Chapter 25: CH 25

Xu Sili was a bit dazed. At this moment, he was too close to Si Sheng. The moment he looked up, he stared into gray-blue eyes that were like the deep sea. They were charming and deep, with a small gentle light. This person held a handkerchief in his hand and helped wipe off the milk stains on Xu Sili’s mouth. His movements were gentle and overly intimate. That’s right. It was too intimate.

Xu Sili blinked and abruptly grabbed Si Sheng’s hand. He took the handkerchief while the man was pausing and stood up. Si Sheng slightly looked up at him. This time, Xu Sili didn’t dare look directly into this person’s eyes. “T… This emperor will do it by himself!”

He finished wiping his mouth with the handkerchief and strode out of the dining room. His hurried back gave the feeling of fleeing.

Jenna stood to the side with the milk jug. She saw this and her eyes were shining.

Si Sheng stared in the direction of the door, the expression in his eyes indistinct. It took him a long time to withdraw his gaze. He lowered his head. It wasn’t known what he was thinking. He just stared at his hands.

“Lord Si Sheng, do you need more milk?” Jenna asked loudly.

“No need.” Si Sheng looked up again. His expression had returned to indifference. “Go and take care of His Majesty.”

“Yes, my lord.”

Jenna put down the milk jug. “Lord Si Sheng, please enjoy your meal.”

She showed the proper courtesy and turned around with a smile, as if she had seen something interesting.

***

Xu Sili ignored the salute of the guards and strode back to his bedroom. It was only after the door closed behind him that he realized he still had the handkerchief in his hand. The white silk fabric with gold thread was very similar to someone’s unique uniform style.

Xu Sili felt like his hands had been burned and he abruptly threw the handkerchief away. The white handkerchief with gold trim fell lightly to the ground.

Xu Sili stared at the handkerchief for a few seconds before pursing his lips and looking away decisively.

This wasn’t right. This was too wrong! Since yesterday at the Elementalist Academy, he felt that Si Sheng was very wrong. It wasn’t ingratiating himself or trying to steal. Si Sheng must be planning some conspiracy!

Xu Sili’s eyes narrowed. He started to think. If he was Si Sheng, what would make him change so much? What would make him act so good to a man who he originally wanted to kill but ended up accidentally controlling him, turning him into a puppet and gaining benefits from him in the long-term? Not only did he cooperate with Xu Sili’s actions but he also accompanied Xu Sili for the meal today and made such an intimate move?

Xu Sili walked around in circles. Two laps later, he had a flash of realization. That’s right, it was freedom! If he were turned into a puppet, he would definitely try to break the secret technique and regain his freedom. As a puppet, Si Sheng couldn’t hurt him due to the restriction of the rules. He could only work secretly, first pleasing Xu Sili before finding a way to break the secret technique!

The more Xu Sili thought about it, the more it made sense. He finally found a reasonable explanation for Si Sheng’s unusual behavior.

He stood still, his purple eyes flickering slightly. To be honest, his relationship with Si Sheng was very complicated. After all, he had raised this virtual person using his own hands. If there were no feelings then he wouldn’t have the game team transplant Si Sheng’s data.

Now this Si Sheng wasn’t his virtual character. He wasn’t the little slave Xu Sili raised or the loyal believer who only saw him. Si Sheng had been given a new world and storyline by the game team. He was reborn in Starry Sky Age. Now he was a living person.

The time Xu Sili had been in this world was very short but he couldn’t treat all the people he made contact with as NPCs with no feelings. Regardless of whether it was Si Sheng, Li Zhecheng, Janice, Little Joan, Dean Justin, Deputy Dean Chris, Su Lin or even the Ali mother and son he met on the way to the mercenary town.

They were all too real, with their own joys, angers, sorrows and lives. It was the same for Si Sheng. He was no longer a two dimensional character in Game of the Gods, designed and created to cater to all the players. He had his own emotions and thoughts, which made him no longer under control. Perhaps this was the reason why Snow Roland was killed early and went offline when he was actually supposed to inherit the throne.

