Mo Yang and Wan Mei both stopped in their tracks and exchanged a glance, understanding that they had encountered the same situation.
Wan Mei raised an eyebrow, “They are quite fast.” After saying that, he directly chose ‘Reject’. “But just because they request a duel, does it mean I have to accept?”
Mo Yang also followed by choosing “Reject.” Without being familiar with dueling, and facing someone with an unfriendly name like “Icy Gaze,” he preferred to be cautious.
However, after they rejected the requests, they immediately received the same duel requests again. Mo Yang’s opponent was still “Icy Gaze,” and Wan Mei’s opponent was “Bloody Sweetie.”
But this time, “Bloody Sweetie” sent a voice message directly to Wan Mei.
“Hah! As expected, you guys rejected me. I knew Mei BaiWan and Yang Heigou are a bunch of cowards, not powerful figures at all. Too bad, Icy Gaze doesn’t believe me. But that’s the truth, see, you even refuse a duel. How would you handle anything?”
“Mei BaiWan? Even if you reject me, it doesn’t matter. I’ll send you duel requests every day, hahaha! I just love the way you despise me but can’t do anything to me. Dream World should have had player duels long ago. Otherwise, how would anyone think they’re special or chosen ones? I spit on that! They’re all just rubbish to highlight the greatness of our true chosen one!”
The speech was full of sarcasm and an arrogant tone.
Upon hearing this, Mo Yang’s hand, which was about to reject “Icy Gaze” for the second time, paused. From the provocative words, he could tell that “Bloody Sweetie” and “Icy Gaze” were probably accomplices.
The chance of both of them requesting a duel right after they reached level 3 was quite low. They were probably constantly watching the level rankings and directly challenging newly-promoted level 3 players. Most level 3 players wouldn’t tolerate such provocation, so it’s likely that many of them ended up accepting their duel requests.
Mo Yang sneered and rejected “Icy Gaze” for the second time. He then turned to Wan Mei and shared his speculation.
“It seems that players who can reach level 3 are not easy to deal with. This ‘Bloody Sweetie’ sounds like a brainless fighter who only knows how to fight, but their actions are cunningly calculated. They probably have extensive experience in dueling and have a significant advantage against newly promoted level 3 players. They might have already amassed a lot of spiritual power using these tactics.”
Wan Mei nodded in agreement, but his fingers went ahead and selected “Yes” in the “Accept / Reject” dialogue box.
While Mo Yang was pleased with their mutual understanding and ability to see through each other’s evil schemes, his boyfriend promptly disappeared into thin air.
Mo Yang: “What the heck?”
006 chimed in provocatively [He nodded while choosing ‘Yes’ in the duel! He doesn’t take your guesses seriously at all! Hey, Host! You can’t keep an unruly man like him, let’s find other big shots!]
Mo Yang gave a sideways glance to the golden spherical 006 and then slapped it away.
Meanwhile, “Icy Gaze” noticed that “Bloody Sweetie” had suddenly disappeared from their side and revealed a triumphant smile.
“Icy Gaze” and “Bloody Sweetie” entered the Dream World together when they were smuggling something illegal. They got caught in a police raid at night, and they fought desperately to escape. They thought they were trapped, but then they encountered their guides and entered the Dream World.
Everything in the Dream World amazed them, and after becoming familiar with it, they were thrilled. They realized they could use the Dream World’s card items to make huge profits in the real world, especially with cards like the invisibility cloak, impersonator card, and lightning card, they could easily outmaneuver the police.
However, they soon found out that their spiritual power wasn’t enough, and they didn’t possess any special skills to earn sufficient dream coins.
Other than working hard in the Dream World by farming and mining, they couldn’t find any other way to earn dream coins. At most, they could earn a maximum of 100 dream coins per day, which was barely enough to buy the lowest-grade invisibility cloak card and not even close to affording a level 1 impersonator card.
They couldn’t even think of outsmarting the police in the real world. So, they struggled on the verge of survival in the Dream World, which didn’t improve much even when they completed games and reached level 3. It was only when they started dueling with players that they finally turned their fortunes around.
Although they mostly achieved low-level C rankings in games, finishing a game rewarded them with a red card and experience points. Moreover, mining and farming every day greatly increased their strength.
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.
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Although their spiritual power is currently only 6 and 7, they easily gain 20-30 points daily through dueling with newly promoted level 3 players. This is almost equivalent to their total daily spiritual power.
With this surplus spiritual power, they have become wealthy, selling it to the guides or using it to enhance their physical attributes, collect cards, and gather information.
Now, Icy Gaze noticed that Bloody Sweetie couldn’t wait to start a duel with their opponent and proudly awaited the return of Bloody Sweetie’s victory. They have a specific approach to choosing opponents.
They usually avoid players with overly flashy names like “Qin Emperor,” “Li Jiu Sword,” or “Xiao Military Advisor” as they are likely to be skilled players. They also avoid players with ordinary names like “Qi Hong” or “Lu Zhi” as it’s hard to tell if they are hidden experts.
