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Chapter 510: Yecheng: For Nostalgia? No, I'm Here to Make a Fortune!
Chapter 510: Yecheng: For Nostalgia? No, I'm Here to Make a Fortune!
Seeing Yecheng's disdainful expression and hearing his words, Squirrel not only didn't get angry but also smiled and said, "Yecheng, are you saying you're willing to stay with me until the game's final moments?"
Previously, Squirrel had invited many of his companions to participate in this final ritual, but unfortunately, either he didn't have their real-life contact information, or they had refused his invitation.
Even his closest in-game friends, Takhi Mi, Bubble Teapot, and Perorokino, had all said they couldn't make it tonight due to other engagements.
"Well, we've been playing this game for several years, and it's only right to have some sense of ceremony at the end.
Besides, I've told Bubble Teapot and you many times that true friends and partners won't forget each other just because of a brief separation."
Indeed, in the game YGGDRASIL, Yecheng had a good relationship with Squirrel, Bubble Teapot, and others.
In fact, he knew Bubble Teapot and Perorokino in real life as well.
With his exceptional looks and superior skills, Yecheng was an action movie star in the real world, not extremely famous but at least never lacking in food and clothing.
Bubble Teapot, being a well-known voice actor, had met Yecheng through their work.
As for Perorokino, their friendship was purely because they were both old perverts.
Squirrel and Perorokino had met Yecheng when they were discussing a newly released erotic game that Bubble Teapot, Perorokino's sister, had worked on as a voice actor, and thus couldn't play it.
Since Yecheng had plenty of money, he lent them many of his 'masterpieces' that he had 'bled for', and so the two considered Yecheng a close friend.
Even when Perorokino was creating the Layer Guardian Shatiya Bradfren, many of the settings were added based on Yecheng's suggestions.
To show his gratitude for Yecheng's generous help, Perorokino secretly added a setting for Shatiya: 'Abnormal Yandere Love for Yecheng'.
As a person with extraordinary abilities in the real world, Yecheng's character in the game, with his excellent reflexes, combat skills, and abundant in-game purchases, was indeed the top expert in the Anz Uhl Gunhild Guild.
Even Takhi Mi, the 'World Champion', had suffered consecutive defeats at Yecheng's hands after he joined the guild.
"Yecheng, since we're going to stick with YGGDRASIL until the very end, it's a bit lonely with just the two of us.
Why don't we go to the Guild Hall and call all the NPCs from the guild? Even though they're NPCs, they've been guarding the Necropolis all this time, so they're kind of our partners, right?"
The NPCs in the Necropolis were mostly created by their now-absent companions.
Although his former companions weren't present, Squirrel felt that spending the last moments with the NPCs they had created would be quite meaningful.
"I don't have any objections. The game is about to shut down anyway, so I doubt anyone will attack the Necropolis now. We can call upon the guardians from all the layers."
Currently, the NPCs' teleportation and movement were very convenient due to the lack of an isekai setting.
When Yecheng and Squirrel arrived at the Guild Hall, most of the NPCs from the Necropolis had already gathered there, following their instructions.
Upon seeing Yecheng and Squirrel, all the NPCs collectively knelt on one knee.
Waiting was always a long and torturous process. As he witnessed Ye Cheng constantly fiddling with the system menu since the beginning, Feishu couldn't help but curiously ask, "Ye Cheng, what have you been busy with since the start?"
But upon hearing Feishu's question, Ye Cheng didn't even lift his head, continuing to operate the system interface on his own, "Don't disturb me now. I'm going on a crazy spending spree."
Since the game was about to shut down, those rare items, even the 'World-Class' items hoarded by players, were now priced with little difference from being given away for free. I'm going to buy them all!"
Upon hearing Ye Cheng's words, Feishu was speechless. 'World-Class' items in YGGDRASIL were the most powerful and precious, and guilds or players who possessed them would usually treat them as their trump cards, never selling them lightly.
However, with the game's imminent shutdown, these precious 'World-Class' items would soon disappear along with the game, turning into mere data. Feishu couldn't understand why Ye Cheng would spend money to buy a bunch of items that were about to vanish.
Were 'World-Class' items cheap now? Wasn't that obvious? After all, in just one more hour, these items would all be gone.
Encountering a big spender like Ye Cheng, those players holding 'World-Class' items were eager to make a profit from him.
Unable to comprehend Ye Cheng's actions, Feishu could only attribute it to Ye Cheng's personal sentimentality.
Just like some wealthy otaku who, when buying merchandise or manga novels, would often purchase three copies: one for reading, one to support the author, and one for collection.
Evidently, Feishu now believed that Ye Cheng's sentimentality towards the YGGDRASIL game was much deeper than he had imagined.
With the game about to shut down, Ye Cheng was still indulging in his sentimentality, collecting various precious items within the game.
Witnessing Ye Cheng's actions, Feishu also wanted to contribute to his own sentimentality, but unfortunately, as a low-level corporate slave, he wasn't as wealthy as Ye Cheng.
Even though 'World-Class' items were now near the end of their service life and their prices had plummeted, many players still refused to sell them cheaply, even if it meant letting the items disappear.
With his financial resources, Feishu could perhaps afford to buy a few, but to match Ye Cheng's spending was simply beyond his means...
So, in the end, he could only choose another way to express his sentimentality.
Opening the guild menu, he browsed through the settings for the NPCs in the Necropolis, and out of sheer boredom, he started to watch and modify them.
With the game about to shut down, he couldn't emulate Ye Cheng's lavish spending spree, collecting precious items in the final moments, but at least he wanted to leave a trace of himself before the game disappeared.
Time ticked by, and as the moment of server shutdown approached, Feishu noticed that Ye Cheng was still operating the menu, leading him to sigh at Ye Cheng's deep affection for the game.
Feishu didn't want to witness the Necropolis, built by his companions, slowly vanish before his eyes, so he closed his eyes in the final moments.
And when the final countdown on the game interface ended, Feishu, who reopened his eyes, was utterly bewildered!
According to normal circumstances, if YGGDRASIL had shut down its servers, he should have been forcibly logged out. But now, he was still in the game!
(End of Chapter)
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