Seeing the morale of the friends who were called in to play for him plummet to zero, Jiang Yan did not lose heart. Instead, he comforted them:
"Don't worry about it. I checked. In the last tournament, Silver Wolf was only the regional champion, but so was Mr. Giovanni. If we learn from her, how can we possibly defeat an opponent at the same Red Light level as her?"
"what do you mean?"
"If you want to learn, you have to find the strongest person. Wait for me to call the last year's champion Toppa to teach you. I guarantee that you will defeat this guy Silver Wolf first, and then beat that Giovanni!" Jiang Yan said gritting his teeth.
Faced with the Silver Wolf's shameless behavior of hitting everyone and running away without any martial ethics, Jiang Yan originally planned to ask Prometheus to drag him back to her through the Internet cable, but after thinking about it carefully, she chose to give up.
What's the point in dragging her back and letting her learn unwillingly, and then smugly mocking everyone for being incompetent?
This bastard, a regional champion beating up a bunch of newbies, is that necessary to be so brutal? Is that shameless? Can such a duel really bring joy?
No, I must find the strongest teacher and beat her and Giovanni together!
It just so happens that I have the best "apprenticeship gift" in my hand.
Soon, Jiang Yan contacted Topa on the way back to Yalilo 6. Of course, Silver Wolf was too embarrassed to mention such an embarrassing thing, so he just sent Topa the apprenticeship gift - the record of the capture of the "Topa Support Group" recorded on March 7, as well as everyone's request to become his apprentice.
The friendship that Shajin had been pursuing so hard was delivered directly to Topa, making her almost laugh out loud on the other end of the communication terminal.
Gold dust, gold dust, what is the point of you doing all those calculations, gambling, exchanges and other fancy things all day long?
If you want to make friends, make good friends. We are all in the same sea of stars, so who doesn’t need who?
Look, didn’t I win without any effort?
Imagining himself mocking Gold Dust at the next round table meeting, Topa replied with a smile:
"Great! Leave the task of teaching everyone the Ether Front to me. I'll make sure Miss Xing defeats that masked wealthy businessman!"
Of course, even without considering the company's strategy, Topa wouldn't mind helping Jiang Yan and the others. Seeing this group of "worshippers"—called "Topa's Support Group" but actually "Topa's Backstabbing Group"—getting apprehended, Topa, having finally gotten rid of his anger, felt incredibly refreshed.
What's the point of idols paying for their fans' behavior? I don't even know them, okay? What does it have to do with me?
They say one fan is worth ten haters, but these guys are more than ten! Because of these bastards, I've even been called the Dark Duel King in the Ether Front community!
What about the Dark Duel where losing means losing your soul? What about the Four Kings of Dark Duel? What about the Dark Duel world that's poised to overturn the Ether Duel world? Is it really necessary for me to fight so hard for this little prize money? The champion prize for this crappy tournament is less than my daily income. Am I losing money by participating in this tournament?
Naturally, Toppa would not hide any secrets from the benefactors who helped him rebuild his reputation. He quickly applied for a permit from Diamond on the grounds of "making as many friends as possible with the pioneers of the Star Train before the Pinocchio Project was launched". He drove his own spaceship directly to Yalilo No. 6, which stunned all his friends, including Bronya.
Topa wasn't some Duel City host who spent her days doing nothing but playing cards. She was a key executive at Interstellar Peace Corporation, her daily schedule meticulously planned down to the minute. Even their highest hopes had been for Topa to create a group, offer guidance on builds and strategies, and perhaps meet up just before a match for a quick boost.
So this incredibly busy employee actually took a long vacation to help out? Xiao Jiang, your pride is ridiculous!
You two, are you really not having an affair?
Oops, I've Been Caught by a Fool!: Chapter 118 Teaching Base
In Topa's imagination, he was a P45, well, now the P44 director had specially dropped his work to come and teach everyone how to fight on the ether front. Even if the friends on Yalilo No. were not moved to tears, they would at least entertain him with great enthusiasm.
However, when she arrived at Krippenburg, she only saw all kinds of strange, wandering, scrutinizing, and subtle gazes scanning back and forth between her and Jiang Yan.
What's wrong? Is that bastard Shajin talking nonsense again? Damn it! I shouldn't have helped this guy!
Ever since the last time the Great Guardian got jealous and arranged a meeting in the bedroom, everyone has started to pay attention to Topa's love life due to Sha Jin's active sharing of gossip.
How could everyone not be surprised when the little girl who thought she would have to live with those little animals for the rest of her life suddenly came to her senses?
After explaining for a long time, Topa finally convinced her colleagues that she had no plans to marry a man in the short, medium, or long term, let alone a guy who loved fighting more than anything else.
