WTYTIAAN Chapter 52

Chapter 52

After briefly browsing the game forum, Yan Yunqing closed it.

With ten months until the game’s internal beta, seeing the players’ excited comments on the forum only made him more anxious.

The anxiety of constantly being watched by an unknown presence.

Of course, he still had to consider a problem. What if this world wasn’t just a game, but a real, existing alternate world, and the game was just a channel linking the two?

Then the players who would be logging in soon would probably become another disaster for this alternate world, with destructive power comparable to that of the demons.

You had to remember, players were known as the Fourth Calamity.

Players wouldn’t consider whether something was moral or not in the game, and even Yan Yunqing, who had transmigrated, still called himself a player while ‘committing evil,’ even though he was, in a way, also acting as a chivalrous hero.

He could only hope that this so-called game company could somehow limit the players’ behavior.

Yan Yunqing thought of the adorable little Yuli, and he was really worried about her.

After re-examining the game system, Yan Yunqing discovered that a chat system had been added to the friend list, apparently in preparation for the players logging in.

Yan Yunqing opened the friend list and, looking at the only two NPC friends on it, tried sending a message to Lillian.

[Yan Yunqing (Private)]: Lillian?

Lillian jumped, looking left and right, and uncertainly looked at Yan Yunqing, “Did you just say something?”

Yan Yunqing noticed that a line had also appeared on the chat panel.

[Lillian (Private)]: Did you just say something?

Yan Yunqing: …Good grief, could the chat system be used like this? Then wasn’t this equivalent to a one-way communicator?

This feature was useful.

[Yan Yunqing (Private)]: It’s nothing, I suddenly discovered I had a new ability, just testing it out.

[Yan Yunqing (Private)]: If I ever encounter an environment where it’s inconvenient to speak, I’ll use this ability to talk to you.

Lillian stared at Yan Yunqing’s mouth, and when she confirmed that he really hadn’t spoken, but Yan Yunqing’s voice had indeed resounded in her ears, she was amazed: “This ability…”

[Lillian (Private)]: How does it feel, like a god listening to the prayers of a believer?

[Yan Yunqing (Private)]: What?

Lillian widened her eyes.

[Lillian (Private)]: Can you hear what I’m thinking in my heart too?

Yan Yunqing touched his nose, only then realizing that Lillian hadn’t spoken either, but Lillian’s statement had appeared in their chat box.

[Yan Yunqing (Private)]: Uh… it seems like that’s the case.

[Lillian (Private)]: …

Lillian stared at Yan Yunqing for a long time, then asked: “What about now? Did you hear what I was thinking just now?”

Yan Yunqing: ?

[Yan Yunqing (Private)]: No, were you thinking anything just now?

Lillian immediately breathed a sigh of relief, patted her chest, “Thank goodness, thank goodness, as long as I’m not thinking about you, you can’t hear what I’m thinking in my heart, otherwise it would be too scary!”

Yan Yunqing thought so too. If this chat system could present the thoughts of everyone’s hearts, it would be too buggy.

But…

Yan Yunqing narrowed his eyes, looking at Lillian, who seemed a little guilty, this fellow… tsk, still had secrets she didn’t dare let him know.

Oh well, he was also hiding a lot from Lillian, so they were even.

Thinking this, Yan Yunqing selected his other NPC friend, Cornelia, wanting to try and see if he could communicate remotely, but the system prompted him that he didn’t have enough favorability to open a private chat.

Ah… so the NPC friend’s chat function still required enough favorability, then this function wasn’t so buggy after all, and could only be used for communication between him and Lillian for the time being.

But at least it was a little more convenient.

Yan Yunqing contentedly closed the chat box, checking to see if there were any other functions.

After checking several times, and confirming that there were no other functions, Yan Yunqing discovered that a Level 30 Level Pack had been added to his inventory.

He originally wanted to close the game panel directly, but somehow his hand twitched, and he directly clicked to open the Level Pack.

These kinds of packs could be taken out and turned into physical boxes, which you could personally open to get the items inside, or you could directly click to open them in the inventory, and the items inside would directly replace the pack’s grid, and be stored in the inventory.

