TGP Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Mu Kou and Yue Qingyao

Chapter 3 Mu Kou and Yue Qingyao

Looking at Lin Yeming slowly sitting up in the mirror, that person curved the corners of their lips.

“Another good show is about to begin.”

Lin Yeming sat on the stone slab, still recovering from the shock. He remained silent for a long while.

If he hadn’t misheard, the words “Mu Ling,” “transfer,” and “system” appeared in the previous voice notification, right? What does this mean? Getting a special event in a game can cause you to travel through time? Xia Chuan studio, how messed up are you?!

Lin Yeming even slapped himself hard, and after feeling the burning pain, he felt even more that all of this was like the Qingqing grassland. All he could say was one word—damn!

Xia Chuan studio, have people dug up your ancestral grave?!

“Can you be a little more civilized and stop greeting people’s ancestors!” Suddenly, a young man’s voice appeared, and Lin Yeming frowned.

“Who is it?” he retorted, but the surroundings were covered in darkness, and he couldn’t see anyone. He could only see a faintly glowing stone.

“Touch it quickly.” After a while, a woman’s voice appeared, as if it were close at hand. Lin Yeming couldn’t help frowning.

After playing 《Xia Chuan》 for so long, he only realized today that this was a horror game!

Lin Yeming dared not act rashly and listened to the man’s words to reach out and touch the stone. As soon as he touched it, the surrounding stones lit up one after another, like dominoes, until they illuminated the entire room.

Lin Yeming watched this scene in stunned silence. He suddenly felt that this scene seemed somewhat familiar.

The bright light was enough for Lin Yeming to see the surrounding environment clearly. All around were stone walls, with some scattered flowers and plants growing here and there. Surrounding the area was a pool of water, filled with stones that could emit light.

Lin Yeming narrowed his eyes—he had definitely seen this before!

But even though the lights were on, Lin Yeming still couldn’t find the source of the voices. He walked to the edge of the pool, and the pool water reflected his face like a mirror—the person before him was dressed in light blue, with beautiful, slender, but slightly brown hair scattered over his shoulders. The face was still his own, but those bewitching eyes could steal countless souls. The corners of his lips were slightly raised, and beneath the calmness, there seemed to be a lot of sorrow.

Lin Yeming pinched his chin and grinned. “This young master looks so good in ancient costume. As expected, I’m suitable for the path of a handsome streamer.”

Suddenly, the pool water started bubbling, scaring Lin Yeming into retreating quickly. A mirror slowly rose from the pool, and a line of text appeared on the mirror: Welcome player “Mu Kou” to the world of 《Mu Ling》! The mission system wishes you a pleasant game!

As a good youth of the new era, Lin Yeming had read countless time-travel novels. With his extremely strong mental fortitude, he quickly accepted the reality of traveling into the game, and even eagerly anticipated the unknown ahead.

“I know, I know. This is Mu Ling Continent. Am I Bai Ye?” Lin Yeming folded his arms. “My missions are the ones in the game, right?”

The mirror didn’t give him the affirmative answer he expected. Instead, it gave him a bolt from the blue.

“The character played by player Mu Kou is—Yue Qingyao. Yue Qingyao’s mission is—to collect the story and survive.”

No wonder this place seemed familiar. Wasn’t this the Xuanling Gate’s place for secluded cultivation?

Lin Yeming shut his mouth and fell silent, and small grass plants began to grow in his heart.

Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn.

Very good. He had planted eight grass plants just like that, and he was about to achieve the accomplishment of planting an entire Qingqing grassland!

Fate was so fickle. His destination was actually Yue Qingyao.

Lin Yeming looked up at the sky with a mournful face. “Is your company deliberately messing with me?”

Who complained about Yue Qingyao the most? It was me!

Who hated Yue Qingyao the most? It was me!

Who went against Yue Qingyao? It was me!

Who made Yue Qingyao rush to the front as cannon fodder when fighting the Boss? It was me!

Lin Yeming was heartbroken—Heaven was going to kill me!

“Hehe, I won’t tell you that all of this is to get revenge on you!” a loli voice said.

“Thank you, kind sister.” Lin Yeming said with a bitter smile. He suddenly reacted and asked her, “Are you the system?”

The little loli happily responded.

“Then the two just now?”

“That’s us too.” Another shota voice came. Lin Yeming felt like he was surrounded by voice actors.

The shota continued, “I didn’t expect you to be such a pervert. The voice you feel closest to is actually a child’s voice—Let me formally introduce myself. I am System 0251, the main system for the account ‘Mu Kou’.”

The loli also said, “I am System 0250, the sub-system for the account ‘Mu Kou’.”

Finally, the two of them said in unison, “Welcome to the world of Mu Ling! We hope you can continuously improve yourself and discover yourself in the game. Finally, we wish you a pleasant game!”

Lin Yeming was silent. What were these two doing?

“Did you record it?” 0250 asked.

“Okay, I’ll send it to the team leader right away,” 0251 replied.

Lin Yeming supported his forehead. So, they were completing a mission. Very good, another grass plant was planted.

“You guys.” Lin Yeming interrupted them, trying to pull the plot back in the right direction. “Don’t you plan to tell me anything?”

The two systems didn’t answer. Lin Yeming silently looked at the mission system, which thoughtfully explained it to Lin Yeming. After reading it, Lin Yeming lowered his head.

