LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 57
“Ding dong!”
The sudden system prompt interrupted his thoughts. Yu Qing’s heart skipped a beat, and he was still a little dizzy as he turned his eyes.
As far as he could see, there was the system’s gaudy lottery page.
System report: [The main system bug has been fixed. It was detected that the host Yu Qing survived in the Novice Village for more than eleven days. This was a system judgment error, and the system automatically compensates with a lottery opportunity. Currently, three rounds of the lottery have been started.]
[The first round, ordinary lottery, novice village survival compensation, please draw.]
The sudden sound was frightening. Yu Qing clasped the washstand with one hand, lightly moved his long eyelashes, and quickly picked out the key points from the scattered information—
Had the main system bug been fixed?
In other words, the main system had been malfunctioning before, which was why he had been trapped in Novice Village for eleven days and had also caused the BOSS to forcefully leave the dungeon.
Now, the bug was fixed, and everything was back on track.
The dungeon of “Angel Mental Sanatorium” had collapsed, and the disobedient BOSS should also have been wiped out.
Erased…
Boom, boom, boom.
The slightly rapid heartbeat shook his chest. Yu Qing felt that he had no feelings for that beautiful monster. But now that the monster was gone, it felt like a piece of his heart had suddenly been taken away. It was empty, and boundless loneliness arose along with the emptiness.
Really… they wouldn’t meet again?
[Beep, beep, beep] The system values refreshed.
Yu Qing looked sideways and saw that on his information card, his mental value gradually recovered and soon stabilized at 101.
The luck value was: [1/100]
…It was lower than his stamina value.
Since entering the game, Yu Qing had discovered this problem—his luck value had been fluctuating.
Sometimes it could be as high as 200, like when he narrowly escaped death from the BOSS.
Sometimes it could be as low as negative, like when he triggered a plot that upgraded the difficulty of the dungeon.
Now it was 1. Obviously, this was not a good time to draw.
So, the young man took a breath, and just as he was about to refuse, he suddenly felt pain in his back!
He felt like something was biting him, but when he touched it carefully, his back was flat, and he felt nothing.
On the surface, it seemed like nothing had happened, but his luck began to fluctuate violently after that, and soon it reached 88!
“It’s a good number.”
So, Yu Qing reached out and immediately clicked on the lottery.
On the fancy page, the prizes kept scrolling. The moment it stopped, the system prompted: [Host Yu Qing, congratulations, you have received an extremely sharp knife, worth 20 points.]
“…”
[The second round is a normal draw, and you will be rewarded with the title of “Newcomer King.” Please draw.]
The luck value was still fluctuating around 88, so Yu Qing gritted his teeth secretly and continued to click.
The lottery screen scrolled again, and after a while, the system prompted: [Host Yu Qing, congratulations, you have won a super beautiful 188cm handsome doll with intelligent sensing and human-like design. He can sleep with you, talk to you, and solve everything for you~]
As soon as the announcement ended, Yu Qing noticed a short-haired handsome man with broad shoulders and a narrow waist standing beside his bed, just outside the bathroom.
“???”
[The third round, top draw, 100% reward for plot exploration, please draw.]
The top lottery prizes were all handed out, and even the lottery page turned golden.
Yu Qing clicked, silently clenching his right hand, staring intently at the screen as it continued to scroll. After a moment: [Ding——]
[Host Yu Qing, congratulations, you have obtained the rare skill “Charming Eyes.”]
[Function: Can release special light through the eyes, affecting the target’s thinking and actions.]
[Use time: 3 seconds]
[Cooling time: 3 days]
[Wow, this is really a useless skill. 3 seconds is not enough to escape in any dungeon. The host… beep beep beep!]
Suddenly, the system’s announcement was forcibly stopped, and immediately after, Yu Qing heard a faint apology: [Host…, I’m sorry, the previous message was the system’s automatic voice. I have turned it off.]
[The game stipulates that you cannot stay at rest points for more than 48 hours. Hosts are requested to rest as soon as possible and enter the instance.]
[Beep——]
The voice fell, the system shut down, and the boy was silent for a long time.
