The principal turned and walked away, as if having made some resolute decision.
Or perhaps, it seemed like he was giving Ye Chuan’s little sister some face—though Ye Chuan didn’t understand why, he wasn’t in the mood to fight the principal right now.
After all, the man appeared to be at least boss-level. Without knowing his true strength and without securing the rewards he wanted, starting a fight wouldn’t be wise.
What if the rewards vanished?
"Brother." Seeing Ye Chuan about to enter the changing room, his sister quickly reached out and grabbed his arm—her grip was surprisingly strong, like an ox’s, holding him firmly in place.
Ye Chuan glanced at her in confusion.
"Don’t go… You want to go to the basement, right?" his sister whispered. "It’s…"
"Scary."
"Don’t."
"Please don’t." Her voice trembled with pleading.
Ye Chuan paused, studying her closely. Her lips were pressed thin, her long lashes quivering with unshed tears, as if terrified of him stepping inside.
"Why?"
"Just this one thing, please, brother." She seemed unwilling to explain, stubbornly tugging at him. "Okay?"
"I…" Ye Chuan had half a mind to shake her off, but for some reason, he stopped. Scratching his cheek, he relented.
"Fine."
The moment he agreed, his sister’s face lit up with a bright, adorable smile. She happily clung to his arm. "Let’s go back."
"…" Ye Chuan responded nonchalantly.
So, the basement really held something extraordinary—likely the biggest secret of this Mute Academy. But his sister’s actions didn’t seem malicious.
Meaning, he just hadn’t met the conditions to enter yet?
"…" His thoughts drifted to the other restricted area—the laboratory.
Peering through his magic glasses, the ground below was shrouded in an impenetrable red haze, as if blocked by something.
In that case, he’d explore elsewhere first.
Ye Chuan planned to return later, though it was clear the principal would likely reappear if he got too close again.
After following his sister back to the school building, she returned to her classroom.
Ye Chuan lingered in the hallway, intending to locate the lab, when the sound of frantic footsteps and a struggle caught his attention. He raised an eyebrow.
Two players were being chased by a monster, their faces pale with terror and frustration.
"Dammit! This stupid dungeon!"
"Why does bumping into a teacher at a corner trigger a rule violation?!" Tian Xiaotian thought this world was horrifying—even the smallest mistake could spell doom.
Earlier, she and Zhang Ya had accidentally collided with a teacher in the hallway, only for them to transform into a monster hellbent on hunting them down.
Worse, Tian Xiaotian was certain the teacher had deliberately stepped into their path with an armful of files—like some kind of scam!
"Don’t run!" The monstrous teacher shrieked. "No shouting in the halls! Won’t you apologize for bumping into me?!"
"Stop! Come to the office for disciplinary action!"
No way were they stopping. Thankfully, the creature was slow, struggling to keep up.
"Xiaotian, look ahead!" Zhang Ya shouted.
Tian Xiaotian glanced up and spotted Ye Chuan standing in the corridor. Instinctively, she blurted out, "B-Big Boss?!"
The moment the words left her mouth, she regretted it.
This guy clearly wasn’t the legendary player she knew—just another monster, right?
She wasn’t sure if her outburst would trigger anything, but right now, running was their only option.
"Hm?" Ye Chuan froze at the oddly familiar yet unfamiliar address. He stared at Tian Xiaotian, momentarily stunned.
Her face overlapped with the image of that cowardly little girl from his memories.
"Gold Bar?" Ye Chuan rubbed his chin, testing the name.
"B-Big Boss?"
"Eh?"
"Eh?"
"Eh? ↗"
"Eh?! ↘"
"BIG BOSS, SAVE ME!!!!!" Tian Xiaotian screamed at the top of her lungs.
The monster lunged—but in the next instant, Ye Chuan moved.
A single step forward, a flick of his wrist, and a spiritual sword materialized in his grip. A cold gleam flashed as the blade sliced through the air, cleanly bisecting the creature mid-charge.
The monster collapsed, dissolving into an unidentifiable liquid, leaving only an empty husk behind.
"Swords work fine too." Ye Chuan sheathed the blade. Without spiritual energy to empower it, the weapon couldn’t perform flashy techniques like flying or raining down swords, but its sheer sharpness made short work of low-tier monsters.
Seeing the familiar spiritual sword, Tian Xiaotian’s eyes welled up. She dropped to her knees and clung to Ye Chuan’s leg, sobbing.
"BIG BOSS!!! I’ve missed you so much!!! Every time I enter a dungeon, I pray to meet you again!"
Ye Chuan grimaced as snot smeared across his pants. "You… Tian Little Melon?"
"Boss, I’m Tian Xiaotian, wuwuwu—no, Melon’s fine! Just save me!"
Ye Chuan glanced at the other girl, Zhang Ya, who looked utterly bewildered. Clearly, she’d never seen the usually tough and aloof Tian Xiaotian act so pathetically—clinging to a man’s leg and begging for help.
"How’d you grow up so fast?" Ye Chuan asked.
"I—I grew up normally?" Tian Xiaotian sniffled, wiping her face.
Ye Chuan eyed her melons. Were they ripe?
"It hasn’t even been half a year since we last met," he said.
Did she take some kind of growth serum?
"Half a year? Boss… it’s been ten years."
"Ten?"
"Yeah."
"I see…" Ye Chuan wasn’t surprised. Given they were from different worlds, differing time flows weren’t unusual. After hopping across so many realms, he’d long since stopped questioning such things.
Noticing their injuries—clothes stained with blood—he tossed them some healing pills.
"This…" Zhang Ya hesitated, eyeing the medicine. Weren’t items disabled in this dungeon? How did he produce these?
Unlike her, Tian Xiaotian swallowed the pill without hesitation. Instantly, her wounds stopped aching.
"Boss! I always carry gold bars, but this dungeon blocks items…"
"Enough." Ye Chuan waved her off. "Consider this a chance encounter. Pay me back next time."
"Deal!" Tian Xiaotian nodded eagerly.
A next time meant she’d survive this nightmare.
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
Explosive Plot Song Gua crossed over into another world, bringing along a whole crew of his doppelgangers—all of them mischief-makers. This was a world where everyone could choose a class. Song Gua became a "Bondweaver," capable of borrowing power, while his doppelgangers took on a wide variety of classes, covering just about everything. The number of doppelgangers grew day by day, each one a talented individual with a charming way of speaking. Under Song Gua's brilliant leadership, they would "greet" each other daily and engage in friendly "sparring," pulling off one major scheme after another on Earth. Sometimes they were bandits—stealing bosses, plundering mines, snatching resources. Sometimes they were saviors—descending like divine warriors to face world bosses threatening to massacre cities. Sometimes they even went undercover, infiltrating various major factions to stir up trouble from within, keeping their enemies constantly on edge. To prevent their doppelganger abilities from being exposed, Song Gua made them wear masks with mahjong tile patterns and don Taoist robes in various colors. "Remember, in front of outsiders, call me 'The Dice.'" "Got it! Boss!" "Not 'Boss'—it's 'The Dice.' Think about the vibe, pay attention to the vibe." "Yes! Boss!" "For crying out loud..." From then on, whenever they appeared, they would have their own theme song playing: ~Hey~ paying respects at the mountain stronghold at night~ whose arm is draped over whose shoulder~ gather your courage and follow along...
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
