Lin Ran pretended to look worried. "Seems like we're trapped here."
Luo Yao looked up into Lin Ran's eyes. "Are you scared, Ah Ran?"
"With Yao Yao by my side, I wouldn't fear even mountains of blades or seas of fire."
[Damn, why is it Lin Ran? And... this is brutal, meow meow meow! You guys are really chasing me down to kill me, meow meow meow!]
Lin Ran only heard Little Black's voice but couldn't see where it was coming from. He glanced around the space and noticed a statue standing there.
Lin Ran's eyes widened.
This was beyond absurd.
He recognized it instantly—it was a statue of Little Black.
Something was wrong. Very wrong.
"What's the matter?" Luo Yao asked, noticing Lin Ran's strange behavior.
Lin Ran's voice trembled with shock. "Tell me, what exactly is the treasure of your Luo family?"
Luo Yao also spotted the statue. It felt familiar, but she couldn't place where she'd seen it before.
"Maybe it has something to do with this statue."
She had a strong feeling that she shared a deep connection with the owner of this statue—as if all the happiness she had now was tied to it.
"Could it be... the Luo family's treasure is just a cat?" Luo Yao murmured.
Suddenly, the walls rumbled violently again, causing Luo Yao and Lin Ran to stagger.
[Little Black: Damn, why is it shaking again? Guess we really shouldn’t open doors carelessly. Every time we do, destruction follows.]
[Lin Ran: Stop hiding. Get out here and tell me how to leave.]
[Little Black: No way! Luo Yao’s with you—she’ll slaughter me, meow meow meow! She’s ruthless!]
Lin Ran was speechless. His little demon had clearly traumatized Little Black beyond repair.
[Lin Ran: I swear on my father’s life—if Luo Yao harms you, Lin Tianba will never leave prison.]
[Little Black: ...]
The ground shook again, tilting Lin Ran and Luo Yao violently. Then—
Little Black’s statue collapsed, sliding straight toward Luo Yao.
The statue wasn’t enormous, but it was heavy enough that the momentum alone could seriously injure someone.
"Watch out!"
Lin Ran yanked Luo Yao aside just as a flash of white light blinded them.
When Lin Ran opened his eyes, he was stunned.
Where was this?
He tried to sit up but winced from the sharp pain in his chest—probably from being hit by the statue.
[Little Black: Meow meow meow, Lin Ran, you’re unbelievable. Always making trouble for me.]
Lin Ran sat up and looked around. The place felt familiar.
Then it hit him. He glanced at the bed—Little Black was perched in front of him, staring with resentful eyes.
[Lin Ran: Where is this? Where’s Luo Yao?]
[Little Black: Luo Yao, Luo Yao—is that all you care about? Do you even realize you almost died?]
[Lin Ran: I asked you, where’s Luo Yao?]
[Little Black: Fine, fine. Luo Yao’s safe, okay? You saved her, but you got hurt. Right now, you’re lying in a hospital.]
Lin Ran’s face darkened. [This is a hospital? This is clearly my dorm.]
Little Black nimbly leaped off the bed. [Congratulations, you’re right! Since we’re here, might as well settle in, my dear Lin Ran.]
[Lin Ran: So… we time-traveled?]
The realization froze him. He had promised Luo Yao he’d never disappear in front of her again.
[Lin Ran: What the hell did you do? Why time-travel? Do you have any idea I promised Yao Yao I wouldn’t vanish like this?]
Little Black smirked in an eerily human way. [You underestimate me. Relax—traveling backward creates the illusion of disappearing, but we went forward. No visual effects.]
Lin Ran calmed slightly but then remembered something. "My injuries?"
[Little Black: Don’t worry. Even though we came in a hurry, I healed most of your wounds. You’ll just feel some pain now. But honestly, this is your fault for barging in without giving me time to prepare.]
Lin Ran scoffed. Seriously? Now it’s my fault?
"Then let’s go back now."
[Little Black: If we go back now, you’ll still be unconscious. You’re badly hurt—might as well stay here for a couple of days.]
Lin Ran gave it a look of utter disbelief. "Then why not send me back after I’ve recovered?"
[Little Black: ...Well… I could. But since we’re already here, are you sure you want to leave? Even if we go back, what happened still happened. Luo Yao won’t forget you got hurt.]
Lin Ran fell silent. Little Black had a point. As he took in the familiar dorm, another thought struck him.
[Your powers improved? I thought we could only stay for twelve hours at a time.]
[Little Black: You should thank your lucky stars you passed out in my home. My abilities are stronger there.]
Mention of Little Black’s home made Lin Ran thoughtful again.
[Lin Ran: Will you tell me now?]
[Little Black: Tell you what?]
[Lin Ran: Your goal. And your connection to Luo Yao. Why is your home in the Luo family’s dragon vein?]
Little Black hesitated, its eyes flickering with something unreadable.
[Lin Ran, I need to ask you a favor. When you go back, can you beg Luo Yao to leave the dragon vein untouched? It’s crucial for me—I can’t survive without a home.]
Lin Ran felt like he almost understood, but not quite.
Little Black continued: [As for the answers you want… I’ll show you. But words won’t do it justice. Once we return, I’ll let you see my past. Deal?]
Lin Ran took a deep breath and nodded.
He was worried about Luo Yao. And his injuries.
[Relax. When we go back, I’ll set the time right when you wake up. Pain-free and fresh as a daisy.]
[Lin Ran: Gee, thanks.]
From their conversation, Lin Ran learned this was his freshman year of college.
Freshman year?
He checked the date—September 10th.
Then it clicked. He stood up, testing his movements. His chest still ached, but he could function.
Lin Ran opened Wu Zhishang’s closet and rummaged inside.
[Little Black: What are you looking for? I didn’t bring you back to steal.]
"Found it." Lin Ran pulled out a backpack, grabbed Little Black, and stuffed it inside.
[Little Black: Rude as hell—]
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
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...