Instead, they prefer players with quirky and humorous names or obviously feminine names. Until now, they have had no more than three failures.
Today, they waited by the rankings and quickly spotted three players reaching level 3.
Based on the experience points ranking, they were Mei BaiWan, Yang Heigou, and Xiezhi.
At first sight, Icy Gaze rejected Xiezhi and warned Bloody Sweetie not to provoke them, as Xiezhi might be a judge or a police officer. Icy Gaze was familiar with various mythical creatures from Chinese legends, and Xiezhi represented courage and justice, making them not someone to mess with.
However, Mei BaiWan and Yang Heigou were different.
Their names sounded like jokes, especially Mei BaiWan. He didn’t seem like a powerful or serious player, most likely a Chuunibyou or just an ordinary young person.
So, Icy Gaze and Bloody Sweetie set their sights on Mei BaiWan and Yang Heigou, firmly believing they were weak and thus worthy of provocation.
With a slight smile, Icy Gaze sent a third duel request to Yang Heigou, accompanied by taunts.
Meanwhile, Mo Yang listened to the person provoking him with dog-related jokes to come and duel, and despite knowing the person had malicious intentions, he couldn’t help but smirk and clicked “Accept.”
“I won’t lose my temper, do you think I’m a Husky or a Teddy?”
Icy Gaze successfully invited Mo Yang, thinking that if he acted quickly, he might finish at the same time as Bloody Sweetie.
However, what Icy Gaze didn’t know was that, at this moment, Bloody Sweetie was looking up at the man standing above him with terror in his eyes, trembling all over.
Although Bloody Sweetie had already launched an attack upon entering the game, confident that his strength could knock out his opponent with one punch, he found himself unable to land the blow. Instead, the man swiftly evaded and seemed to casually pat him on the chest, causing an intense itching sensation that immobilized him.
He struggled to launch another attack, but Mei BaiWan caught his fist, leveraged it, and then pushed him away, dislocating his arm. The excruciating pain turned his face pale, and before he could scream in pain, his other arm and both legs were also dislocated.
Bloody Sweetie couldn’t believe that he would encounter such a formidable opponent in a player duel. This man, dressed in a white coat, seemed physically weak, but his combat skills were terrifying.
And that wasn’t the scariest part, even though he couldn’t move, his health points decreased by only 20. With this situation, he couldn’t actively surrender or exit the duel, as one could only surrender when their health points were less than one-fifth of the total. He instinctively felt that he was about to face a nightmare!!
Wan Mei looked at the man who had been dismembered like a dying frog, barely curving his lips, and took out his scalpel.
“Don’t shout, let me conduct a quiet little experiment. After the experiment, I’ll let you go.”
“If you struggle or move, I can’t guarantee that you won’t suffer severe mental damage. After all, accidents happen during research, don’t they?”
Bloody Sweetie widened his eyes but dared not scream. He had previously bullied female players during duels, and though Dream World forbade physical assault, he had taken advantage of the situation to undress them.
However, now he would rather have this man physically overpower him than use that ominous-looking scalpel on his brain. The fear of being dissected alive had already driven him close to madness even before it had fully begun!
This is the first time Wan Mei has experimented with players in the Dream World who were awake, and his eyes are shining brightly. He also found a small red dot on the back of the head of Bloody Sweetie, which, when magnified with a microscope, shows the numbers “[476, 10%],” similar to the ones found in the player with the Batman mask’s heads before.
Satisfied, he nodded and started studying Bloody Sweetie’s limbs and chest cavity.
Meanwhile, Mo Yang has also entered the virtual battlefield with Icy Gaze. As soon as he entered, he feelt a gust of wind coming from behind, and he instinctively performed a back kick, sending Icy Gaze back three steps.
Mo Yang believes his strength is not weak, and if it were another player, they would have been knocked down by now. However, Icy Gaze only retreated three steps, indicating that his strength was likely higher than Mo Yang’s. Icy Gaze interpreted it the same way and smirked.
“Huh, quick reflexes, but here, quick reflexes alone won’t help you!!” He lunges again, but Mo Yang remains standing without moving.
His boyfriend has shown him through personal experience that the higher a player’s surface-level numbers, the stronger they are in combat and killing.
So, following that, Icy Gaze began to feel that he had encountered a slippery and cunning opponent. His punches and kicks were always skillfully evaded by this agile Yang Heigou, while the opponent’s attacks consistently and accurately struck his vulnerable spots.
Strangely, he found himself getting more tired the more he fought, while the fair-faced opponent across from him seemed to be getting more relaxed. In the end, he was actually tripped down by the opponent!
Later on, Mo Yang reversed Icy Gaze’s hand behind his back, sat on his back, and grinned, saying, “Icy Gaze, right? As a divine beast, you got beaten by me, a mere dog. Any thoughts on that?”
