CH 13.3

The surrounding scene changed quickly, and the night sky turned into day.

They saw a flustered woman hurriedly boarding a boat. What the woman didn’t notice was that an old woman was quietly following her.

Ten minutes later, the boat reached the middle of the river.

After a few more minutes, a heated argument broke out on the boat and Huang Youcheng’s vicious curses reached the ears of the crowd.

Huang Youcheng: “You bastard, if I hadn’t given you food, would you still be alive now? You two adulterers!”

Huang Youcheng: “Don’t think that killing me will make you feel better. I curse you, for generations to come, men will be slaves and daughters will be prostitutes!”

Sang Bao’er: “I have done wrong once and I can’t do it again. I married Huang Youcheng so I have become a member of the Huang family. I will also die as a member of the Huang family. Since he has died, I will accompany him.”

Sang Bao’er: “Huang Youcheng has done nothing wrong to me, but everyone in the River God Village has wronged me. It’s not the food they eat, it’s my meat! It’s not money they spend, it’s my life! I hate you all! I curse all of the River God Village to be imprisoned in this square inch of land for the rest of their lives, never to be free from poverty!”

The old woman standing on the bank looked up and craned her neck. She saw her daughter fall into the river and was overcome with grief.

She looked resentfully at the villagers who had come to see the fun and cursed, “It was you, it was you who killed my Bao’er, you all deserve to die!”

The young Li Yizhi, who had quietly escaped from the bottom of the river, had a grim look in his eyes as he stared viciously at the turbulent river, “Bitch, slut. Sure enough, all pretty women are bitches, women deserve to die!”

At that moment, four souls filled with resentment bred a seed integrated by resentment.

The seed drifted into the mountain forest with the wind, landed and took root. It instantly sprouted shoots and turned into a huge tree.

The tree swayed and bore fruit. The fruits fell to the ground and broke their shells. From these shells, one red spider after another hatched.

The evil spirit was formed and it helped the four resentments to fulfill their wishes.

The women kept dying of fever, the villagers were trapped in the village of River God and couldn’t leave, and the men gradually died.

When the last villager died, the evil spirit was struck with loneliness.

It began to draw out silk threads to hold on to the dead villagers, and it imitated human habits to make them talk and communicate. But it was still boring, and it began to wish for living people to keep it company and let it play and tease.

Until one day, a man broke in. He handed it a dagger and made a deal with it.

He could get the living in, but the price was that if one day in the future, someone found Sang Bao’er and Huang Youcheng’s bodies, it had to give them the dagger. The man also said that the dagger could kill it.

The evil spirit agreed.

Shortly afterwards, the first wave of players appeared.

The evil spirit manipulated the villagers and toyed with them, admiring their fear as they were overtaken by the red spiders.

The blood that flowed into its roots as they died with terror gave it a taste of the sweetness of it.

From then on, it was unstoppable.

Then later, a second wave, a third wave, and an untold number of players kept appearing……

—

The Live broadcast room

[Is this what this copy was all about? I’m speechless.]

[Who could solve this hidden plot except for gods?! It’s outrageous. ]

[What does the system mean when it says that the copy of River God will be permanently closed?]

[The literal meaning is that when newcomers are tested in the future, they will never encounter such an abnormal copy again.]

[I just lit a candle …… I told the teammates who died for us at that time the good news.]

[…my condolences.]

[But what just happened? Bai Lixin’s weakening buff seemed to disappear for a minute.]

[So that was his real strength earlier? I’m on my knees. I’m on my knees. No wonder the guilds want to scramble for him.]

[Unfortunately, Bai Lixin cut the camera just after cutting down the tree. We didn’t see how he took care of the scum. ]

[I guess it fell to the ground and turned to dust.]

—

The man took the sleeping Bai Lixin in his arms and slowly walked into the cave where they first met.

The cave was filled with countless crystals competing with each other. They reflected the water in the hot spring in a colorful starburst.

The man sat cross-legged by the hot spring, his slender fingers slowly gliding over Bai Lixin’s bangs, eyebrows and lips. The tips then traveled down to the neck of the youth.

The man’s gaze darkened.

The youth’s neck was slender and long, and blue veins could even be seen through the fair neck. He gently placed his fingers on it, the throbbing sound trembling slightly under the fingertips.

With a slight slip of the hand, he fell to the collar of the young man’s sacrificial robe.

With the slightest pressure, all of the youth’s beauty could be revealed to him in full view and at his mercy.

His fingers hooked the collar of the sacrificial robe, gently peeling it off and then slowly dropping it.

Finally, with a soft laugh, the man organized Bai Lixin’s clothes.

He was more than just a collection, he was a dazzling life that shook him to his core.

The light in the young man’s eyes was as blinding as the sun, and such an arrogant and unbridled youth did not deserve to be treated like this.

