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“Heehee… heehee… heeheehee…” NiKI9g

The child-like laughter continued. The players were silent. For a time, no one in the studio spoke, which made the laughter sound especially ear-piercing.

“Heehee… you… all… are…”

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The voice on the phone got increasingly darker, and the child-like innocent tone gradually faded to be replaced by a malice that seemed to have emerged from shadowy cracks.

Xiao Lan’s gaze fell on the phone. What was this thing in the phone, laughing non-stop and creating pressure for the players? PZCLem

Should he teach this little friend what manners were?

Before Xiao Lan could move, Luo had already strode forward.

He unhurriedly walked to the front desk, assessed the phone that was making the non-stop laughter, then reached out to take out and throw away the already wilted flowers in the decorative flower vase next to it.

Luo shook the vase in his hand. There was a gurgling sound from inside it; it was clear that there was still some water left inside.

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The next second, he directly dumped all of the remaining water in the vase onto the phone.

That direct and efficient style felt very familiar to Xiao Lan. Who in the world was it?

And Mu Yang and Hu Zhai who had once witnessed Xiao Lan tear apart a printer with his bare hands secretly shot a look in Xiao Lan’s direction. Sure enough, birds of a feather flocked together; these two people were so brutal and fierce, but… it also made people so envious ah.

“Heehee… heehee…” KhIorM

“Hee… bzzz… hee… bzz…”

Zzzz…”

The laughter from the phone still continued, but there was more and more static until it gradually could no longer be heard, and the entire phone finally fell silent.

After a while, the phone still didn’t show any signs of ringing again; it was probably completely dead. pcnJjA

Hu Zhai touched his fat face. “Looks like a ghost call also needs an intact phone. Fei Luo, is this move called taking drastic measures?”

Luo’s voice was indifferent. “It was too noisy.”

Hu Zhai harboured beautiful hope and probingly asked, “We… is this considered passing this round?”

Mu Yang coldly said, “Wake up.” GPhKwF

Thinking about the Advent World’s greatness, how could it let the players off so easily?

Hu Zhai sighed. “That’s true…”

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As if to verify Mu Yang’s words, unusual activity began happening in the open office rooms.

At that moment, all the players were gathered in the lounge; the offices were originally completely empty, but, through the open doors, they could clearly see that all the computers had turned on at the same time. aehKVl

It was an expanse of chaotic coloured static on the lit screens at first, as if they were broken.

Slowly, the coloured static began to move and slowly take human form, like a group of people standing in the same poses. Moreover, as the coloured static transformed, each individual human figure got clearer bit by bit.

As the human figures grew clearer, the players could vaguely see their pale skins and the outline of their facial features. The most eye-catching part was their round, wide eyes which didn’t even blink once as they stared right at the players.

They clearly weren’t here to have a friendly conversation. hpGtBZ

At that moment, Cheng Wenyi’s voice rang out with its usual haughtiness. “Xiao Yang, stop them.”

The players were stupefied when they heard this. Mu Yang was just a teenager. Wasn’t making him stop this many monsters too difficult? Even if it was just pulling out the monitor plugs, it wasn’t easy given how many monitors there were ah?

Isn’t your Lunhui squeezing out child labour a little too ruthlessly?

Before they could voice their doubts, Mu Yang had already raised his hand. JWU4wZ

A burst of radiant lines emerged from his fingertips, interweaving in the empty air before him to form a virtual keyboard. Mu Yang tapped rapidly on this virtual keyboard.

In the wake of his actions, rows of translucent code formed in the air, then flew towards the strangely lit up screens in each office before quickly assimilating into them and disappearing.

After that, these computers that were invaded by an unknown code began slowing down, and the coloured static started to stutter and become choppy. The mostly-formed human-shaped silhouettes gradually started to fall apart, as if the force controlling them had disappeared, and they slowly transformed back into their original irregular appearances.

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Xiao Lan couldn’t help exclaiming in admiration, “How amazing ah.” xXGEJk

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Cheng Wenyi stroked Shirley’s head. “Mn… Sure enough, he still has too little practical experience. I’ll arrange later for him to enter a few instances.”

Shirley agreed with its owner: “Meow~” EdhDXb

Mu Yang: “…”

He was just a keyboard king; don’t set him in this sort of wilderness survival storyline ah!

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At that moment, young man Mu Yang suddenly felt really sorry for himself.

