631: The appeal of games

Qiong family.

Qiong Juanshu, bored, was playing cricket fighting with a fawning subordinate, his peripheral vision occasionally glancing at the telephone beside him that showed software updating.

"Oh no, Master, I lost again!" the subordinate cried out, feigning distress.

Qiong Juanshu yawned, "So boring, I win every time."

As his words spread, the subordinate secretly complained bitterly.

Otherwise, what? Last time, a subordinate playing with you was beaten half to death because he won two rounds. Now that I'm playing with you, would I dare to let you lose?

No longer paying attention to the cricket in front of him, Qiong Juanshu casually picked up the telephone beside him.

After playing with it for an afternoon, he was now faintly proficient at picking up the telephone casually.

"Update complete?" Glancing at the Small Grass Map, Qiong Juanshu's spirits lifted slightly.

In his eyes, although there was nothing on this telephone particularly worth him lingering over, it had indeed sparked his interest for a while.

Tapping open the map, two striking sections prominently appeared on the homepage.

"Mini-games?" Qiong Juanshu looked at this extremely striking section, slightly puzzled.

He hadn't seen this thing before. So this was the function added after the update?

"Something on a brick, can it be called a game?"

Qiong Juanshu couldn't figure out what game a jade brick could play.

Things like cricket fighting, pitch-pot, hunting, those were called games.

A game on a jade brick? Could it be letting him use this jade brick for pitch-pot? Or like those children, childishly skipping stones?

With jumbled thoughts running through his mind, Qiong Juanshu tapped open this mini-game section.

What came into view were three mini-game icons.

Following the operational guide, Qiong Juanshu tapped open the Snake game.

Catchy music slowly emerged, and the young Man suddenly saw the screen on his jade brick change accordingly.

All around were scattered points of light, and in the center of his telephone was a small Snake like an earthworm.

"Eh? What is this?" Amidst Qiong Juanshu's confused voice, the countdown ended, and the game began!

Immediately after, the Snake in the telephone swam straight towards the area ahead covered in starlight.

"How do you play this?" the young Man was puzzled.

"Master, it seems to say on here that you can swipe with your hand to control this small Snake." The subordinate beside him observed carefully, looking at the beginner's guide within, and then narrated it to Qiong Juanshu.

Hearing the subordinate's words, Qiong Juanshu frowned slightly, "Nonsense, how could I not know how to play? Meddlesome."

"Yes, yes, yes." The subordinate quickly plastered on a smile.

Qiong Juanshu's fingers moved slightly, and then he noticed that the small Snake on the telephone screen changed direction as his fingers moved!

That feeling of smoothness without any lag made him feel as if he was truly controlling a small Snake!

"Just controlling a small Snake, how boring." Qiong Juanshu shook his head.

"Master, look, when you eat these little beans, this small Snake gets longer!"

Hearing the subordinate's words, Qiong Juanshu's spirits also lifted slightly, "Eh, that's a bit interesting."

Watching these little beans being eaten by the small Snake, and seeing the small Snake he was controlling constantly grow longer, Qiong Juanshu felt a strange sense of satisfaction.

"Master, be careful, there are other Snakes!" Suddenly, the subordinate, as if seeing a real Snake appear in the room, quickly warned the Master beside him.

"Really! And this guy is actually so big, much bigger than me!" Qiong Juanshu was also a bit startled.

Unknowingly, both of them had become immersed in the game.

"Master, he's going to crash into your body! Run!" The subordinate now had the urge to snatch Qiong Juanshu's telephone and operate it himself, his words urging him on more clearly.

Regarding this, normally, Qiong Juanshu would definitely give this subordinate a good lecture.

But now, he had no other thoughts whatsoever.

At this moment, his entire focus was concentrated on the small telephone screen in his hand.

"What to do? I can't escape! He's about to crash into me, with my size being so small, I won't be swallowed by him, right?!" Amidst the shouts, this AI Snake in the game crashed directly into the Snake controlled by Qiong Juanshu.

"Bang~"

Amidst the relaxed background music, Qiong Juanshu watched somewhat dumbfounded as the Great Serpent that crashed into his Snake's body was instantly eliminated, turning into a large, elongated energy mass!

"Dead?" The young Man was a bit surprised.

"This, this is the game rule!" The subordinate saw the pop-up text prompt, "If the head hits another Snake's body, no matter how big the Snake is, it will die instantly!"

"So that's how it is." Qiong Juanshu, slightly enlightened, devoured the Great Serpent that had just died beside him, and immediately various ideas for killing other Snakes appeared in his mind.

In the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, Qiong Juanshu died.

Watching his 'painstakingly managed' Great Snake crash and die on a small Snake, Qiong Juanshu was so angry he roared towards the sky, "98 meters, just two meters short of a hundred meters!"

"Master, hasn't the game already recorded your data? Look, this 98 meters is your record." The subordinate quickly tried to comfort him.

And after seeing his record, Qiong Juanshu's emotions stabilized, "So it recorded it for me."

"98 meters, that's not long enough, I want to reach higher!" Under an indescribable pull, Qiong Juanshu started another round.

After a total of twenty rounds of the Snake game, Qiong Juanshu looked at the 499 meters in his record with a look of satisfaction.

"Master, one more round?" The subordinate beside him watched eagerly.

This kind of unbelievable game was addictive even for them, the bystanders!

"Nonsense, if I don't start a game, am I supposed to sleep?" Qiong Juanshu shouted unhappily, then tapped 'Start Game' again.

But this time, a message popped up.

"Dear Ye Ning One Ultimate Edition telephone User, your free game attempts have been exhausted. To have subsequent game attempts, please use game crystals."

"Can't start?" Qiong Juanshu frowned and tapped a few more times, but only this message popped up.

"What are crystals?" In his confusion, the Man and the subordinate beside him fumbled and tapped open the recharge instructions.

"Crystals are consumables in the game, which can increase game attempts, purchase skins..."

"To recharge crystals, you need to go to a Ning family business office. One copper coin can be exchanged for ten game crystals."

"Have to pay to play?" Qiong Juanshu's expression immediately turned unhappy, "Hmph, I thought the Ning family was so kind as to let this thing be played for free."

Saying this, he directly threw the telephone aside, "This game is just so-so, can't eat it, can't touch it, and it costs money, boring."

"Yes, Master is right. The Ning family and us are in a business rivalry. Not even a copper coin can be given to the Ning family!" The subordinate also nodded somewhat indignantly.

While saying this, in a slight silence, their eyes always occasionally glanced towards the telephone placed aside.

It was like a cat's paw, constantly scratching, scratching, scratching, scratching at their hearts.