How could they fall in love with someone with different XP? Topa doubted that even the Great Guardian couldn't match Jiang Yan's bizarre XP. He'd probably end up finding an equally aggressive girlfriend, someone he could fight with in the arena every day.
However, considering that this guy was raised by the chief of the Minghuo Merchant Corps, it wasn't surprising that he had picked up some of the fox people's special XP. After all, according to his colleagues, people like him were everywhere in the Yaoqing Qingqiu Guard. Even in internal sparring, they often fought until the Yaoqing porcelain armor was shattered. Jiang Yan, who stopped at a certain point, was considered conservative.
But no matter how conservative he is, being friends is fine, but forgetting about romance. Topa doesn't want to live a Yaoqing-style happy life where they fight each other until they are bleeding, apply medicine to each other's wounds as a pleasure, and then roll into a ball while applying medicine.
The reasons Topal gave were so logical and well-founded that they quickly resonated with his colleagues, who couldn't help but nod in agreement.
Yes, our business development star, even if he wants to solve personal problems, there is no need to look for those crazy people.
As for the partner Xianzhou Alliance, Interstellar Peace Company's impression of them mostly comes from Yaoqing, the only one with whom the company has large-scale cooperation.
How should I put it? I can only say that a force that can make the extremely domineering and extreme Interstellar Peace Corporation feel "Are you too extreme?" is truly rare in the universe.
In particular, most of them are from the Qingqiu Fox Guard warriors who are former war slaves rescued from Bu Liren, which has caused great psychological trauma to even the employees of the Interstellar Peace Company who are their comrades.
Despite their diverse appearances and mixed ancestry, those terrifying creatures fought with the same frenzied ferocity. It was almost worrying that without a control device, they might not be satisfied with killing all their enemies and would even kill their own people. Since that particular creature was so aggressive and so easily accepted by the fox people, he was probably some kind of fox-human hybrid.
Who would like those berserkers whose lives were filled with nothing but hatred and battle? The people of Yalilo VI, who had risked countless lives to resist the Rift Creatures and the extreme cold for seven hundred years? That was fine.
Just like that, after thinking he had figured out Jiang Yan's "background", Topa's logic was complete.
Aesthetics are absurd, just as the Interstellar Peace Company couldn't understand why Luofu urgently ordered tens of millions of simulated dragon scale patches and amber dragon horns from them. It's no surprise that the people on this planet adore a maniac like their friend, believing the entire universe wants to steal him. Just stay away and be careful not to let your reputation get damaged again.
So Topa walked directly to Xing's side and said enthusiastically:
"Xing, your reputation is so useful! You know what? After I asked Diamond to teach you how to play Ether Front, he actually rejected my tolerance! Tolerance playing Ether Front! Even Gold Dust was stunned by what he heard, haha."
"Don't worry, I will teach you everything I know. This is for my first long vacation since I started working here! This is for the longest time I've ever had with my little ones!"
Topa never disdained to lie to anyone, even to divert attention, she would always find a genuine reason. Regardless of whether she could become friends with Xing on this mission, she was happy anyway.
She worked hard only to better realize her dreams, not to sell her life to the company. If it weren't for the high position she held at such a young age, which made her walk on thin ice, Topa, who had been working more than ten hours a day for several years, would have long wanted to take her full annual leave and take all her little ones to a planet with a comfortable life for a long vacation.
Topa had never dreamed of such a good job as playing cards with clients on public funds. She was not a salesperson in the marketing department, and no one would care about her even if she was given the job a year or two. As a director, how could she be treated as an ordinary salesperson and get such an opportunity if it were not for the once-in-a-century plan like Pinocchio?
After receiving the appointment, looking at the sour expression of Sha Jin, Topa felt as if he had taken a deep breath of sour taste when he was extremely tired.
It is actually him, not himself, who needs the favor of Starry Sky Train the most right now.
But is it my fault for not being able to play Ethereum? Is it my fault for always thinking that normal friendships are too frivolous and should just be traded directly?
You're so tough, but won't you have to be honest and do me a favor after a while?
So Topa happily packed all the small animals in his home into the spaceship, and came to Yalilo No. 6 with the comfort of a self-driving tour.
Image: "Topa and his furry friends", Location: "Images/1716105629-100397315-111685335.jpg"
Seeing the expression "I'm here for a vacation" written all over Topa's face, everyone suddenly realized what was going on. It turned out that it wasn't Jiang Yan's face that was so powerful, but that it was so cool to be on a public holiday. So they immediately put aside their thoughts of eating melons and warmly entertained him:
"Ms. Topa, I didn't get to thank you properly for the debt split last time. This time, we've arranged a large enough house for you and Miss Xing to use as a training base. It's plenty large enough for your pets to enjoy a relaxing holiday. If you need any special equipment or food, please don't hesitate to ask."
