[Foreign Live Stream Chat]
The foreign viewers refused to accept reality. They typed furiously.
[Do not celebrate early, Dragon Country.]
[Winning one round means nothing. Geniuses die every day in the System.]
[Remember the tutorial three years ago? That kid defied the System too.
He showed off. So The world turned his spine into dust.]
[Pride kills. He will make a mistake.]
The golden font appeared. It cut through the standard text.
[User 'Golden_Eagle_Gambler' (VIP):]
[Dragon Country, check the terms of your national bet.]
[The condition states Player Chen Shi must survive tonight.]
[The sun is still up.]
[The night brings the real horrors to the Manor. You celebrate too soon.]
[Good luck.]
Chen Shi stepped out of the red light.
He walked behind Rack 4. He found the deep shadows.
Elena sat against the cold concrete wall. Amy sat beside her.
Chen Shi dropped to the floor next to Elena. He exhaled.
"Today's game is wrapping up," Chen Shi said.
Elena looked at him. Her face flushed pink in the darkness.
"Hmm," she nodded. "You looked cool back there."
She pulled her knees to her chest.
"I haven't seen someone fight authority in a long time. My teachers.
My friends. People in high positions.
They all swallow their pride to survive. They eat grievances."
Elena looked directly into his eyes.
"You do not swallow a single grievance."
Amy jumped up.
"Big Brother is so handsome!" Amy cheered. "Like Ultraman!"
Chen Shi laughed. He leaned his head against the concrete.
"Because I am the protagonist," Chen Shi stated. "
The protagonist of a harem web novel. I have to be strong."
Elena rolled her eyes. "pervert."
Ding.
The System Voice chimed. It echoed across the gym.
[Timer Expired. Workout Complete.]
[Surviving players, prepare for the next phase: dorm orientation.]
[Fertility system hint: Choose the dorm Beside Annie]
Oh..Annie, ye I have to tell her about what happened between me and Cecilia.
Hope she is ok about that.
Chenshi sighed.
Chen Shi looked past the iron bars. He scanned the gym.
Not many people died this round. Most survived the push-ups.
Suddenly, his pupils shrank.
He grabbed Elena's shoulder and shook her.
"The infected!" Chen Shi whispered urgently.
"We forgot the people with the black veins!"
Viper and Tank distracted him. He forgot to purge the hidden threat.
Elena scanned the crowd. She frowned.
"Look," she pointed.
The players who showed black veins earlier looked completely normal.
Their skin cleared. The infection hid itself.
"We forgot them," Chen Shi said. His brow furrowed.
"But this gym holds hundreds of people. The Foreign Alliance has experts.
Why didn't they purge the infected when the veins showed?"
"Confidence," Elena explained. Her voice dropped low.
"The experts wait for the weak players to die. They will deal with the infected later.
They let the problem fester.
Furthermore, if you step up to purge the infected now, those same experts will stab you in the back to eliminate competition."
Chen Shi nodded.
"We bury the problem for now."
He relaxed his posture. He leaned back.
Then, he inhaled.
He smelled something.
It was a rich, sweet scent. Like night-blooming orchids mixed with a heavy,
musky honey. It smelled perfect. It came from the floor right next to him.
He looked down. He looked at Elena's combat trousers.
A massive wet stain covered her inner thighs.
A small puddle reflected the dim light on the floorboards.
"What did you do?!" Chen Shi stared. "Why is it so wet here?"
Elena's face turned bright red.
Steam practically rose from her head.
"Sweat!" she lied quickly.
She crossed her legs tight. "We did push-ups! It is sweat!"
Amy crossed her arms. She pointed a finger directly at Elena.
"Sister Elena was listening to a recording of your voice!"
Amy announced loudly. "And then she peed! She peed all over the floor!"
Silence fell over the dark corner.
Chen Shi blinked. He smelled the sweet orchid scent again. He fully understood what happened.
"You little brat!" Elena screamed.
She scrambled up from the floor. Her face burned with absolute shame.
