Universe Infinite Canteen-Chapter 494: The New Bodyguard

"An event, what event?"

Ma Lu asked, but then noticed that Zhen Ye’s Skeleton Puppy suddenly stopped moving, just like the first player he had encountered.

Ma Lu approached and patted the head of the Skeleton Puppy.

"Zhen Ye... Are you still there, or did you go to the bathroom?"

Zhen Ye hadn’t gone to the bathroom; she was still squatting in her gaming chair, with her oversized T-shirt hanging down to her ankles.

She held the mouse in one hand and a cellphone in the other.

A female’s voice came from the other end of the phone, "The user you are calling is currently unavailable, please try again later, Sorry, the subscriber you dialed..."

"Seems like I really did travel through time," Zhen Ye muttered to herself, putting down her phone and continuing to type.

"Don’t worry, I’ll protect you well."

Receiving strong support from Ma Lu indeed gave him a lot of peace of mind, especially after he had inquired about the details of that so-called new event from Zhen Ye’s mouth.

Well, this emergency task sounded like the production team making a fuss officially, playing abstract, but in fact, Baldy was also using this opportunity to convey a message to Ma Lu - the previous incident was a misunderstanding.

Ma Lu was inclined to believe his explanation, for a simple reason: If Baldy had a way to bring him to the Abyss, killing him shouldn’t be too difficult.

All Baldy would have to do is act directly; there’s no need to rely on wild monsters or issue a quest, calling all players to save him.

Ma Lu then thought of another question and asked Zhen Ye, "By the way, how did you find me?"

"Tonight Chrysanthemum Blood told me."

"Ah?"

"He’s a player from Red Ridge, he posted on the forum earlier saying that you had travelled through, and even posted a selfie with you, but there were a lot of people below saying he photoshopped it, they argued for many pages."

"Later, an emergency task popped up in the game, asking everyone to save you with a handsome reward, so the post by Tonight Chrysanthemum Blood suddenly got popular.

"Everyone was asking him where he saw you, so he simply opened a paid post and wrote your coordinates in it. I happened to be nearby, so I rushed over."

As if to corroborate Zhen Ye’s words, it wasn’t long before they encountered new players.

And there were 5 of them in one go; they must have been a team. They were very excited upon discovering Ma Lu.

Someone immediately typed, "Quick, Boss Ma, Boss Ma is here, I saw Boss Ma! We are the first one to find Boss Ma!"

"No, not right, someone got a step ahead."

A player with the ID Snow White worriedly looked at the Skeleton Puppy next to Ma Lu.

"Darn, it’s Random Beat, damn it! How did she get ahead again!"

"That person isn’t really part of the project team, so why issue a quest at all, just give the reward directly to her."

Another player named Ya Ya Rushing to Roast also complained.

"You can’t say that. Wasn’t Tonight Chrysanthemum Blood the first to discover Boss Ma? But that guy was too busy taking screenshots and showing off on the forums, and he got killed by the wild monsters."

"So what do we do now, go back? Or do we follow Random Beat and escort Boss Ma back to town."

"Right, the task doesn’t seem to say only one person can complete it, what if we team up and submit the quest together..."

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"What are you thinking about, would the stingy project team, who won’t even part with a starter backpack, give each one of us three Purple Bones?"

"Ah, so we came all this way for nothing. Damn this game, the map is ridiculously big; I’m online for 10 hours a day, 9 of which are spent traveling." Stay connected via novelbuddy

"We’re here now, why not farm some monsters nearby?"

The group whispered among themselves, and seeing this, Ma Lu approached them directly.

"Ahem, are you also players who have come to rescue me?"

The five players stopped their conversation and all looked towards Ma Lu.

After a moment, Ya Ya Rushing to Roast typed, "Yes." Then he hesitantly asked, "Are you a real person or an NPC?"

Ma Lu learned from his previous lesson and immediately said, "Of course I’m a real person. The art team made a mistake with the Magic Circle and teleported me over from Earth."

Ya Ya Rushing to Roast turned to his companions and confidently said, "It’s an NPC."

"You all received the emergency task, right? Perfect, let’s all escort me back to the city together."

Ma Lu certainly wouldn’t mind more protectors; after all, he had truly traveled here in person, and being cautious was an understatement.

Seeing the NPC Ma Lu inviting them to take on the quest, the players were pleasantly surprised.

They thought they were too late and could only watch Random Beat reap the rewards, never expecting to get a share for themselves.

Someone was still unsure and specifically asked Ma Lu again, "Boss Ma, will we also get Purple Bones?"

"That’s for the project team to decide, I have no idea," Ma Lu shrugged, "But if I can safely return to Earth, I’ll discuss with the team, trying to get them to reward everyone who has protected me."

A consolation prize, huh? Well, that’s better than nothing.

After discussing, the five players became Ma Lu’s new bodyguards, boldly and confidently following him, with two players maneuvering their characters to stand side by side with Ma Lu.

That way, they allowed Ma Lu to rest his hand on their shoulders, thus acting as crutches for him with his twisted ankle, and they moved much faster than before.

However, Ma Lu would soon regret calling these five guys over.

Because, compared to the quiet Zhen Ye, these five were really talkative.

After a while, someone asked Ma Lu, "Boss Ma, why do meteors always precisely strike Meteor Craters?"

A while later, another asked, "Boss Ma, if dad remarries, does that mean I’ll have a new mom?"

"Boss Ma, the college entrance exam is out of 750, how can I get into a top university?"

"......"

These players clearly accepted the identity of NPC Ma Lu and regarded him as an intelligent AI, repeatedly teasing him with foolish questions.

Most of the time, Ma Lu couldn’t be bothered with them, but when he occasionally replied, they would shout for a long time as though they had achieved some victory.

After playing around, they brought out the in-game screenshot tool, taking screenshots while walking, and occasionally expressing their admiration.

"Damn, this character modeling is amazing; they even made different facial expressions, I felt despised by Boss Ma’s eyes when I asked questions."

"I even saw Boss Ma picking his nose, he flicked the booger onto my ribcage."

"That’s nothing. I tried to block Boss Ma’s path just now, and he even kicked my butt."

"The AI of Red Ridge feels even more powerful than chatgpt," Snow White agreed, "This NPC Boss Ma even talks with the same tone as a real person; the details are incredible.

"I’m getting more addicted to this game now; even if I don’t fight monsters, just wandering around town and chatting with NPCs seems pretty fun."