It's 8:00 in the evening.

The world channel was buzzing with conversation.

Players always had endless topics to discuss, especially with three announcements in the past two days, one of which was a preview of the upcoming version update.

Jiuzhou's number one pretty boy: "/Grin, the big guys are coming, old folks, are you ready to make a fortune?"

Sharp Right Angle: "Let me predict, the mall will add new attribute items, starting at 6480, guess it right and I'll treat you to a meal."

Anonymous 2: "I thought they said they wouldn't sell numerical values?"

Unchanged Nickname: "Wake up, even eating costs money, there's nothing that Little Broken Game can't do."

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Anonymous B: "Selling attributes is fine, the 1.0 version will definitely recruit a new batch of players, there has to be opportunities for newbies to catch up."

Sweet Mouth: "Forget it, you can't catch up. The gap between people is bigger than that between people and dogs. Just look at the rankings if you don't believe me."

Ding!

[Server Announcement]

[Congratulations to player "Gu Yuan" for breaking the record in "Conscription · Arena Mode - Small"!]

[Completion time: 00:00:05]

[Number of kills: 29]

[Final evaluation: Ω]

The lively world channel seemed to pause for a moment.

Then a string of question marks exploded.

Is this what you meant by looking at the rankings?

Jiuzhou's number one pretty boy: "???"

Sharp Right Angle: "???"

Players: "???"

Sweet Mouth: "???"

Jiuzhou's number one pretty boy: "What was the completion time again? I didn't see it."

Anonymous A: "5 seconds..."

Short Paper Long: "Damn, I can't even pee for 5 seconds!"

Sharp Right Angle: "It's him again!"

Unchanged Nickname: "No, 29 kills! An average of 0.17 seconds per kill, don't you think it's too outrageous?"

Young Sea: "Exactly, isn't it possible that he wiped out the entire field with one big move?"

Young Man: "No, I don't believe it! It must be a BUG! Even my goddess took over an hour, how could he surpass my goddess!"

What does 5 seconds mean?

The game starts and people are gone.

Players who move slowly might still be playing with mud at the spawn point, not knowing anything and then dying. Is that possible?

Anonymous 12315: "Could it be cheating? 29 twins bound to the same person, gathered at the start and sent to die?"

Sharp Right Angle: "But even gathering doesn't take just 5 seconds."

The small map may be small, but it's not so small that 30 players can gather in just a few seconds.

Moreover, the twin contract is not cheap. Who's so foolish and rich to use it to top the leaderboard?

Jiuzhou's number one pretty boy: "Could it really be a BUG? Is the timing system malfunctioning?"

Sweet Mouth: "I think so, Little Broken Game has been having frequent BUGs lately, one more wouldn't be surprising."

The main thing is that it's too exaggerated.

In Arena Mode, you can see the IDs, and the players are not stupid. Once they realize they're in the same game as the first-time clear expert, someone will definitely choose to be a coward.

Can't afford to provoke, can't afford to hide?

If even one player hides a little, it's impossible for all 29 people to be killed within 5 seconds.

The more they thought about it, the more they felt that something was wrong, seriously suspecting that this guy named "Gu Yuan" was exploiting a BUG again.

Until a certain victim came forward.

Juicy Knife Technique: "/Tear, brothers, I'm so happy!"

Jiuzhou's number one pretty boy: "? Are you on the leaderboard too?"

Juicy Knife Technique: "No, but I feel involved."

Sharp Right Angle: "Huh?"

Juicy Knife Technique: "Because among the 29 people who died in those 5 seconds, I was one of them."

Everyone: "..."

Sweet Mouth: "No way, were you really killed in seconds?"

My Air Force's feelings at that moment were extremely complicated: "Yes, I was killed right at the start."

At that time, he had just taken out his fishing rod, ready to secretly catch a few fish, make some food, eat, and then go fight.

But before he could even step out of the door, he was gone...

Unchanged Nickname: "/Question mark, what kind of skill is so awesome?"

Anonymous A: "Special ability?"

My Air Force: "I think it might not be an ability, but an item... it seems like he launched a nuclear bomb at us."

Everyone: "???"

In the small living room on the second floor of the villa, Xia Ling was also a little confused.

She hadn't logged into the game and didn't know about the announcement, but she saw Gu Chi open the door and walk out of the bedroom.

