The next moment, Lady Yuexian found herself plunged into darkness.
So dark, why was it so dark?
Was this Bai Lixin’s spiritual world?
Why was there no trace of light?
A spiritual world represented the strength of one’s soul. Most spiritual worlds were either gardens, isolated islands, or vast oceans.
This indicated the capacity of their spiritual world, but they were typically quite small.
The smaller the space of the spiritual world, the more fragile the soul.
However, a completely black spiritual world like Bai Lixin’s was something she had never seen before.
Lady Yuexian raised her head in confusion, and just as she did, she suddenly noticed something flickering high above her, moving closer in her direction.
Could Bai Lixin’s spiritual world be nothing more than a tiny firefly?
That would be too wasteful, wouldn’t it?
As the flickering points of light approached, Lady Yuexian’s pupils contracted.
The points of light above her head were not fireflies at all; it was an immense galaxy!
Countless planets of various colors and sizes formed a mysterious galaxy. They rotated and moved at their own pace, while the galaxy itself continuously emitted a faint purple light.
Lady Yuexian suddenly became excited.
A galaxy within a spiritual world! This was the largest she had ever seen. A body with such a spiritual world was far from ordinary.
Her own inner world also contained a galaxy.
But although they were both galaxies, Bai Lixin’s galaxy was much smaller than her own.
[Surprised?]
Hah, it seemed that he was underestimating her. She would make him realize the price of underestimating her.
Lady Yuexian glanced casually at the sky, and her gaze froze once again.
Above her head, another galaxy appeared. Compared to the massive galaxy from earlier, this one was so tiny that it resembled dust.
Lady Yuexian’s expression suddenly froze.
The next moment, countless galaxies appeared around her. They surrounded her, and as she looked up, all she could see were stars.
However, this was not the end. Galaxies formed galaxy clusters, and beyond the galaxy clusters, there were new galaxy clusters.
Innumerable galaxies operated according to the rules of Bai Lixin’s inner world, like obedient little dogs.
Lady Yuexian sat dumbfounded in the darkness.
She strained to tilt her head and look further.
At the edge of the boundless universe, there stood a colossal figure larger than the universe itself.
He gazed silently at the vast universe, his eyes profound and terrifying.
Lady Yuexian was completely dumbfounded.
She slumped on the ground in a daze, looking up at the young man’s absolutely majestic face.
Fear made her legs tremble, and the pressure from the dimension reduction left her unable to utter a word.
Occupy the opponent’s body with a snap of the fingers?
Hah.
Thinking back to what she had just said, she realized how presumptuous she had been.
She was even smaller than one pore on the young man’s body.
No wonder the young man had said he couldn’t be happier. In such a powerful spiritual world, she had simply walked into a trap.
It was the first time she had seen a soul this immense. Before this, she had never known that a person’s soul could transcend the universe.
She had even dealt with the man this person cared about so deeply, it seems she was simply tired of living.
A person?
Was he even a person?
He definitely wasn’t a person, but what was he?
A god?
Lady Yuexian struggled to swallow her saliva, using all her strength to ask, “Who are you?”
The young man’s gaze descended, and in an instant, a deafening voice resounded in her mind, echoing like a cry in the vastness of space, “I am the Lord God, ruling over billions of dimensions. I shape reality with a wave of my hand, and the universe is under my command. From the primeval chaos to the boundless stars, all exists within my grasp.”
With every word that entered Lady Yuexian’s mind, it felt like a heavy tolling bell reverberating within her own consciousness, causing her soul to tremble in resonance.
Lady Yuexian: “But, you seemed so weak from the outside.”
Young man: “My divine power is sealed, and my strength has been reduced to just 5%. From the outside, I certainly appear weak. If we were to fight outside, I might not necessarily be your match. But since you choose to enter my spiritual world, all I can say is, ‘welcome.’”
Lady Yuexian wore a dumbfounded expression.
‘I’m just a bystander here!
Welcome my foot!’
S419M: [Ahem, Lord Host, it’s not right for you to rub salt in her wounds like that.]
Bai Lixin : [Who allowed her to bully my old gong? It’s not fair. Even I don’t do that.]
S419: [Look at you, as if your protecting a young calf. But I must say, you look so handsome! So, how are you planning to deal with her?]