Xu Sili’s eyes narrowed. Still, this wasn’t a reason to forgive Si Sheng. At the very least, he wouldn’t remove the puppet technique on Si Sheng because of this. Of course, he also didn’t know how to remove it at all currently.

Si Sheng wanted to fight for his destiny but Xu Sili also wanted to work hard to live and reunite with his family as soon as possible. A powerful and unstable factor like Si Sheng should be controlled to within a safe range. Perhaps once he was stronger and his displeasure with Si Sheng had subsided, he would set this person free.

Xu Sili thought this way and his eyes fell on the wall leading to the dark room. Now wasn’t the time to care about this. There were 28 days until he needed to pay the alliance fee. He had to continue to work hard to earn 10 million cosmic coins.

He raised his foot to head into the dark room but stopped as he passed by the handkerchief. The young man frowned deeply. After some psychological struggle, he gave an impatient click of his tongue. Then he bent down to pick up the handkerchief and placed it in his pocket. After that, he went straight to the wall, opened the door of the dark room and entered.

“The Star Alliance Network welcomes you, Brother.” The moment he lay in the game cabin, Xiao Wu’s cute and positive voice rang out. This made Xu Sili smile.

“Good morning, Xiao Wu,” he greeted in a light voice.

“Good morning, Brother.” Xiao Wu followed the pattern to the letter and replied.

Xu Sili opened his eyes and found himself in the virtual room again. He walked to the sofa in a familiar manner. The moment he sat down, Xiao Wu’s voice was heard again. “Do you want to play…”

“I won’t play games.” Xu Sili interrupted out of fear that those games would be released again and pollute his eyes. He thought about it and still wasn’t at ease, so he ordered, “Xiao Wu, put all those holographic games in one folder and name it ‘garbage’. Don’t let anything out of that folder unless I give my consent.”

It was a shame to delete them directly. After all, the old emperor had bought them for a lot of money. He would keep them and see if there was any use in this trash. “Okay.”

Two seconds later, Xiao Wu said obediently, “It is sorted, Brother.”

“Very good. Thank you, Xiao Wu.”

The young voice was so cute that Xu Sili couldn’t help treating Xiao Wu as a child. He was relaxed and happy talking to Xiao Wu.

“Xiao Wu, open StarTune. I want to see the backend.”

“Yes, please wait a moment.”

Soon, a transparent light screen appeared in front of Xu Sili and Xiao Wu’s voice was heard again.

“The StarTune platform has been opened for you, Brother.”

Xu Sili nodded and started to operate the light screen. In the virtual room, he could touch it directly. He opened the album uploaded yesterday and checked it. To be honest, Xu Sili was nervous but had a bit of expectation. In this era of big data, it was estimated that his album wouldn’t even be able to stimulate a splash when thrown into the Star Network but he couldn’t help having wishful thoughts.

What if? He had even encountered something like transmigrating into a game. What if he became popular?

It was only when he saw the backend data that he couldn’t help smiling. There was disappointment and some relief.

Total playbacks: 10

Backlight: 2

Starry Sky: 2

Ignite: 2

Blossom: 2

Roland’s Good Night Song: 2

Overnight, the entire album only had 10 plays. The five songs were very even and each had two plays. This meant that it was likely two people had clicked in and tried each song once.

However, to Xu Sili’s surprise, his number of subscribers actually reached 2. Originally, he had a zero balance and now it had become 1.10. Every song on StarTune had a chance to listen to it for free but if they wanted to continue listening, they had to pay.

The more popular the song, the higher the fee. It was very cheap for new songs that weren’t very popular. Three or four songs could be bought for one cosmic coin.

