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Ever since Snakey tied Ye Feng up in her basement, she had stopped showing him respect.
"When have I ever respected you? Little White Mouse, you're just as annoying as that woman."
Perhaps remembering how she had just called Ye Feng 'Daddy', Mobius climbed off him with a look of disgust, her fair jade feet reaching for the edge of the bed.
Her soft, pink soles touched the hard, cold floor. Her boneless, slender waist bent, the smooth curve seeming to come alive, like a beautiful snake-woman writhing.
Snakey picked up the messy clothes from the floor, but before she could put them on, Ye Feng stopped her.
"Snakey, let me help you get dressed."
Ye Feng said considerately, gesturing for Mobius to sit back on the bed.
Snakey slid back with a twist of her enchanting, fair body. Just as she had tried to merge with Ye Feng's body before, Snakey's perky bottom now sank into the soft mattress.
The long night wasn't long at all; in fact, it passed very quickly.
A sliver of fish-belly white had already appeared outside the window.
The light of a summer dawn was clear and tranquil.
The room was unlit and somewhat dim, but it had a transparent quality to it.
Ye Feng was half-kneeling on the floor. Mobius, sitting on the bed, extended a jade foot, elegantly lifting its arch.
In the hazy, clear morning light, Mobius's snow-white, slender foot seemed to glow. Her skin was smooth and delicate, as tender and supple as a freshly peeled egg, as slick and white as condensed milk.
"A single lick of Snakey's foot could truly extend one's life."
Ye Feng caressed Mobius's jade foot in his palm, unable to put it down.
A hint of shyness flashed across Snakey's face.
At this moment, Mobius seemed more like the captured little white mouse, struggling in the net woven by Ye Feng's large hands.
"Please don't be so disgusting. Little White Mouse. I take back what I said before—"
Mobius's slender hand, braced on the bed, gripped the sheet tightly, the white bedding spilling through her fingers. "You surpass even Elysia. In terms of being annoying."
Although she said that, the force of Mobius's struggles wasn't strong.
To be precise, her squirming was just a conditioned reflex from the sensitive area of her foot being touched.
Hmm, Snakey's slender feet were extremely sensitive. If you pressed the soles together and then rubbed the soft flesh between them with a thick finger, it would twitch and contract.
This was a kind of beauty that no one else could compare to.
Ye Feng cradled this perfect pair of jade feet, his gaze slowly moving upward.
Her long, perfectly rounded legs were flawless. The muscles were evenly distributed and firm, the flesh full and glistening, perfectly proportioned. Her snow-white skin was smooth, delicate, and lustrous.
"Have you had your fill of looking, Little White Mouse?"
Mobius raised a slender hand, her index finger touching her cherry lips. With a queen-like, condescending posture, her vertical snake pupils stared fixedly at Ye Feng, exuding a considerable sense of pressure.
But this was just Snakey's last attempt at acting tough.
Because she really was about to... lose control.
Ye Feng held Mobius's soft, snow-white feet, his gaze returning to them.
A graceful curve descended from the end of her calf, across the top of her foot, and down to her exquisite, rounded toes. In the back, a crescent shape gently pressed into her round ankle.
The top of her foot was snow-white and delicate, and the faint blue of her slender veins was just visible beneath her translucent skin.
It was as exquisite and crystalline as a work of art in a glass display case.
Bare feet were sublime.
But white stockings held their own unique charm. If she were to wear a pair of sheer white stockings, she would become the most delicious ice cream.
And then, Ye Feng took out a black, one-piece bodysuit and a pair of crystal high heels...
---o---
"Little White Mouse, are you testing my patience?" Mobius stared at Ye Feng with unfriendly eyes.
She was wearing a white lab coat, and underneath, only a sheer, black, one-piece bodysuit.
The sheer bodysuit clung to her fair form, outlining her enchanting curves, but it was completely hidden by the lab coat, leaving only a section of her black-stockinged calves exposed.
On her feet were transparent crystal high heels. The 8-centimeter heels, as slender as the stem
of a wine glass, supported her calves at a height that was neither too high nor too low, making her petite and lovely figure appear tall and elegant.
If one's gaze fell upon the toes within the transparent crystal high heels, one could faintly see her well-manicured, rosy nails through the black stockings.
Snakey's toenails had originally been an inky jade color, but Ye Feng had changed them to crimson.
Paired with her snow-white skin, both were alluring. Like lingerie, red and black were both colors of sensuality.
