Chapter 21 Komura Iku-chan… Is this alright?…

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【What?! Is this something I can watch for free?!】

[Female guest, take it easy! Take it easy! If you trigger the privacy policy, the entire live stream will go black!]

[I now believe this newcomer is definitely an adult; a minor couldn't generate such strong sexual tension!]

Wait a minute, she didn't actually do anything! Even if the male guest was a normal human, this newcomer only touched his collarbone and chest frame, let alone the fact that he's currently just a skeleton!

[It's precisely because of the skull design that it's so cool! You'll miss out on a lot if you don't get it!]

[There weren't any overly intimate actions, but the atmosphere was perfectly crafted; the female guest was so good at it! I was screaming like crazy!]

[Congratulations to the female guest on the show "Heartbeat 1000%"! You have received 29 Sweet Coins from a viewer with the ID "Groundhog"!]

[It's not uncommon for show guests to flirt with other guests before, but none have been able to get the other person to cooperate so easily with just a few actions and words like this newcomer. This near-absolute control over such an inhuman and bizarre guest is truly rare!]

[Congratulations to the female guest on the show "Heartbeat 1000%"! You have received 36 Sweet Coins from a viewer with the ID "Another Way"!]

The live stream chat was refreshing at an unprecedented speed, and the entire chat was about to explode.

Despite the show's enthusiastic reminders to give tips, Yu Naixin remained completely unaffected.

She looked up at the skeleton scholar's face again, raised an eyebrow slightly, and almost breathily hummed a syllable: "...Hmm?"

The softer the voice, the heavier the pressure applied in the tone.

Yu Naixin confirmed with the White Bone Scholar one last time whether he should seize this last possibility.

She wasn't prepared to wait too long.

Yu Naixin's fingers were still on the fifth left rib of the White Bone Scholar, slightly bent, hooking it almost imperceptibly.

The White Bone Scholar couldn't help but shudder slightly. He lowered his head with some difficulty, looking at Yu Naixin's fair and soft finger, and finally made his choice.

He didn't say a word, but he raised his skeletal hand and brutally tore off the second rib on the left side of his chest.

The cracking sound of bone breaking shattered the quiet air. The ribs that had been removed by the White Bone Scholar lost their support and fell to the ground, brushing against Yu Naixin's sleeve.

Next, the third rib on the left side of the chest, then the fourth rib, and then the fifth rib.

The White Bone Scholar strictly followed Yu Naixin's requirements, using all his strength each time to completely dismantle the ribs.

On one occasion, a small piece of bone remained on the sternum in the center. Without hesitation, the Bone Scholar tore off the remaining part, even tearing off a small piece of the sternum in the process, leaving an uneven notch.

Yu Naixin put her hand down when the White Bone Scholar was dissecting the third rib.

It was a very simple movement; Yu Naixin's fingers were practically weightless. But with this movement, Bai Gu Shusheng genuinely felt a sense of ease.

It was as if some extremely heavy shackles had been removed.

Yu Naixin observed the skeleton scholar's movements with great interest and noticed that with each bone he removed, the yin energy on the skeleton seemed to weaken a little.

After all four ribs were removed, the White Bone Scholar's aura had noticeably weakened.

Unlike the previous fatigue of the White Bone Scholar, which was merely caused by mental exhaustion, this time, Yu Naixin was certain that the other party's spiritual power level had truly decreased.

In other words, when the bones in the White Bone Scholar's body are damaged, it directly affects his strength.

"Miss Yu..." the White Bone Scholar spoke again, his voice weak and strained, "Is this alright?"

Yu Naixin smiled and said, "Let me see."

After saying that, she moved closer to the Bone Scholar again and examined the large piece missing from his left chest very carefully.

Then, looking at the small space that was now just empty air, Yu Naixin shook her head, revealing a dissatisfied expression: "No, I can't see your heart."

"Why don't you remove these ribs at the back too? Maybe then I'll be able to see them."