Bai Lixin: [I’ll flick her away.]
S419M: [Flick her away? To where?]
Bai Lixin: [You’ll see once I flick her.]
While Lady Yuexian was still lamenting, she suddenly felt a powerful force, and the next moment, her soul was uncontrollably flung out…
Seeing Lady Yuexian turn into a shooting star, Bai Lixin withdrew his consciousness from the spiritual world and returned to the real world.
The ground beneath his feet had stopped shaking.
Inside the room, Luo Mei lay limply on the floor, showing no signs of waking up.
Just then, a giant snake head poked in through the window. Due to the head’s angle, the silver snake had to push several times before squeezing its nose in.
Seeing the silver snake’s frantic movements, Bai Lixin glanced at “Luo Mei” and quickly jumped onto the tip of the snake’s nose.
The enormous beast slithered away and quickly disappeared into the darkness.
An hour later, the police arrived at the scene.
The once-renowned movie queen had quietly died in the hotel room, with no signs of a struggle on the floor. The police preliminarily concluded that Luo Mei had chosen to take her own life out of fear of her crimes being exposed.
The silver snake roamed aimlessly through the clouds in the urban sky. In the blink of an eye, it arrived over X University.
Under the white clouds, the university’s library had completely collapsed. While passing over a grove of willow trees, Bai Lixin spotted an elderly man with a faint white glow, kneeling on both knees and kowtowing three times in their direction.
The silver snake continued to glide through the clouds.
Soon, it appeared over an orphanage. Inside, Guo Dan held a cute doll in his arms. Two caregivers were conversing carefully near his bed.
“This child is so pitiful. He was abandoned by his parents shortly after birth. He relied on his grandfather, but unfortunately, the grandfather passed away just two days ago.”
“Yes, it’s really heartbreaking. He’s such a well-behaved boy. I will take good care of him in the future, hoping that he won’t suffer any more pain.”
“That’s right, not just you, we’ll all take good care of him.”
As the silver snake moved, the orphanage gradually disappeared from Bai Lixin’s view.
With a quick motion, the silver snake brought them to a small rural courtyard.
It was a misty morning, and the golden morning sun cast a fine dusting of light upon the white clouds.
“Old man, get up quickly,” Bai Lixin was drawn to a voice from below. He lowered his head and saw an elderly couple wearing new clothes standing in the courtyard. They held prepared documents and awkwardly adjusted their new attire.
The old man was somewhat nervous. “Will they let us adopt the child given our family background?”
The woman replied, “I’ve asked around. The little girl is three years old and comes from a tragic background. Her parents died in a car accident, and she has an older brother who is five years old and a seventy year old grandfather. This family favors boys over girls, so the grandfather is only willing to care for the five-year-old brother. If I hadn’t stumbled upon this, he would have sold the three-year-old girl to human traffickers. I reached out to the village committee and the Women’s Federation for mediation. We don’t really understand these matters, so I consulted a lawyer. They said that if the grandfather is willing to give up custody, we can follow the proper procedure and adopt the child legally.”
“You say, if we don’t adopt this child, what will happen when the village committee and the women’s association leave? Won’t her grandfather plan to sell her again?”
“She’s a sweet girl. Once she’s with us, I’ll send her to school, have her read many books, and then send her traveling far and wide, let her see the beauty of our land. But this time, I must make it clear to her what she can and cannot do.” The old man’s nervous face lit up with excitement. “What are we waiting for? Let’s go, don’t keep the child waiting.”
The woman’s rough face was filled with a sincere smile, “Alright, let’s go!”
Bai Lixin leaned down, embracing the silver snake’s body. His cheek pressed against the cold scales as he whispered softly, “It’s enough, let’s go back now.”
The silver snake changed direction, gliding towards the city in the radiant sunlight.
At eight o’clock, the system’s voice echoed in Bai Lixin’s mind.
[Ding! Dear Player Bai Lixin, you were absent from work all day yesterday, which constitutes a major work error. Your title has been demoted from “Diamond Haunted House Sleep Tester” to “Haunted House Sleep Tester.” Additionally, half of your performance points will be deducted as a penalty.]
