Chapter 1: Like This, Zhōng Xiǎo Yí's "Poison" (3)

  "Xixi, you've entered the most beautiful virtual world we've created, which we call 'Holy Domain'. You can play freely inside for an hour now, it's free to open, hurry up and enjoy, hehehe~"

  I begged her for help: "Please! I've never played a game before, I don't know how to play!"

  "Is it only fulfilling when you rely on yourself?" Auntie's voice grew fainter, "Have fun, I'll come pick you up in an hour!"

  Oh my god!

  Since you're already here, then make yourself at home.

  Curiosity soon overcame my inner fear, and I walked along the stream, finding that my walking speed was several times faster than usual. In the blink of an eye, I had already walked out about a thousand meters and came to the front of a castle.

  The castle had a very high and large gate, I walked in, but there was no one inside. However, there were many buildings, these buildings were also very strange, it's hard to say whether they were Chinese or Western style. On the side of the road, there was even an upright LCD computer with flashing words: "Welcome to the ancient city of 'Ailandeburg', if you need help, please find me."

  I clicked the mouse, and first came out was a full map of Ailandburg. From the red dots on the map, it seemed that I was at the southernmost part of the city. The city had everything from shopping malls to hotels, restaurants, and entertainment venues. In the city center, there was an icon that kept flashing and caught my eye: the Wizardry School.

  I poked it.

  Another line of text popped up: "Want to become the best wizard? Want to be more Harry Potter than Harry Potter? Come and sign up for the Wizards' Refresher School, new school opening, registration fee only 50 yuan, rock-bottom price, cheap beyond belief!"

  I left the computer and walked forward according to the map, all the way were various small shops with various promotional signs, but I couldn't see anyone. I casually walked into a "Magic Hat Specialty Store" and saw a very cute pink hat, which was actually Kitty's brand. I stretched out my hand, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't move it. A voice sounded behind me, saying: "You have to pay for it before you can take it away."

  I was startled and turned around to see a boy in black standing at the entrance of the store.

  "What's with the 'Big P'?" I exclaimed, "What are you doing here too?"

  "Sorry, I think you've got the wrong person." He said coolly, "I don't know any big shot."

  "Never mind," I pulled my hand back from the brim of the hat, "I've never played this game before and don't know how to pay. For old times' sake, teach me, will you?"

  "I don't understand what you're saying." The young man walked in, pulled out several golden coin-like things that I had never seen before and inserted one into a hole on the table, saying: "This hat is not bad, it's just a bit expensive."

  After finishing speaking, he picked up his hat and said to me: "Here you are."

  "Take me?" I asked.

  He nodded.

  I won't let it go to waste, I'll take the hat and put it on.

  "Are you Xixi?" he asked me.

  "How did you know?" I exclaimed.

  He pointed at my chest, and I suddenly realized that on my clothes were embroidered two small characters: "Xi Xi".

  "There's never anyone here," said the boy. "I haven't spoken to anyone in many days, so I'll give you this gift as a thank you for talking with me."

  "Are you also playing games?" I asked him.

  His face showed a puzzled expression again, then he said to me: "I am a wizard, people who come to Elandburg are all want to be wizards, aren't they? Then go to school and sign up quickly, now it's only 50 bucks to learn magic, it's incredibly cheap."

  "But," I said, "I don't even have five dollars."

  "You can go work at a bar in the west of the city, they specifically hire newcomers and pay very well. Fifty yuan is easy to earn."

  "But will anyone go drinking?" I asked him.

  He said, "If no one goes to drink, you can sell it to yourself and drink it too, and earn work points just the same. The only thing is that the boss there is a bit fierce, if he's not happy, he'll throw you up onto the ceiling."

  "Huh?" I said, "What should I do then?"

  "You can hire me as a bodyguard," said the young man. "However, I will charge you labor costs, which is fifty percent of what you earn."

  "Alright," I said with a smile, "you're really good at scheming."

  I don't care about the pay or not, in this vast and lonely strange city, as long as there is someone to accompany me, it's fine. I looked at his chest, wanting to know what his name was, but there were no words on his clothes. As if he had seen through my thoughts, he smiled and told me: "Only the names of new students are embroidered on their clothes, when you reach a certain level in the wizard school, no one will be able to tell your identity."

  It seems this guy has been practicing for a while now.

  "Are you going to laugh?" I asked him.

  I'm starting to believe he's not the real P, because although he looks exactly like P, his personality is so different. The real P always has a smile on his face, it's harder than climbing to heaven to make him not smile.

  "What's your name?" I asked him again.

  He still didn't answer, but instead pulled out a small transparent wing from his body and said to me: "The west of the city is very far away, it takes half an hour to walk, you can fly over with this wing."

  "How do you use it?" I asked him.

  "Swallow it."

  He finished speaking and ate another transparent wing in front of me. The person immediately disappeared from in front of me.

  I stuffed the wing into my mouth and tried to lick it, but there was no taste. While I was still hesitating, the wing had already slid automatically into my throat. Then, everything in front of me turned black, and I felt myself floating lightly upwards. When I opened my eyes again, I found myself standing at the entrance of a bar with a strange name - "Mocha Bar".

  I've only heard of Mole but never Mocha.

  The young man stood at the door, and a hint of a smile appeared on his lips: "First time taking a winged plane, isn't it a bit dizzy?"

  He didn't say anything, but when he did, I was really a bit dizzy.