Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: GaeaTiamat

It was evening.

Bai Li went again to his room after he acquired the 20 dishes that Wen XingYao labored so onerous to make, and after he washed up, he lay down on his delicate mattress and brushed up the submit he had despatched out within the sport discussion board not way back. After a dialogue with Zhuo Rui, the technical workers of Holographic Sport Design Competitors added a small program to the submit which would choose the two,000 eligible replies at 00:00 on March 2, and provides away the Carefree sport slots on to the chosen netizens who replied. 

Contemplating the existence of the Chosen One, the sport slots had been drawn for each the Starblog raffle and the discussion board submit occasion. These slots weren’t immediately sure to an individual, and the recipients might resolve the place they might go. Whereas that was true, the netizens had been a bit extra critical, and their creativity and creativeness had been infinite. When he checked out one honest rainbow fart, Bai Li’s face couldn’t cease smiling.

Some netizens had been octopuses, clearly they required greater than 50 phrases, so that they wrote a small essay of a number of hundred phrases, which praised the sport from starting to finish. Even Bai Li, the sport maker, wasn’t immune, as they stated that he was probably the most proficient sport designer for the reason that competitors had been operating, and Carefree Farmstead, wasn’t an peculiar farming sport, and would even be painted within the historical past of the empire. Another customers, most likely as a result of they believed in “extra work, extra pay,” whereas their rainbow farts won’t be of the identical high quality as the previous, they had been higher by way of amount. Bai Li noticed a number of acquainted nicknames and thought to himself about how a lot these individuals needed to win a spot within the sport.

Then he contacted the official technical workers and added a setting to this system, in order that the identical ID can be thought-about a profitable entry so long as it appeared as soon as, and the variety of follow-up posts wouldn’t be counted individually within the whole variety of entries.

The exercise was to at all times be honest.

(The “extra work, extra pay” netizens: [we may not be human, but you are a real dog! (Woof a cry out QAQ!])

After he chatted concerning the particulars of the modifications, Bai Li continued studying. Nonetheless, at the same time as he watched, he seen that the content material of the replies steadily turned unusual.

[I want to ask you, why did you decide to make this game in the first place?]

[LiLi, I want to confess my love for you! I really love the game Carefree Farmstead! Farming is fun, fishing is fun, raising chicks is fun! I love all the food in the game, I can’t imagine how you designed the taste of them, obviously none of the food in reality is delicious QAQ. Carefree Farmstead yyds! Bai Li yyds!!!]

[LiLi, oooh! I seem to be born not to plant! Every time I dig a hole to bury the seeds, the crops that grow out are crooked, not at all as neat as others have. How to solve this problem, ah?]

[LiLi, what are the tips for choosing a pet? I want to have a unique pet like Big Brother Demon Xing, Gray Scales, Easy Victory Life, and Long-winded, Scrupulous Son! At the end of the event I grabbed a few taming grass clusters, and I haven’t had a chance to use them until now!]

[Can I get a game slot directly for complimenting the game maker in this thread? Waiting online, quite anxious!]

“…”

Bai Li, “…” Effectively, it appeared the netizens had been beginning to turn into unprofessional and intent on getting his consideration. He considered how he had by no means interacted with gamers and netizens earlier than, and since he had the time to take action, he truly replied to the questions critically.

Those that posted didn’t assume the sport maker himself would reply to them. In spite of everything, over the previous two months, Bai Li had left them with the impression that he was aloof and unapproachable. So after they did get a response, they had been much more excited than glad.

Grandma/Grandpa, the sport maker you comply with can truly sort! That’s uncommon!

After the thrill, they went to examine the content material of Bai Li’s replies fastidiously. Not solely did they have a look at their very own, however additionally they checked out Bai Li’s replies to others.

The netizens discovered that Bai Li, the sport creator, has a deep understanding and familiarity with Carefree Farmstead. It doesn’t matter what type of questions they requested, so long as they concerned the sport’s current gameplay, he might reply them intimately, and every query was answered with specificity; with out hiding something.

The netizens had been touched by such considerate conduct, and on the identical time felt an inexplicable familiarity, as if somebody had proven such an angle to them earlier than. This was very true for veterans of the sport. That feeling was much more apparent, they even  received collectively to debate just a few phrases, and located every of them truly had the identical feeling. This was unusual!

Bai Li didn’t know that this whim had truly made him soar sideways, left and proper, and that he was on the verge of dropping his horse. He spent about two hours answering many of the questions he might, till he lastly felt a bit drained. On the final, he posted what was on his thoughts, in addition to his ideas and outlook on the sport Carefree Farmstead, and wished that the netizens would lastly get what they needed, earlier than he give up the thread.

After Bai Li left, the submit remained sizzling, as increasingly netizens got here to listen to about it, however they may solely dryly watch Bai Li’s replies and cry that they had been late.

