Mission Issued: Listen to Their True Thoughts
Mission Reward: Alert Aura! Effect: When the body is in an excited state, you can freely choose whether to activate the Alert Aura. The aura can detect living humans and animals within a 200-meter radius. It remains active as long as the excited state persists and automatically deactivates afterward.
Failure Penalty: Title Acquired—"Timid as a Mouse!" Title Effect: Amplifies cautious emotions, reduces courage, indecisiveness in critical moments, prioritizes fleeing, assumes everyone is out to harm you, and prefers hiding in corners.
Li Ming quickly skimmed the mission details and helplessly pressed a hand to his forehead. He had guessed a mission might pop up at this moment, but he hadn’t expected it to actually trigger!
Shaking his head, Li Ming reviewed the mission details again.
The reward was genuinely good, but he wasn’t sure how easy it would be to enter the "excited state." As for the penalty—well, failure wasn’t an option. Besides, he still had a "Good Person Card" that could negate one failure penalty.
After a brief moment of thought, Li Ming turned and approached Wang Xin. Meeting her affectionate gaze, he tentatively asked,
"Wang Xin, it’s not just about whether others might overhear. As the warden, helping you is my duty. You don’t need to demean yourself to repay me. If you have other needs, just tell me. I’ll still help you."
Li Ming spoke sincerely, his eyes fixed on Wang Xin’s radiant, captivating face. A sudden thought crossed his mind: Youth is wasted on the young—foolish to prize innocence over experience!
But instead of being deterred, Wang Xin only laughed more brightly, her gaze growing even more alluring as she watched Li Ming swallow hard.
"Warden~ You’ve got it all wrong! I’m not degrading myself to repay you. I just…"
Mid-sentence, and to Li Ming’s utter disbelief, she yanked him straight behind the bed curtains…
A dream from the other night flashed through Li Ming’s mind. Maybe he wasn’t being assimilated by those tiger-headed figures—maybe this was who he’d always been…
Their prison block was only about 400 meters in diameter, yet within Li Ming’s consciousness, he could clearly see the guards stationed outside the block. It felt like a divine ability, utterly unbelievable.
But before Li Ming could explore further, the Alert Aura automatically shut off. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t reactivate it.
Reviewing the skill description, it stated that the aura could only remain active during an excited state. But right now…?
A sudden realization struck him.
Could it be… referring to this?
Considering the mission’s usual eccentricities, it was highly possible!
Snapping back to reality, Li Ming knew this wasn’t the time to study the skill—someone might show up any minute.
He hurriedly dressed and considerately helped Wang Xin tidy up as well.
Wang Xin gazed at him with resentment. She’d thought Li Ming was a harmless little rabbit, but now that she’d experienced him, she realized he was a full-grown tiger! She’d been utterly defeated.
Her body was completely drained of energy—how was she supposed to work in the factory later?
"Warden… I can’t… I’m exhausted, no strength left. Let me rest a bit," Wang Xin pleaded.
Li Ming smiled faintly as he continued helping her into her prison uniform. "Don’t worry. Just rest here. I’ll talk to the supervisor and get you a day off."
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't think I'm that capable, I'm just trying my best to stay alive. I've been kind all my life, never did anything bad, yet worldly suffering spared me not one bit. The human world is a nice place, but I won't come back in my next life. A kind young man, who wanted to just get by singing, but through repeated deceits and betrayals, has gone down an irredeemable path.
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ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
ey change clothes. Li Chuan contributed all his possessions, only to find that things were not as they seemed. Almost a year after joining, he hadn’t managed to get a single Daoist consort. Thinking he had been deceived, he was approached by a stunning senior fellow disciple who asked if he would like to form a spiritual bond. For those who don’t practice cultivation, they might not know what “forming a spiritual bond” is. Let me put it this way: A long-term relationship is called a “Daoist consort,” while a short-term relationship is known as “forming a spiritual bond.” From then on, Li Chuan discovered the true way to interact with the Yin-Yang Sect’s Daoist consorts. As long as he had enough spirit stones, he could form a spiritual bond with anyone, Whether it’s Senior Sisters, aunts, Daoist consorts of aunts, female elders, Daoist consorts of elders, or even the Daoist consort of the sect leader, anyone can form a spiritual bond as long as there are enough spirit stones.” I've already joined the Yin-Yang Sect, and you're telling me to focus on cultivation? Do you even know what the Yin-Yang Sect is all about?