Bronya, who dedicated her entire life to Beloberg, naturally has no private property. This house was actually given to her by Beloberg, the representative of the City Builder Council, after hearing that Topal was going to stay in Beloberg for a while. Of course, in order to avoid any wrongdoing, it was nominally just a loan, but it did not have to be returned.
After all, the principal and interest from the old weapons test site that the other party split up alone are enough to buy the entire Beloberg, so this little return is simply not worth mentioning.
"You're so polite, Miss Bronya. I've never asked for debts that don't belong to clients. I should be the one to apologize for not noticing this in time. Don't worry, I won't be polite if you need anything. But you shouldn't be polite about the rent either. The company will reimburse it anyway. They won't thank you for saving them money. Wouldn't it be better if we could get together more often with that money?" Faced with this kindness, Topa responded to Bronya with a smile.
Topa gladly accepted Bronya's offer. After all, walking her pets was the main purpose of her vacation. Without a large yard, it would be tragic if her furry friends accidentally ran outside and froze to death.
But Topa wasn't interested in saving money for the company. As a director, she was confident that no matter how high the rent was, it wouldn't exceed her reimbursement limit. So, why would I need to use my favors on a rare trip at company expense? On the contrary, no one can stop me from spending money!
Pet climbing frame, yes!
Fully loaded with pets, full!
Pet amusement park, top-notch!
Pet playground, urgent!
The result of the large-scale construction was that even though he had a large mansion, Topa could only live in Bronya's bedroom temporarily, waiting for his dream pet paradise, well, the transformation of the special training base to be completed.
Of course, vacation is vacation, but Topa never lets her personal life interfere with her work. After a simple welcoming banquet, she hurriedly prepared to start formal teaching:
"Actually, the Aether Front isn't that difficult. Half the difficulty lies in collecting rare Aether Spirits, and the other half is memorizing the process. After all, no matter how many random moves there are, they ultimately fall into a few categories, and moves of the same nature generally have similar models. After all, the project team can't just ignore balance and mess around... Well, with the exception of the Dimensional Piggy Bank you made for me."
Looking at the doubts written all over everyone's faces, Topa naturally understood that his "championship trophy" had seriously affected the reputation of the game, and he couldn't help but complain with a look of dissatisfaction:
"Forget it. That damn project manager, after finding out I was a player of this game, approached me and wanted me to invest in the competition. But since I'm already a player, how could I possibly make an investment that I couldn't objectively judge? So I flatly rejected them. And then these guys kept their evil intentions alive. Even after I won the championship, they still pulled this kind of trick. It really pissed me off for days. Humph!"
When the clever team of the Ethernet Front project sent the Cyber Account directly to Toppa without consulting him first, it happened that Account received the email. After opening it out of curiosity, he was instantly furious.
Anyone who finds out that their master has secretly made a clone of them and intends to replace them will find it difficult to remain calm.
Are you dissatisfied with my food expenses and want to raise a cyber piggy bank? Then I'll leave?
So Zhang Zhang was so angry that he threw himself on Topa and made a big fuss, and almost ran away from home.
After the confused Topa figured out what was going on, he immediately took Zhang Zhang to find the person in charge of the Ethernet Front project, gave him a good scolding and made it clear that he refused to accept this cyber Zhang Zhang. Only then did the real Zhang Zhang calm down.
But no matter what, this copied cyber account is innocent. Topa and Account are reluctant to order the project team to completely delete its data. They can only let the other party treat it as a pure digital collection and sell it to collectors in a disguised form. This is how it accidentally fell into Ester's hands.
Unexpectedly, fate would work so strangely. This cybernetic Zhang Zhang had come back to him and Zhang Zhang, awaiting their guidance. This bizarre development filled Topa and Zhang Zhang with deep emotion.
After hearing Toppa's explanation, Xing and Sanyueqi finally understood Bubble's troubled past and firmly decided to keep it on the Star Train. But the only question was, would this original creature really misunderstand Toppa and cause another disturbance?
Seeing everyone's eyes on Qianqian lying on his shoulder, Topa smiled and said:
"Don't worry, Zhang Zhang is a good kid. After understanding the whole story, he no longer blames that special ether spirit."
When Zhang Zhang heard what Topa said, he hummed in agreement, causing Topa to pat Zhang Zhang on the head and say happily:
"You call it Bubble? That's a nice name. Let's go, let me meet Bubble as it is now. Don't worry, I'll give it my regards... Hmm? Where's the game cabin?"
Topa looked around, trying to find the game pod.
When the competition is not started, Ether Front players will certainly not be idle. As long as they enter the game cabin and connect to the interstellar Internet, they can experience the same joy in the VR world.
The only regret is that there is no game cabin for the Dimension Piggy Bank in this world. Probably during the entire teaching process, Zhang Zhang can only wait outside.
