"ID: Player 'I Love Juice' has sent a communication request."
The electronic prompt sounded.
Wang Dong let out a long breath to ease the excitement from just now, then connected the communication.
"Big boss, let's team up and farm the battlefield~"
A sweet and delicate female voice rang out.
"I'm great at hugging thighs, and I know how to shout '666'~"
"Time's limited. Sorry."
Wang Dong decisively refused and then cut the communication.
He had no interest at all.
"That was lucky. The timing of the 'Leaping Lunge' was just right. Seems my Battleship piloting skills have really improved."
Wang Dong quietly gave himself a mental thumbs-up.
The "Leaping Lunge" maneuver was quite difficult. The window of opportunity during the encounter of the two ships was extremely short. With their speeds constantly changing, accurately judging when to charge the main cannon was very hard.
Indeed, it required a bit of luck.
Once the main cannon is charged, it fires immediately—at least for destroyer-class cannons. This put high demands on the captain's judgment.
If you charge too early, by the time charging is complete and the cannon must fire, the enemy Battleship might not yet be in your firing arc—you'll miss.
If you charge too late, the meeting point has already passed, and it's just a wasted shot.
Moreover, the armor on "I Love Juice"'s Battleship was LV2.
If Wang Dong hadn't hit the engine—a critical point—and had been slightly off, hitting the tail armor instead, the shot would've only caused minor damage.
Once "I Love Juice" realized Wang Dong's main cannon was only LV1, all they had to do was slow down and drag the fight into an endless cannon exchange. Wang Dong's defeat would've been inevitable.
Wang Dong continued matching after that and won three matches in a row.
Crushing noobs felt great—for a while.
But doing it constantly? Not so much.
It got boring.
At first, it was somewhat fun.
But after a few matches, even that nostalgic interest faded away.
He was no longer that passionate teenager. For Wang Dong, "Stellar Conquest" no longer held much appeal.
"Exit 'Stellar Conquest'."
After confirming the command, Wang Dong's perspective exited the Battleship.
The Battleship gradually receded until it turned into a small icon resting at the zenith of his vision.
Just as Wang Dong was about to browse other applications, a message notification popped up.
"Your friend, ID: Tu Tu Rabbit, has come online."
It was a message from "Stellar Conquest."
A warm wave of memories surged in his chest.
Wang Dong had played "Stellar Conquest" for over three years. He didn't have many in-game friends—just a few dozen.
"Tu Tu Rabbit" was the one he chatted with the most.
Because like Wang Dong, she had always used the same unupgraded starter ship.
Before his rebirth, once Wang Dong acquired the Battle Axe, he was constantly busy and no longer had time for leisurely gaming. "Stellar Conquest" had long since been abandoned.
Naturally, he also lost touch with his gaming friends.
Whenever he remembered it by chance, he always felt a bit regretful.
Seeing the prompt, Wang Dong didn't hesitate and reentered "Stellar Conquest."
As soon as he logged in—before he could even sit in the captain's seat of his scout-class destroyer—a friend message arrived.
"Little Dongzi, you're here too! Perfect timing. Come spar with your big sis. I just learned a new maneuver today—let me try it out on you!"
A mischievous and girlish voice chimed in.
It was a message from "Tu Tu Rabbit."
Wang Dong shook his head with a wry smile and instinctively replied, "Tu Tu, still pretending to be older? I've told you, I'm two months older than you. You should call me Brother Dong, got it?"
"Pfft~ You think you can be my big bro, little Dongzi? Beat me first, then we'll talk. Want me to handicap you by turning off one of my directional thrusters?"
Through her bell-like laughter, the image of a lively and mischievous girl vividly came to mind.
They were typical online friends—their interactions limited to "Stellar Conquest" and nothing beyond the game.
Based on the ages they had exchanged, Wang Dong and "Tu Tu Rabbit" were born in the same year, with Wang Dong being two months and six days older.
But because of the skill gap between them, "Tu Tu Rabbit" never acknowledged being younger. On the contrary, she often called herself "big sis."
"Tu Tu Rabbit" had excellent Battleship piloting skills and strategic awareness.
Among the opponents Wang Dong had encountered in "Stellar Conquest" during his three years of play, very few were better than her.
Even now, with Wang Dong's current perspective, she was still impressive.
"Tu Tu Rabbit" claimed to be a student at the Royal Skysurvey Advanced Academy in the Zijing Kingdom.
Given her performance in piloting and tactics, Wang Dong believed her.
When Wang Dong first started playing "Stellar Conquest," he had begun from scratch, training his piloting skills.
Having no prior experience in the field, his first two years were spent blindly experimenting and relying on intuition.
Honestly, the results weren't great.
His win rate in-game was quite low, especially since he always insisted on using a whiteboard ship.
It didn't even reach fifteen percent.
Until two years in, Wang Dong happened to encounter "Tu Tu Rabbit" during a battle mode in "Stellar Conquest."
It was a hundred-player team match, and Wang Dong and "Tu Tu Rabbit" were on the same side.
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