Chapter 86: Three People on the Move

In the room, Fang Yue had originally planned to log into the game directly.

But he remembered that Xiao Hu and the others had all seen his videos of dominating the battlefield, while he himself hadn't watched them yet—it just didn't make sense.

It wasn't about checking how much little money he'd made! He simply wanted to watch the videos!

He opened the Longwan Platform…

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

Fang Yue was stunned—his platform account's private messages had stacked to 99, and they kept ringing nonstop.

Damn! Is the ad effect really this good?

He checked his message inbox—it had also stacked to 999, and new email messages kept pouring in.

Wow! Takeoff!

From now on, I declare the Longwan Platform renamed the Fang Yue Platform!

Fang Yue happily opened his messages one by one, but after just a few, his eyes ached.

Most of them were spam; actual business deals were impossible due to distance and information barriers.

No way—just exchanging goods or sharing intel between villages in this game was a nightmare, let alone places tens of thousands of miles apart.

Of course, some businesses could be done online, but you had to slowly sift through the spam to find them.

He glanced at the backend earnings—300,000!

Fang Yue checked it twice, his breathing quickened.

Three hundred thousand in one night! He felt he'd reached the Xian, utterly euphoric!

Of those 300,000, the bulk was Jing Yan's video revenue transfer, the rest was Niu Niu's transfer, and only the last bit came from his own pitiful guide post earnings.

Indeed, gold farming is the way to go!

Why write guides! True experts never write guide posts!

He transferred the 300,000 to his own account, feeling a solid sense of security, his posture suddenly straighter.

Then he opened the forum—the first post on the first page was his video post.

He clicked the video, watched alongside the live comments, seeing his own battle prowess from another perspective, and his face filled with shock.

"Damn! Am I really this strong!?"

"Whoa! How did they get this angle? I look so cool!"

"Wow! That clash was so thrilling! I—I—I'm invincible!!"

After a while, Fang Yue calmed down, looking at the fans below, feeling pleasantly satisfied.

Though in reality he was still in the early stage of entrepreneurship, in the game, he was a celebrity with fans!

With this fame, it was impossible not to get rich!

The millionaire prediction from the parchment might actually come true.

But with just these current income streams, the money was coming in too slowly.

Thinking of this, Fang Yue picked up the parchment, hoping it would point him toward the next path to wealth.

But as the text on the parchment appeared one after another, Fang Yue's pupils shrank—he suddenly stood up.

【I am Fang Yue. I've earned my first pot of gold in the game, overjoyed—the parchment's words were true.】

【But I never expected that unknown danger had already drawn near.】

【At dinner, Yuan Jie invited me to the pedestrian street. I refused.】

【One minute later, Yuan Jie and Bai Xiaoya knocked on my door, inviting me again to walk the pedestrian street. I refused again.】

【Two hours later, Yuan Jie and Bai Xiaoya died on the pedestrian street.】

【Five hours later, I went to the pedestrian street to look for them. I died.】

Yuan Jie and Bai Xiaoya will die?!

And then five hours later, I go to the pedestrian street and die too?!

How could this happen?

As Fang Yue's thoughts churned, a knock suddenly came at the door.

"Ah Yue, Xiao Ya and I are going to the pedestrian street. Are you sure you won't come with us?"

Fang Yue's heart skipped.

Although the parchment often changed its predictions due to his actions, the information it gave was always true.

The future can be changed, but an unaltered future will inevitably come true.

This was Fang Yue's current understanding of the parchment.

In short, it stated the outcome that would result from his actions.

But if Fang Yue interrupted his action or did something else, the future changed—and the parchment's text changed with it.

According to Fang Yue's own understanding.

Now, if he stayed silent or refused Yuan Jie's invitation and followed the original path without change, two hours later, he could arrange a professional team for the two girls.

Thinking of this, Fang Yue quickly opened the door.

Yuan Jie's hand, raised to knock, froze midair.

"Ah Yue…"

"Don't go!"

Yuan Jie and Bai Xiaoya, beautifully dressed, both froze in surprise.

"What?"

"Did something happen?"

Fang Yue looked at the two women's reactions and realized he had lost his composure a little.

Calming his emotions and choosing his words carefully, Fang Yue said, "I have an acquaintance who heard that a lot of shops on the pedestrian street closed early today. Even if we went, there wouldn't be much clothing to pick from."

"Ah… is that so."

Yuan Jie was greatly disappointed, then her eyes rolled and she said, "Then we can go browse Zhengyi Mall. It's not often Xiaoya comes, I have to make sure she has a good time!"

Zhengyi Mall was one of the many commercial plazas in Jianghai City — not particularly famous, but not completely unknown either. There was plenty to buy, and plenty of stall-keepers. It was one of the malls Yuan Jie usually liked to visit.

Thinking of this, Yuan Jie grabbed Bai Xiaoya and went, telling Fang Yue to follow. Fang Yue was stunned for a moment, thought it seemed workable, then followed them out, took the elevator down, and once on the street below, while the two women walked ahead, he finally had a chance to turn his back to them and secretly pull out the sheepskin parchment to glance at it. His face immediately darkened and he stopped in his tracks, suddenly saying, "No! We can't go to Zhengyi Mall either!"

"Huh? Why?"

"Uh… it, it's closed."

"Nonsense! I go there every day, it doesn't close its main doors until at least ten!"

Yuan Jie's expression turned suspicious, and she squinted at Fang Yue as she stared.

Just now, Fang Yue had turned around and secretly pulled the sheepskin parchment from his pocket to look at it, and the result was the same as the pedestrian street — only an hour earlier in timing. He didn't know if it was because Zhengyi Mall was closer to where they were.

Wait!! What was that expression on Yuan Jie's face?

Fang Yue's heart gave a sudden thump.

Could Yuan Jie have seen me pull out the sheepskin parchment and want to ask me about it?

Just as Fang Yue was feeling nervous, he saw Yuan Jie suddenly tilt her mouth and smile.

"I get it now! Ah Yue, oh Ah Yue, you always seem so straightforward normally, but you get shy when you meet a girl you like."

"What, jealous that I get to go on a date with Xiaoya? And then find me a third wheel when the three of us go out together?"

Fang Yue: …

Thank goodness Yuan Jie was an idiot.

(End of chapter)