ask your brother to train and improve them."

Chen Xi felt that this had nothing to do with game development. The three of them were just playing it, and since they didn't have an account, they kept playing his.

The screen kept dying, and it gave him a headache just watching it. I'm not just describing how depressed he felt, it really did hurt his head.

"I have a stack of Heavenly Thunder Talismans here. You can bring them in and use them on your characters."

"Yeah, you can even get props! How do I equip my character with this?"

"Just let the person take it. Boss, take this stack of talismans first."

"No! Don't mess with my brother!"

Chen Xi then realized that death in this game would have a negative impact on the soul. A normal person would have to guard against addiction if they died two or three times a day, while a person with a weaker physique would only be able to die once a day.

He died more than 30 times in one afternoon.

The three little girls came to apologize to him honestly.

The girl in the hospital gown said, "But you are really amazing. You died more than 30 times and you only feel a little uncomfortable."

Taoist priest Yu next to him tried to reduce his presence as much as possible.

Chen Xi suddenly remembered that someone had just given him a triangle talisman and told him to use it to ensure his safety. Since then, he has been full of energy.

In the afternoon, he planned to go to the mall to buy some baby products. Ms. Chen Yan, who said that there was no point in staying here, volunteered to go with him.

(End of this chapter)