The exquisite face of an oriental beauty, paired with the goose-yellow hair of a Western girl. Even the eyelashes and eyeballs were vividly lifelike. Squeezing the cheeks, the texture was 90% similar to real skin. Prying open the little mouth, the baked ceramic teeth and silicone tongue were scarcely different from a real person's.
The key was that her skin would never tan!
At this moment, she was curled up in a cardboard box, evoking a feeling of affection.
In an instant, a strange sense of crisis arose in the girls.
Ning Shu nodded: "Realistic, truly too realistic!"
Lu Zhe said: "Finding an abandoned corpse of a young girl out of the blue."
Jiang Yao lamented: "High-end materials, exquisite workmanship, a set wouldn't be less than 20,000-30,000 yuan!"
Lin Qianqian said: "The details are well done. It definitely wouldn't be cheap."
Tang Xiaoguo's thoughts were rather peculiar: "It seems running a brick-and-mortar clothing store really is difficult nowadays, even the models are so competitive."
Ning Shu was puzzled: "Are you sure this is used as a display model for clothing?!"
"What else?"
Ning Shu smiled: "I feel like this is the kind of weird thing only bored guys would buy!"
Shen Bing nodded: "I really didn't expect dolls to be exported."
Lu Zhe said: "It's normal too. Asia is the global leader in manufacturing dolls like these. Though our neighbour led the trend in the past, it seems our technology is catching up!"
Jiang Yao asked in puzzlement: "Lu Zhe, how do you know so much about this stuff?"
Ning Shu also frowned: "Yeah, why would you know about something so random?"
Lu Zhe smiled: "I don't actually know that much! I have a roommate who is a confirmed bachelor. His dream is to marry a doll - no shopping, no bickering, no need to prepare gifts for every holiday. She wouldn't disturb him when he plays games, and he could save more money for the bride price!"
Tang Xiaoguo said: "Hmm, that person wouldn't happen to be you, would it?"
Lu Zhe shook his head: "Of course not, I'm very traditional! That guy is an international student from a neighbouring country!"
Ning Shu nodded: "Neighbouring country? Hmph, no wonder then."
They took the doll out, completely naked.
"Eek, cover her up quick, too embarrassing!"
The girls hastily covered the important parts with rags.
Just then, Jiang Yao discovered something new. "There are several big and small boxes here."
"Accessories?"
Opening them up, there were several bottles of silicone protectants, fine brushes for orifices, special towels, and even a maid outfit.
Thanks to the multiple layers of protection and decent material quality, although the clothes were also drenched, there were no signs of damage.
Ning Shu said: "We can wear the clothes!"
Imagining Ning Shu wearing a maid outfit, Lu Zhe nodded: "I'm oddly a little expectant!"
"Don't be naughty!"
Jiang Yao pointed at the doll and said: "But what should we do about this thing?"
Not just the girls, even Lu Zhe was at a loss!
In theory, any modern item, whether fabric or mechanical, would be tremendously helpful for survival. But what use was this silicone doll?
Hugging it to sleep?
With five gorgeous beauties around, who would bother hugging this thing?
Then...just throw it away?
Too wasteful!
Take it apart?
Remove the carbon fiber skeleton, collect the silicone?
What use would that be?
It would take great effort just to obtain materials without unique value.
Suddenly, Lu Zhe thought of a use!
A scarecrow!
Mm, it could be placed in the fields to scare birds away.
In the end, it was definitely better than sticking a skeleton in the fields.
Placing it at camp could also make some animals think there were people around.
That was about all the uses he could think of now.
"Let's take it back!"
"Ah, Lu Zhe, you're really planning to use it?!"
"I'm going to use it, but not for anything weird. Just as a scarecrow!"
"Really?" The girls seemed a bit skeptical!
"What else could I do? Keep watch over you five, then go play with a silicone doll myself? I'd have to be crazy to do that!"
Hearing Lu Zhe say this, the girls looked at each other, all feeling he made some sense!
Checking the time, it was past 5 pm already. By the time they returned to the coral reef, it would be 6 pm.
The water level had receded, exposing more reef rocks.
They could proceed to the second step now - building the main frame of the offshore cottage.
Lu Zhe dragged the raft ashore, confirming the highest tide line, then looking for suitable pile driving spots. Unable to dig too deep here, they could either drive the bamboo piles into rock crevices or sand.
Once several bamboo stakes were secured, the rest would be easy.
Stringing rope to lay crossbeams, they could even drill holes to prevent slipping.
In a few hours until noon, the spare bamboo was used up, but the bamboo frame was done.
Without a raised "floor" yet, they couldn't store goods for now, but they could improve it into a proper bamboo hut next time.
Everyone was drenched in sweat from the hard work.
As expected, water consumption soared several times higher with intense labour in the sweltering heat.
Seeing their fresh water reserves running low, it was time to head back!
Lu Zhe stowed the sail, letting the raft drift along the currents. Whenever it deviated from the volcanic island, he manually paddled to steer it back on course.
Around 4 pm, the six successfully arrived at the volcanic island's Moon Bay.
Lu Zhe dragged the raft ashore.
200 meters uphill was their camp.
Just then, Lu Zhe's ears twitched as he keenly perceived the chirping sounds.
No doubt, there were intruders again.
The camp already had ample shade and water sources thanks to Lu Zhe's modifications!
Clearly, it was being coveted by other creatures.
"You guys stay here first. I'll go take a look!"
"Let's just all go over together?"
"I'm worried there are intruders at the camp. Better safe than sorry."
"How could that be? Didn't you set chili peppers around several spots?"
Indeed, Lu Zhe had laid devil's pepper traps before leaving.
But not every single spot!
Like the mountain stream!
The scorching weather emboldened the island's creatures to venture out seeking water sources.
With crocodiles, pythons and other predators at Mirror Lake, and komodo dragons in the wetlands, even monkey troops would battle fiercely over water sources and territory.
"Anyway, let me go scout ahead first. Better safe than sorry."
Shen Bing said: "I'll go with you!"
She passed a pistol to Lu Zhe, smiling slyly: "I'll teach you how to shoot too!"
Lu Zhe gently pushed the gun away, sighing softly: "Violence doesn't solve every problem! For issues that can be resolved peacefully, it's best to be gentle and respect nature - say no to violence!"
Shen Bing was taken aback: "You're quite the merciful one?"
Lu Zhe nodded: "I sure am!"
Saying so, Lu Zhe fished out two bottles of wine from his bag, straightened his clothes and headed towards the camp.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
