The Tycoon God of Online Gaming
Chapter 435 - 436: The Secret of Shangxiang Xiaojiao

Chapter 435: Chapter 436: The Secret of Shangxiang Xiaojiao

The several guild members behind Yan Lang exchanged looks, their eyes betraying their complicated feelings. For one, they were also amazed by the little girl’s appearance, and secondly, their deputy leader who had been almost devoid of any emotional compassion was showing a hint of genuine concern.

In Kaleidoscope Guild, the women players weren’t necessarily stunning, but each had a distinct allure and a high level of education in reality. Their backgrounds were all similarly impressive, and those who managed to get into the Kaleidoscope Guild were far from ordinary. This was not a reflection of their strength in the game, but rather their status in reality.

The structure of the Kaleidoscope Guild was quite different from the ordinary guilds.

Yan Lang’s attitude towards the women players in the Kaleidoscope Guild was known to all. To put it in one sentence: he had absolutely no interest.

At first, they thought that Yan Lang was just pretending to be aloof, but over time, they realized that their fairly influential young government official truly had no interest in women!

Of course, being uninterested in adult women did not mean he lacked the moral concern for helpless little girls.

"Hehe, lass, Ice Stream City isn’t suitable for your Level 10 grinding." Yan Lang noticed that the group’s level was only 10, while the surrounding area of Ice Stream City was intended for monsters ranging from Level 15 to 30.

Upon hearing this, Chu You waved her Platinum staff at Yan Lang, "I always kill monsters above my level when I’m leveling up."

"Little girl, it’s really dangerous to be alone in Celestial World. Why don’t you have a guild? And your equipment... it’s so good." One of the Kaleidoscope members said with a smile.

However, Chu You only gave him a cold glance and lowered her head again, ignoring him.

"Little girl, there are many strange uncles around here. You’ve got to be careful." Another member spoke up. But the little girl in front of them just ignored these people and turned her head to one side, making the other party smile helplessly, "Boss, I think this little girl only likes you, she doesn’t even pay any attention to us."

Although these people seemed concerned about her welfare, none of them mentioned inviting her to join their guild. This was strange indeed.

Why did she have this attitude towards Yan Lang? This was because Chu You realized that among these people, Yan Lang held the highest position, and he was likely very influential in the Kaleidoscope Guild.

Ignoring the others was just a ploy to make Yan Lang pay more attention to her. She couldn’t let him think that she treated everyone the same way, then all her efforts would be in vain. She wanted Yan Lang to feel that only he was worthy of communicating with her, thus fostering more feelings and a certain sense of superiority.

Wasn’t this the common encounter format of lolitas and male leads in novels? What a pity, she was not a real woman, so she couldn’t act out the helpless, vulnerable or crying parts of a little girl. Damn it, this behavior was already the limit of Chu You!

Yan Lang did indeed have this strange feeling that the little girl seemed to like only him. As for himself... he felt that this was a wonderful encounter.

"What’s your name, lass? Who brought you into Celestial World? Can we become friends?" after considering for a while, Yan Lang asked with a gentle expression.

Chu You looked up at him, her gaze sweeping over the others before revealing a hint of caution when she looked back at them. Yan Lang understood this, and so did the others; the little girl didn’t want them to know her name. She was... really cute!

"Fine, fine, we’ll step back."

Only after seeing the others retreat did Chu You whisper, "I’m Shangxiang Xiaojiao!"

"Shangxiang Xiaojiao..." Yan Lang murmured, opening the game interface and typing in this name in the friend search bar. After confirming, ’Shangxiang Xiaojiao’ really appeared. He then sent a friend request.

Immediately, Chu You saw a message showing the system: Player ’Peach and Plum Become Paths’ has requested to add you as a friend!

Yan Lang also saw a system prompt: Player Shangxiang Xiaojiao has accepted your friend request.

At this moment, Chu You received a message on her phone from the outside world, a phone call from Bao’er. She quickly glanced at the time and realized it was already more than 5 pm in reality. Bao’er was probably reminding her to eat dinner.

She wondered at that moment, if she didn’t go to dinner and just played Celestial World, would Bao’er press the forced logout button from outside?!

Hehe, she was overthinking!

"I’m going to have dinner. See you next time." Chu You stood up, looked at him casually, and then selected to log out. A 10-second countdown began to appear.

Yan Lang was surprised, "You’re leaving already?" He glanced at the real-world time and understood. The two looked at each other. With 7 seconds left in the logout count, Chu You looked to the side as noises echoed.

"Indeed surprising, your Kaleidoscope Guild is also harassing a young girl player. Really makes me sick!" The speaker, War Spirit Wind and Cloud, was accompanied by five members of the War Soul Guild - typical team mode.

War Spirit Wind and Cloud was supposed to turn in a mission. As for the Kaleidoscope Guild, War Spirit Wind and Cloud was always on alert. The guild was growing too fast; so fast that the War Soul Guild didn’t have time to react and could only watch as their potential skyrocketed. With years of online gaming experience, War Spirit Wind and Cloud clearly understood that the Kaleidoscope Guild would be their greatest enemy, even more threatening than the ’Immortal’ Guild of Yan Kingdom.