Jiang Yan did not intend to hide anything from a friend like Topa who had been through a test, but said very straightforwardly:
"That's not necessary. You and Zhang Zhang can see the bubbles right now."
The next moment, Topa sensed a large amount of ether being released from Jiang Yan's arms, rapidly wrapping around and shaping in front of him. Soon, the strange yet familiar Cyber Account appeared before Topa, startling her.
"Punk Lord Hacker's reality editor? Where did you learn that? Can you learn this?"
Topa didn't even bother to play with Cyber Account, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and went straight to Jiang Yan, grabbed his arm, and asked while fiddling with it back and forth.
As a champion player of Ether Front, she naturally knew the background of the birth of this game very clearly.
Although the reality editing of a flesh-and-blood life-controlling Punk Lord hacker is outrageous, it is still more reliable than your friend hiding a large base station in his arm!
"Of course I learned it from a hacker, but she's your wanted criminal, so I won't reveal her name."
Since Jiang Yan had demonstrated this skill, he had no intention of hiding it from Topa. However, he wasn't worried that demonstrating his reality editing skills would leak Silver Wolf's information. After all, almost every hacker who left Punklod was on the Interstellar Peace Corporation's wanted list.
In fact, most hackers in Punklord treat this wanted list like a roll of honor, with the bounty directly determining their standing in social interactions. Hackers, hackers, instead of infiltrating other factions' databases to find something good, why not go back to the "junk mountain" and pick up trash?
Sure enough, even Topa could not imagine that Jiang Yan would have any connection with Silver Wolf, with whom he had no apparent connection. He was just impressed again by his friend's wide range of social connections.
How did this guy get to know everyone? Even those technical geeks who were considered extremely difficult to deal with were able to teach them their skills?
No, you are not even a memetic creature. How can he teach you? How did you learn it?
In an instant, Topa's head was filled with questions. But as a friend, she quickly put all these questions aside.
Who doesn’t have some secrets in the universe? My friend kindly told me that I should just use the “private server” to have fun playing games. Why should I care which chicken laid the delicious eggs?
When he thought about how this was a private server created in reality, and how he could easily materialize an ethereal spirit that he didn't have, and plug in a chip that he didn't have, Topa suddenly felt less sleepy and tightly grasped Jiang Yan's arm.
"Since you've obtained the source code for the Ether Front, then you should be able to copy those extremely rare Phantom Ether Spirits!"
"Quick, make a copy and let me see it!"
Oops, I've been harassed by a fool! : Chapter 119 Pre-match training
"Please! I'll do anything to give these ethereal spirits a realistic feel!"
Facing the real editor of his dreams, Topa's face turned red with excitement and he had obviously lost his mind.
She rarely plays games except for socializing, but she became addicted to this game because it includes countless beautiful animals that are either endangered, almost impossible to keep, or extremely picky about their living environment.
Most small animals are wary of humans, a terrifying large animal, and very few can be kept as pets. Topa fell in love with many of the little ones at first sight, but he could only satisfy his curiosity through images, which was a great pity.
Later, with the advent of the Ether Front, she immediately collected a large number of small animals, Ether Spirits, which were not very strong at all but extremely beautiful, as her own collection. Although she couldn't touch or pet them, at least she could control her cuteness and satisfy her eyes!
However, as a hardcore game, Ether Front's aesthetics have always been out of favor compared to strength. For those who favor strength, a lack of strength is a sin. Many small animal Ether Spirits are quickly discarded after players have tested their skills and found them to be insufficient, becoming out-of-print Ether Spirits that can only be found in the illustrated guide.
So when she heard Jiang Yan could complete the reality editing of Punklod, Topa was immediately excited. She didn't care about wanted criminals or not; that was the job of the company's security department. For her, this was her only chance to turn cyberfluffy into real-world fluff. No Punklod hacker would work for someone like her, the Interstellar Peace Company, nor would anyone be so bored as to specifically edit the feel of cyberfluffy.
So, you must win your friends!
Facing Topa's expectant look, which was not at all a workplace elite, Jiang Yan felt a lot of pressure and had to say honestly:
"Realistic editing isn't that convenient. I can achieve the feel you want, but it requires constant maintenance and is limited to my presence."
Silver Wolf could agree to try to remotely project bubbles for the Starry Sky Train, but Jiang Yan couldn't guarantee that. Without the other party's help, he and Prometheus would never be able to accomplish such an outrageous thing.
This guy's bragging may be a bit exaggerated, but a man's reputation is like a tree's shadow. As the most flamboyant Punk Lord hacker, Jiang Yan doesn't believe that there are many hackers who can be more powerful than Silver Wolf, this extremely arrogant guy. Otherwise, why doesn't he become famous by stepping on this guy's head? Don't you want to?
Topa was not disappointed at all with Jiang Yan's truth.
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