Some individuals took screenshots of Bai Li’s replies and opened a separate submit to give attention to these discussions, which additionally turned a sizzling submit in a short while.

Nonetheless, because the dialogue went on, somebody weakly raised a exceptional hypothesis.

[Say…Have you guys ever noticed that LiLi seems to be very familiar with the game world? It gives me the feeling that it’s not a game maker’s familiarity with the game, but a game player’s familiarity with the game. Do you know what I mean by that? I suspect that LiLi is also in the game, one of the five thousand of us!]

They hadn’t considered such a hypothesis earlier than it was talked about, however as soon as it was stated, they felt a shock.  Like a faint spark gently ignited in an empty fog mass, a burning gentle erupted, and the gamers who had already speculated had been immediately agency of their ideas and got here ahead to say that it was certainly very possible. This ought to be thought-about a tremendous and big discovery. So as to present the solemn angle in direction of this discovery, gamers shortly opened a brand new submit and speculated about who the sport creator Bai Li was within the sport.

The gamers who received the information poured into the thread like a tidal wave, as they actively spoke and counted down the attainable targets of suspicion. Lastly, by some means, the main target of consideration lastly got here to the primary participant to enter the sport, “Li Bai.”

[This is really not my blind guess. ‘Bai Li’ is ‘Li Bai’, pronounced backwards, this is ironclad evidence ah brothers! (PS: It seems that the big man is also a name waste, ah)]

[Yes, yes. Big Brother Li Bai also knows a lot about farming, and we learned our farming techniques from him at the beginning, and, don’t you forget, he could even do the chicken cottage so perfectly, plus also build his own vine frame!]

[And oh, there are only five anchors in the game, but all five seem to know Big Brother Li Bai. If he is the game maker Bai Li, that makes sense.]

[The first to enter the game when Carefree Farmstead was not even remotely famous, knows the game very well, often gives players all kinds of help without asking for anything in return, encourages us to play freely and innovate…if he isn’t the game’s maker, I’ll eat all the cabbages I just harvested raw!]

[Ooh! I remember another thing! Before LiLi posted a picture. The picture of the little guys are Big Brother Demon Xing’s family two pets. Big Brother Li Bai and Big Brother Demon Xing are good friends, so that he has such a picture is not surprising. Hehehehe!]

As one element was dug out after one other, gamers turned increasingly sure about this hypothesis. Some individuals immediately ate up Bai Li’s ID within the discussion board within the submit, whereas others frantically despatched non-public messages to Bai Li, as they tried to get Bai Li’s consideration.

With such an necessary discovery, how might it not appeal to the eye of the “discussion board spammer” Mo Music? Though he was hooked on the sport for a small half month and couldn’t hand around in the discussion board a lot, each day he would nonetheless take a while to concentrate to threads within the discussion board about Carefree Farmstead information. With that night’s submit, he learn the entire thing, and likewise on the urging of the excited gamers, went along with them to see Bai Li’s discussion board avatar and his profile.

The Holographic Sport Design Competitors discussion board has an attention-grabbing setting the place customers might see their posts and replies within the discussion board so long as they weren’t in any other case hidden. Even the nicknames that they had used within the discussion board had been additionally recorded.

Bai Li, as an “outsider” on this world, didn’t at all times know these widespread sense issues, so he was utterly unaware of this setting. Due to this fact, earlier than posting within the discussion board, he solely made one operation, which was, when he modified the nickname of “Household Heat Mild Beast” to “Carefree Farmstead-Bai Li”, and thought that it will work. He by no means thought that due to this oversight, Mo Music, who had unintentionally clicked into his profile, would really feel a second of social loss of life after recalling who the proprietor of the nickname “Heat Mild Beast” actually was. This was the identical person who he had a combat with on the discussion board two months in the past, wasn’t it?

When he thought that the one that intentionally raised a bar with him was truly the sport designer of Carefree Farmstead, and it was additionally more likely to be Li Bai, with whom he had relationship within the sport, Mo Music’s face turned blue and pink, and he didn’t know the way to face Bai Li. Nonetheless, even so, the belated apology nonetheless needed to be given to individuals.

Whereas the gamers had been frantically calling Bai Li, the proprietor of the incident, Bai Li additionally noticed the submit and browse down these small particulars one after the other, and realized that he had inadvertently uncovered a lot. Embarrassed, he touched his nostril. He considered it, and determined it was higher to confess it.

So, underneath the submit, he despatched a easy textual content, [Mn, it’s me, sorry for hiding it from everyone for so long.]

As quickly as this was despatched, the vigorous and cheerful ambiance within the submit was utterly frozen, adopted by everybody turning into screaming chickens. They had been truly proper!

On the identical time, Bai Li additionally acquired a message from Mo Music.

The content material of the message was easy, it was a Blunt Opinion kneeling down and begging for mercy and crying emoji bundle.

Bai Li, “?”