Being a Lucky Star in a Game [Holographic] - Chapter 3

“Ah…?” Hearing this congratulatory sound, Su Wenqi felt a bit dazed. To be honest, he had never won a prize before not even a “win another bottle” from a drink. Luck had never been a part of his life, so he hadn’t expected to win a prize on his very first day here.

Seeing that Su Wenqi didn’t move, the robot spoke again: “Sir, you can leave your address with us. Within half an hour, we will have staff come to your home to install it personally.” Hearing the robot’s words, Su Wenqi snapped out of it, left his address, and went home with his purchases.

He felt dazed the whole way back, and it was only the grumbling of his stomach upon reaching home that brought him back to reality. He opened a bottle of orange-flavored nutrient fluid, took a sip, and smacked his lips; it tasted no different from orange juice, and it only cost 5 star coins. If he relied solely on nutrient fluid, three thousand star coins per month would be perfectly sufficient. However, he felt something was missing if he didn’t eat solid food, so he needed to find a job as soon as possible; otherwise, he would never be able to afford those fresh vegetables.

Less than ten minutes after drinking the nutrient fluid, he felt full. He renamed the little robot “Lulu” and arranged for it to clean the house again, while he went to the bathroom to put his newly bought clothes and pants into the washing machine.

Just as he finished putting the furniture, supplies, and nutrient fluids in their proper places, he heard the doorbell ring.

After opening the door, it was the staff and robot from the mall. After they carried the gaming cabin inside, they installed it in the guest bedroom according to Su Wenqi’s requirements and even included a year’s supply of specialized nutrient fluid for the cabin.

Su Wenqi couldn’t help but sigh; it was no wonder it was a large group—the company was big and wealthy, and they gave out plenty of gifts. After seeing off the staff, he lay on the sofa and began reading the gaming cabin’s manual. After finishing it, he took Lulu to study the cabin. Under Lulu’s guidance, he found the place to add nutrient fluid, filled it up, and then lay inside.

Don’t mention it as expected of a top-tier gaming cabin, it was extremely comfortable to lie in. After the cabin bound itself to him, his consciousness entered a sea of stars, surrounded by various light screens. The largest advertisement screen among them was for a game.

Upon reaching out to touch this light screen, his consciousness was sucked in. When he came to his senses, he was in a small village filled with the sounds of birds and the fragrance of flowers, where clear water murmured. He could even feel the sensation of a breeze brushing against his cheeks. Taking a gentle breath, the fragrance of the roses at the villagers’ doorsteps was intoxicating.

The game’s promotional video jumped to a scene of combat. He could feel the cold severity of cold weapons brushing past him. Immersed in the promotional video, he didn’t notice the passage of time at all. Soon, the video ended and the game’s name appeared—Huaxia!

Su Wenqi’s eyes were a bit moist. Seeing a familiar name appear in a strange world was no less than running into a relative. He had decided: he was going to play this game!

After his consciousness withdrew, he went online to check the background information of the game and was surprised to find that the game’s official website clearly listed the personnel who provided the information—they were also professors from Huaxia who had transmigrated. They were a team who had been swept into the future by the wind while examining materials, and since their expertise was history, they had provided the Federal Government with extremely valuable data.

To help citizens better understand the history of Huaxia, the Federation collaborated with the Wen Corporation to jointly develop the game Huaxia. The game was not controlled by them but was taken over by the highest-authority main brain AI, which received and updated historical information from thousands of years ago in real-time.

Su Wenqi carefully checked the information of the team members and discovered that although they had arrived in this world earlier than him, the world they came from was several hundred years later than Su Wenqi’s. He had to marvel at the wonder of time and space.

He had slept all afternoon and now felt no trace of sleepiness. Since this game was created based on the data provided by his “fellow countrymen,” he couldn’t wait to go in and experience it. No sooner said than done; he arranged a wake-up time for Lulu and lay back into the gaming cabin.

This time, with a clear objective, Su Wenqi entered the Huaxia game interface directly.

Accompanied by music filled with ancient charm, Su Wenqi entered the character class selection page. There were gentle and refined healers, quirky and playful children, exotic and breathtakingly beautiful women, and so on.

Su Wenqi’s gaze was drawn to a character in the corner sitting cross-legged and playing the guqin. Although his name contained the character “Qi” (chess), in reality, he had never been exposed to the four arts of the scholar (qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting). Just staying alive had been difficult enough, and he had neither the time nor the financial means to learn these elegant hobbies.

