Vine Cage Girl clattered away at the cash register, typing up the report.
“I wrote it exactly the way you told me to,” it said. “Don’t worry. Hunter No. 3 will hear the broadcast and come over to the Narration Stage.”
Zhu Yan then said goodbye to it.
Fog coiled around the ceiling, watching.
Qiu Lingfeng clearly still hadn’t thought of a solution.
He stared intently at the air in front of him, apparently searching for a relevant item on the Player Forum or the online marketplace.
Qiu Lingfeng was indeed doing his best to suppress the anxiety in his heart.
The posts on the Player Forum were completely useless.
He scrolled through them one after another, just as he was about to lose his temper, when a heavenly female voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
“Hello, Hunter No. 3!”
Qiu Lingfeng instinctively straightened up.
Seeing his reaction, Zhu Yan watched the expression on Qiu Lingfeng’s face with great interest.
He wondered whether that female voice would actually be up to the task…
“We have detected that you may be experiencing some difficulty,” the female voice said brightly. “Therefore, the Narration Stage has reported the matter to Frenzied Paradise and is now broadcasting the following notice to you.”
What?
Qiu Lingfeng could hardly believe his ears.
Judging from the tone and wording, they were here to solve his problem…?
“The notice reads as follows.”
“We are willing to provide Hunter No. 3 with two bottles of highly concentrated, specially formulated Trembling Delight, to accomplish all of Hunter No. 3’s objectives.”
The words “specially formulated” and “all” had been added by Zhu Yan himself.
He was afraid that the wording might be too subtle and Qiu Lingfeng wouldn’t understand the hidden meaning, so he had tacked on another whole chunk of text after the brief explanation.
“Please proceed to the Narration Stage immediately to collect them. Please note…”
The female voice’s intonation rose mechanically as it read out every word of the passage provided by the Narration Stage.
“Because this version of Trembling Delight is excessively concentrated, Hunter No. 3 is advised to test a small amount in advance. Should there be any problems, Hunter No. 3 may immediately return to the Narration Stage for an exchange.”
If Qiu Lingfeng tried the potion as soon as he got it, he would definitely discover its marvelous use.
“End of notice. Hunter No. 3, good luck. We look forward to your performance in the instance. We hope you grow strong and thrive!”
The broadcast ended.
Qiu Lingfeng’s expression gradually softened, and his faintly furrowed brows relaxed.
He rose from the side of the table, curled the corners of his mouth, and laughed.
“Heh… Hahaha!”
Qiu Lingkai stated, “You’ve found a solution.”
“Hahahaha!” Qiu Lingfeng looked utterly relieved.
He walked to the edge of the carpet and picked up the human skin, wiping it carefully with a pained expression.
“At least the matter with the Trembling Delight is settled.”
Qiu Lingfeng put on the skin suit, once again becoming the kindly, benevolent Qiu Dehai.
“The wording of the broadcast was a little peculiar,” he said. “It told me that this Trembling Delight is a specially formulated version, and that it can accomplish all of my objectives.”
“Tell me, how could ordinary Trembling Delight possibly accomplish all of my objectives?”
He understood. He had understood.
Zhu Yan gave Qiu Lingfeng a thumbs-up in his heart.
A clever man—he had grasped Zhu Yan’s intentions immediately!
Qiu Lingkai seemed to have understood as well.
He watched Qiu Lingfeng lower his head and carefully straighten the skin suit, his expression thoughtful.
“You mean this Trembling Delight has another function?”
Qiu Lingfeng pulled open the office door.
Fog immediately wound itself around his neck, intending to tag along and watch the fun.
“Whether it does or not, we’ll know when I get back.”
…
“Qiu Dehai” grabbed one of the bottles of Trembling Delight from the counter and examined it.
It was a pale purple potion, sparkling inside as though someone had added an entire galaxy.
“Are you sure this is merely Trembling Delight?” he asked Vine Cage Girl, wearing a kindly and deferential expression.
Vine Cage Girl held a phone in one hand and looked somewhat confused. “Of course. This is top-shelf stuff—the highest-quality Trembling Delight. You can go now.”
“Qiu Dehai” said, “Could I try some right now?”
Zhu Yan immediately became interested.
He had prepared for this move long ago. He had specifically taught Vine Cage Girl what to say to stop him.
Vine Cage Girl had an excellent memory.
It set down the phone and looked straight at “Qiu Dehai.”
“Sir, that sort of behavior is not permitted here. The Narration Stage is crowded and full of prying eyes. We cannot guarantee that you won’t be monitored by certain entities.”
“Qiu Dehai” opened his mouth, as if he wanted to ask something.
But in the end, he said nothing. He merely nodded at Vine Cage Girl, then left with the two bottles of Trembling Delight, which had been diluted with a considerable number of additives.
…
“They’re being awfully mysterious,” Qiu Lingfeng said.
The skin of Qiu Dehai was peeling away from his body, sliding down to his ankles.
He casually pulled his feet free, unscrewed one of the bottles, and took a gulp.
“It tastes pretty good,” he said. “Ahh—refreshing.”
From Fog’s perspective, Qiu Lingfeng’s appearance and build were changing rapidly.
His height suddenly shrank by two or three centimeters, while his hair stretched out like noodles.
“Qiu Lingfeng!” Qiu Lingkai cried out.
Qiu Lingfeng himself clearly didn’t feel anything unusual.
After swallowing a mouthful of Trembling Delight, his entire face flushed, and even his consciousness grew somewhat hazy.
“What are you shouting for?”
Qiu Lingkai stared at him in horror.
A few seconds later, the changes in Qiu Lingfeng finally stopped.
Qiu Lingkai raised a trembling finger and pointed at him.
“It really is… it really is…”
The expression on his face was impossible to distinguish between tears and laughter.
“It really is as if even Heaven itself wants to help us. The Qiu family was destined to establish a foothold in Frenzied Paradise!”
Qiu Lingfeng raised one hand and drunkenly slapped himself on the forehead.
“What are you talking about?”
Qiu Lingkai rushed over and grabbed Qiu Lingfeng by the shoulders.
He switched off the display lights behind the glass window, then helped the staggering Qiu Lingfeng over to the window and made him look at the clear reflection on the other side of the glass.
“Look.” Qiu Lingkai’s hands were trembling. “What has Paradise given you? Isn’t the meaning obvious?”
In the black glass, the figure standing beside Qiu Lingkai was not Qiu Lingfeng at all, but Zhu Zeyu.
“Zhu Zeyu” wore Qiu Lingfeng’s expression. The sight jolted Qiu Lingfeng fully awake.
He couldn’t help reaching out a hand and slowly stroking the glass.
The reflection of “Zhu Zeyu” reached out its own hand in exactly the same way!
“Zhu Zeyu?”
Qiu Lingfeng muttered, then threw his head back and burst into laughter.
“Hahahahaha—I knew it! I knew it!”
“It can accomplish all of my objectives! I knew this wasn’t ordinary Trembling Delight!”
He laughed so hard that he doubled over, entirely unaware that a wisp of Fog was watching the spectacle with great enjoyment.
A glimmer of tears appeared in Qiu Lingfeng’s eyes as he laughed.
He straightened up and raised a hand to wipe them away. His cheeks and the corners of his eyes were flushed with excitement.
“I knew it. That Hunter No. 1 offended a high-ranking terrifying creature in Frenzied Paradise. How could he possibly escape without paying the price?”
“The Eye of the Abyss holds both power and influence. Paradise is clearly planning to support us with this move.”
“Ah…” He turned to look at Qiu Lingkai. “Hunter No. 1… What level was he again?”
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he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
