Xiao Lan ran his hands over the furry thing that he hadn’t seen in a long time. Although the form had become a little more abstract, it still felt just as nice as before.
He and Duan Xueyin sat in different spots in the corridor, and neither of them spoke. They merely waited quietly for daybreak.
It was now very visibly white on the horizon; it was clear that the dark night was about to depart.
Although it seemed like there was no more danger, the players still remained vigilant. As long as they hadn’t cleared the instance for even a second, they could fall into danger at any time; the Advent World was precisely that sort of place that didn’t allow anyone to let down their guard.
Not long after, there was the sound of two doors opening.
Xiao Lan turned his head to look, and realised that it was Wu Ting and Li Haokuan emerging from two different rooms.
They didn’t look like they were in good shape; it seemed they had gone through several fights, and both of them had varying degrees of injuries on them.
Li Haokuan’s neck and arms were wrapped in bandages, with some blood seeping out. There were also some dry bloodstains that weren’t very noticeable on his black singlet.
One of Wu Ting’s arms was bound up, a circle of bruises around his wrist. He also had several abrasions and bruises on his body, which were very conspicuous on his fair skin. His red dress was also torn from fighting, a large rip in his skirt going all the way up to his thigh, and his legs were faintly visible as he walked.
The ignorant straight man Li Haokuan could no longer think about bandaging his wounds when he saw Wu Ting’s appearance, and he couldn’t help but sneak looks at Wu Ting’s slender and fair legs.
Seeing that Wu Ting hadn’t noticed, he took another peek.
The one who witnessed the whole process from the side and knew Wu Ting’s true face: “…”
He didn’t quite have the heart to let this dumb straight man know the truth; it might be a devastating attack on his worldview.
Brother, do you know that his might be even bigger than yours when he takes it out?
Wu Ting went over to greet Xiao Lan. When he didn’t see Luo, he asked, “Where’s Fei Luo? I’m not quite used to the two of you not being together.”
Xiao Lan said, “We were split up back then, and didn’t meet while passing through the rooms. It’s probably bad luck ba.”
Wu Ting raised an eyebrow and smiled like he was watching a good show. “Oh~ Then he’s probably pissed as hell. After all, he always follows you around as if he doesn’t want to even be a step away from you.”
Xiao Lan didn’t believe him. “It’s not that exaggerated, is it?”
“Naive, shallow, ignorant.” Wu Ting shook his head as he looked at Xiao Lan like he was an idiot. “I suddenly feel some sympathy for him.”
Xiao Lan: “…”
What right does a crossdressing bigshot like you have to disdain me?
Perhaps Xiao Lan had traumatised the ghosts and monsters, but it was surprisingly peaceful after that. The hindrances hid in the shadows, and no boss made a sudden, last-minute appearance.
As the players silently waited, the sky finally brightened. Everything around them gradually vanished like a fading image and was replaced with an endless darkness.
“Ding dong —”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
“Jbcugjaeijalbcr ab qijsfg Wljb Ojc obg mifjglcu atf ujwf ‘Cqjgawfca 404’.”
Qtb xcfk lo atlr lcrajcmf kjr abb ygbxf bg Wljb Ojc tjv yfjafc atf ybrr lcab rteaalcu tlwrfio jkjs, yea ecfzqfmafvis, cb gfkjgvr kfgf tjcvfv bea.
Jjggslcu Oeb, Wljb Ojc vlvc’a vjiis lc atf vjgxcfrr joafg mifjglcu atf ujwf, jcv gfaegcfv ragjluta ab tlr gbbw.
It was already dark at that time, and the neon lights outside the window adorned the room with various colours.
Taking advantage of the fact that Luo had yet to wake up, Xiao Lan tossed the cat into the bathtub and rinsed him as if he was washing ingredients. He had to go through several tubs of water before the black cat returned to its original colour.
Carefully drying its fur, Xiao Lan placed Luo on the living room sofa.
