Serial Player
Chapter 40 Task Preparation (Seeking Favorites, Recommendations, and Investments)

Chapter 40: Chapter 40 Task Preparation (Seeking Favorites, Recommendations, and Investments)

"Arash from Iran...maybe he’s an unassuming master...well, that’s fine too." After murmuring this, the coach said to Li Changhe, "If you’re so accurate, practice more when you have time. I’ll give you free access. But there’s one condition, you’ll have to participate in the club’s events."

"Understood," Li Changhe thought this seemed good, as he could train himself in the future. As for the coach’s intentions, he probably saw Li’s talent and wanted to cultivate him further. Or maybe he was trying to add a trainee title just like the other coaches.

In the future, whether Li Changhe entered a provincial or national team or had good achievements, there would be no harm for the coach.

But he was destined to be disappointed, as Li Changhe had no plans to develop in this direction. [Player] couldn’t be too exposed. The convenience brought by the [Evolution Game] was the most hidden, at least not now.

But since the coach said so... Should he get a bow along the way?

Li Changhe asked, "Coach, our school actually has its own training grounds, but we need to buy our own bows. So, I want to buy a cheaper one, do you have any...?"

The archery coach thought: "At this age, he has such strength. I don’t know what the sports department is doing? This talent is still plagued by family circumstances... Well, since you all haven’t discovered it, I’ll take this talent."

He nodded and said, "I have a few good compound bows here. When you leave later, come and find me. I’ll give them to you at cost."

"Thank you, teacher. I appreciate your help." Li Changhe called him a teacher instead of a coach, which sounded very polite. It made the archery coach smile broadly.

One wanted a highly talented student, and the other wanted equipment. Both knew what each other wanted without going into details.

In the following time, Li Changhe and Xu Fu tried short sprints and long jumps.

Without using skills, Li Changhe had wins and losses with Xu Fu. After all, his attributes were at 7 points, not much different from Xu Fu’s.

Li Changhe won three times very perilously, including the 50-meter target. Xu Fu happily compensated him with 4,000 yuan.

Xu Fu had a good time, and Ye Ming also enjoyed eating his melon seeds. It would have been perfect if he hadn’t asked Li Changhe about Xiao Nan along the way.

As they were leaving,

"Great fun, great fun, you’re truly deserving of the title Hexagonal Warrior! Hahaha, let’s continue next time, Old Li." Xu Fu seemed very familiar and natural, patting Li Changhe’s shoulder like a brother.

Li Changhe nodded slightly. He had gained a lot during this time, becoming more familiar with the [Skills] and acquiring a modern compound bow.

Money... there was none left. The compound bows at the coach’s place were all custom made by him. It was a steal for Li Changhe to buy them for 4,000 yuan.

Initially, Li Changhe just planned to get any bow, since with his [Skills] he would shoot accurately no matter which bow he used.

However, the coach was too enthusiastic. So, his budget was gone again...

With a compound bow that had just been received, Li Changhe bid farewell to the two.

After their vehicles disappeared from sight, he saw that no one was nearby, so he threw the compound bow into the [Player Backpack] and walked straight to the far-away library.

He bought all the books related to Tang Dynasty history in one go, as well as several medical books related to plague and diseases. He needed to prepare for the upcoming [Task].

[Chang’an Plague] was a plot task. If Li Changhe’s guess was correct, it should be the Chang’an of the Tang Dynasty. Only in that dynasty did Chang’an show its rightful status. Later dynasties either moved capitals or changed names. So, when it came to Chang’an, Li Changhe’s first thought was the Tang Dynasty.

What plagues happened in the Tang Dynasty? Li Changhe couldn’t remember.

At least there were no special cases mentioned in history books. Li Changhe planned to go back and study them. He had to take preventive measures for those plagues. If he caught a virus in the [Task], it would be troublesome.

The cashier girl in the library was dumbfounded as Li Changhe swept away more than a dozen books. There were medical books, history books, and even an ancient map collection.

