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On the way back, the thought of Chen Chen's constipated expression filled Luo Xi with such delight that even her steps became lighter.
She had been disgusted by this guy several times over the past few months.
Today, she finally had the chance to stand up to him and disgust him in return.
However, her pleasure soon faded.
Luo Xi glanced at her phone, feeling a tinge of melancholy.
For no clear reason, she got involved in this abnormal event, and she wasn't sure if that was good or bad.
As a senior student who hadn't graduated yet, her future was already uncertain, and now it seemed she had veered off onto an even stranger path with no sign of returning to the normal track.
Luo Xi didn't follow her original path back but instead headed towards a nearby park.
The Riverside Park.
The last rays of the setting sun sprinkled over the flowing river, casting an intoxicating red hue.
Luo Xi found a bench and sat down.
By this time, the game's progress bar had climbed to four-fifths of the way full.
Speed maxed out.
X30.
In an instant, all the passersby in Luo Xi's vision became distorted figures.
Meanwhile, the progress bar climbed rapidly.
It might have felt like only a minute or two had passed to Luo Xi, but the remaining progress bar was nearly full.
At the very last bit of the progress bar, Luo Xi stopped accelerating, stood up, and stretched herself, her neck feeling a bit sore.
A middle-aged fisher approached from the river bank, offering a cigarette with a hearty laugh, "Young man, I've seen you sitting here for half an hour, barely moving. You've got some patience! Fancy joining me for some fishing?"
"Thanks, but I don't smoke,"
Luo Xi declined the cigarette the fisher offered and pointing at herself, she asked, "Sir, do you really think I've been sitting still for half an hour?"
The fisher was taken aback, confused, "Isn't that the case?"
Luo Xi shook her head, "I'm not sure myself."
The fisher: "..."
He took back the cigarette quietly and went back to his spot.
With two and a half years of fishing experience, he thought this young man might be a promising beginner, but it seems he thought too much.
Luo Xi couldn't help but laugh.
From the fisher's reaction, it seemed the acceleration of progress only affected her, perhaps?
She looked at her phone.
The progress bar had reached the end.
New text appeared.
[Traveler, you have come to your senses]
[Before you lies a wooden ceiling full of mold and holes, and you can even hear the sound of rats running across it]
[A sharp pain comes from your thigh, excessive blood loss makes you feel weak all over, your character in the Dream World now has all qualities decreased by 70%]
[You sit up from the bed and take a look at your surroundings]
[No one else is in the room, only a candle burns quietly on the table, and the bed you were lying on looks very old, as if it hasn't been used for a long time]
[Who brought you here?]
[You hobble off the bed]
[In the corner of the room, there's an old wooden cabinet. Do you want to explore it?]
Without hesitation, Luo Xi clicked yes.
[Yes]
[You opened the cabinet and started to explore]
[Exploring···]
[You find: old clothes, an old clothes rack...]
[Old clothes]
[Quality: White (Common)]
[Category: Clothing]
[Attributes: Cold-resistance +1]
[Description: Although very old, it's evident that these clothes belonged to a little girl. They show no signs of having been worn for a long time]
[Note: Traveler, are you a pervert?]
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Slander! This is slander! If you tell me these belonged to someone else's little girl, would I open it?
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Will it?
Um.....
[Squeak—]
[A girl pushed the door open, her face filled with shock as she looked at you, and in your hand was a short skirt]
Luo Xi thought this was probably the end for him.
[She will scream in three seconds, what will you do?]
[①Go up and cover her mouth]
[②Run out the door]
Luo Xi decisively chose the second option.
[Foolish Traveler, in an attempt to preserve your innocence, you wish to leave as quickly as possible, but you've forgotten about the injury to your leg. The moment you exerted force, you collapsed on the ground, face-planting in a most canine manner, and at the same moment the girl who entered let out a scream]
I mean, if I'm going to fall either way, is there a difference between the two options?
[You feel the world spinning around you]
[Before you pass out again, you hear someone shouting 'Aina, what happened?']
[And you've lost consciousness again]
A new progress bar appears at the bottom of the text.
"..."
Luo Xi looks up at the sky.
He wonders if he should say "wtf."
This damn game will definitely raise your blood pressure if you play it too much.
"It's already dark huh."
Without notice, the afterglow has faded, the moon has risen into the branches, seemingly weaving through the clouds, while only the Fishers and he remain motionless.
This time, Luo Xi didn't accelerate the progress, he quietly waited for half an hour, and the progress bar filled up.
[Traveler, you've come to once again]
[The noise of you getting up startled someone opposite you]
[Across the bed, a somewhat childish voice exclaimed, "Ah! You're awake!"]
[You raise your head to look over, the speaker is a girl with long brown-black hair, perhaps only around thirteen or fourteen, her sparkling tea-gold beautiful eyes met yours for two seconds, and then something atop her head twitched]
[Your Confusion Level +30]
[What is that?]
[A pair of animal-like ears?]
[The girl immediately got up and ran out the door, shouting, "Wei'er sister, that person you brought here is awake again, come here quickly!"]
[You watch the girl's retreating back, wondering if you're seeing things]
[It's not just animal ears—there's also a fluffy tail peeking out from under her skirt through a gap at the side]
Woooah?
Luo Xi suddenly feels the game is getting interesting now.
[Your Confusion Level +20]
[Your Happiness Level +50]
[Note: Why does this make you happy? Are you really a pervert, Traveler?]
Shut up, you idiotic game text! Just type your words properly!
Luo Xi continues tapping on the screen, feeling a bit guilty.
[Soon, two people enter the room]
[One of them is the girl who ran out earlier]
[The other is a girl with light white, or perhaps silver-white long hair, also dressed in a white dress. However, to say she's a young girl—she's actually not much older than the other girl, probably around fifteen or sixteen at most?]
[You notice that on the head of this girl, there are also a pair of animal ears, cute and small just like the Xiao Bai cat your family used to have]
[Besides that, a slender tail is swaying lightly behind the girl, it's not as bushy as the other girl's Big Tail, but it looks quite graceful]
[Your Happiness Level +33]
[Note: Traveler, you are so weird]
[The girl asks you, "How do you feel, can you get out of bed?"]
[Her voice is as pleasant and ethereal as rain on a quiet mountain, you find it strangely familiar, and then you see the girl's pale red eyes]
[Turns out she's the same person you saw outside Winter City, all wrapped up in a yellow hood]
[She's a cute girl indeed]
[Your Happiness Level +10]
[Perhaps sensing your stare, a look of discomfort appears on the girl's face, she turns away, leaving you with a view of her delicate profile, "You lost a lot of blood, I brought you back and bandaged you up. Now that you're awake, you should leave quickly, I don't allow strangers to stay overnight."]