Mao Mo chuckled awkwardly.
Cao Lingxuan:...
"Hurry up and wash up! Judging by the way you sounded earlier, I’m afraid the draft isn’t finished yet, right? You promised the editor to submit it before March, and it’s already halfway through March, isn’t the website’s final deadline approaching?"
"Ahem... Isn’t it because the ga I’ve been eyeing just opened for public testing recently! Hey, gathering materials is important too! Besides, without you around, I’m a bit overwheld working alone."
"Excuses, excuses. How can you be so playful at your age?"
The girl rolled her eyes, then started helping with the cleaning.
The virtual world was always just that—virtual. To Cao Lingxuan, those who were addicted to it were just lacking self-discipline, losers escaping reality.
However, as an industry heavyweight in comics, Mr. Black Cat always had "privileges." Cao Lingxuan couldn’t say much about it.
After hearing the girl’s words, Mao Mo scratched his head and shuffled to the bathroom in his slippers.
Half an hour later...
Mao Mo, freshly washed, sat at the dining table, savoring the takeout, while under the girl’s thorough cleaning, the room was restored to order and tidiness.
However, when she noticed the brand new diving pod in the room, Cao Lingxuan raised her eyebrows:
"Mr. Black Cat, didn’t you buy a diving pod the year before last? Why did you get another one?"
Upon hearing the girl’s question, Mao Mo perked up, wiped the grease off his mouth with a tissue, and said excitedly,
"Hey, Xiao Cao! I haven’t told you yet! This diving pod is for you. From now on, our workplace will entirely move to the ga... ahem, the virtual network, and we can also have so... well, let’s say gather materials!"
Cao Lingxuan:...
"Were you just about to say play gas!? You definitely ant play gas, didn’t you?! If you spent the ti you spend playing gas on creating, your works wouldn’t be so delayed!"
"But gathering materials is genuine, too. You know, in this line of work, stagnation isn’t good."
Mao Mo scratched his head and laughed sheepishly.
Cao Lingxuan:...
Listening to his excuses, she felt a wave of exasperation.
Though, in so sense, she also kind of understood.
The gathering of materials was quite important for creators.
*Inspiration often ca from life and from the collision of thoughts among other works, which could be gas, novels, movies, etc.*
*It’s just that this renowned comic artist seed to spend a bit too much ti gaming.*
Cao Lingxuan recalled eting him two years ago, where he spent almost two-thirds of his day imrsed in virtual gas.
Since last year, he had toned down a lot as if overnight, Mr. Black Cat had lost interest in most virtual online gas, spending most of his ti watching ga videos instead.
*He kept muttering about so masterpiece, trashing other online gas, and wondering when he’d get a chance to be selected...*
So... did he have the itch again?
"So... what exactly happened?"
As Cao Lingxuan poured him so water, she asked.
Hearing his assistant’s inquiry, Mao Mo’s spirits lifted.
He said excitedly,
"Hey, Xiao Cao, let tell you! I got a place in ’Elf Kingdom’!"
"’Elf Kingdom’..."
Hearing that na, a sense of unfamiliar familiarity flashed in Cao Lingxuan’s eyes.
But soon, the gates of mory flung open.
"That was the ga that made headlines last year? The online ga where millions of people signed up, but only a few ten thousand spots were available?"
She asked.
She wasn’t particularly interested in virtual online gas, and the only thing she knew was from last year’s news.
Hmm...
Right.
The ga video Mr. Black Cat was obsessed with seed to be that one too.
Even the plot he created recently featured an elf girl nad Evelyn, with silver hair and purple eyes, a follower of the Goddess of Life...
She wondered if it was influenced by that.
Cao Lingxuan vaguely rembered that she once thought he was watching a movie when he was actually watching ga footage. She was quite surprised when she realized it was ga footage, amazed at how realistic gas had beco.
"Haha, you do rember!"
Mao Mo slapped his thigh.
