The home of his Chen Longtao identity was located near Nanlishi Road. Alex recalled the plot of the novel, driving back from the south, passing a small river, and seeing a patch of old bungalows being demolished.
Alex found an empty space to park the car and got out. Just as he was about to wander around, he suddenly saw a young girl turn out from a small path. She was running, covered in sweat, her clothes dirty from falling, with a desperate expression and a disheveled appearance.
"Chen Yuqian? Huh, no, that's not right. Chen Yuqian doesn't have a chin-length bob."
Thinking this, Alex couldn't suppress his curiosity and walked toward the girl who looked exactly like Chen Yuqian.
The girl was stunned when she saw Alex. She wore an expression of surprise and even forgot to run, allowing seven or eight rowdy young men to catch up from behind.
Hearing footsteps behind her, the girl gritted her teeth, moved directly toward Alex, and ran behind him to hide in one breath.
The girl tugged on his clothes, peered out with large eyes at the malicious bad guys, and whispered, "Big brother, please save me. I beg you."
Her pitiful appearance was exceptionally endearing.
Alex was slightly suspicious. This girl was definitely not Chen Yuqian, but based on her earlier reaction, she was very surprised by his appearance here, as if she knew him.
There was no time to think carefully. Facing the thugs walking arrogantly toward him, Alex was forced to fight back.
One of the lead thugs with yellow hair looked a bit familiar. His name popped into Alex's mind: "Gao Shi." It seemed he was a former follower of his Chen Longtao identity.
However, the opponent was coming aggressively this time, so Alex dared not show mercy.
As the yellow-haired thug walked up, wanting to say something arrogant, Alex pressed a palm against his chest. As the yellow-haired thug was stunned, his heart suddenly went numb, and he foamed at the mouth and collapsed.
Seeing this, the others yelled and charged up, but Alex had already launched an attack first.
He knew he was no match for so many people. He had powerful physical attributes but lacked fighting skills. Plus, these people were not women, so he could only rely on surprise to gain the upper hand.
However, Alex had confidence. Besides knowing this was a dream and not needing to worry about getting hurt, his physical attributes gave him strong resistance to blows, so he wouldn't fall after just one punch. Combined with his Vibration Skill for sneak attacks, anyone he touched would be paralyzed.
If he touched a vital spot, they would even collapse and convulse like the yellow-haired thug. Before long, Alex had taken down three or four of them. At the same time, he had taken a few hits himself, gasping in pain, but he could still endure it.
The scene of him fighting eight people alone was seen by the girl behind him. She was stunned, and after coming to her senses, she felt immense admiration, thinking he was a hero sent by heaven to save her.
Before long, all eight delinquent youths were lying on the ground. Although Alex had taken several hits, most were superficial injuries that couldn't even be seen on the surface.
The yellow-haired thug who had fallen first regained consciousness. Seeing his brothers lying all over the ground, he was terrified and jumped up to beg Alex for mercy: "Brother Tao? Are you Brother Tao? Do you remember me? I'm Stone. I was blind and disturbed you. I was wrong. Please, let me go."
Alex couldn't be bothered to deal with him and waved his hand for him to get lost.
Seeing this, Gao Shi was overjoyed. He didn't even care about his underlings and scrambled away.
The heart spasm from earlier had given him the illusion that he was going to die. He had developed a psychological trauma regarding Alex and didn't even have the heart to seek revenge.
Having put in some effort to clean up this group, Alex was a bit tired. After resting for a moment, he walked back to the girl.
The girl with the chin-length bob looked at him with admiration. Seeing him approach, she said nervously, "Big brother, you're so amazing. Use this to wipe your sweat."
The girl hurriedly took a handkerchief for wiping sweat from her schoolbag and handed it to Alex. Alex did not stand on ceremony and took it to wipe his face, asking her in passing, "What's your name? How old are you?"
"My name is Chen Nuo, sixteen years old..." Chen Nuo said in a low voice, her pretty face slightly flushed as she watched him wipe his sweat.
"Also surnamed Chen?"
Alex was stunned but didn't think too much about it. Chen Yuqian, Chen Ruyun, Chen Nuo—these three all had the same face and the same surname. Such things could only happen in a dream.
He sized up the sixteen-year-old Chen Nuo before him. Her appearance was exactly the same as Chen Yuqian's, and her age was similar; it was just her outfit and hairstyle that were different.
He couldn't help but suspect: could it be that all the heroines appearing in the dream world had the same face?
He couldn't figure out the significance of this, but the most important meaning of the dream world for him was extending the duration of his skills. Enjoying women in the dream was secondary; it was for relaxation.
Thus, in an instant, Alex listed Chen Nuo before him as his prey. He thought the scene of three identical faces lying on the bed would definitely be interesting.
Chen Nuo didn't know she had just escaped the wolf's claws only to enter the tiger's mouth. Being sized up like this by her savior, the girl felt shy and lowered her head.
Alex discovered another difference: Chen Nuo's personality was relatively shy and soft, which was very different from Chen Yuqian and Chen Ruyun.
Recalling her reaction when she first saw him, Alex said, "What a coincidence, I'm also surnamed Chen. My name is Chen Longtao. You seemed very surprised when you saw me earlier. Have you seen me somewhere before?"
He asked casually.
Chen Nuo first shook her head, then hesitated, and whispered, "I think I've seen you in a dream. You give me a very familiar feeling, I..."
She became embarrassed, and her face slowly turned red.
"What kind of dream?"
Alex pressed. Seeing the girl's face turn even redder, yet she was unwilling to answer, he couldn't help but be lost in thought.
Could it be that Chen Nuo here would dream about what he did when he was with Chen Yuqian and Chen Ruyun?
That was interesting.
The dream world was not an adventure world; rather, after experiencing a plot in the dream, one's own spirit would become stronger. It was more like a cheat code.
The heroines appearing in the dream were perhaps meant to relieve boredom. Chen Nuo dreaming about him invisibly left a deep impression on her, making it easier to conquer her.
By that logic, if other heroines were in the same situation, then Alex could easily build a large harem in the dream.
Looking at the youthful Chen Nuo before him, a trace of regret inexplicably flashed through Alex's heart. The "hero saves the beauty" plot had been altered beyond recognition by him. Originally, he should have used a bitter ruse to trick Chen Nuo into liking him and then score.
But this way was also not bad. Chen Nuo seemed to admire him very much; as long as he used a few methods, it shouldn't be hard to take her down.
Alex felt no guilt for such thoughts. After all, in his view, this world was like a bishoujo game, and he was the scumbag protagonist using various means to conquer numerous heroines. The methods could be gentle or black-bellied; it all depended on his own heart.
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