On my second playthrough, they were full of malice towards me.

"Hello, the total is 27 yuan. Will you pay by card or electronic payment? Okay, please scan here."

"Welcome! We're having a promotion right now, with buy-one-get-one-free deals on a variety of bento items including canned squid and vegetable salads!"

"If you need your sandwich heated up, you can go over there. They have self-service microwaves; just select the corresponding button according to the number on the microwave!"

"Little friend, you can't touch these things, okay? Where are your parents?"

"Sorry, we've sold out of food for today. Please come back tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll go to the back warehouse to restock right away!"

Today marks Liao Ji's first official day working at the convenience store. After being busy from morning till night, Liao Ji finally breathed a sigh of relief as the number of customers gradually decreased, and rubbed his tired back.

The other chubby shop assistant who was now working alongside Liao Ji couldn't help but feel a little emotional upon seeing Liao Ji:

"I'm not kidding, but this is the first time I've ever seen a newcomer as hardworking as you."

The chubby shop assistant was being sincere.

He watched as Liao Ji worked tirelessly from nine in the morning until nine at night. Except for lunchtime when he bought the cheapest sandwich in the store and spent three minutes eating it, he was busy the whole time and barely went to the toilet.

"This way we can make more money." Liao Ji shook his head, rested his back for a bit, and then continued wiping the shelves.

Seeing Liao Ji like this, the chubby shop assistant hesitated to speak. Then he recalled what the shop manager had told him yesterday: that a young man from out of town who was working illegally was coming to help him out today. In the end, he could only cast a few pitiful and sighing glances at Liao Ji's busy back.

Although his back was to the chubby boy, Liao Ji was somehow able to keenly sense the way others looked at him.

Liao Ji didn't care much about the chubby boy's attitude towards him.

During their casual conversation, the chubby guy introduced himself. He said the other person's name was Chen Shuo, a top student from a prestigious university nearby. He was working at the convenience store with him just to accumulate social practice hours, which was completely different from his own job, which was genuinely for the money.

Given their status as locals and high achievers, it's natural for them to have a somewhat superior attitude, which is quite normal.

Actually, Liao Ji had a pretty good feeling about the chubby boy, even though the boy often slacked off, especially after seeing how diligent Liao Ji was, he gave him a lot of work to do.

But when he encountered something he didn't understand, the chubby boy really did teach him properly. When he made a mistake and accidentally gave the wrong bill to a customer, the chubby boy was always the first to come over, help him redo the process, and apologize to the customer.

"Dude, take a break. Look, there's hardly anyone here now. Don't bother mopping the floor. You'll end up cleaning the owner's place all day, it's not your shop!"

Seeing that Liao Jigang had finished wiping the counter and was about to mop the floor, the chubby boy who had been playing on his phone and slacking off in the blind spot of the surveillance camera finally couldn't sit still any longer.

"Since you don't have a local resident card, and given how stingy this shop owner is, he probably underpaid you quite a bit, right?"

"Yes, seven yuan an hour," Liao Ji answered truthfully.

When the chubby boy heard that it was only seven yuan, his eyes widened, and he looked even more disgusted with Liao Ji. He immediately said, "Seven yuan! Only seven yuan! With your work attitude, I thought the boss was giving you seventy yuan!"

"Come on, listen to my advice. Money can be earned back, but health comes first. Take a break, brother."

The chubby boy stood up and pulled Liao Ji to his slacking-off workstation, wanting Liao Ji to slack off and kill time with him.

For someone who likes to slack off, having a workaholic around can definitely make them restless.

Liao Ji was indeed a bit tired, and since there weren't many people in the shop, he sat down next to the chubby boy.

Seeing that he had successfully stopped Liao Ji from working diligently, the chubby boy was overjoyed and even took the initiative to chat with Liao Ji.

Hey bro, wanna play mobile games?

"I don't have a cell phone," Liao Ji shook his head.

This left the chubby guy speechless and a little embarrassed. It seemed that class differences were like this. The chubby guy's previous enthusiasm for chatting vanished, and he could only laugh awkwardly before focusing all his attention on his current mobile game.

Liao Ji had nothing to do, and since he was just sitting there anyway, he started watching the chubby boy play.

The chubby boy is currently playing a strategy game that combines elements of turn-based strategy and tower defense.

It basically involves deploying combat team members of various professions to different positions on the battlefield to defend against wave after wave of enemy attacks.

Liao Ji watched the chubby boy play for about five minutes. He wasn't exactly flustered, but rather completely disorganized.

Especially when the BOSS arrives and the enemy's offensive is at its most intense, under the command of the chubby guy, his combat personnel often end up like the Calabash Brothers trying to save their grandfather, getting wiped out by a single elite enemy, or they only remember to use their skills after the enemies have already moved out of their skill range, missing several powerful attacks.

Fortunately, the combat personnel trained by the chubby guy were still quite strong. After missing about a dozen monsters and with all the combat personnel in a "near-death" state, the chubby guy still managed to narrowly escape and narrowly pass the level, earning an excellent rating of "D-".

This "excellent evaluation" wasn't said by Liao Ji, but rather can be seen from the chubby boy's current ecstatic expression.

He slapped his thigh, looked at the words "Congratulations on passing the level" on the screen, and punched the air hard, as if he had won a championship. He almost jumped up from his chair.

When people are extremely excited and joyful, they need to share; when people accomplish something amazing, they need to show it off.

Liao Ji, the simple-minded migrant worker from out of town who had been watching him play games, was undoubtedly the chubby boy's best bragging point right now.

"How about that, bro? Pretty awesome, right?" Chen Shuo said proudly, puffing out his chest. Judging from his flushed face, it was no joke.

Liao Ji: "Uh"

Seeing Liao Ji hesitate and not receive the praise he had expected, the chubby boy suddenly became a little anxious.

