Chapter 00088: The Wuxia Script
# The Wuxia Script
Chapter 88
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 88 The Wuxia Script
The girl on Xue Wenshu's phone looked quiet and demure.
Her first impression was that of a girl as gentle as water.
Suddenly, Li Chengxi understood this kid Xue Wenshu's taste.
This was exactly his type.
After all, Lei Lei also seemed like the quiet and gentle type at first glance.
And if Li Chengxi had to give his opinion, he still thought Lei Lei was prettier and more in line with his own tastes.
"Take a pack of gum. I'll be waiting for news of your victory."
"Don't worry, I definitely won't be nervous this time!"
His words were not very convincing.
Xue Wenshu took the sports drink and gum and left with an expression like he was heading off to a battlefield.
It was hard to tell he was actually just going to play basketball.
As the big brother, all Li Chengxi could do was silently cheer him on, hoping it would work out this time.
Audel was upstairs watching TV.
With nothing to do, Li Chengxi opened his laptop to check on the situation in the game.
Since it was already afternoon, Viola and the others' prayer time had long passed.
Li Chengxi saw Viola working in her office as usual.
He then opened the map, wanting to see if any new areas had been explored.
To the north of Leon Stronghold, in a pitch-black part of the map, there was a straight line that had been explored.
It was actually left behind by the White Dragon as it flew past, and the explored area was all mountains or snow, with nothing worthy of note.
Li Chengxi considered that since the dragon could fly, and fly quite fast at that, perhaps he could use it as a reconnaissance plane.
Li Chengxi could command it to fly towards the fog of war at any time.
This was much more convenient than sending scouts riding around...
Not only was it paying to work, but it also had to be on standby around the clock.
Even a capitalist would shed tears at the White Dragon's plight.
Other than that, what caught his eye most on the map was a new city icon.
Zooming in the camera view, he could see the words 'Sailing Harbor' written on it.
It seemed the ship Viola had sent had finally arrived.
The size of Sailing Harbor was far beyond what Leon Stronghold could compare to.
The docks alone were packed with large and small pixel-style ships, and all he could see at a glance were white sails.
The pedestrians on the streets were also far more numerous than in Leon Stronghold, and it was obvious from their clothing that they were wealthier than the commoners of Leon Stronghold.
Only when he occasionally saw groups of fully armed soldiers passing by or patrolling the streets did he realize that the city was currently under siege.
He clicked the small Triangle Marker next to the city's name, and the detailed information that popped up stated the total population was around one hundred thousand people.
"It seems... that's not a lot of people?"
Leon Stronghold, a backwater place, had over ten thousand people.
The big city that Audel and Viola kept hyping up only had a little over a hundred thousand.
It didn't feel very impressive; it wouldn't even count as a county town.
But on second thought, such a comparison wasn't appropriate.
He couldn't compare it to modern cities, especially modern cities of the Celestial Empire.
The difference in productivity was too great.
Judging from the game's setting, the level of productivity was not much better than in the Medieval Times.
A city with a hundred thousand people was already quite large.
Li Chengxi moved the camera view, wandering among the various shops in the city.
There were clothing stores, jewelry stores, and even barbershops—everything was available.
These things were almost nonexistent in Leon Stronghold.
However, since the map could only be revealed by a follower walking through, a large area of Sailing Harbor was still dark.
The only places he could see for now were some shops on the main road and the castle in the city center.
It felt like playing an RPG game where you arrive at a new city, but most of the city's areas are still hidden in the fog of war.
Just as Li Chengxi was about to explore properly, he glanced up and saw a green "+15830" appear in the gold coin resource bar in the top right corner.
The total number of Gold Coins had exceeded fifty thousand.
This must be from Viola's subordinates completing the inventory of the White Dragon's treasure and officially adding it to the treasury.
So, Li Chengxi hesitated for less than a second and decided to postpone his exploration of Sailing Harbor.
He would first try to start a new script.