However, now that he was temporarily free, he could try to learn about them.

After selecting his class, he entered the character customization and naming phase. A mirror as tall as him and a series of sliders for modifying body data floated in front of Su Wenqi. He looked at himself in the mirror, turned around, and felt there was no need for any modifications. He had just arrived in this world, no one would know him, so he gave himself a very ancient-style game ID—”Chunri Ci” (Spring Day Lyric).

Before confirming his entry into the game, the system reminded players that they could freely adjust the level of realism in the game. Su Wenqi didn’t intend to engage in any fighting or killing; he was mainly there for leisure and to experience the game life, so he pulled the realism level directly to the maximum of 100%.

A soft white light descended, and when Su Wenqi opened his eyes again, he had arrived in a small village this was the newbie village in the game.

Huaxia was popular throughout this interstellar world, so despite having been open for five years, there were still new players choosing this game every day, and the newbie village was crowded.

The ratio of real-time to game-time was 1:1, and it was currently dusk in the game.

Looking into the distance, the village looked like a serene pastoral painting, shrouded in the afterglow of the setting sun, as if draped in a golden veil.

Su Wenqi moved his body and found the sensation was exactly the same as in real life, making him marvel at the power of technology.

“Whoosh!” After he had adapted to his body and slowly started touring the village, a figure rushed past him in a flurry, kicking up the fallen leaves on the ground.

The realism of Huaxia was also reflected here; it wouldn’t be like previous keyboard games where character models could overlap. If Su Wenqi hadn’t dodged quickly just now, that person would have collided with him.

He didn’t act like other players, going directly to find NPCs to accept quests and level up. He strolled through the village, enjoying the long-lost peace and relaxation.

“Hahahaha~ The little windmill spins whoosh whoosh~ Oh no! It hurts…” Suddenly, a little kid bumped into him. He was fine, but the person who bumped into him fell onto their bottom.

Su Wenqi looked down and saw a little girl of five or six years old, dressed in coarse red cloth, with two ram-horn braids, sitting on the ground and rubbing her forehead—which had just bumped into him—with her hand. A windmill lay fallen beside her.

Children have delicate skin, and since she had been rubbing it for a while, there was a patch of red on her forehead. Su Wenqi squatted down, first helped the little girl up, then patted the dust off her clothes, wiped the mud off her face with his sleeve, and picked up the fallen windmill, handing it back to her.

He said softly: “Little one, do you know where the village doctor lives? Let me take you to buy some ointment for the scrape, alright?”

The little girl looked up at Su Wenqi and nodded. She had never bumped into this handsome big brother in the village before, so she asked in a crisp voice: “I know where Uncle Sun’s house is, Xiaowen can take you!”

Su Wenqi’s appearance was very popular with children. Despite having just bumped into him, Xiaowen was happy to take his hand and head toward the right side of the village. His stride was large, so even though he intentionally slowed his pace, Xiaowen still had to trot two or three steps to keep up. Seeing this, he bent over and picked her up directly.

Xiaowen wasn’t afraid; after all, no one would hurt a friendly NPC. Such behavior would not only land one in jail but also lower the NPC’s friendliness toward them. If favorability was too low, they couldn’t even enter the main city.

Guided by the little girl, Su Wenqi and she soon reached the pharmacy in the village. After putting Xiaowen down, she hopped and skipped toward Dr. Sun, who was busy drying herbs.

Dr. Sun seemed long accustomed to this; seeing Xiaowen come over, he directly took a ceramic bottle from his sleeve and applied a thin layer of ointment for her. While applying it, he nagged: “Where did you bump into something again? I’ve told you so many times, watch where you’re going when you walk. Look at you, coming to see me three or four times a week.”

Xiaowen giggled, tugging on Dr. Sun’s sleeve and acting spoiled, long since used to it.

Su Wenqi, standing nearby, apologetically apologized: “Sorry, it was my fault for not watching where I was stepping just now, which is why Xiaowen bumped into me. This has nothing to do with her.”

Dr. Sun didn’t even lift his head to reply: “I know what this little girl’s personality is like; it must be that she wasn’t watching the road while playing that she bumped into you. Don’t take it too much to heart. I’m busy right now, could you help me send this little girl back home?”

