Online Game: Super Beast Tamer

Chapter 5: Sleepless Game
"Xiao Hei, find a chance to help block the goblin's attack. I'll drink some medicine."

Su Ming didn't know why the elite goblins kept chasing him, and the "resistance exchange" strategy he had come up with before was now ineffective.

Xiao Hei jumped hard and blocked the goblin's stick, giving Su Ming a chance to escape.

Su Ming hid behind a tree and drank the potion. His life quickly recovered. In order to prevent being interrupted in getting the potion again, he stuffed the remaining three bottles of potion into his arms.

After his health points were restored, Su Ming fought while running. His speed was not as fast as the elite goblins, so he was always caught up and hit twice. Fortunately, he had a life potion, so his life was not in danger.

Su Ming ran, the goblin chased him, and the little boy followed behind.

After circling around the trees and with only one bottle of medicine left, Su Ming finally managed to kill the goblin elite.

The Elite Goblin landed on the ground, revealing a glittering silver coin and a wooden stick.

Rough wooden stick (LV1, common):

+1~3 physical attack power

Occupational requirements: None.

"What terrible equipment! This elite monster is too stingy. But it gives a lot of experience."

This wooden stick is not as good as the small magic staff that Su Ming got from the mission.

"Xiao Hei, come here." Su Ming called out.

He handed the stick to Xiao Hei and said:

"Come on, eat it."

Xiao Hei activated the devouring skill and completely wrapped the wooden stick. A digestion progress bar appeared above its head, and as the progress bar grew, the wooden stick was dissolved bit by bit.

System: Your pet Xiao Hei devoured a piece of equipment and increased its health by 100 points.

After eating the equipment, Xiao Hei became a little bigger, about the same size as the trunk of an electric car.

A level 2 Goblin has 500 health points, which exceeds the health of an elite goblin.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and he could no longer see the surrounding scenery clearly. It was impossible to level up in such an environment. Just then, someone called him offline, so Su Ming quit the game.

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Su Qiaoqiao entered the ward and saw that the helmet on Su Ming's head was still on, and she smiled with relief.

She sat down next to the bed and pressed the call button. Within seconds, the gaming helmet became transparent, revealing Su Ming's pretty face.

Three years later, Su Ming responded to Su Qiaoqiao's call for the first time. She stroked Su Ming's face and said:
"Come on, as long as you hold on, you will definitely wake up."

Then she opened the food box she brought and started mumbling as usual.

"Tonight's dinner is seafood porridge, which contains your favorite shrimp, mushrooms and corn."

"I secretly tasted it and it was delicious. The ones made in the store are indeed different from the ones I made myself."

"You can't eat the mushrooms. Sister crushed the shrimp with a spoon. Can you taste it?"

"Did you have fun in the game today? I'm busy lately and can't see you in the game."

"Of course, another reason is that gaming equipment is too expensive. I need to save up another month... no, two months' salary to go with you. You have to take care of me then."

"I heard this game is difficult. My sister is clumsy and I don't know if she can play it well."

"Okay, we've eaten it all again. Su Ming has been a good boy today. I have a night shift tonight, so I'll come to accompany you later. I've brought you the gaming equipment. If you want to play, you can continue."

Su Qiaoqiao began to pack her things. She walked to the door of the ward, turned off the lights, and looked back at the bed. The gaming helmet had already lit up with a blue light, and her eyes were smiling like the moon outside.

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After Su Ming logged into the game again, he returned to the village in the dark.

The flickering flames at the village gate gave him a hint that he could buy a torch and go out to level up.

When Su Ming arrived at the prop shop, he found a torch, which was priced at 5 copper coins each. He had to kill ten goblins to buy one.

A torch can provide continuous lighting for half an hour. Su Ming calculated the time his sister would be back at night and bought 6 torches.

Afterwards, Su Ming continued to level up outside.

The strange thing is that all 6 torches were used up and Su Qiaoqiao had not returned yet.

