Chapter 136: Great God Player, Bai Zhou

18 years old: This year, thanks to your hard work and transformation, Yu Xiaomo, this little goblin loli, finally became much more honest. Although she still says one thing and means another, her body is very honest; she will actively seek contact with you, actively seek to team up with you, which makes you very satisfied.

And for some unknown reason, ever since you met Yu Xiaomo, this little guy, her height hasn't changed at all, except for a few centimeters she grew in junior high; otherwise she's always been this tall, as if time had paused on her height—well, limited to her height.

But you and Liu Delie are different. Although your real body still looks rather frail, you at least shot up to 1.78 meters, and Liu Delie is half a head taller than you, looking tall and sturdy.

If you randomly picked someone and gave them the three choices of mage, summoner, or panel monster, and asked them to choose among the three of you, they'd probably just give the panel monster to Liu Delie; surely no one would expect the tall, sturdy Liu Delie to actually be a mage.

Among the three, your progress is the fastest; Yu Xiaomo and Liu Delie's progress is still stuck at C‑level advanced player, and that's only with you carrying them, whereas you have already surpassed B‑level elite player and reached the level of A‑level master player.

At the same time, you also cleared all the D‑ and C‑level games, successfully earning the diamond badges 'Legendary Intermediate Player' and 'Legendary Advanced Player', while Yu Xiaomo has merely just finished clearing all the F‑level games.

By chance, you discovered that the diamond badge Yu Xiaomo earned is completely different from yours; her badge for completing all F‑level games is called 'King of the Newbie Village', and after looking up information you realized only your badge differs from others.

At just 18 years old, a master player, your speed of progress is astonishing; even your former classmates, the fastest among them, are only intermediate players.

Your deeds were reported by journalists, and when people learned that you not only became a master player at 18 but also cleared all four levels of games, the whole internet erupted, hailing you as the most promising newcomer to become a legendary player.

For some reason you feel this scene is somewhat familiar, as if it all happened somewhere before, but being on the news is definitely a first; although it's strange, you don't think much of it, after all it's a normal experience everyone has.

Soon after, a game company sent a pretty young lady to invite you to join them; the offered treatment looked generous, but to you it was actually optional, so you naturally refused them.

Your attributes are overly heaven‑defying, and combined with your powerful Summon Nightmare skill, you, at such a young age, have already felt invincible.

Now you urgently want to tackle higher‑difficulty games to experience the feeling of being crushed, but Dream Online imposes heavy restrictions on S‑level and above games, forbidding other players from challenging across levels, and A‑level games have many time‑intensive clearance tasks, which has also caused your enthusiasm to be low lately.

And when Yu Xiaomo learned that a game company had invited you to join, she became unusually nervous, often dropping by your house uninvited and actively trying to get on good terms with your mother.

For a while, whenever you came out of the nutrition pod, you could see Yu Xiaomo at a glance, which left you speechless.

Given your understanding of her, this little goblin loli is surely hiding something she doesn't want to say; otherwise she wouldn't keep acting so strangely.

You suspect it's because the pretty young lady the game company sent over is too beautiful, giving Yu Xiaomo a sense of crisis, which is why she's acting all weird.

Sure enough, as you expected, when the game company sent another pretty lady to invite you again and you refused, Yu Xiaomo finally couldn't sit still.

She again invited you out to eat, seemingly wanting to talk, and this time you didn't refuse her, but what surprised you was that this little guy actually called Liu Delie along as well.

In your impression, whenever Yu Xiaomo this little goblin invited you alone, she never called Liu Delie, and whenever Liu Delie was with you she'd grind her teeth on the side; but this time she actually called him, and since odd behavior must have a reason, you grew more curious.

So, once again on a familiar evening, at the familiar alcohol street and barbecue shop, you all had a meal together.

On the alcohol street, the three of them sat at the street‑stall chairs around a small round table, chatting intermittently.

Beside them, Liu Delie wolfed down meat skewers, while Zhang Jie, who was eating barbecue, casually glanced at Yu Xiaomo, looked at her somewhat absent‑minded little face, then at her constantly swinging little feet, and finally withdrew his gaze.

Hmm, indeed very familiar—the familiar feet not touching the ground, the familiar brute devouring meat skewers—everything felt like it had reverted to the days three years ago before you applied to become a player.

"Zhang Jie, why does a normal gun's magazine capacity usually come to thirty‑odd rounds?"

Yu Xiaomo actively looked for a topic; her ability to awkwardly chat can't be said to exist at all—it's completely nonexistent.

"Not yet, Yu Xiaomo—just spit out what you want to say; what's the deal with this endless awkward chatting?"

Yu Xiaomo gave an embarrassed hehe laugh, scratching her cheek with her little hand.

"Well... then I'll say it..."

Zhang Jie nodded, feeling fairly satisfied; if it were as before, this guy would definitely act tsundere a few times, but it seems this period's adjustment—no, correction—has worked very well!

"I want...."

"Hello."

Before Yu Xiaomo could finish her words, two people suddenly appeared out of nowhere and interrupted her.

Yu Xiaomo glanced over strangely, only to discover the other party was a man in uniform; instantly she began to feel nervous.

These people are from the Management Bureau; judging by their uniforms, they likely hold not‑low positions.

It's like being suddenly stopped by police for questioning—even a normal person who's done nothing wrong will instinctively tense up upon seeing them, and Yu Xiaomo is no exception.

"Sorry, are we disturbing you?"

The other party was fairly polite, yet a bit overly familiar, helping themselves to a street‑stall chair and sitting opposite Zhang Jie; for a moment all three were somewhat confused about the situation.

"No, may I ask who you are..."

Zhang Jie asked; the other party smiled, pulled out an ID from his pocket, and showed it to the three of them.

"Let me introduce myself—I'm one of the founders of the Dream Management Bureau, Xie Haicheng."

"You can also call me Great God Player, Bai Zhou."