Chapter 89: Level Up
Bai Cha found it difficult to describe her current mood.
So she chose to suppress all her emotions and looked at the pixelated ghost face that was still jumping around in front of her.
[Congratulations on successfully clearing the C9-level instance “Secret Peeping”!]
[Your performance rating in this instance is S! Reward points: 1600! You have successfully leveled up to D3-level player! Such rapid leveling is commendable, please continue your efforts!]
[Wow, congratulations on your outstanding performance in this instance! Because you completely resolved the boss, this instance will be permanently closed!]
[As the one who closed the instance, you have obtained the achievement: Ghost’s Nightmare Lv.1. As the name suggests, even the big boss will worry upon seeing you!]
[In this instance, you gained the recognition of the boss Gu Chen, who gave you a blessed gift.]
A familiar gift box appeared in front of Bai Cha.
Opening it, there was another peppermint candy inside.
She touched her pocket; there were two in total.
Both were D-level items with the same effect.
Looking at the hawthorn branch again, it was an A-level item.
Pig-slaughtering Knife: B-level item.
Her gains this time far exceeded her expectations.
The most important thing wasn’t even these items.
It was her body.
The dodder vine seemed to have replaced her body, reshaping her originally fragile physique.
It was still fragile, but she could now run and jump, her body lighter than ever before. She could probably even kill her former self with one punch.
Of course, this was also limited and required constant replenishment of nutrients.
She didn’t yet know what her body would be like if she couldn’t get nutrients before withering. But thinking about the state of plants, she could guess.
[Dodder Flower Lv.1: Skill 1: Parasitism. Skill 2 (Passive): Absorption.]
New skills had also awakened.
She uncontrollably recalled the scene before the instance ended.
Her mood became complicated once again.
[Dear player!]
The pixelated ghost face suddenly moved close to her.
[Do you have any other needs?]
“Yes.”
Bai Cha composed herself, looked at it, her expression indifferent. “Why do I enter the game every seven days? Isn’t it only S-level players who enter once every seven days?”
[Oh! Dear player, please wait a moment, I’ll check for you]
The pixelated ghost face decomposed into individual squares and then reassembled.
[Darling, everything is in accordance with the regulations. No abnormalities were found. Perhaps the source of your account is different from others. This is not our issue—]
“Then tell me about the Buddha statue in the game?”
[Darling, I’m just a game customer service representative. To protect players’ personal privacy, we don’t view anything within the instances. So we don’t know the answer to your question!]
Bai Cha watched the other party’s lips curve into a hypocritical smile, and a vein throbbed in her temple.
Bullshit personal privacy. It’s all live-streamed directly. What personal privacy is there?
[So darling, do you have any other questions?]
“Yes, I want to know how long my current physical state can be maintained?”
The pixelated ghost face reassembled into an angry expression, probably annoyed by her repeated and tactless questions.
[Dear, this is your own exclusive skill. It’s best if you explore it yourself!]
“If that’s how it is, then I have many more questions,” Bai Cha sneered.
[……]
[Your body can be maintained for one month when you are not fighting. But if you use your power, the rate of withering varies depending on the extent of your power usage. For example, if you were to fight the boss of this instance now, you would die immediately.]
[Of course, if you can get timely replenishment, you can still recover. The more people who contribute nutrients to you, and the stronger they are, the more powerful the power you can obtain.]
[You have no more questions this time, right, dear—]
The other party’s face somehow conjured up a forced, insincere smile.
“One last question, I’ll leave after asking.”
[……]
[Dear, please ask—]
“How do I bring this flower branch into reality?”
[That’s simple. You can carry it with you when you leave the game lobby, and it will be teleported out with you. But I’ll remind you again, things brought into reality can never be brought back, and they will lose their power upon entering reality, including… your body.]
[Alright, have a nice life, goodbye!]
After speaking, Bai Cha’s figure swayed, and she was thrown into the game lobby.
She didn’t care.
There were quite a few people coming and going in the game lobby, showing that the number of players was sufficient.
Bai Cha didn’t leave the game immediately; she went to the Eternal Radiance Guild.
The receptionist was still that guy.
“Hello, Miss Bai, is there anything I can help you with?”
Bai Cha: “…”
Bai Cha: “Your tone is very similar to the game customer service.”
The guy immediately smiled naively.
“Hey, usually, if you stay in the game for a long time and do service-related work, you end up talking like this. Don’t you think the game customer service’s way of speaking is quite toxic?”
“It is quite infuriating.”
“Is your guild leader in?”
“Not here. He’s still in the game, but before he went in, he told me that if you came looking for him, you could add him as a friend.”
As the guy spoke, he pulled up an image from his panel. “This is our guild leader’s QR code. Please add him.”
Bai Cha used the add friend function on her own panel to scan it and sent a friend request.
“Thank you.”
She left.
Carrying the hawthorn flower branch.
When Bai Cha woke up in the real world, the sun was shining brightly outside.
The hawthorn flower branch lay beside her pillow; it had indeed been brought out.
Looking at her phone again, this instance was like a dream she had while sleeping, and waking up, it was just the next morning.
Bai Cha got up, first looked at the hawthorn flower branch, and then turned on the computer.
If she wanted to know how to bring the hawthorn flower branch out, she didn’t necessarily have to ask customer service; she could just click on the details.
She just had a guess.
The game’s answer increased the probability of her guess being correct.
She quickly typed on the keyboard, constantly searching on the browser.
Then, she really found the news she was looking for.
[Shocking! A woman living alone died tragically in her own home. The shape of her body was horrifying, and the killer is still unknown!]
[On January 3rd, the A City Public Security Bureau received a police call from a landlord in a certain community in the city. The landlord hadn’t received rent and went to check the rented house, only to find the tenant, Gu Baixue, dead in her home… Please go to the APP for details.]
Going to the APP was unnecessary.
This news was enough.
Bai Cha sat in front of the computer, her brows gradually furrowing.
So, what happened to Father Gu and them was in reality.
After death, they were pulled into the game.
So these things also exist in reality.
It was also normal, after all, she had seen that Buddha statue in reality, and it was that thing that pulled her into the game.
She subconsciously looked at her left wrist.
There was nothing there.
But there was a mark on her right wrist.
A small, pale yellow flower, at the blood vessel on her wrist, like a tattoo. But it seemed to be under the skin, subtly trembling with the pulse.
She took a deep breath, her chest still felt heavy, it had been like this for years.
Her body was very tired, and she had no energy.
As the game said, after returning to reality, she had nothing.
She didn’t have any particular emotions. She quickly picked up her phone and entered a number.
