Set fairly earlyish in the manhua.
Upgrade
By Dark Ice Dragon
Lan sighed, staring out the window as she leaned her chin on her crossed arms. Outside, rain lashed at the city, falling so furiously it gave everything a grey tint. Accompanying it was gale force winds that were threatening to uproot trees.
...
That was able to uproot trees, Lan corrected, watching a tree fly past with wide eyes. Thankfully the buildings weren't being damaged by the flying debris and they didn't seem to be getting affected by the rain or wind either.
She turned in her chair to stare at the row of faces packed in the room. All of Odd Squad was there, along with numerous other people caught by the storm. All the seats were filled, and people had started taking to sitting on tables a while ago.
They'd all been told about a small upgrade that the designers were uploading when they'd first logged on, but when they actually got into Second Life, they didn't see any difference from before. They didn't think about it again until they decided to have a break from training.
The weather had been fine when they'd first came into city. It was only after they'd finished their usual sized meal that they realised just how crowded the restaurant was compared to how it was when they're first entered and just how wet some of the other players were.
Was it like this in all of Second Life, or was it just here? If it was the whole of Second Life, the respawn point was probably really busy too. And then if too many people died, it could force people waiting by the point outside and then they'd be caught by the weather again...
Wolf sat down next to her. "I don't think we'll be able to leave here tonight," he murmured, watching the scene through the window. It did look like it wasn't going to stop any time soon, but from what they'd heard from the other players, there hadn't been any warning before the weather had changed either, except some said that the sun had turned red a few seconds before it started pouring. Others said it was the clouds that had changed colour.
Either way, they were stuck inside with nothing to do.
Lan stretched and grabbed the closest plate. Almost nothing to do. She caught the shadow smile Yulian was sending everyone at the table and cautiously put the plate back. Hopefully she hadn't seen her.
But now what was she going to do?
... This was going to be a long night.
Yang Ming was lounging in his chair, his eyes half closed when Lan brought his breakfast through the next morning.
"You look happy," she commented as she set the plate down.
He grinned. "Last night it was clear blue skies, the sun was so hot, and there was a small breeze." He sighed happily. "It was perfect."
Lan scowled. How did her brother have the luck of having such nice weather when she got stuck with the pouring rain?
"So all we did," he continued, "was choose a good spot and then stayed there the whole time." He placed his hands behind his head, obviously still remembering everything." I think I even got a tan!" Yang Ming looked at her. "What did you do last night?"
She turned her head away, not looking at him. "None of your business," she said primly.
Hopefully the weather would be fixed tonight and they could get back to playing.
That night, the city was enveloped in a blizzard.