The black cat’s eyes were shut and it still wasn’t breathing, nor did it have a heartbeat, as if it had passed away very peacefully.
He reached over to touch Luo’s head. Mn, it was all flat.
Suddenly feeling his hands itch, Xiao Lan picked up an apple ornament from the bookshelf on the side and placed it on Luo’s head. It really was a flat head, as the apple was very stable.
Seeing that Luo hadn’t woken up, Xiao Lan got up, showered and went to sleep. After sleeping on that creaky metal bed for days, it simply felt incredibly comfortable to lie down on the large bed provided by the Advent World, and Xiao Lan soon sank into dreamland.
He didn’t know how long he slept for, and was roused by the hunger in his stomach.
Only then did he recall that he hadn’t eaten that last dinner in Apartment 404. Not only didn’t he eat, he also scuttled and jumped around as he fought several rounds. After returning and taking a shower, he unexpectedly forgot to eat.
Xiao Lan struggled for five minutes as he tried to use the great rule that ‘dreams have everything’. Unfortunately, sleepiness couldn’t defeat hunger.
Hearing his stomach growl, he had no choice but to get up and cook some instant noodles.
Xiao Lan pushed the door open and realised that a figure was sitting by the window with their back to him, looking at the patter of raindrops outside. There was only a lit desk lamp next to the figure, which looked very lonely, as if it was separated from the world.
Xiao Lan was surprised and delighted. “Luo!”
Luo turned his head, his faint gold eyes no longer disguised black. They were like the stars at night, and he gave Xiao Lan an extremely familiar and warm smile. “Good evening, sir.”
Xiao Lan turned on the light in passing, and a warm light instantly dispersed the sense of loneliness in the room. “Why didn’t you turn on the light?”
Luo looked at the table lamp next to him, and a slight warmth emerged in his eyes. “This is enough.”
Xiao Lan looked past Luo to the window behind him. “I didn’t think it rained in the Advent World. This is my first time seeing it.”
“The Advent World doesn’t experience regular weather changes.” Luo looked at the rain outside, his expression dark and hard to decipher. “From memory, rain only means one thing — an abnormal situation has been resolved.”
Xiao Lan thought of what Wang Taidi had said. Many loopholes seemed to have appeared in the games, and numerous contract players were sent out to resolve them.
Who knew what in the world was going on.
After fixing the loopholes, it should be safer for players to clear the instances, but this also meant that the Advent World’s control over the games would increase. Was this a good or bad thing for players?
Seeing that Xiao Lan was about to go over to the storage cupboard, Luo asked, “Do you wish to eat, sir?”
Xiao Lan searched for instant noodles as he replied, “Mn, I’m gonna cook instant noodles.”
Luo got up and stepped forward. “Please leave it to me, sir. I inconvenienced you with the previous matter.”
After a while.
Xiao Lan held the bowl in both hands and ate very happily. “This dough drop soup is so yummy! Luo, you’re really good at cooking!”
Luo, who had actually been cooking noodles: “…”
He then recalled how Xiao Lan enthusiastically ate even 404 landlord’s sludge, and decided to ignore the praise of his culinary talent.
For now… it was still better to eat the players’ restaurant ba.
After eating the midnight snack, Xiao Lan and Luo chatted about what happened back in the game. Naturally, Xiao Lan hid how he had been beaten up before he discovered the landlord’s weakness, and he also asked Luo if there had been any changes after absorbing a new part.
“You could say there’s been a bit of an upgrade ba.” Luo stretched out one hand and a spear flew at the wall. The spear pierced the wall soundlessly but deeply and left a small gash in it, before the wall slowly began to restore itself.
Xiao Lan was excited. “Finally, we’re no longer a close combat team!”
Luo only smiled faintly at him.
Once Xiao Lan had more or less calmed down, Luo continued, “In my memory, I saw that the one who tore me apart was myself.”
Xiao Lan’s smile faded. “Yourself?”