"Are you planning to time-travel?" The girl asked in wonder, perhaps because Li Changhe was around her age, she couldn’t help but make a joke, "Remember to use soul-travel, preferably into the body of a rich and wealthy young master. Body-travel would only mean starting from scratch. Have you set a target yet? The child of a high-ranking official or a rich young master?"

What a big imagination. Li Changhe laughed and said seriously, "Tang Monk!"

"...Shouldn’t you be buying Journey to the West then?" The girl looked puzzled.

"It’s not the same. The endpoint of Journey to the West is Tianzhu. But my endpoint is the Women’s Kingdom!"

The cashier girl... (ﾟДﾟ)

After bidding farewell to this imaginative girl, Li Changhe started pondering.

Actually, there’s not much difference between [Plot Tasks] and time travel. If it were indeed a Tang Dynasty plot, Li Changhe figured he might really go and experience the glory of their Li family during that time.

In the [forum], someone has analyzed that the historical [Plot Tasks] really send [Players] into that specific historical period. Therefore, one must be cautious, as reckless actions could change the development of the [Plot Task].

Even some naive [Players] wanted to try changing history. In the [Eternal Emperor Plot Task] of the Qin Dynasty, they provided Emperor Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng with many technological products and mysterious drugs from the [Evolution Game], also informing him of the fate of the Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng was quite entertained, and with a wave of his hand-

Hundreds of Pre-Qin Qi Practitioners appeared out of thin air. Each of them capable of flying and burrowing through the earth, the naive [Player] was captured on the spot.

The dozen [Players] in the plot at that time were chased relentlessly, suffering heavy losses. That was the first time [Players] saw Transcendents.

Each of them had a combat power not less than lv5 [Player], leaving the [Players] bewildered.

With half of them sacrificed, the [Players] completed the [Task] and barely managed to escape back to the Real World. They posted the information on the [forum].

After that, the [Eternal Emperor] script task was changed to [Eternal Throne]. The death of the Second Emperor of Qin became a joke, as Qin Shi Huang had already used the [Evolution Game] to achieve his plan of immortality.

Afterward, [Players] who triggered the [Eternal Throne] were surprised to find that, in 100 BCE, the capital city, which should have belonged to the Han Dynasty, was instead flying the flag of the Qin Dynasty.

Skyscrapers that far surpassed the technology of that era towered over the land.

And the Qin soldiers were wearing steam-powered armor, driving Tiger tanks to invade Rome. Their goal was global domination within a century, and they were already halfway there...

Later, another [Player] encountered a senior military officer during another [Task], who was piloting a Zaku-like mech, claiming: "A hundred years is too long, we’ll get it done as soon as possible! Hopefully by the end of the year!"

The [Players] who managed to complete the task while hiding were only able to exclaim, "Great Qin is amazing!"

After studying the issue, various nations’ official organizations concluded that [Plot Tasks], especially historical [Plot Tasks], could create new timelines when scripts deviate from the original plot.

For example, in the [Eternal Throne], Qin Shi Huang obtained the [Evolution Game], which he used with the full backing of the entire empire. His level rose to an unknown height, and he made use of the technologies and Mysterious Forces within the [Evolution Game] to develop the Great Qin into a super empire, with technological and Mysterious Forces far superior to other countries.

Thus, [Players] entering the [Eternal Throne] now feel like they’ve arrived in an unknown civilization. They’ve even built the Great Wall all the way into satellite orbit... 13,142,000 kilometers of orbiting Great Wall.

However, even the amazing Great Qin of [Eternal Throne] is ultimately just a civilization within a single timeline.

In other timelines, history remains faithfully reproduced.

Nonetheless, this has served as a warning for various nations’ official organizations. They’ve made it clear in the [forum] that [Players] must be cautious when triggering historical [Plot Tasks].

While [Player] safety is one concern, a bigger worry for the nations is the emergence of a civilization similar to the one in [Eternal Throne].

They may develop technology that could traverse different timelines, which would be unpleasant....

Thinking about this, Li Changhe couldn’t help but stroke his chin and say, "Then does that mean I can also get [Great Wall] to sell my book?"