This Level Pack was the second type of situation. After Yan Yunqing’s hand twitched and he clicked to open it, without even half a second of hesitation, with a *pa*, the pattern of the Level Pack disappeared, and replacing it in the inventory grid was a blueprint.

—A golden blueprint!!!

Yan Yunqing was shocked. He only knew that weapons could be golden, when did blueprints also become golden? He had never seen it when he was playing “Demon King”!

[Blueprint: Portable Anchor Point (Golden)]

Can be installed anywhere. When you are within a 5,000-meter radius of the anchor point, you can choose to cast a spell to teleport back to the vicinity of the portable anchor point. Only one generated portable anchor point can exist on the current map. After installing a new portable anchor point, the previous portable anchor point will be automatically destroyed. Each portable anchor point can only be used three times, and each teleportation requires a 1-minute cast time and a 30-minute cooldown.

Anchor point!

He was just wondering why this game didn’t have anchor point teleportation, and then it gave him a blueprint for a portable anchor point… was someone really watching him the whole time?

Yan Yunqing decided to treat this coincidence as an explosion of his good luck in having his wishes come true. Thinking too much would not only be useless, but would also only keep him up at night.

The materials required to make a portable anchor point weren’t complicated, and Yan Yunqing even had most of the materials in his inventory. He just needed to buy some more mithril to make it.

This was a very suitable item for doing bad things on the sly, except that the cast time was a bit long, and he needed to find a safe place to ensure that he wouldn’t be killed within a minute.

It was very useless in intense battles. You could accidentally kick the bucket during the cast time, but it wasn’t a problem at all for Yan Yunqing.

He also had a blood-lock necklace. Surviving a minute without dying was no problem at all.

Yan Yunqing hadn’t yet thought about how to escape after killing Fei Wu, and this portable anchor point gave him a surprise.

*

Two days later, the time agreed upon with Cornelia arrived, and Yan Yunqing once again turned into a little black cat, squatting in front of the clothing store they had agreed to meet at.

Lillian hadn’t come out with him. With the chat system, it was even more convenient for her to communicate with Yan Yunqing. In situations like this, where it was more convenient for Yan Yunqing to be alone, Lillian wouldn’t keep following him.

Yan Yunqing lay on the stone pier, basking in the sun, his tail drooping lazily and swaying randomly, squinting at every person who passed by.

All shapes and sizes, everyone had their own unique personality traits, and they weren’t all the same or just modeling with no faces. After these two days of observation, Yan Yunqing still felt that this world was more like a real world.

Unless Blue Star’s technology had advanced to the point where there was super artificial intelligence that could automatically generate each person’s unique behavior trajectory and personality characteristics.

At least he hadn’t heard of any folk scientists or game companies that could reach this level before he transmigrated.

Yan Yunqing thought absentmindedly, and the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of a sea-blue figure, and he immediately perked up, watching the sea-blue girl in a dress walk past him and into the clothing store, with another slightly older woman beside her.

He flicked his tail, and groomed his fur with his paws. Only after grooming did he realize that he seemed to be getting more and more used to the body of a cat.

This identity was too easy to use. Using it too much had even made him learn the habits of a cat. Would he still lick his palms after turning into a human form in the future…?

No, he would have to reduce the number of times he turned into a cat in the future.

Yan Yunqing shook his head and continued to wait in front of the clothing store. Before long, Cornelia came out of the clothing store, and he immediately got up, pretending to inadvertently get close to Cornelia’s feet, “Meow~”

Cornelia lowered her head, her eyes curving when she saw the little black cat, and squatted down in front of Yan Yunqing, reaching out to touch the little black cat’s head, “Hello there, little kitty.”

“Eh?” Another woman walking next to Cornelia noticed that the person next to her had stopped, and turned her head to look, discovering that Cornelia was touching a little black cat at her feet, “A black cat? A stray cat?”

“I’m not too sure, it suddenly ran over and rubbed against my feet just now.” Cornelia smiled, “It’s probably hungry, begging me for food.”

