Sacred Souls: Genesis-Chapter 251 - 249 Rest Only in Death (Second update

Chapter 251 -249: Rest Only in Death! (Second update, asking for monthly votes!)

Chapter 251 -249: Rest Only in Death! (Second update, asking for monthly votes!)

Jiang Qiao, following the map given by Zhao Mingwei, arrived at the back door of this riverside hotpot restaurant… and felt a bit nervous upon reaching the back door.

In reality, Jiang Qiao was somewhat introverted, and this gathering could even be considered a gathering of the top esports club players in China. Being a rather transparent figure, Jiang Qiao felt he needed to tread carefully.

Zhao Mingwei was already waiting at the back door for Jiang Qiao, who recognized him immediately. Unlike Jiang Qiao, Zhao Mingwei was a celebrity who was on television daily, although the broadcasts he appeared on recently were probably news channels.

Jiang Qiao waved his phone’s chat page toward Zhao Mingwei, who performed the same gesture before signaling Jiang Qiao to come in.

An odd sense of tacit understanding arose between Jiang Qiao and Zhao Mingwei as Zhao led Jiang Qiao to the storage room of the hotpot restaurant… it was really inside the storage room.

The reception area at the door, meant to greet guests, was fully occupied by a group of devout fans, and even the private rooms reserved for the owner were taken by these fans.

Even the elites of the Dancing Nuclear Guild could not manage to beat other devout fans in reality, so they reluctantly moved a few tables into the storage room to eat.

The entire storage room was now bustling noisily. Jiang Qiao looked around and counted twenty-three people, all presumably elite strategists from the Dancing Nuclear Guild, still in the enthusiastic and excited state from the Flame Ash Dragon raid, discussing topics concerning the dragon’s appearance at the holographic projection show.

“Xiao Ye, this is your guild leader.”

“Why isn’t it a girl?”

“I’m not a girl in the game either…” Jiang Qiao glanced at the person who spoke, who was Mo Shigui… Mo Shigui looked quite refined in real life, unlike the cool and impassive face he wore in the game.

“It’s good not to be a girl! Whoever brings a girl, I’ll have words with him!” This statement was probably said by Mama You Gou.

If Jiang Qiao remembered correctly, the Dancing Nuclear Guild was a guild with an abundance of males and a scarcity of females, and among the core strategy team, there was only one female Pharmacist Lazy who was a genuine girl in reality.

The other players, like Rongmao Rabbit and such, played cross-gender characters, and their clubs were no different…

Thus, at this gathering Jiang Qiao saw was all men, sitting on those plastic stools, making the first offline gathering of the prestigious Spirit Guild feel like a roadside barbecue.

Jiang Qiao found a spot to sit down as signaled by a waiter, and before he could start eating anything, the storage room’s door was suddenly flung open.

“Who’s intruding on our fattened chicken instance this time?”

“Looks sort of familiar.”

“Damn, damn, he’s brought a girl!”

The entirety of the Dancing Nuclear Guild, initially busy with their hotpot, put down their chopsticks upon hearing this, and Jiang Qiao sensed they were gearing up for a frenzy.

Jiang Qiao also turned his gaze toward the entrance of the storage room where two figures, familiar yet foreign to him, stood—a man and a woman. The woman was a black-haired beauty wearing glasses and a business suit, emanating a crisp and efficient aura, whereas the man appeared slightly overweight.

“Where’s your boss?” The person yelled as though issuing a challenge as they pushed open the door.

This shout made Yin Zong, who was nibbling on a chicken leg, rise from his plastic stool, and in that moment Jiang Qiao truly felt what… a height difference meant.

“President Pao Pao, did you specifically come here to find me?”

As Yin Zong spoke, he revealed the person’s identity; he stood a whole head taller than Pao Pao, whose height seemed to be merely one hundred and seventy-five centimeters.

“Pao Pao? The boss of Cola Frenzy?”

“Boss Pao Pao, can the PK wait till we go online?” Black Pot Cook Meat also said.

“Indeed… I’ve been watching the holographic projection show all night and fought the Flame Ash Dragon; I’m starving.”

“Not here for a PK, just need to ask your boss something,” Pao Pao spoke as Mo Shigui gestured to the whole Dancing Nuclear team, prompting them to shut up and stick to their own meals.

In the hierarchy of the Dancing Nuclear Guild, Mo Shigui held far greater prestige than Yin Zong.

“What is it?” Yin Zong approached Pao Pao with a bowl of white rice and asked.

“How is your joint venture with the Spirit officials?” Under the watchful eye of his secretary Xue Bi, Pao Pao got right to the crux of the issue without beating around the bush, “I just stood at the entrance of your hotpot restaurant, and seeing the turnout, I bet the daily turnover has at least doubled, right?”

“Tripled, and could increase even more if we expand the storefront,” Yin Zong replied as he scoffed down a spoonful of rice. He still had to log in later that night to level up, and unless it was for a celebration, he preferred to eat quickly.

“Hurry… tell me how to contact the Spirit officials! What’s the price for a collaboration?”

