dognovel Chapter 319 I'm Willing
Chapter 319 I'm Willing
Seeing Yan Xun's resolute attitude, Li Wu had no choice but to release him.
As they saw him off, they added, "You're welcome to come and visit anytime."
“I think Lou Yanchuan will be the first to disagree,” Yan Xun said.
Li Wu thought to himself, what could Lou Yanchuan possibly disagree with...? He initially thought Yan Xun was joking, but seeing how serious Yan Xun was, he pondered for a moment before asking, "You think Lou Yanchuan dislikes you?"
"It's only slightly better than being completely incompatible like fire and water." Yan Xun gestured with his fingers to indicate "a little bit."
That's quite a misunderstanding, Li Wu thought, but he had no intention of explaining for Lou Yanchuan. He just smiled for a while after seeing Yan Xun off.
The two members of the Retrospective Guild at the door laughed and looked at each other in bewilderment after he left.
"...What's going on with the vice president?" Guild member A asked in confusion.
"Perhaps the guild has made some new acquisitions recently!" Guild member B guessed.
“That’s true!” A nodded. “The vice president is such a caring person for the guild, he must be smiling because the guild is doing well.”
……
As soon as Yan Xun returned to his unfinished villa, he loosened his clenched fist.
The paper-cut figure, which looked very perfunctory, slowly rose in his hands. Perhaps because it was crumpled up, he had to hold Yan Xun's thumb and slowly smooth out his curled-up thigh.
"Xie Qingdu?" Yan Xun asked uncertainly, letting the paper figure hold his thumb.
The paper figure nodded slowly.
"Is this a skill you learned at the funeral company?" He remembered Xie Qingdu saying that at the funeral company, he not only had to fold gold ingots, but also carve paper coins, so it was normal for him to know how to fold these small paper figures.
The paper figure continued to nod.
The paper figure then made a crawling motion and pointed at Yan Xun.
Yan Xun held it up to his eyes. "What does it mean?"
The paper figure was a little anxious, but it seemed unable to speak. It could only lie with some difficulty in Yan Xun's palm and write words in Yan Xun's palm with its fragile arm.
The paper figure moved very gently, and Yan Xun felt a slight itch in his palm. He resisted the urge to slap it and instead picked Xie Qingdu up.
"You want to go into the backpack space?" He stopped teasing Xie Qingdu.
The paper figure first nodded, then shook its head.
He then pointed to Gui Yuchong on the sofa next to him.
"You want to borrow his body first?" Yan Xun asked.
Xie Qingdu nodded again, then shook his head... Yan Xun had no way to decipher his meaning this time, so he could only place him next to the unconscious Gui Yuchong.
The paper figure climbed onto Gui Yuchong's hair.
No one knows how he did it, but the little paper figure suddenly went limp. Just as Yan Xun was about to catch the falling paper figure, Gui Yuchong, who had been unconscious, suddenly opened his eyes.
He reached out and grabbed Yan Xun's wrist. "Yan Xun."
Yan Xun looked at him for a while, "Xie Qingdu?"
Xie Qingdu nodded.
He tried to sit up, "but I can only use it for a little while."
"Why?" Yan Xun asked.
Isn't Xie Qingdu just a fragment of Gui Yuchong's soul?
—Although the green dinosaur and the main system didn't say anything, Yan Xun still sensed the connection between the parts he found and Gui Yuchong himself.
“It’s not really appropriate,” Xie Qingdu said, seemingly not quite understanding what he was trying to say. “I can’t stay here for long.”
"This is not my body."
Yan Xun pondered that these words must have two meanings.
One is literal; Xie Qingdu felt that this was someone else's body, not his.
One theory is Yan Xun's own speculation: his original body was probably like Xie Qingdu's, split into different instances and sent to various alternate worlds.
These parts even developed their own consciousness within these instances, each feeling like a complete individual.
The green dinosaur had no idea what Yan Xun was thinking—it was probably still feeling smug, thinking its cover-up was flawless, and Yan Xun had no idea of the connection.
"I see." Yan Xun responded with an ambiguous tone, "So what are your plans?"
"When I just left the instance..." Xie Qingdu said, a little embarrassed, "I actually remembered some things from inside the instance."
"I've heard that you players can recruit the bosses of dungeon worlds to your own use."
He looked at Yan Xun, hesitated, and said, "I smell a lot of... similar auras to those of dungeon bosses on you."