Yan Yunqing looked at Cornelia’s gentle smile, and a shiver ran down his spine.

What terrifying acting skills. Just looking at Cornelia’s performance, who would think that Cornelia already knew him?

The woman sized up the little black cat’s round belly, and didn’t really agree with this statement.

“Is that so? But Niya, you should still stay away from these stray cats and dogs. They’re full of dirty things, and you might accidentally get sick.”

Tsk, *you’re* the one full of dirty things!

Yan Yunqing squeaked in a clipped voice, meowing a few times, and also using his head to rub against Cornelia’s palm. He was completely acting like a little kitty wanting to beg for food, his voice was so pitiful, anyone who saw it would not be able to help but soften their hearts.

“Not necessarily, I think this cute little guy is very clean.”

The glossy fur felt great to the touch, and Cornelia couldn’t help but pinch the little black cat’s ears.

Yan Yunqing gave her a look with his little eyes: Okay, that’s enough, hurry up, stop touching me.

Cornelia hooked the corners of her mouth, touched him two more times, and then softly said: “It looks like it’s really hungry, but this sister doesn’t have anything to eat, eh. How about this, little kitty, you come with me, and this sister will go buy you something good to eat, okay?”

“If it’s okay, meow once.”

Yan Yunqing almost wanted to roll his eyes at Cornelia. Why did these people like talking to cats? He could understand it with that Youchier, but Cornelia clearly knew that he wasn’t a cat, and she was still asking like this.

Could it be that a real cat could answer this question?

He squeaked and meowed again in a clipped voice.

“Good boy.” Cornelia picked up the little black cat, and smiled apologetically at her companion, “I’m sorry, I want to go buy this little guy something to eat first. Why don’t you go back first, and I’ll go back later.”

The woman frowned, looking at the little kitty in Cornelia’s arms with disgust, and couldn’t help but take two steps back, as if she could already smell the stench emanating from the cat, and pinched her nose with her hand, speaking in a muffled voice.

“I really don’t know why you like this kind of dirty thing. Fine, I’ll go first. Clean up the cat hair on your body before you come back. I don’t want to be contaminated by dirty things.”

Cornelia didn’t mind the disgusted expression on her companion’s face at all, and still smiled gently as she held the little black cat, “Got it, be careful on your way.”

The woman waved her hand, picked up the bag in her hand, and quickly boarded a carriage. It was better to be a noble’s maid than to be a commoner. These serving maids went out in carriages, and usually received generous salaries. It wasn’t like the commoners in Sunset Village, who used all their strength just to stay alive.

And these were still commoners in wealthy areas. In more remote areas, it was difficult to even survive.

Cornelia stroked the fur on the little black cat’s back, slightly distracted, and the strength in her hands unconsciously increased a little. The little black cat shouted “Awoo!” and that was what called her back to her senses.

Yan Yunqing: What are you thinking about?

Cornelia then soothingly touched the little black cat’s head, holding him and walking in another direction, “Little kitty, what do you want to eat? How about some butter-fried small crispy fish?”

“Meow~”

After walking around a corner, Cornelia really did buy a box of butter-fried small crispy fish from a snack stall. This box was quite expensive, costing a whole silver coin, and there were only six small crispy fish in it.

The children gathered near the snack stall heard that Cornelia bought it to feed the little black cat, and couldn’t help but cast envious glances at the little black cat. It was so nice to be a rich man’s little kitty. You could eat whatever you wanted!

Yan Yunqing: …

Don’t make him attract any more hatred, okay? He was afraid that he would be walking on the street as a cat one day and would be pelted with stones by the children!

Cornelia bought a box, and without even looking at the children’s longing eyes, left while holding the little black cat.

The children who remained in place looked at me, and I looked at you, and couldn’t help but simultaneously reveal disappointed expressions.

If she could have kindness towards the little black cat, why couldn’t she have kindness towards them?

Alas, they really wanted to become a little black cat!

Cornelia carried the small crispy fish, and walked forward while holding the little black cat. Occasionally, she would meet someone familiar with Niya on the road, and Cornelia would also smile and greet the other party, being very approachable.

