Wanjie Game Hall, I sent Kiana to Silent Hill

"You know me? It's an honor. However, I'm a little unsure how I got in here. Can you tell me?"

The girl named Navia looked at Wang Xuanqiao curiously.

"Did you push the door just now?" Wang Xuanqiao walked behind the counter and turned on the membership terminal.

"Well - I did push the door. But that door was the door of my room?" Navia recalled what happened just now and became even more confused.

"It doesn't matter what kind of door it is. What matters is that it can be opened," Wang Xuanqiao replied. "You must have had some thoughts in mind when you pushed the door, like maybe you wanted to find a place to relax."

"Huh? But what I'm thinking about is... investigating something."

Wang Xuanqiao originally wanted to take another sip of the instant noodles, but when he heard Navia say that, he withdrew his hand.

Investigating something? My goodness, you can even get in here? System, do you think you or I are a detective agency or a jack-of-all-trades? Your name is the Wanjie Game Hall System!

Despite his complaints, Wang Xuanqiao still recalled the plot related to Navia, wanting to see if he could dig out the current situation of Fontaine. Previously, the communication with Teyvat had basically been all about Zhongli, but he didn't expect that a Fontaine person would show up this time.

Thinking of this, Wang Xuanqiao actually had another little thought. He wondered if the arcade's decision to bring in another Teyvatian was due to his previous impulsive desire to improve himself.

"Did the trial of Magician Linnie just end recently?"

Recalling Navia's suggestion of "investigating something," Wang Xuanqiao began his questioning from the first relevant point in time. After concluding his defense in the magic show murder case, the previously unsolved missing girl case quickly followed.

If this is what Navia is investigating, it means that Fontaine's current time point is relatively early.

"Yes. Hey, why do you ask? Could it be that... isn't this in Fontaineland?"

As expected, it was the time after the magic show murder case ended.

"This is not even Teyvat." Wang Xuanqiao answered Navia's question very directly.

"Should I say this? Welcome to another world." He looked at Navia and smiled slightly.

"Another, another world?" Navia subconsciously looked around, but there were no windows in the game room. Of course, all she could see were the high-tech gaming equipment, the comfortable sofas, and a doll that looked a bit like a living person sitting on the sofa...

"Then can I go back?" Navia looked away, her tone a little anxious.

"Sure, you can go back through the sensor door behind you." Wang Xuanqiao raised his finger and pointed behind Navia, "But before you go back, I suggest you get a membership card first, so it will be convenient for you to come in next time."

"Of course, it's okay if we don't do it now. I have members in Liyue. If you regret it after you go out, you can find them to bring you back in."

Navia was a little conflicted at first, but when she heard Wang Xuanqiao say that Liyue had members, she stopped weighing the pros and cons.

"Then don't wait to regret it!" Navia strode towards the counter, "I really don't like regrets."

"So, how much does it cost to apply for a membership card?" she asked.

"No money." Wang Xuanqiao had already entered Navia's information into the membership terminal. "This is a different world. If I accept Mora, won't you suspect I'm cheating you?"

"If you don't charge money, then what should you charge?" Navia was very surprised. "Manager, you can't be doing charity, right?"

"Oh, right, I forgot to mention that." Wang Xuanqiao slapped his head, "Welcome to the Ninth Art Game Hall!"

After that, he briefly introduced the situation of the game hall to Navia, including matters related to members unlocking games and discounts.

"Hmm, so this is the way to make profits? It's really novel, worthy of being in another world." Navia quickly accepted this setting and signed a contract with Wang Xuanqiao to become... Oh no, she registered as a member.

After taking the membership portrait, Navia, who did not choose the discount, received a notification from the system to unlock the game.

No Navia, put a big pillow.jpg

——The author has something to say——

And thanks to the book friends [I'm Just a Cat], [The Omniscient of the Fantasy Secret Realm], [Xiong Yanqi], [Dr.URIZE], [Jitianpo], [Forest of Time], [Krieger Engineer Shovel], [matrix99], [Ancient Land], [Bai Li Lingmeng 0], [Gan Meizhi], and [Tian Xin] for their recommendation votes, and thank you for your support.

