I am a demonic cultivator, not a capitalist with a conscience.

Chapter 42 Let's play, let's play (13)

Just as Wang Chuyun was in a daze, the other person had already walked up to her and looked down at her.

When the other person got closer, Wang Chuyun realized that they were ridiculously tall. Underneath the blue and white swimsuit was almost transparent white skin, and the eerie smile gave them an inexplicable, inhuman quality.

Then, a stone ended Wang Chuyun's life.

The last thing she saw was the other person's ambiguous smile and the words, "So weak, you must always be at the bottom of the class in exams, right?"

"You're the one who's at the bottom of the list!"

Waking up from the dream, Wang Chuyun slammed her hand on the chair next to her, feeling that she was in a bad mood.

It's one thing to die upon entering a dream; such things are common and won't break her defenses.

However, that fake person looked too strange, and the words he said were too hurtful.

Who's at the bottom?
I'm number one in the grade, okay!

Countless nights she studied late into the night, wishing she could spend all her time learning.

While others slept for two hours, she only slept for one. She would read during mealtimes and even highlight important points in her dreams. This is how she maintained her position as the top student in her grade.

You're a non-player character who doesn't know anything, and you come up here saying I'm at the bottom of the class? Don't people these days have any sense at all?

After catching his breath, Wang Chuyun finally suppressed the anger in his chest, and then felt full of dissatisfaction with Tianyuan Chenguang Co., Ltd.

This morning light is really awful!

(You're already angry? I thought you'd be more composed. Looks like you're not so great after all.)
"you shut up!"

Cursing the evil god in his mind, Wang Chuyun calmed his mind, picked up his phone again, and sank back into his dream.

This time, she's determined to kill that fake!

Fueled by a surge of anger, she re-entered the dream, then exited again, cursing and swearing.

So annoying!

This time I didn't die immediately upon entering, but I failed to get any good items after answering the questions several times, and as a result, I was slaughtered by other players.

Filled with anger, Wang Chuyun entered the dream again.

Although she failed twice, she had fully understood the dream's setting and knew that the first twenty seconds were not meant to be wasted, but rather for observation.

She needs to distinguish between fake players and real players during this time, then immediately avoid the fake players upon entering the dream world, dodge the players who randomly get good weapons, and then quietly develop her character.

At the same time, she also needs to observe the location of the environment, determine the future development direction, and then add random factors.

After failing five more times, she began to experience something new.

Although the core of the dream is just answering questions and fighting, there are actually quite a lot involved.

The rewards for answering questions are random, but each time they will restore her health to full.

By making good use of this mechanism, you can absorb some of the damage and include that portion in the redundancy.

Moreover, it doesn't matter if you don't get any good items randomly. Each match only lasts for fifteen minutes, so as long as you can survive to the end, you can still succeed.

Biting the temple of her glasses, Wang Chuyun went through everything she could think of, then took out her notebook and wrote down her thoughts in neat and beautiful handwriting.

She hasn't realized yet that she's poured too much effort into "Quiz Showdown," even exceeding her original plans.

She didn't wake from her dream until the moon was bright and the stars were few, and the afternoon classes ended, letting out a satisfied sigh. Slumped onto the stone bench, her face flushed with happiness, her hand unconsciously loosening its grip on her phone, letting it fall to the side.

"Finally won! Those damned imposters, now they know who's in charge, ha!"

The previous frustration finally turned into satisfaction, and the previous repression finally turned into excitement, making her feel as if she had won first place again, and her heart was filled to the brim.

Once she had calmed down, she sat up and wrote down her thoughts in her notebook.

[Don't be greedy, absolutely don't be greedy. Answer the questions within five seconds and leave immediately. Absolutely do not linger.]

My literary knowledge is still a bit weak; I only got about 95% correct on literature-related questions. I need to work on that.

[The part about talismans feels a bit strange. The person who set the questions seems to have their own understanding of talismans, but for some reason, it also seems to make a lot of sense.]

[False humans must die! Every false human you see must be killed! Never let them speak!]

After finishing her notes, she checked the time and her expression suddenly turned sour.

It's nine o'clock...

She actually played for nine hours.

Seeing that she had wasted so much time, Wang Chuyun bit the temple of her glasses harder, and a feeling of dissatisfaction rose in her heart.

This morning light is really awful!

Why make a dream about answering questions so fun!
She hurriedly packed up her stationery, intending to leave and return to her dorm for extra lessons, when her attention was drawn to the sound of a text message confirming a deposit.

[Good luck and may you win tonight! Congratulations on winning first place in the "Quiz Showdown"! Your prize of 10 mana points has been sent to your phone. Please check it. We hope you continue your efforts and achieve even greater success!]

After reading the text message and looking at the ten points of mana that had been deposited into her account, two little figures popped into Wang Chuyun's mind.

The one on the left said, "Take advantage of your good form now and keep playing—no, I mean make money!"

The one on the right said, "Entertainment is a crime, we should be studying. But studying is for making money, and now we can skip the studying stage, so it doesn't matter."

Wang Chuyun nodded after looking at the two little figures.

That's right, I'm not having fun, I'm making money.

With a logical loop formed in her mind, Wang Chuyun dispelled her concerns and drifted back into her dream.

Thanks to her 430-point brainpower, the conclusions she drew were invincible in her dreams, boosting her chances of winning to 30%, which led her to start frantically exploiting loopholes.

Just as she was frantically accumulating magical power, the evil god in her mind let out a triumphant laugh.

Let's play! Let's play!
Keep playing!

If you play until you lose your ambition, until you become obsessed, until you have no time to study and your grades are in jeopardy, then you'll come begging to me!

At that time, you will surely become my loyal servant, kneeling before my banner, and then glorifying my glory!
As the evil god laughed triumphantly, Chen Yu also felt smug.

Let's play! Let's play!
Give me all the negative emotions you want, and then win back my positive magic!

The power of internal energy truly lives up to its reputation as the greatest cheat code for cultivation. The feeling of creating something from nothing and having others work for you is simply amazing.

Humming a song, Chen Yu smiled with satisfaction as he watched his positive emotions steadily decline and his negative emotions steadily rise.

(End of this chapter)