He clicked back to the main menu from the options, then clicked the button in the center of the screen with the two characters for 'Wuxia' on it.
A dialogue box immediately popped up, asking, 'Generate a new script?'
To generate a Wuxia script, the condition was to have over fifty thousand Gold Coins in inventory.
Li Chengxi felt that 'inventory' was different from 'cost'.
As long as the new script was generated, he could let the White Dragon take its treasure back home afterward.
But if it turned out to be a cost...
"Then I'll just let the White Dragon cry for a while."
Muttering words that would make the White Dragon burst into tears, Li Chengxi clicked 'Yes' without hesitation.
The scene changed, and the words 'Generating Script' appeared on the screen.
This time, it seemed to take longer than generating the Fantasy script.
Li Chengxi stared at the computer for nearly five minutes before the words 'Generating Script' disappeared.
When the screen lit up again, he saw a pixel-style bamboo forest.
A group of people holding swords and blades were in the bamboo forest, seemingly searching for something.
This was similar to Viola's scenario; he could tell it was an opening cutscene at a glance.
But this also left Li Chengxi a little disappointed.
What happened to the promised Wuxia?
He had expected to see classic scenes from old Wuxia movies, like sunsets, sword dancing, or something.
At the very least, a martial arts school from some famous mountain should have appeared.
Instead, all he saw was a bunch of chibi-style rough men with swords and blades scurrying around a bamboo forest.
The psychological letdown was a bit much.
Just as he was feeling disappointed, a person emerged from under a patch of bamboo on the screen.
Judging by the hairstyle, it was a woman.
She seemed to be trying to escape while she was still undiscovered, but the rough men searching for her noticed.
Yelling, they raised their weapons and charged at her.
It felt like, if things got a bit dirty, a plot from an adult comic might be about to happen.
Li Chengxi pondered whether a great hero was about to jump down and save the damsel in distress.
But no.
On the screen, the single pixel-style little person ran in front, while a group chased from behind.
As it was still a 45-degree top-down perspective, the camera view followed them automatically.
As the two sides got closer and closer, the fleeing woman accidentally tripped and fell.
At this moment, the screen panned to the left, revealing a cliff covered in vines.
"Classic, but the plot is a bit cliché."
Look at the elements presented on the screen.
Pursuers, a cliff, a female protagonist desperately trying to escape.
It was obvious at a glance that she would survive the fall from the cliff, then encounter a white-bearded old man or some other kind of power-up and immediately soar.
A typical Wuxia protagonist's script.
Things indeed developed just as Li Chengxi had predicted.
The fleeing woman stood at the edge of the cliff, a gang of chibi-style rough men approached with their weapons raised, and then the woman leaped off without hesitation.
Li Chengxi watched the opening cutscene show the woman falling.
Every so often, things like tree branches and vines would break her fall.
He estimated that in another two seconds, she would land safely.
And then, the unexpected happened.
The falling little person on the screen splatted directly onto a large stone slab at the bottom of the cliff.
It was a complete mess.
Although it was a pixelated, Chibi Style and didn't show things like internal organs, the person had been smashed into a puddle of red paste.
There was definitely no chance of getting back up and carrying on.
"..."
Why isn't this following the script?
The protagonist is dead, so how will the story continue?
Afterwards, the game used a time fast-forward effect.
He could see flowers and plants growing and withering at a rapid pace.
Before long, the woman who had fallen to her death was reduced to a pile of white bones.
Soon, even the bones were covered by lush weeds.
A large pine tree grew out from a crack in a nearby rock, spreading out above like a large umbrella.
This unexpected animation left Li Chengxi completely dumbfounded.
Just as he was about to move the mouse to see if he could take control, another chibi-style little person fell from the top of the screen and landed right on the branches of the pine tree.
The branches, bent by the weight, drooped downwards like a cushion, gently placing the person on the ground.
"Oh, so the first one who jumped off the cliff was just an extra. This must be the real protagonist!"
(End of this chapter)