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Chapter 485 Wishing everyone a happy 520 and eternal singlehood
Bathed in the gentle sunlight, I look ahead to see a few dirty children.

“There are new ones.” — She heard the malicious voices of the children, who were only up to her waist, their expressions obscured by the backlight.

A new one has arrived? So this has been the filming location for all the previous variety shows?
So many people had been here before them.

So where have all those people gone now?

Thinking of this made me feel a little dazed for a moment. At that moment, those waist-high children were staring coldly at her and giving an impatient command: "Come here."

The following year, I frowned. The NPCs in this instance were extremely unpleasant, yet they acted as if it were their right, as if it were their duty.

He hesitated for a moment before taking a step forward the following year.

Before she could take more than a few steps, something flew from the side and hit her head at an angle; it was deliberately thrown at her.

The following year, I was momentarily stunned and reached out to touch the spot where I had been hit. I touched a wet patch that looked like mud and had a slightly foul smell.

The children burst into loud laughter, as if they had succeeded. Lai Nian was startled by the laughter and felt a chill run down her spine as she looked back at the production crew. She saw that the group of people behind her were also staring at her with malicious eyes, their eyes filled with undisguised mockery, as if they had known this would happen all along.

She glanced around at the hostile crowd and took a small step back: "What exactly is this instance...?"

"This world primarily inflicts psychological torment. Unlike other dungeons that drive players to frantic escape, the old world inflicts severe psychological damage on players, specifically manifested as..."

At this moment, the fat man was intently reading the long message sent by Xiao Qiao in the cheating group.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Qiao was quite knowledgeable about the old world. Shortly after the fat man raised his question, she began sending long messages to explain.

However, the fat man felt that the tone of the message didn't sound like Xiao Qiao, but rather like someone else's.

Seeing the message from Xiao Qiao, the puzzled fat man suddenly typed out a message.

[Fatty]: Miss Qiao, may I ask why you have such a thorough understanding of this world?
A reply came a few seconds later.

[Xiao Qiao]: I didn't research it; I asked people who had been to this instance.
"Ask someone else?" Fatty realized that Xiao Qiao had actually been to this instance before. What a coincidence!

The fat man was unaware that this was not a coincidence, but rather that Xiao Qiao had used one of her special items—

Big Data Search

[Introduction: Are you frustrated by not being able to find what you want? Have you ever forgotten where you put something important? Use our big data search to easily solve your problems.]

[Function: Enter what you want, and the map will show the nearest location of that item. Due to the cumbersome big data scanning process, this item can only be used once a week.]

Xiao Qiao used a big data search to enter "players who have entered the Metamorphosis instance".

This special item is obtained in a dungeon called "Monopoly".

Fortunately, the college entrance exam instance had just ended, and many players had gathered here, so she was able to find players who had entered the Metamorphosis instance.

The other party's nickname was "You hit me to collect a debt."

So she rushed to the location of her target and apprehended the suspect in just over ten minutes.

The phrase "apprehended and brought to justice" is perfectly apt, because the player who was found was already tied up, and she was questioning him while holding him by the back of his collar.

Almost no one was alone when they came to participate in the college entrance examination activities.

The kidnapped man, who said "You hit me to collect a debt," was not alone; he had three companions.

It's worth mentioning that just a second ago they were worrying in the rented room they had finally found, because their game coins were running out and they didn't have enough food left to fill their stomachs.

The next second their door was kicked open, the whole building shook three times, and even the old-fashioned electric fan overhead swayed with the sound.

Just as the four of them thought there had been an explosion somewhere, they looked up and saw a familiar face outside the door.

Almost everyone recognizes Xiao Qiao's face. Even elderly people who aren't interested in modern TV dramas can recall a few names upon seeing her, though they might not be able to pronounce them correctly. A big star, usually only seen on television, suddenly appears before them. Just when they think they're dreaming, the star bursts in with a rather swaggering gait and grabs them, demanding payment.

Xiao Qiao's face was already expressionless on screen, and now it's even more frighteningly expressionless.

When the other three saw someone grabbing the debtor with such a terrifying expression, they certainly wouldn't sit idly by and watch the show. They immediately rushed forward, showing their loyalty.

But those who rushed forward all fell to the ground, except for the debtor who was grabbed by the back of the collar by Xiao Qiao, who was still standing.

The debt collector looked up tremblingly, never expecting this female celebrity so prominent on television to be so terrifying. Back in the day, he too had followed the trend and called Xiao Qiao a "pretty face."

Looking at the broken door not far away and his three teammates lying on the ground groaning, all he wanted to do was find a vase and smash it over his head.

He regretted his actions and cautiously looked up at the female celebrity, trying to figure out what she wanted to do.

Above him, Xiao Qiao was slightly opening her mouth, as if she wanted to ask him something.

He felt his collar tighten and strained to listen, but his mind went blank after he heard what the other person said.

Metamorphosis... Metamorphosis...

That was a dungeon he didn't want to recall. If he could, he hoped he would never have anything to do with it again or ever mention it again.

But unexpectedly, he was caught today and forced to recall what happened in that instance.

……

By this time, Xiao Qiao had been interrogating him for ten minutes. Just as he was feeling scared and wondering why this female celebrity was asking such a question, Xiao Qiao's voice came from above his head again: "...Don't just stand there, tell me quickly."

He shuddered before opening his mouth again.

"At first, we didn't understand the dungeon mechanics and were worried every day that ghosts would appear, but in the end, our worries never came true."

"Later we gradually figured out this dungeon. It didn't have ghosts, but it could still cause a lot of damage to players."

"There, we players were divided into two groups. The slightly stronger group was sent away for modification and transformation... which basically meant enduring humiliation, but there was no way to resist, and absolutely no way to resist. The mission was to complete the filming; only a successful transformation counted as a completion. Resistance would only delay the dungeon... and might even delay it indefinitely, potentially leaving us forever in that dungeon..."

"In that instance, I was in the weak group, which was like being sent to a wealthy family to experience life. After figuring out the instance mechanics, I felt sorry for the strong group because all the targeting was aimed at them. Our group was only pitied and treated kindly because we were weak..."

"That's what I thought at first, but I soon realized that things weren't actually like that, in fact..."

At this point, the debt collector trembled slightly before continuing.

You are always being watched.

The fat man was stunned for a moment when he saw the eight words that had just been sent.

Are you always being watched?

What does this mean?
Just then, he suddenly heard You Si speak from behind him: "Don't you find it strange that the lady of the house has gone?"

The fat man's mind went blank for a moment.

You are always being watched... the vanished mistress...

Suddenly he felt something staring at him from behind, and he stiffened his neck and turned his head to look.

From the dark gap under the bed, he saw an eye staring intently at him.

Forever single! Forever single!

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(End of this chapter)