The already bewitching Mobius was now even more captivating.
But Snakey said she didn't like it and wanted to change.
So Ye Feng "fixed" the outfit, making it impossible to take off.
Mobius was exceptionally annoyed.
"Patience? Does Snakey need to use the restroom? It's fine, I specially designed a 'zipper' for you. As long as you squat, kneel, or lie down, an opening will automatically appear right there. Extremely convenient."
"..."
Mobius seriously suspected that this design wasn's really for using the restroom.
"This outfit, I designed it especially for Snakey."
"Outfit? You call this an outfit? Fine, let's call it that for now. You're going to make me wear this to see Cangxuan and Danzhu?"
After a night of tumbling clouds and rain, and being tormented by Ye Feng for half the morning, Snakey finally remembered the important business at hand.
"What does it matter? It's not like they're coming in here."
"Oh~ I understand~~" Mobius narrowed her eyes, the corners of her mouth turning up slightly.
She had finally found an angle to tease Ye Feng.
"This makes you even more excited, doesn't it, Little White Mouse."
"Yes, just like when you called me 'Daddy' earlier."
"..."
Faced with Snakey's "attack," Ye Feng nodded honestly.
Sincerity is a killer move.
Mobius was rendered completely silent by Ye Feng.
"Alright~" Snakey couldn't be bothered to argue anymore.
She was quite excited too.
Every time she cried it out, her whole body would tense up, becoming so tight that not a single drop of sweat could escape.
Had she unlocked a strange switch?
Mobius didn't know, and she didn't care.
There weren't many things she cared about.
Ye Feng brought Mobius to "Jiuyou," which he had transformed into a sacred land with hundreds of natural open-air hot springs.
Cangxuan and Danzhu were here.
White mist curled upwards. They were dressed in smooth, silken robes, their fair, snow-white feet bare as they strolled along the smooth stone path.
Mobius looked at the pair of sisters, her expression somewhat complicated.
Like Klein, Cangxuan and Danzhu had once been Mobius's capable assistants.
Because her work was so far beyond the norm and defied human ethics, Mobius didn't have many "comprehenders"—only Klein.
But if one were to really count, Cangxuan—Danzhu didn't count—Cangxuan had once understood her.
But in the end, they had parted ways due to differing ideals regarding their attitude towards Hua.
Although they hadn't walked the same "path" in the end, they were definitely among her few true friends.
Mobius probably wouldn't admit it, but while she could lie to her own mouth, she couldn't lie to her own heart.
The inexplicable melancholy she felt at this moment was the best proof.
As for Ye Feng? Snakey believed Ye Feng was her "absolute acceptor"—even if he didn't understand, he would absolutely be on her side.
Mobius firmly believed this.
There was no need to worry about one day "suddenly not being understood." This was a harbor even more reassuring than a comprehender.
Like a father, like a teacher, like a dear friend and confidant, and even more like a soulmate...
Of course, Mobius herself would not admit this.
Ye Feng's response: You want me to be your psychotherapist, father, best friend, soulmate, and [Bleep] toy all at the same time?
Hey, he could actually do it.
"Will they... really come back to life?" Mobius finally asked.
She wanted an answer.
"They can. Inside the crystal, Higokumaru can already gradually sense the fluctuations of their souls. Although it's very faint, they haven't dissipated."
"Is that so? That's good." Mobius nodded slightly.
Then, an enchanting smile returned to her face, as if the solemnity of a moment ago had been an illusion.
"Little White Mouse, you seem to be looking forward to them coming in."
"...Well, Snakey, you know me. This is the only little hobby I have."
"It's fine. When they come in, let's play an~ interesting game~ together."
Mobius enunciated each word, her voice so soft and seductive it could make one's bones melt.
"Eh? Snakey, are you going to...?"
Mobius suddenly coiled around him like a vampire and bit his neck. She mumbled through her closed lips, it was unclear how she was making the sound, "Hehe, it's not like my Little White Mouse is going to let them go anyway. It's fine, you don't need to explain anything to me, and I won't try to dissuade you. Rather than letting them be lost in confusion for a long time, it's better to let them evolve to experience the joy of life as soon as possible. Right, my Little White Mouse?"
"Hiss~~" Ye Feng sucked in a sharp breath.
However, before Cangxuan and Danzhu could enter, Rita Rossweisse opened her eyes in this world first.
The black-stockinged maid woke up in a pure white secret room.
