I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 447 - 155: Little Gwen, Pecking at You~!_3

Chapter 447: Chapter 155: Little Gwen, Pecking at You~!_3

"I just got matched with another tycoon; this round is even stronger than the last. How much money must that cost to build such a team?"

"Uninstall early for the good life!"

"How about this, teach me how to play with the Big Treasure Sword—I find that really exhilarating. You can show me how to assemble synergies, distribute equipment, and stuff like that. Once I’ve learned, I’ll treat you to a KFC feast, okay?"

"Deal," He Xi replied with a brilliant smile, answering very readily.

Before long, both of them were seated in front of their computer screens.

He Xi began to teach hands-on.

"First, the basic rules of Cloud Top are quite simple. All these pieces are called Chess. The core of the gameplay is to use these Chess pieces to help you..."

Having someone teach you in person, answering any question you ask, really speeds up the process of learning a new game.

After all, Liu Feng might have a lot of money, but he wasn’t dumb.

He listened intently.

About 15 minutes later, he had a basic understanding of the game’s mechanics.

He Xi even let him use his account for a match.

And then he added,

"Wait, you click on that one... yes, find match."

I stay up all night grinding my way up the ranks,

and you want to waltz in and use my esteemed gold-tier account? Dream on!

Soon enough, they were both teaching and playtesting on the spot.

A little down the road, Liu Feng found his gaze growing brighter as he played more.

Unlike "Bursting Cuteness," where you have to spend, spend, spend just to see a future,

the limited systems and strategies available are overrun by the tycoons, disfigured beyond recognition.

The way you play in "Cloud Top" presents a curve of ’constantly growing stronger.’

Occasionally, the dealer pampers you, and finding your desired Chess pieces or equipment brings immense satisfaction to Liu Feng.

Once he got his hands on the Windmill Garen System, recreating He Xi’s scene of fighting against multiple foes and then turning a near loss into a victory with a sliver of health left—

the thrill surged within Liu Feng.

The only regret was that, since he was handling the game himself, sometimes he wasn’t as quick to draw cards, and the next round would start before he could find the pieces he wanted.

Or sometimes, due to nervousness or a slip, he would equip the wrong item.

Various mishaps led him to finish only in fourth place.

But as they say, regret is the best motivator for progress.

After a failed game, Liu Feng was not discouraged; instead, he was eager to try again.

"Can I go for another round? Once I’ve got the hang of it, I’ll just download it on my phone and figure it out myself."

"Sure."

And so, two roommates, shoulder to shoulder in the wee hours of the night, embarked on hushed consultations.

Nobody dared to speak loudly, so as not to disturb the others in the room.

But sometimes, they got excited over good draws.

For example, if just two Garens were needed to upgrade to 3-stars, ready to spend big for the draw—

and then the next refresh beautifully brought up two Garens—

the two would eagerly shake hands, covering their mouths to hold back laughter while blushing and looking down.

In the second game, Liu Feng had better luck and had become considerably more skilled, finally winning a round in the newbie-filled matchmaking mode.

He couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief.

"This game is too much fun!"

"Damn, if I’d known about this game earlier, I wouldn’t have bothered with that crappy ’Bursting Cuteness.’"

"Is there a shop? I’ll buy you a skin."

"Ah, come on, Feng, what’s this for? We’re all friends here, no need for that... Here, scan the code. I want Little Gwen, thanks."

"Little Gwen? What’s that?"

"Just released in the middle of the night, a new skin that can replace my dumb river spirit. Here, let me show you the preview CG."

As he spoke, He Xi opened the official website for top-ranked players.

He quickly launched the video from the homepage banner promotion.

The preview showcased a chibi-styled cute girl with blue hair, hands behind her back holding scissors nearly as tall as her, standing still, gazing at the player with wide eyes.

At times, she would make a scissors gesture in front of her eyes, winking playfully at the camera, making a ’chirp chirp’ sound as if twinkling into the player’s heart.

At other times, she would pull out the big scissors behind her, jump up into the air, and quickly snip forward, all while cutely muttering ’chop chop chop.’

What’s most irresistible is Little Gwen conducting with a darning needle as if it was a baton, moving her head and body to the rhythm of the music.

The official production was brilliant too.

