A familiar wooden cabin.
The candlelight flickered gently, casting a warm and cozy glow.
Zhong Yi picked up the cup of goat milk and drained it in one gulp.
With a *swish*, the bedroom door was pushed open, and Su Di'er walked out wearing a brand-new Fairy Skirt.
The young girl looked timid. She had applied carefully selected rouge to her face, and her short black hair scattered over her forehead.
This was the gift Zhong Yi had chosen for Su Di'er not long ago.
That day, they had left the previous inn in a sorry state, so Su Di'er hadn't opened it until now. He hadn't expected her to wear it at this moment.
Su Di'er was a natural beauty.
Dressed up specifically for this moment, her features looked as if they had bloomed early, leaving Zhong Yi somewhat dazed.
"Li Ang."
Su Di'er tilted her head and pointed at her clothes.
"Do you like it?"
Zhong Yi's face turned beet red. He grabbed the goat milk and gulped it down loudly, nodding indistinctly.
The girl smiled. "Then say it out loud."
"I like it."
Zhong Yi opened his mouth, sounding a bit wooden.
At this moment, he couldn't distinguish whether it was Li Ang from the plot speaking, or himself.
He shook his head, feeling his mouth and tongue go dry.
"Are... are you thirsty?"
Su Di'er smiled mischievously and refilled Zhong Yi's cup.
Zhong Yi said nothing, simply grabbing the cup and pouring it into his mouth.
In the original movie from Lu Ze's past life, the heroine Mathilda made no secret of her love for Léon, even boldly confessing it in this scene.
After all, the dress the original Léon chose for Mathilda was a mature, sexy, low-cut dress.
But in this illusion world with its high degree of freedom, the clothes players gave Su Di'er varied, influencing the future direction to some extent.
In this plot node, every player's Su Di'er was wearing the gift personally chosen by that player.
Mu Yawen's Illusion World.
"Does it look good?"
Su Di'er struggled to lift her arm, showing off the outfit.
Mu Yawen looked her up and down and gave a simple, honest smile. "Sharp."
Hearing Mu Yawen's answer, Su Di'er wiped the sweat from her forehead and beamed happily.
This was an armored suit Mu Yawen had specially selected for Su Di'er, weighted with tens of kilograms of special materials inside.
Mu Yawen smiled and patted Su Di'er's head. "Once you can walk freely in this, your cultivation realm will reach the next level~"
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Zhou Yue's Illusion World.
"This... must be very expensive, right?"
Su Di'er held her skirt hem carefully, afraid the corners would touch the ground and get dirty.
This gorgeous official fairy robe was visibly expensive in both material and jewelry.
"Expensive? Not at all! Your master got lucky and won it at the card table!"
Zhou Yue rubbed his nose proudly.
The girl couldn't help but tease, "Li Ang, it's impossible for you to win anything at a card table... Your lying skills are as bad as your card skills!"
"Uh... I remembered wrong. I won it playing ring toss at a night market stall."
Exposed, Zhou Yue blushed and quickly changed his excuse.
The gift he bought for Su Di'er was the most expensive item in the shop.
It was only because Zhou Yue was a hardcore grinder, completing every task with high scores, that he could scrape together this much money.
He had spent his entire fortune, but seeing Su Di'er wearing it now, his heart felt sweet.
For him, money could always be earned later.
Even if he learned fewer skills in the illusion, he could make up for it with technique. It wasn't an issue at all.
"Tch, I knew you were lying..."
Su Di'er pouted. She naturally knew a street vendor wouldn't have such a precious gift.
She looked at Zhou Yue, light dancing in her eyes. "If only you were my brother..."
Zhou Yue's expression changed drastically, and he shook his head with a firm gaze. "You absolutely cannot be my sister!"
The thought of Su Di'er becoming like Zhou Qiaoling gave him a headache.
Hearing this, a blush rose on the girl's cheeks. "Li Ang, do you mean...?"
Zhou Yue blinked, not reacting immediately.
Meanwhile, in his livestream chat, the barrage of comments had already started jeering.
[Su Di'er: I treat you as a brother, but you want to hit on me?]
[Oh no, the plot is getting weird.]
[Every single True Disciple of the Spirit Sky Sect is a blockhead???]
[Spirit Sky Sect? More like the Heartless Sect!]
...
Under the teasing of the bullet comments, Zhou Yue finally realized what was happening and waved his hands. "No, no, no, that's not what I meant, I..."
"Actually, it's okay if you did mean that."
"I didn't..."
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Zhou Qiaoling's Illusion World.
Su Di'er was wearing a magnificent red bridal gown, complete with a veil, looking exquisitely dressed.
"Does it look good?"
A faint blush hovered on Su Di'er's face.
"It looks great!"
Zhou Qiaoling looked her up and down, giggling as she gave her approval.
Back when she bought the gift, she had spent a huge sum on this item, which had genuinely shocked the onlookers in her livestream.
This was completely different from the usually stingy Little Zhou!
"Fellow Daoists, this is called saving where you can and spending where you should... keep the kid happy, and she'll earn me even more later!"
Zhou Qiaoling whispered a defense against the doubts in the bullet comments.
In the illusion world, she had unlocked a long-term hidden storyline, leading Su Di'er to control a whole street of beggars.
Now, she acted very much like the leader of the Beggar Sect.
Zhou Qiaoling was the Gang Leader, and Su Di'er was the Deputy Leader.
"Li Ang, do you... want me to marry you?"
Su Di'er looked at Zhou Qiaoling with total seriousness.
"Pfft—!!"
Zhou Qiaoling sprayed the goat milk right out of her mouth.
She had only bought this outfit for Su Di'er because she thought it would look good on her.
Though, thinking about snuggling with a quirky, beautiful girl every day didn't seem too bad?
"Uh, that actually seems..."
Just as she was about to agree, a mysterious force quickly silenced her.
Her Behavior Score plummeted; clearly, "Li Ang" was trying hard to prevent this from happening.
Frightened, Zhou Qiaoling quickly changed her tune. "Su Di'er, you're still young, let's talk about this later..."
The girl opposite her, however, had a determined gaze. "No, Li Ang, I've already fallen in love with you."
"Su Di'er..."
Zhou Qiaoling sighed, trying to salvage her Behavior Score.
"It looks like we'll have to establish a new gang rule: no dating allowed within the gang."
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Li Meran's Illusion World.
Looking at the elegant yet dignified pale blue gauze dress on the girl, the usually cold and indifferent Li Meran revealed a rare, satisfied smile.
She had picked a gauze dress from a shop and then went to a tailor to have it modified and custom-made.
The prototype was the "Fragrant Snow Water Orchid" skin from *Naraka: Bladepoint*.
"This style is so beautiful, I've never seen it in the city... Who designed it?"
Su Di'er spun around happily in circles.
Li Meran took a tiny sip of goat milk. "An old friend."
"If one day I could wear this outfit and dance with a sword like the sword immortals the storytellers talk about... Whoa, that would be so cool!"
Su Di'er couldn't help but fall into a fantasy.
Li Moran pinched the young girl's cheek. "That day will come."
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."
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
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.
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
