A Race to (Be) The Top

"Dear Ruby, you have submitted a family application. Please gather ten like-minded friends within 48 hours of real time and invite them to build a family with you. Don't wait after the deadline!"

"48 hours," Ling Xiaolu sighed, "I've known less than ten people since I played this game."

"So, who gave you the courage to apply for the family?"

"If you go out to recruit people, you should be able to get enough soon... No, there will be a lot more."

"That goes without saying." Ji Meng was very confident about this.

"No, in that case, the whole family will be your licking dog, barking 'husband' and 'husband' every day, who can stand it?"

Ji Meng tasted Ling Xiaolu's subtext, and his face showed complacency.

"If you can't stand people calling me 'husband', just say it. It's not that I can't understand."

Ling Xiaolu: "..."

He was also afraid that Ling Xiaolu would be really angry, and immediately added: "However, what others call me is beyond my control, and it does not represent my personal position."

Ling Xiaolu: "..."

"Forget it, for the sake of asking me so much, I'll help you find a way."

Ling Xiaolu: "...Then I'm really counting on you. But you don't have any friends in the game, don't tell me that you have to spend money to hire a mercenary brother again."

"The mercenary has its own guild, and will not join other families. You go home and wait, I will find someone."

Ling Xiaolu returned to Dongye, and opened the pet food cabinet to find something to eat.Ji Meng is very kind to the babies. The pet food is the most high-end in the game, and the supply is unlimited. Ling Xiaolu has never found that the cabinet is empty.

So he could eat without any scruples. Anyway, whenever Ji Meng saw that there was a shortage of food, he would fill it up, and he didn't find anyone stealing food at all.

He jumped onto the sofa with a bowl full of snacks, and all the squirrels came over to huddle with him.They were like a group of fat houses, eating while watching the funny live broadcast, seeing something funny, Ling Xiaolu trembled so much that he almost turned his bowl over.

"Good morning, Little Luby!"

Bucky was startled, and finally managed to shake the contents of the bowl out.

"Linglong! You scared me to death!" Only when Ji Meng was not around did he dare to speak so loudly.

No one expected that Ling Long was the one who was terrified: "Bird, bird, bird..."

Ji Meng's Fei Jiu has a special liking for Ling Long, and even though his wings are short, he can't stop him from hugging Ling Long tightly in his arms.

Wrapped in the bird's soft feathers, Linglong almost suffocated.

"save……"

Ling Xiaolu hurriedly stuffed the bowl into the squirrel's arms, rescued Ling Long, and drove away Fei Jiu.

Ling Long collapsed on the sofa and panted wildly, Ling Xiaolu fanned it with his palm.

"Is it better?"

Ling Long gasped and said, "Scared, scared me to death."

After fanning for a long time, the poor little guy was relieved.

"Jinjiu's mask is scary, Lizheng's vigilance is scary, and Ji Meng raises birds to scare people." Ling Long pretended to howl, "Dear little Lubi, I can't stay by your side much longer."

"...don't make excuses for your dereliction of duty."

Ling Long returned to normal in seconds: "Speaking of dereliction of duty, I only took half a day off yesterday, and I heard that you crashed the game server?"

"Well," Ling Xiaolu sneered, "I'm also helping you to check the quality of the terminal."

"Fortunately, this matter has no effect on me, but the colleagues in the hardware group are unlucky. Ji Meng directly complained to the project manager, and they will have to work overtime to expand the capacity in the next few days."

"I'm really sorry, but it's okay not to expand..." Ling Xiaolu felt ashamed after hearing this.

Ling Long wagged his tail: "It should have been improved. Whenever there is a large-scale event, the server is always hovering on the verge of collapse. We GMs are too busy and worried, and we have to bear complaints from players. As soon as I go to work today, the customer service department Everyone wants me to thank you."

Ling Xiaolu: ...Why did you somehow do something good?

"Then how can I thank you?"

Ling Long thought for a while: "Let me dance for you."

It danced a duet: "Riding a dragon, dragon gong gong, riding a dragon dong gong gong..."

"STOP!" It's hot ears + hot eyes.

"Then tell me, what do you want to see? I can dance."

Ling Xiaolu's eyes rolled darkly.

"Darling, does Xinshan allow employees to play games in private?"

"Honey, what help do you need?"

"Darling, I applied for a family, but ten people must be recruited before it can be established. If you have a private account, can you help me raise the number of people?"

Ling Long twirled his beard and thought for a moment: "I can't, but I can introduce someone. This person has a special status, so don't ask, just treat him as an ordinary player."

"Special? Could it be more special than my fake green name?"

"I dare not say this, I can only guarantee..."

"Guaranteed what?"

"He is indeed a green name."

"Hush—" Ling Xiaolu suddenly lowered his voice, "Someone is here."

There was movement outside, Ling Xiaolu looked out, and saw a fat man in his early 1.6 meters standing outside the courtyard wall, with thick eyebrows, short cropped hair, and coarse clothes, holding a low-level staff like a match, using ice magic to bombard Ji Meng's door.

