Wizard: I Have a Game Panel-Chapter 313 - 239: In Life, You Must Give It Your All When It’s Time to Fight

Chapter 313: Chapter 239: In Life, You Must Give It Your All When It’s Time to Fight

It’s worth mentioning that after playing this game for more than a decade, she found that she rarely felt tired, even in reality.

And even if she went without sleep for two or three days, her body wouldn’t show any signs of exhaustion.

"Who doesn’t, right?" Pastoral Song smiled, then said earnestly, "Xiao Qiu, I suggest you advance to the Fourth Ring as soon as possible, and put the game’s storyline exploration on hold for now."

Twelve years passed, and she had risen from a research assistant at the Alliance Science Academy to a second-level researcher.

Before this login, she was invited to participate in an experiment of the highest confidentiality level.

The experiment’s subject was the leading player, the Fourth Ring Fire Element Mage, Sky Explorer.

The results of that experiment, even now in retrospect, still seemed incredible to her.

This epoch-making game seemed to be more than just a game.

Due to confidentiality principles, she couldn’t reveal much to her best friend in the game and could only give her subtle hints.

This person, ever since becoming a Third Ring, had been running around instead of focusing on amassing Magic Crystals to attempt a breakthrough to the Fourth Ring, which was undoubtedly a wrong choice.

"I want to, but raising five billion Magic Crystals is really hard."

Xiao Qiu Loves Fish sighed, "In twelve years, I’ve only accumulated just over 2.3 billion Magic Crystals, which only allows for four breakthrough attempts before I go bankrupt."

"You know the success rate of a breakthrough. Even if I construct the Microscope Witchcraft, it’s less than two percent."

"With these Magic Crystals, wouldn’t it be better to buy some good food and see sights in other planes?"

"Then go play by yourself." Pastoral Song shook their head, and said seriously, "This time I’m going to the seventy-second floor of the Abyss to snatch monsters, hoping to save enough Magic Crystals to achieve the Fourth Ring soon."

"Huh?!"

Xiao Qiu Loves Fish looked at her best friend, whose attitude had changed drastically, and felt puzzled. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Isn’t there a lot of Magic Crystals at Calm and Unperturbed’s place? Should I try buying some from him?"

She wasn’t short on money in reality, so buying enough Magic Crystals to support a breakthrough to the Fourth Ring wasn’t an issue.

"If I’m not mistaken, you probably won’t be able to buy Magic Crystals." Pastoral Song enigmatically said, "Of course, if you don’t believe me, you can send a communication request to Calm and Unperturbed and try it."

Having been best friends for over a decade, she naturally knew Xiao Qiu Loves Fish came from a wealthy family.

But money wasn’t everything. Before that experiment, Xiao Qiu Loves Fish buying enough Magic Crystals wouldn’t have been a problem.

But now, everything was different.

The real big shots of the Alliance were probably already involved. What use was money then?

"Let’s try." Xiao Qiu Loves Fish raised her eyebrow, not believing it, and immediately took out her Continent Communication Device, scrolled to Calm and Unperturbed’s contact, and sent a communication request.

The Abyss Plane and the Wizard Plane were connected, so as long as Calm and Unperturbed didn’t log off in other planes before the version update, or hasn’t logged back on, he would receive her communication request.

Two seconds later, the communication connected successfully, and a light screen unfolded before Xiao Qiu Loves Fish and Pastoral Song.

The figure reflected in the light screen was Calm and Unperturbed, wearing a blue and purple Fourth Ring Wizard Robe, looking plain and unassuming.

"Hey, it’s been a while!" Calm and Unperturbed greeted the two of them warmly.

As beta players, they had a pretty good relationship with each other.

"Yeah."

"It’s been a long time."

Xiao Qiu Loves Fish and Pastoral Song both nodded with smiles.

Then Xiao Qiu Loves Fish teased, "I’ve heard you’ve become wealthy and figured you might have forgotten about us."

"How could I?"

Calm and Unperturbed laughed and shook his head, "Our deep friendship, built through various studies and contributions to Witchcraft Positioning while accumulating Magic Crystals, isn’t so easily forgotten."

"Did you guys encounter any trouble you’re looking for me to help with? If I can assist, I surely will."

"It’s like this, I want to buy some Magic Crystals to break through to the Fourth Ring." Xiao Qiu Loves Fish cut to the chase, "Do you have any spare Magic Crystals? Money’s not an issue."

