Edited by Jules
Three days later.
Xiao Lan completed all his preparations and headed with Luo to the address Wang Taidi had mentioned with Luo, and found the place he had mentioned in the players hub —
Ai Ai Hotel.
The air here was still full of ambiguous hormones, and gays, lesbians, het couples were still going back and forth… along with players of indeterminate gender.
It was as if nothing in the world could change this.
Xiao Lan and Luo: “…”
Since when did Wang Taidi also have a hobby of meeting in a place like this?
Wasn’t three people booking a single room a little odd?!
Xiao Lan walked to the reception desk and gave the room number.
The receptionist was still that sexy and provocative female player. She still had some impression of Xiao Lan and Luo, and her scorching, amorous gaze swept over them.
When she heard the room number, however, her eyes turned strange. “You want 666?”
Xiao Lan was confused. “Yes.”
The receptionist said, “You guys… three people again? And even that sort of room…”
Xiao Lan: “…”
It seemed she was misunderstanding something, but… he couldn’t explain to her why it was always three people every time they came to Ai Ai Hotel.
Last time, Wu Ting had fortunately crossdressed, but this time it was even more exciting, with three big men.
Moreover, he was quite curious as to what she meant by ‘that sort of room’…
Not knowing how to explain things, Xiao Lan could only smile and force himself to nod. “Yes.”
Miss Receptionist looked at them like they were perverts.
Amidst the surprise, her eyes also held pity, and within the pity was a complicated expression which said, ‘how is this world so magical?’ “Floor 17… the room at the very end…”
When the two walked off, they were still able to hear her mumbling to herself thanks to their hearing as advanced players. “I’m so stupid, so, so stupid. I’ve seen so many men, so why can I still not see through them… Don’t tell me that all men nowadays like…”
Reaching the door of 666, Xiao Lan knocked apprehensively, deeply fearful of seeing some sort of magical scene.
In the end, reality was even more magical than the imagination.
Because the person to open the door was Qi Ning.
Qi Ning himself wasn’t the magical part; it was the scene behind him.
This was a pink-themed room targeted at girls, filled with lace and floral patterns.
There were complicated and exquisite ornaments everywhere, as well as several Lolita dresses. There was also a strawberry fragrance in the air; it was almost as if they could hear a girl’s sweet laughter.
In this girly pink room stood Qi Ning, pitch-black and gloomy, who looked like he had walked onto the wrong set.
A sweet strawberry scent wafted out when he opened the door.
It was even able to force Qi Ning to appear cute.
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Unexpectedly, Wang Taidi’s taste when booking rooms was this insidious. Xiao Lan felt that he himself was still too young.
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Three, no, later, it might be four big guys, booking a girly room at a hotel.
Who knew what sort of orgy she was imagining…
Forget it, ignorance was bliss.
Qi Ning was still wearing a mask which, just nice, perfectly concealed his expression at the moment.
He appeared to very calmly nod at Xiao Lan and Luo. “Come in.”
Xiao Lan also forced himself to calm down and to walk into this pink heaven while pretending that nothing had happened.
It was just the colour pink; what was so scary about that? All fierce men loved pink.
Xiao Lan and Luo sat down on the lacy pink sofa.
Opposite them was Qi Ning, similarly surrounded by lace.
The three didn’t speak and the air was filled with awkwardness. Xiao Lan even began to envy Qi Ning for the mask that he was wearing.
After a pause, Xiao Lan opened his mouth and broke the silence. “Uh… Why are you here?”
Qi Ning’s tone was calm. “Wang Taidi came to commission me. I was very satisfied with the reward he offered.”
Xiao Lan raised his eyebrows. “Reward? That doesn’t seem like your style.”
Qi Ning’s voice carried a smile. “In your eyes, what is my style?”
Xiao Lan thought for a moment. “The sort where you’re focused on chasing your target, and completely contemptuous of anything to do with mortals ba.”
