"Something feels... hehe, a bit off about today's atmosphere, doesn't it?" During breakfast, Luo Xi seemed to sense something unusual and glanced at the people around the table.
Bai Qianshuang remained silent, quietly eating her rice, but the aura she unintentionally emitted made the surrounding air feel almost frozen.
Ye Chuan didn’t speak either, occasionally smiling as he served dishes to everyone.
As for Lan Xiaoke, she just looked utterly innocent—after all, she had been peacefully asleep until now.
"What’s up with you guys?" Luo Xi asked when no one answered, finally turning to Bai Qianshuang. "Qianshuang, care to explain?"
"Nothing." Bai Qianshuang continued eating without raising her head.
"Oh?" Luo Xi shifted her gaze to Ye Chuan. "What did you do to Qianshuang?"
"Nothing at all." Ye Chuan chuckled.
Luo Xi then looked at Lan Xiaoke but quickly dismissed the idea—it probably had nothing to do with her, given how airheaded she was every day.
"I feel like you’re all hiding something." Luo Xi tilted her head, tapping her chin thoughtfully.
"Aren’t we going to the beach today? Shouldn’t we be in a better mood?" she said to Bai Qianshuang.
"It’s fine." Bai Qianshuang’s expression remained unreadable, though whether her inner emotions matched her calm exterior was anyone’s guess.
Just as breakfast ended, Ye Chuan received a message from Wang Yanran.
Wang Yanran: Good morning, Ye Chuan. Have you eaten? What time are we heading to the beach?
Ye Chuan: Yeah, just finished. Send the driver over.
Wang Yanran: Got it.
Ding-dong. The moment the message arrived, the doorbell rang. Ye Chuan didn’t seem surprised, even though he hadn’t used his spiritual sense to check.
Opening the door, he found Wang Yanran standing outside in casual attire, smiling brightly. "Morning."
"Judging by your outfit, you’re coming with us?" Ye Chuan asked.
"Yep, is that okay?"
"You’re already wearing a swimsuit underneath—how could I say no?" Ye Chuan glanced at her outfit, his spiritual sense easily piercing through to see the red-striped swimsuit beneath.
"Huh?"
"Miss Yanran, have you had breakfast yet?" Suddenly, a fair arm wrapped around Ye Chuan’s neck as Luo Xi popped her head over his shoulder, grinning.
"I have."
"Great! Then we should get going, right?"
"Yeah, everyone grab your swimsuits," Ye Chuan said. "Oh, and call Ke Ning out."
As the group started preparing, Bai Qianshuang’s eyes flickered briefly.
"I think I’ll stay behind."
She turned as if to return to her room to cultivate.
"Aw, come on! Everyone’s going. What’s up, Qianshuang? Join us!" Before she could finish, Luo Xi grabbed her arm.
"Let’s go, let’s go! You look adorable in a swimsuit."
Bai Qianshuang hesitated but didn’t pull away.
Half-resisting, she eventually packed her swimsuit into her storage ring and followed along.
"I’m kinda sleepy… yawn." Ke Ning emerged still dressed in her usual white lab coat, though compared to yesterday, she looked utterly exhausted.
Lan Xiaoke blinked curiously. "Ke Ning, didn’t you sleep well?"
"Well… my body’s full, but my spirit isn’t." Ke Ning yawned again, offering a simple explanation.
"Aren’t you changing into outdoor clothes?" Ye Chuan asked.
"This is my outdoor outfit. It’s different from what I usually wear." Ke Ning gestured to her lab coat.
Ye Chuan scanned her up and down but couldn’t spot any difference.
"What’s different?"
"The hem is one centimeter shorter." Ke Ning adjusted her glasses.
"That counts as a difference?!"
"If an experiment’s margin of error exceeds one centimeter, a 99.99% drop in success rate wouldn’t be surprising."
"..." Ye Chuan had no retort. "Just get in the car."
"Okay."
Ke Ning immediately dozed off in the car, her head plopping unceremoniously onto Lan Xiaoke’s chest. The latter blinked but didn’t complain.
Wang Yanran took the wheel while Ye Chuan sat in the passenger seat.
"Ye Chuan..." Wang Yanran seemed about to discuss something important but paused when her gaze landed on the girls behind him.
"It’s fine. Say what you need to," Ye Chuan assured her.
"Alright." With his permission, she began,
"About the [Players]—we’ve interrogated that girl and learned a lot."
"They come from another world very similar to ours, with modern technology and even comparable history, except familiar historical figures have different names."
