Currently, the peaceful days are the silence before the storm.
After everyone went through Gu Yan's guidance, they all felt a sudden clarity of thought.
The Martial Arts Department has increased its defensive strength, and the various martial arts factions are once again on high alert.
However, this has brought with it a significant mental stress.
Time passes, and another half month has gone by.
Everyone has reached their limits.
At the Leng Family.
Leng Qingqiu's daily routine is quite simple.
She wakes up early, washes up, and dresses.
Then she spends her time in the study room, learning and improving herself.
However, recently, she has added one more task to her morning routine.
That is...
"Yay! (＾－＾)V! Xiao Leng, look, I've already knitted half of the scarf!"
Leng Qingqiu happily holds up the scarf. Everyday, she only needs to spend a little bit of time knitting it.
Xiao Leng remains silent for a moment.
Then she sighs and says—
【The other me, don't you think it's time to study now? You've wasted too much time on this scarf】
【I'm sure our furnace base would be happy with a store-bought one too】
However, Leng Qingqiu shakes her head upon hearing this, expressing her dissatisfaction: "Xiao Leng, you just don't understand men's hearts."
"There's a clear difference between handmade and store-bought items, and this is something you need to learn."
At this point, Leng Qingqiu puts down the scarf and walks toward another room next to the study: "Oh, by the way."
Pushing open another door, she enters.
This room seems to be a specially-modified gaming room.
One wall is covered with collectible figures, and there are two gaming desks.
Each desk has a computer on it.
Seeing Leng Qingqiu enter this room, Xiao Leng remains silent.
【........】
Leng Qingqiu walks to one of the computer desks on her own and explains: "Recently, I asked Ling'er to teach me how to use a phone and a computer, but she said there were usage marks, thinking we bought a second-hand one."
"How could that be! It must be that Ling'er doesn't know how to play with these things herself."
At this, Xiao Leng's tone becomes unnatural—
【Why do you suddenly want to learn how to use a computer and a phone?】
"Why learn this?"
Leng Qingqiu is momentarily puzzled, then she snorts, crosses her arms, and says proudly: "Because Gu Yan has been so busy recently, he hasn't had a chance to come visit me."
"So if I learn to use these internet things like phones and computers, I can chat with Gu Yan online!"
【First... you're blind... second, have you never been in contact with these before?】
At this, Leng Qingqiu feels a bit upset: "What's wrong with being blind?"
"I just think chatting through VX voice would be more convenient, and according to Ling'er, if you chat every day, you get little sparks."
"And then they keep upgrading. Don't you think that's interesting?"
"As for before..."
Leng Qingqiu coughs awkwardly, speaking in an embarrassed tone: "I've never been good with electronic products... That's why I only read Braille books."
【........】
【Leaving aside the question of why someone with your exceptionally high intelligence would be such an electronics idiot, why do you care about getting little sparks with that furnace base?】
【You can't even see them.】
"So what if I'm blind!"
"I can't see them, but Gu Yan can! If he sees the sparks, sees my messages, he'll definitely be happy!"
"And if he's happy! Doesn't that mean he'll like me more! And the more he likes me, the more he'll submit to me and become my personal slave!"
Leng Qingqiu's face flushes as she defends herself, seemingly unaware that her reasoning sounds rather abnormal.
Xiao Leng surprisingly doesn't agree with Leng Qingqiu's words this time, not sure if she's seen the light or something.
She just slowly says
【The other me, if you continue like this, you're definitely going to regret it】
"?"
Leng Qingqiu slowly types a question mark. Why won't you listen when I'm talking to you?
Why do you have to say such unlucky things to me?
Leng Qingqiu becomes annoyed: "I don't need you to care! Xiao Leng, you don't understand anything!"
【The other me, it's because I understand too much, because you are me, and I am you...】
【Admit it...】
【Gu Yan not being around these days, haven't you noticed anything unusual about yourself?】
Leng Qingqiu is puzzled: "Unusual? What?"
【You've become... cuter, and your body temperature has risen, which are characteristics that shouldn't appear in the Night King】
Leng Qingqiu's face turns red at once, clearly not expecting Xiao Leng to say such a thing.
She cups her face with both hands, speaking incoherently: "Cute..? What are you talking about? And body temperature?"
As she speaks, Leng Qingqiu pauses, suddenly feeling her cheeks getting warm.
It seems that... her body temperature has indeed been rising lately?
"Xiao Leng? What's going on?"
Leng Qingqiu is confused.
【Cold, cruel, and unpredictable are the basic characteristics of the Night King】
【However, at certain times of the year, or when something affects the state of mind, the Night King will enter a special period】
【This is a period where the Night King becomes weak-willed... but your mental strength hasn't decreased at all, and has instead grown stronger due to mutual supplementation with the furnace base...】
【Therefore, you're probably in a variant stage of the decline period, considering your recent state...】
【Combined with the changes in the human body structure and the season...】
【I guess...you're probably... in heat】
【The other me, considering the agitation of the dagger before, you really are...】
Before she can finish,
Leng Qingqiu shouts in embarrassment: "In heat, what in heat! You're the one in heat! Xiao Leng, shut up!"
"Stop talking! If I ask you, it's all in vain! Just shut up!"
Leng Qingqiu feels ashamed, her chest rising and falling. Who can understand this! How can Xiao Leng say such filthy things so calmly??
And! It sounds like she's been yearning for Gu Yan all day! Too infuriating!
This makes her sound like a... well... to borrow Gu Yan's previous words.
A... hussy...
At this moment.
She suddenly feels a little dizzy.
Her body also starts to feel hot.
But she doesn't pay it any mind, just shakes her head: "Xiao Leng, I'm going to continue studying now. Anyway, you don't understand anything!"
With that, she starts fiddling with the computer.
If she can learn this, she not only can chat more closely with Gu Yan, but also learn all kinds of knowledge on the internet!
world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...
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.”
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
] [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!"
