Otherworldly Skeleton Evolution - Chapter 359

“It’s okay, Skeleton Big Brother, don’t say that. If you hadn’t… um… we wouldn’t be together. This might…”

As A Silly Cutie spoke, she suddenly felt a bit sad.

Even if it was for the sake of their meeting, the price of this encounter was too high.

If possible, she would rather have never met Jiang Cheng.

She would have been willing to watch him from afar, admiring him as he continued towards glory, achieving even greater accomplishments.

“Oh right, Skeleton Big Brother, can I ask you a question? Promise you won’t get angry, okay?”

“What question?” Jiang Cheng suddenly became curious. What little thought was this silly girl thinking now?

“Promise me first,” A Silly Cutie said coquettishly.

“How could I ever be angry with my little silly? Go ahead and ask.” Jiang Cheng turned back and affectionately pinched her little nose.

“Really, okay? If I ask, you can’t get angry, and you can’t ignore me.”

Jiang Cheng nodded, her solemn attitude making him even more curious about what strange question this girl wanted to ask.

“Um… it’s… it’s… Oh… Never mind, I won’t say it.”

At the last moment, A Silly Cutie suddenly backed out.

It made Jiang Cheng want to put her over his knee and give her a good spanking.

“Is there anything between us that we can’t talk about?” Jiang Cheng was a bit speechless.

“It’s not that, it’s just… this question… um, it’s embarrassing. I’d better not ask.”

A Silly Cutie suddenly gave up, leaving Jiang Cheng speechless again.

“It’s okay. If you’re not comfortable asking now, you can ask later.”

Seeing that A Silly Cutie still wouldn’t speak up, Jiang Cheng didn’t want to force her and changed the subject.

“Mm, thanks for understanding, hubby, hehe.”

A Silly Cutie tilted her little head, leaning on Jiang Cheng’s back, feeling very sweet inside.

“Oh right, hubby, how did you calculate the damage so precisely? It’s amazing, I couldn’t understand it at all. And didn’t the Boss have damage reflection? Why weren’t you hurt by the reflected damage?”

A Silly Cutie’s use of “hubby” made Jiang Cheng’s heart melt a little.

He smiled and explained, “The calculation part should be one of my talents. My talents also include an extremely strong learning ability.”

“But talent is only part of it. There’s a word called diligence, which you, little lazy bug, wouldn’t understand.”

“Hmph, how am I not diligent? I practice the footwork you taught me every day, and I also practice synchronized spellcasting, synchronized summoning, spell targeting, and all these techniques. Hmph.”

Hearing Jiang Cheng say she wasn’t diligent, A Silly Cutie immediately became a bit unhappy, her little cheeks puffing out.

“Compared to me, you’re still far behind.” Jiang Cheng didn’t notice A Silly Cutie’s unhappiness, so he didn’t immediately try to console her.

Instead, he continued, “I started playing games when I was 10. While enjoying the benefits of my talent, I also became interested in the mechanics behind the games, constantly testing the changes brought by various data.”

“At first, my skills were quite poor, but my talent allowed me to pick things up quickly, easily learning some of the more difficult techniques.”

“But that was just the beginning.”

After casually slashing a passing level 60 monster, Jiang Cheng continued, “For some high-difficulty game techniques, relying on talent alone, I could indeed perform them once or twice, but more often than not, I still made a lot of mistakes.”

“Whenever that happened, I wouldn’t just keep practicing blindly. Instead, I would break down the technique, practicing the prerequisite conditions for that skill.”

Seeing that A Silly Cutie was listening attentively, Jiang Cheng continued, “In the past, games relied on button presses. A high-difficulty technique often required extremely high button speed, as well as a grasp of timing, decisive operations, and quick reactions.”

“If these conditions were needed, I would download some mini-games to train my hand speed, habits, and instincts. Usually, this kind of training would last about a month, 18 hours a day continuously.”

“Um… eighteen hours, for a whole month…” After hearing this, A Silly Cutie suddenly felt a bit ashamed.

Just this tip of the iceberg from Jiang Cheng made her feel like she could never catch up.

Compared to Jiang Cheng’s high-intensity analysis and practice for a single high-difficulty technique, her training seemed like child’s play.

Indeed, no one’s success comes easily.

But being able to hear Jiang Cheng talk about his past made A Silly Cutie very happy inside.

She also wanted to know how the Great Demon King of the Ladder, the top giant of the gaming world, was trained.

So after saying this, she continued to urge him on.

“Mm, hubby, keep going. I’m listening.”

Jiang Cheng smiled slightly, “Later, I also played browser games, client games, competitive games, joined some clubs, became a professional player, constantly learning techniques for training players in professional clubs, and continuously collecting game data to refine my gaming concepts.”

“That’s strange though. If you were so amazing, why weren’t you in those professional leagues?”

After hearing A Silly Cutie’s question, Jiang Cheng was stunned for a moment.

Because with her husband’s skills, it would be impossible for him not to be famous…

“That’s because my father was killed by a rich young master who liked to play racing games, which made my mother particularly opposed to me getting involved with games. Plus, in their eyes, being a professional gamer was a profession that wasted one’s talents. So in those years, I always suppressed myself and didn’t try to stand out too much.”

Jiang Cheng said, “It wasn’t until the gaming industry developed rapidly and Mythic appeared with 60% realism that I could hide my real-life identity and fully immerse myself in games.”

“Oh, I see. If you had participated in those professional leagues back then, Path to Hell and the others wouldn’t have had a chance, right? Hehe.”

“That’s not necessarily true. Mengmeng, don’t overlook anyone just because of my existence. Those who are honored as the Twelve Gods are all extraordinary in their own right.”

Jiang Cheng said seriously,

“There’s always someone better out there. No one can remain invincible forever. Whether it’s the divine techniques I created or some high-difficulty strategies, they will always be replaced by better techniques given enough time.”

“I see this very clearly. If a person doesn’t move forward, only dwelling on past glories and clinging to outdated methods, they will eventually be eliminated.”

“But hubby, you’ll always be the best in my heart! Always!”

A Silly Cutie pouted, raising her little pink fist, and said firmly.

“Mm.” Jiang Cheng smiled inwardly, unable to bring himself to shatter this girl’s fantasy about him.

He stopped the horse and affectionately patted A Silly Cutie’s head. “Mengmeng, don’t worry. As long as I exist, the myth won’t die.”

“So, what did you want to ask earlier?”

A Silly Cutie: “…”