Chapter 18

Translator: Noodletown Translations  Editor: Noodletown Translations

“Received.” Black didn’t say anything else and directly reminded Mu Fan, “Please get ready to enter the PO Battle Network.”

Then, before Mu Fan could think twice, Black’s spherical body seemed to have shattered into a cloud of shiny mist and hovered over Mu Fan.

“Wait, I haven’t selected my character settings yet, right…”

…

Chubby Harry was bored as he sat in the newbie base codenamed Salmon, drinking out of his bottle of lemon soda with a straw.

“Why hasn’t Mu Fan contacted me yet? I, Brother Chubby, purposely purchased a teleport ticket to return to the newbie base. This Salmon Base should be the meet-up point for all newbies from the neighboring planets. Ay, time is so precious, yet I’m wasting my youth… This is worrisome.” Chubby Harry sighed as he drank another mouthful of the refreshing lemon soda.

Harry looked up at the sky, and it wasn’t the usual blue sky and clouds that were above his head but rather an endless spatial city. The Salmon Base was a modern and heavy industrial city designed to contain spatial portals between different areas, and hover vehicles drove across the dimension in all directions quickly.

The newbies who just got out of the teleportation gate all looked at Chubby Harry who was sitting on a huge steel pipe as if he was an idiot. This city simulates a high-latitude city with a temperature of -15 degrees Celsius. While this fatty is drinking cold lemon soda, doesn’t he see that others are all walking around in the newbie cotton jackets?

The PO Battle Network aimed to provide a virtual world that would closely simulate reality, and it was important for the network to also perfect the settings in the bases that were not used for combat. The Salmon Base was a newbie-gathering spot for the neighboring planets within ten light-years of Planet Loga. There were more than 10,000 such bases, and the base that Chubby Harry was sitting in was ranked in the thousands.

Of course, ordinary people couldn’t understand Brother Chubby’s thought process.

“Idiots, I’m a pro, and I must look good. Newbies, you think that a Silver 1-star pro like me would be afraid of this cold? As a VIP, wouldn’t I have the equipment to keep me warm? Hmph, bumpkins!” Chubby Harry’s gaze turned colder as he took another sip of his lemon soda.

Dumb*ss. A newbie walked by and thought to himself as he saw a fatty in a small tight tank top sitting on a steel pipe, looking quite unique.

Chubby Harry ignored this newbie’s glare selectively. While looking at the light display screen before him, he murmured as his brows pinched together, “Why am I not getting a message yet? Did Mu Fan forget my ID? Then, wouldn’t I look like a dumb*ss sitting here waiting for him.” Harry looked up at the newbies staring at him and suddenly felt that he might have been a bit stupid.

“I’m going to leave now if he doesn’t come!”

“Beep. New friend request.”

Hmm? Someone wants to add me? Could it be Mu Fan? Chubby Harry quickly pressed his smart wristband to bring out the light display screen after he heard the notification.

“What? Lord Egg?” Chubby Harry was confused. This person is this shameless? This nickname is a little domineering.

He then looked at the ID, LB004LJXA778H2671.

Eh, judging from the first few digits, this player should be from a star system nearby. Wait, those who aren’t nearby can’t enter this zone anyways. Chubby Harry suddenly remembered and felt that he had insulted his own intelligence. Then, he quickly looked around. Good; no one paid attention to me.

“Eh… This ID… I don’t recognize it.” Chubby Harry made up his decision and reached out his right hand towards the rejection button.

“Oh damn, my hand shook.” Chubby Harry accidentally pressed [Confirm] as he still had the bottle of lemon soda in that hand.

“Beep. New message received.”

“Mu Fan.”

“Mu Fan?” Chubby Harry’s pea-sized eyes stared at the light display screen and sent a voice message.

“Yeah.” A message, no, one word appeared after more than ten seconds.

…

In the rookie camp with the codename 341, Mu Fan was staring blankly at the light display keyboard in front of him and was using one finger to point around.

