Chapter 00293: Are They This Adaptable
# Are They This Adaptable?
Chapter 293
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 293 Are They This Adaptable?
Most of the gods who landed on Earth have already been taken to a safe place by Section Nine and their foreign counterparts.
Before a way is found for them to return, they can only temporarily reside on Earth.
As for the gods who landed near Li Chengxi's city, Aidas wasn't the only one.
According to Qian Sen, these gods would be sent to a place in the neighboring city specially designed to house transmigrators, where they would be managed collectively.
Li Chengxi thought he had nothing more to do with it.
At most, Aidas might drop by to replenish her divine power.
Who would have thought a whole group would suddenly show up.
This matter was actually Aidas's fault.
After she arrived at the containment facility, she mentioned Li Chengxi to the other gods.
When the gods heard about him, they thought, hey, we've never dealt with someone like that before.
Let's find a chance to go and see.
And so they came as a group.
In reality, many more gods wanted to come, but there were simply too many.
For safety reasons, only a few came first, with others to follow when there's a chance in the future.
Qian Sen didn't really want to serve this bunch of masters either.
He left Li Chengxi with a 'Send me a WeChat message immediately if there are any problems,' then took his men and ran off.
It was said that he went to deploy personnel nearby to be ready for any emergencies.
Since they're already here, so be it.
Although it felt a bit insane, logically speaking, there were some benefits.
Li Chengxi had never seen any gods other than Aidas.
Perhaps he could get more information related to gods from them.
With this thought in mind, Li Chengxi closed the door and went up the stairs.
As soon as he got upstairs, he saw Aidas and Tarona scratching at each other like two cats in a fight.
Hylonis and Filosier were watching the show from the side, occasionally shouting directions like, “Grab her hair!” “Scratch her neck!” They were completely just egging them on.
Charise, with her cat head, didn't join in the heckling.
Instead, she was minding her own business, wearing Bluetooth headphones and swaying her hips to the side, seemingly choreographing a new dance.
Just looking at her figure was enough to make one want to commit a crime, but adding a cat head to the mix made it a bit nauseating...
“Stop fighting, stop fighting, what's going on?”
Seeing this, Li Chengxi quickly went up to break up the fight, but was stopped halfway by Lathander.
“Don't worry about them, they're old enemies. Besides, neither of them knows how to fight, and they don't have much stamina. They'll quiet down once they get tired of scratching.”
...
Why did it feel like this sort of thing had happened many times before and everyone was already used to it?
Lathander was carrying a backpack.
He took out a silver laptop from inside and asked:
“What's the Wi-Fi password here? Want to team up and play?”
To be honest, it was really hard to realize that this bunch were all gods...
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Just as Lathander had said, Aidas and Tarona scratched at each other for less than three minutes before they were both panting heavily from exhaustion.
They both seemed to have no stamina, and at most, they could only glare at each other with their eyes.
Then, Li Chengxi was pulled into playing games with this bunch of gods.
Section Nine had provided them all with laptops.
The brand wasn't necessarily the best, but they were more than enough for everyday gaming.
Doing this could give these idle gods something to do, preventing them from getting into trouble out of sheer boredom.
As everyone knows, otaku are the most harmless type of people.
As long as they have a computer, they can stay at home for a lifetime.
Section Nine's plan was to cultivate these gods into hardcore otaku, as they would at least be easier to manage.
“Who is that Li Bai? Does he even know how to play!”
“Sniper duel in mid lane! Why are you running!”
“Get me up, quick! I've got a 98k, don't let that bastard loot my stuff!”
“Demacia!”
Throughout the morning, Li Chengxi's house echoed with the sounds of them playing games, and every one of them was completely engrossed.
Honestly, these gods had only been on Earth for a total of one week.
Was their adaptability really this strong?
Moreover, Li Chengxi sadly discovered that he actually couldn't beat these gods at games.
Hylonis's technical skill wasn't great, but his game sense was superb.
Lathander, on the other hand, had extremely fast hand speed and precise controls.
Filosier was the overall commander; truly worthy of being a God of War, he led the team and completely crushed all three lanes of the enemy's pickup team.
Only Aidas and Tarona allowed Li Chengxi to regain a bit of confidence, but those two were very good at head-on firefights and were especially skilled at using flashbangs and smoke grenades.
As for Charise, she didn't join in the gaming.
Instead, she connected to Li Chengxi's speakers and selected songs from a cloud music app.
Her taste was quite good, greatly enriching Li Chengxi's playlist.
This whole situation left Li Chengxi at a loss.
In the end, are you guys the Earthlings, or am I?
“Earth's games are indeed not bad, they're quite interesting to play.”
Lathander threw out a high-explosive grenade, and immediately, three kills appeared on the big screen.
“How are you guys so skilled?”
“Actually, it feels pretty similar to how it usually is in our divine realms, maybe even a bit easier. After all, the characters in the game act completely according to our will, whereas mortals have their own thoughts.”
As the Demon God, Li Chengxi was usually just playing a game.
In fact, it was similar for the other gods.
The mortal world was the chessboard, mortals were the pieces, and the gods were the players.
Although there were certainly some differences compared to Earth's video games, in essence, it was the same old wine in a new bottle, which was why they all got familiar with it so quickly.
It's like when we look at the inventions of ancient people and are always amazed at how clever they were.
But in reality, ancient people weren't stupid at all; they just lacked the broader perspective of modern people.
That was the logic, but in terms of actual experience, it still felt a bit unbelievable.
Li Chengxi let go of the keyboard and glanced at his watch.
It was about time for lunch.
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Happy times are always short.
Playing games with a bunch of gods, noon arrived quickly.
Since they had been knocked down, they were now mortals with divine power and divinity, so they still had to eat.
Including Li Chengxi, there were seven of them in total.
With so many mouths to feed, he couldn't just get by with instant noodles.
So, Li Chengxi decided to have hot pot.
The main ingredients were readily available, which made things easy.
Li Chengxi's convenience store had sliced lamb and hot pot base.
He sent a WeChat message to Qian Sen, asking them to send over some fresh vegetables for the hot pot.
He had no idea how flabbergasted Qian Sen must have been upon receiving the message—after all, it's not like they could order takeout, right?
It had to be said that Section Nine's efficiency was quite high.
They delivered the vegetables in less than half an hour, and even brought some extra seafood like fresh shrimp.
Li Chengxi also sold hot pot ingredients like beef balls, crab sticks, and shrimp paste here.
All he had to do was set up a table upstairs and they were good to go.
Usually, when Li Chengxi ate hot pot at home by himself, he used a small pot.
This time, with so many people, he took out the divided Yuan-Yang pot that came with his induction cooker.
He casually arranged the other ingredients on the table, and that was that.
Then, Li Chengxi witnessed what it meant to be a reincarnated hungry ghost, and there were six of them.
Normally, this group of gods stayed in their respective divine domains.
As gods, they didn't need to eat or drink, and many of them had almost forgotten the taste of food.
But this time, having been knocked down, they were forced to leave their divine domains, temporarily turning from gods back into humans.
Their long-suppressed appetite was completely unleashed.
It wasn't that the hot pot was particularly delicious; they would have looked like reincarnated hungry ghosts no matter what they ate.
Li Chengxi held his chopsticks, having just eaten a slice of meat.
Watching them eat with such gusto, he was stunned into feeling full just by the sight.
(End of Chapter)