Of course, most of these were only valid for one month. Once the time was up, they could choose to renew but the price would increase. In this way, there would always be people who liked to listen to songs but were greedy for the cheap ones. Rather than choosing popular songs, they would search for songs in the new song library.

Once new songs stood out and the prices rose, they moved onto new songs. There were special lists on StarTune that allowed such listeners to explore around. Such a system provided opportunities for newcomers to make a name for themselves. It was also one of the reasons why StarTune had become bigger and stronger.

Xu Sili recalled the lesson that Xiao Wu had given him and he opened the subscription details to take a closer look. He had a whole album of five songs that cost only one cosmic coin, where an individual song was 0.25.

However, Roland’s Good Night Song wasn’t an original song so it could only charge 0.10 cosmic coins. Someone bought his entire album and someone else only bought one song which was Roland’s Good Night Song.

This was a bit of a surprise to Xu Sili. Moreover, he also saw a comment that had been left after just 11 o’clock last night.

[Tao Brother Who Loves Cleansing Songs]

[There is no need to talk about the singing. The first four songs are very much the classical style of Xu Sili but I feel the composition of lyrics and music is still a bit lacking. Meanwhile, the last song is a surprise. There is a peaceful and serene feeling. It is very suitable to listen to in the dead of night. It is a great album. I will continue to follow you. P.S His Majesty Roland. This stage name is really too chuuni.]

Xu Sili was stunned. He hadn’t paid attention to the stage name and directly used the old emperor’s ID on the Star Network. He hurriedly said, “Xiao Wu, I want to change my name.”

“The Star Network ID is non-repeatable and requires 100 cosmic coins to modify it once. The balance is insufficient to modify it.”

Xu Sili was a bit depressed. “What about the stage name of StarTune?”

“The interstellar music library ID is the same as the Star Network by default. You need 1,000 cosmic coins to modify it, Brother.”

“Why is StarTune more expensive than the Star Network?”

“Brother, that is the rule.”

Xu Sili couldn’t help sighing. He was baffled by one coin, let alone 1,000.

Forget it. Chuuni was chuuni.

He closed the backend. There wasn’t much to look at after a quick glance.

“Brother, are you sad?” Xiao Wu’s soft voice was heard.

Xu Sili smiled and shook his head. “I had expected it so I’m not sad. Xiao Wu, continue to help me pay attention to see if there is any information about earning a lot of cosmic coins in a short period of time. The amount isn’t limited to 10 million. It can be hundreds of thousands or several million. There can’t be any wanted rewards and I can’t leave Escher Star…”

Xu Sili listed several conditions.

In fact, the restrictions were so severe that it was really difficult to find one that met his requirements. He thought about it before adding, “Xiao Wu, also help me pay attention to welfare lottery activities.”

“I am in the process of filtering it for you. Please wait a moment.”

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“The search results are as follows. The optimal solution has been filtered for you.”

“The Flanders Interstellar Federation’s welfare lottery. The lowest purchase amount is only 2 cosmic coins to purchase one ticket. The draw is every Monday and the current first place prize pool has accumulated 42.8 million cosmic coins.”

Xu Sili blinked before smiling bitterly again. His current account balance couldn’t even afford a lottery ticket.

“Let’s do this, Xiao Wu. If there is enough balance in my account, help me buy a lottery ticket every time. The numbers are random.”

“Yes, Brother.”

It wasn’t very hopeful but if he didn’t buy it, there would be no hope at all. So, he would buy it to try his luck.

“Okay, let me think about what I’m going to do next.”

Xu Sili collapsed back on the sofa.

“Someone has to send the seeds of Black Valley to Su Lin to see if he can grow the Snow Valley…”

Xu Sili thought of something and sat up again.

“Xiao Wu, help me check the information of Black Valley and Snow Valley. The Snow Valley information should be difficult to find but Black Valley is a common field crop. The planting methods and required environment should have ready-made information. In addition, some drawings of house construction. There is no need to be too fancy. Regular log cabins and brick houses are fine.”