"Let me tell you, this is the Turbid Contract! Do you understand the Turbid Contract? It symbolizes the highest difficulty dungeon in this game! Depending on the keywords you choose, there are thirty levels of difficulty!"

"For the average player, being able to clear the tenth floor of the contract is already quite an achievement. Even the elite veteran players from the start of the server can barely clear the fifteenth floor. But me! I just cleared the eighteenth floor!"

"You just saw how fierce that last wave of monsters was, right? Those monsters were so densely packed! You had to manage several fronts at the same time. You can imagine how challenging that was! Many people who make videos can only manage to clear the 18th or 19th floor."

The chubby guy rattled off a bunch of things, but seeing that Liao Ji was still a bit silent, he realized that Liao Ji, being from out of town, didn't even have a cell phone, so he definitely wouldn't understand the tactics, operator deployments, BOSS monsters, and the like. He was basically talking to a brick wall.

The chubby guy, feeling a bit disappointed that his impressive skills went unnoticed, slapped his thigh and sighed, "I didn't expect that no one would understand my moves."

"Damn it! Why didn't I record the screen?! Wasn't my amazing play a million times better than those strategy guides? No way, I have to play it again, this time I'll definitely record it and post a guide online!"

The chubby guy then restarted several more games.

Unfortunately, he didn't have the same incredible luck in the next few rounds. He got worse and worse, and eventually, he couldn't even see the boss before being wiped out by the elite monsters in front of him.

After watching his subordinates wiped out once again under his "command," the chubby guy couldn't take it anymore and was so angry that he felt like smashing his phone.

And at this moment

Liao Ji, who had been silently watching from the side and was somewhat ignored by the chubby boy, finally spoke up.

"that."

"How about I give it a try?"

Chapter 322 The Fall II

Liao Ji wasn't saying he was addicted to watching or that he was itching to play, although he was indeed quite interested in this kind of turn-based strategy game.

His main problem was that he simply couldn't stand the little fat boy's cooking.

In order to protect his blood pressure, Liao Ji was forced to take action.

On the other side, the chubby boy, who was furious because he couldn't replicate his previous "brilliant moves," was stunned for a moment when he heard Liao Ji's words, and then seemed to laugh out of anger.

What do you mean?

Do you think you're better at the game than me, a veteran player since the game's launch?

This is often the case in the gaming industry.

Many "armchair gamers," who have only watched a few games or haven't even played a single game themselves, often develop an attitude of "I could do that too" towards some expert players.

Is this all there is to it? Aren't many of these operations something anyone can do with their hands?

Although the young man from out of town didn't show it on his face, the chubby boy could still sense that Liao Ji meant that to him.

Row!

Why don't you give it a try!

Without saying a word, the chubby boy handed the phone to Liao Ji.

However, considering that the two might still be working together at the convenience store for a while, the chubby guy kindly reminded them:

"Dude, don't be fooled by this game. It looks like there are only a few simple controls, but once you actually start playing, you'll find that there's a lot more to it than meets the eye!"

"Since this is your first time playing, I suggest you don't go straight for the high difficulty I mentioned earlier. You can start with the first level of the contract to get familiar with each operator and monster."

The chubby guy had only finished speaking when he saw Liao Ji slightly adjust his operator configuration and then directly click "Start Battle" on the 18th floor, which he had just been unable to clear no matter what.

Row.

The chubby boy's lips twitched.

I love this kind of wildness.

He was already looking forward to the next part, which was full of novice players' delight: Liao Ji's chaotic struggles, his overloaded brain, and being swept away by the monster horde.

then

Less than half a minute later, the little fat boy's exclamations could be heard repeatedly from the convenience store late at night.

"Wait! What the heck? This cliff isn't just for show? It can actually push monsters off here?!"

"Why did you put the psychic mage so far forward?! Holy crap! From this skill angle, how can you get free damage like this?"

"That guard is about to collapse, quickly use a priest-type operator to heal him! If you don't heal him soon... wait, are you using an invincible cheat?"

"Oh no! The marksman can't land his skills this time, I had the same problem last time! Why did you bring the first skill? Damn it! I told you not to mess with my setup, now the damage is even less! Hey hey hey! What are you doing? Why are you healing the marksman when he's at full health?! Uh WTF!? How can the marksman's first skill deal so much damage?? It instantly killed the elite monster??"

While the chubby boy stared in disbelief, Liao Ji, who had just blocked the penultimate wave of attacks, took a moment to explain:

"The priest-type healers can not only restore health, but also provide an attack power buff, which can greatly enhance high-frequency output characters like archers."

This

Although the little fat guy's skills and thinking were relatively rudimentary, he had played for a long time and quickly understood after Liao Jiyi's explanation. Many strategy content creators have also used this "support-to-damage" technique to achieve explosive results.

But since Little Fatty watched the whole thing Liao Ji did, he knew it wasn't that simple.

Because his first skill is a passive skill that cannot be actively controlled, triggering it at the exact time requires either luck or precise timing.

The so-called timeline is based on the monster's appearance time and movement speed, allowing you to predict in advance when and where a monster will appear. This feature is only found in extremely advanced strategy guides.

The chubby boy thought Liao Ji was just taking a chance, but Liao Ji accurately calculated the Guardian Operator's HP, thus saving a Priest's Blessing, and combined it with the Archer's first skill, which resulted in this effect.

This was clearly designed; the actions were linked one after another, and it was through this interlocking process that the perfect performance of "0 missed monsters" was achieved.

Soon after, as the "Victory" icon appeared, followed by a golden "S+" rating, the chubby boy gasped, forgetting his elation and looking at Liao Ji with the eyes of someone looking at a monster.

Turbid Contract 18th Floor

SS+?