“Sexual selection… Does it mean the process by which individuals of one sex choose mates based on certain traits or characteristics in members of the opposite sex…”
Jin Tianyi smiled mysteriously.
Chu Huai felt inexplicably guilty and subconsciously changed his words: “It’s the process where humans carefully consider and choose suitable sexual partners.”
Jin Tianyi nodded, looking at the project board thoughtfully: “This selection should be relatively narrow, not considering material aspects, but purely from a physiological perspective.”
“Selection is related to sight, hearing, touch, and smell. Vision can be understood as appearance, hearing should be the voice of the other person, and smell is the scent.”
Chu Huai roughly understood.
They went in, and suddenly everything blurred before their eyes. After dizziness, they looked at the strange conveyor belt in front of them, exchanging glances.
Chu Huai quickly looked around, not knowing where he was. The only thing he knew was that besides Jin Tianyi’s face and the conveyor belt in front of him, he couldn’t see anything else. It was pitch black around him as if the light couldn’t come in here.
The sound of the conveyor belt starting suddenly came from the air, and in the darkness, it seemed that a huge object was being transported toward them.
After about two minutes, Chu Huai finally saw something clearly.
It was a huge cube with sides about two meters long.
The cube was covered with black cloth, and it was not clear what was inside.
In this atmosphere, Chu Huai was still a little afraid that something would suddenly jump out from under the black cloth.
He was on guard, but the cube quickly passed by and was transported to an unknown place.
Before Chu Huai could relax, he realized that more and more cubes were being transported in and out.
A sudden sharp pain struck in his head, and the words “Book of Sexual Psychology project initiated, introducing game rules” appeared.
“There are a total of forty-three cubes, twenty-one containing humans and twenty-two containing ghosts.”
He was puzzled as to why the number of humans and ghosts was different.
The words continued: “The task takers will choose their ‘other half’ through Touch, Smell, Hearing, and Sight in four separate sub-projects. If you choose a ghost, you will become food for the ghost; if you choose a human, you can leave with them.”
Food for the ghost?
Chu Huai suddenly understood. It’s like in nature, where some animals eat their sexual partners after mating to gain nutrients for their offspring.
He can understand having ghosts in the cubes, but why are there also people…? And the phrase “you can take him away” doesn’t sound like a lie, it’s probably true…
Another question is that this project is supposed to be a couple’s project, but the game rules don’t reflect that at all.
After waiting for a while, the sound of the loudspeaker suddenly came into his ears.
“After an assessment, it is determined that Jin Tianyi likes Chu Jiao more than Chu Jiao likes Jin Tianyi.”
Chu Huai widened his eyes in surprise: “???” How can you assess this?!!
Chu Huai glanced innocently at Jin Tianyi, cursing inwardly.
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Chu Huai thought to himself, what a rubbish system.
He raised his head and said, “It’s probably capped at 10.”
The loudspeaker seemed to have a poor connection and paused for a while before adding, “…capped at 100.”
Chu Huai looked dejected.
Jin Tianyi smiled at him, a dangerous smile. He also thought Chu Huai was amazing, with an affection value of 5 but still sleeping with him every day.
Chu Huai weakly said, “It’s trying to sabotage our relationship, don’t believe it!”
Jin Tianyi said casually: “I know.”
“I believe you.” Jin Tianyi smiled faintly.
Chu Huai’s scalp tingled, feeling that he couldn’t pretend anymore. When he goes back, he won’t pretend anymore. What’s the point of pretending? If Jin Tianyi holds him accountable later, he’ll be done for.
But for now… he has to cross this hurdle.
The loudspeaker suddenly seemed to have a change of heart and saved him: “Trust value 95, evaluation: you’re my best comrade.”
Jin Tianyi was stunned for a second, surprised by the result.
He trusts me? Jin Tianyi smiled, feeling relieved.
The loudspeaker announced: “Tasker Jin Tianyi has entered the cube and become the 22nd person.”
“What?!” Chu Huai was shocked.
He finally understood why the number of humans and ghosts was different.
The loudspeaker continued: “If tasker Chu Jiao chooses Jin Tianyi in the cube, she can take him away. If chosen incorrectly, Jin Tianyi will be left in the project of Book of Sexual Psychology, waiting for the next opportunity.”
Chu Huai’s expression froze for a second. So this is the connection between the Book of Sexual Psychology and the couple, those people in the cubes are the ones left behind from previous attempts at the dungeon.
Their partners must have made a wrong choice in sexual selection and were killed by ghosts, leaving them behind, waiting for the next chance.
“This is unfair!” Chu Huai exclaimed, glancing at Jin Tianyi.
In such game rules, he was definitely in a favorable position, because he had the power of choice. With half of the people being human and half being ghosts, even without the screening of the four sensory perceptions, he still had a 50% chance of choosing correctly, and this probability was too high. As long as his luck was slightly better, he could leave.
But for Jin Tianyi, it was different.
He was… one out of forty-four. As long as he wasn’t chosen by Chu Huai, he would be left behind, passively waiting to be chosen by someone else.
Day after day.
Even until death, he would not be able to leave.
Giving the power of choice to the one who loves less, isn’t it teasing and mocking them?
Because they would hesitate, be uncertain, and relatively speaking, they would know less about their partner, making it easier to choose wrongly.
And what if that pair of lovers were both hiding something, one trying to get rid of the other? As long as they deliberately chose incorrectly…
Chu Huai was horrified by the thought.
Jin Tianyi smiled faintly, not taking it seriously: “Choose with confidence. I trust you.”
Chu Huai was at a loss for words, but before he could say anything, Jin Tianyi had already stepped onto the positive cube that had stopped in front of him and leisurely entered it.
