"To invisibly store a weapon or item into the game backpack, you must first pick up the weapon or item, then bring it close to the corresponding pocket, and say the word 'Store'; if you want to take out a weapon or item, first put your hand into the pocket, then say the name of the weapon or item."
After Xin Hui's careful explanation, she half-stuffed the sports drink into her left pocket and said, "Store."
Then, the drink in her pocket disappeared.
I tried again to put the sports drink into my left pocket.
"Store." When I pulled my hand out, the drink was gone. I reached my hand in again, said "sports drink," and then my hand seemed to grab something. I pulled it out, and sure enough, it was that can of sports drink.
I stuffed the sports drink into my left pocket, hid it by saying "Store," then I put the ballpoint pen into my right pocket, said "Store," and the pen in the pocket indeed disappeared.
"Wasn't there a new player tutorial in the activity room at the start of the game? Didn't the NPC Chong Shan Xuan explain the various game controls?" Zi Qian finally voiced the question in his heart. "Why does it seem like you know nothing?"
"I thought this was just a simple campus exploration game, so I refused her invitation and went straight to..."
Zi Qian didn't wait to hear my full answer. He glared at me, then turned and walked away.
We returned to the Prefect Corps activity room.
"This is the respawn point. If our HP is completely depleted, we respawn here. That NPC Shan Xuan pacing over there explains the various game operations for Playing Through School... We can buy weapons or items from that male NPC standing behind the table."
Then, Xin Hui went to another corner of the activity room, looking at a male NPC holding a dark green lightsaber: "This is the practice area. This Prefect — Team Leader Wu — demonstrates the special skills for various lightsabers."
Xin Hui pointed to two other NPCs nearby holding light green lightsabers: "We can also engage in simulated battles with them. Being hit by their lightsabers won't deduct any HP. This can help you learn how to fight, and how to release sword techniques and special skills, more quickly."
Xin Hui introduced every corner of the activity room to me, just like a new player guide NPC.
"This leaderboard ranks teams based on their cumulative points. Cumulative points are determined by the time taken to complete tasks. Besides completing tasks, the game also has a team vs. team mode. As long as one team completely wipes out another team, the winning team gains all the cumulative points of the defeated team."
Xin Hui pointed to a notice on the bulletin board titled "Class Leaderboard." She quickly scanned it from top to bottom and said, "Our class is currently in 8th place, which is last place."
"The main quests in the game are divided into three stages: Primary, Advanced, and Ultimate. There are three Advanced quests in this game. He is the NPC for one of those Advanced quests — Team Leader Huang. Zi Qian is getting the commission letter from Team Leader Huang."
Xin Hui brought me to Zi Qian's side. "To prevent all teams from focusing on the same quest, after completing the primary quest just now, players can freely choose the order to challenge the next three advanced quests. Only after completing all advanced quests can you challenge the Ultimate Boss."
"...I heard from Team Leader Hong that you new Prefects are very capable and quite helpful. I wonder if you have time to help me with a commission from the Vice President of the Kadet Remaja Sekolah (KRS)?" asked the NPC Team Leader Huang, sitting near the corner window of the activity room.
"Okay."
Since the three of us are a team, when Zi Qian agreed to help this NPC, a notification for receiving the commission letter simultaneously appeared before all three of us.
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