"Aren't you going to run a dungeon?"

"Yeah, I'm done."

Xia Ling: "Are you sure you're done, and not just about to enter the instance?"

The flow of time in the instance itself is faster than in reality, but Gu Chi's mouth is even faster.

To Xia Ling, Gu Chi had just gone in and come out again, it had only been a minute for her.

Gu Chi sat down next to the girl, took an apple and started peeling it, casually saying, "I launched a shot and killed 29 people."

Xia Ling: "???"

"What kind of shot is so powerful? How come I didn't know about it?"

Gu Chi blinked, "Ashes of Annihilation."

"The warm baby?" Xia Ling's eyes widened slightly, "It's that powerful?"

"It's pretty powerful." Gu Chi described the scene to the girl.

The beam of light from the sky came crashing down, not only did a large cruise ship disappear, but the sea was also burning with flames.Spreading out from the center of the cruise ship, it formed a real sea of fire.

He should have died too.

The attack range of Ashes of Annihilation was extremely vast, with no dead angles. Gu Chi was also one of the targets of the destruction of the heavenly fire.

The Iris Church's forbidden curse magic was created to perish together with the enemy. Even the Ghostly Child with an attribute close to 200 couldn't hold on, let alone him?

It was all thanks to Huang Yang's Blazing Fire Holy Body.

"Then you've surpassed Xia Leng?" Xia Ling was surprised and logged into the game to check the leaderboard.

[Arena Mode - Small]

[NO.1: Player ID: Gu Yuan, Guild: Red Tower, Clearance Time: 00 hours 00 minutes 05 seconds, Defeated Players: 29, Final Score: Ω]

[NO.2: Player ID: Qing Chi, Guild: None, Clearance Time: 01 hours 26 minutes 00 seconds, Defeated Players: 29, Final Score: Ω]

[NO.3: Player ID: Dr. M, Guild: This is Science, Clearance Time: 02 hours 03 minutes 11 seconds, Defeated Players: 29, Final Score: Ω]

[……]

As expected!

Xia Ling exclaimed, "You've surpassed Xia Leng by more than an hour!"

Gu Chi, peeling an apple, replied, "……"

In the glass study, Xia Leng remained silent.

Xia Ling's voice wasn't loud, and Xia Leng didn't intentionally eavesdrop on their conversation. It's just that she had good hearing, and Xia Ling mentioned her name, so she subconsciously listened to a few more sentences.

So Xia Leng also logged into the game.

She didn't check the leaderboard and directly opened the Do Nothing group.

As expected, the veteran players in the group were also discussing this matter.

Chu Liuxiang complained, "It's getting more and more outrageous. How high are Gu Yuan's attributes?"

Old Li Head: "Le, you have to ask a certain little girl who got beaten up."

Orange Orange Can't Wake Up: "/Crying, I don't know either. I didn't even see him and I was killed by him, sob…"

Night Cat Cold: "Well done!"

Lure Fish with Diamonds: "Well done!"

Second-hand Trader: "Well done!"

Orange Orange Can't Wake Up: "???"

Ice on Paper: "Starting with a full second, special abilities are not so awesome. Is it possible that it's a nuclear bomb?"

Night Cat Cold: "Theoretically, it's possible, after all, there are guys who can even make satellites for you."

Chu Liuxiang: "/Salute, I'll walk around him in the future. When I see this ID, I'll max out my defense!"

Orange Orange Can't Wake Up: "It's useless even if you max it out, he has at least 300 attributes!"

She guessed high to make it seem natural that she was killed instantly.

The power of Peeping Screen 39: "……"

If I tell you that he only has over 30 attributes, will you be embarrassed?

Power 39 didn't know how Gu Chi did it, but that didn't matter. He wouldn't reveal Gu Chi's attributes.

Watching this group of veteran players guess in the group chat, he had a special sense of satisfaction.

The world is drunk, only I am awake!

Old Li Head sighed, "Ah Orange, have you ever thought that maybe you're just not good enough?"

Orange Orange Can't Wake Up: "?"

Orange Orange Can't Wake Up: "@Ghostly Child, Old Li Head said you're not good enough."

Xia Leng was originally smiling, in her opinion, whether the people in the group were guessing Gu Chi's attributes, skills, or items, it was all an acknowledgment of Gu Chi's strength, and also a kind of indirect praise.