The silhouettes on the computer screens gradually disappeared, and the screens returned to the state they had been in when the players left the offices. Seeing this, the players sighed in relief. pD9o86

Misfortune struck in an instant.

Cheng Wenyi had been casually chatting with Xiao Lan, when his expression instantly turned cold. His languid gaze suddenly sharpened like an unsheathed blade.

His figure abruptly disappeared from the spot.

With a burst of faint blue light, he appeared nearby after leaping in the air, and had yet to touch the ground. cC bTW

His clothes fluttered with the sudden move, blown about by the surrounding wind and flapping ostentatiously. After a moment, he dropped to the floor with a relaxed posture, still holding Shirley in his arms and appearing rather at ease.

Cheng Wenyi’s knife-sharp gaze surveyed his surroundings. After ensuring there was no threat, he then chose to stand there with a handsome pose, and his expression also returned to its indolent and haughty state.

Life and death was the matter of an instant, while handsomeness — was the matter of a lifetime.

Keeping himself forever handsome was Cheng Wenyi’s lifetime struggle. NalSy0

Seeing this situation, everyone understood: Yin’s attack had begun.

Seeing Cheng Wenyi’s display, Xiao Lan’s speculation that the other was an advanced player was finally confirmed.

Xiao Lan remembered the hair-raising feeling when he faced Yin’s attack, and how he ultimately had to resolve it by relying on an item; it definitely hadn’t been as effortless as it was for Cheng Wenyi, who was even carrying a cat. It was obvious that this sort of evasion wasn’t anything difficult for him.

This keen sense for danger and how he resolved it with such understated moves directly reflected how strong this person was — an advanced player, possibly even an elite among them. 6W2lMU

When they realised that Yin’s attack had begun, the players turned their gazes to the other two players who had seat number ‘2’ — Hu Zhai and Hua Bei.

But then they saw their bodies fall with a bang at almost the same time.

Their expressions were deathly pale and their chests were no longer moving, like they were two corpses.

Mo Dan couldn’t help sharply inhaling. “This — they’re dead?” g9rEiY

Xiao Lan felt something wasn’t right. Based on previous situations, people killed by Yin should disappear completely, their existence completely forgotten by the players, but he clearly remembered that these two were called Hua Bei and Hu Zhai.

They hadn’t disappeared and Xiao Lan’s memory hadn’t been altered.

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The surrounding wind had stopped at some point, as if declaring that this round of attack was over.

After a while, in front of the players, the corpse-like Hua Bei suddenly opened his eyes. V nui9

At the very beginning, his movements were still a little stiff, his skin was still an inhuman ash-colour, and his eyes were still a little blank. Slowly, his complexion turned ruddy again at a visible rate, and the rise and fall of Hua Bei’s chest returned to normal as his movements also slowly became fluid.

Hua Bei sat up. “Huu… N- nearly was…”

Following his movements, a straw doll which had originally been hanging around his neck fell, as if it had experienced an invisible attack. When it hit the floor, the little straw doll directly turned into a pile of dust.

Hua Bei looked at the dust, slight regret in his eyes. “T- this was so hard to make.” sZ0Pdz

But he also understood that though items were hard to come by, it was worth it in exchange for his life.

On the other side, Hu Zhai also began to change, and it was a much more horrific one than Hua Bei’s.

They saw Hu Zhai’s round and pudgy stomach begin to wriggle and swell like a balloon. Occasionally, they could even see handprints pressing out through his clothes.

After that, Hu Zhai’s limbs and head began to shrivel and slowly deflate like a popped balloon. WRO2xL

Finally, only an abnormally large stomach remained of his entire body.

The next second, this bizarre, large stomach was torn open from the inside like paper.

Hu Zhai, who was now wearing a T-shirt with a shoujo image on it, dug his way out from inside. He didn’t look too different from before, just fairer.

He hadn’t slimmed down in the slightest. D2UNKW

Hu Zhai put away his skin and sighed, “This Yin really is annoying, even forcing me to take out the skill stored at the very bottom of my chest.”

He met Hua Bei’s rather pained gaze; the two understood how difficult it had been to escape by the skin of their teeth.

When they listened to Xiao Lan explain his encounter earlier, they already had a bad feeling. The two of them weren’t the type with sharp battle instincts; it would be difficult for them to foresee Yin’s attack, so they might as well just use whatever life-saving methods they had.

