System’s…
…task?
Even Shi Yuebai, this time, couldn’t help but react to what Long Hao was saying.
Not to mention how uncharacteristic Long Hao’s behavior appeared as a player—whether players admit it or not, they all share a certain level of madness that makes it easy for them to recognize each other. It’s like professional dancers identifying pedestrians passing by; they can instantly tell whether someone is one of their own.
Long Hao lacked that trait entirely. According to Xu Yintang’s words, he was somewhat excessively normal. Staring at Little Darling without blinking an eye, yet trembling and shivering in fear with dilated eyes, Xu Yintang had never seen such a reaction in any player.
Even though he hadn’t met her face-to-face yet, he had only heard gratitude from Zhou Qian, who is not afraid to jump into a snake pit in the first instance despite having a willpower of 56—far from the one who is afraid of nothing except dealing with the gaze of Little Darling. Believe me, the terrifying pit inhabited by the python, polluted by blasphemous aura, is no less frightening than Little Darling, who hasn’t fully unfolded yet.
Shi Yuebai frowned at Long Hao’s wet look, unwilling to believe that such a person could be a player.
Moreover, given what was said in detail about the lengthy mission in the hidden sub-instance, Shi Yuebai clearly remembered that it was stated in black and white on the paper that when they chose to accept the hidden sub-instance, this world would be sealed off. In principle, unless they cleared it or wiped, there shouldn’t be players disturbing their instance with Xu Yintang.
Subconsciously, Shi Yuebai turned to Xu Yintang, and even Casey Cat jumped in front of Xu Yintang faster than him—this is a protective reaction that can be triggered in the face of unexpected situations.
He may or may not realize it, but at that moment, the surge of killing intent on him scared Long Hao even more, causing him to shake his head violently, emitting unbearable painful screams.
Although they pulled him over now, all the present, whether class or non-class, can swear that they haven’t touched him. Xu Yintang patted the sticky Second Treasure nestled in his arms, asking it to brush a few times to comfort Long Hao and make him quiet. Don’t go crazy before extracting any information. Neither he nor Shi Yuebai have memory search skills.
Second Treasure hummed and hummed, its fluffy belly rubbed by its mother several times. It lazily stepped on the air a few times, and its breath, tainted by the atmosphere of the consciousness, extended and entangled with the sweet fear emanating from Long Hao’s soul, ruthlessly tearing, biting, and devouring nothingness.
Long Hao’s screams weakened suddenly, extending to the limit, and the gradually rising chaos deep within the extremely dilated pupils made him feel as if he were in a nightmare. He soberly knew his current fear, which seemed so distant and unfamiliar, was like a product of another world.
He looked at Xu Yintang and then at Shi Yuebai, swallowing saliva, repeating with a trembling voice, “It’s all the system, the system made me do this…”
At the same time, Xu Yintang and Shi Yuebai received new system messages.
[System Search: Sub-character Long Hao (Soul Code: ######) is not a game player.]
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[New Mission: Explore relevant information about the “system” mentioned by Long Hao, already issued.]
[Mission Reward: 1,000,000 game points.]
[Mission Progress: 0%]
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Moreover, these tasks are consistent with the game’s usual style of being stingy, troublesome, and more trouble than they are worth, with an average reward of no more than 100,000 points. They are the kind of tasks that Shi Yuebai might have chosen to abandon directly if they weren’t system-issued tasks.
However, a system mission worth one million points is an exception.
Especially since Shi Yuebai and Xu Yintang, found out that there was a generous reward of one million points each, they couldn’t help but sigh at the system, suspecting that it might be infected with a virus. Shi Yuebai, familiar with the situation, adopted an interrogative posture.
“System?” he scoffed, as if he had heard something extremely amusing, “Do you think this is a novel?”
As he slightly squinted his mouth, pulling out a cold arc of skin that was neither smiling nor not smiling, his temperament suddenly became sinister, wicked, and fierce, with a pair of beastly eyes flashing with a bloodthirsty and wild nature, exuding immense pressure.
Although Long Hao had been forcibly calmed down by Second Treasure’s soul comfort, his spirit was still sensitive and frightened like a startled bird. He was scared by Shi Yuebai’s cold gaze, stammering desperately, “No, no, really, what I said is true, believe me…”
He said he was just an insignificant illegitimate child of the Long family a few years ago, with a deceased mother and an unkind father. He was bullied at home and almost tortured to death. Without wanting to die, he grabbed this lifesaving straw.
With the assistance of various functions and phased tasks of the system, he gradually rose from family grievances, school turmoil, to the escalation of the aristocratic family, the vendetta in the business world, and the ups and downs of the love life…
After recounting years of effort in detail for more than half an hour, Long Hao finally succeeded in turning the tide, getting a promotion and a raise, and being both successful in business and in love. He seemed to be on the path of a protagonist who wins at life.
But then, he collided with the insurmountable obstacle in front of him.