"Sister must have been working overtime again. It's 11pm, and I should go to bed."

So Su Ming took the initiative to log off, and the world became dark.

Sleeping has always been a very easy thing for him. Before entering the game, he would feel drowsy every day and could fall asleep anytime he wanted.

But today, he couldn't fall asleep at all. He was very conscious and his mind was full of thoughts about the game.

As soon as I closed my eyes, the goblin jumped out.

And after getting used to the game, he felt uncomfortable all over when he returned to the darkness, as if ants were crawling on him...

"Forget it, I'll just go online and wait until my sister comes back before going to bed."

Su Ming returned to the game, extremely energetic. He went back to the village to replenish torches and continued to fight goblins in the wild without feeling sleepy at all.

The sky is bright white.

The offline call comes again.

Su Ming opened the system panel to check the time and found that it was already 7 o'clock in the morning.

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Su Qiaoqiao stood beside the bed and watched the doctor look at Su Ming's eyeballs.

The doctor's name is Zhang Jiang. He is tall, slightly fat, wears glasses, and looks a bit like the host of a weekend variety show in the past. He is Su Ming's attending physician.

After looking at Su Ming's eyes, Zhang Jiang went to the computer next to him to check the records of Su Ming's physical condition yesterday.

"Doctor Zhang, how is my brother? I had to work the overnight shift and forgot to help my brother remove his gaming equipment. He played all night. Will it cause any damage to his body?"

"Playing in 'Fate' itself has a certain sleep effect, just like dreaming. In addition, the game equipment will detect the state of the human brain. If it is not suitable to continue playing, it will also remind you. As long as your brother can listen to the reminder and log off to rest, it will be fine.

If you are really worried, just let your brother rest for two or three hours every day."

Zhang Jiang looked at the data on the computer and said:

"Some patients with plant diseases can't even create a character when they enter the game. They are kicked out of the game every time they don't respond for half an hour. It's a good thing that Su Ming can play the game for so long. It proves that his consciousness is very active, at least no different from that of ordinary people.

You can ask other people in the patient group about their situations. I remember someone seemed to play for four or five days and only needed to log off for two or three hours, but that required nutrient solution support. "

"Okay, thank you, Dr. Zhang. I was really scared."

"Well, you should also take care of your rest. Staying up late for a long time is not good for your liver and heart. In fact, you can ask a nurse to help take care of Su Ming. If the money is not enough, I can..."

"It's not about the money. I just feel that if I take care of my brother myself, the chances of him waking up will be greater."

"Okay, then you should go to bed early too. Call me if you need anything." Zhang Jiang said.

Zhang Jiang walked to the door and was stopped by Su Qiaoqiao again.

"Um... Doctor Zhang..."

Doctor Zhang turned around.

"Thank you." Su Qiaoqiao lowered her head and counted on her fingers.

Zhang Jiang waved his hand and gently closed the door of the ward.

"Group of patients..." Zhang Jiang's words gave Su Qiaoqiao inspiration. Although she couldn't enter the game to ask Su Ming, other families with the same situation could. She could ask for an approximate time to come.

In the patient group, everyone usually talks about how to take care of patients and introduces good doctors and hospitals, but recently there is a new topic, which is "Fate".

Su Qiaoqiao asked a question about the game time.

Finally, based on the answers, we came to the conclusion that if Su Ming used an ordinary helmet like the one he used, he could basically play for two days and two nights without sleeping as long as he took a normal meal.

Even when sleeping, most people only sleep for two or three hours before going online. "Fate" is very attractive to these patients.

As for the four or five days that Zhang Jiang mentioned, that would require a gaming warehouse, which is very valuable.

"I don't know if Dr. Zhang plays games, but you can ask him to ask his brother how long he can play."

Su Qiaoqiao helped Su Ming wipe his face, fed him breakfast, yawned, and said:
"Brother, I'm going to take a nap. I won't take down my gaming equipment. If you feel tired, just log off."

(End of this chapter)