PS: Today's two chapters can be regarded as a transition, and the plot will begin to develop towards Teyvat.

PS2: A little-known fact: Xingbao is actually a kind of [Li Sushang], because her Chinese CV is Tingting, so funny!

PS3: I've seen feedback from book fans that Xianzhou Suchang's surname is also Li, because of [Li Dazhentou]. I have to say that the current texts of Xianzhou do not explicitly state that Xianzhou people have surnames. Suchang's personal text also clearly records that the name she reported herself was Suchang, not Li.

PS4: Li Dazhentou is really a nickname that comes from the three-bengzi.

Volume 257: : Navia and the Sea of Thieves

Before the system prompt came, Wang Xuanqiao actually made a rough guess about the game that Navia could unlock.

This girl is not the type who needs to be 'cured'. She seems to be born with a big heart to deal with drastic changes. Even though she is still a little immature due to her age and occasionally can't control her emotions, she can adjust back quickly.

However, as a Fontaine, she has a natural flaw in her life form. Because the Fontaine people are still a variant of pure water elves, the water of the original fetal sea can dissolve their human bodies, making them completely lose their form.

The Fontaine's life flaw was easy for Wang Xuanqiao to solve; a slight modification to the life replacement process could make the Fontaine truly flesh and blood. However, Wang Xuanqiao wasn't sure if the system would take advantage of this and create an underwater survival game.

But if we follow this line of thinking, before the water goddess Fucaros and the water dragon king Navilette officially solve the life defects of the Fontaine people, Fontaine will become a wholesaler of water world games for the game hall.

Like "Subnautica" and "The Abyss"...

Of course, there could also be some games that Navia happens to be interested in and can improve her abilities, such as games with business management themes like developing gangs, or shooting games with a wide variety of hot weapons. After all, Navia likes her job in the Rose Thorn Society and has a special liking for firearms.

That's right. To ensure his guesses were accurate, Wang Xuanqiao started guessing only about the game type. He hadn't come across many games that were purely about water worlds, and the latter were so diverse that it was difficult to find a representative one.

It can't be another Assassin's Creed, right? Although the Assassin's Creed series does have titles that meet these criteria.

The system prompts this speculation to be officially concluded——

[Game: "Sea of Thieves" has been unlocked, please enjoy the experience. ]

Wang Xuanqiao suddenly realized that this game's theme and content were indeed quite suitable for Navia. The setting was the ocean, and there was a gang management component, meaning managing ships, and there were also firearms from the Age of Exploration available for full use.

However, this game has a very high threshold, that is multiple friends. At least four people are needed to experience the most complete game content of "Sea of Thieves".

Wang Xuanqiao was one of those unfortunate few who couldn't make it past that threshold. When he played multiplayer games, he was usually paired up with random people based on chance, never having a fixed partner.

But now, the situation was different. Wang Xuanqiao felt like he could call on Kiana and the others to join the fun. If there were enough people, he could even split them into several teams for a hearty medieval naval battle.

Ahem, I'm getting off topic. Wang Xuanqiao quickly concluded his thoughts and briefly introduced the information about Sea of Thieves to Navia.

As expected, Navia showed a strong interest in Sea of Thieves. If it weren't for the fact that this was not a good time to play games, she would have already called her friends.

Navia put away her membership card. But she did not go back immediately. Instead, she asked Wang Xuanqiao about another matter.

"Manager, you just said that if you push the door open and think you're looking for a place to relax, you might end up in the arcade, right?"

She asked in all seriousness.

"I do know what you are investigating. You are looking for information about the name 'Washie', right?" Wang Xuanqiao replied.

Although she had been mentally prepared, Navia couldn't help but be surprised when she heard the answer.

"Manager, do you really know?" she immediately asked, "Can you tell me the information about Vashé?"

"Of course. But first you have to make one thing clear: what I give you is just a reference answer, not a standard answer." Wang Xuanqiao nodded.