Luo pondered for a moment. “To be more precise, he had the same face. In that memory, aside from being torn apart, there was only an instant when the culprit’s face flashed past. I didn’t see anything else, but I can verify that it was definitely my face.”
Xiao Lan frowned. Was this a real life version of ‘I hit myself’? Or something like ‘beating the crap out of myself’?
How great was this animosity?
Xiao Lan didn’t dare think how excruciating it would be to feel his entire being being completely torn apart; he couldn’t even imagine it as a normal human being. Based on Luo’s reaction back then, it was definitely a pain that could almost drive a person mad and make someone as proud as Luo to forget himself to that extent.
Seeing Xiao Lan’s worried expression, Luo conversely reassured him. “No need to worry, sir. This is already something of the past; the current me has been recovering very quickly with sir’s help.”
Xiao Lan smiled at him. “Mn, you’ll get better and better.”
Luo’s light gold eyes met his. “We both will.”
It was very late into the night; Xiao Lan and Luo prepared to go to bed after their chat.
Just as Xiao Lan turned around to open the door, Luo suddenly appeared behind him from where he had been sitting, trapping him between Luo’s body and the door.
His deep voice rang out next to Xiao Lan’s ear. “Sir, did you do anything that would make me worry when I was unconscious?”
Xiao Lan felt a chill run down his spine. He felt incredibly guilty, and didn’t dare turn around and look at Luo at all.
Could it be… him picking Luo up by his scruff, bundling him up like a mini pig, and tossing him aside to eat dust and turn into a clay-roasted chicken had been exposed?!
Xiao Lan forced himself to remain calm. He cleared his throat before saying, “Ahem… what thing? There was nothing at all ah.”
Luo seemed to come even closer. “Really?”
Xiao Lan told himself that he couldn’t panic. “Mn, that’s right.”
“Alright ba.” Luo let out a low laugh, a soft breath brushing past Xiao’s Lan and turning it a little numb. “Goodnight, sir.”
“Good — goodnight.” Xiao Lan shut the door in an even more flustered manner than when he was being chased by a ghost, and slipped into bed like he was running for his life.
Looking at the closed door before him, the emotions in Luo’s eyes were indescribably complicated.
During that very long deep sleep that didn’t seem to end, along with the pain of his soul being ripped apart, his consciousness seemed to ebb and flow in a deep ocean. At some point, his consciousness had been temporarily roused by a familiar bloody scent, and he was certain that it was Xiao Lan’s blood.
Xiao Lan had probably been injured when Luo was unconscious.
He didn’t know what sort of difficult battle Xiao Lan went through to be riddled with injuries, but it surely had to be considerably difficult; perhaps it wouldn’t be too much to call it life-threatening.
At that time, Luo had been in the process of digesting and assimilating his other part, and his instinct to swallow everything up made Luo involuntarily absorb a bit of Xiao Lan’s blood and even completely integrate it into his body. After that, there seemed to be something that mysteriously and inexorably drew them even closer.
But when Xiao Lan talked about what had happened, he merely acted breezy, and had absolutely no intention of complaining to Luo.
His evasive master concealing his getting hurt made Luo feel — aside from the heartache — especially pained about his own powerlessness, and the resolve to retrieve the strength that was originally his became even more intense.
A gold glint flashed in Luo’s eyes. Next time, he wouldn’t allow such a thing to happen.
However, them becoming even closer still made Luo extremely happy.
From today onwards, even if Xiao Lan wanted to get away from him, it would be exponentially harder.
In the room that had plunged back into darkness, to celebrate the good news that only he knew, Luo decided — to buy another car after returning to the real world.
“As my master, how can he only have one car when he goes out?
“Let me think… Bugatti Chiron, this one ba.”
Baobao Notes
Me after reading that last sentence: … (btw i don’t get expensive cars, they all look ugly af)
Wooah first!!
Anyway, Xia Lan trying his best to hide what he has been doing with Luo😂
😅😂😂
At least he felt a little bit guilty….
