Wanjie Game Hall, I sent Kiana to Silent Hill

By that time, the income should be enough to upgrade to a mid-level interactive station.

In addition, Wang Xuanqiao also has some ideas about floor filling.

Ultimately, the problem of Samsara Space watering down the arcade's offerings couldn't be solved simply by unlocking new games through membership. The system customization and game purchase functions clearly weren't small purchases. Wang Xuanqiao felt it would be best to expand the arcade into more traditional gaming areas like internet cafes and arcades.

You can even add an accommodation floor and develop it into a comprehensive building like an [e-sports hotel]!

Unfortunately, all of these need to be counted. Wang Xuanqiao roughly estimated that it would take quite a lot.

Just as he was calculating the accounts, Kiana finally regained her spirits.

She turned around and found Wang Xuanqiao right beside her, so she smiled and said, "Manager, Xilin... seems to be willing to accept me."

"Congratulations." Wang Xuanqiao nodded. "You two are one, so it would be best if you could accept each other. So, has the system given you a reward?"

"Yes." Kiana nodded. "It released... an attribute? Or should I say a skill? It's called Calming and Nourishing Qi, and it looks like it's going to evolve soon."

Huh? Isn't this name a bit too plain?

Wang Xuanqiao sat up suddenly and began to search for this entry in the system mall.

This talent tree was quickly found. Wang Xuanqiao took a closer look and immediately felt a sense of relief.

The pinnacle skill has a gorgeous name, "Soul of Burning Steel," which makes you want to drive a Supa Carrot and fight space invaders. But... this talent tree only has two decent names.

One is the [Soul of Burning Steel], and the next level is the [Iron Will].

And further down is... [Capibala]?

It has to be said that from [Calm the Mind and Cultivate the Qi] to [Introduction to Buddhism], then to [Capibara], and finally to [Iron Will] and [Soul of Burning Steel], Wang Xuanqiao really didn't dare to comment on how many levels of leaps were completed in between.

I can only say that it has indeed ascended from the level of "being alive is good, it's okay to be similar" to "it shouldn't be me who dies, it should be you".

Fortunately, after two games of Silent Hill, Kiana has almost upgraded [Calm and Cultivate Qi] to [Entry into Buddhism]. It must be said that this variant of Silent Hill is indeed a good place to gain points.

You have to compare the goods before you can throw them away. Wang Xuanqiao couldn't help but sigh that the income Hu Tao earned from playing Left 4 Dead was really not enough to carry Kiana's shoes.

"By the way, that—the skill effect is pretty good, right?" He asked Kiana while suppressing a smile.

"I do feel a little calmer." Kiana nodded, "But it feels like it's a psychological effect."

"Then it can only be a psychological effect. How could it be a physical effect?" Wang Xuanqiao couldn't hold it back any longer and burst out laughing.

"Manager, what are you laughing at?" The white-haired boy looked puzzled. "Psychological effects... shouldn't be that funny, right?"

"Of course not, it's just—tsk—would you like to guess what the name of your skill talent tree is?"

“Is there a reward for guessing correctly?”

"You guessed it right, we'll have braised pork for lunch."

"Great—then I guess—the rest should be nourishing the Qi and refining the body, refining the body and building the foundation, and building the foundation and forming the elixir! And that, what's the name of the one with the child...?"

Well, this is all about cultivating immortality. Wang Xuanqiao smiled and shook his head, revealing the answer to the white-haired ball.

When she learned of the existence of [Capibara], the confusion on Kiana's face instantly exceeded the threshold.

"I can understand Buddhism, but Capybara? What does it mean?" She touched her head and found that this did not bring her any flash of inspiration.

So Wang Xuanqiao picked up his phone and played her the video of the chemical reaction between the capybara and the magical background music.

Kapi~bala~?

Baimaotuanzi was stunned at the time, looking at the video in disbelief, then looked up at Wang Xuanqiao, and then looked down at the video again.

After going back and forth a few times, Kiana lay down on the chair, looking like she wanted to give up.

"People always say I'm a cat person. Now, I'm going to become a mouse person," she said weakly.

No, is this the point?

"Actually, the name of this skill probably doesn't mean it turns you into a humanoid capybara." After laughing blatantly for a while, Wang Xuanqiao began to rethink his thinking and analyze it for Kiana. "If it really meant a capybara, it probably wouldn't be called that."

"The name Capybara is probably symbolic. It seems to refer to the capybara's online nickname, but in fact it should be a name given to a spirit. Like a capybara, we take things as they come and never frown at adversity."

Wang Xuanqiao's explanation made Kiana's eyes light up and she immediately sat up straight.

"Manager, sometimes you speak so philosophically," she said.

"I'm so ashamed. I just read a little too much." Wang Xuanqiao also waved his hand pretentiously. "Also, even though you didn't guess correctly, we can still have the braised pork for lunch!"