“Ding! Congratulations on accepting the quest [Send Child Home]. Do you accept?”

He had intended to take Xiaowen home anyway, and the system giving him the quest was quite a coincidence.

Xiaowen trotted to his side, stretching out both hands to ask Su Wenqi to hold her. Su Wenqi carried her, sitting on his left arm with a smile, and stepped out of the pharmacy.

On the way to Xiaowen’s house, the child kept telling him interesting things from her life about playing with Xiaohua and petting a kitten today, or playing house with Dazhuang tomorrow and acting as the bride.

Su Wenqi listened patiently and would occasionally chime in, making the relationship between the two even closer.

From afar, he saw many players standing in front of a house, thinking to himself that this must be the place to accept quests.

He didn’t slow his pace. Upon getting closer, he saw a robust man of about thirty-four distributing quests to players. Seeing him and Xiaowen, the man hurriedly finished handing out all the quests and shooed the people away.

He beckoned Su Wenqi to follow him into the courtyard. Once inside, Su Wenqi set Xiaowen down.

The child immediately ran to the man, shouting as she ran: “Daddy, I met this handsome brother today, and he even took me to Uncle Sun’s to get medicine~”

Lin Wei squatted down, stretched out his arms, and happily picked up his daughter, Lin Xiaowen, scraping the tip of her nose and saying she was naughty for getting herself hurt again. Su Wenqi explained the origin of the matter awkwardly, but Lin Wei wasn’t angry.

Seeing that Su Wenqi was still in his beginner’s clothes and equipment, he understood that this person hadn’t accepted any quests yet. After expressing his gratitude, he issued a series of newbie quests to Su Wenqi and threw in some basic weapons and equipment.

After Su Wenqi changed into the equipment from his inventory, his entire appearance changed. Originally he was in coarse cloth, but now he wore a light green robe; the sash around his waist made him look even more slender, and with the ancient guqin on his back, he was the spitting image of an elegant scholar.

After bidding farewell to the two, Su Wenqi went out to start his quests.

The first quest was to hunt the rabbits in the hills behind the village. Su Wenqi followed the directions to the quest location, only to find so many people there that he couldn’t grab any monsters at all. He sighed and prepared to go do other quests first. Flipping through his quest list, there was a quest to help Grandma Wang at the end of the village with weeding. Looking at the crowded hills behind him, he decisively walked toward the end of the village.

There was indeed no one at the end of the village, well… there was one person. He looked at the man on the recliner under the tree. The man wore a tight black outfit, and in the sunlight, one could occasionally see faint golden patterns on his clothes. A simple black jade hairpin tied up his long hair, with broken hair naturally falling over his forehead, looking both heroic and elegant.

This height must be one meter ninety, right… Su Wenqi thought silently to himself. He wasn’t short either, at one meter eighty-three (puffing out his chest). As expected, the thing men care about most is height.

As if feeling Su Wenqi’s gaze, the man opened his eyes.

When looking at people, his eyes were half-lowered. His eye color was beautiful, but the corners of his eyes were lined with a bit of cold, distant detachment, and his long, slender eyelashes perfectly covered the displeasure deep in his pupils.

Realizing that his gaze had made the person he was watching unhappy, Su Wenqi immediately withdrew his gaze and apologized to the other party.

He turned, picked up the hoe placed at the corner of the wall, and walked directly toward the vegetable plot.

As his first swing of the hoe landed, a treasure chest appeared at his feet. A system announcement immediately refreshed across the world: “Congratulations to the hero ‘Chunri Ci’ for having deep fortune, inadvertently obtaining the [Fortune and Prosperity Treasure Chest]!”

A stone cast into the pond created a thousand ripples, instantly drawing the attention of players.

[Eat Eight Meals a Day]: ??? That’s my treasure chest! Put it back!

[Eat One Meal in Eight Days]: Lucky jerk! Put down that box and let me come!

[Xunyue]: This is the first Fortune and Prosperity treasure chest this month, right? I wonder what kind of items can be opened.

[Material Merchant 001]: Buying [Fortune and Prosperity Treasure Chest] at a high price, friends, look at me!

Su Wenqi hadn’t opened the world channel yet, so he didn’t know that the world was exploding with discussion. He looked at the gleaming, golden-encircled treasure chest in front of him and fell silent for a long while. Can you actually dig up such good things in a vegetable plot? Is this even allowed?