Double A In Line Chapter 16
byChapter 16 This Person is Truly Strange
The specific details of the event have been posted on the player forum. Everyone is welcome to leave comments. After the event ends, Xiao Meng will randomly select ten players from the comment section to receive small gifts (Forum Link).
A Valentine’s Day event? Was this a new activity added this year? Was it because the game had just launched at this time last year, and players were too busy experiencing the game and leveling up, so it wasn’t held?
Lin Sheng followed the link at the end of the system announcement and clicked in.
The game had a built-in forum module, allowing players to log into the internal forum even while the game was running.
The official event announcement was pinned at the very top of the forum. By the time Lin Sheng clicked in, the comment section already had hundreds of posts. Like other players, Lin Sheng first left a casual comment before starting to read the specific details of the announcement.
He was afraid he might forget later.
Although he had never won a single prize in various game lucky draws over the years, it was impossible for him to give up on trying because of that.
Especially since he liked the game Dream Realm very much so far.
To welcome the arrival of Dream Realm version 2.0, the game server will undergo maintenance starting from September 15 (Wednesday) at 22:00, and is expected to be completed by September 19 (Sunday) at 07:00. During the maintenance period, you will not be able to log into the game. Players are requested to arrange their gaming time reasonably in advance to avoid unnecessary losses.
After the server maintenance ends, version 2.0 will officially go live. At the same time, to give back to the players for their support and companionship, a Valentine’s Day limited event will open simultaneously in the game, lasting until September 21 at 23:59.
During the event, players can go to major capital cities to find the Valentine’s Day Event Ambassador NPC to receive exclusive festival tasks. Completing the series of tasks will grant generous rewards, including:
A large number of experience pills.
Rare permanent fashion: This Life’s Fate.
Limited messaging effect: Blue Bird.
Limited two-person flying mount: Biyi Bird.
May all players join hands with their lovers in the brand-new Dream Realm, head toward the sea of stars together, and write your own unique memories.
So it really is a two-person event? After reading the announcement, Lin Sheng thought as expected.
After all, it was a Valentine’s Day event, and this event gave out important items related to the next version. It felt a bit like a forced sale.
Even if it was to make the event more lively, this kind of bundling was a bit excessive.
Sure enough, when Lin Sheng exited the announcement, many players had already posted threads cursing the developers’ brain-dead behavior. However, despite the cursing, the game still had to be played.
In the forum, many solo players were already posting to find event partners.
Although Lin Sheng was also a bit speechless at the developers, he didn’t worry about finding someone to team up with.
Opening the friend interface, Lin Sheng didn’t waste any words and directly sent the link to the event announcement. In the past, whenever there was a two-person event, he would directly look for Ji Chen.
Before long, he received a reply from Ji Chen, but…
MK-2000: Old Lin, I really can’t accompany you this time. I’ve already promised someone else to participate in the event together.
Lin Sheng was stunned. Ji Chen had already been booked by someone else? So fast? Wait, then who was he going to team up with?
Should he go to the forum to find a partner too? Forget it, he should just ask everyone on his friend list one by one.
Sheng Sheng? After reading the announcement, Huo Huo Huo hesitated for a long time. Seeing Lin Sheng staring blankly, he finally couldn’t help but call his name, his tone revealing a hint of nervousness.
What is it? Lin Sheng stopped sending messages and turned to ask.
The Valentine’s Day event requires a two-person team. Do you have… Cheng Yan spoke somewhat awkwardly. If it were any other holiday event, he wouldn’t be so uncomfortable. Thinking of this, he emphasized, I don’t mean anything else, I just don’t have many other online friends I know in the game.
Although Lin Sheng didn’t hear the full sentence, Cheng Yan’s intended meaning was quite clear. He only then realized—wasn’t there a player right here who could team up with him?
No, do you want to team up with me when the time comes? Lin Sheng asked.
Can… Can I? Cheng Yan was a bit dazed by the straightforward answer.
Yes, it saves me from having to find someone else. Lin Sheng nodded. Teaming up with anyone for an event was the same; it wasn’t like they were a real couple.
Thank you. After Cheng Yan thanked him, he specifically added, I really want those event rewards, and I was worried I wouldn’t find anyone.
It’s fine, I also happen to need a partner. The developers are too much, insisting on tying this kind of two-person event to key items.
I think so too. Cheng Yan immediately agreed, then glanced at Lin Sheng again. Um, I called you Sheng Sheng just now…
What about it?
You don’t mind, right?
Hmm? Lin Sheng was a bit confused. Of course I don’t mind. My friends in the game all call me that.
That’s good. The breath Cheng Yan had been holding in his heart due to his nervousness finally escaped.
After the tension passed, a slight sense of excitement rose in his heart.
Taking the initiative to increase intimacy with others was so hard, but he had succeeded. He succeeded on the first try.
As expected, he did have the ability to make friends. Cheng Yan secretly cheered for himself in his heart.
During the subsequent process of grinding mobs and doing quests, Cheng Yan was in a state of high excitement. His leveling efficiency became extremely high, causing Lin Sheng to look at him several times.
