New Age Of Glory

When they arrived at the cafeteria, they saw that Ye Xiu and the rest were already seated. It was lunch, so everyone was polite. Even Huang Shaotian, though he's still a chatterbox, the words he spouts out were actually lesser than normal. Most of the time, his mouth were used to chew the foods.

Half way through their meal, two new comers entered the cafeteria. They immediately grabbed the attention of the former professional player because of their young appearance and also because one of them was on a wheelchair.

"Who are they?" Huang Shaotian was the first to voice out his curiosity.

"Maybe they are one of the employee's children," Yu Wenzhou answered.

"Oh, they're looking here! Do you think they're my fan?! I think they are! Hey, hey! Do I look presentable?" Huang Shaotian asked as he quickly wiped his mouth with the napkins.

"With Zhou Zekai sitting beside you? The difference is like heaven and earth!" Zhang Jiale said before letting out a snicker.

"What did you say? I dare you to say that again!"

"I said—"

"Shh! They're coming! Don't be childish," Sun Zheping lightly pinched Zhang Jiale's t.h.i.g.h to make him stop.

Zhang Jiale hissed out before he glared at Sun Zheping. "You pinched me too hard," he grumbled before he continued eating.

Meanwhile, the twins is already close. They could see that the one on the wheelchair is looking at them with eyes full of worship. But that worshipful gaze were only directed at one person. Everyone stopped eating when they stopped beside Ye Xiu.

"Umm… Mister, you are Ye Xiu, right?" Li Zhihuan asked, his voice was slightly shaking as he felt nervous.

"Yes, I'm Ye Xiu," Ye Xiu replied with a gentle smile on his face.

Upon hearing the answer, Li Zhihuan became even more excited. "Ah'Xuan! It's really Ye Xiu, ah!" Li Zhihuan reached up to his brother's hand and pulled on it in his excitement. "Tell me I'm not dreaming!"

"You're not dreaming," Li Haoxuan said with a smile.

Li Zhihuan has a satisfied smile on his face before turning to Ye Xiu again. "Mr. Ye, later… May I ask for an autograph?"

"Of course. Two?" Ye Xiu asked, his eyes glancing at Li Haoxuan.

"No. Just one is alright," Li Haoxuan answered.

"Hahahahaha! Old Ye! You just got rejected! How does it feel?! Serves you right, Old Ye!" Huang Shaotian burst out into a laugh when he heard Ye Xiu being rejected. "Kid, I like you! Tell me, who do you like? I can help you get their autograph! Oh wait, don't tell me… is it me?! It's me, right?? Ah, don't be shy now!"

Li Haoxuan just stared at Huang Shaotian with a slight guilty expression before he shook his head. "I'm sorry…" Li Haoxuan apologized.

After being rejected, Huang Shaotian froze in place. This time, it was Ye Xiu's turn to tease him.

"Poor little Huang, how does it feel to get rejected?" he asked back the same question Huang Shaotian asked him not too long ago. "Why do you think he likes you just because he doesn't like me? Maybe he liked Old Han?"

At this, Han Wenqing instinctively straightened his back, as if wanting to look more presentable to Li Haoxuan. But unfortunately, Li Haoxuan still shook his head. This made the people on the table became curious.

"Is it Yu Wenzhou?" Zhang Jiale asked.

Li Haoxuan still shakes his head.

"Wang Jiexi?" Sun Zheping named another captain but it still did not elicit a nod from Li Haoxuan.

"Zhou Zekai?"

"Li Xuan?"

"Aha! A boy like you is already thinking like an a.d.u.l.t, huh? Let me guess! The current captain of Misty Rain!" Huang Shaotian said and this time, Li Haoxuan shook his head even more aggressively.

"My brother's favorite is someone from the first generation of professional player," Li Zhihuan felt that if he didn't give a hint, then these group of retired professional players won't be able to guess at all.

"First-generation?"

They once again started to list out names of well known first-generation professional players. But after five names, Li Haoxuan continued to shake his head.

"This boy! Just who is it that you like?" Huang Shaotian asked, finally unable to contain his curiosity. He just wanted to know who this boy really like.

Li Haoxuan glanced at Ye Xiu and Huang Shaotian frowned. "Old Ye? But I thought you said you don't want his autograph."

"Not him," Li Haoxuan said. "But one of his old teammate… The Qi Master, Wu Xuefeng…" he mumbled in a soft voice.

"Seriously?" Zhang Jiale wouldn't, in his wildest dream, thought that someone would even remember Wu Xuefeng. "Wait… aren't you too young to even know who Wu Xuefeng is?!"

"Watched the Glory Professional match from the first season when we first found out about it. For some reason, my brother really liked Qi Breaker when he first saw him in a match," Li Zhihuan answered and Li Haoxuan nods his head.

"The first class that I played was also a Qi Master," Li Haoxuan said.

