Dijia walked to the side of the bed and looked at the thick stretch of white clouds outside the window.
After a long time, he walked back to the bed and lay down on it.

He spoke indifferently, “Okay, it’s been a long time since I’ve had a good night’s sleep.
Don’t wake me up early.”

System: [Thank you for being understanding.]

[Ding! Starting player Dijia’s exclusive punishment.]

With the system’s voice, a cloud of black mist appeared at Dijia’s side.

That black mist enveloped Dijia, plunging him into a pitch black darkness.

Bai Lixin was woken up by a burst of system prompts.

He rubbed his eyes and opened the chat box that had been ringing incessantly.

Xia Chi: [Brother! Are you alright?!]

Xia Chi: [Brother! Why are you ignoring me?]

Xia Chi: [Brother! It’s been three days, three days! Are you blaming me for pointing you in the wrong direction?]

Xia Chi: [Brother! I know I’m wrong, please forgive me, don’t ignore me! Ahhhhhhhhhh, brother!!!]

Bai Lixin: […I’m not dead yet, don’t call out my soul.]

We’re all human, why are you so good? Why do the words you send come with sound?

The moment Bai Lixin sent out his reply, he got a reply in seconds.

Xia Chi: [Aaaaahhhhh! Brother! You’re finally talking to me! Where are you now?! Are you okay? You haven’t talked to me for three days… three days, you know? Do you not love me anymore?!!!]

Bai Lixin: “……”

Three days?

Why did he ignore Xia Chi for three days?

How could he tell Xia Chi that he slept for three whole days after falling unconscious from being tossed around?

Damn, that dog, Dijia, has a strong stamina.

Bai Lixin ruffled his hair and walked into the bathroom.

On turning on the shower, warm water immediately sprayed out.

While taking a shower, Bai Lixin took the time to reply to Xia Chi: [I was in a single copy this time, it burned my brain and consumed my energy, I was quite tired, so I slept for a long time.]

Xia Chi: [Oh, so you were tired from leveling up.
I thought the big boss made you faint.]

Bai Lixin’s hand trembled: […How is that possible? I am your brother, how can I lie to you?]

How could I admit to something that is an insult to my dignity?

I can’t admit it.

I don’t want to admit it.

Xia Chi: [What floor are you on now?]

Bai Lixin looked at his own profile and realized that it was still saying floor thirty or so from a long time ago.

He re-edited it and changed it to “185th floor”.

After the change, he replied to Xia Chi: [185th floor.]

Xia Chi: [!! As expected of my brother!]

Bai Lixin flipped through his chat logs with Xia Chi.
During the three days he was asleep, Xia Chi had sent countless messages to him.
Almost every one of them was greeting him, fearing that he had suddenly died.

After making sure that there was nothing important in Xia Chi’s chat, Bai Lixin asked: [What about you? What floor have you reached?]

Xia Chi: [I’m not bad either, I’ve reached the 80th floor, isn’t that a surprise?]

Bai Lixin raised his eyebrows: [With the prop card?]

Xia Chi: [It really wasn’t a surprise at all.
Recently, I’ve been on your live stream or going to the 50th floor to sweep up the place.
I’ve picked up a bunch of prop cards, plus the ones you gave me before, so I’ve reached the 80th floor.]

Bai Lixin: [Was your “flash of inspiration” helping?]

Xia Chi: [Yeah, it was almost like a flashing disco ball.]

Bai Lixin: […That’s..
tiring.]

In this moment, he didn’t know whether to feel distressed for Xia Chi who didn’t care, or for Tan Yue, who was breaking his back to help him.

But, it was strange.

Originally, he wanted to warn Xia Chi not to climb too fast, but he decided to give up since Tang Yue was helping him level up quickly.

Maybe there was a reason for Xia Chi to climb the floors quickly.
Besides, with Tan Yue, the bug, Xia Chi should not have any problems.

When Xia Chi asked him to keep a look out for Tan Yue, he always thought the latter was an ordinary participating player, and might have even died in the game long ago.

But as the truth continued to advance, he realized that Tan Yue’s identity was not that simple.

Was there a possibility that his encounter with Xia Chi was not some kind of coincidence either?

If that was the case, Tan Yue and Dijia might have planned something.

Tan Yue had turned into a system, and although he had retained his memories, he lost his human form.

Dijia lost his memories, but managed to retain his body and player identity.

Once they reached the 900th floor, was it immediate assimilation, or was it a choice?

Bai Lixin tapped the faucet above his head, and warm, clear water slowly flowed out of it.

It was too peaceful.

So peaceful that it was somewhat uncomfortable.

Dijia not only spared him for three days, but even spared him at this time; it was too abnormal.

Was it because of that punishment?