As Pao Pao uttered these words, he was obviously so anxious that he began hopping slightly. After the holographic projection exhibit, Spirit had transformed from ‘a game well-known within player circles’ to ‘a game known worldwide’. Although Pao Pao didn’t know how long it would take for Spirit to become ‘a world-renowned game’ like Fen Zheng, as long as the Spirit officials didn’t mess up their operations, it was definitely achievable.

In this era, popularity equates to money. Riding on the popularity of Spirit was undoubtedly the best money-making method at the moment. Pao Pao wasn’t too interested in earning money; what he wanted was a collaboration with Spirit officials, whether through joint ventures, co-branding, or anything else.

It was like discovering a brand new gameplay in Spirit, and not being able to play it while watching others could, was a kind of agony Pao Pao never wanted to experience again.

There was also the matter of rivaling and competing with Yin Zong.

There can only be one extravagant persona in the “Holy Spirit”!

Jiang Qiao quietly picked up a piece of lamb roll and chewed it, listening to Bubbles grumble unhappily, feeling somewhat perplexed himself.

If Jiang Qiao remembered correctly, Bubbles was also one of the first partners of the Holy Spirit Fund, and Jiang Qiao had indeed sent him an invitation letter.

“Email, an email called Holy Spirit Fund Invitation Letter, have you received it?” Director Yin hadn’t found a way to contact the Holy Spirit officials, and he had sent several emails to the Holy Spirit Fund without any response.

“Holy Spirit Fund Invitation Letter? What’s that?” Bubbles was wondering when he suddenly remembered, “I… thought it was a phishing email and deleted it! Xue Bi!”

“Your company’s email trash is cleared once a week, and just yesterday was the cleanup.” Xue Bi informed Bubbles of this cruel reality.

If it had been in the game, Bubbles might have collapsed to the ground with a twitch of his legs, his eyes brimming with tears of regret.

But in reality, especially in front of Director Yin, he still didn’t reveal any loss of composure; he adjusted his mindset and began to inquire about the second matter for which he had come here.

“Do you still have any Holy Spirit Fat Chirp activation codes? Get me one,” Bubbles said.

He and Director Yin were old friends by now, with their relationship being more competitive, but this small favor wasn’t any problem at all.

“I don’t have the authority to distribute activation codes; only if you use Celestial Payment to buy that five-person meal from our store will the Holy Spirit officials send you the Fat Chirp activation code on your phone,” Director Yin said.

“Then I’ll buy one of your five-person meals!” Bubbles was a true Holy Spirit, taking out his phone intending to buy it directly with Celestial Payment.

“That’s fine, but after buying it, how do you plan to eat it?” Director Yin pointed with the chopsticks in his hand to the team members who were sitting on plastic stools in the storage room.

They were currently struggling hard in the Fat Chirp subjugation battle; each one of them wanted the Fat Chirp, so Director Yin generously ordered them twenty portions of the five-person meal and declared that they weren’t allowed to leave until they finished it.

“Ah? Why do I have to eat? I just want the Fat Chirp activation code,” Bubbles said.

“That won’t work; doing this would cause a discrepancy between our turnover and warehouse inventory, which would be hard to rectify. Plus, if word gets out that you bought the meal only for the Fat Chirp activation code, it would impact our store’s reputation,” Director Yin said, then scooped another mouthful of white rice.

In the battle of the Fat Chirp campaign, the toughest boss wasn’t lamb roll or any tender Sichuan beef but the five bowls of one-dollar white rice!

No one could still have the appetite for other foods after eating five bowls of white rice! No one!

“Are you making things difficult for me again?” Bubbles realized that Director Yin was just making things difficult for him.

“No, saving food is everyone’s responsibility,” Director Yin said seriously.

“Fine! You think we from the Cola Mania Guild don’t have people? I’ll call some in!”

Bubbles quickly tapped on his phone screen, and in less than ten minutes the storage room’s door was pushed open again.

“Boss Pig, I brought people!”

“More girls? Three of them.”

“Wuu wuu wuu wuu… why does Cola Mania have so many girls.”

“If only our guild had girls too.”

The members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild moaned again at the sight of those from Cola Mania; Cola Mania had indeed many female players, and one of their best players was a woman.

The most eye-catching among the three girls was Maccafee, whose appearance was strikingly similar to her in-game appearance, both embracing that low ponytail loli look.

“Quickly! Help me handle this meal,” Bubbles said, picking a menu from this hotpot restaurant.

Maccafee and the other Cola Mania players who came with her exchanged glances, finally speaking somewhat hesitantly…

“President, we were discussing on the way over, and we decided we also want the Fat Chirp mount, so could we order a few more of these meals?”

“If you order more, can you finish them?” Bubbles thought the only thing Director Yin had a conscience about was that the portion size of the five-person meal was indeed substantial.

“Scared for nothing, to the bitter end!” Maccafee held a bottle of Snow Beer, began chugging it down with determination before she even finished speaking.

Alright then, the real-life Maccafee is a tough Northeastern chick.

Just like that, the Cola Mania and Dancing Nuclear Guilds faced their toughest BOSS battle since their founding—Jiang Qiao was probably dragged here to help boost the output…

Mo Shigui received another call at that moment, and Jiang Qiao heard a voice that sounded like Can Xin, the Guild Leader of the Abyss Temple.

“Damn! How Could you have hotpot without inviting me?”

Wow… are we opening a worldwide instance in this storage room?

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