They paired Little Gwen’s dance with a lively and rhythmic BGM,

and a clear, gentle, and sweet female voice started to sing,

♪A hopeless romantic all my life♪

♪Surrounded by couples all the time♪

Combined with Gwen’s innocently cheerful smile,

it made one feel healed just by watching.

After the short skin showcase video ended,

Liu Feng’s eyes were glued to the screen.

"Holy crap?? All these movements?"

And all sorts of little voice-over details, like the ’chop chop chop’ when the scissors sliced,

and the light, bell-like laughter when she danced.

This wasn’t just a dull script read over and over, accompanied by a set of embarrassingly overdone moans!

This is so much cuter than the exorbitantly priced skins I’ve spent money on, isn’t it?

And it was pure cuteness, with not a trace of lust, without all that flashy nonsense.

"Considering the quality of this skin, it’s gotta cost at least a couple thousand, right?" Liu Feng wistfully retracted his gaze and asked.

"2000?" He Xi almost laughed out loud, "You think too highly of the top player designer."

"What do you mean?"

"The chief designer, Ke Jin, is famously bad at making money. This skin, at most, could be drawn for 100 bucks."

"No... no way?" Liu Feng couldn’t believe it, and after confirming once more, his eyes were even more shocked.

"You mean, this skin’s maximum is 100 and minimum is 5 bucks?? OMG, how does this gaming company... survive?"

With that, he immediately took out his phone.

"Come on! Scan the code, let’s spend!"

"No need to say more, let’s start with 200 draws! Let’s see how many skins we can get."

"Really? Adoptive father!" He Xi quickly opened the in-game store interface.

Only this time, he found something a bit odd.

The loading speed of the store seemed very slow, not like when he was using it at nine o’clock at night.

He wasn’t sure if it was his internet connection or what.

The interface took forever to load.

It kept spinning in circles.

Suddenly, the air fell into silence.

Liu Feng held his phone anxiously, waiting for the QR code.

About half a minute later.

He finally got in.

But not completely in.

At this moment, the store interface looked as though the network was fluctuating severely.

Many of the store’s preview images slowly moved frame by frame.

As the entire framework hadn’t fully loaded, he couldn’t directly click into the QR code payment interface.

Another minute passed, and the images had only loaded halfway.

"What’s going on here?" Liu Feng was getting impatient.

He Xi also scratched his head in complete confusion.

"Shhh... that’s not right, it was fine just a moment ago."

"Could it be that my data ran out?"

After checking his mobile data, he found he still had over 300 GB left.

"I’ll try turning on a hotspot with my phone." He Xi turned off his mobile data Wi-Fi and switched to his own phone’s hotspot.

But what shocked them both was.

Because they switched networks.

The store interface, which they had managed to load halfway, for some reason automatically refreshed...

And started loading all over again!

"What kind of shitty campus network! Even my own phone’s hotspot gets intercepted and throttled, huh!" Unable to hold back, He Xi cursed and was about to switch back to his mobile data.

This time, Liu Feng immediately gestured for him to stop.

"Forget it, don’t bother anymore, just wait. It should be fine in two or three minutes."

"Okay."

So, the two of them just stared blankly, watching the images load frame by frame.

Finally, after three minutes!

It loaded!

An overjoyed He Xi quickly clicked on the payment QR code and selected the option for 100,000 Points.

"Please, adoptive father!"

Liu Feng also picked up his phone, but he had only just opened the QR code scanner.

When he looked up again.

He was completely dumbfounded.

"Huh?"

"Where’s my code?"

"Why is my code gone?"

On hearing this, He Xi also hurriedly looked at the screen.

All he saw was the store interface, which had managed to load, now bereft of any sign of a QR code.

It was gone!

The store interface turned completely black!

The large screen displayed only a single line of grayish-white text in the middle.

[Oops, the server seems to have crashed~]

Snap!

It was as if the sound of a nerve snapping could be heard.

The two players, who had been fooling around in the cash shop for over ten minutes, stared blankly at the computer screen, their composure crashing down at that moment!

An uncontrollable roar of anger rose within the unusually silent dorm room, surging through the window, spiraling towards the heavens.

"Aaaaahhh!! Damned shitty campus network!!! I f*ck your bloody hell!!!"

.

.

.

The last BGM to close the scene was Gwen’s Little Tune, and if you don’t know, you can go straight to Bilibili and search for the keyword ’Little Gwen’ to find and play the most viewed one for enlightenment.