Hu Zhai and Hua Bei looked at Cheng Wenyi nearby, who was as handsome as ever and striking a flashy pose, and suddenly felt that he really dazzled the eye. H9bjDA

The disparity between people was truly so great. They also wanted to make such an elegant escape and have the time to strike a pose.

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Seeing that the time for Yin’s attack had passed, the players gathered once more to discuss the clues they had obtained.

Xiao Lan told the others about how he had gone upstairs to find the boss and get the god statue. Although he didn’t describe the incident in detail, he still received a bunch of ‘why do I suddenly sympathize with the boss’ expressions. 79iNgA

Mu Yang and Hua Bei, who had previously gone off to find clues about Fushan Lingquan, didn’t obtain anything.

Mu Yang said, “We didn’t even find any wording to do with Fushan Lingquan.”

Hua Bei scratched his head. “Y- yes ah, what do- does Fushan Lingquan refer to?”

Xiao Lan guessed, “It can’t be the toilet tap, right?” 7S6f3m

Mu Yang: “…”

Hua Bei: “…”

However… given that weird designer’s brain circuits, that truly wasn’t impossible. This guy’s train of thought was too weird; it truly was hard to figure out using ordinary logic.

04:44 and its ominous implication was already drawing closer, and among the keys to seal Yin  — moonlight, incantation, Yinyue god statue, and Fushan Lingquan — the incantation and Yinyue god statue were already settled. It just happened to be night now, and the moon outside the window was very bright, so moonlight wasn’t a problem either. YdW3Io

But they were still missing Fushan Lingquan; they couldn’t even find any leads.

This time, the players split up again, but they began re-examining all the rooms they had searched for any crucial points which they might have overlooked.

Xiao Lan and Luo were walking to the office area. xXOH8h

Xiao Lan pondered, “Yin was born from the designer’s plan, so if we consider it from his point of view, what should it be?”

Luo: “Given his disposition, perhaps we should consider what he frequently pays attention to or flaunts.”

“Frequently pays attention to…” Xiao Lan’s mind was instantly flooded by the delusion-filled statements of ‘Debauched Scholar Zhao’. When it came to what this person often paid attention to, aside from flaunting how he had the boss’s important regard, it was probably Miss Artist ba.

“Let’s take a look at the art office again.” Saying that, Xiao Lan turned towards the office that was the most ordinary-looking one. uapFdS

At that time, the ghosts of the artist and designer had already disappeared.

Xiao Lan and Luo once again searched through the things left behind by the artist.

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While she was alive, the artist was probably a very tidy person. Different things were all arranged according to classification.

They flipped through clues related to the project, and only found the design document the artist had used when creating the game items. Its description of Fushan Lingquan was extremely magical. Not only could it purify everything, and heal and relieve pain, it could even help one recover their youthful vigour. However, there was just no mention of this thing’s source of inspiration. 6vx3Xu

The design document in the artist’s computer was also done according to this description; it was a silver bottle in a classic design with a complicated structure. It looked extremely high-class, and probably couldn’t be produced in reality.

The unresigned two began searching through other things.

In a pile of things classified as trash, Xiao Lan’s gaze was drawn to a pink letter.

That letter genuinely looked a little too ugly. The gaudy pink base colour paired with the dazzling gold special effects, and red roses and hearts pointed to what a man thought a woman would like. The amateur style was incompatible with the exquisite and refreshing aesthetics of the rest of the artist’s office. nBsWcP

This sort of self-opinionated style made Xiao Lan think of that designer.

Xiao Lan reached out and picked up this letter. It seemed to be a love letter.

As soon as he opened it, he was brought face to face with the designer’s uniquely hideous handwriting. This guy even thought he was being sophisticated, using a calligraphy brush, but in the end, the writing brush set off against his handwriting and made it even more of a challenge to human understanding.

【I really like the skirt you wore today; I hope you can wear it again tomorrow.】 8BHC36

【Unfortunately, your high heels are too tall. I don’t like it, so it’s better to change them ba.】

【Women ah, should be more delicate in order to be more attractive to people. What use is there in being so tall?】

The paper showed signs of being crushed ferociously; one could imagine how angry the artist was when she saw this opinionated love letter. A guy who spent all day imagining that you were interested in him, who also believed that everything you did was for him, truly made people want to explode with anger.