Yan Xun: "..."
Why did he find Xie Qingdu's statement strange?
In an instant, he was transformed from an upright Pokémon collector into a party maniac who spent his days playing games.
"Yes, these are all my henchmen."
“Then I can become your henchman,” Xie Qingdu said.
“I can continue generating that community,” he touted, “your opponents can get trapped inside and unable to get out.”
That sounds pretty good, Yan Xun thought. "Okay, you've been hired."
Xie Qingdu's face immediately lit up with the joy of someone who had successfully landed a job. He looked at Yan Xun expectantly, just waiting for the boss to give him an offer.
Yan Xun: "..."
"Can you crawl in by yourself?"
He remembered that someone had come uninvited before.
Xie Qingdu shook his head, "It doesn't seem like that will work."
"Don't you know how to take me away?"
"..." Yan Xun dared not say it; he was too embarrassed to utter those words.
But seeing Xie Qingdu's expectant gaze, he could only grit his teeth and say, "Put your ears closed first."
Xie Qingdu was puzzled, but he still covered his ears.
"Does the system store sell noise-canceling headphones?" Yan Xun asked the green dinosaur in his head.
A green dinosaur jumped out, shouting, "No!"
Forget it, Yan Xun thought, it's not worth buying noise-canceling headphones just for this.
He circled Xie Qingdu a few times, then pretended to talk to him again.
Xie Qingdu obediently covered his ears, "Are you talking to me?"
Can I put my hand down?
Yan Xun shook his head. "No."
After testing the waters a few more times and confirming that Xie Qingdu hadn't given up, he whispered the capture technique in a very low voice—
"...Would you like to be my husband...?"
Strangely, the system did not produce the sound of dice being rolled.
Yan Xun: "? What do you mean?"
"Maybe your voice was too soft and the main system didn't hear you," the green dinosaur said, hopping around.
“Main system, I am xxxxxxx!” Yan Xun said.
Seeing that Xie Qingdu was obediently facing away from him, he had no choice but to give up and speak the capture script in a normal volume.
At this moment, the system finally rolled the dice, accompanied by a few chuckles, 'Heh heh.'
Yan Xun grabbed the green dinosaur next to him.
"I'm innocent, sir!" The green dinosaur waved its short arms. "System dice rolling is not my responsibility!"
[This is the main system's judgment result!] Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor; how can we bully such a small system?
While Yan Xun and the green dinosaur were bickering, Xie Qingdu, who had been covering his ears, secretly blushed.
“I do…” he said in a very, very soft voice.
The target showed no sign of resistance, and was captured easily.
Yan Xun looked at his skill bar and saw that another "Pokémon" had been added—
"Is there a bug?" Yan Xun asked the system. "Why is there a heart after his name?"
The green dinosaur glanced at it and said, "I don't know."
I'll ask the main system.
[By the way, the main system just asked me to ask you about a special dungeon; would you like to go?]
Yan Xun thought to himself that this instance was most likely related to the secret conversation between the main system and himself in that room. "What instance?"
"【Holy Embryo.】The green dinosaur said, 【However, this instance cannot be streamed, and most items cannot be used.】"
In this instance, you are just an ordinary person.
The green dinosaur, still a little worried, asked, "Won't something go wrong?"
Hearing the dinosaur say that he couldn't start a live stream, Yan Xun had a general idea of what was going on. He suddenly remembered that he had hardly ever opened his live stream since entering this instance... Thinking of this, he went to check his live stream—
[Hehe, leaving the instance reminds me of us poor souls stuck in the cold palace!]
Never mind them! They're busy flirting and teasing each other; all you see is the new love's smiles, who sees the old one's tears?
[The main package manager is so ruthless! They actually managed to control the entire live stream... I love it!]
"Waaah, let Mommy see your fingers, are they okay?"
[I think the skinny guy is somewhat good-looking, so I approve his inclusion in Your Majesty's harem!]
【Absolutely not! I think His Majesty's old concubines are prone to jealousy. Look at Consort Lou, always gritting her teeth and speaking sarcastically. With new women about to enter His Majesty's harem, what if she throws herself into a well?】
[How dare you! Does His Majesty allow a mere Consort Lou to interfere in His Majesty's desires for whom to enter the palace?]