"Is it a reference answer, not a standard answer? Just like a prophecy may fail to come true?" Navia thought for a moment and understood this sentence in her own way.

"Are you trying to take advantage of this opportunity to step on the Fontaine prophecy?" Wang Xuanqiao complained.

"Manager, do you even know Fontaine's prophecy?!" Navia opened her eyes wide, as if to test whether there was any limit to those eyes that were already bright enough.

"...In the story I know, Vashé is Marcelle, the Marcelle you know." In order to prevent the topic from deviating from its original point again, Wang Xuanqiao told Navia the information about the original plot.

"And Vashé is not only a witness to the girl's dissolution, but also the real murderer. If you have detailed clues about this case, you can go back to the two right-hand men your father left behind for you and ask them about the Les incident in Baisong Town. The evidence is there."

That was about all the hints, and Wang Xuanqiao didn't continue to tell Navia what would happen next, because that was meaningless. For a detective story, once the murderer is known and the evidence is found, the ending is a foregone conclusion.

With Navia's ability to act, Wang Xuanqiao even felt that he might not be able to catch up with Tartaglia's trial.

If Tartaglia could not end up in prison in Mello Petersburg, I wonder if the Sky-Devouring Whale would feel lonely because of the lack of a playmate.

"Uncle Marcelle...is the murderer?"

Without any prior preparation for questioning, Navia was still quite shocked by the truth. Even when she later questioned Marcelle, she still tried to excuse him emotionally and rationally.

For example, a person who has always funded the Rose Thorn Society is actually an enemy of the Rose Thorn Society. This fact does not conform to common sense and logic.

"Because the one he loved dissolved in the water of the primordial fetal sea," Wang Xuanqiao said to Navia, "so he began to disregard human life and conduct dissolution experiments on the girls of Fontaine. The pure water spirits Ying saw were those girls who were dissolved."

Navia's breath stopped for a moment. The thought of a living person being dissolved in water made her shudder. Life vanished so lightly, and the root of all this was... love?

It seemed that the truth behind the missing girl's case was still a bit too much for Navia. Wang Xuanqiao saw her momentarily distracted, thought for a moment, turned around, opened the freezer, took out a bottle of iced cola and threw it at Navia.

Navia reflexively caught the ice cola, and when she came to her senses, her hands began to flutter in a flurry because of the stimulating cold feeling.

"This is..." She looked at the label on the bottle and naturally didn't recognize it.

"It's a free ice cola when you sign up for the card. Drink it and go back to bring the murderer to justice." Wang Xuanqiao waved at Navia, indicating that she should leave.

If you don’t leave now, the instant noodles will get cold.

"Thank you!" Navia finally regained consciousness. She twisted the cap off the bottle and took a sip. The bubbling sensation of the newly opened soda made her close her eyes. Then she waved goodbye to Wang Xuanqiao, turned around, and trotted out of the arcade.

When she turned around, Wang Xuanqiao picked up the instant noodles again, finished the noodles in no time, swallowed the noodle soup in one gulp, and happily threw the empty shell into the trash can.

He looked at the Black Tower puppet again, it was still down, and Black Tower himself didn't seem to be in a hurry to come over and deal with it.

Are you really so confident in leaving your doll here? What if she turns into a spirit and runs away?

Never mind. If she really becomes a spirit, I'll just throw her back to the Black Tower Space Station. Wang Xuanqiao grabbed a Coke for himself and headed into the gaming area to play. He'd never been able to play Sea of Thieves before, so now was the perfect time to give it a try.

He was enjoying the sea in the fantasy world, while the Phaethon brothers and sisters in Liufen Street could only see the sea in the video.

"Brother, do you feel like we're working during Golden Week?"

Sitting in front of the HDD, the full name of which is 'Hollow Deep Diving System', Ling suddenly complained to her brother, Zhe, who was standing behind her.

"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, Fairy's electricity bill..." Zhe showed a wry smile on his face.