[The current time is exactly eight o’clock in the morning. The game duration for “[Urban Beauty]” is seven days and seven nights. We are currently in the seventh daytime phase, with 11 hours left until the game concludes. Please make good use of your time to complete the remaining game tasks.]
[Friendly reminder: Due to your low performance points, there is a high likelihood you will be among the lowest-rated professionals in the 10 o’clock evaluation. Please be cautious.]
This was the first time Bai Lixin received such a system reminder. [Did the system remind players with low scores in the past?]
System: [Of course, I always reminded the players with the lowest scores.]
Bai Lixin: “…”
This explained why the nanny cried and begged for her employer’s forgiveness after being kicked out.
It also explained why the software engineer worked overtime day and night.
It was all because of the pressure imposed by the system’s reminders.
[Did someone die yesterday again?]
System: [Yes, the names will be announced at ten o’clock. Please be patient.]
It was said the names would be announced at ten o’clock, but the group chat had already discussed it.
The man in the suit: [The player who was questioning Sunglasses Man alongside me is dead! Everyone, please report your safety; now there should only be four of us left.]
Bai Lixin: [I’m here.]
Xia Chi: [I’m here too.]
Twin Ponytails: [I’m here too.]
Man in the suit: [Sorry, I’m feeling complicated right now. I’m upset.]
Twin Ponytails: [You’re not the only one who’s upset; we’re all feeling the same. It’s already the seventh day, did you guys find out anything?]
Man in the suit: [No, we didn’t see anyone, and we didn’t see Lady Yuexian either.]
Twin Ponytails: [Come on. I’ve said it before; the murderer isn’t Lady Yuexian, it’s Rumian. Trust me, that’s the correct answer.]
Man in the suit: [Did you fill it in?]
Twin Ponytails: [Yes, I already filled it in, and the answer is correct.]
The group chat fell silent for a moment.
Man in the suit: [Oh, you’re right. Progress is 100%, thanks to you. You’ve been a big help in this copy.]
Twin Ponytails: [Hehe, you’re welcome, you’re welcome.]
Man in the suit: [All that’s left is to wait until seven o’clock in the evening to leave. So happy.]
During the group chat, a private message came in from Xia Chi. [Brother, did you fill in the answer?]
Bai Lixin: [Not yet. How about you?]
Xia Chi: [I haven’t either.]
Bai Lixin: [Why haven’t you filled it in?]
Xia Chi: Because I got a flash of inspiration, and it kept flickering. It’s like it won’t let me fill in the answer. Why haven’t you filled it in, brother?]
Bai Lixin: [I got a warning from the system. It said I’m one of the two lowest-ranking players. Have you ever received a system warning?]
Xia Chi: [No, I haven’t. If I get warned, what will happen?]
Bai Lixin: [If you get warned as one of the two lowest-ranking players, there’s a time gap between each notification and the final death. I’m thinking that this time gap might be useful, perhaps to allow the two lowest-ranking players to level up their scores. Until the final death time, these two won’t know who died.]
Xia Chi: [ Even though I don’t fully understand, what’s the issue then?]
Bai Lixin proceeded to meticulously share every detail of the clues he had discovered over the past few days with Xia Chi.
Xia Chi: [What?! The murderer has infiltrated the players?! Who is it? Fuck! Wuuu, brother, you truly trust me; you didn’t keep anything from me. I’m so touched.]
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘Believe me, having the flash of inspiration means Rumian can’t posses you.’
Xia Chi: [So, who got possessed? Sun Ning? Or Suit Man, or the Twin Ponytails?]
Bai Lixin: [Sun Ning can be ruled out. I had contact with her before and made some deals.]
Xia Chi: [That leaves us with Suit Man and Twin Ponytails. Is it Suit Man?]
Bai Lixin: [No, it’s Twin Ponytails.]
Xia Chi: [What? Why her? How is that possible? The eyeball, Chen Xiangtian’s name, and the information about Rumian in the library, she found them all. She also helped Suit Man fill in the correct answer just now. ]
[If she was possessed by Rumian, why would she be foolish enough to expose herself? Logically, she should be doing everything to conceal Rumian’s presence. That’s the reasonable thing to do, right?]
[Is she an idiot?]
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘How did you have the nerve to say that?’