Pristine white walls, a pristine white ceiling, a pristine white floor.
The extreme whiteness gave a feeling of being both expansive and suffocating.
Rita blinked her eyes blankly.
"What on earth... is going on?"
Rita began to retrace her memories.
She vaguely remembered that at 10 PM, she had been on a video call with Lady Durandal, who was taking a bath.
Rita knew that whenever Durandal was at headquarters, she would train until past 9 o'clock, then rest for half an hour before bathing and sleeping.
So, she had deliberately chosen that time.
The video call lasted for half an hour. Then she found Mei and got a brief understanding of "that world." Actually, she had mainly been looking for Kiana, but the bug had already gone to bed.
After that, at Bronya's invitation, she played a round of Homu Adventure.
And then... she couldn't remember clearly.
Had she gone back to her room to sleep?
Rita had no memory of coming here. There was a gap.
She calmly observed her surroundings.
Inside the pure white room, there was another man, and in the center, a black sphere about a meter in diameter.
"You're awake."
As Rita got up, holding her forehead, the man walked over.
"My name is Ye Feng."
"A pleasure, Lord Ye Feng," the black-stockinged maid said, standing elegantly and addressing him.
Rita always seemed so calm and composed.
"Lord?"
"Ah, please pay it no mind. It's just a small personal habit of mine. I am Rita Rossweisse. Um..." Rita glanced around the room. "I don't suppose Lord Ye Feng has any clue as to our current situation?"
A clue? Of course he had one.
When Mobius learned that a new person had arrived, she saw the excited look on Ye Feng's face and instantly felt a little displeased.
Mm, really, just a little.
But Ye Feng had a feeling that Rita was in for a world of pain.
Snakey had taken the initiative to say that she wanted to play an interesting game right now.
The basic rule was to lock Ye Feng and Rita in a secret room and have them solve a riddle.
Only by solving the riddle would they have a chance to leave. If they failed, they would be punished.
The riddle was designed by Mobius herself.
It sounded very interesting!
So Ye Feng partitioned off a space and opened up partial "authority" to Mobius, to see what new tricks she could come up with.
As for Ye Feng himself, he was locked in with Rita.
He was very much looking forward to what Mobius's punishment would be.
In response to Rita's inquiry, Ye Feng walked over to the black sphere, which was about half a person's height.
It was indeed very conspicuous in this pure white room.
Rita didn't hesitate and followed him.
When the two of them reached the black sphere, white text instantly appeared on its surface.
[Welcome to the Infinite Space ^_^]
[This program is brought to you by a generous sponsor who wishes to remain anonymous.]
[Here, you will neither gain anything nor lose anything. It is all but a fleeting dream.]
[But, if you cannot solve the riddle, you will be trapped here forever.]
[Alright, now please listen to the question.]
[What, do you think, is the meaning of life? And for what reason does life fall asleep?]
You might as well ask why birds fly, Ye Feng thought to himself.
Rita and Ye Feng exchanged a look.
Ye Feng indicated that he had no idea.
Rita pondered for a moment and said, "The meaning of life is to bloom. The reason it sleeps is to awaken."
With such a philosophical question, Rita didn't expect to get it right.
She just wanted to confirm the "rules" here.
[Incorrect answer. Please remove one article of clothing within 60 seconds.]
[60]
[59]
"Huh?" Rita was stunned.
But she stood her ground, unmoving.
Ye Feng gave a thumbs-up in his mind. Snakey sure knew how to play.
She who knows me is Snakey.
[1]
[Countdown finished. Subject did not execute punishment command. A more severe penalty will be administered: Triple Menstruation.]
Then, Ye Feng heard Rita let out a muffled grunt. She bit her lip, her figure swaying unsteadily.
But more than the physical discomfort, it was the shame.
It was written right there in plain sight: "Triple Menstruation." Wasn't that telling the man in front of her exactly what state she was in right now?
And moreover, it could apply a status effect to her out of thin air.
Who in the world was behind this?
Before she could even think, more white text appeared on the black sphere.
[If punishment command is still not executed within 60 seconds, a 3x sensitivity multiplier will be added.]
Seeing this, Rita's pupils constricted.
Triple Menstruation combined with 3x sensitivity was certainly terrifying, but from the black sphere's meaning, it seemed that a new negative status effect would be added every 60 seconds.
Rita thought for a moment and took off her long gloves.
[Not enough. Continue.]