"Ah, this..."

Calm and Unperturbed hesitated for a moment and then said somewhat helplessly, "If you had mentioned this in the previous version, I could have given you tens of billions of Magic Crystals for free, but it’s really not possible now, and it’s not about money."

"The specific reasons, due to confidentiality, I can’t say."

"But I can give you a hint: hurry up and break through to the Fourth Ring. After the Fourth Ring, everything will be different."

"Huh?!" Xiao Qiu Loves Fish’s eyes widened in shock. She looked at the light screen at Calm and Unperturbed and then at the Pastoral Song beside her, feeling a chill, as if she was starting to get a sense.

These two friends had somewhat special identities: one was a researcher at the Alliance Research Institute, and the other was a Fourth Ring Wizard with more Magic Crystals than she could count.

Both of them were urging her to break through to the Fourth Ring without clearly stating the reasons, and even Calm and Unperturbed, who had the most Magic Crystals, couldn’t produce any to support her.

The implication was clear with just her instinct that it wasn’t simple.

"Ahem, I have a few things to handle." Calm and Unperturbed felt a little awkward under Xiao Qiu Loves Fish’s gaze and coughed, "If you have questions other than Magic Crystals, feel free to ask. If not, I’ll hang up."

"Okay, go ahead." Xiao Qiu Loves Fish nodded.

The communication ended.

"So, how is it?" Pastoral Song looked at Xiao Qiu Loves Fish, "I wasn’t lying, was I?"

Xiao Qiu Loves Fish didn’t reply, only staring straight into Pastoral Song’s eyes.

"Stop staring, I really can’t talk about it." Pastoral Song helplessly shrugged, "Anyway, I’m definitely going to the seventy-second floor of the Abyss; are you coming?"

"If Calm and Unperturbed can’t provide Magic Crystals, can other players?" Xiao Qiu Loves Fish asked instead.

She still felt a bit unwilling to give in; farming Demons was so tedious, and if she could avoid it, she’d really rather not go.

"Same old story, before you could, now it’s most likely not possible unless you’re privately trading within the game rather than on those platforms." Pastoral Song replied.

Xiao Qiu Loves Fish sighed, "Fine, fine, I’ll go too."

Private trading in the game was inefficient; she probably wouldn’t gather Magic Crystals faster than by farming the Abyss and submitting tasks for them.

"That’s the spirit." Pastoral Song smirked, showing a satisfied smile.

The substantial benefits of achieving the Fourth Ring shouldn’t be missed by her best friend.

If she missed this opportunity, Pastoral Song wasn’t sure if the Alliance would restrict civilian access to the ’game’ in the future.

...

Time passed swiftly, and a year and a half went by in the blink of an eye. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Seventh Layer of the Abyss, east of the thirty-first Wizard City’s pink castle Cultivation Room.

A storm mixed with wood and Fire Elements suddenly swept through the entire bedroom, then tried to spread outward, only to be blocked by a green Defense Barrier.

At the storm’s center, the soulless shell of Xiao Qiu Loves Fish lay on the ground, slowly being baptized by the wood and Fire Elements surging from the Sea of Consciousness.

About thirteen minutes later, the body lying on the ground slowly opened its eyes, feeling its body had strengthened by nearly ten times. A look of delight appeared on her face, "Haha, I broke through to the Fourth Ring!"

In the year and a half, she had been dragged around daily by Pastoral Song, farming Blood Demons on the seventy-second level of the Abyss, saving Magic Crystals.

Now, having broken through all at once, she finally felt liberated.

"No, it’s too early to say I’m free. If Pastoral Song hasn’t broken through yet, I’ll need to help her farm Magic Crystals." Xiao Qiu Loves Fish grimaced, "But before that, I should log out and see what changes have occurred."

She had already figured everything out from Pastoral Song and Calm and Unperturbed’s reminders.

If her hypothesis was correct, breaking through to the Fourth Ring should bring about a different change in reality.

...

In a cozy bedroom corner filled with pink decorations, the game pod slowly opened. Inside, a delicately featured woman opened her eyes, carefully sensing the changes in her body.

She found her physique unchanged, still as weak as before, except for...

"No way, why can I perceive what’s behind me?!" Xiao Qiu Loves Fish’s eyes widened in astonishment.

Although the perception range was only about three meters, this was reality!