There was a bit of a problem. When Shuishui updated her account, she realized that her name had changed and it her character had been tagged as a legend. She immediately felt puzzled, but she didn't pay too much attention to it. She vaguely remembered how she started the account as a newbie. She logged on to the interface upon entering her details.
Qian Anzhi walked past Shuishui and saw that she was playing the game. He immediately stopped. "Sis, you play this game too? What level are you?"
Shuishui remembered what Mu Zilin had said about her account earlier. "Ah? I'm at Level 109."
"Oh my god. Level 109? Why are you so advanced? I've never seen you play before. Show me your equipment's attributes." He approached Shuishui's desk and grabbed the mouse. "No way, Sis. You still have magic? Sis, let me play."
He was instantly interested in Shuishui's account.
Shuishui didn't agree. "Zilin wants me to play with him. I can't let you play. I'll study the game first."
"I'm almost on Level 109 too. Bring me along. I'll log in too." Since Anzhi couldn't play using his sister's account, he decided to use his own.
"En, I'll try to learn how to play the game first. Zilin played using this account, and I logged in just now." Shuishui tried to navigate the game interface. She tried to learn where important functions are and how to control her character in the virtual world. Finally, she found a friend column and saw one contact. She clicked on the name and sent a message: "Zilin?"
Mu Zilin quickly replied: "I'm in the main city. Come over."
Shuishui felt lost in the game. She asked, "How do I get there? Where is the main city?"
"Eh, tell me your location and your coordinates now. I'll go there and fetch you," Mu Zilin said. He felt that he would be wasting time if he simply instructed Shuishui where to go. She would run around and probably get lost. He thought he might as well go pick her up himself.
When he found Shuishui, he saw her character practicing moves by the side. "What are you doing?"
Shuishui sent her message on the public screen: "I'm familiarizing myself with the character's moves."
"Oh, I see. I've invited you to form a team. Follow me." Mu Zilin first brought ShuiShui away from the area because it was a troublesome place where other characters often fought.
Shuishui navigated her character to follow Mu Zilin. As they walked, she sent a message: "My brother said he wants to play too."
"Then let him play with us. It doesn't matter. We just happen to be one less person in the dungeon," Mu Zilin said indifferently. With them around, they would be able to navigate the dungeon easier.
"Then where are we going? I'll tell him to go over." Shuishui really didn't understand how the game worked.
"Tell him to come to the inn here in the main city."
Shuishui raised her head and called out to Anzhi. "Anzhi, come to the inn. We're over here."
Qian Anzhi was busy navigating his character. "Okay. I'm already going up. I'll go buy some medicine first."
Shuishui checked her character's quests. She was on an ancient street, and there were other characters walking around. There were quite a lot of people. She sent Zilin a message: "I only have blue medicine and blood tonic in my bag."
"En, that's enough. My two other friends are waiting at the inn. When your brother arrives, we'll set off!" Mu Zilin changed his character's clothes.
Shuishui saw it and thought it was familiar. "I think I have the same set here too."
Zilin replied: "Yeah. Our characters are married. The system gave it to us! It is quite beautiful. We also have husband and wife saving and protection skills. Click on the lower left corner to see it. If there's anything you don't understand, just ask me. Stop typing. Let's go straight to voice chat. That's more convenient. I'll ask them to join too. Later, the commander will also be in the voice chat." Mu Zilin was too lazy to type and send messages. He felt it was too troublesome.
"Okay." Shuishui also told Anzhi to join the voice chat.
Shuishui looked at the other two new characters, who started to talk. "This is Shuishui. Say something," one said. "I heard from Zilin that your voice is very nice," the other one answered.
"Yeah. Zilin also said that you're very beautiful."
It was quite awkward.
Shuishui answered with two simple words. "Not bad."
She had nothing to say about Mu Zilin's mouth.
Mu Zilin laughed out loud and said, "You are."
Qian Anzhi also said, "My sister has a lot of suitors."
"Sister? You two are siblings?"
Qian Anzhi was quite proud. "Yeah. I live with my sister. Brother Zilin, you're right. My sister is beautiful and has a nice voice. She's also a straight-A student."
Shuishui interrupted them. "All right. Stop talking nonsense. What are you going to do now?" Shuishui was indifferent and couldn't respond properly. She felt awkward that they talked about her.
"We're heading for the witch spirit dungeon at the foot of Wu Mountain today," Mu Zilin said.
Qian Anzhi asked, "Abyss mode?"
"With the current class configuration, the abyss mode is a little difficult, but we can still try to go and kill the enemy." Mu Zilin didn't care, but he knew that Shuishui was new in the game and wasn't familiar with many of the skills. "Let's try the abyss mode. Bring more potions, just in case."
Shuishui stood there, and Mu Zilin threw some potions for Shuishui to carry. "You take these. When you see that your health is low, drink it. Drink that also when your manna is low. Don't die. We don't have a priest. If you die, I'm afraid that we won't have time to save you. If I miss the time, I won't be able to save you."