"The first class? Do you play other class too?" Ye Xiu asked. He raised his hand up to his chin as he looked at Li Haoxuan with interest.

"En! I played all of them!"

"Are you aiming to be a professional player?" another question came for Li Haoxuan from Yu Wenzhou.

"Eh…? Umm… if Zhihuan wants, then we will?" as he said this, Li Haoxuan looked over at his younger brother.

"Of course! My brother and I will be the best duo in the history of Glory! We'll even surpass God Ye and Goddess Su in terms of understanding!" Li Zhihuan declared confidently.

"And what is your class?" Ye Xiu asked Li Zhihuan. "Unspecialized?" he tried to guess since Li Zhihuan seems to be his fan.

"No," Li Zhihuan shook his head. "I'm playing cleric so that I can keep Ah'Xuan alive longer."

"Then… what is Ah'Xuan's current class?" Ye Xiu asked again, it was only at this time did he realize that they have yet to know the twin's name.

"I haven't chosen yet… the character we leveled earlier is still level 18. It took a while with the new system because we needed to get used to controlling the character in the game. We would've continued if it were not for—" as if on cue, Li Haoxuan's stomach growled.

"Ah, yes. We were supposed to eat lunch! Ah'Xuan, let's go eat first. Mr. Ye and friends, we'll see you again later," Li Zhihuan waved his hand and Li Haoxuan also did the same before he pushed the wheelchair away.

The group of retired players watched them walk away before letting out a sigh.

"He didn't even bother mentioning the rest of us…" Huang Shaotian said in a slightly dejected manner.

"It would have been a mouthful. Not everyone can shoot one thousand words in one second," Zhang Jiale replied. Surprisingly, Huang Shaotian didn't answer. When Zhang Jiale looked over at him, he noticed that Huang Shaotian is already back to stuffing his mouth with foods.

"Hold on… did those kids say they were leveling their characters? With the new system? When I inquired last time, they will only give out ten invitations. Then who are those two children?" Zhang Xinjie voiced out his question.

"Well, we will find out later," Ye Xiu said with a smile. "And I may have a new apprentice."

"Old Ye… didn't you get rejected earlier? You still have the face to offer yourself as his master? How thick is your face, ah! Maybe if our country suffers a nuclear attack, we only need to use your face to block the missiles and our country will be saved!" Huang Shaotian had just finished eating, so he is returning to his chatterbox self.

The rest decided to ignore him and quickly finished their meal.

After their lunch, they were once again being led by the staff. Their elevator stopped at the 11th floor and after the short hallway, they reached a door. "This will be the place where you will play the game. You are free to play whenever you want, there will be staff inside, working in shifts to work alongside you."

After saying this, the employee opened the door and the group finally entered the room.

"Whoa! This room is huge! Oh, there's a snack bar! And there's the bathroom!" Huang Shaotian didn't bother to hide his excitement. Then, he walked towards one of the many reclining chair inside the room. "Is this where we sit as we play?" he asked. "And what's this? Are we putting this on our head? Is this the equipment that was mentioned in that booklet?"

The staff nearby could only sweat as Huang Shaotian continued to shoot his mouth off. After a while, he can no longer tolerate it and quickly stopped Huang Shaotian. "Mr. Huang, would you like to test the new system now?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Help me with it! I…"

The rest of Huang Shaotian's word were ignored by the staff as he started to work on helping Huang Shaotian put the equipment on.

"Mr. Huang, you can set your card up now," he said as he went to his laptop to monitor Huang Shaotian's brainwave to make sure that the equipment is working. Once Huang Shaotian put his card into the card dock, he leaned back against the reclining chair. "Good. Just like that, relax. Try not to panic," the employee said as he watched Huang Shaotian slowly immersing himself into the game.

"Huang Shaotian is in. The reading is all green…"

The rest of the group was looking at Huang Shaotian curiously. But after a while, Huang Shaotian sat up straight and pulled the headgear off.

"Hey! I can't even log in! I wanted to input my details but it kept putting in whatever it is that I have in my head!" Huang Shaotian complained. "Is the device broken?"

"Mr. Huang, the device is not broken. It's just… they read your brainwave so when you want to put your details, you should not think of anything else…"

When the rest heard of this, they can't help but laugh. Even the ever serious Han Wenqing couldn't help but letting out a scoff. Asking Huang Shaotian, this chatterbox to think of nothing else while thinking of putting his log in details. It will surely be one of the man's greatest challenge.

"Huang Shaotian might take a while. So we should go and ready ourselves too. Our job is to test the new system and make sure that they are playable. We are also to try and find any bugs that is in the game and report them. The faster we reach the maximum level, the better. We can then start checking each map," Yu Wenzhou said as he walked over to another chair, claiming it as his.

"Alright. We'll see each other in the game!" Ye Xiu announced before he went to find his own seat. The rest did the same and once they entered the game, the test for the new system has officially begun.