Something like a simple reward should be very hard to move Qi Ning to the point that he was even willing to take risks.
Qi Ning said, “Thank you for the compliment. You can just consider it as me being very interested in the Wang brothers’ ending. I’ve said before that they’re really just too unique. I’m not the only one who’s looking forward to seeing how they’ll end up.”
This guy probably truly was someone who avoided people with vulgar taste. No matter what, he and ordinary players just didn’t gel.
At that moment, the door opened again.
It was Wang Taidi who entered this time.
Because he had only seen Wang Taidi’s face when they had been in contact previously, it was only now that Xiao Lan noticed that he had suddenly shot up by a lot.
It had been less than two years since they first met; young people really grew quickly.
Xiao Lan remembered that the Wang brothers’ father was actually quite tall; it was only Mother Wang who was rather short. Could it be that the genes were also biased?
If so, it was useless for Wang Ke even if he padded his height with 10 cm-insoles.
Wang Taidi greeted them. “Sorry, I didn’t think that I would be the last —”
Before he could finish, he was dumbfounded by this fiercely manly room.
Even his steps stuttered when he entered the room.
Wang Taidi surveyed the room with reverent eyes.
After hesitating for a moment, he finally sat down on the sofa. “When I made the booking, I said that I wanted the most relaxing room. I – I didn’t think… it would be this relaxing… But the sofa is quite soft hahaha…”
Xiao Lan, Luo, Qi Ning: “…”
Was this guy truly reliable?
Now, the four fierce men sitting in a pink, lacy room, accompanied by the sweet scent of strawberries, began a serious and solemn meeting.
In front of Xiao Lan and the others, Wang Taidi looked even more like that youth in the past.
But in the end, some things were still different.
The resolution in the depths of his eyes and the air around his body that had been honed by experience; all of it was different.
Wang Taidi told them about Sara’s Song. “At that time, there were four people who entered Sara’s Song, including my ge. Among them, two were turncoats, but Tao ge managed to escape. However, he was in a very bad state, and was severely affected mentally.
“Tao ge was incoherent whenever he spoke, and extremely violent and irascible. He even hurt himself many times, and was practically unable to communicate.
“Four months ago, he escaped his caretakers and chopped off both his legs and left hand, and committed suicide.
“What I’m telling you now is all gathered from what he said, but because of his mental state, I can’t guarantee that it’s definitely accurate.”
Xiao Lan nodded at him, silently listening.
“First, as implied by the name Sara’s Song, a singing voice can be heard throughout the entire instance. This singing voice will gradually influence the psyche. Those who are more injured are more easily affected, and it was this which restrained my ge’s skill.
“Secondly, an instance like Sara’s Song isn’t reset, and players who previously entered will be stuck there. They might also become uncertain dangers themselves.
“Thirdly, Tao ge mentioned that he was able to escape the game because he found an item called 【Rock of Forgiveness】 on an altar. We can try to find it.
“Fourthly…” Wang Taidi took a deep breath. “An instance for advancing to the contract level is very dangerous in itself. You guys can choose to leave now; you don’t have to let your emotions affect your decision.”
After saying that, he sat there and didn’t raise his head to look at them.
He was giving his friends a final chance to refuse him. If someone were to stand up and walk away now, he definitely wouldn’t stop them.
But none of them had any intention of leaving.
Qi Ning said, “Since I’ve already agreed to your commission, I won’t regret it.”
Xiao Lan said, “We already agreed earlier on, didn’t we?”
Luo didn’t speak. In front of other players, his style was always ‘sir is right even if he says the Earth is shaped like a screw’.
Wang Taidi rubbed his face and adjusted his expression. “Thank you.”
He didn’t give some lengthy speech of gratitude. There was no need to make such a superficial effort in front of these people.
Kindness should be remembered in the heart, and when the time came, he could find a way to help the other.
