Although about five or six players immediately appeared to buy game guides, there were no more after that.
Most of the remaining players, after showing hesitation and doubt, chose to watch from the sidelines.
Su Ran glanced at the few players who bought the game guides and nodded, "Alright, one by one. Ouyang Qing, you're last!"
Ouyang Qing wasn't happy to hear that, "Why? I was the first one!"
Su Ran said, "Your guide is the longest; it'll take a while to finish writing it!"
Ouyang Qing helplessly replied, "Uh, alright then!"
At this point, Su Ran began to ask the first player their question, while simultaneously exchanging for a notebook from the Game Store and began writing furiously.
He finished writing in a short while and handed the guide to the first player.
That player had been waiting for a long time, and as soon as he received the guide, he started reading it.
After finishing, he hurried back to his seat, seemingly beginning to try it out.
This also made the surrounding players who were watching very curious.
"Do you think this game guide is really useful?"
"I just secretly peeked at that little notebook, but I didn't see anything unusual."
"We should know soon enough!"
"But the boss just said that buying a guide doesn't mean you'll immediately master it, so it probably won't be something you can learn in a short while, right?"
But no sooner had he spoken than...
"Haha, it's useful, it's really useful!"
From a distance, the first player who had bought the guide exclaimed, "This guide is amazing! I really learned the advanced techniques of the Charge Blade in one go!"
"What?"
The other players were stunned.
"Didn't he say it would take time to fully grasp it?"
"How could it be so fast?"
Then everyone looked at Su Ran with questioning eyes, "Boss, how come his game guide is so effective so quickly?"
"Exactly, this is completely different from what you said!"
Su Ran was in the middle of writing the second person's guide.
Only after he finished did he look up and explain, "This varies from person to person, and also depends on the difficulty of the problem.
The harder it is, naturally, the longer it takes!"
"However, his problem just now wasn't difficult; in fact, I even felt he didn't need to buy a game guide, so it's not surprising that it was so fast!"
Everyone else looked suspicious, "Is that really true?"
"Yes!"
Su Ran nodded.
However, after a while.
The second person who took the guide back screamed, "I defeated the Extinction Dragon! I finally defeated it! It wasn't easy; I tried over a hundred times before and never succeeded, but this time I finally did!"
Soon after, the third player's hearty laughter came, "Haha, I learned the Taichi Sword's Foresight Slash! This game guide is awesome!"
Other players: "…"
Everyone looked at each other, and for some reason, they suddenly felt a bit parched.
Although they thought this so-called game guide should be effective, they never expected the effect to be so ridiculously good.
At this moment, someone finally couldn't sit still anymore and gritted their teeth, saying, "I'll buy it, I want to buy a guide too!"
"Boss, give me one too!"
For a time, the number of people buying and discussing game guides in the Internet Cafe increased.
...
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Zhou Yang took off his virtual device, looked at the Black Horn Dragon's corpse on his computer screen, and smiled slightly.
"A little slower than I expected."
"But it's still good; once I finish defeating the Extinction Dragon, I'll be pretty much caught up!"
At this moment, he couldn't help but look at the seat beside him, "Zhang Tao, where are you at?"
He saw on the computer screen next to him that a young man who was fighting the Extinction Dragon was just swatted away by a claw.
"Oh no, I died again!"
"I've died ten times already; why do I feel like I'm getting worse the more I play?!"
The young man named Zhang Tao dejectedly took off his virtual device, stared at the screen unhappily for a while, then turned his head to look at Zhou Yang, "Huh? What did you just say?"
Zhou Yang said with a smile, "You haven't defeated it yet? I've already reached the Extinction Dragon!"
"Holy crap, no way, that fast?"
Zhang Tao glanced at Zhou Yang's screen in surprise, not expecting Zhou Yang to catch up so quickly.
Zhou Yang smiled proudly again.
But just then, he noticed that the Internet Cafe seemed a bit noisy, with many people discussing something, and he couldn't help but ask curiously,
"Why aren't they playing the game properly? What are they doing?"
Zhang Tao also glanced over, "It should be about the game guides!"
"Game guides?"
Zhou Yang was a bit confused; he hadn't been very clear because he was busy rushing to make progress.
Zhang Tao then roughly explained to Zhou Yang, and after finishing, he said with emotion, "It's a pity, the guide is too expensive, and I don't have money recently, otherwise I would have bought one!"
Zhou Yang, however, showed disdain after hearing it, "What's the point then? For them, even if they clear it, it's meaningless!"
Aside from asking Su Ran once when he played Stardew Valley, Zhou Yang never consulted Su Ran again when playing monster hunter.
He relied entirely on his own efforts to progress in the game, so he disdained these so-called game guides.
However, at this moment, upon hearing that Wu Lei had already defeated the Flame King Dragon because he bought a game guide and was not far from clearing the game, he felt a pang in his heart and prepared to continue playing.
But just then, he saw Zhang Tao get up and couldn't help but ask, "Are you not going to continue playing?"
Zhang Tao said dejectedly, "I am, but I feel like I'm getting worse the more I play right now.
I plan to go ask the boss for advice before playing again!"
Zhou Yang couldn't help but tease with a smile, "When you come back, I might have already surpassed you!"
Saying that, Zhou Yang put on his virtual device and continued playing.
Zhang Tao was even more dejected when he heard that; he had started playing much earlier than Zhou Yang, and it would be too embarrassing if he were caught up.
At this point, he hurriedly ran to the counter and found Su Ran, "Boss, can you tell me again how to defeat the Extinction Dragon?"
"Please wait!"
Su Ran was still writing a game guide for someone at this time.
Only after finishing did he look up at Zhang Tao, and he did have an impression of him, "I remember you've asked me this question many times, haven't you?"
Zhang Tao nodded awkwardly and complained, "Actually, I felt like I was just a little short of defeating it at first, but I don't know why, later on, my state got worse and worse the more I played, and I became more and more irritable.
What should I do?"
Zhang Tao sighed again, "It's a pity I can't afford a game guide right now, otherwise, if I bought it, I should be able to pass directly, right?"
"You don't need to buy a guide!"
Su Ran shook his head, "For your situation, buying a guide doesn't make much sense.
Actually, there's another simpler way!"
Zhang Tao was startled, "What?"
Su Ran pointed to the resting area in the center of the Internet Cafe, with a slight smile, "If you're not in a good state, then sit down and rest for a bit!"