Icy Gaze was about to speak but got a punch on his head, and then he heard Yang Heigou saying, “Come, let’s talk about life and the dream world. You can only call for a retreat when your life value is below one-fifth. We have plenty of time.”
“Your companion is probably being dissected by now, huh? Tsk, that guy has long wanted to dissect a live player. You guys are so kind-hearted, volunteering yourselves and not even asking for payment.”
Icy Gaze: “…” What on earth is being dissected?! What kind of player carries dissecting tools around with them? Is he a devil?! And how incredibly brainless I must be to assume that Yang Heigou and Mei BaiWan are weaklings!
An hour later, Mo Yang was met with a boyfriend who had a rather perplexing smile of satisfaction on his face.
Seeing the expression on An Mei’s face, Mo Yang knew that the Bloody Sweetie must have endured inhumane and terrifying “torture” and suffered immense psychological blows.
He couldn’t help but click his tongue and remark, “I seem to have heard the cries of Bloody Sweetie. Weren’t you warned by the Dream World for doing this?”
Dr. Wan Mei glanced at his beloved dog and smiled, “It’s okay. It’s just that in the end, the Dream World told me that the other party’s mental stress was too great, and if we continued, he would suffer a mental breakdown. So, they forced him to leave. Otherwise, I could have studied a bit more.”
He shook his head at this point. “His mental endurance is so poor, even worse than the few white mice and frogs I’m raising. Oh, it’s already nine o’clock now. Let’s go back, and I’ll make you a bowl of chicken noodle soup. Eating too much at night isn’t good.”
Mo Yang: “…” How can you be so calm and change the topic like that? One second, you’re talking about mental breakdowns and frogs, and the next second, you’re talking about chicken soup noodles. Also, I don’t think I can eat anymore now. Just looking at your handsome face reminds me of the evil end-of-the-world boss.
“Hmm? Or would you like porridge?”
Mo Yang: “No, I suddenly crave grilled skewers to relieve stress. Can you make some?”
Dr. Wan’s eyes show a bit of helplessness. “Eating grilled skewers at this hour? Fine, but they can’t be spicy. Also, let’s sleep together tonight.”
Then Mo Yang smiles mischievously. “Sleep? How boring! Let’s take a bath and have some fun together!”
Dr. Wan gave him a half-smile, half-smirk expression.
At this moment, Icy Gaze, who was previously beaten up but now back to normal, watches his companion “Bloody Sweetie” with a horrified expression.
Bloody Sweetie curled up in a corner like a pitiful creature, holding his knees tightly, and pleading with him not to come closer. He looks as if he had experienced something extremely terrifying, shivering uncontrollably.
Icy Gaze reached out to comfort Bloody Sweetie, but as soon as he touched the person, the latter let out a terrifying scream.
“Ahhh! Don’t touch me, don’t touch me!! It hurts, it hurts!!”
“Don’t cut open my stomach, don’t cut open my head!!”
“I won’t do it anymore, I won’t initiate any more battles!! Spare me, please!!”
“Are you touching my organs!!! Ahhhhh—let me out!!”
Shocked, Icy Gaze quickly withdrew his hand, realizing that Yang Heigou wasn’t just joking about his companion’s fondness for dissections. He felt extremely fortunate that he ended up facing Yang Heigou in the battle and not the terrifying Mei BaiWan!
From that day on, he would avoid Mei BaiWan at all costs!
Meanwhile, the formidable Xiezhi, also known as Captain Song, returned home and re-entered the Dream World. He had reached Level 3 and was now ready to engage in battles with other players.
Immediately, Captain Song’s eyes lit up, and without hesitation, he opened the level rankings and clicked on “Yang Heigou” to initiate a battle. Little did anyone know how much he wanted to deal with Mo Yang in the open, and of course, Wan Mei too!
Ha, what’s the big deal about Dr. Wan? He might be a nationally renowned researcher, but in the Dream World, Captain Song could fight him without consequences! The thought of it was just delightful!
Author’s Note –
Captain Song: Hehehehehehehe!
Great Demon Lord: Heh.
Mo Yang: Uhhhh… So, I’m going to get beaten by the former and then have the latter take revenge for me?
Captain Song specializes in “touching” the body—top-notch physical attacks. Bai Wan specializes in “touching” the internal organs—his mental attacks are off the charts.
Happy Lantern Festival! 0-0 You can imagine the joyful time Black Dog and Bai Wan will have together tonight, taking a bath and going to sleep. This is our Lantern Festival gift. Well, with this thought, you can counterbalance the fear that this chapter’s Great Demon Lord brought, right?
I can’t wait for their fight!!
Thank you for the update!
Wan Mei’s power is to traumatize people, seriously.
I want to see detective Song’s face then our SEO will say “No” to him
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will Captain Song experience the feeling of being dissected or not? hehe so exciting