The Museum Guard Made the Boss Laugh

Chen Que, a museum guard, was squatting in front of a bronze cauldron and munching on a steamed bun when the curator dragged him off to be a “human prop” for a game collaboration. Who could have guessed that once inside the dungeon, he'd talk back to a sword-wielding boss's attack with, “That sword's pattern looks just like the one on our museum's Eastern Han ring-pommel saber. Though the ‘I was here’ on your scabbard isn't nearly as neat as yours.” A mechanism that had stumped top players for three days? One glance was all it took for him to grin. “Isn't that the same pattern as the hidden design on our museum's Song dynasty stone lock? Old Wang said something about that when he repaired it back then... Hey, boss, stop shaking your sword!” As players across the server watched the boss tearfully plead, “Tell me one more artifact joke and I'll let you pass,” and crowds packed the museum entrance thanks to the game's popularity, Chen Que felt the ten packs of spicy strips stuffed into his pocket. “That's it? I haven't even told them the rumor about the Ming dynasty bell in our museum. Supposedly, if you ring it three times, it'll summon your soulmate!” This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.