Reign of the Hunters

Chapter 195 (Part 1 & 2)

The sandbox mode of the game was very similar to the normal version of the game. However, with the high grade facilities in the Fate HQ, players were able to have a different gaming experience. They were still longing for more time in the game after the 1 hour was over.

The group had their lunch together with the Fate employees. The management had even set up a welcome party for the players, and took a group photo with the visiting players after their meal. Players and employees mingled together and took photos together, filling the dining hall with laughter and excitement.

Ye Ci, on the other hand, sat alone in a corner, silently watching the others, looking like she was unable to fit in. Moments like this were very awkward for Ye Ci, because she was not talkative and her social skills were horrible. She preferred to be far away from the crowd in situations like this, hoping that she could avoid attention.

"Why are you sitting here alone?" Wang Jiangnan sat beside Ye Ci with his food tray. He had made his way through the dining hall just to sit by her side so that he could have a conversation with her.

"This place offers a nice view." Ye Ci smiled as she observed the interaction between the World Conqueror players and the Fate employees.

Following Ye Ci's gaze, Wang Jiangnan caught a sight of the bustling scene and smiled, "Why not join them? Your best friend is there." Fang Susu was the one he mentioned. The girl had long abandoned her ladylike manner, and was having fun. She alone was able to fill the entire dining hall with joy.

"Everybody has their own shortcomings." Ye Ci lowered her gaze, and began eating silently. She acted as if the jovial atmosphere had nothing to do with her. Alas, in truth, she had nothing to do with it.

"I've always thought that the top-tier Huntress, the godlike player Gongzi You is omnipotent. It seems that there's something you're bad at as well." Wang Jiangnan chuckled, and began eating his meal as well.

"I'm just a normal person playing the game. I'm no god, so why can't I have something that I'm bad at?" Ye Ci pursed her lips, but she was not offended by Wang Jiangnan's words.

Wang Jiangnan did not respond to Ye Ci's words. He smiled, and spoke up after a long silence, "I want to thank you."

"Thank me?" Ye Ci was astonished, "For what?"

Wang Jiangnan did not immediately give Ye Ci his answer. He set down his spoon, looked Ye Ci right in her mesmerizing eyes, and and calmly articulated the following words:

"Give me 3 seconds, and I will bring you an entirely different world! I am Fate."

Ye Ci was stunned. She remembered those words. Wang Jiangnan said them, while using his Cleric character for the trailer of the second Fate expansion, "Another World.". It was exactly what Ye Ci told Wang Jiangnan when they met in game.

It was a catchphrase which Ye Ci had stolen from her previous life. But in her current life, she ended up being its creator. Fate is such a wonderful thing.

"What do you mean?" keeping her emotions in check, Ye Ci asked indifferently.

"Thank you, for showing me the way when I was lost and at my lowest point." Wang Jiangnan regarded Ye Ci with a serious expression.

"I am but a player. I did nothing." replied Ye Ci. The trailer was the brainchild of Wang Jiangnan in her previous life. It was the thoughts and aspirations of Wang Jiangnan himself, and had nothing to do with her. She only passed on his future inspirations to his current self, thus hastening a development that would still happen. Since she did not contribute to the idea, it was also not her place to take undeserved credit for it.