If someone praised her man, she naturally felt good.

She specifically logged into the game to open the group chat, just to see this scene.

As for the honor of being ranked first on the leaderboard being snatched away, Xia Leng didn't mind at all. It was only natural for Gu Chi to be above her.

But, what's the deal with this Ghostly Child?

Why is he ranked with Gu Chi again?

Xia Leng was waiting for Ghostly Child to speak.

But Ghostly Child remained silent.

At this moment, the girl was frantically poking Gu Chi.

[Ghostly Child poked you]

[Ghostly Child poked you again]

[Ghostly Child poked you again]

[Ghostly Child seems to want to poke you to death]

Gu Chi: "……"

After peeling the apple, he fed a piece to Xia Ling before seeing the message from Ghostly Child.

Gu Chi replied with two words: "What's up?"

Ghostly Child: "Why are you so fierce?"

Gu Chi lazily replied, "I've already warned you, you can't beat me."

Ghostly Child: "Is it because of the forbidden curse I found for you?"

After returning to reality, she had been thinking about Gu Chi's rap, paired with the beam of light descending from the sky and the scene on the cruise ship resembling a flaming doomsday. The more she thought about it, the more it felt like a forbidden curse magic.

Coincidentally, she had just helped the prophet snatch a forbidden curse in the last instance, and now she strongly suspected that Gu Chi had locked this forbidden curse with the Eternal Seal and possessed the ritual item to activate it.

Gu Chi raised his eyebrows in surprise. He thought to himself that this girl looked simple, but she wasn't that stupid, was she?

She guessed the possibility of it being a forbidden curse so quickly, her brain turned quite fast.

But Gu Chi didn't want to admit it.

Considering that Ghostly Child seemed to dislike being deceived by others, he also didn't deny it.

There was no need to deny it.

He had used Ashes of Annihilation more than once, and after blowing up a few more scenes, some experienced veteran players would recognize him.

Gu Chi simply gave the girl a teasing answer: "Guess?"Ghostly Child didn't bother to guess with him: "I'm not guessing, it's a forbidden curse!"

Apart from the forbidden curse, she couldn't think of any other skill that could have such a great destructive power.

There are no coincidences in the Pure Land game!

Going over it again, Ghostly Child even felt that Gu Chi entered the instance just for the forbidden curse.

Gu Chi threw out a line of scumbag quotes: "If you say so."

Ghostly Child puffed out her cheeks and said angrily, "Just you wait, I'm going to find a shady merchant and buy a twin, I'll definitely kill you in the next game!"

Gu Chi: "......"

"Don't be like this."

Gu Chi awkwardly said, "One time is enough, I feel bad for accepting it again."

Ghostly Child: "???"

Who said I was giving it to you!

She snorted and said, "Don't think I don't know that using the forbidden curse magic item is a consumable, it's used once and then it's gone, you need a new ritual item to activate it again, I don't believe you have one."

She admitted that Gu Chi was very powerful, but the more so, the more she wanted to kill Gu Chi. Then the powerful one would be her prophet, not the player with many tricks!

Gu Chi found that this girl knew quite a lot.

The Silent Sun Crystal was indeed a consumable item. Just one use of the Ashes of Annihilation would draw out all the energy inside, leaving only an empty container.

Under normal circumstances, you either need to exchange for a new Silent Sun Crystal, or use a ritual to collect enough flame power - ordinary flames won't do, it must be flames composed of magic power, the conditions are quite strict.

And Gu Chi didn't know the ritual.

Ghostly Child's judgment was not wrong.

But...

He had the all-powerful Speech Spirit Technique.

Charging the Silent Sun Crystal with energy was not difficult at all.

Does anyone really think he would use a one-time big move just for fun?

And in the next game...

Gu Chi glanced at Xia Leng in the study and typed to Ghostly Child: "You really can't beat me."

Ghostly Child transformed into a stubborn child: "Even if I can't beat you, I still want to, I'll keep fighting until I kill you!"

Without waiting for Gu Chi's reply, Ghostly Child sent another message: "/Rose, the prophet's chanting is really charming, I didn't know that RAP could sound so good before."

Gu Chi: "......"

Ghostly Child: "/Shy, prophet, how about another one? I like listening."

Gu Chi: "No."

Ghostly Child: "/Angry, I didn't ask you, I asked the prophet."