At ten o’clock in the evening, the server maintenance began on time, kicking both of them offline.
Since he couldn’t go online for the next few days, Lin Sheng focused his spare time on the cultivation of Mental Power.
Originally, he hadn’t held much hope. After all, his father had said that the cultivation of Mental Power was measured in years.
This made Lin Sheng feel like a charlatan for insisting on meditating every day, but the superhuman ability of Mental Power kept him hooked, forcing him to maintain this charlatan-like behavior.
But on the day before the second major mecha class, Lin Sheng fell silent as he stared at the transparent silver wolf held in his hands.
He had actually managed to summon his Mental Entity.
But… what was the use of this thing?
Lin Sheng poked the silver wolf with his finger. That seemingly semi-transparent body, which looked like a projection, actually gave him the tactile feedback of a solid object.
While Lin Sheng was puzzled, the silver wolf in his hand also tilted its head slightly, its eyes filled with the same emotion as his.
It actually mimics me? Lin Sheng poked the silver wolf again. However, if it was a physical entity, could he make it…
As if hearing his thoughts, the silver wolf jumped from his hand and flew toward the desk in a way that extremely disrespected gravity, picking up the marker he had placed on his textbook.
This thing can fly! It can fly!
Doesn’t that mean if his Mental Entity could grow as large as the one he first saw, he could ride it and fly?
Lin Sheng thought with some excitement.
Just then, the sound of the door opening rang out. Lin Sheng hurriedly picked up the silver wolf and tried to stuff it into his chest.
Disappear, disappear quickly! If someone else sees a Mental Entity, it would violate the non-disclosure agreement.
Cheng Yan saw Lin Sheng stuffing something into his chest as soon as he entered the door.
He wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but he thought he saw something fluffy flash in Lin Sheng’s hand just now.
Forget it, it was none of his business.
However, just as he took two steps forward to walk in front of Lin Sheng, Lin Sheng suddenly turned around, facing the head of the bed with his back to him. He then walked into his bunk, and until the privacy screen rose, he didn’t turn back.
What is he doing? Truly strange. This person really doesn’t share the same vibe as me; he’s not suited to be a roommate.
Cheng Yan glanced oddly at Lin Sheng’s bed. Since the last time Cheng Yan was sick, their relationship had eased slightly. At least they wouldn’t go out of their way to look away in disgust when their eyes met during the day.
He was certainly grateful for Lin Sheng’s care during that time, but Cheng Yan’s idea of changing dorms remained unchanged. First, because their relationship still couldn’t be considered good—they could only barely be called strangers—and second, it was still the issue of Lin Sheng’s family.
Cheng Yan admitted he was prejudiced against military officers. After all, the colleagues of his father he had seen as a child were just as bad as his father.
He didn’t plan to change. Although he had prejudices, he hadn’t done anything extreme, and he had no intention of looking for a military partner in the future, so why change?
Lin Sheng sat on his bed, looking down at his right hand, which had become fluffy since a moment ago.
Just now, he had successfully retracted his Mental Entity, but by some strange twist of fate, something went wrong with his body. At the same time the Mental Entity returned, his right arm below the forearm had actually undergone beastification.
This was also why he had kept his back to Cheng Yan just now.
But Lin Sheng actually calmed down at this moment. Compared to the Mental Entity, he was more familiar with the current situation. After all, his ability in his previous life was beastification.
Lin Sheng settled his mind and tried to control his Mental Power the same way he controlled the flow of his ability in his previous life. Under his focused gaze, the originally thick fur on his arm gradually became sparse until it was completely retracted.
His right hand also returned to its original appearance from the wolf claw.
The next day during class, the classroom was much noisier than usual. Students gathered in groups of twos and threes, most of them with excitement on their faces. After all, they would soon be able to touch mechas. Most people here had never even seen a mecha, let alone operated one.
Mecha operation classes were required for all majors related to mechas to increase their understanding. Of course, compared to the combat department, their large classes used civilian mechas without weapon systems, and they wouldn’t be taught overly complex operations at the beginning.
When the instructor entered, the noisy voices in the classroom halted. Students stopped their discussions and craned their necks to look behind the teacher. Seeing no mecha following him, their eyes were filled with disappointment.
Teacher, didn’t you say you’d teach us to operate mechas this class? Where are the mechas? someone couldn’t help but ask.
Don’t worry, don’t worry, you’ll see them in a moment. After the teacher calmed everyone down, his gaze swept over everyone as he asked, Who knows how to pilot a mecha? Raise your hand.
A few scattered arms were raised high in the crowd.
One, two… five. Not bad, exactly five people. The teacher nodded with satisfaction.
You few, step out and come with me to the warehouse to fetch the mechas.
Because Lin Sheng was standing too far back, he was the last one to squeeze out of the crowd. After seeing the backs of the other four people, he was suddenly stunned.
Although his relationship with his roommate wasn’t great, he wasn’t so far gone that he couldn’t recognize the back of someone he lived with day and night.
Cheng Yan was actually among them.