I'm just an internet cafe owner

In personal life, such a person would be great as a friend, but in work, it could lead to misunderstandings about the customer's needs.

However, it's not a big problem. Takashima Yuna is already able to guide customers flexibly. With just a little improvement in her emotional intelligence, she can be appointed as the branch manager.

As they left, Liu Yuan found a walkthrough guide for Minecraft.

"Gentlemen, this is your game guide. It will help you quickly understand the game. If you have any questions or encounter any difficulties while playing, please raise your hand or come directly to the front desk to find me."

"OK, thanks."

"Thank you."

After expressing their gratitude, Homura Akemi and Saki Yoshida continued to immerse themselves in the world. This game was really interesting, especially the realistic mode. Although it looked strange, it was captivating.

While enjoying this world, they also turned their attention to the strategy guide provided by Liu Yuan.

There are two strategy guides in total. The first one is about how beginners can quickly pass the game, which includes how to craft all the items, how to use the items, and tips for defeating monsters.

The second book looks even simpler, "Redstone Technology Quick Start Guide." Well, that's all there are.

Chapter 124 Survival Player Homura Akemi, Electric Player Saki Yoshida

Within the world of blocks, Homura Akemi was diligently reading the game guide Liu Yuan had given her. The guide wasn't thick, only fifty-five pages long, and included information on early survival building, weapon and equipment crafting, mineral distribution, and mining methods.

The guide also includes a foolproof walkthrough prepared by Liu Yuan.

The main steps to completing Minecraft are as follows: First, build a coffin-like house where you can store items and sleep at night. Second, mine for diamonds. Third, go to the Nether and kill some blazes to get blaze rods. Fourth, get enough ender eyes. Fifth, slay a dragon.

The overall difficulty is very low. As I said before, experienced players can definitely complete the game in half a day, and if you are skilled enough, you can even take down the Ender Dragon in an hour.

However, Homura Akemi and Saki Yoshida, being first-time players of the game, made relatively slow progress overall.

They moved in unison, first chopping down trees to create a crafting table, then using a large amount of wood to build a temporary hut. However, Homura Akemi wasn't so lucky; there were no sheep near her spawn point, and by nightfall, Saki Yoshida was already fast asleep in bed, while Homura Akemi was still miserably mining.

Even in Minecraft's realistic mode, there's something about the game that doesn't feel truly authentic. Things like dying and respawning at the point of resurrection, landing in water, and instantly falling asleep are, according to the game's description, features.

It is precisely these characteristics that have made this game enduringly popular, and even made it a game that many people have been playing for many years.

Both of them used the fishbone mining method described in the guide, which was very effective. In just over an hour, they both obtained diamonds. However, from this point on, the two of them went down completely different paths.

Homura Akemi was very anxious about recovering her health; the sooner she recovered, the sooner she could reduce the burden on her family.

Therefore, she plays a slightly aggressive style, and her combat talent is excellent; she becomes proficient after fighting various monsters a few times.

Once she has armor, a diamond pickaxe, a diamond sword, and a bow and arrow, she will go to Hell to hunt down the Blazes in order to obtain resources to slay the Ender Dragon.

As for Yoshida Saki, she was both anxious and unhurried about her 'change'. She was anxious because she couldn't fit in at school and was even bullied. She wasn't anxious because the game world environment was truly excellent.

Just like the game's name suggests, Minecraft is a world that belongs only to her.

In this world, she can do whatever she wants. Appearance? Doesn't matter; she just lets her hair down and runs around. There's no nearsightedness mechanic in the game, so she can see more clearly.

When she finally found the diamond, she realized that relentlessly trying to beat the game wasn't really that fun; it would be better to raise some animals. So, she got two dogs, a cat, and even a whole flock of chickens, sheep, and cows in her backyard. Unfortunately, she doesn't have potatoes or carrots yet, so she can't raise pigs.

However, she had prepared the breeding pigs, and could continue planting them whenever she obtained the plants.

On Homura's side, in Hell, she drew her bow and shot arrows, outrunning zombies, escaping Shiro, and even killing the whimpering vengeful spirits one by one with her arrows. She was surrounded and beaten by zombie pigmen, brutally assaulted by pig spirits, and ambushed by Kuro.

All her enemies gradually made her stronger. The blocky creatures knew no fatigue or pain; when they died, they simply returned home to resurrect. "I live, you die." In the constant battles, Homura Akemi's resources were rapidly depleted, but the good news was that she had become stronger and found the End Fortress. Now, all she needed was an Ender Pearl to defeat the Ender Dragon.

However, the whole process didn't even last a day, but Homura Akemi felt as if she had spent countless days and nights in the game.

On the other hand, Yoshida Saki's career also gradually went astray.

She gave up fighting and killing because she felt it was meaningless. She's quite happy now, having forgotten all her worries and said goodbye to all her pain.

Although there was still no one around, there were her dogs and cats. This farming life seemed pretty good, but she only played this kind of game for half a day before she felt she had reached her limit, so she started looking at another redstone beginner's guide.

"An item that transmits redstone signals when placed. A stick and cobblestone can be combined to create the most basic redstone tool: a lever. Pulling the lever activates the redstone signal, which can turn mechanisms on and off. Okay, now that you know what redstone is, let's build a simple villager trading center."

"???"

Yoshida Saki rubbed her eyes hard. She read the walkthrough again from the beginning and realized she hadn't misread it. One second the walkthrough was teaching what redstone was, and the next it was instructing her on how to create a Villager Leg-Breaking Center and how to use villagers to obtain one of the most needed items for players: iron ingots.

At 7:50, when the computer notified them that the store would close in five minutes, the two girls turned off the computer with excited smiles on their faces.