The newbies who happened to pass by Mu Fan were covering their faces as they thought to themselves, The PO Battle Network sure is an amazing place filled with all sorts of people.

Mu Fan had arrived for a while now, but Black seemed to have disappeared after he had entered. It took him awhile to find the [Add New Friend] option, let alone that it had taken him more than two minutes to type in Chubby Harry’s ID.

Mu Fan suddenly got shocked by the video call request on the light display screen, There is this option too?

He pressed [Accept], but the chubby face that appeared wasn’t the Chubby Harry that he knew.

“Don’t worry; it’s me, Harry.” Chubby Harry explained quickly as he saw the curiosity in Mu Fan’s eyes. “Also, oh my God, you didn’t change your appearance at all before entering.”

“Also, your name. It really is you. You’re Lord Egg, hahaha. This is too funny. This name is too domineering; my Lemon Balloon is nothing compared to yours!”

Chubby Harry was laughing when he saw Mu Fan’s face turning livid all of a sudden.

“What did you say my name is?”

“It’s Lord Egg. Oh man~” Chubby Harry was laughing so hard that he couldn’t even keep his back straight anymore.

Seeing Chubby Harry laughing his head off on the other end of the video call with the name “Lemon Balloon” above his character, Mu Fan shouted in his mind, “Black Egg!!! Where are you!!!”

“Ahem… Let’s be serious. I think your name is nice. It’s very profound and meaningful; at least I’ve never seen a name like this during my years on the PO Battle Network. Think about what you’ll hear during combat in the future; ‘Lord Egg has slain XXX in battle!’ How dashing would that be? Hahahahahahaha, I can’t pretend any longer; I give you 100 marks for this name.”

Mu Fan was at a loss for words.

Chubby Harry rubbed his face, trying to wipe the mockery off his face with force. Then, he said seriously, “Okay, for real this time, check your smart wristband and tell me where you are. I’ll go and find you.”

“Let me see, I’m at Salmon Base Rookie Camp 341.”

“Okay, wait for me; I’ll be there soon.”

Then, the light display screen shut off.

Chubby Harry stood up, rubbed his face, and shouted at the newbies coming periodically from the nearby spatial portal, “Hey rookies! Look at the ultimate technique of pros! Instant Teleportation!”

With his hand crushing an arbitrary teleportation stone that was worth 648 star coins, Chubby Harry slowly disappeared into a beam of white light. That’s right, this was how rich people showed off.

Before Chubby Harry completely disappeared, he saw a bunch of newbies staring at him again… Unfortunately, he couldn’t hear anything that they had said. And, of course, he didn’t see that person mouthing “dumb*ass” as he disappeared.

Within the PO Battle Network, the price for teleportation items was expensive. But in Harry’s eyes, enjoyment was everything. It would be a waste of time to spend too long on traveling, and it would make him unhappy. What was the purpose of playing on the battle network if he was unhappy?

Of course, no one could doubt that the special effect of the teleportation stone worthy of 648 star coins was pretty cool.

Chubby Harry arrived at the portal location of Rookie Camp 341 within two or three seconds.

Where’s Mu Fan? Chubby Harry looked around. He was still in a similar spatial city environment as where he was at before. One shouldn’t expect to see other things in a newbie base after all.

“Beep. Friend ‘Lemon Balloon’ is requesting your location.”

Mu Fan saw the request and pressed [Approve].

After three to four minutes passed, the tidied-up version of Chubby Harry appeared in front of Mu Fan who stood there like a log.

“Mu Fan, your name is really… It’s too courageous.”

Mu Fan clearly didn’t want to speak a word as it was definitely Black who did this, but Black seemed to have disappeared after he entered the PO Battle Network, now nowhere to be found.

“Alright, this is the entrance for newbies like you, and I’ll take you to the training camp now. If you want to get familiar with the PO Battle Network, it’s better to go to the training camp as they have some useful basic training,” Chubby Harry said as he patted on Mu Fan’s shoulder.

“Alright.”