"It’s that ga! This ti, they released 200,000 slots, and I finally got a spot! Once I finish eating, we’ll go play... uh, gather materials together!"
Cao Lingxuan:...
"Well, congratulations to you then. If I rember correctly, the sign-up numbers for this ga were ridiculous... However, I didn’t sign up, and... the deadline is almost here, don’t you really want to rush the draft?!"
Mao Mo smiled at her words and then spoke with a mysterious air,
"The draft? No rush... The ga goes online today, and once we get in, you’ll see! Also, don’t worry about the slots—I bought them long ago!"
"Bought?"
Cao Lingxuan paused for a mont.
"Yes, among the 200,000 slots released this ti, 10,000 were set aside for direct purchase. I was lucky and managed to buy places for both of us."
"You have no idea; it was crazy! I spent several nights refreshing over and over before finally securing the slots. Many couldn’t even succeed in refreshing a slot! I don’t get why such a great ga has such a lousy system..."
Mao Mo complained.
He felt quite proud and smug, not like a man in his thirties, but more like a child who had received a beloved toy.
Cao Lingxuan:...
She felt she knew why he looked so haggard.
*Has he been browsing sites all night for several days!?*
No hope left.
But she didn’t dare ask about the price of the slot...
A ticket to a popular singer’s concert could be speculated to sky-high prices. Even though Cao Lingxuan had never been interested in this virtual ga, she’d heard its na. With millions signing up for just a few thousand spots, the price of a reserved slot must be even more outrageous, right?
*And now... she felt it was hard to refuse.*
*Oh well, she’d accompany him on his material gathering, after all, he was both her teacher and her boss, right?*
*Cao Lingxuan sighed inwardly.*
"Alright, Mr. Black Cat, I can play with you, but you have to promise it’s just for gathering materials, you can’t get addicted! And... most importantly, rember to rush the draft! Play a bit and then work on the draft! Or else, I’ll call the editor for backup!"
The girl said.
Mao Mo’s expression changed slightly,
"No... don’t call the editor! Just a little bit, gathering materials, and we’ll talk more once we’re in the ga!"
Listening to his promise, Cao Lingxuan nodded in satisfaction.
After Mao Mo finished his al, with his urging, the girl awkwardly lay in the diving pod too.
The ga had already been installed by him, and following his instructions, Cao Lingxuan softly called,
"Start ga—’Elf Kingdom’."
As soon as she spoke, a lodic female voice sounded in her ears:
[Ding—]
[Ga connection successful...]
[Loading ga...]
[Loading successful.]
With the soft sound of the system, familiar music began to play slowly.
At the sound of that sweet and lodious tune, Cao Lingxuan paused slightly.
"Jade Forest?!"
The Jade Forest was a top chart piece in the ethereal Elf Style Music download rankings, also a favorite in the girl’s phone playlist, and a constant companion as she fell asleep.
Its lovely and light rhythm made one feel like running through a beautiful forest, or wandering in a dreamy Immortal Realm...
Cao Lingxuan never expected to hear this familiar tune as she logged into the ga!
Coupled with the ga’s na...
A lightning flash seed to cross the girl’s mind for an instant.
"’Elf Kingdom’, elves, Elf Style Music..."
*"Could it be? Was the music I always listened to ga music? Could the source of Elf Style Music be ’Elf Kingdom’? Could a ga actually create a whole new genre of music?! Is the ga company a music company as well?*"*
At that mont, Cao Lingxuan felt quite unexpected.
No, it wasn’t just unexpected anymore; as a fellow multi-talented individual trained in music, she truly knew how challenging it was to create a new genre that the masses loved!
Even now, she couldn’t figure out what instrunts were used in Elf Style Music; she could only speculate it was electronic synthesis...
And it was no exaggeration to say she genuinely believed Elf Style Music deserved to be rembered in music history!
In the next second, her vision brightened, leading her into the character creation screen.
"Huh? A character customization system?"
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