Chapter 28 Rejecting Spectacles

Lu Yao leaned on his chair, crossed his legs and drank a Coke with ice, overlooking the pixel world on the computer screen.

From the Yanchi tribe in the mountains to the west to the Donghe tribe in the eastern river, to the most dangerous depths of the forest in the north, and to the ghost town of Sanillo in the south, his reputation is known to everyone.

 is also a well-known local god.

With the control of Sanilo, Lu Yao suddenly changed his weapon from gun to gun, and the number of believers increased explosively.

 He is already thinking about his next opponent.

 Should we annex the Donghe tribe first?

 Or directly impose sustainable lightning and earthquake sanctions on the Yanchi tribe?

 He touched his chin.

While I was thinking, a new prompt appeared on the screen.

　　【Population is the body, faith is the strength. 】

  【You already have a considerable number of believers, gained a lot of faith in the area, your great power spreads all around, and your miracles are further demonstrated. 】

　　【Please build your own wonder. This will be your step away from the apprentice gods and into the pantheon of gods. 】

 Spectacle?

This word is not unfamiliar to Lu Yao.

　　Isabel also said this when she subdued Lisa.

“I’ve also ascended to the crawl zone, and a **** ruined the spectacle, so I descended back to the safe zone.”

  In other words, the place you are in now is called the safe zone. After building the wonder, you can enter the next stage and ascend to the so-called crawling zone.

 Just like the prompt describes, break away from the trainee gods.

 Lu Yao clicked on the temple and made a new discovery in the [Miracle] column.

 There is a new Wonder [Wonder] available.

 The new miracle icon is a vague building. [Wonder] requires 5000 Faith.

 Similar to [Lightning] and [Earthquake], [Wonder] does not have any detailed description behind it.

Lu Yao thought, no wonder Lisa was so anxious.

5,000 Faith is a huge expense. If it is developed step by step, a tribe with at least a thousand people would have to have this reserve. Considering that you still need to deal with some emergencies and harsh environments, it will take a lot of time to accumulate it.

 Lisa didn’t have the patience, so she went around robbing the gods of players’ faith just to create a spectacle and return to the crawling area.

Now Lu Yao needs to consider, should he directly activate [Wonder]?

 After thinking for a while, he made a decision.

 【spectacle】slow down.

 At present, I am in the God's safe zone, which should be similar to a novice village, so it is relatively safe. But once [Wonder] is turned on, you may be like Lisa and face a war with other **** players, and you may be under great pressure at that time.

 Players who have played old games know that before leaving the novice village, they must level up and fight monsters as much as possible and loot all the equipment in the novice village.

Stability is Lu Yao’s game style.

 Brother, never leave Novice Village until you are not sure!

Decided!

 The first goal is to dominate the nearby safe zone!

 After making the key decision, Lu Yao felt relaxed.

 “Low heat. Make me a bowl of noodles, two cloves of garlic, and a fried egg.”

 “Yes, my lord.”

The cactus got up from the potted plant, shook the mud off the thorns, jumped off the table, and went outside to cook some noodles.

Lu Yao stood up and stretched.

 Suddenly there was an exclamation from outside.

 “Holy shit! The cactus has become a spirit! What the **** is going on!”

Lu Yaoxin said something bad. He opened the door and saw a young man with a crew cut and dark circles standing at the door. The cigarette in the young man's mouth stuck to his lower lip, and his eyes looked at the ground in shock.

On the floor, the cactus attendant has changed back to its cactus appearance, motionless.

 “Why are you here? Lao Zhou.”

Lu Yao smiled and said hello.

“No, Lu Yao, that cactus on the ground used to have hands and feet, but it has become a spirit! Damn, that’s ridiculous!” Zhou Qiang still stared at the cactus on the ground.

"You must be dazzled. This one rolled out of the flower pot in my house." Lu Yao picked up the small fire on the ground and handed it to the other party: "If you don't believe it, look at it. It's just an ordinary cactus."

Zhou Qiang carefully observed the cactus, then touched it with his fingers, with a puzzled expression on his face.

"I can clearly see that this thing has hands and feet, like a matchstick... Maybe I've been too tired recently."

 Zhou Qiang rubbed his face with both hands.

"By the way, why did you come here tonight?" Lu Yao changed the subject: "And didn't I lock the door? How did you get in?"

 “Is it locked? No.”

Zhou Qiang and Lu Yao checked the door and found that there was something wrong with the lock cylinder of this old-fashioned security door. Regardless of whether it was locked or not, the lock inside would not pop out. It was just for decoration.

“Old houses are troublesome with these problems. I will report to the landlord later, but I don’t think anyone will repair them. Just make do with it.”

 Zhou Qiang puffed out his cigarette and said, "I'm here to see you today."

 “My online store really can’t be opened anymore, so I’ve closed it.”

Lu Yao was stunned: "You have been opening it since college, and the five-year-old store has been closed like this? What a pity."

“It’s getting harder and harder to run a small business.”

Zhou Qiang gave a wry smile and pointed to his forehead: "Did you see it? My hairline is getting higher and higher, and I'm losing a lot of hair every day."

“Brother, when I was in college, I was Oli Xun, an employee, and now I have become Pan Changjiang, an online store owner.”

From Zhou Qiang’s dark circles under his eyes and haggard appearance, Lu Yao could also tell that he was indeed under a lot of pressure now.

When he just graduated, Zhou Qiang was still very proud of himself. During the dinner party, he was still thinking about becoming bigger and stronger and creating brilliance... Now he has been beaten by life and is dark and thin. He always smokes and frowns.

 “I’m going to close the shop and work as a temporary worker in the community.”

Zhou Qiang smoked his cigarette and said with a smile: "Two thousand eight thousand a month, less money but not so much pressure. I'm going to take a rest first and then think about the next step."

 “Brother, I’m going to move here today, but I’m not alone.”

Zhou Qiang shouted out: "Come up, why are you hiding?"

 Just then a woman walked in from the door.

 She looks to be in her early twenties, has delicate features, and is wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and black straight pants. The woman's hair was tied back casually, and her eyes were a little wandering, as if she was thinking about something, or a little absent-minded.

Lu Yao noticed that her shoulders and waist were in good shape, with almost no fat and signs of exercise.

“My girlfriend, Yu Yao.” Zhou Qiang introduced the two of them: “This is my college roommate, Lu Yao.”

Lu Yao smiled politely and nodded. Yu Yao was a little restrained and nodded.

“We will live here for about a month at most.” Zhou Qiang explained: “We will move when we find a suitable house.”

 Lu Yao nodded.

 He also felt a little relieved.

If you don’t move, your brothers will have to move.

 Due to the existence of the simulator, it is really inappropriate to have other people in this house.

Now that Zhou Qiang and Yu Yao have moved next door, he must be more cautious and not let Xiao Huo be exposed in front of them.

 …

That night, Lu Yao always heard someone humming next door. At first, he thought it was a night interaction between young lovers, but the sound became more and more strange.

 Is someone...humming?

However, Lu Yao couldn't be sure whether the sound came from next door or upstairs.

 In the second half of the night, he was awakened again by the sound of chopping vegetables.

 Who is the serious person cooking in the kitchen in the middle of the night?

 (End of this chapter)