The black cloth covered it, and Chu Huai couldn’t see Jin Tianyi anymore.
The conveyor belt started running again, and the cube containing Jin Tianyi disappeared instantly.
Chu Huai’s heart suddenly pounded hard, inexplicably feeling a great panic.
He took a deep breath and calmed down, waiting for the next stage to begin.
Loudspeaker: “The first stage, touch. Each square will stop in front of the task performer for ten seconds, and the task performer will reach into the square to touch and conduct the first round of screening. During this period, the task performer’s other senses will be blocked, and the ghosts will be restrained during the selection process and will not harm the task performer.”
“The first round will begin in three minutes.”
Chu Huai thought for a moment. There was actually not much difference between ghosts and humans because ghosts were humans who turned into ghosts after death. So indicators such as whether there was blood on their bodies, whether they had fangs, whether their clothes were tattered, and their body temperature had become reference standards, but they were still vague.
Moreover, the method of “touch” was also very particular. Not to mention how much area could be touched in ten seconds, but where to touch was also a mystery. What if he happened to touch a position without blood?
A pen and paper suddenly appeared in front of him, probably to prevent him from forgetting, so that he could record the numbers of each cube.
To be honest, it was very exciting. He didn’t know what kind of ghostly thing he would touch.
Three minutes quickly passed, and the first cube was transported over from the conveyor belt. Chu Huai quickly realized that the situation was somewhat bad because the position to be touched was chosen by what was inside the cube, divided into top, middle, and bottom.
He touched a warm face on the first cube, most likely a human, but based on the smoothness of the skin, it should be a woman. It was unlikely to be Jin Tianyi, as the texture of the touch didn’t match.
While Chu Huai was focused on touching and recording, he began to wonder if his judgment criteria were too one-sided?
Is someone with a high skin temperature really a human?
Is someone with a cold body really a ghost? What if that ghost was burned to death and the person is in a freezing environment?
Who knows what the specific situation inside the cube is, he can’t see or hear anything.
Moreover, what are the clues? Clues should be able to help him.
As he touched number twenty-four, Chu Huai’s face stiffened for a second, then immediately crossed off that number.
Jin Tianyi… he’s not that small, cough cough, and he wouldn’t be so lewd.
My bad, Chu Huai really felt the urge for something to come out from inside him, as if something was pressing against his chest, just enough to make him ignore these thoughts.
All the lewd things he has done in his life are here.
But then again, what if he’s a man with weak willpower who chose to abandon his partner and take someone else…
Chu Huai sighed inwardly, feeling that the sense of touch was too torturous.
Finally, it’s over. Chu Huai looked at the numbers on the paper and still had a headache because he wasn’t looking for just anyone, he was looking for Jin Tianyi. So he eliminated twenty in total, leaving twenty-four remaining.
Most of these were excluded based on gender, and the next step would be the most difficult.
Loudspeaker: “The second stage, sense of smell, will begin in three minutes.”
Chu Huai looked serious, as he felt that he might not be able to smell anything.
Jin Tianyi doesn’t seem to have much of a smell.
Tobacco smell? He hasn’t been smoking much since he’s been with himself, and recently he doesn’t even have that smell on him. It seems that he can only continue to eliminate.
The second round started, and Chu Huai truly felt bewildered, as he is not sensitive to smells and couldn’t smell anything.
He could only eliminate a few based on body odor, armpit odor, and bloody smell, and then Chu Huai started to feel confused.
When he smelled number twenty-seven, Chu Huai’s eyes suddenly narrowed.
A very strong smell of blood, very pungent, different from the previous few smells, as if… the blood is very fresh.
Just by smelling it, he could tell that there was a significant amount of bleeding, but if there was a large amount of bleeding, why didn’t he sense it when he touched him in the first round?
If he was really covered in blood, he would have definitely eliminated him as a ghost early on…
Is he really the ghost that he missed in the first round, or…
Chu Huai’s heart tightened.
Could it be Jin Tianyi?
And that blood is likely… to have started flowing after the first round ended.
If it’s really him, did he deliberately self-harm… to alleviate the pressure, provide hints, and leave no room for doubt?
Although Chu Huai can’t see anything, he still closes his eyes and tells himself to stay calm.
Because the second round of smelling is in effect, Chu Huai’s vision is blocked by the black cloth on the cube and has not been covered again.
Jin Tianyi’s face is close at hand, separated by a thin glass-like material, looking at Chu Huai with closed eyes inside the cube.
Jin Tianyi sneers, reaching out his hand in a mocking gesture of touching Chu Huai’s face.
He should have smelled it, right?
Jin Tianyi still has the leisure to laugh, just hoping that Chu Huai won’t mistake him for a ghost and exclude him.
He is the guardian of the horror world, and if the instance fails, he won’t die but will have his memories wiped and sent to another unknown apartment to continue his mission.
Sounds sad
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This just sounds so hard, having to judge who is your partner based on one sense each round among nearly fifty people. 😟
And although we all had thought Tianyi was probably part of the game, being a guardian I hadn’t quite seen coming.
Thanks for the chapter(s).
Guardian of the borrow world??? The author can’t just casually drop that kind of information out of the blue
So sudden I agree 😭😭
out of the blue? not really.
It was mentioned twice I think. Once in Ch. 22 or so, during MC’s clue hunting (the scene where ML watched MC via TV) and once more during the Werewolf Game.
Just that both times it wasn’t as detailed as here
It isn’t sudden. author was dropping so many hints in earlier chapters
Wait what? That is huge plot twist o.0
Hmmk ow ML not really human as he did hinted he’s old like hundreds yrs old.. thank you for the chapter