Gu Chi: "......"

Is she starting to split again?

There's no hope.

"Goodbye."

Gu Chi activated the stealth mode and slipped away.

He didn't have time to play along with the girl's role-playing, and he hadn't even brought the water yet.

Gu Chi moved Xia Ling's legs off his lap, took an apple, and walked towards the glass study.

The second-floor living room was decorated in the same style as the first-floor living room, but with Xia Leng sitting on the side reading, the cold and aloof style didn't seem so cold anymore. Psychologically, he felt very warm seeing Xia Leng's quiet appearance, and even more so physically. That night, he held Xia Leng to sleep and felt the warmth of the girl's body, not only was it not cold, it was even a little hot.

Xia Leng suddenly noticed a sweet apple by her mouth and looked up at Gu Chi.

Gu Chi blinked, "What's wrong, don't you think it's too big?"

Xia Leng: "......"

Gu Chi: "Hurry and eat, it's very sweet."

Xia Leng didn't say anything, just quietly looked at Gu Chi.

Gu Chi thought the girl was just in the mood to have a deep eye contact with him, and his gaze immediately became unusually soft, as if filled with the gentle breeze of March.

It wasn't until Xia Leng lightly opened her red lips and took a bite of the apple.

Accidentally, she even bit Gu Chi's finger.

"Ah..." Gu Chi suddenly took a breath of warm air.

Xia Leng, with half an apple in her mouth, said expressionlessly, "Sorry, I bit too deep."

Gu Chi: "......"

He suspected that Xia Leng did it on purpose, but he had no evidence.

He could only glare at the girl, put the remaining half of the apple in his mouth, and show a little dissatisfaction.

Xia Leng didn't explain either, just continued reading, and opened her mouth when she wanted more apple.

Gu Chi noticed that Xia Leng's table was full of books related to dream psychology, and there was a notebook for taking notes.

"Are you really planning to change your major?" Gu Chi asked.

Xia Leng nodded, "In response to the country's call."

Gu Chi: "......"

Xia Leng's face was calm, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with what she said.

Now dream psychology can be considered a popular major, not to mention employment issues, just the support policies and new regulations from the Ministry of Education explain everything.

In the past, many schools did not support graduate students changing majors, and it was very troublesome for undergraduate students to change their main courses.

It's different now.

As long as the target major is dream psychology and meets the admission requirements, it's basically a green light all the way.

To exaggerate, you can pass the exam in the morning and change your course schedule in the afternoon.

Classes are taken first, and the process goes slowly.

"The country urgently needs talents in this area." Xia Leng paused, "I think you should too."

Gu Chi: "......"

Could he say he didn't need it?

Three feet of clear wind can cut iron like mud.

"Do you need me to help you say hello?" Gu Chi asked.

Xia Leng shook her head, "No need."

She didn't want Gu Chi to owe the school any favors for her sake, it wasn't necessary.

She wasn't failing the exam.She had almost memorized all the theoretical knowledge, so she would ask Professor Gu for some practical guidance when the time came.

"I won't disturb you then." Gu Chi fed the last piece of apple to the girl.

Xia Leng thought he was going to find Xia Ling, but Gu Chi brought a chair over and quietly played with his phone on the other side of her.

This reminded Xia Leng of high school, when she was reviewing for the college entrance examination and Gu Chi would play with his phone next to her.

Back then, she was a bit proud and would ask Gu Chi to go away and not disturb her studies.

But if Gu Chi really left, she would feel unhappy.

Not anymore.

"Come closer."

"Okay."

And so, Gu Chi stayed with Xia Leng to study until eleven o'clock, when Xia Ling pretended to be jealous and reminded them of the time, they each went back to their rooms to shower and rest.

Gu Chi planned to go to bed early tonight and attend two classes at school tomorrow to enrich his real life.

Spending too much time in the game can lead to social disconnection.

Work is not just for work, but also to stay "awake" and find the real self.

But when he finished washing up and lay down to play games and sleep, a slight change caught his attention.

Dr. Chen's status changed from "in-game" to "online."

But Ling Mao and Huang Ya were still in the game.

"They didn't get matched up?"

Gu Chi messaged Dr. Chen: "Good evening, Tian Tian."

It had been a long time since he talked to Dr. Chen, and now he suddenly saw her, feeling a strange sense of longing. He wondered if the Dr. Chen who appeared this time was a man or a woman.

