Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 215 - 215: 213: The Fools Who Eat Clouds

The little black man also takes out a candle and they light each other’s, adding each other as friends.

The little black man sheds his shadow, transforming into a brightly colored image of a little girl wearing a green cloak and sporting twin ponytails. —Only, she’s still just as short, with a proportionally shrunken little violin in her hands.

The Game ID hovering above her head also appears—I Bowl Bowl].

Shuihua immediately starts to gush: ‘You got the ability to play the violin so fast? You’re amazing, Boss!”

“No, no.” The twin-ponytailed little girl quickly denies, her voice sounding a bit childish.

“Boss, you sound so cute! And you play the violin so well! If you didn’t buy the skill, could you only saw wood?” Shuihua continues to praise.

The twin-ponytail girl is a bit embarrassed: “Oh, that’s because I can play the violin in reality…”

This instantly gives Shuihua an idea: That’s right! As long as you have the skill in reality, you don’t need to buy it in the game. Think about how many candles that would save!

“What skills do I have?” Shuihua thinks seriously.

Then she sadly realizes her best skill is—[surfing the internet] , or more specifically, [anonymous internet surfing].

But in the “Light Encounter” game, everyone is anonymously surfing the internet…

In the end, she has to accept her ordinariness while once again marveling at the unbelievable extent of her best friend Camille Victoria’s skills—if she were to play, imagine how much she could save on instrument skills!

With this in mind, Shuihua opens the friend panel to check if Camille Victoria is online. The panel shows she is online.

But Shuihua doesn’t invite her to play, as doing so would likely get her nagged to study.

On the other hand, playing this kind of exploration game with its creator would probably spoil a lot of the fun. After all, the other person would know the locations of all the little golden figures and ancestors, hidden mechanisms, not to mention the solutions to them…

Shuihua puts away her loom and starts chatting with her new friend, “Bowl

Bowl.”

Only after a long chat does Shuihua learn that the girl’s real name is “Vivian,” but she was a bit slow to register.

According to Cloud Dream’s game mechanics, duplicate names are allowed, but after adding a friend with the same name, a small asterisk appears in the friend list to indicate duplication. Clicking it reveals the player’s specific account number ID.

Vivian didn’t want to share a name with someone else here, so she changed her name to “Bowl Bowl.”

Knowing that Shuihua had just started playing, Bowl Bowl voluntarily offers to guide her through the later maps.

Shuihua gladly accepts, exclaiming, “Thank you for the carry, Boss.”

This player named Bowl Bowl is clearly embarrassed, repeatedly saying, “Don’t call me that, I just played a little bit earlier.”

Shuihua takes out more candles and upgrades their friendship to [Hand Holding] with this boss.

Of course, this hand-holding is not just ordinary hand-holding; its key function is to unlock “Synchronized Flight.”

Without this skill, attempting to fly hand-in-hand would be a real test of flying skills. Maybe they’d even end up tangled in mid-air due to the lack of synchronization in their wing strokes.

With [Hand Holding], exploring maps and running together are much more relaxed and enjoyable.

What Shuihua doesn’t know is that this girl, whom she calls “Boss” every other sentence, is not even half her age this year…

Even more coincidentally, this “Bowl Bowl” is none other than the blind little girl who, accompanied by her mother, visited the Cloud Dream Experience Store just last Saturday.

With Lincoln’s help, Vivian successfully saw the light, and the optimistic and sensible little girl became even happier and more enthusiastic.

Moreover, Vivian was already a senior player in “Traveler of the Wind” with complete collection and all patterns in white robe tutor, so naturally she wouldn’t miss the online launch of “Light Encounter.”

As for why she could play online for so long on a Friday?

That’s because she’s considering transferring to a new school and is preparing at home.

On the day she could normally see the outside world, her mother immediately made up her mind: she would do everything possible to arrange for her to transfer out of the Deaf-Mute Special Education School and into a mainstream school for study.

Vivian’s mother hoped that she could receive better education and acquire more knowledge.

Although the learning pressure would be greater, fortunately, Vivian was only in the third grade, and what she was learning was not difficult.

If she really couldn’t manage it, she could even drop down a grade and start in the second grade of a mainstream primary school, where she should be able to keeD uD with the curriculum.

In this way, Vivian can have greater hope for the future and lead a better life.

Vivian was a smart girl who had early mastered the subjects she learned at school, and even had time to practice violin.

The knowledge she needed to learn before going to the new school, of course, is not a challenge for her. With the help of short-term home tutors, she catches up with the progress very easily.

So, on Friday, she could happily play games at home.

Because of gratitude for Lincoln and Cloud Dream, her mother generally would not stop her from playing Cloud Dream games.

Even last Saturday, Vivian asked Lincoln softly, “Why can’t I play ‘Assassins’ Alliance’? I want to play it too. And the amusement park, I’ve never been there before.”

She certainly hadn’t been to the amusement park. Her single mother, just providing for her and trying to provide the best possible living conditions and education, was already exhausted. Let alone the crowded amusement park, where people were elbow to elbow; how could her mother feel safe taking her there?

Of course, her mother’s tolerance of her playing games was limited to Cloud Dream games.

As for others — don’t even think about it!

So, Shuihua and Vivian enjoyed the joys of the game in the dreamlike world of “Light Encounter” together.

In the boundless Cloud Sea of Cloud Wilds, Shuihua curiously stretched out her hand to catch the thick, cotton-like clouds in the air. However, when she opened her hand, there was nothing in it.

But that didn’t deter her. Shuihua let go of Vivian’s hand, flapped her wings, opened her mouth wide, and dove into the clouds.

She didn’t get very far before she was bounced back out.

She pursed her lips, feeling like she had bitten into something, but there was nothing in her mouth, only a sweet sensation lingering.

“Cotton candy?!” She was amazed and encouraged Vivian to have a taste of the clouds as well.

Not wanting to refuse, Vivian also approached the cloud pile and tried to take a bite.

By sheer coincidence, two passersby were randomly matched up and saw the two “fools” eating clouds…

Shuihua and Vivian stood still, and Vivian covered her face, saying, “How embarrassing! ”

But just as the words fell, the two unfamiliar little black figures approached curiously and took a bite of the fluffy cloud.

After getting a taste, they seemed unsatisfied and took another bite.

Shuihua and Vivian exchanged glances, feeling that they should also take a few more bites to be polite, otherwise it would seem a bit rude, right?

So, when another passerby was randomly matched and entered the game, they saw four “fools” eating clouds….