It was the first time for Ling Xiaolu to meet such an arrogant newcomer. He was quite down-to-earth, but his name was Xi'er.

"Hey, what are you doing little brother?"

The little brother looked at him standing in the yard: "Who are you? Why are you at Ji Meng's house?"

"Do you know Ji Meng?"

"I am his friend."

"Ji Meng still has friends?" Ling Xiaolu suddenly realized, "Did he ask you to join our family?"

"He asked me to help, but didn't say what to do... Wait, are you the only friend in his game? Great, I finally see you!"

Ling Xiaolu was stunned: "You know me?"

"I'm Ji Meng's only real friend!"

The two shook hands with tears in their eyes, as if they met a bosom friend across the wall of dimensions:

"Nice to meet you."

"I really feel sorry for you."

"You too."

"By the way, did you do the mission together?"

"Uh, I did."

"That's good." The old mother was relieved.

The two hit it off.

"Your name is Lubby? Then I'll call you Xiaolu, and you can call me Xi'er."

"...Good Jubilee."

"By the way, your face is really big, Ji Meng threatened me that I must come to help, otherwise he will come to my house every day to block me, how dare you provoke the school bully?"

"Don't dare to provoke, don't dare to provoke. What about the school bully?"

"I'll come later. By the way, I'll go to a nearby town to learn some skills. I don't think my spells are very good. Just wait for me!"

After saying that, he turned over and rode on the weasel, and ran away.The weasel is feces yellow, and his clothes are also feces yellow. Seen from the back, he has reached the realm of being one with pets and humans.

Unexpectedly, Ji Meng was so powerful that he found someone so quickly.Ling Xiaolu thought to himself, the only friend in reality has been called here, it is simply giving everything...

The wind is blowing, and the pink petals are dancing in the wind, like auspicious snow.Ling Xiaolu grabbed a handful in the air and spread his palms.

"Cherry blossoms?"

Ling Long suddenly became agitated, and his low voice could not conceal his excitement: "Miss! Miss!"

Ling Xiaolu:?

"Xinshan's real eldest lady! Our CEO's daughter!" Ling Long flipped his head excitedly. If it wasn't a dragon, Ling Xiaolu almost wondered if it would rush to kiss the petals on the ground.

But Ling Xiaolu quickly understood why it was so excited. The cherry blossoms all over the sky gathered into a human shape, with firm skin, bright eyes and long golden hair, swaying in the wind.The thin armor with flowing silver light covers the perfect figure with bumps and convexities - tube top, short skirt, and stiletto boots up to the knee.Ling Xiaolu's eyes straightened, what a young lady, heroic and magnificent!

What's more, this orthodox young lady of Xinshan named Chuqing has a golden name on her head!

"Ling, Ling, Linglong..." Ling Xiaolu stammered.

Ling Long was still intoxicated by the beauty of the young lady: "Ah, I never expected to meet the young lady here..."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier that there are girls on the date?!"

Only then did Ling Long turn around in confusion: "Is this important? Our appointment rings are not limited to men's purchases, are they?"

"Of course it's important!" Ling Xiaolu shouted in a low voice, "If I had known that there were girls on the date, I wouldn't mind being a pet at all!"

"Little Luby! Calm down!"

The words from the back of his head didn't reach Ling Xiaolu's ears, he rushed to Chuqing in a stride:

"Miss! Real people don't show their faces, and they don't show their faces! Don't look at me like this, I'm actually—"

A string of pleasant silver bells interrupted his reckless self-introduction, and the cute loli with twin ponytails followed Chuqing, and after a circle in the air, he landed lightly on the ground.She took Chu Qing's arm and called "Master" sweetly.

Ling Xiaolu: o_____o?

"Come here?" Chu Qing greeted, then turned to Ling Xiaolu, "What did you say you were?"

With a dull expression, Ling Xiaolu looked up at the gold name on top of her head, then at the pink name on the girl next to her, swallowed the words "human pet", and raised his chin stubbornly.

"Miss, do you still have cherry blossoms?"

Chu Qing flicked her fingers, and the petals fluttered down one after another.

Ling Xiaolu walked away.

"Where are you going?" the little girl asked curiously.

"Don't ask, I just want to leave a lonely back to the world."

"..."

"Where are you going?" The angry voice came from Ji Meng, "I called someone for you, where are you going?"

Ling Xiaolu was brought back to Chu Qing by Ji Meng.

"Excuse me, this is my sister Ji Qing, her pet Chuya."

Ling Xiaolu self-introduced listlessly: "Hello sister, hello little sister, I'm Ruby, Bambi's Ruby."

"I know, you are my brother's rumored boyfriend."

Ling Xiaolu:? ? ?

"Sister!" Ji Meng said loudly.

