The Arrival of the Game
“You…” Jin was left speechless.
To argue with her would be to indirectly admit his own incompetence, but to agree with her… that would be simply too arrogant!
After all, he was a king standing atop the food chain, yet here he was, losing an argument to a woman.
How could that be acceptable?
He remained silent for a long time before finally speaking, but the words that escaped were unexpected: “Woman, what is your name?”
“Mu Xinning. ‘Mu’ from sealing the heart, ‘Xin’ for heart, and ‘Ning’ for congeal.”
“My name is Jin, ‘Jin’ as in ashes.”
“Can’t you just retract those troublesome tentacles?” She could only sit on the bed now under their weight.
“Beg me.”
Jin had been holding back since earlier, and now he finally had a chance to properly teach this woman a lesson!
Mu Xinning: “…”
Good… very good!
She still smiled, but it was a smile filled with murderous intent.
Seeing the defiance on her face, Jin added fuel to the fire: “It’s time you learned how to please me; otherwise, you won’t get out of bed. Let’s see what you’ll do then!”
With that, his tentacles provocatively waved before her, making it clear he wouldn’t retract them unless she begged.
But today, he was destined to be disappointed. Mu Xinning just pulled the blanket over herself and fell asleep again.
Jin: “…”
You’ve been asleep for ten years; you better sleep well!
Is it so hard to show a little submission? Not even sparing me some face—it’s really not cute at all!
Frustrated, his tentacles swept everything in the room to the floor, then slowly retracted and vanished.
The scene shifted. If Mu Xinning were to open her eyes now, she would find herself back at the villa where she lived before the game arrived.
When she awoke again, she felt lighter.
Looking around the familiar surroundings, she understood: “Soon, I’ll be entering that game again…”
In her previous life, starving through three days without food, she didn’t hesitate to immediately order a large amount of takeout.
She missed the feeling of being full too much!
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The delivery person who accepted the order thought she must be crazy—a little girl competing to be a glutton?
When opening the door and seeing the mountain of takeout boxes inside, he wondered if the girl was a reincarnated famine victim and quickly left after dropping off the food.
He was scared off.
Watching her devour the food voraciously, Jin thought that little one must have been starved to death before; he should have prepared food for her as soon as she woke up.
Even he hadn’t realized he cared about such a small matter.
Mu Xinning also ordered lots of snacks and sodas; she was determined to eat her fill now because once inside the game, she might not have many chances to enjoy food again.
Seeing her eat so heartily, Jin felt a vague hunger stirring within himself.
“So, I am hungry. Go find something for me to eat,” he said.
“Beg me.”
Tit for tat.
Jin: “…”
This woman was outrageous!
“Mu Xinning! I only offended you once. Do you have to treat me like this?” There was a hint of grievance in Jin’s voice.
She munched on chips, each crisp and fragrant, and pretended to think for a long time before replying, “Alright! Who told you I’m beautiful and kind-hearted and can’t bear to see you starve~”
Jin: “…” Shameless!
“Thanks a lot!” Jin felt he couldn’t catch his breath all of a sudden.
Though this little one looked soft and delicate, her heart was pretty dark. He must have been crazy to make a pact with her in the first place!
“By the way, what exactly are you? In my past life, I saw many strange creatures; you must be one of them, right?”
Suddenly, those tentacles shot out from her lower back again, shaking in complaint. “Don’t compare me to those lowly beings! I am an evil god! A top predator!”
“So, you like eating humans too?” Mu Xinning thought of the gruesome scenes from her past life when those creatures devoured human flesh and blood, and she felt nauseous.
But Jin denied it. “I like meat from all kinds of creatures. Humans have their own food chain; alien creatures have theirs…”
He explained further, “A creature’s combat power determines its position. Humans, unarmed as you are, are destined to be at the very bottom of the food chain.”
“The beings you encountered before your death last time were only slightly stronger than you. You couldn’t even resist those weaklings, so naturally, you couldn’t reach a higher level to encounter advanced alien creatures.”
High-level aliens possess independent intelligence, completely unlike those lower-level ones driven only by instinct.
Mu Xinning clenched her teeth in frustration. She had thought the creatures she met in her previous life were terrifying enough, but it turned out that was just the tip of the iceberg!
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“But you don’t need to worry too much now. I will intervene if necessary and won’t let you get hurt. So hurry up and find something to fill my stomach!” Jin urged.
“The game hasn’t even started yet. Where would I find strange meat to feed you?” Mu Xinning was utterly speechless.
“Then think of a way!” Jin pouted like a child refusing to listen.
Apparently, this guy was throwing a tantrum.
“Let’s see, the game will start tonight. You can eat whatever you want then. For now, just bear with it,” she decided to soothe him.
“Or, I can share half my takeout with you?” There were many kinds of meat in her order, but she wasn’t sure if he would eat meat from the human world’s animals.
Jin declined her offer, “No need. I don’t like it. I can endure it.”
Seeing his refusal, Mu Xinning gave up and, after eating her fill, took a sewing kit from her drawer.
“What are you doing?” Jin didn’t understand.
She altered the doll on the table, sewing it into a mummy.
Then she made a seam on the doll’s back and attached a zipper, turning the doll’s body into a pocket. She stuffed something inside.
Straightening her expression, she spoke fluently in ventriloquism: “From now on, use this to speak for me.”
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