[That's right, that's right. I've noticed His Majesty hasn't brought any new concubines into the palace for several days... It's a pity about Ning Hengyuan; I think he's quite handsome too.]
In my opinion, Fang Shuo and Du Yun are both quite handsome, especially Du Yun, who could be His Majesty's confidante.
Yan Xun: "...Are these comments crazy?"
[Your Majesty is so cruel! You've ignored us for so long, and even said we're going crazy!]
【That's it! 】
[You can continue to leave us here. Once we find a new place to go, we'll abandon His Majesty.]
[Please stop talking, everyone. What if His Majesty gets angry and shuts down the live stream?]
Yan Xun closed the live stream, ignoring the audience who were rehearsing palace intrigue in the comments.
"Can they see me even when I'm resting?" Yan Xun asked the system.
[I can't see it!] The system says, [It will only show that the streamer has temporarily left and will return later.]
However, since you just opened the live stream, the system assumed you wanted to stream, so it reopened the live stream.
[But don't worry, host, the live stream will only display the default background in the player's home and will not reveal any of the player's key information.]
Yan Xun was skeptical, but what was more important right now was the instance mentioned by the main system.
"I can't use any of my items and abilities in this instance?"
"Most of the time, tools like axes are usable," the system said. "In this instance, you play as a private detective, so you're an ordinary person with no supernatural abilities."
The amulet given by Qin Ke and the exorcism pistol given by Lou Yanchuan are usable.
[In the game's mechanics, these two things can exist.]
Yan Xun noticed a clue in the story. "You mean, although I'm just an ordinary private detective, this story will feature some supernatural and mysterious phenomena?"
"So these kinds of exorcism and prayer tools can be used?"
The green dinosaur is sweating profusely again; it always manages to get information out of Yan Xun without even realizing it!
"...Yeah, I guess so." The green dinosaur looked around nervously. "That's about it."
Anyway, I can't say more.
The main system won't allow it.
[The host can refuse if they don't want to go.] Green Dinosaur said.
Yan Xun sat on the sofa. After Xie Qingdu left Gui Yuchong's body, the other person's body lay on the sofa as if dead.
Bored, Yan Xun reached out to braid Gui Yuchong's hair, saying, "I didn't say I wasn't going."
"Tell the main system that I'll go; it's very simple."
"What?" the green dinosaur asked, blinking its big eyes.
"I want it to be my system, only for that copy."
Upon hearing this, the green dinosaur immediately took a few steps back. [Isn't that inappropriate?]
The main system is extremely busy... Will it be able to meet our demands?
"Why don't you go ask him and you'll find out?" Yan Xun looked at the braid she had braided for Gui Yuchong and then took it apart again. "This is my only requirement."
"It disagrees with saying anything more."
"It agreed..." Yan Xun looked at the green dinosaur, "Can't you take this opportunity to take a vacation?"
The green dinosaur was somewhat tempted by the idea, but was also worried that the main system would give it a good scolding.
However, before it could figure out how to phrase its message, the main system's instructions had already been sent to it—
'I agree.'
The main system's cold voice echoed in its consciousness.
Tell Yan Xun that you agree to his request.
……
Yan Xun looked at the main system sitting in his room—he was still using the same unremarkable NPC face he had seen in the White House last time.
The thought that someone could enter his consciousness and act alongside him gave Yan Xun a strange feeling, as if he had a personal old man on his back.
"Can you change your appearance?" Yan Xun asked.
The main system looked at him, "What do you want me to become?"
"Something cuter?" Yan Xun asked.
The main system didn't quite understand what he meant by "cute," so it said, "Give me an example."
“Broccoli,” Yan Xun said. “I think broccoli is quite cute.”
The main system looked at Yan Xun for a while, trying to figure out whether he genuinely thought broccoli was cute or just wanted to mess with him... In the end, he silently transformed into a lush green broccoli and stood in front of Yan Xun.
Yan Xun bent down, picked up the broccoli, and put it on his shoulder.
"You look better this way," Yan Xun commented, casually poking the broccoli on his shoulder.
Main system: "..."
He made himself into a hand the size of a matchstick and then blocked Yan Xun's fingers. "There are some people you know in this instance."
"Hmm?" Yan Xun glanced at Gui Yuchong on the sofa upon hearing this. "Him?"
Broccoli couldn't shake her head, so she could only slowly say, "No."
"It's an acquaintance you don't want to see."