Chapter 16: The Whistling Flames Merchant Guild is Under Attack?
As soon as she entered the game and was about to start, Lin Shuang immediately opened the chat box and started typing:
[Quad-core Great Sword: Silver Wolf, hehehe, my Silver Wolf, the Silver Wolf's butt is small and fragrant and is tightened by the shorts, with slight marks on the flesh, as if the head is clamped and sniffed hard.]
[Quad-core Great Sword: Silver Wolf has a pair of feet, and I happen to have a mouth. How could such a coincidence happen in this world?]
Before she could finish her words, the other person's movements changed.
Lin Shuang was delighted when she saw this and immediately started to explode, chasing after her relentlessly.
She continued taunting while hitting.
[Quad-core Great Sword: Analysis of Silver Wolf's foot odor. A warm, humid, poorly ventilated environment is very suitable for the growth and reproduction of bacteria and fungi. During the mission, the feet will sweat a lot, providing an ideal growth environment for microorganisms, which will...]
As Lin Shuang's important essay "Analysis of the Silver Wolf's Foot Smell" came out, the opponent completely lost her composure.
So Lin Shuang won the second game smoothly with a slight advantage.
At this moment, in a room dominated by blue, full of the vibe of being a gamer.
The girl's soft lips were gritting her teeth as she bit the soda straw tightly. Her crystal-clear toes were curled up tightly together as she stared at the white-haired girl on the screen with shame and anger on her face.
If you can't beat her, just attack her off the field, right?
She even treated her as her own fan and used it to drive her crazy and launch mental attacks.
What a top enemy.
Especially the foot smell analysis.
Silver Wolf was so angry that she wanted to summon her fist to attack on the spot and punch her on the head twice in reality.
If Acheron wasn't right next to Lin Shuang, Silver Wolf would have definitely flown over along the network cable, stepped on her head, and taught her what "smelly" means.
"Lin Shuang... I'll remember you. After Elio's script is finished, don't catch me seeing you."
The silver wolf stared fiercely at the white-haired girl opposite her and remembered this grudge.
[Silver Wolf, the Great Gaming God: Okay, okay, you don't have any moral principles, huh? Just wait; I will kill you online sooner or later!]
Lin Shuang, who was in a good mood after winning the game, saw the opponent starting to complain.
She knew she couldn't really piss people off, or else it would be a problem to play games without a partner, so she immediately smiled and stated apologizing:
[Quad-core Great Sword: I'm sorry, I was wrong; please forgive me.]
…
Because of the provocation, Lin Shuang was brutally beaten by the Silver Wolf in the game for several days after that event.
"There are more spaceships nearby. Are we arriving soon?"
Lin Shuang sighed and sat next to Acheron. She saw the monitor showing the spacecraft's radar, and the reactions in the nearby space were gradually increasing.
In the cockpit, one can already see the planet in front of her, which is surrounded by several star rings and full of technology.
"Didn't you get enough rest?"
Acheron looked at Lin Shuang in confusion, but the girl just waved her hand and didn't dare to say more.
"Don't worry, we will be at the port planet soon. We can get supplies there and replace the spacecraft with a better engine. This antique from hundreds of years ago is still too slow."
Along the developed space routes, some planets that are inconvenient for survival and uninhabitable, as well as some with good geographical locations, will be transformed for various purposes.
Lin Shuang and Acheron were going to a planet that specialized in serving spacecraft transit and doing some business at the same time.
You can even buy all the parts needed for an entire spacecraft there, and those who are capable can assemble a spacecraft by themselves.
"You're still going to invest money in this spaceship? Weren't we just going to use it as a makeshift solution?"
When Lin Shuang heard this, she looked at Acheron with confusion. No matter how cheap it was, a complete set of engines for a suitable interstellar spacecraft, including the modification fee, would cost a considerable amount of credit points.
She thought that Acheron would simply sell this old spaceship secondhand after this.