Amy shrieked, turned around, and sprinted away.
Elena chased the child around the squat racks.
The loud thud of their boots echoed across the silent gym.
[Dragon Country Live Stream Chat]
Text scrolled rapidly across millions of screens.
[LMAO! Sister Elena caught in 4K!]
[She recorded his voice to get off? That is hardcore.]
[She watched Chen Shi conquered a Boss with his mouth. Who wouldn't melt?]
[I wish Chen Shi can lick me...]
[Yo chilll]
The jokes peaked. Then, logic took over. Fear replaced the humor.
[Wait. Look at the infected players. The black veins vanished.]
[Yeah. Skinwalkers. Elena called them 'Fake Humans' earlier.]
[They look normal now. That means they will blend in. They will wait for the dorm allocation. Then, they will slaughter people in their sleep.]
[Chen Shi's group is safe. Doppelgangers mimic behavior.
How do you fake a lunatic who motorboats S-Rank monsters?
Or a veteran scout who leaks on the floor? Or a psycho child?]
[Exactly. Their personalities are too extreme. A fake would stand out immediately.
The mimics will target the large alliances. The sheep herds might have issue tonight.]
Inside the gym.
Clang.
The heavy iron doors slammed open.
Players ran. Boot steps hammered the floorboards.
They fled the lingering pressure of Lady Cecilia.
They fled the ghosts floating in the dark corners.
Within seconds, the massive room emptied. Silence rushed back in.
Only Chen Shi, Elena, and Amy remained.
The red emergency lights hummed. Bzzzz.
Elena lunged. Her hand clamped onto the back of Amy's collar.
She caught the kid.
Elena panted heavily. Her chest heaved. She raised her free hand. She brought it down hard on Amy's rear end.
Smack.
"OWWW!" Amy screamed.
The child kicked her boots against the rubber mat.
She rubbed her backside and glared up at Elena.
"It hurts!" Amy complained. "It is just pee!
Everyone leaks sometimes! Why are you being so petty?!"
Elena's face turned red. Heat radiated from her skin. She ground her teeth together.
"Shut your mouth!" Elena hissed. She shook the kid's collar.
"You announced it to the entire room!"
Chen Shi stepped forward.
"Enough," Chen Shi said. He stood between them.
He looked directly into Elena's panicked eyes.
"I forgive you," Chen Shi stated.
Elena blinked. Her breathing hitched.
"Humans have physiological needs,"
Chen Shi reasoned. "The environment is stressful.
The visual stimulation was extreme. Therefore, a physical release is logical. I do not mind."
Elena swallowed hard. The heat in her cheeks began to fade.
"However," Chen Shi added.
He pointed at the recorder.
"My voice is my intellectual property. Next time you use my audio to finish yourself off,
you must pay a copyright fee. Ten System Points per playback."
Elena froze, then flushed again.
"You capitalist dog!" She choked out.
She stood up straight. She checked her watch. She choose to forget what happened.
"We have an hour before the System assigns dormitories,"
Elena wiped a bead of sweat from her neck. "We should explore the manor to get more intel."
She looked up at Chen Shi.
Her eyes dropped to his mouth. A smirk pulled at her lips.
"You put in serious overtime today," Elena purred.
Her voice dropped.
"You serviced the Madam right down to the bone. Your tongue must be completely exhausted."
She leaned closer.
"Since she is so deeply satisfied... do you think she will give us the VIP tour of her private corridor?"
Chen Shi looked at her flushed face.
Then, he shifted his gaze downward.
He stared at the dark, soaked fabric clinging to her inner thighs.
The moisture still dripped onto the rubber mat.
Drip.
"Is your brain permanently stuck in the gutter?" Chen Shi asked.
He shook his head.
"Every time you open your mouth, a cheap porn script falls out."
"But sure, we can explore this place a bit."
"Even we get caught, I can use my body to pay!"
It's a chance to know more about this game...about the trouble that Cecilia is facing.
Chen Shi narrowed his eyes.