"One day, a small group of them were suddenly transported to a [Dungeon World]."
"As [Players], they must keep clearing dungeons to survive. Each successful run grants them a safe zone—the harder the dungeon, the better the rewards, and the more comfortable life in the safe zone becomes. Some even get to return to their own world."
"Ye Chuan, is this how you understand [Players]?" Wang Yanran seemed ready to repeat herself in case he hadn’t followed.
"Yeah, no need." The information matched what Ye Chuan already knew.
After all, that coward Tian Xiaogua had once cost him hundreds of millions in mosquito coins—a grudge he still held.
Who knew if that guy was even alive anymore? Probably died in some dungeon.
"That girl said the dungeon they chose—our world—is a low-difficulty, welfare-level one. They didn’t even need weapons; it would auto-clear when the time came," Wang Yanran added.
Heh. Ye Chuan smirked. If he hadn’t shown up, that might’ve been true.
Cackle cackle~
"That’s all the intel we have for now," she concluded.
"Got it." None of this was news to him. After a brief acknowledgment, he shifted topics. "How’s the pharmaceutical company?"
"Progressing steadily."
"Good."
Behind them, Luo Xi and the others listened with nothing but question marks in their heads.
Players? Dungeons?
Is this some kind of game?
"I don’t understand a word of what you’re talking about," Lan Xiaoke chimed in.
"Kids shouldn’t ask too many questions."
"Who’s a kid?!" Lan Xiaoke widened her eyes indignantly.
...
The car soon arrived at the seaside, where a yacht was docked.
"We’ll take that yacht. It’ll take about two hours to reach the island," Wang Yanran said.
"Two hours? Isn’t that too long?" Ye Chuan asked.
"Well, we could use a helicopter, but the winds are pretty strong right now..." She hesitated.
"No worries. I’ve got a better solution." Ye Chuan waved his hand, and a massive flying vessel materialized out of thin air.
Wang Yanran stared up at the looming, shadowy behemoth: "?"
Wait, what is this?!
g Yu was preparing for retirement when her organization decided to eliminate her. She transmigrated to a zombie apocalypse world. However, a tiny unexpected situation occurred: She somehow transformed into an adorable little girl?!
th】 【No prior gaming knowledge required】【The First Cultivation + Game Design Novel on the Platform】 In a world where the righteous path dominates and crushes the demonic sects, Lu Ze unlocks the "Son of the Demon Path" system. Killing righteous cultivators now grants him power-ups. Wait—deaths in illusions count too? As a former game designer, Lu Ze decides to give the cultivators of this world a little—no, a massive—shock... Sect Elders: "What is this 'Escape from the Demon Sect' game? Why have all our disciples abandoned cultivation to play it??" Elite Disciples: "You're saying... mastering 'Demon Slayer' can help us counter demonic schemes?" Reclusive Masters: "Why did I leave seclusion? Ask that backstabbing rat who ambushed me in 'Eternal Strife' yesterday!" Rogue Cultivators & Civilians: "'Immortal Abyss Action' is addictive! You can even earn spirit stones by loot-running..." Sect Prodigy: "My Dao heart is unshakable... except for that cursed black hammer." Royal Scions: "Can skins have stat boosts? I’ll pay 10,000 spirit stones for one!!" Sect Leader: "WHO IS CORRUPTING MY DISCIPLES?!!!"
u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
reezy rom-com) Good news: Jiang Liu is quite the ladies' man. Bad news: He’s lost his memory. Lying in a hospital bed, Jiang Liu listens to a parade of goddesses spouting "absurd claims," feeling like the world is one giant game of Werewolf. "Jiang Liu, I’m your first love." "Jiang Liu, you’re my boyfriend—she’s your ex." "Jiang Liu, we’re close friends who’ve shared a bed, remember?" "Jiang Liu, I want to have your baby." The now-lucid Jiang Liu is convinced this must be some elaborate scam... until someone drops the bombshell: "The day before you lost your memory, you confessed your feelings—and got into a relationship." Jiang Liu is utterly baffled. So... who the hell is his actual girlfriend?! ... Before recovering his memories, Jiang Liu must navigate this minefield of lies and sincerity, fighting to protect himself from these women’s schemes. But things spiral even further out of control as more people show up at his doorstep—each with increasingly unhinged antics. On the bright side, the memories he lost due to overwhelming trauma seem to be resurfacing. Great news, right? So why are they all panicking now?