The next moment, Lady Yuexian found herself plunged into darkness.
So dark, why was it so dark?
Was this Bai Lixin’s spiritual world?
Why was there no trace of light?
A spiritual world represented the strength of one’s soul. Most spiritual worlds were either gardens, isolated islands, or vast oceans.
This indicated the capacity of their spiritual world, but they were typically quite small.
The smaller the space of the spiritual world, the more fragile the soul.
However, a completely black spiritual world like Bai Lixin’s was something she had never seen before.
Lady Yuexian raised her head in confusion, and just as she did, she suddenly noticed something flickering high above her, moving closer in her direction.
Could Bai Lixin’s spiritual world be nothing more than a tiny firefly?
That would be too wasteful, wouldn’t it?
As the flickering points of light approached, Lady Yuexian’s pupils contracted.
The points of light above her head were not fireflies at all; it was an immense galaxy!
Countless planets of various colors and sizes formed a mysterious galaxy. They rotated and moved at their own pace, while the galaxy itself continuously emitted a faint purple light.
Lady Yuexian suddenly became excited.
A galaxy within a spiritual world! This was the largest she had ever seen. A body with such a spiritual world was far from ordinary.
Her own inner world also contained a galaxy.
But although they were both galaxies, Bai Lixin’s galaxy was much smaller than her own.
[Surprised?]
Hah, it seemed that he was underestimating her. She would make him realize the price of underestimating her.
Lady Yuexian glanced casually at the sky, and her gaze froze once again.
Above her head, another galaxy appeared. Compared to the massive galaxy from earlier, this one was so tiny that it resembled dust.
Lady Yuexian’s expression suddenly froze.
The next moment, countless galaxies appeared around her. They surrounded her, and as she looked up, all she could see were stars.
However, this was not the end. Galaxies formed galaxy clusters, and beyond the galaxy clusters, there were new galaxy clusters.
Innumerable galaxies operated according to the rules of Bai Lixin’s inner world, like obedient little dogs.
Lady Yuexian sat dumbfounded in the darkness.
She strained to tilt her head and look further.
At the edge of the boundless universe, there stood a colossal figure larger than the universe itself.
He gazed silently at the vast universe, his eyes profound and terrifying.
Lady Yuexian was completely dumbfounded.
She slumped on the ground in a daze, looking up at the young man’s absolutely majestic face.
Fear made her legs tremble, and the pressure from the dimension reduction left her unable to utter a word.
Occupy the opponent’s body with a snap of the fingers?
Hah.
Thinking back to what she had just said, she realized how presumptuous she had been.
She was even smaller than one pore on the young man’s body.
No wonder the young man had said he couldn’t be happier. In such a powerful spiritual world, she had simply walked into a trap.
It was the first time she had seen a soul this immense. Before this, she had never known that a person’s soul could transcend the universe.
She had even dealt with the man this person cared about so deeply, it seems she was simply tired of living.
A person?
Was he even a person?
He definitely wasn’t a person, but what was he?
A god?
Lady Yuexian struggled to swallow her saliva, using all her strength to ask, “Who are you?”
The young man’s gaze descended, and in an instant, a deafening voice resounded in her mind, echoing like a cry in the vastness of space, “I am the Lord God, ruling over billions of dimensions. I shape reality with a wave of my hand, and the universe is under my command. From the primeval chaos to the boundless stars, all exists within my grasp.”
With every word that entered Lady Yuexian’s mind, it felt like a heavy tolling bell reverberating within her own consciousness, causing her soul to tremble in resonance.
Lady Yuexian: “But, you seemed so weak from the outside.”
Young man: “My divine power is sealed, and my strength has been reduced to just 5%. From the outside, I certainly appear weak. If we were to fight outside, I might not necessarily be your match. But since you choose to enter my spiritual world, all I can say is, ‘welcome.’”
Lady Yuexian wore a dumbfounded expression.
‘I’m just a bystander here!
Welcome my foot!’
S419M: [Ahem, Lord Host, it’s not right for you to rub salt in her wounds like that.]
Bai Lixin : [Who allowed her to bully my old gong? It’s not fair. Even I don’t do that.]
S419: [Look at you, as if your protecting a young calf. But I must say, you look so handsome! So, how are you planning to deal with her?]
