While Wang Zhifan was contemplating how to acquire more wealth quickly and safely in a hotel in Jinlin City, a boy in a wheelchair appeared in a specially decorated room in a mansion far away in the Dongjiang City District.
He was the one who recently teamed up with Wang Zhifan to clear a dungeon. Logically, he should have left the dungeon and returned to the real world a bit earlier than Wang Zhifan, but he spent some time after opening his treasure chest to find Wang Zhifan to thank him. However, he couldn’t find him and had to give up in the end.
Knock~ Knock~ Knock~
Just after the wheelchair boy appeared in his room, he heard a familiar rhythm of knocking on the door. He knew it was his old butler looking for him. Being a paraplegic with severe leukemia, his stable life until now and his access to becoming a player were not devoid of the advantages of his affluent family.
"Mr. Liu, please come in."
The wheelchair boy replied promptly towards the door, upon which a sixty-ish man in a black and white butler uniform opened his room door and walked in elegantly, bowing slightly to the wheelchair boy, he said:
"Second Young Master, it’s almost time for your consultation with the specialist today. How are you feeling? Do you need any special arrangements?"
"I feel fine, everything as usual... By the way, are dad and mom coming back today?"
The boy in the wheelchair asked the old butler.
The specialist mentioned by the old butler referred to the medical professionals invited to their home to see the boy. As for the special arrangements, it meant using a set of life-extension emergency equipment.
"To reply to the Second Young Master, master and mistress remain very busy today and haven’t notified a schedule for their return."
The elderly man in the black and white uniform quickly responded.
"Okay... then Mr. Liu, could you please bring the specialist here? I’ll cooperate fully with the examination."
A noticeable trace of disappointment flashed in the wheelchair boy’s eyes but he quickly concealed it.
"Okay, Second Young Master, please wait a moment."
The old butler soon turned around and left the room to handle the consultation matters for the boy, but the boy left in the room didn’t actually put much stock in this consultation. He quickly opened his personal computer in the room to start doing other things.
Because such expert consultations were something he had experienced too many times, he knew that the current technology couldn’t cure him, and it would be challenging for him to live until next year.
"Cough... cough..."
As soon as the high-end personal computer just opened the window interface, the wheelchair boy suddenly began to cough. He habitually raised his frail hand to cover his mouth, and when the palm moved away, he found some glaring bloodstains on it.
"I really don’t have much time left... Mom and Dad and my brother provide financial support but don’t care about me... Maybe they are really busy... But my fate still has a turning point."
The boy then raised his other hand which was not stained with blood towards himself, and soon a faint white light shone from his palm. The white light felt like a warm breeze passing over his whole body, which instantly made his recently pained body feel somewhat better.
"This newly unlocked skill really works... Becoming a player is my adventure and also an opportunity... I wonder if the next dungeon will be as smooth as the first time just now..."
While pondering this in his heart, the wheelchair boy opened his personal account on the famous video-sharing site of Xia Country, C-Site, and began to skillfully type, dub, and create new videos with images.
As a paraplegic youth with a serious illness but an advantageous family background, creating videos was not about making money; it was simply a way to pass time and alleviate the pain of boredom and life.
He really enjoyed communicating with netizens from all over and sharing personal life insights, which was a crucial diversion from his monotonous and dull life. Today, he planned to start a new type of themed video.
"My Player Diary... let’s call it that."
The wheelchair boy quickly decided on the series’ name and then combined his written text with audio and video images, posted it online, and quickly entered the review phase.
As an experienced video host, producing such technically ordinary content-based videos was quite proficient for him. He finished the related tasks just before the butler called him for a consultation, now all he had to do was wait for the video to pass review, waiting for comments from his fans and other visitors.
He remembered that lately, this kind of player-themed video was really popular, so he had a hunch that his video’s views shouldn’t be too bad.
Soon, the old butler returned to the wheelchair boy’s room, pushed his wheelchair, and brought him to the living room to meet the specialist. This process needs no further elaboration, as it was similar to what the boy usually experienced — experts deeming his condition relatively stable yet requiring high attention, prescribing a heap of medications, advising him to maintain a calm mindset, and to eat and drink well.
After years of various high-tech hospital treatments, the boy had long abandoned the hope for redemption in this direction. It wasn’t that he didn’t believe in science, but given the world’s current technological level, there wasn’t substantial help for his condition. He even knew that these doctors were invited by his parents and brother; they knew beforehand that his days are numbered, but just couldn’t refuse.
Skillfully handling the consultation with the specialist, the boy then returned to his room, spinning his wheelchair and starting to watch his latest video post.
By this time, his video had already been reviewed and posted on the C-Site platform for a while, with some of his fans and site visitors leaving quite a number of comments, affirming his speculation, this type of video was indeed quite hot on C-Site at the moment.
Video:
"Hello everyone! Today is the first episode of the new series of the paraplegic leukemia UP! UP finished the first player dungeon just this morning, although the process was quite tortuous...
Upon entering the dungeon, UP discovered that the first boss to fight wasn’t the Lv2 or Lv3 that the forum mentioned but was Lv6! At that time, UP thought it was the end! But very luckily encountered a powerful veteran player who led the way to victory! UP thus finished the dungeon and directly upgraded to Lv2!
The veteran player seemed to have a summoning sub-class profession? Despite me dragging behind the whole way, the veteran didn’t mind, and we quickly cleared the dungeon after finding the boss. I didn’t even have time to watch the process of the veteran fighting the boss..."
Comment:
Fan 1: "UP, you really became that kind of player?! You’re not just messing around... UP, you actually dared to do this with your physical condition? (Shock)(Kneeling)"
Visitor 1: "Read, verified as nonsense. There’s no way a player would battle Lv6 in their first dungeon. Plus, an Lv6 boss is hard to beat, requiring at least three Lv5 players to skillfully cooperate for a stable kill. An Lv5 carrying a newbie just can’t do it, much less UP claiming to be disabled... Is this just for laughs?"
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