It turned out that 0250 was so enthusiastic to choose a player to be the company’s game test subject, not because they hit it off as they said at the beginning. Lin Yeming pouted, feeling a little unhappy—so many years of affection and love were ultimately misplaced!

“Mu Kou also used my mouth to inquire about the company’s games, didn’t he?” 0250 finally deigned to reply. “Actually, we’re both the same.”

“At first, I wanted to seduce you with my beauty.” 0250 smiled, as if talking about an interesting thing. “Who knew you weren’t interested in women.”

Lin Yeming’s mouth twitched when he heard this—sister, watch your words! Don’t make it sound like I’m as bent as a mosquito coil!

“Back to the topic.” The main system 0251 finally agreed to push the plot forward. “From now on, there will be no such person as Lin Yeming Mu Kou in the world. There will only be Yue Qingyao, the head disciple of Xuanling Gate. Please remember your identity, player. According to the procedure, the player can ask three questions. We will definitely tell the truth about these three questions.”

Lin… Yue Qingyao blinked. “What about the questions after that?”

0251 put down the manual. “What do you want to hear? I’ll make it up for you.”

Yue Qingyao was speechless. He had no choice but to sit on the ground and think about how to make good use of these three questions.

“What about the time difference? Will the people over there notice that I’m gone? Will going back after completing the mission affect my life?” Yue Qingyao asked.

0251 frowned. “That’s three questions.”

“This is one,” Yue Qingyao corrected him. “A question about the timeline.”

0251 thought for a moment. That seemed to make sense. The manual didn’t say that you couldn’t ask questions by category.

“Years to seconds,” 0251 replied. “One year in Mu Ling is one second in reality, so no one will notice Mu Kou’s abnormality. After the mission is completed, the memories will be erased, so there won’t be too much impact.”

Yue Qingyao was surprised. “Your company is so magical that it can do such a godlike thing?”

0250 interjected. “This has to count as one…”

“No, no, no…” Yue Qingyao quickly stopped her from making trouble. “This doesn’t count. I was just talking nonsense—What happens if I die here? Or if I get a missing arm or leg, will reality also become like this?”

0251 looked up at the sky—This kid is really smart. He’s using categories to ask questions, so the answers won’t just be three, and it will reveal more information to him.

“The company respects players above all else.” 0251 flipped through the manual. “So as long as you don’t court death, of course you won’t die. It’s just that a missing arm or leg, hiss…”

As he spoke, he secretly poked 0250 next to him.

Yue Qingyao, of course, didn’t know that the two of them were doing something secretly, so 0250 quickly continued, “Don’t worry, we’ll use the most realistic baby arms to connect Mu Kou back!”

The corners of Yue Qingyao’s mouth twitched. He should be more careful. He didn’t want to live his life with baby arms!

However, this also meant that the body here was equal to his own body. If he trained hard in this place, and with the years-to-seconds time difference, if he trained here for a few years and grew a body full of muscles, it would only take a few seconds in reality to grow muscles. Who wouldn’t be happy with instant muscles?

Thinking of this, Yue Qingyao couldn’t help but smile.

After learning of his thoughts, the two systems supported their foreheads, thinking that the test wasn’t very accurate, and that these two unlucky eggs had been stuck with such an unreliable player.

“Cough cough!” 0251 cleared his throat and pulled Yue Qingyao’s thoughts back. “There’s still one more!”

“What reward or benefit is there for me to come here to do a test?” Yue Qingyao finally recalled the main point. “Or… what benefit is there for your company?”

The atmosphere suddenly froze. Yue Qingyao perked up his ears to listen to the answer, but there was no sound.

Yue Qingyao raised his eyebrows—He had asked an important question!

The two systems discussed it secretly and sighed in unison—They had to tell the boss to withdraw the policy of telling the truth with three questions!

“You may find some secrets here, and these secrets may affect your entire life,” 0251 replied. “As for the company… probably to quickly develop new games and earn more money.”

Yue Qingyao narrowed his eyes. “What do you mean by ‘probably’?”

0251 spread his hands. “I’m not a decision-maker. How would I know—The three questions are over. Let’s talk about the next step.”

Yue Qingyao had no choice but to end the topic. He admired himself in the mirror while recalling his identity.

Mu Ling Continent, Xuanling Gate’s head disciple, an orphan, someone who slaps Bai Ye early on.

Yue Qingyao thought about it for a moment. This identity positioning was not bad. As long as he didn’t meet Bai Ye, there shouldn’t be any problems.

There was also the secret that was mentioned earlier. What secret could affect his entire life? The more Yue Qingyao thought about it, the more confused he became.

After reading the process, 0251 said, “While you’re still in secluded cultivation, Mu Kou must integrate well with this body. Yue Qingyao’s own martial arts are not bad. If Mu Kou has no martial arts at all, he may encounter some unnecessary trouble when he goes out.”

Yue Qingyao felt that what he said made sense. He tried to throw a few moves in front of the mirror, thinking that he was very handsome, but there was no reaction at all.

0250 supported his forehead. “Even if this is cultivating immortality, it’s not like you can just wave your hand and cause damage! Practicing requires skill…”

As he spoke, some martial arts moves were displayed on the mirror, as if they wanted Yue Qingyao to practice according to them.

Yue Qingyao stood up straight and carefully watched the moves in the mirror, following along and gesticulating. He suddenly felt a mysterious power surging in his body. Yue Qingyao pushed out along with the moves, and actually made a crack in the stone wall.

Yue Qingyao looked at the mirror in surprise. As more and more moves were used, internal force rose…