NOVEL NEXT Chapter 76
She pointed at an outsider.
When her fingers fell, Yu Qing’s pupils trembled, and he clearly heard an ethereal female voice in his ears, “Thank you, I chose you, but…” [Ding Dong——]
The sudden appearance of the system alarm obscured Lin Xiaojing’s threat.
System prompt, [The plot of the Copper Hairpin branch underwent dramatic changes, and a large number of dungeon NPCs derailed. The self-repair function of the main system was turned on, and the resentment of all mainline NPCs was strengthened, and they were about to enter secondary upgrading mode.]
[Upgrading countdown, 02 hours, 20 minutes, 00 seconds]
[Host Yu Qing, congratulations on successfully triggering the mission, redeeming the children of “Lin Xiaojing.”]
[Completion time, 1 day]
[Task countdown, 24 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds]
The system’s broadcast was a bit long. Yu Qing completely missed Lin Xiaojing’s threat. Therefore, he could only find her children first to complete the task.
Yu Qing had no way of knowing. Before he could clear his thoughts, he saw a group of demons starting to dance wildly in the live broadcast room.
[Ah ah ah ah! I remembered that the upgrading of the dungeon meant that the main system was on higher difficulty. There were three levels in total, right? Some hosts had been trying for a lifetime, but they hadn’t encountered any dungeon upgrading at the end of their lives. Qingqing You Are the Best!!!]
[OMG! My black sesame glutinous rice dumpling wife, Tiying Mountain Village is a dungeon that has never been upgraded in so many years; I love you!]
[What should I do? I am looking forward to it!!!]
[I am just curious about what happened to the Copper Hairpin Branch Line? Ahhhhh! I wanted to see what to do!]
“…”
It seemed… nothing but a dungeon upgrade.
“Everyone!” Suddenly, a rough voice interrupted Yu Qing’s thoughts.
He turned his head and saw Tong Lei slamming the table and standing up swaggering among the hosts, as if he was going to call for something.
Ding!
With a sinking heart, Yu Qing had a bad premonition, so he made a quick decision, stood up, and walked toward Tong Lei.
Sure enough, this guy opened his mouth and said, “After the dungeon changed, all the rules became difficult. The hosts could not cooperate and could only randomly receive single-line tasks issued by the system. If you could not complete them, you would die! Do you know who should be blamed for this?”
Before he finished speaking, Tong Lei’s hands suddenly felt cold.
He found that Yu Qing had quietly approached him at some point and stuffed a… copper hairpin into his hand.
He also added, “Brother Tong, I will give you some fans.”
In Yu Qing’s live broadcast room,
[Hahahahahahaha! Interrupted the spellcasting!]
[Qingqing looked so simply; how could he be a bad person? (Reward points +100)]
[For those above who were curious about the plot of the Copper Hairpin branch, you could go to Tong Lei’s live broadcast room and watch it, hahahahaha!]
In the dungeon, Tong Lei blinked twice in confusion. Before he could figure out what was going on, he heard [Ding Dong——]
[Congratulations to the host Tong Lei for discovering an important clue, “the broken copper hairpin”; the plot exploration rate is 18%.]
[The temporary side mission has been triggered, and the mission goal is to escape from the Wedding Hall.]
The man’s eyes suddenly widened, “Fuck you——”
However, before he finished his curse, he disappeared from the place with a ray of white light.
Huhu——
A gust of cool breeze blew by, and the other hosts’ eyes were still focused here, looking at Yu Qing with some confusion.
Those eyes fell on him, gradually showing defensiveness and fear, but…
The young man turned around and smiled innocently, “When I entered the theatre club just now, Brother Tong said that he wanted to use my copper hairpin to explore the plot. It’s not a competitive dungeon anyway, so everyone should help each other.”
“Well… if you had any trouble in the future, you could come to me.”
After hearing this, all the nervous hosts finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat back down.