“Okay, Brother.” Xiao Wu collected the information for him again.

“Can you transfer the data to my communication device?”

“Based on Brother’s communication device model, data can only be exported through external devices, not directly.”

“Yes, I will trouble you, Xiao Wu.”

“It is no trouble, Brother.”

Perhaps it was because Xiao Wu’s positive tone was too soft and cute but Xu Sili always felt very happy listening to it. It made him feel a lot lighter. Take it slowly step by step. He could always think of a way.

Xu Sili sat in the virtual room for a while as Xiao Wu helped him check information. Then he exited the immersion mode. According to the instructions, the information was sent from the game cabin to his communication device.

The transmission speed was very fast. It took 10 seconds to complete.

Ding.

Just then, there was a message notification. Someone had sent him a message. Xu Sili glanced at it. It was a message from Janice to remind him that Chief Administrator Wen Jishan had come to see him. Wen Jishan?

Xu Sili frowned at this name. He felt it was familiar. It wasn’t due to Snow Roland’s memory. He seemed to have seen it elsewhere. He replied to Janice and left the dark room.

Outside the palace, Janice was waiting for him. She had had a night of recuperation and completely recovered. Her eyes were slightly strange when she saw Xu Sili coming out. The emperor… he seemed to be getting taller? His aura was also much stronger.

She observed Xu Sili and was sure it wasn’t an illusion. Therefore, she couldn’t help showing a bit of joy. Yesterday on the way to the mercenary town, she had seen His Majesty getting an epiphany. Now when she hadn’t seen him last night, His Majesty had an epiphany again! Was there anything more pleasing than this?

“Your Majesty, good day.” Janice concealed her joy and saluted respectfully.

“Janice, it looks like your body has recovered.” Xu Sili used Insight on her and saw that her data was full. He nodded with satisfaction.

“Yes, thank you for your concern.” Janice laughed, her red eyes full of kindness and relief.

This made Xu Sili very uncomfortable. He quickly said, “Let’s go and see Wen Jishan.”

Xu Sili headed toward the hall and Janice followed him. Li Zhecheng, the guard captain who was acting as the background board, also followed.

***

In the great hall, Si Sheng stood there quietly. He watched the throne on the steps and no one could tell what he was thinking. Beside him was a tall and slender figure. The man had gray hair and green eyes. He wore a pair of round-framed glasses. His complexion was as pale as paper and the color of his lips was also very light.

At this moment, he was looking at the sunken floor tiles, observing them with interest. He glanced sideways and saw Si Sheng staring at the throne with unblinking eyes. This made him smile.

“It seems Lord Si Sheng has finally figured it out?” Wen Jishan spoke quietly. “I think that with your strength, you… deserve to sit in that position.”

Si Sheng retracted his gaze, his voice indifferent. “Wen Jishan, be careful with your words.”

Wen Jishan shrugged. He was just about to say something else when he heard the sound of footsteps outside. He restrained his smile in an instant and stepped aside in a proper manner, watching as the little emperor came in surrounded by a maid and guard.

The little emperor sat on the throne and he greeted the emperor respectfully. To Wen Jishan’s surprise, Si Sheng also bowed in a proper manner. There seemed to be no reluctance in it.

His eyes flashed and he didn’t say anything.

Xu Sili glanced indifferently at Si Sheng before no longer caring about this person. His purple eyes looked down at Wen Jishan. He was stunned when he saw this person. The reason he felt that Wen Jishan was familiar was because—he was also a card in Game of the Gods!

Wen Jishan could be considered a popular character. After all, a black-bellied scum who liked to wear glasses was very marketable. There were many female players who liked this type.

Yet as far as Xu Sili was concerned, putting aside Si Sheng, his main considerations for other cards were practical. For example, Wen Jishan was a very useful card in the early stages of the game. It was because he was good at—

Finances!

