Chapter 178: 7.16

[Pupa: Ding! Fatemeter increases to 73%.]

[Eeh… it keeps on increasing. I guess XuanLake really loves drama~]

[Pupa: I haven't seen someone can raise the Fatemeter this fast. I saw other systems also have Fatemeter, but their hosts would struggle to even reach 50%.]

[I mean, isn't raising Fatemeter a good thing? I find that it's not as useless as it looks! By increasing the Fatemeter, it will be a breeze to increase the Breakmeter.]

[Pupa: So far, it is indeed an efficient way. But there has been no instance of someone that reaches 100% Fatemeter with a low Breakmeter percentage. Who knows what will happen if you get 100% Fatemeter but 0% Breakmeter?]

[Oh, you worry too much, system! Don't worry, it won't happen. Besides, there is no harm of increasing Fatemeter, right? You said that to me in the first world.]

[Pupa: There is no harm, it is just a way to measure the amount of love the master of the world has towards you. Knowing how immensely powerful your Fatemeter luck is, I feel like you are an anomaly. It may link to your past life, that Bai Yunyu and Larva.]

[Well, that could be, but… maybe I'm just really charming, ehe.]

[Pupa:… Ding! Pupa's disgustmeter increases to 100%.]

XuanLake watched how Yunyu and this Zero guy were intimate to each other, giving him no room inside their happy bubble. XuanLake knew that he should just let go because it seemed that Yunyu was very comfortable with this ZeroCheat guy.

But his heart said something else. Instead of accepting everything, his heart said that he should fight for it. Yunyu was a good person. Suppose he could get at least a bit of his pity. In that case, he could surely gain a bit of Yunyu's care again… slowly gaining more and more of that until he could own Yunyu's heart completely.

[Pupa: Ding! Fatemeter increases to 78%.]

All he needed to do was to pull his old trick, the trick that always worked because that was his actual skill, manipulation. Since heartfelt apologies didn't work, then let his logic did the job. 

To get the love of someone as kind and innocent as Yunyu, all he needed to do was control his heart and use a bait and switch tactic. 

Yunyu flew towards the prize, three Sandworm shields. He took the Sandworm Shields and share it with ZeroCheat and XuanLake, "Brother Zero, this is yours! We've worked hard today. I know you have spent all your mana to protect us!"

ZeroCheat accepted the Sandworm shield and rubbed Yunyu's cheek, "Anything for you, cute Yunyu."

Yunyu giggled and then approached the silent XuanLake and gave another Sandworm Shield to him, "Brother Xuan, you are the one who killed the Sandworm. Without you, we might never be able to kill that ultimate monster. Thank you very much!"

"… Yunyu…" XuanLake stared at Yunyu, refusing to accept the Sandworm Shield. He looked at Yunyu with his hot gaze, "I don't need the shield, I just… want you to forgive me…"

Yunyu still acted like before, "But I don't know you, Brother Xuan."

"You know that I'm pretty strong, able to finish that monster. So you must've known me previously, please… I don't need you to shower me with compliments like before. But I want you to forgive me…" XuanLake looked serious about it, a tear dropped from XuanLake's eye. 

Yunyu was flustered at this. He wanted to play drama with XuanLake. But a cold, strong, and usually calculating man like XuanLake suddenly crying in front of him was telling how sorry he was.

[Okay, okay, this is getting a bit too much… I don't want to make XuanLake cry…]

[Pupa: Then, don't play with his heart! Don't you see that his Fatemeter is already 78%?!]

[Aish…] 

Yunyu sighed and gently wiped the tears on XuanLake's eyes, "Brother Xuan, I forgive you already. But I don't want to remember that thing in the cave again. Let's just forget that and move on, okay?"

[Pupa: Lies, you are still bitter and petty about that betrayal.]

[I mean, as long as he doesn't cry…]

XuanLake's eyes brightened. He thought he could start progressing again until ZeroCheat stood behind Yunyu and draped his hand on Yunyu's shoulder, possessively, "So, you do know this guy before."

Yunyu jolted and nodded nervously, "Um.. well, we knew each other for a short while. But there was something unpleasant happened between us. It's alright now though, we already make up with each other. Right, Brother Xuan?"

ZeroCheat's gaze darkened at XuanLake. He glared at XuanLake and taunted him by saying something towards Yunyu, "But I'm your boyfriend, right?"

"Of course!" Yunyu replied enthusiastically.

XuanLake watched everything with cold eyes. He and ZeroCheat both glared at each other. Of course, ZeroCheat knew what XuanLake's true intention was. Just from his eyes, he knew that XuanLake was in love with Yunyu.

But as a good boyfriend, he would protect Yunyu at all cost. Because he had genuinely fallen in love with Yunyu, and he was the winner. 

[Pupa: Is that true?]

[What?]

[Pupa: About your feeling with ZeroCheat.]

[I mean, personally, yes. Spending a month with ZeroCheat, he is really an excellent natured hardworking person, can be a bit possessive from time to time, though. But what truly makes me like him is his willingness to sacrifice himself to protect me.]

[Now, compare that to XuanLake, who would willingly sacrifice ME to save himself. Any logical person would choose ZeroCheat over XuanLake as I do.]

[Pupa: But the master of the world is XuanLake, and this is not a two male leads world.]

[I know, that's why I said that I am ready to restart whenever the world gets fucked by XuanLake. Don't you remember that all I want is just… to punish XuanLake before I restart?]

[Pupa:… you can be so vicious and vengeful.]

[Of course! Who wouldn't be vicious and vengeful when someone that they trust suddenly kicked them to the cliff?]

Pupa could not refute that. Because it was true if humans got betrayed by their loved one, or at least by someone they trusted, of course, they would feel bitter and vengeful. 

Pupa wanted to teach Yunyu to set aside his emotion. But Yunyu was a man who functioned mainly with his feelings. Thus, all Pupa could do right now was to prepare for the worst, let Yunyu had fun with his pettiness and then restart the world. 

XuanLake clenched his fist, 'It's okay, I should control myself. I will find a way to deal with this guy after I can enter Yunyu's heart.'

After that shameless display of affection in front of XuanLake, Yunyu shoved the Sandworm Shield towards XuanLake and said, "Brother Xuan, just take this. You WILL need it later."

The emphasis on 'will' finally alarmed XuanLake. Yunyu must've referred to the Tower of God. This shield might be one of the keys to defeating it. 

XuanLake accepted it with complicated feelings in his heart, 'If Yunyu still wants me to climb the Tower of God, does this mean that he still hasn't forgiven me yet? Or maybe, he will open his heart after I reached the peak?'

XuanLake got a mixed signal as he was trying to decipher the meaning behind Yunyu's action. But once he saw another display of affection when ZeroCheat rubbed Yunyu's head, his gaze got cold once more, 'Before I can reach the peak, I have to take care of this guy first.'

[Ehhh… this is weird.]

[Pupa: What?]

[I already give him one of the main gear that could clear the Tower of God for XuanLake, but why is his Breakmeter not increasing?]