Is the person you sculpt as cute as me?

But there is more to it than that, as Rumana Seti has many other nicknames.

Dragon Island, Knife-Testing Island, Peace Island, and the Primary School Student Tourism Island...

"Hey...is it good luck or bad luck? There's a white island all around."

Senior Cat sighed

"As a territory, although it's only level eight, it's incredibly fertile, offers unique scenery, and is extremely difficult to attack... but as a port of call on a trade route, it's truly unfortunate."

Yu Man nodded, it was true: "Players need at least a full year of development before they have a chance to kill the dragon."

At the beginning of the day - the island is clean.

There are no indigenous races, no human civilization.

There are no players who collect resources, open dungeons, or open treasure maps.

There are also no ports for merchant ships conducting maritime trade to dock.

Because this island—is inhabited by a dragon.

The eighth-level Ice Prison Dragon is a highly rare and mysterious mythical beast.

047. A bit of an overreaction

This dragon is extremely aggressive and any creature that approaches the island will be frozen directly to the bottom of the sea.

But that's not its strength.

In the first round that Senior Cat knew, even with the players' greed, teamwork, and adventurous spirit of not caring about death, it took more than a year to defeat the dragon for the first time.

Of the more than one hundred elite players of the Dragon Slayer Guild that was conducting the offensive, ninety percent were killed.

because--

"That mechanic... is truly impossible to crack." Yu Man couldn't help but sigh, "This game's mechanics and skills basically have countermeasures, but I really don't know how to deal with that dragon."

"Indeed, we can only fight hard... It's really a bit tricky. It's called an ice dragon, but it turns out to be the embodiment of the concept of 'winter'."

……

The island of abundance symbolizes the end of night and the beginning of day.

There is a towering mountain with ice veins that spew out ice and cold.

A silvery ice dragon dwells on the mountaintop...breathing winter upon the world.

The dragon-slaying team is strong enough to disintegrate its body.

But winter - it cannot be driven away by a bonfire in the house.

It takes from the cold that drifts out into the world... and then rebuilds itself.

Therefore, as long as winter continues - its life is almost infinite.

The dragon slayer will eventually turn into permafrost and sink to the bottom of the sea in the infinite hell of ice and snow.

"To challenge it is like trying to dispel the severe winter of the entire world. It requires a vigorous and protracted battle."

Senior Cat shuddered and continued.

"So, later, that guild conquered Winter, obtained the island as their territory, and signed a contract with the Ice Dragon. Only then were they able to build a dock and open up the trade route... Otherwise, no one would have used that route because they lacked a transit island."

"But that wasn't the case during my week."

Yu Man has a different story.

"Dragons are a classic of all fantasy, and in the old world, there was only one dragon easily found. So there was a Teachers and Parents Association, which organized a lot of people and spent what seemed like ages grinding away countless lives of the Ice Dragon."

"Teacher-Parent Association...ah!"

"Then we made a pact with the dragons not to harm visitors to the island. It's a place for students and children to visit because they can see the dragons."

The cat looked as if a thorn had pricked its paw while it was walking, and it looked very uncomfortable.

"Damn, there was a big alliance like this back in my playthrough. It was dedicated to eliminating incivility in the game and helping the next generation grow. It was a super-toxic alliance. There was also a super-powerful guild... whose purpose was to move desks into sleep mode so kids could stay up all night studying."

"Damn, I fought this world war that round as well... Senior Cat, you didn't fight this world war that round as well, did you?"

“…You too?”

They looked at each other, both horrified.

The Teachers and Parents Association, as a giant alliance with a common goal, strong driving force and a self-proclaimed sacred mission, has many guilds under its umbrella around the world.

In order to bring desks and classrooms to this world, and so that the next generation can make good use of their sleeping patterns, they also study in this world.

They delved madly into magic, acquired skills—and madly upgraded their manufacturing skills.

Just to create schools, textbooks, and teaching materials...

Of course, there is another group of people who hate this practice and believe that sleep is a way of rest given to humans by nature.

Even if there are games now, they should follow classical nature and be used as a tool for relaxation and rest.

On the contrary—this is the true meaning of the game.

They opposed the utilitarianization of games, and thus had a huge disagreement with the Teachers and Parents Association.

In the end, it turned into an ultimate war that involved the entire world.

"Senior Cat, in your round, who was the winner of this war?" Yu Man asked.

"Finally, the game manufacturer... well, it's the Three Secrets and the so-called gods who, just like the ban on real-world transactions, wove a world law into it."

In reality, an announcement is made on the official website.

"They directly prohibit the utilitarianization of gaming and sleep patterns, and prohibit the deliberate use of gaming as a tool to serve the inner circle of their own kind in real life."