As long as he was in the team, the battlefield settlement rewards would be doubled. This card could also be used for business. The income from opening a dessert shop was very good. In terms of accumulating funds in the early stages, he was very important. If the princess wanted to be the ruler, wealth was also one of the standards of measurement.

However, Wen Jishan was a combat scumbag. He easily died in some mid and late stage battlefields. One time, he dragged Xu Sili’s team down and almost broke the winning streak record. Xu Sili was furious and threw him into a corner. In any case, he wasn’t short of money. He could just charge money directly. Now…

He was missing it! He really needed talents who could make money!

Xu Sili stared sharply at Wen Jishan and used Insight.

[Wen Jishan]

[Identity: Special talent NPC

Personal level: Lv 5

Health: 8000/8000

Elemental Affinity: None.

Special talent: Financial management (When participating in business activities, revenue will increase by 100%. Among them, opening a dessert shop will increase revenue by 150%).]

Special talent NPC? Xu Sili blinked. He never thought there could be such a surprise. This chief administrator was really a talent!

He couldn’t help searching for information about Wen Jishan in his mind. In Snow Roland’s memories, this chief administrator was very young. He was 28 years old and was appointed two years ago. He might be young but he did a very good job.

Due to the beast wave three years ago, the vitality of the Roland Empire was greatly damaged. The chief administrator was absolutely instrumental behind the quick recovery. Perhaps it was due to this that the old emperor was able to succumb to his illness, throwing this mess to his third son whom he had never paid attention to before.

Xu Sili was deep in thought. The more he looked at Wen Jishan, the more satisfied he became. In comparison, Li Zhecheng, who was also a card, was too ordinary. He might have a two star combat power but once contrasted to Si Sheng, he instantly became useless. He also had no special talent. Perhaps he had no advantage except for his loyalty.

Thinking of this, Xu Sili looked at Li Zhecheng with disgust. The guard captain found it strange. What was wrong? He always felt that His Majesty disliked him…

Li Zhecheng couldn’t help standing upright. At the same time, he wondered if he had offended the emperor in any way.

Meanwhile, Xu Sili had once again looked at Wen Jishan. This guy’s presence had opened up new thoughts for him. Apart from Wen Jishan, were there any other special NPCs? It would definitely be a great help to dig them all out!

Xu Sili thought of this and his eyes lit up. His gaze toward Wen Jishan became gentler and he even curved his lips slightly, revealing a faint smile.

The young emperor was as beautiful as an elf. He originally had a cold face but now he suddenly smiled and it was like ice and snow melting. People who saw it couldn’t help their hearts trembling.

By Wen Jishan’s side, Si Sheng had always been cold and silent. Now he raised his gaze and his thin lips pursed slightly when he saw the smile on the young emperor’s face. As for Wen Jishan, he was also shaken by the sudden change in the emperor’s appearance but he quickly recovered. He bowed slightly. It was a respectful gesture but it gave people an inexplicable sense of arrogance.

“This servant asked to see Your Majesty for the sake of the incident that happened in the mercenary town yesterday.” Wen Jishan spoke. “This servant watched the broadcast and I heard that Your Majesty promised the town mayor to allocate funds to rebuild the town?”

The smile on Xu Sili’s face faded as he watched this person.

“Yes,” he answered softly.

Wen Jishan frowned slightly. His attitude was still respectful but his words weren’t polite. “This servant thinks that the matter of allocating funds for reconstruction should be put off for a while. The mercenary town isn’t an important place. We just need to resettle the victims, renovate and rebuild…”

“Your thoughts are unnecessary.” Xu Sili stared at him, patiently waiting for him to finish with a cold face again.

The emperor and his minister confronted each other. In the great hall, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Meanwhile, Si Sheng to the side was looking away. His originally tightly pursed lips had relaxed slightly. There was even a tendency to curve up…

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Si Sheng: Hmph, he deserves it! My wife never smiled at me.

Xu Sili: = =

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