Xiao Lan guessed that the artist was probably thinking — what the fuck does what laoniang wear have to do with you ah?! d3efN1

After sympathising with the artist, he continued reading:

【I’m very pleased with your perfume today. It gave me inspiration, I hope you can continue next time [Heart]】

【It’s as if that fragrance can purify all the sorrows and suffering in the world】

Below was a line in beautiful handwriting: L3ipRH

【That bottle of perfume was a gift from my boyfriend! Go thank him ba!!!】

Clearly, Miss Artist back then had been extremely angry.

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Reading up to here, Xiao Lan’s spirits rose.

Although the words Fushan Lingquan weren’t mentioned, the description ‘as if that fragrance can purify all the sorrows and suffering in the world’ was very similar to the description of Fushan Lingquan in the design document. Adding in this statement of him being hit with inspiration, they were basically able to ascertain that this was the source of inspiration for Fushan Lingquan. sYZODo

Xiao Lan’s gaze turned to the window. “The perfume gifted by the artist’s boyfriend…”

Wasn’t it the bottle they had seen? The custom-made perfume with an engraving that might be a birthday or anniversary date?!

His gaze swept over the entire window area, but he unexpectedly discovered that the perfume which had initially been placed in the small cupboard beside the window had disappeared without a trace.

Xiao Lan’s gaze turned to Luo. Luo shook his head, expressing that it wasn’t him. AuinWI

Could it have been taken away by someone who thought it was a clue?

“Hehe… you’ve finally realised it ah.” A languid and haughty voice rang out. Cheng Wenyi was leaning against the doorframe with an extremely interested gaze turned towards Xiao Lan.

Shirley sat obediently by his feet, staring at Xiao Lan brightly with its large blue eyes.

Cheng Wenyi raised a hand that was holding the perfume. “Fight one round against me, and this is yours. How about it?” vwJa4W

Xiao Lan stared at him. “What’s your motive?”

This guy was a Lunhui member and was also an advanced player. It was very likely that his status in Lunhui wasn’t low.

For what reason did someone like this frequently come to sound him out? For Xiao Chengyan? But if he had investigated even the slightest, it was easy for him to find out that Xiao Lan genuinely only had a little bit of knowledge about his own father.

Cheng Wenyi casually tossed up the perfume in his hand before he caught it again, acting like he completely didn’t care if this crucial item was damaged. “You only have the right to know what my motive is after you pass my test. 9Ksvyf

“Now, if you win, the perfume is yours. If you lose or refuse, I’ll just destroy it.” Cheng Wenyi’s smile didn’t change in the slightest. “Perhaps you have an item to escape the instance, but… do the others?”

Xiao Lan’s expression sharpened.

Seeing this, Cheng Wenyi added a new bargaining chip. “How about adding another piece of information? — I’m the only person in this world who knows of Xiao Chengyan’s whereabouts.

“As long as you win, I’ll tell you. reuZth

“You lose, I’ll kill you.”

 

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The author has something to say:

Cheng Wenyi: Today I finally have screen time presence! AfMWnK

Mu Yang: It might just be temporary.

Cheng Wenyi: …Another extra essay.


Baobao Notes

Extra Kofi chapter! B8D2Cw

Translator's Note

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22 comments

  1. Beat him Xiao Lan! Beat him! ( ಠ益ಠ) Also that designer, such trash! Being dead is too good to him!

    Thank you for the chapter!

  2. Cheng Wenyi sure does spend all of his time being absolutely absurd haha. I will say, though, that despite lacking most of the usual “villain” framing, something as simple as saying he’d ruin this instance and damn all the other players who might not have another way out just over Xiao Lan… It’s the things people casually don’t care about that reveal what kind of people they are

    Thank you so much for translating! <3

  3. Brother Cheng, don’t you know what fate awaits cannon fodders who imagine themselves to be protagonists? You’d be better off just shaking your peacock tail elsewhere 🙄

    Thank you for the chapter 💕

  4. Congratulation, Cheng Wenyi, you will do something that’s not involved you to become a pretty vase. I’m so proud of you. You’re now going to do something proper as a villain. 😂

  5. I’ve been wanting to ask for a while, but what do ‘ba’ and ‘ah’ mean? People say them a lot. 😅 Just curious though. I’ve always treated it as like a sort of casual on add to a sentence, but I just wanted to know for sure.