Bai Qiu’s mana was completely drained, and after his Berserk skill ended, he fell into unconsciousness.
Zhang Shiyao had been knocked out by the Mage Merchant through special means and was now inside a dream world, where a unique opportunity for her was quietly unfolding.
…
When Bai Qiu woke up again, the bright sunlight slanted through the window and fell across his bed.
“Where… am I?” A question mark appeared in Bai Qiu’s mind.
The surroundings were unfamiliar—somewhere he had never been before.
“Hu… hu…”
“Hu… hu…”
Two breaths beside him caught his attention.
He turned to the right and saw Zhang Shiyao still wearing her fluffy hunter outfit, sleeping peacefully beside him.
Then he turned to the left, and the first thing that caught his eyes was a pair of long, blue, fluffy rabbit ears.
Guinelia was hugging a pillow and sleeping.
As he turned his head, his cheek brushed against her warm, delicate fingers.
Bai Qiu felt the left side of his body go from warm to slightly hot as his mind raced to recall the events before he passed out.
He gently moved Guinelia’s arm that had been resting on his chest and carefully examined his hands.
He never imagined the words “smooth and tender” would describe him.
His hands, which had previously been bloodied, were completely unscathed, exceptionally smooth, and the calluses on his palms and fingers were gone.
If his fists weren’t the size of sandbags, he might have even suspected his hands had been replaced.
No doubt, this had to be Guinelia.
It seemed she had not only treated his injuries but also pampered his hands.
This also appeared to be her bedroom.
Overall, the space gave off a very warm and cozy feeling.
Bai Qiu was about to quietly get up when his left hand touched something soft.
He turned and saw Guinelia’s long rabbit ears—fluffy, soft, warm, and comforting…
Bai Qiu: …rub.
Rub again.
Rub once more!
The last time!
“Mr. Bai Qiu!” Guinelia’s sudden voice startled him so much that his hair nearly stood on end.
He quickly averted his gaze, hand on his head, scrambling for an excuse.
“You’re not allowed there… hehe… hu…” Her next half-mumbled words made Bai Qiu glance back, only to find her face calm, eyes closed, her delicate eyelashes forming gentle curves, looking very relaxed.
“Phew…” Luckily, she was just talking in her sleep.
Feeling guilty, Bai Qiu didn’t dare linger.
He quietly got up, adjusted their blankets, and tiptoed out.
He found his armor and clothes drying in the backyard and realized he had been stripped down to his underwear.
Hastily, he used his storage card to retrieve a fresh set of clothes and put them on.
Bai Qiu’s cheeks burned.
He didn’t dare think about what had happened last night.
He glanced at the system page and saw he had already slept over ten hours—it was now past three in the afternoon!
He suddenly thought of Guinelia.
She had clearly not slept much herself, yet she had managed to bring him here for treatment and to clean him up… he would need to find time to thank her properly.
Although Guinelia was an adult rabbit-person, about 1.6 meters tall aside from her upright ears, with a striking figure, dragging a fully grown, strong adult male like him could not have been easy—especially with him wearing armor…
“Ah… at this point… let’s just eat first!” Bai Qiu went to the sink, washing up while checking the zone and cross-regional channels.
He wasn’t particularly fond of socializing but didn’t feel the need to hide like a thief, so he didn’t pay much attention to the fact that everyone was talking about him in the zone and cross-regional channels.
His friends list and private messages were flooded, and his trade post had countless messages as well.
Sometimes, he had to admire how resourceful people were.
In just ten hours, merely by exposing his name in zone 2233, they had dug up nearly everything about him—almost down to the color of his underwear.
Bai Qiu roughly skimmed through his private messages—some asking if he had opened the game, some wanting to apprentice under him, some asking if he needed a girlfriend, and some even sending all sorts of explicit content… everything imaginable.
This? Even here, there are “XX Actress”?
Bai Qiu was speechless.
He glanced through the messages and casually left a single comment: “Average.”
Then he moved on to other private messages.
“Everyone here is a survivor. I think you should share the ways to become stronger! And you should also distribute the boss drops to the relevant organizations. Perfect! I’m from the XXX organization. I suggest you offer the drops to the state—it’s your duty to contribute for the greater good of the people!”
“Damn it! Idiot!” Bai Qiu couldn’t help swearing.
Foam from his mouth splattered everywhere as he immediately permanently blocked this bloated middle-aged fool and stopped scrolling through unfamiliar messages—he feared that if he looked at too many more, he wouldn’t be able to eat.
When the system announcement went out yesterday, Bai Qiu had realized that actual military units had likely been wiped out or sealed during the disaster.
Otherwise, with so many regions, there would have to be soldiers occupying some of the safe zones.
After all, even if soldiers’ equipment couldn’t gain experience, their physical abilities far exceeded normal people, and they were well-trained to cooperate with each other.
Logically, their monster-fighting and leveling speed should have been faster than Bai Qiu’s, not slower.
Moreover, even if they couldn’t use firearms, protective gear like bulletproof vests and shields could still be used, right?
Wear that stuff and stand in front, and how could the Dragonfang soldiers break through?
After yesterday’s announcement, various military units had appeared like mushrooms after the rain, showing up in the cross-region channels.
Bai Qiu guessed that the military had probably been forcibly banned earlier.
When the system later added interdimensional channels and upgraded and diversified the Dragonfang monsters, the level-one soldiers would be released to increase the intended difficulty…
Since Zone 2233 was in the city center, and the military typically stationed in the outskirts, it made sense that no formal soldiers were here.
But Bai Qiu had visited many safe zones across hundreds of kilometers, including remote locations, and had not even seen the name of a single formal military unit.
That was a bit strange.
As for the military, Bai Qiu didn’t care much—he just focused on himself.
Why would he, a civilian, worry about trained soldiers?
In a sense, by farming monsters and leveling up, he was already helping the state.
After all, he didn’t hoard wealth, didn’t run gangs or organizations, and didn’t disrupt society.
He had no impact on the country’s development.
In fact, in the cross-region channels, many people had already started “I Don’t Eat Beef.” *
Those people were probably PVP players, entirely unrelated to top-tier PVE players like Bai Qiu.
After finishing his washing up, Bai Qiu left Guinelia’s room.
This gave him a chance to see the layout of her entire potion shop.
It had three rooms and a hall: a storage room, a bedroom, and a potion workshop.
The workshop and bedroom connected to the backyard door.
In addition to clothes-drying racks, the backyard had some special potted plants, which seemed to be rare ingredients for making potions.
Bai Qiu guessed that as one of the supporters, Guinelia probably had access to the system to obtain raw materials for potion-making.
These potted plants could be either her personal hobby or ingredients for potions.
Just as he was about to leave and passed the storage room, a male voice called out: “Is Miss Guinelia there?”
*TL note : I Don’t Eat Beef in China meme mean when you want to win, you can resort to any underhanded tactics! It come from a drama The Siege delivered by actor Louis Koo as the antagonist.
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