Finally, when she reached a sparsely populated place, where no one was passing by, Yan Yunqing very consciously jumped out of Cornelia’s arms, found a flat step and squatted down.

Cornelia also squatted down, opened the box containing the small crispy fish in front of the little black cat, and pushed it towards the little black cat’s direction.

“You really bought it for me?” Yan Yunqing hesitated.

Cornelia took it for granted, “No one would be willing to taste something bought to feed cats, even if I took it back untouched, and I… am not interested in fish that have been dead for who knows how many days.”

Bato Vita’s capital was inland, quite far from the ocean, and the transported sea fish were basically already spoiled. Even if they were preserved well, they still had a fishy smell, so people here often used cooking methods that could cover up the food’s original taste to fry these sea fish.

As for inland aquaculture? This world didn’t have a large-scale fish farming industry yet, at least Yan Yunqing hadn’t seen it yet. These small fried fish stall vendors were all getting discarded inferior sea fish from the merchant teams that transported sea fish and seafood to the nobles, and buying them back at low prices, before frying them and selling them.

It wasn’t easy for these merchant teams to make a round trip. After a long journey, 90% of the fish they brought back alive would die. The ones that were still alive would be sold to the noble lords at high prices, and the dead ones would be processed and sold to the common people. They could still earn some money that way.

In any case, the common people had no objections to this. They couldn’t afford those expensive live sea fish anyway, and these dead sea fish were very cheap. They were both a kind of meat and wouldn’t kill people if you ate them, so they were very cost-effective to buy.

As a merman who had lived in the sea for a long time, Cornelia couldn’t stand these sea fish that had been dead for who knew how long, and who also didn’t know if they had deteriorated before being fried.

What a joke, could a merman not be able to eat fresh fish?

Yan Yunqing: …

Did that mean he was interested in spoiled sea fish?

Yan Yunqing helplessly put the box of small crispy fish into his backpack, preparing to take it back later for the real little black cat in Sunset Village to eat.

“How is it, have you determined the exact time the banquet will start?” Yan Yunqing asked.

Cornelia nodded, “It’s been set, it’s in a week. General Sawyer, who is on an expedition, is about to return, and he will also attend this birthday banquet. Bato King has always wanted to promote the marriage between the royal family and this general. This time, he should be calling all the unmarried princesses.”

“Expedition…?” Yan Yunqing was curious, another message involving his blind spot of knowledge.

As far as he knew, there hadn’t been any large-scale wars breaking out on this Ermann Continent yet. At most, there were just some frictions between small countries.

“The Nether Land, also known as the Sea of Death, you should have heard of it, right?” Cornelia replied carelessly, “The place where the God War was most intense two thousand years ago, and also the last battle, the Sea of Death that buried countless gods.”

“Since the appearance of demons, that place has become the demons’ lair. Other places have only had one or two gods die sporadically, but the bones of the gods in that place have already piled up into mountains. You can imagine how terrifying the demons born there are.”

Hearing this, Yan Yunqing immediately understood what kind of place it was.

The Radiant Empire… no, it should be called the Radiant Ruins. Before the Demon King’s Eternal Empire was established, there was also an ancient country that had been passed down for thousands of years, which was the Radiant Empire.

The capital of that country was mostly made up of believers of the God of Light, and the final decisive battle was also where the Demon King killed the God of Light and his party, and then the Radiant Empire was destroyed, turning into an old bubble.

Cornelia: “The Sawyer family has been stationed on the border of the Nether Land all these years, and General Adriane Sawyer is currently the strongest swordsman in the Sawyer family, and has always been responsible for guarding Bato Vita’s border.”

“Because of this, the Sawyer family has always had great power, and they even dare to reject the orders issued by the Bato King.” Cornelia sneered, “This has always been a thorn in the Bato King’s side. As he gets older, he’s probably becoming more and more unable to tolerate it. This time is also Bato King’s last attempt to try and win over the Sawyer family.”

“So he wants to use a princess to marry the Sawyer family?” Yan Yunqing asked, “Judging from your tone, you seem to know who this princess is?”