Back in reality, Homura Akemi savored her experiences in the game: mining, fighting—the seemingly mechanical labor brought a strange sense of pleasure. Watching resources accumulate, seeing enemies she couldn't defeat taken down in various ways, and seeing her home improve, this sense of accomplishment filled her with immense satisfaction.

"This game is so much fun..."

Yoshida Saki felt the same way as Akemi Homura: "Yes, yes!"

"Hey, how's your progress?"

"I'm not very good at combat, so I'm learning redstone at home. Redstone is really interesting."

"I found the End Fortress, but all the resources are gone."

Homura Akemi felt heartbroken when she talked about losing resources. Her diamond pickaxe and iron armor were destroyed in the lava because of her mistake. Fortunately, she still had some iron ingots at home, which allowed her to mine resources again.

But this slowed down the progress.

"I'm so envious. I'm still figuring out how to get resources..."

"Hey? How about we play together?"

"Together?"

"Hmm!" Homura Akemi said somewhat shyly, "I feel like I'm pretty good at combat in the game, it's just that I don't have enough resources."

"Then I'll provide you with the resources, and you take care of the fighting!"

"Let's clear the level together!"

Completing the game in Realistic Mode doesn't require playing solo; if you're close enough, you can play together. However, so far, most people haven't focused their main efforts on Minecraft.

Most people treat Minecraft as a storage space or a place to retire.

There really aren't any players like Homura Akemi and Saki Yoshida who mainly play Minecraft and also have cheat codes personally given to them by Liu Yuan.

So the two exchanged names and even contact information. The only pity was that they lived in different worlds and couldn't continue communicating after they returned.

You can indeed communicate on TT, but the price is a bit high.

Chapter 125 Yoshida Saki, Kira Yoshikage and Higashikata Josuke

In City S, when Yoshida Saki returned from the internet cafe, she found herself touching her face in disbelief.

"Did I... really time travel?"

Yoshida Saki's tone was filled with disbelief. If it weren't for the system she could see and the messages she exchanged with Homura Akemi on TT, she would have felt that it was all a dream.

But now, she realizes that these are not dreams, but real events.

She went to the world created by the gods, and she met friends from another world—yes, friends.

They only had a common topic and exchanged contact information, but in her view, this was a qualitative leap.

"Saki~"

Just as she was lost in thought, there was a knock on her bedroom door. It was her mother.

"Let's go?"

"Ok?"

Yoshida Saki paused for a moment, then shook her head: "Mom, I don't want to go anymore. I feel fine as I am."

"really?"

"Ok!"

She had originally asked her mother to help her transform, but now she had given up on the idea. Rather than changing her appearance to please others, she preferred to interact and play with people who shared her interests.

However, what troubled Yoshida Saki was that she didn't have enough money. Even if she worked every day, she might not even have enough to cover internet access. After all, no job can guarantee an income of over ten thousand yen in her spare time.

She didn't have much pocket money saved up, only about 70,000 to 80,000 yuan. After spending it all today, she only had a little over 60,000 yuan left. She could play for at most six more days, and then it wouldn't be enough.

"Money...money."

She needs money so she can go online and hang out with her new friends, but where can she get the money?

"Mom, I'm going out for a bit."

"Okay~ Be careful."

"Okay, Mom~"

Saki Yoshida got dressed and left the room. She needed to find a part-time job, even just a regular sales clerk position. As long as she worked a few hours a day, she could at least have internet access a few days a week.

Walking down the street, she observed her surroundings. The pedestrians were all different, but she noticed something different from before. Usually, pedestrians were just pedestrians, but now she saw a blond, ordinary office worker with a red health bar and special markings above his head.

"Ok?"

Saki Yoshida hadn't played many games, but through Minecraft, she knew that only creatures in games had health bars, and the red health bars and red markers gave her a bad feeling.

Kira Yoshikage, sensing Yoshida Saki's gaze, looked over. He was just an ordinary student. Perhaps his appearance matched the other person's aesthetic? No!

Kira Yoshikage noticed something was wrong. Yoshida Saki's gaze wasn't that of someone looking at a woman, but rather the gaze of someone looking at an enemy or a criminal.

Yoshikage Kira hates trouble. For an ordinary high school student like Saki Yoshida, there's no need for such trouble. He can simply use the second bomb, the Withering Heart-Piercing Attack, to silently eliminate this troublesome student.

However, before killing her, he glanced at Yoshida Saki's hands. These hands weren't his type, and there was no need to keep them.

He passed by Yoshida Saki, and after adding accurate tracking to the Withering Heart Piercing Attack, he walked past indifferently.

Before Yoshida Saki could see, Kira Yoshikage disappeared, and Yoshida Saki didn't foolishly follow him. Her current goal was to find a part-time job that would allow her to go online one or two days a week.

However, after taking only a few steps, she heard a strange sound, like the sound of tracks moving on the ground.

"Look here!"

The sudden deep voice made Yoshida Saki stop in her tracks. She looked around in confusion, but no one among the passersby was calling her.

But then she heard the voice again.

"Look here!"

This time she was certain the sound was coming from below. Looking down, she saw a small car with a skull on it parked in front of her.

She was indeed not good at fighting, and there was no fighting in Minecraft, but the hostile information and attack warnings from the system prompting her to instinctively roll to the side.

Just then, the car launched its attack. Although the attack missed Yoshida Saki, it struck a pedestrian on the roadside, who instantly exploded and vanished into a bloody mist.

The entire process was completely silent, and passersby didn't even notice the disappearance of a living person.

"what?"

Fear permeated Yoshida Saki's consciousness, and because of the fear, she felt her body become abnormally heavy, and she was even unable to move.