Black Tech Internet Cafe System

Chapter 7: Being Calm in the Hour of Peril - Playing Before the Big Exam

Therefore, the two of them quickly followed their friend in. As soon as they entered, they saw the small blackboard by the door.

“That’s really expensive!” The young men glanced at each other before pointing at Fang Qi. “Are you sure this dude isn’t trying to dupe us out of crystals?”

Song Qingfeng, however, opened Resident Evil with familiarity. Then, without looking at either of them, he responded, “You’ll know once you try for yourselves.”

Fang Qi added, “Remember to pay.”

The young men’s faces darkened. “Do we look like people who can’t afford seven crystals?”

“I’m glad you can,” Fang Qi responded, “You have to pay first before playing, that’s the rule of the house.”

“I can’t believe the kind of shop owner you are! I’m going to smash this place into pieces!” They glared at Fang Qi angrily.

At this time, Song Qingfeng placed a small bag of crystals on his computer desk before saying, “I’ll pay today, consider this as an apology for disappearing on the two of you yesterday.”

The young man in red was called Xu Luo and the one in white was Lin Shao. They were good friends with Song Qingfeng, which was why the latter called them out with him as soon as he got a taste of this game.

They looked inside the coin bag and jumped up in surprise. “Why are you giving him so much!”

There were two of them, which meant an hour’s playtime cost 14 crystals. However, there were way more than 14 crystals in that bag.

“Activating your accounts plus six hours of playtime for all three of us is 46 crystals in total.”

Fang Qi’s eyes almost crossed upon seeing the crystals. He made 50 crystals just a few days after he opened his shop for business!

What did 50 crystals mean? The scale of Wang Tai’s family restaurant was considerably big, but they still had to work their asses off for a couple of months to make 50 crystals!

He, however, made that money in merely a few days!

Before the temperature of Fang Qi’s hands even warmed up the crystals, everything disappeared!

All the crystals disappeared, just like that!

“What the f*ck do you think you’re doing, System!” Fang Qi felt like a hen who had just lost its darling baby chick; what happened just now?

“Creating the game and running the computers require energy, which the system needs,” the system’s voice rang in his head. “Crystals are prioritized for the system.”

…Why are you such a jackass? Fang Qi’s face fell as he pointed his middle finger at his head. Tell me when I can earn crystals then!

“The system saved some for the host; it’s more than enough for you to live off of.”

Fang Qi then looked at the couple of crystals that reappeared in his hand. “What a pretentious douchebag.”

“Six hours?” Lin Shao, who was on the other side of the room, immediately protested, “I’m meeting someone at lunch, I don’t have that much time to spend with you, Young Master Song!”

He had to at least study for Lingyun Academy’s examinations today. How could he ignore the exams and instead run to a random shop just to play six hours of games? Granted, Lin Shao was friends with Song Qingfeng, but he thought his hesitation was justified.

“Never mind it!” Xu Luo said, “Young Master Song paid already, so we have to save face for him. Let’s see if this is money well spent. If it is, then great. If it isn’t…”