Before the gates of the Royal Academy in Feiyun City.
Senior Brother Zhou Yang and several core students walked out from inside.
One of the students said with some concern, "Senior Brother Zhou Yang, do you think there will be any problems if we refuse to go out for practical training like this?"
Just a moment ago, a mentor from the Academy returned, ready to take them out for practical training.
Because the annual Academy Tournament was fast approaching, and this time, it seemed the Academy was quite serious about it, so all students were told to prepare well.
They also took core students and Heavenly Rank students out for practical training in batches.
It was now Senior Brother Zhou Yang's turn.
This had been arranged in advance, and the mentor hadn't expected any surprises, but to his astonishment, Senior Brother Zhou Yang and the others flatly refused to go.
The mentor was stunned, greatly surprised, and then earnestly and sincerely tried to persuade them.
However, Senior Brother Zhou Yang and the others remained firm, refusing sternly, no matter what, they simply wouldn't budge.
"You unmotivated lot, fine, just don't regret it when you embarrass yourselves later!"
Finally, seeing that he couldn't persuade them, the mentor gritted his teeth, angrily threw out this sentence, and left in a huff.
"No need to worry, what is the purpose of going out for practical training?"
At this moment, Senior Brother Zhou Yang said dismissively, "Isn't it just to improve our strength? Do you think our strength is improving slowly now?"
"Senior Brother Zhou Yang is right, going out for practical training would really delay our cultivation. Staying here and playing games is the real priority!"
"Not just games, I found yesterday that watching the manga called Dragon Ball, not only can you learn martial arts moves from it, but it also greatly helps improve practical combat skills!"
"Really? Then I'll try it when I rest today. And I'll see if that Kamehameha, which you all say is difficult to learn, is really that hard?"
As they chatted, the few of them quickly put the Academy matters behind them and walked towards the Internet Cafe with full anticipation.
Although they arrived late today, they weren't too anxious because it was only 8:30 according to the time.
Now that the Internet Cafe had added new machines again, there were enough available, so they didn't have to queue up early every morning to get a spot.
Usually, it would only fill up after 9 or 10 o'clock.
"Huh?"
But when they arrived at the Internet Cafe and looked inside, they were stunned.
Because at this time, there wasn't a single empty seat.
"No seats left?"
"No way, we didn't come that late today, did we?"
Not only Senior Brother Zhou Yang and his companions were surprised.
Even some other players who arrived a bit later were also surprised.
"Forget it, let's go to the lounge area and read some manga."
"Yeah, once they log off at noon, there will be seats!"
So they could only go to the lounge area and wait.
But this wait lasted until the afternoon.
The number of people in the lounge area was increasing, but very few managed to get a seat.
Gradually, they realized something was off.
"That's not right, usually at this time, many people would be logging off. What's going on today?"
"It is a bit strange!"
"I know! I just went to check, and it seems many of the people playing at the Internet Cafe today are new faces."
"I knew it, no wonder!"
Only then did everyone realize that many new players had come to the Internet Cafe today.
These new players were playing games for the first time, so their mental state was naturally very good; they didn't need any rest.
So, not only were there no seats in the afternoon, but even when the Internet Cafe closed at night, many players still hadn't managed to get a seat.
Now, they were a bit annoyed.
"No way, it's only been a few days, why do we have to start fighting for seats again?"
"If we have to fight, we will. They're forcing me to. It's just coming early to queue up, who can't do that?!"
"Exactly, let's come earlier tomorrow!"
Many players thought this, gritting their teeth and leaving resentfully.
Until the next day arrived.
Including Senior Brother Zhou Yang, the players who hadn't gotten a seat yesterday no longer came late. They came early again, just like before, before the Internet Cafe opened.
Of course, old players like Wu Lei and Ouyang Qing, who were always accustomed to arriving early, did the same.
But today…
As everyone just walked into the alley, they were collectively stunned by the scene before their eyes.
"What the hell?"
"No way?"
"This goddamn…"
Because today's situation was even more exaggerated than yesterday's.
At this time, the Internet Cafe hadn't opened yet, but two long queues had already formed at the entrance.
Looking at the number of people, there must be almost a hundred, right?
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Now, let alone the players who didn't get seats yesterday, it seemed all of them wouldn't get seats.
But they simply couldn't understand.
How could the number of players coming to the Internet Cafe suddenly increase so much?
"Where did these people pop out from?"
"Looking at their attire, they don't look like players, more like famine refugees?"
"Right, everyone, don't worry, I highly doubt they have money to play games!"
Liu Chengfeng shook his head slightly, pointing with a wry smile: "I think they should have money. Look!"
"Hmm?"
Everyone looked in the direction Liu Chengfeng pointed and found that beside these queuing players, there were quite a few Security Team members maintaining order.
Until the Internet Cafe opened.
"Farming Team, parsnip group, get ready. You should have remembered clearly, right? Your goal is to go in, quickly learn the cultivation method for parsnips, and then come out!"
The Security Team members said this while handing the money for game activation and logging on to the queuing players, who then entered the Internet Cafe.
"Farming Team, tomato group, get ready…"
"Game Team, seed group, get ready…"
…
All the old players watched these scenes, dumbfounded.
This… what exactly is going on?
Why are these people so organized, disciplined, and seemingly quite professional?
In their confusion, they all looked at Liu Chengfeng with questioning eyes.
Liu Chengfeng also helplessly recounted the entire situation to everyone.
"So, all these people were specifically hired by your Royal Academy just for farming?"
After understanding the situation, the old players became even more depressed.
"Doesn't this mean we'll have to compete with so many people to play games from now on?"
Thinking about how difficult it would be to play games in the future, everyone glared at Liu Chengfeng with resentful eyes.
To their surprise, while these players were depressed, Liu Chengfeng was even more depressed than them.
Originally, Liu Chengfeng thought that with his status, cutting in line to occupy a machine to play would be no problem.
But who knew his Imperial Father had strictly ordered that no one could show favoritism and must follow the rules; if he wanted to play, he had to queue up himself.
So, if other players couldn't play games now, he couldn't either.