In the recent days, he had deeply felt this threat. Conflicts arose from time to time between the two sides, and these conflicts were of strategic significance. Thus, War Spirit Wind and Cloud found the Kaleidoscope Guild hard to tolerate.

Upon his arrival, War Spirit Wind and Cloud noticed five members of the Kaleidoscope Guild surrounding a guildless girl, talking about something. War Spirit Wind and Cloud didn’t initially think much of it until he saw the little girl’s side profile, which gave him a feeling that something was not right, as if a chord was plucked in his heart.

He decided to stir up some trouble and spoke up bluntly, his eyes fixed on the little girl the whole time.

As she turned her head to look at him, he was struck by her remarkable beauty. He was utterly astonished and thought, "What a stunningly beautiful little girl this is!"

While War Spirit Wind and Cloud was not particularly drawn to young girls and didn’t feel a possessive urge, he had a strong desire to own her. He didn’t want to possess, only to metely own! This was his distinct concept towards the young girl. It was like stumbling upon a rare collectible that he particularly fancies.

A gleam flashed across his eyes then. He forced himself to calm down and quickly took a screenshot!

Meanwhile, Chu You remained on a countdown timer, undeterred by what was happening.

Yan Lang furrowed his brow at them and said coldly, "None of your business."

"Little sister, you haven’t joined a guild yet? Hehe, why not join our War Soul Guild? I’ll kick someone out right away and invite you in," he spoke, eagerly anticipating the girl’s response.

But as he watched, the beautiful little fairy gradually faded into transparency, disappearing completely.

In the final second, Chu You glanced back at Yan Lang. Her gaze was deep yet serene, which startled Yan Lang. He felt as if he had lost something, leaving a void within him.

War Spirit Wind and Cloud was taken aback, "Damn it! She logged out!"

"Damn, what the hell did you do to her, you bunch of trash!" War Spirit Wind and Cloud quickly channeled his awkwardness into anger, venting at Yan Lang.

Yan Lang didn’t engage in a verbal brawl with War Spirit Wind and Cloud. However, his guild members behind him, upset, began arguing at the scene.

"Stop arguing with him, let’s go," Yan Lang said, then headed towards the portal, his mind still filled with the girl’s image.

War Spirit Wind and Cloud continued to berate them, pointing and shouting. He truly wanted to kill these people, to quell his inner fury.

When the members of the Kaleidoscope Guild departed, War Spirit Wind and Cloud turned to his teammates and said, "Go ahead with the mission, you guys can go play." Then he left the team.

"Wind and Cloud, what are you going to do? Don’t tell me you’re going to start a fight with Kaleidoscope," a teammate joked. Who’s afraid of a game?

War Spirit Wind and Cloud waved his hand in annoyance, "Get lost, don’t guess nonsense, just go and play," he muttered while pacing restlessly.

Seeing his teammates leave, War Spirit Wind and Cloud looked at the place where the girl had stood and swore secretly: I will stay here and wait for you to log in. With me around, nobody will be able to hurt you!

Yan Lang and his team arrived at their guild base. The layout of the Kaleidoscope Guild was well-planned. Over the guild, there was a thin, transparent protective shield that enveloped the entire guild. Although the shield didn’t possess the lethality characteristic of the ’Immortal’, its defensive capabilities were not to be underestimated.

After dealing with some messages from his subordinates, having nothing else to do, Yan Lang opened the friend list once more. He quickly locked onto a friend who was greyed out in the list. The friend happened to be Shangxiang Xiaoqiao, the true exemplary young girl.

As his gaze locked onto the greyed-out avatar, the basic information of the girl also came into his view.

Why did he do this? Was he bored, or did he want to know more about her?

Yan Lang was not a fan of young girls, but when he saw Shangxiang Xiaoqiao, he found everything about her, her appearance, her mannerisms, and more, to be... healing. As if he could forget the guilt-ridden past she made him recall and restore the peace within his mind.

Watching her information, when he saw her Combat Power, Yan Lang smiled subtly, her Combat Power was way more significant than his 15-level Combat Power.

Is that little girl truly playing alone, like what she said? Yan Lang did not believe it at this moment.

He scrolled down to view other information, then switched off her information. But, an important piece of information that he didn’t notice earlier suddenly struck him as he switched off her information. He then quickly rechecked Shangxiang Xiaoqiao’s information. Finally, he found out what was off about Shangxiang Xiaoqiao, he was stunned and stared at the friend’s information in disbelief.

Her nationality was defined as stateless! Stateless! Stateless! How could that be? How did she attain this status?

He was overtaken by a deeply intoxicated sensation, but at the same time, Yan Lang became even more resolute in his decision to recruit Shangxiang Xiaoqiao to the Kaleidoscope Guild. Because just based on the statelessness status, the value of Shangxiang Xiaoqiao was significantly high!