"Tsk. Fairy, you are such an advanced artificial intelligence, you should be able to find wild animals to eat by yourself, right?" Ling said to the screen in front of her.

"Master, advanced AI will wait for power transmission in place, while uncivilized AI will try to hunt for wild electricity."

As expected, a voice full of electronic flavor came from the headphones.

"What you said is that all high-ranking people like to sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor?" There were too many flaws in that sentence, so Ling had to pick one to complain about.

"Master, I'm searching for books related to the concept of social class. Currently recommending..."

"Cancel, cancel! Cancel the recommendation! Don't list those names that give me a headache just hearing them." Ling leaned back in her chair and sighed to the sky.

"Ah - I really want to go out and enjoy my vacation." She couldn't help but mutter.

"Ling, do you still remember the manager's game room?" Zhe patted the back of the chair gently.

"Oh!" Ling's upper body suddenly jumped up from the back of the chair, "Yes! The store manager has a game with a sunny beach resort, you can go there and have a meal replacement first~"

"You should rest today. I'll be on duty from now on."

"Huh? But brother, haven't we finished the energy drink?" Ling turned around in her chair and said to Zhe.

"That's not suitable." Zhe remembered the taste of the energy drink and immediately shook his head vigorously, "Coffee is more gentle."

"Thank you, brother~" Ling jumped up from the chair, "But if Nicole sends a message later, brother, remember to call me back!"

After the Phaethon brothers and sisters briefly handed over the shift, Ling took out her membership card from her pocket and skipped towards the door of the archive room.

——The author has something to say——

A brief summary: Yesterday, a book friend reported the question of whether there is a surname of Li in Xianzhou Sushang. Because it was late yesterday, I went back to do some research and it was not thorough. I only checked the character's copy. After checking again today, I found that the name "Li Dazhentou" does exist in Xianzhou Sushang's voice.

To save space, I won't copy the original article here; you can find it in the game or on the Miyoushe Wiki. I'll simply share my personal opinion on this. The first thing to consider is the widespread lack of surnames among Xianzhou characters, and the lack of any accurate mention of a culture that inherits surnames.

This makes sense given the immortality of the Xianzhou people. If a person's lifespan were measured in centuries, the cultural foundation for the inheritance of family names would undoubtedly be severely weakened. It's possible that Xianzhou once had a surname culture, but with the arrival of the immortality disaster, this culture gradually disappeared.

So what about [Li Dazhentou]? It could be a play on words, or perhaps this [Li Dazhentou] isn't really [Li] [Dazhentou]. In any case, without more original textual evidence, the current text doesn't make sense. In the character text, when Xianzhou Sushang is asked her name at the Luofu Pass, she answers "Sushang." Note that the question is "name."

So, to put an end to the debate, I declare that within the scope of this book alone, the Xianzhou people do not have a surname culture. Xianzhou Sushang is Sushang, not Li Sushang.

Volume 258: : Armed Dolls

Sea of Thieves is a great game, but it can be quite desolate to play without friends.

Wang Xuanqiao, hoping to learn the ropes first, chose the most maneuverable of the three boat types. But even once aboard, he still had to juggle the boat, turning the capstan, raising the anchor, adjusting the sails, and steering. He was practically a wreck.

After finally sailing out to sea, this sea full of medieval fantasy style gave Wang Xuanqiao a warm welcome.

Not to mention the severe weather conditions such as strong winds and heavy rain, the unpredictable waves and the frequently changing wind directions alone gave Wang Xuanqiao, who was experiencing the game for the first time, a headache. He couldn't help but sigh that this game was quite difficult to play.

This also made him think of some things in the past. During the missions in the reincarnation space, he often went to planets made entirely of oceans. Some of them were like the mutant Earth in the movie "Waterworld", and some were alternative liquid planets with indescribable things in their depths.

Fortunately, we have just set out to sea and are not likely to encounter the various strange sea monsters active in the sea.

After drifting at sea for a while, Wang Xuanqiao suddenly received a system notification: Someone had arrived at the arcade. He quickly exited Sea of Thieves and stood up from his seat.