A vast white world, boundless and endless.
Chen Xiaoyan walked alone, as if guided by fate, moving forward, always forward.
She only stopped when she saw a man.
He wore a long white ancient robe, his back to her. Bathed in a mass of white light, he resembled an immortal.
“Who are you?” Chen Xiaoyan asked in doubt.
The white-robed man turned around, and that familiar face suddenly appeared before her eyes.
“You’ve finally come.”
“You… you…” Chen Xiaoyan’s eyes froze. She pointed at him, unable to speak.
This familiar face was none other than her former self.
“Heh.” Chen Xiaoyan let out a cold laugh, speaking in a teasing tone. “What, are you surprised to see your original appearance?”
Chen Xiaoyan remained silent. Her beautiful eyes were filled with shock as she quietly looked at the former version of herself, unsure of what to say.
Chen Xiaoyan didn’t mind her silence. He turned around and started talking to himself.
“I’m leaving. Remember to take good care of Mom and Dad.”
Chen Xiaoyan nodded, inexplicable sadness welling up inside her.
She watched his lonely back and wanted to go forward and hug him, but it was just a thought. Her body wouldn’t move at all.
‘Sigh. I’ve lived such a failure. Don’t repeat my mistakes… Hah.’ As he spoke, Chen Xiaoyan let out a self-deprecating laugh.
Then he turned to look at her, his expression extremely satisfied. “I was overthinking it. You’re way better than me now.” After saying this, he walked over.
At that moment, the pure white world began to churn. The white light shooting from the horizon grew more and more dazzling.
The blinding light forced Chen Xiaoyan to close her eyes. Immediately, a feeling of dizziness hit her, and her consciousness gradually faded.
Just before she lost consciousness, she heard a heart-wrenching wail.
“I’m not satisfied! I’m still a virgin!!!”
The next morning, in Apartment 301 of a certain residential complex.
Chen Xiaoyan abruptly opened her eyes and sat up. Looking at the familiar room, she let out a sigh and collapsed back onto the bed.
The deeply memorable soreness seemed to have returned.
This time, it came with a feeling of powerlessness, just like in the dream—she couldn’t move at all.
Chen Xiaoyan was speechless.
She thought this symptom wouldn’t appear again, but…
Ah, forget it. She was used to it anyway. If it flared up, she’d just bear it. It would pass.
After a dozen minutes, once she had returned to normal, Chen Xiaoyan immediately threw off the covers and prepared to get out of bed to wash up.
Suddenly, she smelled an indescribably strange odor.
Peach blossom scent mixed with sweat and sour stench—it was impossibly weird and very pungent.
“What smells so bad?” Chen Xiaoyan sniffed around carefully and found that the smell was coming from her own body.
Looking down, her pajamas were inexplicably soaked through with sweat, emitting waves of a strange stench.
“Ew.” She wrinkled her nose in disgust, but then noticed a layer of black grime on the back of her hand.
Chen Xiaoyan was stunned for a moment. Subconsciously, she brought the back of her hand to her nose.
Instantly, a strong sour odor hit her nostrils.
“Ugh!”
What the hell?
Did I fall into a manure pit last night?
She frantically rolled up her sleeves. From the back of her hand, to her wrist, all the way to… her entire body—at a glance, it was covered in a layer of stinking black mud.
Chen Xiaoyan’s face turned ashen.
She put on her slippers, grabbed a change of clothes, and walked step by step to the bathroom.
Today, I, Chen Xiaoyan, am going to die in the damn bathroom!!!
Half an hour later, after washing off all the dirt, she felt refreshed and stood before the mirror.
Looking at the reflection of the pretty girl, she keenly noticed her own strangeness.
“My skin is even whiter?” Chen Xiaoyan murmured, touching her face absentmindedly.
This time, it wasn’t just pale and tender—it had reached a state of skin as smooth as congealed fat, so delicate it seemed it would break with a touch.
Before, there had been tiny pores, but now they were completely invisible.
Aside from that… as her eyes moved downward, the pair of small mantou had turned into big mantou.
Was she really going to perfectly replicate her game character in reality?
Chen Xiaoyan was very troubled.
But what troubled her more was—
Little brother was gone!!!
She reached down and touched—everything had disappeared, nothing left at all.
Looking at herself in the mirror, Chen Xiaoyan shrugged to express her helplessness. But her mood was surprisingly calm, because she had long anticipated this situation. She was mentally prepared.
“That dream…”
For some reason, Chen Xiaoyan remembered last night’s dream. In it, she seemed to have seen her former self.
But as time passed, her impression of the dream grew increasingly blurry.
‘Never mind, it’s just a dream.’
After bathing, Chen Xiaoyan bagged her pajamas and threw them into the trash can.
They stank—even if washed, they’d be unusable.
“Huh? Yaoyao didn’t come make breakfast?” Looking at the empty living room and quiet kitchen, Chen Xiaoyan suddenly felt a bit unaccustomed. She was about to go out and check.
Just as she reached the door and gripped the handle, she didn’t open it. Instead, she fell into thought.
‘What’s wrong with me? Have I gotten so used to being served that I’ve forgotten I can do things myself?’
Chen Xiaoyan laughed at herself, turned around, and went to the kitchen. She would make breakfast herself.
After breakfast, she deliberately left a portion on the table, then returned to her bedroom. She eagerly put on her helmet and quickly entered the game.
She wondered what good stuff this game update would bring.
Kind of looking forward to it.
Xianjie, Tianxin Mountain, Players’ Happy Courtyard.
[Welcome, Player Chen Xiaoyan, to Xianjie. The following are the contents of this update:]
[1: Added wild demonic creatures and bosses]
[2: Added equipment enhancement function]
[3: Opened reputation quests]
[4: Level 30 replica “Death Cliff” refreshed]
As soon as she entered the game, the update notification popped up before her eyes.
After reading through it all, Chen Xiaoyan was extremely shocked.
‘Wow, equipment can be enhanced?’ She quickly pulled up her game inventory and clicked on the White Jade Hairpin inside. But there was no response.
Huh?
What does that mean? Why isn’t the enhancement option showing?
Chen Xiaoyan refused to give up. She took the White Jade Hairpin directly out of her inventory.
She looked left and right, but couldn’t figure it out at all.
“Seriously? Where’s the enhancement? Where’s the button?” Chen Xiaoyan scratched her head anxiously. No matter how she tried, the enhancement button just wouldn’t pop up.
In the end, she wasted twenty minutes and still failed.
She gave up.
Better take a look at this reputation quest thing.
Since it was a quest, then…
Chen Xiaoyan’s eyes lit up. Naturally, she pulled up the quest list. But one glance showed there was still nothing there.
Her eyes went blank. Then, with a smile plastered on her face, she dismissed the task interface and very unhappily let out a curse.
“Damn it.”
So, Xianjie really was different from those flashy, cheap traditional online games. It was really realistic.
‘Sigh. Let’s go check the World Channel. Maybe some da luo there has found a method.’
With that thought, she quickly pulled up the World Channel. It was indeed buzzing with discussion about Xianjie’s new features.
Chen Xiaoyan was overjoyed!
But after scrolling for a long time, she didn’t see a single person give a guide on how to enhance equipment or accept reputation quests.
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