"Am I wrong? Otherwise, why did you ask us to withdraw the family to help you get the number? Last time you begged me so, you still fell in love with the rare baby I just caught."

"Sister!" Ji Meng blushed with anger, "Didn't it be agreed not to mention it!"

Ling Xiaolu panicked: "Sister specially retired from the family for us? I'm afraid this is not good."

"It's okay." Ji Qing just wanted to tease him, "It just so happened that we had some conflicts with the former family, so we were going to retire. Besides, we also made a condition for coming here."

"What conditions?" Ling Xiaolu asked stupidly.

Ji Qing gave him a meaningful look: "You will know."

Chu Ya poked his head out from behind Ji Qing, and whispered, "I'm your CP fan!"

"...What fans?" Ling Xiaolu was confused.

"Where's another guy? Why didn't you come?" Ji Meng suddenly raised his voice and changed the topic abruptly.

"You mean Jubilee? He just came."

"What?" It was Ji Meng's turn to be surprised.

"Hey, brother!" Said Cao Cao, and Xi'er, who had become one with the weasel, ran back jolting.

Ji Meng looked at the person in front of him repeatedly with complicated eyes, and asked with great uncertainty: "...Chang Huanxi?"

Chang Huanxi put away the emoji: "Don't call me by my real name! You treat everyone like you, use your real name online? Respect other people's privacy, okay?"

He squinted his eyes slyly, the mung bean eyes looked very funny on the bread face, and there was a circle of small pockmarks around the cheekbones, the combination of these things made it hard to look straight at.

"Call me Jubilee."

"Go away, I won't be called such a disgusting name."

Chang Huanxi had no choice but to say, "Then do it yourself."

"..." Ji Meng held back for a while, "A Huan!"

"No, that name looks like a dog."

Ji Meng couldn't bear it anymore: "Chang Zi! Love to hear it or not!"

"Oh, okay, okay, that's all, there's really nothing I can do about you."

He sneaked up to Ji Qing obediently: "Sister."

Ji Qing also identified it: "You are Chang Huanxi?"

"It's me, sister."

Ji Qing smiled: "Why did you make yourself look like this?"

Chang Huanxi touched the thorn angrily: "I have been handsome for more than ten years, and I also want to live a different life."

"I didn't expect Xiaomeng to even invite you to join the crowd." Ji Qing's eyes passed him and floated to Ling Xiaolu, still watching him make her heart beat faster, "I'm very distracted."

"That is," Chang Huanxi hugged Ling Xiaolu's neck carelessly, "After all, Brother Xiaolu is a good-looking talent, and I also hate seeing each other late."

The air pressure on the scene dropped suddenly, and the pressure came from the black-faced Ji Meng.

Chang Huanxi felt uncomfortable being stared at: "What do you see me doing?"

"Do you want to change your name?"

"Rename? What name? Is my name good?"

"Yes, my son."

Chang Huanxi: "..."

He pulled his right arm back calmly, and touched it subconsciously, it was still there, okay, okay.

"Xiao Meng, how many people do you have?" Ji Qing asked.

"Six."

Ling Xiaolu hurriedly said: "If there are no accidents, there are seven. Someone introduced a friend."

"What about people?"

"I haven't seen it yet."

"It sounds unreliable."

Ji Qing calculated the addition and subtraction within ten: "That is to say, before Xiaomeng asked us for help, there were only three of you."

Ling Xiaolu felt embarrassed: "Yes."

"Courage is commendable, let's add a friend."

The people present gave each other thumbs up, Ling Xiaolu looked left and right at the friend panel, and couldn't believe that he and the eldest lady had "mutually fanned each other".

"We just retired from the family, and there is a 24-hour cooldown period. I hope that during this time, you can gather ten people."

Ji Qing chanted the teleportation spell, and the special effect of the two people teleporting at the same time was also very beautiful. Chu Ya hugged Ji Qing's waist from the front, and the wind that rolled the petals carried them off the ground.

Ji Qing smiled: "Chang Huanxi, I wish you a good time."

Chang Huanxi patted her chest and promised: "Don't worry, sister, I will take care of recruiting!"

"Little Lubi, I wish you and Ji Meng have fun too."

Ling Xiaolu: ...Why does his sentence sound different?

Chu Ya also freed up a hand: "Goodbye!"

"Sister walk slowly!"

There were only three men left at the scene.

"Hey, brother, your game is really fun, and you can even bind passwords when you cast spells. I was embarrassed to show you just now, you must see this trick."

He took out his matchstick.

"Trough!" Ice Archery.

"Fuck!" Cone of Ice.

"Mamaidai!" Ice Rain.

Ling Xiaolu: ...

Ji Meng: ...

The two turned around and left.

"Hey? Don't go, I haven't finished the demonstration yet, hit Lima!"

Ling Xiaolu: "I don't know him."

Ji Meng: "I used to know each other, but now I don't know each other anymore."

Chang Huanxi: "Made is mentally retarded! Immortal Banban!"