Chapter 527: 527

Chapter 527 The Game’s Next Phase

This time, Scarlet was left speechless .

Like what she said, 1,000 game points was indeed a very generous offer . It was a fact half a katana was barely usable, and even if Zhang Heng refused to sell his other half, it wasn’t like selling her part of the sword would be a problem . If it were not for the proxy war that was approaching, she might have just accepted Zhang Heng’s proposal .

But now… she appeared to be unwilling to sell her half to him . Zhang Heng had made it clear that he did not want to sell his half because he too lacked a bladed weapon, and it seemed game points weren’t his concern .

Scarlet hesitated for half a minute before finally replying to him .

[I will think about it . ]

[Okay . )

Zhang Heng replied politely without pushing it .

Scarlet couldn’t help but ask again at the end .

(Where and whom did you learn your swordsmanship from?]

This time, Zhang Heng refused to reply . It was clear from his attitude that he didn’t want to answer this question . Scarlet realized that she, too, might have crossed the line, and after a while, she saw a prompt on the upper right corner of the screen that Saturn 5 had left the chat room . And so, it was in that manner that the first conversation between the two ended .

Scarlet turned off her Surface . She was relieved . ‘Saturn 5’ was not as crazy as Mr . Coffee . In fact, she thought Zhang Heng to be very rational and communicated extremely well . However, once his mind was made up, changing it was almost impossible . From there, Scarlet could also tell that Zhang Heng didn’t need game points .

Scarlet, on the other hand, had come up with everything she had to gather a total of 1,000 game points . Her loss in the Whistleblower quest forced 800 game points out of her to purchase a mission failure exemption card .

If possible, she wouldn’t mind using some other means to take back the upper part of her katana . After all, Zhang Heng took it from her without permission . Then, when she fought with him, she didn’t manage to get any advantage out of him, and although she held Mr . Coffee in disdain, she had to admit that his strength rivaled a nuclear-powered mecha .

Up until now, she still didn’t understand how Mr . Coffee could have lost the battle . One thing was certain, though-Zhang Heng had terrifying strength . So, whichever way this went, she would still need to rely on a deal if she wanted to get the other half of the katana . While Scarlet continued to weigh the chips on her hands, Zhang Heng was in the lecture room, attending a Western Culture and History class, an elective he had taken .

He’d put in some effort into choosing several courses this semester . Besides selecting those he had an interest in, he deliberately chose courses helpful to the game, even picking Elementary French, a very complicated-sounding language .

He earned lots of course credits in this semester alone, and throughout the period, he also had much more free time . Not to mention the extra 24 hours he had in a day . As usual, after finishing the seventh game, he gave the pen he got at the end to the bartender for identification .

The results, however, were somewhat unexpected . This was the first time the game point failed to identify an item, prompting the bartender to refund Zhang Heng with four points and provide him free advice .

“Such situations are rare, but it has happened before . After all, even the system panel could get hacked at the auction center . I’m not surprised by the results . Perhaps you could tell me how you obtained this pen? I could try to help you figure out the problem . ”

Zhang Heng remembered the words of Conan Doyle right before he left . So far, Zhang Heng was confident that the old man in the Tang suit approached him for other purposes . His qualifications and game points had all been provided by the old man, and up until now, he still didn’t know the bartender’s role in the game’s system .

Zhang Heng hesitated for a while and finally decided to reveal his encounter with Conan Doyle in the quest before taking back the pen . He then asked the bartender again about the proxy war . “Proxy war? Ahh, the organizing committee was just about to announce it,” said the bartender, “So, there is nothing wrong with telling you first . Anyway, I guess quite a few people know about it already, and after completing so many rounds, you should know what it’s all about . As of now, most of the agents have been determined . Very few haven’t placed their bets yet, but the important is estimated to be released next month . By that time, the game would be entering its next phase . ”

“The next phase?”

“Yes, the qualifiers are about to end, and the main game will commence once the name list is released . The next phase is about to get really exciting! It seems you’ve already got the tickets for the next round . I wish you good luck in advance!”

“What about ordinary players?” Zhang Heng frowned . “What will happen to them after the proxy war starts?”

“They may freely choose the side they wish . They can either join the agents or become apostles . A single person never starts wars . Of course, if you are strong enough to defeat everyone, I will be the first to applaud you,” the bartender added with a sly grin .

Zhang Heng wondered if something was wrong with him . As they conversed about the topic, a wild flash of fanaticism and excitement glistened within the bartender’s eyes .

“You should wait for the organizing committee’s notification for the specific content . I’m going back to work . I overspent last month, and this month, I suffer the consequences of a huge debt . ”

And that was all the information Zhang Heng had currently . For good measure, he also sent a WeChat message to Fan Meinan . On a normal day, her reply would come almost instantly, which made him wonder if she really had nothing else to do except to scroll through Weibo every day . This time, she waited for an unprecedentedly long time before sending in her reply .

[I’m busy . ]

After that, there was nothing from her . There was still about a month before the proxy war, and Zhang Heng was in no hurry . Fan Meinan seemed to have an important matter . When he thought about the powerful individual behind her, he figured someone was about to meet an awful end . It happened that Zhang Heng needed to deal with something too, hence, didn’t browse the player forum for about a week .

The moment he came online again, he saw something utterly shocking taking place .

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