Cat Senior's tone was slightly sarcastic, but he seemed to understand.

"They want sleep mode to be a place where people's souls are at ease and relaxed. They want people to be able to legitimately steal eight hours a day from their lives through sleep mode... to waste time, and not be ashamed of it."

"It seems that in this matter, the trend is consistent."

Yu Man sat on the cat bed, and Senior Cat lay on Yu Man's lap.

They both thought the same thing - and knew each other so there was no need to say much, as that was common knowledge among second-round players.

"Speaking of which, since White Island is near your main city, it's indeed a bit unlucky."

Senior Cat picked up the previous topic and continued.

"That means we'll have one less port to connect to, and an entire shipping route will be ruined... After all, if we get too close to the island, the dragon will attack directly."

"Indeed, if there's one less supply point and we have to take a detour... a lot of goods can't be shipped."

For Shimlabakken and the tens of thousands of players born here, this is indeed a huge loss.

Yu Man is also troubled by this, as it will have a huge impact on trade.

As the largest landlord in Shimlabakken, she has been placing purchase orders to stockpile huge amounts of materials in order to open a large number of workshops and shops, turning the entire main city into a manufacturing paradise.

And the goods produced must always be sold somewhere.

She originally thought that she could sell it all over the world and dump it after the players went overseas.

You can even suppress the development of local production players and monopolize profits for yourself.

Well, now that’s bad. We can’t go in one direction directly, so we have to take other routes.

When maritime trade is hindered, various problems such as profits, sales, and internal competition will follow.

Not only that, because the route is easier to judge, there will be a large number of pirates lurking on the route.

Damn ice dragon.

Senior Cat couldn't help with that, but he was happy to chat about other things.

That's how it should be.

Its expression suddenly became serious, but what it said was—

"Meow~"

Oh, it turns out there’s someone behind me.

It is a household robot because the sound it makes when walking is different from that of humans.

"Are we disturbing you?" asked the housekeeping robot.

"No, thank you for taking such good care of Triple Crown."

"No, no, no, you're visiting the young lady. This is truly a truly considerate act. It's truly unprecedented... Let's not talk about that. The young lady has already gotten out of the bath and is ready to go to sleep. So let me ask you when is the best time to go to bed?"

It can be seen that the domestic robot has a lot to talk about, but the owner's orders always take priority.

Yu Man looked at her phone - quite a while had passed without her noticing, and it was almost time to continue her journey.

Although it was depressing that the ice dragon destroyed the route, everything is going smoothly now.

At least take that package back first.

……

After returning to the guest room, Yu Man immediately took out his mobile phone and opened WeChat.

"See you in my dream...in one...minute. Any questions?"

While reading it softly, Yu Man's fingers quickly typed and sent it to Xiaolu.

Coincidentally, her knees also lightly touched the bed.

"No problem." I also heard the reply.

"it is good."

Yu Man answered subconsciously—and then realized something was wrong.

Because she was frightened, Yu Man's cell phone fell on the carpet.

“Wow, is this the aging process?”

"...Brother, why are you in my bed?!"

Yu Man himself almost followed the same fate as his mobile phone.

On the bed in the guest room, the owner of the room, wearing pajamas and a nightcap, was already lying there.

There was both a cell phone and a headset next to her pillow...but she just stared at reality, at the person in front of her.

"Huh? Because it's uncomfortable."

“…What’s so uncomfortable?!”

"We logged off at the same place, so if we want to log in, we must log in together, right?"

Xiaolu gave her reasons as a matter of course, and from her words and actions, it seemed that Yu Man was wrong to make a fuss.

"But we can't yell before bed, like 'I'm about to land! Are you ready?' We're not the old-fashioned folk songs."

"Cell phone!" Yu Man yelled.

"But using a phone is so uncomfortable. Even if I agree on a time... I always feel like the other person is going to reply, so I have to reply too... It's just so unclear. And there's always the possibility of something unexpected happening in the end, right?"

So, since we are in the same house, this is the best option.

Her words were extremely convincing, without even a hint of gloom.

Yu Man gradually felt that this was true, and began to feel that she was overreacting.

"Come." Xiaolu stretched out his hand and patted the seat next to her with the palm hidden in his sleeve.

"...then...come."

The closer you get, the more you can smell a faint scent.

They were girls who had just finished their showers, their bodies still slightly damp, and they released a lingering scent of shower gel and shampoo into the air.

Putting his phone away and crawling into the already warm quilt, Yu Man felt very uncomfortable.

Because the left side was empty, the quilt was not rolled up next to me.