The Appearance of the Ultimate Beauty Standard

The three of them leaned back in their chairs, leisurely puffing away on their cigarettes.

After finishing their smoke, Su Yang checked the time. "It's 4:35 now. Let's try to find our teammates within an hour."

Meng Wenzhou nodded. "Yeah, right. After we find them, we can all grab a meal together. We need to leave the ancient town by 9 PM. That place Ji Bo mentioned is over ten kilometers away, so it's a bit of a trip."

"OK, let's move!"

With that, the three split up and headed in different directions.

The street they were on was located in the most central area of the ancient town. It was a long road with many side alleys branching off to other streets.

This street was also packed with tourists, with fashionable young men and women everywhere you looked.

There were endless stretches of bare legs, more than the eye could take in.

Su Yang walked in one direction, switching on his 'auto-aim' mode as he went, scanning for targets.

His standards for today weren't particularly high. He just needed girls with a rating around 75 who were willing to hang out with them.

He didn't expect to run into anyone in the 80s. As long as they weren't too bad, it was fine. After all, they were just teaming up to play an escape room, not trying to form a basketball team.

After walking a stretch, as he passed a handicraft shop, Su Yang saw two fashionable girls in hot pants coming out of the store.

Judging by their faces alone, with makeup on, they were probably in the 70s range, and their figures were pretty good too.

—System, scan.

[Zhang Yan, Appearance: 64]

[Li Xiaoli, Appearance: 67]

—Tch, guessed wrong. Alright, moving on.

Su Yang gave up on these two and continued forward.

Reaching the entrance of a cake shop, he saw two even more trendy and fashionable-looking girls sitting inside, chatting over small cakes.

They were both sitting sideways to him, and their profiles looked decent too.

Su Yang continued his mental inquiry.

—System, scan again.

[Ma Yingying, Appearance: 69]

[Wang Ruolan, Appearance: 70]

—Hmm... still a bit off. No rush, there are plenty of people right now. Keep going.

Su Yang abandoned the two girls in the cake shop and resumed his search.

He scanned seven or eight more girls in a row, all scoring between 60 and 70, none hitting the 75 mark.

'Huh? What's going on? Didn't they say my luck with romance is good? Where are they? I just need one 75 right now~'

Su Yang had now reached the end of the street. Ahead was an alleyway leading to the inn district, which wasn't very crowded.

He thought about turning around to walk the street again. If that didn't work, he'd try other streets. If he really couldn't find anyone, he'd lower his standards. There were plenty in the 65 to 70 range.

'Hey!! Wait.'

After walking back a few steps, Su Yang suddenly thought of something and smacked his forehead.

"Damn, didn't I just add those twin beauties? What am I doing searching around here like an idiot?"

"Ugh." Thinking this, he walked to the roadside, sat down on a step, took out his phone, and opened WeChat.

Looking at the two profile pictures, Su Yang suddenly had a feeling the girls probably wouldn't come out.

But since he already had WeChat open, it wouldn't hurt to ask. He first tapped into the chat with Chen Yuxin and typed: "Hello Yuxin."

About ten seconds later, Chen Yuxin replied: "Hello Brother Su Yang, what's up?"

Su Yang didn't plan to beat around the bush and got straight to the point: "It's like this. I have some friends planning to play an escape room tonight, but we're short on people. So I was wondering if you two would like to join."

Chen Yuxin replied: "An escape room?"

"Right, but it's the scary kind. It's not in the ancient town; it's a bit far, in an abandoned factory in the suburbs."

Looking at the message he sent, Su Yang muttered to himself: "Damn, shouldn't have put it that way. Sending this, they'll definitely not go. Sounds like human trafficking."

Sure enough, after sending the message, Chen Yuxin didn't reply immediately.

Su Yang thought for a moment and added: "Because we're short on people here, I thought I'd ask if you're interested. It's totally fine if you don't want to go; I'll just find others. It's mainly because the place is indeed quite far."

After sending that, he waited another few dozen seconds.

Chen Yuxin finally replied: "I was just talking to my sister about this. I'm actually quite brave and like these kinds of things. But after I told my sister, she's a bit too scared to go. If she doesn't go... I can't bear to leave her alone at the inn, so I probably won't go either~"

Reading the message, Su Yang nodded to himself. "As expected."

"Okay, understood. I'll find some other people then."

"Sorry, Brother Su Yang."