After completing the first dungeon and staying in the Novice Village for one more day, all the compensation and rewards he received were here.
A knife worth 20 points, a useless skill with a long cooldown, and…
With a sigh of relief, Yu Qing slowly walked back to the bedside. The fever had severely drained his physical strength, and he needed to rest.
Otherwise, when he entered the next dungeon, he wouldn’t even have 15 points of stamina left…
Moreover, considering the game’s consistent nature, each dungeon experience would inevitably become more dangerous.
He couldn’t go on like this.
The night grew darker. Yu Qing’s long eyelashes moved gently, and his breathing became more even, but he didn’t know what he was dreaming about. After a while, the young man’s pale fingertips moved slightly, with his palms facing up, as if he was trying to grab something!
He tried several times but couldn’t get hold of anything.
As time passed, Yu Qing seemed a little anxious. The corners of his eyes turned red, the tip of his nose twitched, and his thick, long eyelashes were stained with tears, as if he had experienced something very difficult.
His breathing gradually became unsteady, and he pulled away the quilt with some anxiety.
Beside the bed, the beautiful man who was won from a lottery and had first-class intelligent sensing functions slowly squatted down and raised his hand. He was about to pull the quilt back over the boy when suddenly, he heard—
The electric current surged, and the beautiful man’s movements paused. The next second, he was targeted by an unknown force, torn from the middle, and shattered into hundreds of broken parts!
He fell to the ground with a crackle, and within a moment, he couldn’t even spark any electricity.
But…he didn’t make a sound and didn’t wake the sleeping boy.
.
The next day, Yu Qing slept until three in the afternoon.
At the door, Qian Lai kept pacing furtively, making sure that the tentacle wasn’t there before he breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Yu Qing leaning on the bed in a state of exhaustion, covered in sweat.
He had dreamed of the fire again.
The sky was filled with flames, and he was surrounded by endless despair. He couldn’t escape or wait for rescue, so… what was that fire?
Why did he often dream about it?
Qian Lai couldn’t see through his thoughts, so he looked around the room and put the breakfast next to him before asking, “Where is your husband?”
Yu Qing lowered his eyes. He didn’t know why, but he always felt empty in his heart. When he looked down, he saw his beautiful boy doll shattered into pieces at some point.
He simply averted his gaze and said, “Well, it’s broken.”
“!!!”
From then on, for a long time, Qian Lai thought this was the scene where Yu Qing had killed his husband.
Time soon came to the next day, and Yu Qing’s physical strength returned to normal. Although it was still 15 points, he had the confidence to enter a dungeon.
To enter a dungeon, he needed to enter the live broadcast hall connected to the main system in the centre of each rest point.
Here, hosts could freely select dungeons and watch other hosts in the dungeons.
If it had been at other rest points, the live broadcast hall could be entered directly, but it happened to be at Yiliang Manor.
Outside the live broadcast hall, there was a circle of large casinos called the Battle Casino.
All hosts who came here could only participate in gambling and beat the dealer before they were qualified to enter the lobby and enter a new dungeon.
Of course, if they felt unlucky, they could also directly offer half of their points as tolls.
Standing in front of the gambling table, looking at Qin Yu with a light smile across from him, Yu Qing silently recalled the one-eyed man who wanted hist points with Xue Ziyi.
He said directly, “It’s true that birds of a feather flock together, just like people flock together.”
The game stipulated that no host could stay at the rest point for more than 48 hours, which meant that all hosts who came here had to enter the next dungeon within 48 hours.
They had built a casino directly outside the live broadcast hall, which was no different from an open taxation!
Moreover, Yu Qing didn’t know how to gamble at all. They had arrived very late. If they stayed here for more than 48 hours, their health points would automatically return to zero.
“Mr. Yu is joking.” Qin Yu smiled lightly. “We have been living here for a long time. Doing business and welcoming visitors from all over is also a way to earn points.”
“For so many years, the main system has acquiesced.”
“If you don’t know how to gamble, you can choose… to hand over half of your points.”
Yu Qing pursed his lips, the man’s smiling face in front of him, and the system’s prompts echoing in his ears.
[There is still 1 hour left before the next instance is opened.]