Elf: Sailing since being taken in by New Leaf Cat

Chapter 8 Cyberspace TERA
Although she was still a little confused about the source of the gold coin, Qiu Qing would not suspect that Xinye Miao was deceiving her. Besides, they really needed the gold coin now, so they happily accepted it.

Following Xinye Miao, he finally found a store where gold could be recycled. As soon as he entered the store, he saw a golden crown and huge gold beads with clearly marked prices placed in the glass cabinets of the store. It was very eye-catching!

However, these prices were beyond his imagination, so he just took a look, and then came to the counter, in front of the middle-aged boss who was watching short battle videos on his cell phone Rotom, and put the gold coins on it.

"Can I exchange this for money?"

"Ok?"

The store owner looked up and responded directly without showing much expression.

"Exchange cash or BP?"

"Cash...wait, what is BP? Battle points?"

Qiu Qing noticed the thing at the back, and seeing that he didn't understand it, the store owner seemed to be interested and asked with a smile: "Brother, don't you know this?"

"Just... came from a small place..."

"Is that so? You come to Padea to study?"

"Uh...well, that's right."

"No wonder..."

The shop owner suddenly understood, and then explained with a smile: "BP is the most popular payment method now. You can exchange cash into BP and store it in the alliance card. You can usually scan the code with your mobile phone Rotom to pay, so you don't have to worry about your wallet when traveling. Got lost."

"But now this is only fully open in Padia and Galar. It has not been fully circulated in other areas, but it should be almost there in a few years. After all, BP is really convenient."

"..."

Qiu Qing raised her eyebrows slightly. After listening to the other party's explanation, why did she feel a sense of familiarity?The development of this world is indeed not slow. If you have the opportunity, you can open an alliance card and use it.

"..."

Xinye Miao remained silent because it was the only one who couldn't understand what was being said. Can money still be put into the mobile phone?I don’t quite understand today’s human beings…

In the end, Qiu Qing chose to exchange cash. After all, he didn't have an alliance card. However, after the store owner accepted the gold coins, he put the cash directly on the table. He thought there might be some troublesome process.

Out of curiosity, he asked the shop owner, and the answer he gave was that there are many large and small relics in the Padia area, and treasure hunting is a special inheritance of Padia for thousands of years.

Therefore, many Orange Academy students, when traveling as trainers on the Padia continent, will also work part-time as treasure hunters. This kind of gold coin is the easiest treasure to find, so it has no collection value and is generally used to trade casually for some. Pocket money.

After learning this potentially useful information, Qiu Qing and Xinye Miao, who was still confused, left the gold trading shop...

The shopping mall is in the square near Shenbo Gym. Shenbo Town is not particularly large. Just ask passers-by for directions and you can easily walk there.

At the entrance of the shopping mall, there are finally a lot of people here, especially many students wearing orange uniforms. They are all from Orange Academy, and they should be here to prepare things they need for their trip.

Qiu Qing and Xinye Miao went down the stairs, and two animatrons carrying goods came from behind and passed by him. Qiu Qing glanced at them and looked away, realizing that there were quite a lot of Pokémon in this mall.

Looking around, there are messenger birds waiting for food with other takeaways in front of the milk tea shop, caretakers helping the cafe distribute flyers, and twist dogs and paparazzi sitting in front of the bakery... It's all harmonious.

"It's really lively here."

The scene in front of him surprised Qiu Qing. Although he was not socially anxious, he used to hate being in noisy places with many people. He would feel irritable and unable to calm down. But it is different now. He likes it very much. Such a harmonious atmosphere here!
But Xinye Miao was stunned. It was also the first time for it to come here. When it came to Shenbo Town before, it just took a casual look and left after familiarizing itself with the environment and some modern knowledge.

Before that, during the period when it was forced to retire, it had not been to the present world for many years, so its impression of the present world was still very confusing, whether it was some humans or Pokémon...

"Meow……"

Xinye Miao doesn't understand that in just a few decades, the world has changed so much. It was almost impossible to see such a scene before. Is this the reason why human society has developed so fast in recent years?With doubts and curiosity, it followed Qiu Qing for a stroll in the mall. The cat was a bit out of step with the times, but Qiu Qing was a fully modern person and accepted information quickly, and he completely adapted to the place in a short time.

"Are there actually video games?"

Qiu Qing heard a few Orange Academy students discussing it, but now she was a little tired of it, so she had better hurry up and buy something.

Just as he was walking through the electrical appliance area and towards the living area, he suddenly found many students and adults queuing up to buy something in a store, so he went over and took a look curiously.

This is a store that sells electronic products. There are some boxes that were just moved by the hyperactive ape. It’s just that he can’t understand what kind of equipment they are, but they look a bit like PS5...

"Game console?"

He murmured in confusion, but a student holding Pikachu in front of him turned sideways and said with a smile: "Don't you even know this? This is the latest technology that uses vision and sense to access the Internet, and then developed Virtual device!"

"Huh? What...what technology?"

"Don't you understand this? Where do children come from? This technology can go back and forth between the real world and the online virtual world!"

"..."

After the other party finished speaking, he did not continue to respond, but this made Qiu Qing fall into silence. Even he had never heard of this technology, and the online virtual world?It’s ridiculous in every sense of the word!

"Meow?"

Xinye Miao suddenly let out a soft cry. He had been listening to people discussing "network network" around him. What on earth is this?Is it awesome?

Seeing that Xinye Miao was a little confused, Qiu Qing came back to her senses and responded with a smile: "Does Maomao not understand the Internet? Haha, this is my strong point. I used to use computers that I installed and modified at the same time. Type code and write scripts to help people level up..."

"Meow……"

Suddenly being laughed at, Xinye Miao called out slightly with a hint of resentment, "I don't understand the Internet. What's wrong?"It’s not that you humans are developing too fast. If you continue to laugh at you for not having any grilled fish today, cats are definitely not kind people!

Although it rarely has major mood swings and always remains calm, after all, it has seen a lot of things over the years, so it naturally has a sense of superiority that it knows everything.

Even if it doesn't show off this sense of superiority, it becomes a little anxious when it suddenly encounters something that everyone knows and only it doesn't understand at all.

"Uh……"

Qiu Qing paused, and after seeing Xinye Miao seeming suddenly angry, she stopped talking and began to think about what she had said wrong.

Seeing that he was stunned again, Xinye Miao also knew that he didn't smile on purpose, he was just too innocent.

But it was just because I didn't realize this that I got angry at him, so this is my problem, so I'd better apologize.

"Meow……"

"Ok?"

Because she didn't understand the meaning, Qiu Qing couldn't guess what Xinye Miao wanted to say, but seeing that it was no longer angry, she breathed a sigh of relief. It was indeed too difficult to understand Xinye Miao. She heard from students passing by that Orange Academy had teaching treasures. Do you want to learn Kemeng language?
Just as he was thinking about this, the display above the store selling the strange electronic equipment suddenly lit up and started playing an advertisement.

The content of the advertisement is about these devices. Although Qiu Qing cannot understand it, at the end of the advertisement, "Cyberspace TERA" is mentioned in big blue letters, which is the name of that virtual world!
"TERA...how do you spell this word?"

Qiu Qing felt as if she had suddenly fallen behind the times, and was gradually unable to understand these modern things, but the Rotom mobile phone in her pocket suddenly vibrated at this moment, and the screen lit up...

[Installing new software program, please wait for the update... (Mumuxiao rolling.gif)]

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(End of this chapter)