"Really? Thank you, manager!"

"Don't thank me. I got the system reward thanks to you." Wang Xuanqiao shook his head. "Twenty thousand points! Maybe you'll always be the highest score in my store. I plan to use these points to upgrade a cross-border information exchange station. Even if we're not in the same world, we can still communicate online."

Kiana blinked, as if she remembered something, and suddenly lowered her head, and the smile on her face faded a lot.

"Yes, I still have to go back." She whispered, "It's not over yet."

"I think that for you now, there shouldn't be any difficulties that can hinder you in the future," Wang Xuanqiao said. "Also, have you forgotten? I said I would go with you. Aren't you going to treat me?"

"Of course not!" Kiana looked up quickly, "But I..."

I don’t even have a home anymore.

"Don't worry. As long as your thinking doesn't slip, there are always more solutions than problems." Wang Xuanqiao said with a smile, "Besides, I, your store manager, am now a professional backup!"

Things like the Honkai disaster really need to be properly managed.

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After lunch, Kiana sat by the floor-to-ceiling window and stared at the prosperous streets outside for a long time.

If my world could be like this, peaceful and prosperous, would our story be different? She thought absentmindedly, imagining a world without collapse.

What will become of me? What will become of everyone else? Will Himeko still be worried about finding a partner? Will St. Freya Academy become a normal school? Will I still see Bronya and Mei in Nagazar City? Will my stinky dad no longer be forced to leave me?

And... would he really be born in this world? Would he not become the Kiana of today, but still be the Sirin of long ago?

These things are unknown.

Of course, there is no need to pray for such a world.

"Are you looking at the street view?" Wang Xuanqiao came over after cleaning up the kitchen.

"Yeah." Kiana nodded gently. "Manager, I was wondering, what would my world be like if it hadn't collapsed?"

"Nothing has collapsed." Wang Xuanqiao glanced out the window. "Aren't you already heading towards that future?"

Kiana raised the corners of her mouth and smiled silently.

——The author has something to say——

According to the general system flow, these points should be used to strengthen the protagonist, which is commonly known as buying cheats. But our brother Qiao has skipped that stage, so points are basically used as a monetary resource for operating the game.

If you book friends have any ideas about expanding the functions of the game hall, please tell me in the barrage or book review area!

Volume 036: : Now we are all game characters!

Although she had only been away for two days, Kiana felt a little nervous when she stood in front of the sensor door again.

Wang Xuanqiao, who was standing beside her, patted her shoulder gently. Kiana looked at him and nodded, then took a deep breath and took that step.

The green indicator light then lit up, and the two figures disappeared into the sensor door in an instant as they moved forward...

The feeling of traveling through time and space was fleeting, but Wang Xuanqiao still managed to capture a subtle detail. Comparing it to the entrance and teleportation into the samsara realm, it was almost the difference between passing and achieving a perfect score.

Transmission in the samsara space was more like directly connecting the worlds, building a dedicated passage. The system, on the other hand, was like opening a door at the shortest distance. While it did its best to shorten the distance between doors, there was still a little distance to go.

Wang Xuanqiao briefly considered the situation and realized that the system's level must be lower than that of the samsara space. He couldn't help but sigh, thinking that the structure of the multiverse might really be as those adventurers who love to cross worlds say—chaotic, yet full of excitement.

I just don’t know what the infinite world that the God I met by chance at that time spoke of and what he saw with his own eyes looked like?

Maybe it will be even more chaotic than what you see in front of you?

After landing, Wang Xuanqiao found himself and Kiana in an abandoned building complex, and it happened to be an alley full of miscellaneous items or trash cans.

...What a stray cat start. Wang Xuanqiao scratched his head, looked up, and confirmed the situation of the surrounding buildings.

Needless to say, most of them were unfinished. Some walls even showed signs of cracking, but this "damage" wasn't the result of erosion by time, but rather a kind of... destruction similar to that caused by battle.

Wang Xuanqiao once again had a clear and intuitive understanding of the collapse disaster.

"This is the outskirts of Sky City, an abandoned urban area," Kiana added at the right moment. "In order to cope with the damage caused by the Great Collapse, people built this giant city, like a fortress. But the Great Collapse was too devastating, and many buffer zones quickly fell."

"How do you feel now?" Wang Xuanqiao turned to ask her, "Are you feeling unwell?"

Kiana smiled and shook her head.

"Perhaps Xilin doesn't want to see me now," she said. "At the end of that battle, she launched an indiscriminate attack and sent me out of range."

"Oh—" Wang Xuanqiao couldn't help laughing, "Then it's true that I won't want to see you for quite some time."

After doing something like this, if we meet again, you'll be so embarrassed that you won't be able to speak coherently, right?

