Chapter 4: This Is Exactly My Thing, Mr. Zhou

"I’ll blow this game up! What kind of experience is this? My God, this is what real gaming is! Those old ones are nothing.""Bare bones? Bare bones? Where are the bare bones?... Damn, skeletons? Could this be literally bare bones? I feel deceived, no way, I’m gonna faint, I need hugs and kisses to wake up."

"Dude, if you don’t mind, I’ll give you hugs and kisses? How about a hello straight to the bone?"

"I want to go home, there are perverts here!"

"Is that an NPC in front? Could that be the rookie guide? Boohoo, why isn’t it a pretty lady? Shouldn’t legit game guides all be charming and lovely ladies? This game isn’t serious! I want to complain to those lousy developers, we need beautiful ladies!"

"I don’t agree with you on that, I think this rookie guide is pretty good, look at him, delicate and handsome, wearing women’s clothes, he’d definitely be prettier than any lady, I strongly demand the official give the rookie guide a maid outfit!"

"....." Fang Ka watched the three knuckleheads in front of him hopping around, pointing at him, his mouth involuntarily twitching a few times.

Stay calm, stay calm, I’m an emotionless NPC.

At least among the four people, one seemed normal, the male human Skeleton Mage player, who hadn’t spoken a word, just quietly observing the other three lively players.

Looks like a serious player.

So Fang Ka spread his arms and began his opening speech, trying to move these players’ focus back on track.

"Oh, my loyal subordinates, descend upon the world following my will, under my command, embrace your glory."

Awkward once, familiar twice, always ready by the third.

Now when reciting this sentence, Fang Ka was already quite fluent and filled with emotion.

After Fang Ka finished speaking, the three players discussed again: "Look, I told you, this must be the rookie guide, as per setting, looks like we were summoned by him."

"Tsk tsk, interesting, an Undead Mage setup start? I, Mr. Zhou, just love this theme."

"This time it’s really not being human, do you think, maybe these lousy developers did it on purpose? Starting with undead skeletons, it’s a death sentence for those pants-off enthusiasts, huh?"


"Why do you look a bit disappointed? I, Mr. Zhou, suspect you’re one of those pants-off enthusiasts."

"Don’t you want this realistic gaming experience?"

"Shut up! Shameless old thief, how dare I, Mr. Zhou, be in cahoots with you?"

"..... but such a realistic gaming experience, naturally I, Mr. Zhou, wouldn’t mind joining in."

"....." Just when Fang Ka couldn’t help wanting to teach these three knuckleheads a lesson, the silent male human Skeleton Mage finally spoke:

"The skeletons in this game are actually quite realistic, from my observation, this skeleton closely matches a real human male, you three... the other two are also human men, however....."

At this point, the male human Skeleton Mage turned his gaze to the player calling himself Mr. Zhou: "Your skeletal structure resembles a human female’s, yet there are many anomalies."

"Almost like a modded version of a human female skeleton, I preliminarily judge that this game, setting-wise, should have races other than humans."

"And your skeleton belongs to an Alien Race female."

The player calling himself Mr. Zhou couldn’t help but widen his eyes: "Cat girl? Fox girl? Ahh, my furry-loving self is going crazy, why am I just a skeleton? Otherwise, I could entertain myself, boohoo."

"???" The male human Skeleton Mage player suddenly opened his mouth wide, nearly dislocating his jaw: "Young man, do you want me to find you a psychologist? I can understand being a furry, but what’s with entertaining yourself? Do you want to listen to what you’re saying here?"

"I have a good friend who’s a psychologist, quite famous."

The player calling himself Mr. Zhou rolled his eyes: "Dude, why are you calling me ’young man’? How old are you in real life? And, what do you do? You seem quite knowledgeable about skeletal structures."

The male human Skeleton Mage player extended his hand, putting his nearly dislocated jaw back in place: "Just a retired orthopedic doctor, this game seems to have assimilated our in-game voice, so it’s understandable you can’t tell my age."

These players certainly had no idea that they weren’t actually making any real sound, not as they thought, in-game voice chat.

It was just Fang Ka applying a ’Soul Master-Servant Contract’ on these players, to be precise, the sound they made was the ’Voice of the Soul’.

Only Fang Ka and those who signed a soul contract with Fang Ka could ’hear’.

Since their contract master was Fang Ka, their ’Voice of the Soul’ was the same, which is why when they ’heard’ others talk, it felt like a neutral voice.

Of course, although the voice they ’hear’ is the same, because of the soul contract, they could easily distinguish who said what.

The player calling himself Mr. Zhou looked up and down at the male human Skeleton Mage: "A retired grandpa keeping up with the times like this?"

The male human Skeleton Mage replied nonchalantly: "My grandson loves gaming, originally tried it to share a common interest with him, but the more I played, the more addicted I got, ended up ignoring him."

The player calling himself Mr. Zhou gave a thumbs-up: "Good one, grandpa, the dragonslayer finally becomes the dragon."

"By the way, how does an orthopedic doctor become good friends with a psychologist?"

The male human Skeleton Mage grinned: "He thought I had psychological issues, I broke his bones, fixed them afterward, didn’t that make us friends? Hahaha."

The player calling himself Mr. Zhou paused for a second, then snapped back: "Grandpa, are you joking with me? Are you sure that didn’t make you enemies?"

The male human Skeleton Mage chuckled again: "Of course I’m joking, he’s my brother-in-law."

At this point, the other two players couldn’t stay silent any longer and chimed in: "By the way, did this game do it on purpose? Or is it not complete? We can’t see health bars or names above each other, should we just share our Steam Platform nicknames for easier addressing?"

"I’ll go first and lead, my nickname is ’Flatulence’."

The player calling himself Mr. Zhou burst out laughing: "Hahahaha, my gosh, brother, you’re really something, from now on I’ll call you Brother Pi, my nickname is Mr. Zhou."

Flatulence was somewhat surprised: "Brother, don’t tell me your real name is also Mr. Zhou?"

Mr. Zhou: "..."

Flatulence: "Hahahahahaha....."