"No problem, no problem. We'll hang out another time."

"Okay."

After putting away his phone, Su Yang looked up, thought for a while, stood up, and started walking in the opposite direction again.

"Better to find strangers~"

After walking back about ten meters, two girls walked out of a souvenir shop by the street.

Su Yang, eyes fixed on the road ahead, didn't notice them.

However, as he was walking forward, a voice suddenly sounded by his ear.

"Hey handsome, wait a moment~"

"Huh?" Su Yang turned towards the voice and saw two girls in sexy short skirts walking towards him with smiles.

"Handsome, wait." The two said as they quickly approached Su Yang.

Su Yang looked at them and replied, "What's up, ladies?"

"Can't we call you if it's nothing? Hehe, can we get to know you?"

Hearing this, Su Yang thought to himself: 'Getting to know each other is fine, but I still need to find teammates.'

It wasn't that Su Yang didn't want to invite these two. If they were this proactive, they'd probably agree if asked.

It's just that at first glance they were okay, but upon closer look, they didn't quite meet the requirements.

Their faces were caked with thick powder, which was even a bit flaky, and their necks were a completely different color from their faces.

—System, scan.

[61, 63]

—Ugh, even saving the names~

Su Yang gave an evasive laugh: "Sorry, ladies, I've got some things to do~"

"Let's add WeChat~"

"Yeah, handsome, are you traveling alone? If you're free tonight, you can come have drinks with us. We have several other friends, all pretty girls. Let's all get to know each other."

"I have friends. It's just that they have something urgent and called me over. Really sorry. If fate allows, we'll meet again~"

Su Yang said with a nod and a smile to the two, then quickly walked away.

...

'Sigh. I haven't even started hitting on anyone, and I get hit on first.'

Thinking this, Su Yang walked forward for a few more minutes. Just as he was worrying about the lack of targets, suddenly, a beautiful figure emerged from a small alley on the right.

Su Yang instantly stopped and locked onto her. About ten meters away, a girl with a khaki-colored crossbody bag was walking towards a small convenience store across the street.

She had long brown hair, and from the side, she looked absolutely perfect: beautiful big eyes, a tall nose, and slightly red lips.

She wore a black off-shoulder top paired with light blue distressed denim hot pants, revealing two long, slender, and fair legs. On her feet were a pair of coffee-colored flat, round-toed mid-calf boots.

Just from the side view, her figure could absolutely be called top-tier—curvy in all the right places but not exaggerated, perfectly proportioned.

At that moment, her left hand held the strap of her crossbody bag, while her right hand held half an apple, which she nibbled on as she walked. Even just her profile gave off a breathtaking, almost otherworldly feeling.

Su Yang narrowed his eyes, thinking to himself: 'Holy crap!! A top-tier beauty has appeared.'

—System!

[Ren Lingxi, Age: 22]

[Height: 168cm]

[Weight: 53kg]

[Appearance Score: 98]

[Figure Score: 95]

[Number of Relationships: 0, Single]

[Number of Partners: 0]

[Characteristic: Loves food]

—Damn, 98 points?!

Seeing the values on the virtual screen, Su Yang was instantly stunned, rooted to the spot.

—The pinnacle of beauty has appeared! This trip wasn't wasted!!

—Thought I wouldn't encounter anyone surpassing Xiao Su's looks again, but who would've thought.

[Ding, detected that Ren Lingxi meets the binding criteria. Bind?]

—Is that even a question? I genuinely like this one, bind!!

[Ding, binding successful. Ren Lingxi's favorability towards the host: 0]

"Nice! And she's a foodie too, isn't that just perfect for my expertise?"

"But here's the problem, how do I go up and talk to her in a surprising way? Damn it, I have no experience."

While Su Yang was muttering to himself, Ren Lingxi had already walked into the convenience store.

"Maybe pretend to go in to buy a bottle of water and then accidentally bump into her?"

"No, no, that's too cliché~"

"Let me think." Su Yang, feeling somewhat excited, started pacing in circles, lost in thought.

[Ding, detected the host is currently feeling excited. Reward: 1 million]

Just as he was thinking, Ren Lingxi walked out holding a bottle of mineral water and a hot dog.

After exiting, she turned and headed towards the central area of the street.

Seeing this, Su Yang thought to himself: 'Ah, whatever, I'll just follow her for now.'

With that thought, he stepped forward to follow Ren Lingxi.

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