Chapter 79: The World of Adults

When Mother Mo mentioned Dad, Mo Xiaobai also felt curious: “Didn’t you try to convince Dad to come too? Why didn’t he come today?”

Mother Mo peeled a shrimp and gave it to Mo Xiaoyou, saying impatiently, “He just can’t accept getting old. His Territory is probably a bit better than mine, almost ready to upgrade. He said he’d wait to see if he can upgrade first, and only come if he can’t.”

“Then let Dad play for now. Maybe Dad will catch up and surpass me.”

Mo Xiaobai answered with a smile, though deep down he knew that while it wasn’t hard for his father to upgrade his Territory to Level 2, reaching Level 3 had always been a struggle. After all, gaining the 300 Renown and 180 Fame needed to upgrade to Level 3 was not that easy.

If he couldn’t earn the Renown, Dad would probably choose to give up eventually.

“Older brother, look at this.”

Just as Mo Xiaobai was continuing to drink and chat happily with Li Ji, He Chun, and others, Mo Xiaoyou suddenly stepped over Mother Mo’s body and held her Player Panel up in front of Mo Xiaobai.

“What’s wrong, Little Dot?” Mo Xiaobai glanced over and found it was just a Forum post.

“A Player posted this. Someone said they received an NPC quest, but after finishing it, they got no reward and were even caught by the soldiers. They are now in a prison cell waiting for their sentence and are looking for people to help break them out of jail.”

“I see. It’s probably because he did the quest wrong. Little Dot, be careful in the future when you receive quests. Many quests are not as simple as they seem on the surface,” Mo Xiaobai said, glancing casually at the post’s content while smiling, then warning his little sister.

Quests from NPC in the Plane world were full of hidden traps.

“Why be careful? Shouldn’t Players get a reward after finishing a quest?”

“It depends on the quest.”

Seeing her little sister was determined to get to the bottom of it, Mo Xiaobai shook his head and nodded toward the post: “Did you see what kind of quest the post mentions?”

“I saw it. It’s a killing quest posted by a Ranger.”

“He just killed someone directly, so getting caught by the guards seems normal, right?”

“But the quest was given by an NPC. Why did the one who killed get caught, but the NPC who posted the quest didn’t get caught?”

Little Dot stared wide-eyed at her big brother. She just couldn’t understand this. If the person who committed murder was a criminal, wasn’t the one who instigated and ordered the murder also a criminal?

Mo Xiaobai felt it was necessary to explain a bit more clearly to Little Dot, so he immediately explained: “The NPC sent him on the quest. Killing was just the very last step of the whole quest process. This was a Ranger quest. Rangers fighting, brawling, or even killing is very common. However, not all Rangers are wanted by the government, and even if they are wanted, they won’t be chased hard. The reason is simple. A Ranger might kill out of personal desire, but often there are other factors behind that desire.”

“Some do it to repay a kindness, while others do it for family or friends. Even characters said in legends to be ‘great heroes serving the country and its people’ do exist. This unlucky guy who got caught didn’t research the hidden plot behind the quest. Maybe the target he was supposed to kill appeared on the surface to be a generous merchant, but secretly he was the leader of a bandit group. Since he didn’t investigate these things, he simply killed the quest target just to get the quest reward.”

“If Players like this could successfully complete Class Transfer to become Rangers, then the Lord Plane could completely cancel the Ranger class and just call everyone Assassins or Killers.”

Mo Xiaobai roughly explained the difference between Ranger and Assassin quests to his sister, then changed his tone and smiled again: “Of course, if this guy had run away quickly after killing someone, the government might not have held on to him so tightly once they discovered the victim had special circumstances. They certainly wouldn’t have sentenced him and issued orders to the entire Dynasty. For a Player, the loss would at most be failing the quest and moving to develop in another Prefecture City. But this guy was so foolish he actually went back openly to ask for the reward. If the Prefecture City officials didn’t catch him then, they really would have no excuse.”

“Even after this type of Player finishes his sentence, this record will be noted in every Prefecture City in the Dynasty he belongs to. The stain is almost impossible to wash off. He can only risk crossing the Dynasty border to seek opportunities in other Dynasties.”

As Mo Xiaobai spoke, he also thought about Xiao Bai who had left Juancheng.

Compared to the unlucky guy on the Forum, that girl was absolutely smart. Not only did she find the real reason for the murder, but she also successfully avoided the government’s first round of sweeps.

The probability of successfully completing a Class Transfer to become a Ranger should reach 80%.

Maybe she would be the first Player Ranger in the Huaxia Region of the Plane.

Although being the first to complete Class Transfer didn’t mean she was the most powerful, she was still ahead of other Players. After all, even Mo Xiaobai himself hadn’t started his Class Transfer yet.

Of course, there was also a factor of Mo Xiaobai not being in a hurry. He had already planned a Class Transfer scheme for himself long ago; he just waited for the right time to go do the quest.

After a while, Little Dot by his side spoke softly: “Mo Xiaobai, your adult world is so complicated.”

“Haha~ It should be complicated. Little Dot, you should go play with Yiyi and Big Yellow. Try not to visit the Forum so much and look at all sorts of messy things.”

“So annoying. I don’t need you to manage me.”

Mo Xiaoyou pouted her mouth, closed the Forum, and snuggled back into Mother Mo’s arms to get some food. Mother Mo laughed softly and shook her head. She had also heard the conversation between Mo Xiaobai and her daughter. For someone of her age, understanding these things was quite easy, even though she had never touched any games before entering the Plane.

Because the Plane world was too real, as real as if one had changed to a different world to survive.

…

When the sun rose the next day, Mo Xiaobai stretched his arms and got out of bed.

After eating breakfast with Mother Mo and his sister at their manor, Mo Xiaobai was about to leave but was stopped again by Little Dot.

“What’s wrong now?”

“Mo Xiaobai, what you promised me? I forgot to ask you yesterday.”

“What did you ask me to promise?”

Mo Xiaobai was first stunned. Seeing his sister’s expression instantly darken, he laughed and rubbed her forehead: “How could I forget Little Dot’s big matter? You want to watch a TV series, right?”

“Yes. I went offline once last night, and my home has no internet and no electricity.”

“No internet at home, but we have it here.”

“What do you mean?”

“The Forum can now post messages, and in a while, maybe it will be able to upload photos or videos.”

“Oh, how does that relate to TV series?” Mo Xiaoyou looked at her big brother with confusion, looking like a “I don’t understand, please explain to me” kind of way.

“Think about it. You can enter the Plane yourself. Are the stars you like not in here too? On Water Blue Star, filming ancient costume dramas requires building movie sets first. Here, suitable scenes are everywhere. Is making a movie or a TV series not simple?”

Mo Xiaobai chuckled and mentioned some of the future developments of the Plane.

However, although what he said was the truth, it only earned an angry glare from Mo Xiaoyou: “Mo Xiaobai, you are lying to me again!”

“Little Dot, how am I lying to you?”

“You adults are all busy managing Territories and doing quests. Where do you have time to shoot TV series? I just read fewer books, I’m not stupid. You can’t fool me.”

Seeing his sister put on a serious face, Mo Xiaobai teased: “This time, Big Brother really didn’t lie to you. Many of the stars you like lost their Territories even earlier than Mom. Wait another year or two. When my brother and I truly develop, even if they don’t shoot by themselves, I’ll spend money to hire all your favorite stars. I’ll find a special place for them to shoot TV series just for you to watch. If the shows don’t look good, you can tell them to reshoot, until you are satisfied.”