Dijia placed Bai Lixin on some fur and leaned to his ear, whispering like an enchanter, “You owe me interest for now, we will meet again.”

……

Bai Lixin was woken up by a system beep.

[Ding! Congratulations player, you have survived 72 hours in this copy and completed the survival mission. 10 players are remaining in the copy, totalling 5000 points. Your performance rating is S. You have defeated 95% of the players and will be awarded 2000 points.]

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for completing the additional task: Find the truth about the River God’s Curse, with a 100% completion rate. You will receive an additional bonus point of 1000 points.]

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for completing the hidden quest: Kill the Evil Spirit. You will receive an additional 5,000 bonus points.]

[Ding! Based on your performance in this copy, you have obtained a performance score of 2000 points. Your rank is: not on the list. Please continue to work hard.]

A white light flashed, and the sound of bustling people immediately came to Bai Lixin’s ears.

He opened his eyes and found himself in a circular hall.

This hall was full of technology and in the middle of the hall was a huge blue screen. On the screen was a blue planet that kept rotating so it should be the standby screen.

System: [Hello player, congratulations on passing the trial copy, and you are now an official player].

[This is the game lobby, where you can exchange information, and props, join guilds, recruit, and do other actions.]

The system paused: [Points are the common currency for buying props and household items. Points can buy residency rights, food, household items and everything else.]

Bai Lixin: [What does residency rights mean?

System: [In order to stimulate the players’ maximum motivation, they need to buy the right to stay in the rest area. It costs 50 points a day and you will be punished by the system once the points are in arrears.]

Bai Lixin: [Beheading?]

System: [Yes.]

Bai Lixin: [So to survive here, players have to participate in the game to earn points?]

System: [That is correct. You currently have 8000 points, which is enough to stay here for a long time. And because today is your first day in the game lobby, residency is free. This is a newcomer benefit.]

[Not all players are as wealthy as you are, but our game is also very user-friendly, and players can trade or gift points to each other.]

System: [Some guilds even give out points as a daily benefit to guild members. If you are interested in joining a guild, you can find out the different benefits of each guild before you join.]

System: [Housing is allotted to players for free. Before I take you to your accommodation, there is a survey that I would like you to fill out.]

As soon as the system’s words fell, a blue electronic form appeared in Bai Lixin’s mind.

Bai Lixin scanned it, it was all basic information, such as name, gender, age and so on.

Bai Lixin filled it out very quickly and finished filling out all the contents in less than three minutes.

System: [Thank you for your cooperation, you can only live in the lowest level hive. As your performance score increases, your living environment will improve. Of course, housing can also be gifted. So, you can choose to agree if someone is willing to invite you to live with them.]

Bai Lixin got up and was about to follow the system’s prompt to his residence when he was suddenly stopped in his tracks by several figures.

“You’re player Bai Lixin, aren’t you?!”

The man who spoke was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and was dressed in a svelte manner, looking at him with a blazing gaze.

Bai Lixin: “Yes, who are you?”

The man with the gold-rimmed glasses: “Hello, I’ll introduce myself. I am the vice president of the third-ranked guild, the Sand Sea guild and I would like to invite you to join our guild.”

System: [The Sand Sea Guild, which has the benefits I just mentioned, can provide daily residency for its members, so you may consider it.]

“If you’re going to join a guild, why don’t you consider us?” Another man in a plain white suit spoke slowly.

Bai Lixin sized him up for a moment, the man was tall and wore a well-cut suit, looking very aristocratic.

“I am the vice president of the second-ranked guild, the Raging Flame Guild. In addition to the benefits of residency in the Sand Sea Guild, we will provide you with a more upscale accommodation if you join us, no need to squeeze into the hive in the newcomer area.”

System: [This benefit is even better! Player, you can genuinely consider it.]

Bai Lixin: “…”

—

In the darkness, a pair of bony hands opened the information the system had just sent.

What came to his eyes was a beautiful and aloof face.

Name: Bai Lixin.

Gender: Male.

Age: 30,000 years.

The man’s hand paused and a chuckle escaped from the corner of his mouth.

Marital status: Married.

The chuckle stopped abruptly, and the darkroom was immediately filled with cold air.

The system couldn’t help but remind: [Ahem, my Lord.]

The man withdrew his killing intent, “He has a lover?”

System: [I’m not sure, but that’s what he filled in himself, so he must have a lover.]

The man looked at the “30,000 years” and swiped his fingertips over “married” and changed it to “widowed”.

Man: “Okay, he’s dead now.”

System: [.…]

After reading the young man’s profile for a while longer, the man asked once more, “Why is my soul fragment in the copy of the River God?”

System: [How should I know this? You put it there yourself, saying that there were so many fragments anyway, throw one there to get some sun.]

*I don’t know, I don’t dare to ask either na.

Man: “…oh.”