First, let me introduce myself. I'm a miserable office worker, and my desk is diagonally behind the boss. Every day, my biggest risk is switching screens to play a couple of games while he's getting water. Recently, I stumbled upon a treasure, 'Journey of the Three Kingdoms.' I initially got it for the card draws, but then I realized… wow, our department is almost completely being 'converted' by it 😂
Here's what happened: last Tuesday afternoon, I was hiding behind my computer secretly attacking a city in the game, when Old Wang at the neighboring desk suddenly poked me on WeCom: ‘You've been occupying Puyang; I've been keeping an eye on it for a long time. Can I take it down tonight? I'll buy you a milk tea.'
I was stunned at the time. Old Wang is usually a straight-laced guy who doesn't even play King of Glory, so how did he suddenly want to do city battles with me? It turned out he secretly tilted his phone screen, and gosh, he had sent me three 'slash you' emojis with Lü Bu. Apparently, he was bored during his lunch break, saw this game recommended in the app store, downloaded it on a whim, and now he's completely hooked—he's even higher level than me!
What was even more ridiculous was that during the Friday weekly meeting, when the leader flipped the PPT to the 'Market Strategy Map' slide, the projector clearly showed several red and blue arrows, exactly like the attack routes in a game. The few of us at the bottom were holding back laughter until we were trembling, while the leader still looked serious: 'We need to surround our competitors just like we besieged Fan City.'
After the meeting, Xiao Li from the neighboring group whispered, 'Last night at 2 a.m., the boss was still shouting in the world channel to recruit a legion, with the ID 'Overlord Cao……''
Can you believe it? He actually made his first purchase and got the Zhao Yun skin!
Back to the game itself, 'Journey of the Three Kingdoms' really doesn't require grinding. Lazy players will be overjoyed!
You don't have to be like some 'work-style games,' where you have to log in at specific times every day, almost wishing you could stay online for eight hours a day. In this game, you build a city, collect resources while idle, dispatch your generals, and then you can set it aside to do real work (like pretending to take meeting notes while actually checking your generals' affinity combinations).
Moreover, you don't have to move square by square when attacking a city; just click once for automatic marching, zoom the map to see the beacon fires, which is especially relaxing. People like me who only have an hour for lunch break can easily capture a few cities and recruit a few surrendered generals, which feels much better than attending meetings.
The most fun is the legion collaboration. Our office has now set up a 'Slackers Mutual Aid Legion,' with Lao Wang as the legion leader (because he stayed up all night playing the national war game while the boss was on a business trip that week, and his combat power is indeed strong). The name is 'Glory and Salary Together.'
Every day at twelve noon, everyone instinctively picks up their phones, while digging into their takeout, shouting in the world channel: 'Northwest needs people, come quickly!' 'Defend the city, don't let the neighboring 'Penguin Assault Squad' steal the iron mine!'
Those who don't know might think we're doing some kind of underground work, but actually it's just a bunch of corporate slaves tapping away at tiny virtual bricks on the screen. And because our boss has a small account hidden in the opposing guild (that 'Overlord Boss Cao'), every time we attack him, we have to pass information in advance through insider messages, cover for each other, and it's incredibly fun!
The funniest thing was the day before yesterday, when the boss sent a red envelope in the group chat, and the person who grabbed it got a message pop up: 'Congratulations, you have received 5 Huang Yueying fragments from "Journey of the Three Kingdoms"!'
The whole office was silent for three seconds, then burst into laughter. The boss quietly withdrew the red envelope, pretending nothing happened.
But the next day, he privately messaged me on WeChat and asked, 'Does your corps still have a spot? I want to add my alt... but I have to hide it from the boss's wife, just say I'm working overtime on the weekend.'
So, fellow slackers, really, this game is perfect for us. You don't need to invest heavily, you can AFK anytime, and you can play a bit of 'Undercover' with colleagues. You can even occasionally team up with your boss to run a hero dungeon, and when you see his Guan Yu being surrounded by wild monsters, you can pretend to pass by and help him out. The next day, asking for a day off becomes much easier 😏
By the way, on the 5.0 platform, you can directly search for 'Journey of the Three Kingdoms' to download it. The graphics are smooth, and the battery consumption is okay—don't ask me how I know, just ask that last time when my boss walked by, I instantly turned off the screen and pretended to be using Xuexi Qiangguo, and my phone actually didn't overheat!
Finally, a quiet word: the name of the legion was something we came up with together, but that day Old Wang secretly gave the deputy leader position to the boss 'Overlord Cao,' saying: this is called upward management.
Ha, sir, times have changed. The joy of slacking off for workers has spread from the King's Canyon to the Three Kingdoms map. 🏰
I won't chat anymore, my signal fire is lit, Old Wang is calling me to guard the city. The boss just went downstairs to buy coffee, it should last about ten minutes! Slacking off isn't easy, enjoy and cherish it while it lasts! ✌️