The voice was extremely soft, like a whisper in a dream.
After speaking, the person began gathering essence on their own, breathing steadily and deeply, completely oblivious to everything around them.
Although...
Su Qi felt somewhat grateful to Yun Huang for "stepping in to help."
But the problem was...
This wasn’t even about sleeping anymore!
Su Qi could clearly feel the "pillow" beneath him stiffen instantly.
Earlier, Liu Yuan had been a little tense too, but her body had quickly relaxed, carrying the soft warmth unique to a young girl.
Yet the moment Yun Huang sat down—especially after uttering those words, "Sleep now"—Su Qi could sense the muscles in Liu Yuan’s thighs tighten.
Without even looking, Su Qi knew his little sister was unhappy.
He stole a glance out of the corner of his eye.
Sure enough.
Liu Yuan’s cheeks were slightly puffed, her face resembling an angry little pufferfish.
Her eyes were wide open, tinged with... indignation?
Su Qi could even feel her small fists clenching subtly.
Was she preparing to throw a punch at her "former idol"?
"What’s wrong?"
Liu Yuan seemed startled, her body trembling almost imperceptibly before she quickly shook her head.
She looked like she wanted to say something but ultimately pressed her lips together.
Instead, she adjusted her posture slightly, trying to make Su Qi more comfortable.
Su Qi understood now.
This silly little sister was... jealous?
He felt both exasperated and amused.
He could empathize with Liu Yuan’s feelings.
Perhaps Yun Huang was simply too dazzling.
So much so that when Yun Huang herself appeared before them—and even formed some kind of subtle connection with Su Qi (or at least, what Liu Yuan perceived as subtle)—that sense of inadequacy and insecurity was magnified infinitely.
Can men and women ever have purely platonic friendships?
Su Qi couldn’t say for sure. Maybe everyone had their own answer.
But one thing he could state with certainty: at the very least, purely transactional relationships existed.
Because the moment Yun Huang sat down, Su Qi distinctly felt a small paper ball slip into his hand.
Clearly, Yun Huang wasn’t here for a casual chat.
Su Qi discreetly slipped his hand into his pants pocket. He’d check it out later when he woke up, somewhere private.
After all, nothing was more important than his nap right now.
...
Two and a half hours later.
Su Qi woke up.
The duration was just right—enough to recharge his energy.
By now, the first round of basic testing was nearing its end.
Each testing area held four hundred examinees, and with registration time factored in, each person took about thirty seconds.
The three test items themselves didn’t consume much time.
The first phase would wrap up between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Su Qi shifted slightly.
"Brother, you’re awake?"
Liu Yuan seemed to notice his movement.
Her earlier puffed-cheek glare at Yun Huang instantly vanished, replaced by her usual gentle demeanor.
"Yeah, I’m good now."
Su Qi responded softly, pushing himself up to sit.
Liu Yuan’s legs felt slightly numb—after all, she’d maintained the same position for so long.
Normally, she’d shift around.
Meanwhile, Yun Huang, still seated beside Su Qi, remained with her eyes closed, breathing evenly, completely unaware—or perhaps indifferent—that Su Qi had woken up.
Su Qi rubbed his still-sleepy eyes and looked at Liu Yuan.
"Thanks, my adorable little sister. I slept really well."
Liu Yuan’s cheeks flushed faintly.
She flexed her stiffened knees slightly before drawing her legs back a little.
Su Qi glanced at Yun Huang, then back at Liu Yuan.
The image of that "jealous little pufferfish" resurfaced in his mind.
"I... need to use the restroom."
Su Qi offered a perfectly reasonable excuse.
He really did need to deal with that paper ball Yun Huang had passed him.
Liu Yuan nodded.
Without lingering, Su Qi strode out of the lounge.
The hallway was bustling, far livelier than the lounge.
After all, people from Great Xia loved spectacles—less than half the lounge seats were ever occupied.
Su Qi followed the corridor, searching for the restroom sign.
The paper ball sat securely in his pants pocket.
Once he found the restroom, he entered and headed straight for an empty stall.
After confirming no one was inside, he locked the door behind him.
Su Qi pulled out the crumpled paper ball from his pocket and carefully unfolded it.
The paper was ordinary, likely torn from a random sheet.
The handwriting... was unremarkable...
Even a little...
Messy.
Well, it seemed a person’s penmanship could indeed be hit or miss.
Su Qi scrutinized the note. The message was brief but enough to make his eyes narrow slightly. It read:
"Round three I’ll kill her"
"Yun family assets yours"
No extra words. Not even a single punctuation mark.
Seriously?
Already showing your hand this soon?
But you’re only seventh-tier!
That woman, no matter how incompetent, is still ninth-tier.
This wasn’t like pre-sixth-tier gaps.
This was a full two major realms above.
Su Qi tore the note into tiny pieces and flushed it down the toilet.
So... should he help or not?
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