Waitt- what is the story in the apartment 404?? Did I miss something? In the past arcs, they have their own story why they are the boss of the world or something,, like the supermarket guy and the bullied lady or the sisters annie and belle… What’s the story of this worldd?
Ohh,, i seem to have commented on the wrong section, sorry😭😭
Yeah I agree, expensive cars are really quite ugly, especially when you can’t actually buy them (lol)
Thanks for the chapter!
I don’t know whether they are ugly or not cause I am not good at differentiating cars. It is like you don’t know whether chinese character is beautiful or not without knowing chinese
+1 My first thought:
„Oh, that character is pretty.“
„That means ‚shit‘.“
„… Uh-oh.😳”
Hahahahahhaha l
I really like the Chinese character for cat. It really looks like a cat!!! It’s like the feline version of the person/human Chinese character UwU
All Chinese characters look pretty until I have to write them.😅
+2 ah~
Only sometime the cars actually look pretty and they usually are cheaper than most but still out of the price range, and next time I wouldn’t even recognize it.
The only cars that look obvious and expensive that I can recognize are just those Flashy Ferrari.
As for the characters the only thing I recognize is the three line T type symbol for Wang.
+3 ~
i find expensive cars just look like the creator got too trigger-happy with the cut tool ba!
i just think anyone is beautiful cries in single QAQ
i much prefer rounded cars, they are cheaper ones!
you cant judge all of them like that, some looks awesome!!!
Expensive cars look too gaudy…I wonder why some people say they are beautiful…not gonna judge tho~`
Luo, don’t be too hard on your self~ XL was basically alright due to his skill…
I wonder why no one noticed that blob in XL’s hands…
Thanks for the chapter~
I feel Sebastian Michaelis vibe in the end of this chapter…
Sebastian would be sooooo jealous of Luo getting to be a cat! 🤣
Oh my God, you’re right! He will drink a gallon of vinegar because of that! (ಡ艸ಡ)
Sebastian: Why did I choose the form of a crow instead of a cat? glare at Luo
Luo: ………
😂😂😂
Just as Xiao Lan turned around to open the door, Luo suddenly appeared behind him from where he had been sitting, trapping him between Luo’s body and the door.
Is this… KABEDON?? (≧▽≦)
Thank you for the chapter!!! ❤️❤️
+1
I’m still confused where the hell Luo find so much money… Luo, share a secret~
Thanks for the chapter~
+1 Share the secret
+2
+3 want to know his lore
” Brother, do you know that his might be even bigger than yours when he takes it out? ” ahahahahahahaha omfg I died
“Just as Xiao Lan turned around to open the door, Luo suddenly appeared behind him from where he had been sitting, trapping him between Luo’s body and the door.” I went KYAAAAAAAAAAA at this xD
I am very confused about who is who . Mc saved cross-dresser(the guy with a snake with surname wei) guy several times. Then Duan Xueyin guy telling that Mc saved him several times?
Cross-dresser guy is the one who sells information ?
Then Duan Xueyin guy telling him information about who is searching him ?
I did not get it ???
duan xueyin was the woman who was almost dragged into the washing machine
Ah I get it . I thought she was dead that is why I forgot about her
Thanks~
I love the level in which we erase people out of our memories the moment we consider them dead.
For me personally, I acquired the skill when I read one too many QT stories. Too many named characters lead to not enough brain capacity.
That why I like when authors just write spectacle guy, short cut girl, tall guy and so on.
Like no names for them)
That really helps a lot when you know that they are just cannon fodders who will eventually die)
No need to remember them
Thanks for the chapter! ^^)❤
BaoBaomei, ugly cars…I feel the same
Thank you for translating! <3
Luo: So you didn’t do anything rash that would’ve made me worry if I way away, did you?
Xiao Lan, who 60% chance of dying in the last instance: N-nope, nothing at all 👀
Thank you for translating!!!💖💕😍❤💋
Somehow I got a mental image of Xiao Lan using a washboard to thoroughly wash Luo! 😂 (I wouldn’t put it past him 😏)
Thank you for the chapter 💕
Me after reading the last the sentence……such a nice boyfriend 😩
So Xiao Lan is super poor and Fei Luo is super rich? Very interesting indeed.