Dr. Chen replied instantly: "Not good at all!"

Gu Chi was surprised: "Your first reaction isn't to refute my address to you? Are you really becoming sweet?"

Dr. Chen: "......"

Not at all.

But he was very angry!

He, Dr. Chen, an old player... was actually played by an NPC!

"Zhang Ma was right, the prettier the woman, the more deceptive she is." Dr. Chen quickly typed to Gu Chi, venting his frustration.

This time, their recruitment was off, and they didn't encounter Ling Mao or Huang Ya, but that wasn't the problem.

The recruitment mode itself was single, and without using props, it was normal not to be matched up.

The instance was just a simple A-level instance with a little twist in the plot, requiring a bit of thinking, but overall it was quite simple and easy to understand, in layman's terms, it was "Secret Realm Treasure Hunt."

Players first had to become disciples of various sects, and then go to the secret realm to seize opportunities.

The public task was to leave the secret realm, and each player had their own individual task.

Half of the players were to kill, and the other half were to find things, and Dr. Chen belonged to the latter.

These players cleverly formed an alliance because they didn't have to kill, and were more reliable, so they joined forces and got rid of the other five players - that's where the problem arose.

When they got rid of the fifth player, they realized that the numbers didn't add up.

A total of 10 people, 5 of whom were killed and announced in the instance, but their team still had 6 people.

Gu Chi: "?"

Are you telling a ghost story?

"Can't you tell who the players are?"

"Yes."

Dr. Chen said, "But who would think about that at the beginning?"

Everyone said they were players, reported their individual tasks, and the NPC could say such things?

The background of the instance was Wuzi Star, a pure ancient style immortal cultivation, and the locals knew the meaning of "player"?

At most, they would suspect each other's tasks might be PVP, and be cautious during the alliance process, but they wouldn't consider the possibility that the other party was not a player.

Even when they realized the numbers didn't add up, they didn't plan to worry too much, as long as they left the secret realm, the game would end, and the truth or falsehood didn't matter much.

Who knew that the least suspected person among them - a woman player with full looks and a cold personality, beautiful like a fairy who didn't belong to the mortal world - suddenly spoke up and asked them, "Are you sure you are all players?"

Of course, they were sure.

"Sorry."

The fairy lightly said two words, and then took them out in an instant.

Gu Chi: "......"

"Didn't you check her attributes?" Gu Chi asked.

"We did." Dr. Chen said, "Her attributes are similar to ours, and she said she used an identity card."

Why was this "female player" the least suspected?

Self-destructing the identity card was one reason.

Secondly, she had shown little desire to attack from start to finish, never competing with them for kills.

This was consistent with the logic of self-destructing the identity card. Perhaps she was kind-hearted and didn't like fighting.

Now, it was clear that this was the most obvious flaw, but before killing the fifth player, they would trust each other more from the perspective of the "alliance" - if they didn't even compete for the heads they should have taken, how could they have attacked them?

The main thing was that she was really beautiful, even if Dr. Chen was deceived, he would say so.

This was an objective fact.

If it weren't for the fact that her weapon wasn't a sword, Dr. Chen would have suspected that she was the "Goddess" herself.

Gu Chi: "......"

So, is this NPC using Dr. Chen and the other players to find other players?

"Did your strategy fail?"

"Yes."Dr. Chen said, "We can't beat her, not the slightest chance."

That was precisely what infuriated him the most.

It wasn't just about being unable to win. The moment the opponent released her deliberately suppressed cultivation without any reservation, they realized that even a hundred of them, with their half-baked understanding of the Dao, wouldn't be enough to stand against her.

And as that "female player" made her move, the difficulty level of the instance jumped from A to SS.

This meant that this NPC wasn't supposed to be their enemy, but for some reason, she had turned traitor, positioning herself against the players' camp, becoming the ultimate BOSS guarding the exit of the Secret Realm.

Gu Chi couldn't help but laugh. He had just pretended to be an NPC to deceive players in the last instance, and now there was an NPC pretending to be a player to trick them?

"Which sect's NPC is this clever?" he asked.

Dr. Chen replied gloomily, "Qi Huang Sacred Land, Huang Yang."

Gu Chi's smile slowly solidified: "?"

Huang Yang?

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