Chapter 27: The Witch Organization? Can I Avoid Their Edge? |
“Log in, log in!” Early in the morning, after finishing breakfast, Jiang Chen eagerly sat down at his computer desk.
【Your savings card ending in 5334 has received a transfer of 100. Note: 《Eternal Era》 One-Life Clear Reward.】
Looking at the message, Jiang Chen felt delighted.
“Holy crap, that means as long as I just play it safe, I can have a guaranteed income of three thousand a month.”
“And the Weekly Leaderboard settles four times a month—even third place can get eight thousand.”
“If I can get third place on the Monthly Leaderboard, that’s directly eighty thousand.”
Jiang Chen was liking this game more and more.
The game quality was impeccable, and the company was generous—especially when it came to paying, there was no hesitation at all.
“So let me take a look at the current situation.”
【1st Place, Dragon Race, Combat Power 4100】
【2nd Place, Dark Elf, 3500】
【3rd Place, Succubus, 2980】
....
【6th Place, Human, 2250】
Seeing his ranking, Jiang Chen was shocked.
“No way, did these guys pull an all-nighter grinding last night?”
“Damn it, I just slept and they widened the gap this much.”
Although the rewards in this game were generous, and Jiang Chen had expected these people to grind like crazy, the game still had certain restrictions on grinders.
Mainly to prevent situations like a few years ago where streamers literally died from over-grinding games.
So the game had an Energy Bar setting.
Simply put, the Energy Bar represented the character’s activity time. Regardless of race, everyone needed rest. If they didn’t rest for a long time, various negative debuffs would appear.
If the debuffs accumulated to a certain level, the character might even die suddenly.
“Wait!”
As he spoke, Jiang Chen suddenly realized something.
“Damn it, how did I forget this? When I logged off last night, I calculated the remaining Energy Bar and recovery speed.”
“So logging in now should fully restore it—but the problem is, this game probably has different Energy Bar settings for Humans and other races.”
“For example, Humans need eight hours of sleep per day, but other races are different—some can go one or two days without sleeping.”
Thinking of this, Jiang Chen frowned.
“That’s just too unfair!”
“The racial disadvantage is way too obvious!”
Taking a deep breath, he adjusted his thoughts.
“No, I need to figure out a way to make my character not need sleep—or compress rest time to three or four hours a day.”
“Otherwise, there’s no way to compete with other races!”
.......
What Jiang Chen didn’t know was that Vivian, who was listening to his muttering, was almost moved to tears.
Originally, when the Evil God took control of her body again, Vivian had been somewhat happy.
At least the Evil God hadn’t gotten bored of her body yet.
That meant even if she encountered trouble, Lord God would step in to solve it.
But then something outrageous happened.
The Evil God began speaking words she couldn’t understand, and then mentioned something called a Leaderboard.
This made Vivian confused.
Leaderboard?
What leaderboard? Something like the rankings in the Eternal Tower?
Then, after hearing the contents of the Leaderboard, Vivian was stunned.
So what was the Evil God thinking? Why was this leaderboard comparing her with other races?
And there were even Dragons in it.
Compete with Dragons? Vivian felt that the Evil God was overestimating her.
This wasn’t even on the same level!
However, from what the Evil God said, Vivian keenly picked up on an important piece of information.
It seemed that these gods were playing some kind of game, each cultivating a race they had chosen.
And the winning god would obtain something called RMB. Although she didn’t know what RMB was, Vivian was certain it must be extremely valuable.
Then came something utterly insane.
In order to surpass the races cultivated by other gods, Lord God was actually thinking of ways to reduce her sleep time.
Wuwuwu… this was way too terrifying!
If the Evil God really made her sleep only three or four hours a day—or even not sleep at all—Vivian didn’t dare imagine what would happen to her.
The good news was that the Evil God likely wouldn’t leave her anytime soon, so she wouldn’t have to worry about facing danger alone.
The bad news was that she might never get a proper night’s sleep again.
But soon, Vivian seemed to think of something.
She was currently sitting at her desk, and right in front of her was the letter she had painstakingly written to the Evil God last night.
Compared to sleep, this matter was far more important.
God of Light above, please let Lord God see this letter!
Vivian prayed silently… even though this kind of prayer was somewhat ironic.
But what relieved Vivian was that Lord God seemed to notice the parchment.
Then, the Evil God controlled her body and picked up the parchment to examine it carefully.
This made Vivian overjoyed.
Success!
Vivian held her breath, waiting for the Evil God’s decision.
She didn’t know whether He would listen to her.
Then...
Looking at the contents on the parchment, Jiang Chen frowned.
The page was filled with messy symbols—he couldn’t understand a single bit.
“What the hell is this scribble?”
“There’s no translation either, I can’t understand what’s written at all.”
“Forget it, I’ll keep it. Might be some kind of special quest item.”
Hearing what the Evil God said, Vivian was dumbfounded.
Wait!
Lord God… couldn’t read? Was that even possible?
Vivian had imagined countless possibilities for this letter—but she had never imagined that Lord God was illiterate.
A god who couldn’t read—no way!
At that moment, Vivian felt like her world had collapsed.
An illiterate god… this was way too absurd!
Just as Vivian was trying to think of other ways to communicate with the Evil God, a sudden knock on the door interrupted her thoughts.
Opening the door, Lilith’s slightly anxious voice came through.
“Vivian, are you okay?”
“I heard about what happened last night—you almost got attacked by a monster.” As she spoke, Lilith grabbed Vivian’s hand, her expression full of concern.
Hearing this tag-along NPC speak, Jiang Chen was puzzled.
“What’s going on?”
“I got attacked last night?”
This made Jiang Chen curious. “Was it part of the story, or something else?”
He immediately opened the game log.
Ridiculous!
Absolutely ridiculous!
Log content:
22:00, Vivian was bathing in the bathroom.
22:31, an unknown monster appeared.
22:32, the monster left.
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Seeing this, Jiang Chen’s expression changed drastically.
“So this means that even when I log off, the world keeps running? And the character enters a state similar to AI control?”
This was a very serious issue.
What if, while he was offline, the stupid AI controlled his character and got her killed?
That was entirely possible.
“Damn it, why does this game have so many trap mechanics!”
But on second thought, for a game that claimed to be 100% realistic, this setting actually made sense.
“So what I really need to worry about now is—how to ensure the safety of this idiot AI when I’m not around?”
Idiot AI… is he talking about me?
But I’m not called AI, I’m Vivian! After playing with her body for an entire day, Lord God didn’t even remember her name correctly.
At that moment, Vivian felt a little aggrieved.
Such a heartless Evil God.
But clearly, the Evil God didn’t care about such details. He was more concerned about what happened last night.
“So what did you hear about last night?” Vivian asked.
Hearing this, Lilith thought for a moment. “I heard that the one who targeted you was a monster sent by the Witch Organization.”
“The Witch Organization?”
“Yes, it’s a very dangerous organization. In short, Vivian, you’re in danger—you’ve been targeted by the Witch Organization. I just went to ask around.”
“The people at the apartment said that if it’s the Witch Organization, they can’t guarantee your safety.”
“And they suggested that you move into the academy dorms. With the principal there, even the Witch Organization wouldn’t dare do anything to you.”
Hearing Lilith’s words, Jiang Chen frowned.
“Can I avoid their edge?”