My main world refreshes weekly.

"Is this a good opportunity...?"

Staring at Xixi's lips, Chen Ci felt like he was becoming a bit perverted.

Although Sisi is indeed quite beautiful.

The assessment was fair: if converted to men, Xixi wouldn't be much worse than him. He did want to vent, but not with a stabbing iron; he used his fists. A girl as beautiful as Xixi would cry for a long time after being punched—that's what a normal person would do.

The fact that this thought didn't even reach the point of resorting to violence indicates that he's been under immense pressure lately, which has already affected his subconscious. The reason he hasn't acted immediately is because Sisi's words aren't the main issue; the main issue is that his own world seems to have stopped turning…

The unusual situation before him quickly calmed Chen Ci down, pulling him out of his anger.

He first reached out and pinched Sisi's cheek, but she didn't react. Chen Ci then parted Sisi's lips wider and stuffed a piece of cake inside.

Still no response.

"Time stopped?"

A word popped into Chen Ci's mind.

It was very strange, but Chen Ci remained calm.

This world is already strange and peculiar, with too many things defying common sense, as if the progress of civilization has gone astray. On top of that, adding a time-stop setting is not surprising at all.

Instead, all the sounds around him disappeared, and even the wind seemed to have stopped, giving Chen Ci an unprecedented sense of peace. Finally, no one was clamoring and trying to force strange ideas into his mind.

"It's good to stop sometimes, it's good to stop sometimes..."

"It should have been done a long time ago."

Chen Ci slumped into a chair with a sigh of relief. As a normal person, dealing with crazy people like his roommate and Xixi every day is really tiring; you could easily become a psychopath like them if you're not careful.

If cognitive impairment were contagious, Chen Ci had no doubt that his assimilation progress bar had already exceeded 90%.

Chen Ci vaguely remembered that he used to be a very gentle person who never overturned tables, but the pervasive cognitive pollution was constantly drilling into his brain, fighting against his original values, exhausting his patience, and causing him to become more and more irritable every day.

For humanity, the most terrifying thing is not death, but loneliness. Chen Ci forgot where he had seen this quote, and at the time he quite agreed with it, but not anymore—compared to living in a crazy world, Chen Ci would rather that time stand still and never be restored, so that he could remain a quiet, handsome man and live out his loneliness.

Of course, if given a choice, Chen Ci would still hope that the world could be a bit more normal.

After resting for a while as if he were giving up, Chen Ci stood up, began to observe his surroundings, and came to a conclusion—it was indeed time stop. Everything around him was frozen in place, from the truck that suddenly stalled on the road to the mosquito on Xixi's head, as if the Creator had pressed the pause button on everything.

Aside from him being a "BUG".

"Snapped!"

Chen Ci swatted the mosquito dead. He hated these blood-sucking creatures, buzzing around all day, talking nonsense, they were so annoying. Even if time stopped, they would still die.

This also shows that he temporarily holds the power of life and death in this world. The Creator has frozen everything, but has not given them "offline protection." Fortunately, Grandpa Chen is kind-hearted and has a high moral standard. Even when he was in a rage, he did not lose his mind, otherwise there would have been a bloodbath tonight.

Don't ask what kind of blood it is.

"Um?"

wrong.

While dealing with the mosquitoes, Chen Ci caught a glimpse of the clock on the GG screen in the neighboring shopping district and noticed that the hands of the clock were actually moving.

Instead of being stopped, it was moving backwards, contrary to its usual behavior.

【23:52:46】

【23:52:45】

【23:52:44】

Chen Ci unconsciously took out his phone and glanced at the time, only to find it was indeed the same. His roommate Peng Yujian's phone, the watch on Xixi's wrist, the clock on the wall inside the Starbucks… every timekeeping device Chen Ci could find was running backwards at this moment.

Chen Ci also found a two-dimensional collaboration paper calendar on the Starbucks counter. Just like the calendar on his phone, it displayed a date that Chen Ci had never seen before:

[Tenth]

Chen Ci: "?"

With his traumatized understanding, it was really difficult for him to grasp the meaning of this word at that moment.

There are only seven days in a week, so where does the tenth of the week come from?

"Have I entered the 'Time Chamber'?"

"The back room" generally refers to the "inner world," which, in terms of time, is "inner time"—a period of time that ordinary people cannot enter or experience.

His words were uncertain, and as he frowned in thought, a ball of light outside another door of Starbucks caught his attention. It was a white halo about the size of an F, gently rippling as if it were lying on a French window, making him want to reach out and touch it.

As Chen Ci walked closer, he realized there wasn't just one of these orbs of light, but a great many. Starting from the Starbucks entrance, turning onto another street, the orbs stretched out in a long line, one after another, all the way to the end of the street.

"Parkour?" Chen Ci stomped on a ball of light.

There was no tangible sensation, yet a line of text appeared under my feet.

[Gained 0.001 freely assignable attribute points]

Chen Ci was taken aback, then his face turned indignant.

"Damn it, it really is just a game."

He said there's something wrong with this world!

That damn game designer! I was driven crazy by him before he finally decided to give out gold coins.

Amidst his anger, a glimmer of excitement gradually appeared in Chen Ci's eyes.

After being an NPC for so long, it's finally his turn to take the lead!

"Smack."

Chen Ci stepped on another ball of light.

[Gained 0.001 free attribute points]

Step on it again.

[Gained 0.001 free attribute points]

They gave very little.

Fortunately, there were enough of them.

Chen Ci tried various commands to call up the panel, such as "System", "Backpack", "Attributes", "Dark Blue Points!"... but none of them worked, so he simply ignored them for now. Anyway, 0.001 probably wouldn't have much effect, so he might as well pick up all the light orbs first.

[Gained 0.001 free attribute points]

[Gained 0.001 free attribute points]

[Gained 0.001 free attribute points]

……

There was a white orb of light about every 3 meters. Chen Ci walked on the orbs of light and walked all the way out of the university town. The orbs of light still seemed to stretch on and on.

Chen Ci was already physically weak, and when he couldn't walk any further, he stopped to rest for a while. On a whim, he scanned a shared bicycle on the roadside and found that it actually worked, which made things much easier.

There were a total of 10,000 light orbs, with a total of 10 points of free attribute. Chen Ci traveled about 30 kilometers by walking and riding, and finally arrived at Tianfu Square in the city.

Chengdu's nights are always brightly lit. Even when time stands still and it's unusually quiet, you can still feel the atmosphere of this city, which is at least more lively than the university town.

The last sphere of light disappeared at the entrance of a building. This was a high-rise building built independently of the shopping mall, specifically for business and entertainment. It boasted the city's highest-rated karaoke bar, massage parlor, foot massage parlor, Michelin-starred restaurant, star-rated hotel, and a business and leisure club called "Mingcheng" on the top floor.

Looking up, all the lights were still, except for the club's dark gold illuminated lettering, which flickered on and off like breathing.

Chen Ci was much smarter than his roommate Peng Yujian.

The ball of light led him all the way from the university town to here, clearly luring him upstairs.

How to use these 10 free attribute points that you picked up? The answer should be hidden in the club.

Reason told Chen Ci that there might be danger up there.

But his desire to rise above his current position and his blank memories of his mother gave him courage.

"I don't even have a mother, why should I avoid your sharp edge?"

With a cold laugh, Chen Ci stomped up the dark emergency exit, went to the KTV, grabbed two bottles of beer, headed straight to the top floor, and pushed open the door of Mingcheng Club.

The slightly blinding light made Chen Ci squint.

Welcome to the Tenth of the Week.

A woman's voice said this in his ear.

……