However, Acheron just shook her head, looked at the galaxy in front of the spaceship, and said:
"You need a spaceship, right? Otherwise, how can you travel across the galaxy? This time, not only the engine, but also the main control computer, protection system, lounge, etc., can be replaced with a better one. This ship is not too big, but not too small either. It is just right for you to use alone on a daily basis."
Lin Shuang was deeply shocked. Even in the interstellar age, it should not be cheap to modify a spaceship at random.
"This... is unnecessary. It's really unnecessary. How much money will it cost...?
"It's not like I'm spending your money. I don't use many credit points anyway."
"…"
Lin Shuang was silent for a while. She always felt like she was being kept by Acheron. There was a kind of beauty in being a gigolo.
She shook her head and stopped thinking about it. She was not a pretentious person. She also really wanted a spaceship of her own, which would be very cool.
Since Acheron is willing to be nice to her, she will remember this favor. Even if Acheron herself forgets it in the future, she will repay her double.
Soon.
It didn't take Lin Shuang and Acheron long to get their spaceship from being able to visually see the target planet to approaching the starport.
As they got closer, they saw that the huge star ring was also filled with large spaceships. All kinds of ships were flying in and out of the planet like locusts.
The larger ships were docked near the star ring, while smaller ones like the one Lin Shuang was riding on directly broke into the atmosphere.
When Lin Shuang and another person's spaceship got close to a certain distance, they received instructions to pick them up and went through entry procedures from the planet.
"Is that a Starskiff in front of us?"
When it was time to line up, Lin Shuang noticed a spaceship flying in front of them that was very similar to the Starskiff in the game.
It has a kind of classical and mysterious beauty. To put it simply, there is no feeling of technology on the outside.
But it did travel smoothly in a vacuum and moved at a speed faster than their own spacecraft.
After Acheron completed the entry registration procedures, she looked up.
"Yes, it belongs to the Xianzhou. Look at the trademark on the side of the Starskiff. If I remember correctly, it should be the Whistling Flames Merchant Guild of the Xianzhou Luofu."
"Whistling Flames Merchant Guild?"
Lin Shuang couldn't help but squint and look at it a few more times, then took out her cell phone and searched it up.
It's true.
Seeing the excitement in Lin Shuang's eyes, Acheron thought she was happy to meet someone from the Xianzhou. After all, Lin Shuang was also interested in the Xianzhou Alliance.
"If you're curious, you can go get to know them after you get off the spaceship. I've heard a little bit about Tingyun from the Whistling Flames Merchants Guild. I think she'd like to make more friends."
"Oh, but I don't see much news about the Whistling Flames Merchant Guild. Have you heard of this?"
"I've heard people talk about it occasionally, but I've personally never come into contact with them."
Lin Shuang nodded and watched the spaceship getting closer and closer to the starport.
Suddenly.
Boom—
There was a silent explosion without any warning ahead. The starship, which was originally guided by the starport's traction program, deviated from its course due to the explosion and fell towards the space outside the starport.
"Fuck—"
Lin Shuang widened her eyes and stood up directly from the chair, while Acheron beside her frowned at this moment.
"Something is wrong. I feel the power of Abundance on that starship."
"Abundance? Could it be the Mara?!"
"Who knows? Do you want to go and see?"
Acheron pointed at the Starskiff that was on fire and falling towards the ground.
She just said that she wanted to make a friend, but now something happened. But it would be easier to make friends if you went and offered help in times of need.
If you gain the favor of the Whistling Flames Merchant Guild of the Sky-Faring Commission, it will be much easier to go to the Xianzhou Luofu in the future.
As for Lin Shuang.
Now that Acheron is by her side, let alone the evil creature of Abundance, even if an Emanator of Abundance is here, she wouldn't dare to not join in the fun.
"Of course!"
T/N: Lowkey, searching up terms for Star Rail is mad annoying.