I drove a hot pink Bugatti in GTA V. It was really nice!
Xiao Lan worrying about him findinv out what happened to Luo while Luo was worried about what happened to Xiao Lan xD. These two!!
Thanks for the chapter <3
I hope he gets a golden Bugatti, the flashier the merrier!!!
Although I don’t like this car , it looks like a spaceship. I’m more into the Jaguar or Aston Martin designs, but my passion are pickup trucks. My dream is the Raptor ♡μ♡ and I could have 50 of those instead of one Bugatti
Thanks for the chapter♡
Loaded Butler Boyfriend~ 👌
Damn I want to have a Lou too!!!~ >.<
…well it doesn’t matter if his cooking style can be considered as alchemy!!! 🤣😆
Loaded Butler Boyfriend!~ 👌
Damn I want to have a Lou too!!!~ >.<
… It doesn’t matter if his cooking can be considered as alchemy lol!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for the chapter!!!~ ꒰⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ꒱˖♡
Ok so I thought my comment wasn’t posted so I did another one lol 🤣
smacked my lipsthis is getting more and more interestingevil grins😏
Rich man Luo, just casually throwing a few million dollars owo
thanks for the chapter~
Luo either really likes to show off his money or else really likes cars.
Thx for the chapter ^^✨✨
Luo cares so much for XL <3 it melts my heart. It’s so sweet.
Thank you for the chapter! tbh idk what are cars im poor
I search for the car..and it really looks ugly (・∀・)
Expensive cars are almost always have very little legroom, and as someone who’s tall, they suuuuuck. It’s like squeezing into a shopping cart and being told you should be impressed because it’s a really expensive shopping cart.
Everyone has their own option on beauty, so I won’t complain about the cars. But I’m a little scared of the foreshadowing on what would scare Xiao Lan enough to make him hide from Luo….unless he’s trying to hide his own feelings then you can never run muahaha
como irmãos do mesmo sangue ah
like brothers of the same blood ah
“Suddenly feeling his hands itch, Xiao Lan picked up an apple ornament from the bookshelf on the side and placed it on Luo’s head. It really was a flat head, as the apple was very stable.“
LMAO at XL just casually making fun of ML any chance he gets 😂😂
Teacher Bao… I believe the more important matter is that both cars mentioned by Luo can only comfortably seat two. I think that’s the more important facet.
Luo being distressed and touched that Xie Lan got hurt while he’s away but didn’t tell Luo. Meanwhile Xie Lan feeling guilty about the way he treated Cat Luo’s body
Luo: did you do something to make me worry?
Xiao Lan, who almost died, internally: is this about the being buried in trash thing?
super rich over bearing president with amnesia x poor broke pennilies ex-homeless dude???
Woahh!!! Bugatti 😮
tbh the apple-table-head scene is the number one most memorable thing from this novel and i don’t know why. him head so goddamn flat
I just searched the car up and I WANT THAT IT’S SO UASBVFJDSBDH HANDSOME? IDK I WANT IT!!!!!!
Also me after looking at the price: yknow what? That bicycle over there looks very enticing (I WANT A LUO WHERE CAN I GET ONE?)
TBh it’s true some of them are ugly af like who cares if it’s a famous brand, asking as it’s pretty, works well, is cheap and have a good function I’ll take it
as long, how tf did that become asking??? 💀
ahhh!! Luo! you breathed down Sir’s neck made him flustered! good job! 😀
but Luo!! you ate some of his blood? what does this actually mean? will you be able to track him? or do you just feel closer because you have a piece of him is inside of you?
I disagree!! I have seen many handsome, sexy, and cute cars. They have their own temperaments (im not a car or any vehicle enthusiast btw) 😆🤭
…. Tho some really are just ugly.