"I was originally planning to find a place to stay temporarily here, but before I knew it, I came to your place." Kiana raised her hand and pointed to a building to their right. "That residential building is relatively well-preserved, and it was my first choice at the time."

"Then let's go. First, we'll set up a base where we can rest and recuperate, and then we'll gather intelligence and decide what to do next."

Kiana nodded slightly and took Wang Xuanqiao into the residential building through the side door.

The residents here must have been quite panicked when they left, and the doors in the residential buildings were basically left open.

Only one of the rooms had its door closed, and it was unclear whether it was because the owner did not run away or was simply not at home at the time.

Wang Xuanqiao and Kiana both chose to skip the lower buildings and go directly to the top floor.

The decoration of the house on this floor is very ordinary, basically with white walls and tiles. The sofas in the living room are simple wooden and cushioned models. Obviously, the owner's financial conditions may not be ideal, and he has spent all his money just to afford this room.

After entering the house, Kiana ran directly to the balcony and looked around from her high vantage point. After confirming that there was nothing unusual, she walked back into the living room and sat down on the sofa.

"It turns out that the chairs in the game hall are so comfortable to sit on." She couldn't help but sigh at the quality of this simple sofa.

"That's definitely incomparable." Wang Xuanqiao laughed. "The game room's equipment is way ahead of its time. Aside from the snacks and drinks, basically all the equipment inside is impossible to buy outside. Oh, excluding my phone and computer."

"I had this feeling when I was shopping earlier. Manager, your game room really seems to be much more advanced than those outside."

"This arcade is so big it can cross worlds, how could it be just ordinary stuff?" Wang Xuanqiao smiled. "In a sense, this is considered advent technology."

"Then are your glasses the same for the store manager?" Kiana looked at Wang Xuanqiao's black-framed glasses curiously. She still clearly remembered the store manager who didn't wear glasses at that time.

I can't say his appearance has changed drastically, but I can say that he gives people a completely different feeling. It's like the feeling of Aizen taking off his glasses.

"This doesn't count." Wang Xuanqiao took off his glasses. "This is a world wonder. Rather than a logical technological product, it's more of an abstract object. You can only use it, but you can't decipher its principles."

"I wear it mainly to relax and release my emotions while playing games like a normal person."

Kiana looked thoughtfully at Wang Xuanqiao who took off his glasses, and suddenly narrowed her eyes.

"I feel the store manager looks more handsome without glasses," she said.

"Aha, really?" Wang Xuanqiao couldn't help but stroke his chin. "No one has ever told me this. I haven't considered it at all."

But the next moment, Wang Xuanqiao suddenly turned his gaze to the door.

"What's wrong, manager?" Kiana immediately became alert and looked out the door.

"Nothing, I'm just surprised there's still someone living in this building." Wang Xuanqiao stood up. "There's no electricity, the water supply is unstable, and there's also the huge safety hazard of collapse. Even for an ordinary person like me, it's almost as difficult as a nightmare to survive."

"It turns out there really is someone in that house!" Kiana also reacted and quickly stood up.

"Should we move somewhere else?"

"That's not necessary. Being an invisible neighbor is pretty good too." Wang Xuanqiao shook his head. "It's a good opportunity for me to move around and clean up those potential safety hazards around here."

"I'll go as well."

"I don't recommend you act now and expose yourself." Wang Xuanqiao held down Qiana. "It's possible there aren't some kind of surveillance system like the Sky Eye here. If you follow me out, it would be a bit too conspicuous. Unless you want to lure in the people from Destiny and Anti-Entropy, it's better to play it safe first."

"Then please be careful, manager." Kiana also knew that her identity was special at the moment, so she had to agree to stay.

Wang Xuanqiao left the temporary base and walked down the stairs. When he passed the closed door, he deliberately coughed to attract the attention of the people inside.

As expected, the child hiding inside the door did not choose to contact him, but hid silently.

Good, you're on guard. Wang Xuanqiao smiled silently and strode out of the building.

On the main road, the bright lights in the center of the city were trying to imitate the sunlight and spread all around. Unfortunately, only the sun could fully illuminate the night, and those lights that were trying their best had to stop around the high walls.

Sky City could only protect the central area; this was an indisputable fact. Wang Xuanqiao didn't think it was the upper echelons' fault. Living in this world, being able to carve out a corner of peace was a rare feat. No matter how much one debated so-called reason and justice, the most direct issue ultimately had to be faced: ability.

If he ignored it and let Kiana follow the path of the original work alone, then even if the world would eventually have a happy ending, it would still have to suffer for a considerable period of time.

It is like the bright light after dawn, but the darkness before dawn is even deeper.

If he was really indifferent to such things, Wang Xuanqiao felt that he might as well stay in the reincarnation space.