Bai Lixin: [I’ll flick her away.]
S419M: [Flick her away? To where?]
Bai Lixin: [You’ll see once I flick her.]
While Lady Yuexian was still lamenting, she suddenly felt a powerful force, and the next moment, her soul was uncontrollably flung out…
Seeing Lady Yuexian turn into a shooting star, Bai Lixin withdrew his consciousness from the spiritual world and returned to the real world.
The ground beneath his feet had stopped shaking.
Inside the room, Luo Mei lay limply on the floor, showing no signs of waking up.
Just then, a giant snake head poked in through the window. Due to the head’s angle, the silver snake had to push several times before squeezing its nose in.
Seeing the silver snake’s frantic movements, Bai Lixin glanced at “Luo Mei” and quickly jumped onto the tip of the snake’s nose.
The enormous beast slithered away and quickly disappeared into the darkness.
An hour later, the police arrived at the scene.
The once-renowned movie queen had quietly died in the hotel room, with no signs of a struggle on the floor. The police preliminarily concluded that Luo Mei had chosen to take her own life out of fear of her crimes being exposed.
The silver snake roamed aimlessly through the clouds in the urban sky. In the blink of an eye, it arrived over X University.
Under the white clouds, the university’s library had completely collapsed. While passing over a grove of willow trees, Bai Lixin spotted an elderly man with a faint white glow, kneeling on both knees and kowtowing three times in their direction.
The silver snake continued to glide through the clouds.
Soon, it appeared over an orphanage. Inside, Guo Dan held a cute doll in his arms. Two caregivers were conversing carefully near his bed.
“This child is so pitiful. He was abandoned by his parents shortly after birth. He relied on his grandfather, but unfortunately, the grandfather passed away just two days ago.”
“Yes, it’s really heartbreaking. He’s such a well-behaved boy. I will take good care of him in the future, hoping that he won’t suffer any more pain.”
“That’s right, not just you, we’ll all take good care of him.”
As the silver snake moved, the orphanage gradually disappeared from Bai Lixin’s view.
With a quick motion, the silver snake brought them to a small rural courtyard.
It was a misty morning, and the golden morning sun cast a fine dusting of light upon the white clouds.
“Old man, get up quickly,” Bai Lixin was drawn to a voice from below. He lowered his head and saw an elderly couple wearing new clothes standing in the courtyard. They held prepared documents and awkwardly adjusted their new attire.
The old man was somewhat nervous. “Will they let us adopt the child given our family background?”
The woman replied, “I’ve asked around. The little girl is three years old and comes from a tragic background. Her parents died in a car accident, and she has an older brother who is five years old and a seventy year old grandfather. This family favors boys over girls, so the grandfather is only willing to care for the five-year-old brother. If I hadn’t stumbled upon this, he would have sold the three-year-old girl to human traffickers. I reached out to the village committee and the Women’s Federation for mediation. We don’t really understand these matters, so I consulted a lawyer. They said that if the grandfather is willing to give up custody, we can follow the proper procedure and adopt the child legally.”
“You say, if we don’t adopt this child, what will happen when the village committee and the women’s association leave? Won’t her grandfather plan to sell her again?”
“She’s a sweet girl. Once she’s with us, I’ll send her to school, have her read many books, and then send her traveling far and wide, let her see the beauty of our land. But this time, I must make it clear to her what she can and cannot do.” The old man’s nervous face lit up with excitement. “What are we waiting for? Let’s go, don’t keep the child waiting.”
The woman’s rough face was filled with a sincere smile, “Alright, let’s go!”
Bai Lixin leaned down, embracing the silver snake’s body. His cheek pressed against the cold scales as he whispered softly, “It’s enough, let’s go back now.”
The silver snake changed direction, gliding towards the city in the radiant sunlight.
At eight o’clock, the system’s voice echoed in Bai Lixin’s mind.
[Ding! Dear Player Bai Lixin, you were absent from work all day yesterday, which constitutes a major work error. Your title has been demoted from “Diamond Haunted House Sleep Tester” to “Haunted House Sleep Tester.” Additionally, half of your performance points will be deducted as a penalty.]