Live broadcast room, [Hahahahahahaha, Tong Lei: Don’t believe him, don’t believe him, don’t believe him (screaming!)]
[Oh shit! His innocent face is really a natural weapon for disguise. Who would be angry with a cute long-haired beauty?]
[Holy shit! This branch plot after upgrading is so interesting. Come on, come with me and check it out!]
[Hahaha, Tong Lei is so miserable; I am laughing so much (Reward points +5000)]
[Why were you like this? How could you laugh at Tong Lei and reward the host at the same time? How shameless! (Reward points +1000)]
The number of people in the live broadcast room decreased slightly but still remained at 40,000+. Yu Qing turned around and was about to walk back to his seat when he saw the temple lady in white walking up to him in a few steps.
She staggered on her feet and almost fell down in excitement, “You look familiar. Did you come to the temple yesterday?”
“You are the first foreigner to be designated as the heir. Come on, come on, come and talk to me.”
Yu Qing had no choice but to follow the lady and sit on the wooden chair next to Tong Lei.
On the stage, the ‘deity’ Lin Xiaojing was carried down, and a big play started immediately, causing the serious atmosphere around her to disappear.
The host Yu Zi, who sat at the front of the stage and followed Yu Qing’s tutorial template all the way back to the village, thought for a long time and really couldn’t figure it out.
Ever since she entered the dungeon, she had noticed this name – Yu Qing? Yu Qing? Why… was it so familiar?
Yu Zi had been in the game for two years, her host level, 5 (full level 10).
It could be said that she was stuck on the passing line.
A boss in the eyes of a novice, a novice in the eyes of a big boss, but at this level, she had earned enough points to buy props for self-defence.
After playing dungeons for two years, she had been in contact with big and small bosses, but had never… heard of Yu Qing.
Continuing to search, this name appeared on the “Rookie Power List.” It was reasonable to say that it was a new host who had just joined, but this name and appearance made Yu Zi feel… the more she looked at it, the more familiar it became.
Seeing that Yu Qing was taken by the lady in the temple, she stood up quietly, slipped to Qian Lai’s side, and asked in a low voice, “Do you… have a good relationship?”
With his eyes wandering, Qian Lai peeled off a peanut with one hand and handed two to the other party, “Not bad. You can earn points by following him. Do you want to come along?”
When entering the village, due to the dungeon upgrade, Yu Zi and Qian Lai had been in the same bus. They had ridden together and were relatively familiar with each other.
So, the girl gave a symbolic smile and continued to ask, “I always feel like I have seen him somewhere.”
“Yu Qing… is it a new account opened by some big shot in disguise?”
“Or… has he been the number one host once before, got out of the game, and then came back by some strange combination of circumstances and tried again?”
“Isn’t it?” After taking a sip of tea, Qian Lai thought for a moment and immediately rejected this statement, “His behaviour is not very similar.”
Because in his opinion, Yu Qing had a high IQ, knew a lot, and had meticulous observation skills, but… may not have been good at getting along with others.
The way to judge right from wrong was very simple, and the way to judge love… was even simpler.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t think of getting married just by sleeping with the BOSS once.
It wasn’t like…
Just as he was thinking about it, Qian Lai’s eyes paused, and he noticed Yu Qing’s direction.
At the end of the play, the lady finally ended the chat and looked at him expectantly, “My child, we are going to hold a celebration for the ‘Ascension Banquet’ later. Lady wants you to take the lead in playing music. What is your name?”
His pupils dilated, and Qian Lai clearly heard Yu Qing open his mouth, “My name is… Qian Lai.”
Qian Lai, “????”
The question just popped up, and the next moment, [Ding Dong——]
[The second-level mutation of the dungeon has been completed, and all NPC members were mutating again…]
Then, Qian Lai lowered his eyes and subconsciously looked at his live broadcast room.
[Ahhhhhhhh! Tiying Mountain Village has changed! It’s even more dangerous. I love it so much!!!]