When he and Cultivator Qinglian were fighting in the painting, he could have done his best to kill the other party in seconds, but the thin canvas could not withstand his burgeoning power at all.

He was able to suppress his power to a point the painting could withstand, and ended up wasting a lot of time until the painting was on the verge of breaking before he could kill cultivator Qinglian and finish the task.

And the moment before the painting got torn, Dijia’s hand suddenly came before him.

He didn’t even think about anything and grabbed it.
While Dijia was able to get a glimpse of his memory, he also heard a voice in Dijia’s head.

He heard the system say that he would be punished.

Could the punishment be the reason why Dijia had not appeared before him for so many days?

Bai Lixin opened the private chat window: [Xia Chi, can we meet on the first floor?]

Xia Chi: [Yeah, it just so happens that Sister Cancan and the others miss you too, I’ll call them up.]

Bai Lixin: [Okay, see you in half an hour.]

He closed the private chat box with Xia Chi and continued to flip through the chat window.

Li Can Can, Liang Xi, and Zhou Guang had all sent him messages, and like Xia Chi’s, they were all normal greetings.

Bai Lixin patiently replied to each one, then continued to scroll down to the name “Lin Jue” that kept bouncing stubbornly.

What did Lin Jue want?

Bai Lixin opened the chat box and read the messages that Lin Jue had sent to him.

Lin Jue: [Are you there?]

Lin Jue: [Are you there?]

Lin Jue: [Are you there?]

Lin Jue: [F*ck it, I’ll just say it straight.
You’ve come out of your copy, right? Our president asked me to pass on a message to you, I’ll say it directly.]

Lin Jue: [Again, I am saying it word for word, it’s what our president said, not me.]

Lin Jue: [I have been watching your Live Stream for the past few days.
Your performance can be described as poor, and far from good.
Why are you such a crybaby? Escape games don’t believe in tears, crying won’t solve anything.
Please be strong and come back, you are the best.
I’m cheering for you and waiting for you on the 300th floor.
I’ll be watching you the whole way.]

Bai Lixin: “……”

What could he say, it sounded weird.

He could have come up with any sentence, but why put together a weird one?

Lin Jue’s message was from a day ago, and there was no more news after that.

Bai Lixin replied to him with two words: [Oh, okay.]

A few seconds later, Lin Jue’s avatar popped up.

It was so fast that Bai Lixin even thought that Lin Jue was waiting for him specifically.

Lin Jue: [Is that what you want me to tell the chairman?]

Bai Lixin: [Mmm.]

Lin Jue: [I want to ask you something.
Before that, you should know one thing, I don’t ask people questions easily, unless I can’t help it, got it?]

Bai Lixin: [Got it, you ask.]

Lin Jue: [What is your relationship with our president?]

Bai Lixin: [Huh?]

Lin Jue: [How can I put it…why would the president send you such a wordy message? He usually says “um”, “ahh”, “ok”, and treats his words like gold, so why would he send you so many? He even asked you to be strong?!]

Bai Lixin wiped his hair silently: [Is there a possibility that your president didn’t find these words particularly nauseous?]

Lin Jue: […you mean… our president..
so dumb?]

Lin Jue: [Fuck, I don’t want to curse the president, don’t go out and talk about it!]

Bai Lixin: [Anyway, I don’t know either.
Maybe he just cherishes talent?]

Lin Jue: [Do you know?]

Bai Lixin: [Know what?]

Lin Jue: [Ever since he met with you, the president gave notice that looks are no longer a criterion for membership!]

Lin Jue: [Our president has given up the whole forest for you and you have nothing to say?]

What the hell! That’s how rumors are born!

Bai Lixin almost broke his back: [Ahem, you really misunderstood, ask your president if you don’t believe me, I can’t tell you why, it’s our agreement.]

Lin Jue: [Okay then, speaking of asking, I have one more question.]

Bai Lixin: [Okay, you ask.]

Lin Jue: [You two have met, why didn’t you add each other as friends? Why do I have to be the messenger?]

[……] Bai Lixin’s hand wiping his hair paused.
[That’s a good question.]

Why didn’t I think of that?

Lin Jue: [……]

Fuck!

Bai Lixin: [I’ll be sure to add him the next time we get a chance to meet.
But have you ever thought that your president is using this opportunity to get closer to you?]

Lin Jue: [Heh, stop kidding, I wouldn’t even think about that.]

Half an hour later, Bai Lixin appeared in the café on the first floor.

Before entering the private booth, he took a special glance towards the counter.

The lady at the counter had a professional smile and was patiently placing the order for the customers in front of her.

As if noticing Bai Lixin’s probing glance, the lady looked up and smiled towards Bai Lixin, her eyes hollow.

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