In short, this game called “Dream Life” sounds like a completely different conscience game from Xu Yintang’s ridiculously dangerous “Nightmare Time”. Even if there was danger, it was limited to the usual class-acceptable scenarios like kidnapping, murder, or causing accidents. Even the unique element of village interaction, if not for being targeted by Xu Yintang and Shi Yuebai, Long Hao might have considered it a cult-like organization playing tricks.
—That’s right, Long Hao’s system even provided foolproof love counseling services.
Diligent and tireless, it supported Long Hao all the way, serving him wholeheartedly 24/7, turning this lump of mud into a winner, a successful man on the road of life.
At least Long Hao hadn’t encountered other Dream Life players. It was even mentioned by his lively and talkative system during chat sessions that there were many players in their game with a wide range of services.
“You still chat with the system?” Xu Yintang asked.
“Little Q is a chatterbox. Even if I don’t chat with it, it can talk to itself for several days.” Long Hao spoke affectionately about the system that had accompanied him for several years as if talking about a good companion. “If it weren’t for its encouragement, I might have given up long ago.”
Under the continuous erosion and consumption from the edge of the consciousness by Second Treasure, his fear gradually became numb and diminished. He didn’t perceive the faint sweet fragrance of flowers and grass in the air. Several butterflies danced in his shadow, and the tiny phosphorescence under their wings emitted a refreshing scent, unknowingly soothing all his uneasiness and fears.
Long Hao gradually relaxed and became quiet under the lingering fragrance. Joking as if he were drunk, he said, “If my parents see me like this now, they probably wouldn’t recognize me… Hahaha.”
The scent produced by the butterflies was indeed a refreshing and pleasant fragrance. Shi Yuebai couldn’t help but praise the children, echoing Xu Yintang’s words as a mother. Third Flora generously offered to share some butterflies for Shi Yuebai to use in his room. However, before Shi Yuebai could politely refuse, Third Flora’s subtle intentions had to be abandoned under Xu Yintang’s disapproval.
Tch.
Isn’t it just turning into a fool after smelling too much fragrance? What’s wrong with the cunning vixen turning silly? Well, Mom has still been seduced by the vixen.
Sigh.
Third Flora, lying in the nest, began to fake cry with a loud thunderous sound and small raindrops. Xu Yintang pinched the meatball that Second Treasure brought, and with a helpless look, he explained to Shi Yuebai, “Third Flora, it—”
“It’s okay,” Shi Yuebai said gently, smiling. “They still need more practice.”
I’m very strong.”
So, no matter how much malice is directed at me, it won’t hurt me.
Xu Yintang shook his head. “They are my children… after all, I’ll talk to them properly.”
Teaching children behind closed doors. His cubs had strong self-esteem, and when educated in front of others, they were likely to throw small tantrums.
Actually, whether they would listen well remained to be seen, but they were already quite sensible cubs. If it wasn’t necessary, Xu Yintang didn’t want to resort to the final method of spanking.
Shi Yuebai didn’t argue anymore and obediently leaned toward Xu Yintang. “Okay, I’ll listen to Brother Tangtang.”
— Male mistress, absolutely! Absolute! It was intentional.
Calling his mother ‘Brother Tangtang’ exploded Second Treasure’s fur, and he wanted to jump up and scratch the peach blossom face of the shameless male mistress. However, thinking about the whining of Third Flora, who had cried for half a day without getting comforted by Mom, Second Treasure reluctantly pinched his nose and swallowed his pride, expressing his disdain by rolling his five eyes to the limit.
Brother Tangtang sounded so tender.
Have you ever thought about how old you are now?
Peh!
On the side, Long Hao cautiously looked around, seeing that Xu Yintang and Shi Yuebai were chatting and laughing as if they didn’t care about his situation. He thought he had smoothly passed the hurdle. Unexpectedly, as soon as he relaxed, he heard Xu Yintang asking, “What if your parents see you like this?”
“I remember you said it yourself, Long Hao’s birth mother passed away early, and he had a falling out with his father?”
Author’s Note –
Long Hao: I just tried to bluff my way through! I didn’t… [I’m kneeling down and begging you, wuwuwu]
Yesterday, the last-minute notice of overtime was really too much, and in the end, my mentality collapsed. On the way home, I started crying in the car, crying all the way, even scaring the taxi driver[facepalm].
Everyone really needs to pay attention to emotional release, don’t be like me, regularly purging, it’s really bad for your health.
But after venting, I feel much better, and I feel like I’m back on track[thumbs up].
Looks like system “Nightmare Time” was just as surprised about this reveal as our main characters. It is willing to be generous with points in order to gain info about this competitor system “Dream Life”.
I mean if you compare the Nightmare time system with dangerous working conditions, no employee benefits, unreliable services and bad pay to the Dream life system with 24/7 services, good pay, employee benefits and a councillor who is willing to listen to all your problems, encourages you and gives you love advice Dream life system definitely sounds better so the Nightmare system better sit up cause it’s got some stiff competition, mhmm sips tea
Author is so real 🤧
ADJSKSJKSK I CAN’T BELIEVE I WAS RIGHT LAST CHAPTER!? I was just joking about him being transmigrated or something! 🤣
Kotows 🙇🏽♀️towards you All hail the the prophet, seer of everything.
Oh no
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