Gorgeous Female Tenants

Chapter 169 Ancient Moon Red Dust

Xu Xiangbei and Liu Ningyan were chatting with great interest, but when Ding Keke started complaining, they had to move away from her window.

Deep in the yard by the pond, a bright moon reflected on the still water, and a gentle breeze caused ripples.

Liu Ningyan loved the quiet and beautiful night. She had never noticed how beautiful the night could be in the past.

When someone knows they won’t live much longer, the pain and helplessness feel like daggers piercing their soul, leaving them no time to notice nature’s beauty.

She did everything wildly that could make her forget about death.

Playing video games day and night, racing cars, fighting, she twisted from a quiet and graceful lady into a rebellious and fierce girl, transforming from Liu Ningyan to Black Rose.

Only her friend Chen Xin knew this secret.

She called Xu Xiangbei, informing him she was at a café at the foot of the mountain road, not to track his phone, but because, as Black Rose, she escaped the crowd, removed her smoky makeup, and returned to her pure and lovely appearance as Liu Ningyan.

Xu Xiangbei didn’t know that the delicate girl in front of him was the same wild and enchanting Black Rose with smoky makeup.

Xu Xiangbei gradually sobered up from his drunken state, feeling that walking with a beauty under the beautiful night not only delighted the body and mind but also had a sobering effect.

He lewdly stared at the alluring curves under Liu Ningyan’s camisole and chuckled, "Ning Yan girl, what game are you designing? Is it fun?"

Liu Ningyan stroked her hair blown by the evening wind, revealing a slight glimpse of pearly teeth, her smile free of any worldly dust: "It wasn’t developed by just me. Programming, planning, graphics, it requires many people, completed by a team. The game is temporarily named Ancient Moon Red Dust. It is set in an ancient martial arts world, like those popular games, where you fight monsters to level up, join guilds, make friends, and marry. As long as it’s a trendy element now, we have it in Ancient Moon Red Dust."

Xu Xiangbei hiccuped out of curiosity and asked, "Can you get married in the game too?"

"Of course, in the real world, we are bound by age, law, family, and emotions, preventing random proposals and marriages, but in the game, you can propose to anyone you like, even having multiple spouses."

Xu Xiangbei didn’t quite understand, "Multiple spouses? Isn’t that chaotic?"

"This further tests the couple’s relationship. If two people truly love each other, they wouldn’t accept proposals from others, wouldn’t you agree?"

"You do have a point."

"Of course, it’s just a game. Reality rules shouldn’t measure it. In the game, fighting for marriage makes it lively and interesting. According to Freud’s personality theory, personality is diverse. In the real world, you might be a skinny loser, but in the game, you might become a kung-fu master. A game is a dream, a dream where you unleash your subconscious."

Xu Xiangbei was a little tempted, "You describe it so fun; can you let me try this game first?"

Liu Ningyan smiled, "Of course, you’re the big boss of our Ancient Moon Red Dust game. The program is almost completed, but details need refinement. I’ll send you the program to your email tomorrow. You can play it, but only the single-player version on a computer."

Xu Xiangbei was eager, "Why wait until tomorrow? Send it to me tonight. I probably won’t be able to sleep anyway. I want to play the game I’ve invested in."

Liu Ningyan’s eyes flashed with a sly smile, "You haven’t given us the money yet. What if you don’t like playing our game and decide not to invest? Then we’d suffer a big loss."

Xu Xiangbei proudly took out a bank card from his pocket, trying to hand it to Liu Ningyan, "Since I promised you, I am, of course, a man of my word. Should I transfer the money to whose account, or give you cash directly?"

Liu Ningyan covered her mouth, laughed, and refused Xu Xiangbei’s bank card, "Of course, transfer it to our company account. We’ve registered the Ancient Moon Red Dust Game Company. I’m the chairman and legal representative now, but I’ve already spent my million. There’s only a few hundred left in the account. After you transfer the money, you’ll become the company’s chairman and legal representative, President Xu. What do you think?"

"No problem, give me the account number. I’ll transfer directly."

Liu Ningyan sent the Ancient Moon Red Dust game program to Xu Xiangbei, and he eagerly installed it on his laptop.

After a vibrant and exciting video shot, Xu Xiangbei entered the game interface.

The first game interface was the nickname registration interface, requiring players to register with real names. The registration information is confidential, and only the nickname is displayed in the game.

Xu Xiangbei registered with his real name as required, choosing the nickname Moon Shadow Monarch for himself, fantasizing about wearing a dragon robe, sitting majestically on a powerful dragon chair, commanding the world, proud of the world, embracing countless exquisite and beautiful concubines. Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but smile with pride.

After registration, the game required Xu Xiangbei to choose a profession and guild. There were all sorts of professions like Daoist and Sword Master, with dozens of choices.

Xu Xiangbei browsed for a while, finally choosing the profession of Sword Master. He raised his eyebrows, sinking again into his fantasy.

He had often fantasized about being a skilled swordsman, traveling a thousand miles at a time, and killing someone with ten steps.

There were many predefined guilds in the game, but it was still an initial game, with no members in any guild, except for Xu Xiangbei as the only player.

Since the game required joining a guild, Xu Xiangbei intended to join one randomly, but there wasn’t a guild name he liked. He felt he was a swordsman and should join a guild related to swords.

In the bottom right corner of the interface, he unexpectedly found a button to establish a new guild and established a guild called Shadowless Sword Listening Pavilion, anyway, it was a one-person guild, so he didn’t mind.

After setting everything up, he could click the start game button. He clicked lightly, and a notification popped up on the computer screen, indicating that once the nickname and profession were chosen, they could not be changed. Would you like to continue?

Xu Xiangbei confidently clicked the mouse.

Similar to ordinary games, Moon Shadow Monarch was born as a low-level newbie in the Newbie Village, needing to fight wild creatures to accumulate experience and level up.

The upgrade settings were straightforward. Xu Xiangbei played for half an hour and honorably reached level ten, becoming an entry-level Sword Master.

He joyfully wielded the uniquely crafted, ancient, and elegant Lightning Flying Sword awarded by the system after his upgrade and used the powerful Flying Sword Technique he just received to fight wild creatures.

Yet, he was shocked to discover that the wild creatures’ levels in the field were insanely high, and the game protagonist, Moon Shadow Monarch, soon met a tragic end under the claws of the wild creatures.