He took out an item which looked like a few sheets of old newspaper from his item storage. There was an article on a rumor about a small town called Mona.
The article was written in a very sensational style. It was obvious at a glance that this was a third-rate tabloid that was an expert in making up stories.
Wang Taidi said, “This is the item for entering Sara’s Song.”
The other three took the newspaper. After activating it, they entered the game together.
When the darkness receded, Xiao Lan felt himself driving a car.
He really was driving a car.
At this moment, he was driving a cross country vehicle down a forest trail at a very high speed.
Thanks to the bumpy forest road and his wild driving skills, everything in his sight was rocking.
The cross country car rushed down the trail as it plowed through the forest. Countless tree branches scraped the car with ear-piercing screeches.
If this carried on, he would die sooner or later.
Xiao Lan tried to step on the brake and stop the car, but then realised that his body temporarily wasn’t under his control.
His body plowed through the forest on its own accord, with drifting skills that could be called trash and an attitude of ‘If I run you over, I’ll dump money to fix it; hope you have a better life next time’.
Finally, not long after, this car lived up to expectations and crashed into a large tree.
After a resounding bang, the car that had been plowing forward wildly and crazily was finally motionless. It was plastered against a large tree, which stopped its wanton and unrestrained, freedom-loving pace.
Xiao Lan thought that this deadly journey was pretty much over.
He tried to prop his body up to get out of the car and take a look.
In the end, he realised that his vision was starting to grow dark; it seemed that he was going to faint.
It had to be pointed out that as a close combat player who could kill a cow with a single punch, he could already be called an existence similar to a monster in the human world.
Forget a car crash; even if his head slammed right against a steel plate, it would most likely be the steel plate that came off worse.
A mere car crash could make him faint? That was simply illogical and unreasonable.
But the game world had never talked reason.
Xiao Lan did his best to keep his eyes open and stay conscious, but his vision still gradually darkened.
His consciousness also began to fade bit by bit before finally turning fuzzy.
This was the legendary ‘killed by the plot’.
Regardless of what sort of awesome fierce man you were, if the plot wanted you to pass out, you would have no choice but to fall down as you wept.
An unknown length of time passed.
Xiao Lan woke up. His awareness had just returned when he smelled roasted meat.
And it was fruit wood roasted meat, which he had eaten before.
Speaking of, he was a little hungry…
Xiao Lan struggled to open his eyes. What met his eyes was a fiery red.
At that moment, the sky had already darkened. The forest around him had been set ablaze, and scorching tongues of fire broiled the cross country car, heating it up like an oven.
The smell of barbeque was probably from the animals that had been caught off guard and roasted to death.
If Xiao Lan had woken up just a bit later, there was a chance that he would be added to the warm family that was emitting the smell of roasted meat.
Xiao Lan hastily sat up in the driver’s seat.
At this time, his body was already fully under his control; fortunately, he wasn’t missing any parts.
He studied his surroundings swiftly and realised that, aside from a notebook, there was nothing to indicate his identity.
Xiao Lan put the notebook in his pocket and hurried out of the car.
Not long after he ran out, there was a loud rumble from the car.
Obviously, the car had exploded, contributing its bit to this forest fire of unknown origins, and letting it inherit its talented soul and continue burning.
This was truly worthy of the highest level of difficulty found in a contract instance; the beginning was already this terrible.
Xiao Lan made out a direction with great difficulty, and started to flee the fire.
Four fierce men in a pink, fluffy room with the scent of strawberry…. I can’t lololol
Thx for the ch ٩(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )و
…What fierce mens? Obviously four gays xD
Thank you for the translation !
Am I the only pervert who was looking forward to something funny happening in that pink room? 😏
Mi ship con Qi Ning, ha resucitado 🙊
I don’t know what I thought the inside of that room would be…. but I definitely did not expect a pink girly palace.
Well.. even Vegeta wore a pink shirt.. Pink is the manliest colour ever 🤣