Love Bitstream: Chapter 31 - Making a Quick Escape
Chapter 31: Making a Quick Escape
[I'm dying here. You keep saying there are so many reasons and you can't finish listing them! Then tell us what exactly is so fun about the Little Veggie Guild?]
Blue Sky Beyond relayed the viewer's question. Endless Time answered, "Well, it's fun when Brother Chi leads us through first clears. Watching Brother Chi catch fish is fun too. Chopping trees is fun too."
[Summary: As long as he's playing games with Xiao Chi, everything is fun.]
[Turns out he really is that obsessed.]
[What are you talking about? Didn't you do first clears in Way of Heaven too?]
[You're even saying chopping trees is fun. Who are you trying to fool? What did Way of Heaven ever do to you?]
Even Blue Sky Beyond was getting a little annoyed. "Seriously, can some people just—" He wanted to say get out of the stream, but then remembered this was Xiao Chi's stream.
So he swallowed the words.
Thousand Feathers bluntly voiced the question on everyone's mind. "I don't get it."
[666]
[I love Thousand Feathers so much!]
[This stream would fall apart without Thousand Feathers! He said exactly what I wanted to say! I don't get it either!]
Sister Dog continued, "Do you dislike the current PvP culture in Way of Heaven?"
Endless Time replied, "When you play a game, goals are important, but they're not everything. I think chopping trees is fun, so sometimes I want to chop trees."
Yep, Xiao Chi thought. That's exactly the kind of thing Endless Time would say.
Blue Sky Beyond laughed. "Brother Shi just showed off again!"
[Got it. Spread the word: Way of Heaven wouldn't let Endless Time chop trees, so he left in a rage.]
[That sounded so profound. I still don't understand. Thousand Feathers baby, did you get it?]
[It means there's no freedom in a big guild. Since you're using the guild's best resources, raids and battlegrounds all have to follow the guild's schedule.]
[Sometimes when PvP guilds randomly start field fights or vendettas, the elite team has to rush over and help too, no matter who's right or wrong.]
[Big guilds can get pretty boring. It's like military drills—when the whistle blows, you move.]
[I understand now. Our Little Veggie Guild is still the cutest.]
Truthfully, chopping trees was a pretty boring activity. It required no particular skill and no advanced mechanics. You just swung an axe. Thunk. Thunk. Thunk. Thunk. Thunk. Five swings, and the tree fell. Then you clicked it and stuffed the logs into your inventory. After that, the spot where the tree had stood would be left with nothing but a bare stump. Only after the game's daily reset would a new tree grow there.
So if two hundred trees were cut down on a mountain all at once— Two hundred bare stumps would be left behind.
The sight wasn't exactly pretty.
Among the Little Veggie Guild, only Lime had questioned whether baldifying Mount Bianchun was a bad idea. But Xiao Chi quickly convinced her with a confident: "They'll respawn tomorrow morning anyway."
And so, when the gang watched another peach tree crash to the ground and suddenly noticed two people sitting on the hillside admiring the scenery— Everyone froze.
Cold Sword Shadow and Misty Autumn Rain.
The two had been facing away from the direction the guild members was chopping trees. Mount Bianchun had so many peach trees that neither group had noticed the other for quite a while. Only now, with the trees gone, did they finally see each other. Everyone stared.
The atmosphere was excruciatingly awkward.
Over voice chat, Sister Dog sighed. "Seriously, Xiao Chi, what kind of karmic connection do you have with Misty Autumn Rain? Every time she tries to have a romantic moment, you somehow show up."
Not only had they shown up— They had chopped half the mountain bald and ruined the peach blossom scenery they wanted to enjoy.
In the midst of the awkward silence, only Endless Time kept swinging his axe as if nothing had happened.
Blue Sky Beyond tried to stop him. "Brother Shi, quit chopping already. You've practically cleared the whole place. They're going to get mad."
Endless Time said, "Just two more trees and I'll have thirty-three."
Xiao Chi carefully suggested, "If you haven't chopped enough, we can go cut a couple of trees outside the main city later. Right now, let's get out of here."
[System] Player [Cold Sword Shadow] has launched the "One Life, One Love" fireworks for player [Misty Autumn Rain] at Mount Bianchun, announcing to all beings across the Six Realms that the blazing love of [Cold Sword Shadow] for [Misty Autumn Rain] burns eternally, and their affection shall never cease. A beauty graceful and elegant, a gentleman refined and accomplished. Let Heaven and Earth bear witness to these heartfelt sentiments. Fellow immortals may proceed to Mount Bianchun to witness Lord [Cold Sword Shadow]'s profound devotion.
Everyone: !!!
No one had expected Cold Sword Shadow to keep going. One firework after another exploded around Misty Autumn Rain.
Soon, the Little Veggie Guild’s view was completely blocked by the dazzling brilliance of more than a dozen "One Life, One Love" fireworks. There were so many that the light formed an actual wall, nearly cutting off the two groups from each other's sight.
And Cold Sword Shadow was still setting them off. One. After another. After another.
Blue Sky Beyond muttered, "What kind of legendary drama-filled scene is this?"
Sister Dog muttered too, "We should run. I'm afraid once the former guild leader finishes blowing up fireworks, he'll come blow us up next."
At that moment, Endless Time finally spoke. "I'm done chopping. Let's go."
Leaving behind two hundred bare tree stumps for the couple in the middle of their grand romantic confession, the Little Veggie Guild made a clean getaway.
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