[The current time is exactly eight o’clock in the morning. The game duration for “[Urban Beauty]” is seven days and seven nights. We are currently in the seventh daytime phase, with 11 hours left until the game concludes. Please make good use of your time to complete the remaining game tasks.]
[Friendly reminder: Due to your low performance points, there is a high likelihood you will be among the lowest-rated professionals in the 10 o’clock evaluation. Please be cautious.]
This was the first time Bai Lixin received such a system reminder. [Did the system remind players with low scores in the past?]
System: [Of course, I always reminded the players with the lowest scores.]
Bai Lixin: “…”
This explained why the nanny cried and begged for her employer’s forgiveness after being kicked out.
It also explained why the software engineer worked overtime day and night.
It was all because of the pressure imposed by the system’s reminders.
[Did someone die yesterday again?]
System: [Yes, the names will be announced at ten o’clock. Please be patient.]
It was said the names would be announced at ten o’clock, but the group chat had already discussed it.
The man in the suit: [The player who was questioning Sunglasses Man alongside me is dead! Everyone, please report your safety; now there should only be four of us left.]
Bai Lixin: [I’m here.]
Xia Chi: [I’m here too.]
Twin Ponytails: [I’m here too.]
Man in the suit: [Sorry, I’m feeling complicated right now. I’m upset.]
Twin Ponytails: [You’re not the only one who’s upset; we’re all feeling the same. It’s already the seventh day, did you guys find out anything?]
Man in the suit: [No, we didn’t see anyone, and we didn’t see Lady Yuexian either.]
Twin Ponytails: [Come on. I’ve said it before; the murderer isn’t Lady Yuexian, it’s Rumian. Trust me, that’s the correct answer.]
Man in the suit: [Did you fill it in?]
Twin Ponytails: [Yes, I already filled it in, and the answer is correct.]
The group chat fell silent for a moment.
Man in the suit: [Oh, you’re right. Progress is 100%, thanks to you. You’ve been a big help in this copy.]
Twin Ponytails: [Hehe, you’re welcome, you’re welcome.]
Man in the suit: [All that’s left is to wait until seven o’clock in the evening to leave. So happy.]
During the group chat, a private message came in from Xia Chi. [Brother, did you fill in the answer?]
Bai Lixin: [Not yet. How about you?]
Xia Chi: [I haven’t either.]
Bai Lixin: [Why haven’t you filled it in?]
Xia Chi: Because I got a flash of inspiration, and it kept flickering. It’s like it won’t let me fill in the answer. Why haven’t you filled it in, brother?]
Bai Lixin: [I got a warning from the system. It said I’m one of the two lowest-ranking players. Have you ever received a system warning?]
Xia Chi: [No, I haven’t. If I get warned, what will happen?]
Bai Lixin: [If you get warned as one of the two lowest-ranking players, there’s a time gap between each notification and the final death. I’m thinking that this time gap might be useful, perhaps to allow the two lowest-ranking players to level up their scores. Until the final death time, these two won’t know who died.]
Xia Chi: [ Even though I don’t fully understand, what’s the issue then?]
Bai Lixin proceeded to meticulously share every detail of the clues he had discovered over the past few days with Xia Chi.
Xia Chi: [What?! The murderer has infiltrated the players?! Who is it? Fuck! Wuuu, brother, you truly trust me; you didn’t keep anything from me. I’m so touched.]
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘Believe me, having the flash of inspiration means Rumian can’t posses you.’
Xia Chi: [So, who got possessed? Sun Ning? Or Suit Man, or the Twin Ponytails?]
Bai Lixin: [Sun Ning can be ruled out. I had contact with her before and made some deals.]
Xia Chi: [That leaves us with Suit Man and Twin Ponytails. Is it Suit Man?]
Bai Lixin: [No, it’s Twin Ponytails.]
Xia Chi: [What? Why her? How is that possible? The eyeball, Chen Xiangtian’s name, and the information about Rumian in the library, she found them all. She also helped Suit Man fill in the correct answer just now. ]
[If she was possessed by Rumian, why would she be foolish enough to expose herself? Logically, she should be doing everything to conceal Rumian’s presence. That’s the reasonable thing to do, right?]
[Is she an idiot?]
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘How did you have the nerve to say that?’