"Oh." Shuishui glanced around the virtual world and tried to understand. Her head spun when she saw all the keys and functions.
"I don't know how to use these skills. Can I use them as I like?" Shuishui asked the others.
Mu Zilin felt that Shuishui wouldn't be so stupid. "As you like. If you feel that your character is about to die, shout so that I can help you restore your health."
In the end, when they entered the dungeon, Shuishui practiced many of her skills, and although many of them were useless, some were able to block the enemy's attacks.
Qian Anzhi couldn't stand it any longer. "Sis, just follow them. Don't release any more skills."
Shuishui was confused and said, "I also want to familiarize myself with these skills."
Mu Zilin wasn't as bothered because he was already expecting it. "Whatever. It's your sister's first time playing, so she doesn't know anything. You can't force her too much."
He didn't expect Shuishui to be very good at the game, especially since she was basically still a newbie.
Qian Anzhi also understood that Brother Zilin simply wanted to bring Shuishui along. It didn't matter if his sister messed around. He felt that he underestimated Zilin's patience and tolerance level. Normally, he would scold stubborn teammates.
Shuishui also didn't care and continued to mess around.
She thought that later on, after she had familiarized herself with the controls, she could release some useful skills. At least she wasn't just a bystander.
Shuishui could do whatever she wanted. She was very willful. She was the kind of player who would use her character's skills whenever she wanted, regardless of the situation.
Mu Zilin was calm throughout the game. If someone else was in Shuishui's place, he would have scolded her already. If he scolded Shuishui, he might get beaten up. Shuishui had become stronger because of her martial arts classes. He was somehow afraid of her. He knew how unpredictable Shuishui's temper could be, so he opted to stay quiet. After all, he was the one who dragged Shuishui to play the game. His demands were too high.
It took them an hour to complete finish the abyss dungeon. After that, they continued to visit the other dungeons. Their characters would either farm on other dungeons or vomit blood.
Qian Anzhi deeply understood the feeling of being a newbie in the game.
He couldn't say anything. It was too sullen. He looked at his sister and noticed her indifferent attitude. "Sister, you've learned skills. Just look at the special effect points of the skills. Don't randomly use them."
Shuishui looked at her younger brother. "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
"Uh."
Mu Zilin heard Anzhi through the voice chat and said, "Qian Anzhi, don't say that. Your sister doesn't know anything about the game. Don't ask too much of your sister. When the time comes, your sister will beat you up."
"Uh." It seemed to make sense. His sister was indeed very good at beating people up. He swallowed his saliva. "Sister, will you give me a kick?"
"Give what? What's there to say? Isn't it just a game? Why are you so excited?" Shuishui was in a good mood. Although she didn't really know how to play, she still continued to play and accompanied Mu Zilin.
Mu Zilin smiled and said, "Don't think too much. After all, your sister's psychologically strong. Even when she is criticized by others, she will remain unaffected."
"En, en. She has always been mentally strong. No matter what others would say, she would simply fight back. After that, she would be fine." Qian Anzhi recalled their quarrels when they were younger. Shuishui would cry but would always recover quickly.
Mu Zilin quickly said, "Yes, yes, yes. That psychological quality of hers is so unique. You know, when we were in junior high school, there were several girls who verbally attacked Shuishui. Shuishui was not one to accept defeat. She aggressively talked back. The next day, she continued to scold them. No matter how much they scolded her, she would always find a way to fight back."
"Then what happened in the end?" Qian Anzhi asked.
"In the end, of course, there were some problems. Shuishui was still the same. The other girls received poor grades because of Shuishui. Those girls also didn't want to argue with Shuishui." Mu Zilin couldn't remember the details, but he remembered that Shuishui ended up being victorious, and it made them feel incredulous. However, Shuishui had a plan of her own. She would go and mock those girls every day. She would even be the first to taunt them whenever something bad happened to them.
It was a wonder to many how many people liked her even with her sour attitude.
Qian Anzhi was a little confused. "Did their grades drop because they quarreled with her every day?"
"Yes. At that time, they were even called to the office. They tried to ignore Shuishui, even when she continued to mock and taunt them. Later, Shuishui found it boring and ignored them too." Zilin thought that it was a bit petty. Besides, their teacher only cared about how they performed academically and not so much about how they behaved.
Qian Anzhi was surprised. "Is that so? Do you know that we have been pressured by the teachers ever since you both received good scores in the middle school examinations? Even us average-performing students are pressured to do better. These days, our teachers would always call average students to answer questions during class recitations. Just last time, my sister taught me how to solve the equations in my math test paper. I was very proud back then, especially because my answers were better than the class monitor's. Our class monitor thinks so highly of herself." The more Qian Anzhi spoke, the more agitated he became.