Mu Lan and Beng Zeng were extremely excited. They had exactly three hours left to create their accounts. They were eagerly waiting for time to pass.
"Hey Mu, we have three hours left until we can create our accounts. What do you want to do in the meantime? How about we browse the internet and check out some cute girls?" Beng Zeng asked sarcastically.
A smile appeared on Mu Lan's face when he heard Beng Zeng's question. He remembered very well how his buddy was always interested in girls. But no girl ever looked at Mu Lan and Beng Zeng. They were the skinny and chubby duo. Mu Lan quickly responded to Beng Zeng's question.
"Beng, let's learn martial arts from the books you bought. That way, instead of looking at girls on the internet, we can look at real girls. What do you think?"
Beng Zeng immediately replied, "I already look at real girls."
Mu Lan tried to convince Beng Zeng. "But they don't look at us, Beng. We're the skinny and chubby duo. Girls run away from us wherever we go. We don't have a single girlfriend, and we get rejected every time we approach a girl. Don't you think the girls look at us with ridicule?"
Beng Zeng replied sadly, "I guess you're right, it's time for a change."
Mu Lan weighed 40 kilos while Beng Zeng was 100 kilos. Girls really didn't care about them. One was too chubby, the other too skinny. Girls could be very ruthless at their age. All they cared about were rebellious and muscular guys. There were exceptions, but even they didn't look their way.
Beng Zeng asked, "So, which book do we start with first?"
Mu Lan answered without hesitation, "Old Martial Arts. Today's artificial technology has really created that book very well. The other one is from a quote I heard in an old martial arts movie. 'I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.' With today's AI, who knows what kind of book they've made it. We can't predict what kind of knowledge it will contain."
Without wasting much time, they opened the "Old Martial Arts" book and started studying. With today's technology, they could easily understand the book. But putting it into practice was the hard part. After memorizing the entire "Old Martial Arts" book, Mu Lan gave it to Beng Zeng. While Beng Zeng was memorizing it, Mu Lan took the "10,000 Kicks at Once" book. The first word at the beginning of the book immediately caught his attention. "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." He wasn't really mistaken.
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He memorized this book without wasting much time. Meanwhile, Beng Zeng was memorizing the other book. Mu Lan's experience was more than Beng Zeng's, so it was easier for him to memorize. For him, the credits they spent were definitely not wasted. These books were definitely worth more credits. Mu Lan felt like he could achieve anything now, but his body wouldn't allow it. Knowing very well how to solve this problem, Mu Lan immediately got to work.
Beng Zeng finally finished his first book. He immediately asked Mu Lan for the other book. "Mu, I've memorized this book. Can you give me the other one so I can memorize it too? These books are really priceless. I'm still amazed that you found these and told me to buy them, they are really great books."
Mu Lan, drenched in sweat and out of breath from practicing the techniques in the book, turned to Beng Zeng and said, "Take it from the table."
Beng Zeng took the book from the table and turned to Mu Lan. "I'll start on the techniques in a bit, you keep practicing, Mu."
After about an hour of practice, Mu Lan felt amazing. Thanks to his previous life, his body was working a bit better, but he was very tired, his body wasn't fully trained yet, and he was training it now.
Beng Zeng came over to Mu Lan and said, "Mu, we have two hours left until we create our accounts. You've been practicing for an hour, I just finished memorizing the book, we're really blessed to have these books. No one can stop us now, I'm starting my practice now, I'll work out for an hour or two and then take a bath. I'll probably sweat like you when I finish."
Huffing and puffing, Mu Lan replied, "Huff, okay, huff Beng, I'll huff take a bath huff too."
After another hour and a half of practice, Mu Lan, exhausted, headed for the bath. As he was going to the bath, he made eye contact with Beng, who was also drenched in sweat. Time had flown by. "Hey Beng, we have 30 minutes left to create our characters. Aren't you going to take a bath?"
Beng Zeng quickly replied, "Whoa, Mu, that hour and a half went by fast. These techniques are really incredible. Tomorrow morning, our first job is to get in shape. We're starting to run tomorrow, no one will be able to stop us, and then we'll head to school."
Mu Lan agreed and went into the bath. Since there were two bathrooms in the house, they could save time. Right now, their parents were covering their expenses, and they were spending freely. That's why they could afford to rent a place like this.
After a 25-minute bath, Mu Lan came out, and Beng Zeng followed shortly after. They had five minutes left to create their characters in the game. Mu Lan and Beng Zeng took their devices and went to their beds. The device was in the form of a helmet. But another feature of the device was that it kept you connected to the game even while you were asleep. Thanks to this device, millions of people played the game instead of dreaming at night. The device could even connect to the internet. This way, you could browse the internet while in the game. You could even quickly check various news. It was a revolutionary invention.
Wearing their helmets and entering the game, Beng Zeng and Mu Lan were now waiting in the game's lobby.
Time Until Character Creation: 2 minutes.
Time Until Character Creation: 1 minute.
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Time Until Character Creation: 1 second.
As soon as the time for character creation was up, they clicked the button. They were directed to the character creation screen.
Your in-game appearance was identical to your real-life appearance, with only minor adjustments like hair color and eye color, making it a bit harder to be recognized if you didn't want to be. After all, thanks to this game, everyone had started chasing fame.
Mu Lan clicked on the archer class from the 5 main classes. He typed in the name he would use in the game: "God Slayer," and then pressed the confirm button.
[Character Created Successfully.]