[Hiss... What a bloody romance... Even though there's no blood on a skeleton, I can still feel how bloody and exciting it is...]

How can this newcomer talk nonsense with such a straight face?! The male guest is just a skeleton, where did he get a heart?!

She probably wasn't referring to the physical organ, the heart, but rather its symbolic meaning... But either way, it's pure torture for the skeleton!

This is probably the first time I've felt that the guests in the dungeon are really pitiful...

[I heard someone finally managed to beat the guest characters in the dungeon?! That's awesome, I'm coming right now!]

Aren't the female guest afraid of a backlash? Teasing and exploiting her once or twice is fine, but what if she keeps doing it and the male guest suddenly snaps? This is the male guest's territory; even if he can't kill her, he has plenty of ways to trap her, forcing her to follow the script and be sacrificed to the mountain god!

As it turns out, Yu Naixin's control over the character of the White Bone Scholar was absolutely flawless.

After the White Bone Scholar removed four ribs from his left back as instructed, and even removed all the corresponding ribs from his right front and back sides, Yu Naixin finally called for a stop.

At this moment, the White Bone Scholar could no longer support his body. He swayed and staggered for a moment before finally bending his knees and kneeling on the ground.

The front of him as he knelt was facing Yu Naixin.

Even though the White Bone Scholar was barely conscious due to the pain and loss of power, he still instinctively asked, "Miss Yu... is this alright?"

The voice was extremely faint, even carrying a hint of sorrow.

"Alright, alright." Yu Naixin looked at the skeleton scholar kneeling at her feet and replied casually, though her expression was still somewhat dissatisfied.

Back in the simulator, that bastard skinned all 206 bones in her body alive. She only let the White Bone Scholar break a few of his own bones before she couldn't do it anymore?

Oh.

After speaking, Yu Naixin bent down slightly and got a little closer to the white-boned scholar, casually sizing him up and muttering something under her breath.

Then, as if she had completely lost interest in the White Bone Scholar, Yu Naixin casually took a step to the side, bypassed him, and headed straight for the door.

[What? She just left the skeleton there?!]

Otherwise, do you expect this newbie to do what she says and get the skeletons to meet the hunting conditions?

[It's true that the better-looking someone is, the more likely they are to deceive people; this applies to all guests, whether they are extras or regular guests!]

[I finally understand. The female guest deliberately made the male guest weaken her so it would be easier for her to escape.]

The skeletons are really pitiful, but I love watching them!

Just as the viewers in the live stream had guessed, Yu Naixin decisively pushed open the door to the White Bone Scholar's room, then took the thick torch from the wall next to the door to make sure she wouldn't be exposed to the darkness alone, and went out by herself.

Yu Naixin spent a considerable amount of time in the White Bone Scholar's house. She remembered that when she went in, it was still midnight, and the entire Cocoon Village was completely silent. But when she came out, she could see the villagers of Cocoon Village coming out one after another.

The process of waiting for the White Bone Scholar to break his own bones was actually quite tedious and boring. Yu Naixin took out the light screen again to study it, wanting to see if there were any hidden functions. As a result, she actually found one.

In the fourth Sweet Coin icon in the upper left corner, after she pays the 10 Sweet Coins required for the first day, a message will appear saying "[Today's Survival Points Renewed]". By tapping this message with your mind, you can check how long it will be before the next Sweet Coin payment.

The daily payment of Sweet Coins is always at a fixed sunrise time, with the system providing the exact time of 6:00:00 AM. This allows us to deduce the current time, making it usable as a slightly more complex clock.

The moment Yu Naixin stepped across the threshold of the White Bone Scholar's house was exactly six in the morning.

Yu Naixin casually paid the 12 Sweet Coins she needed for today, only to find that the number of Sweet Coins she needed for tomorrow had increased to 15.

The current sample size is too small to accurately calculate the pattern, but it is certain that in this dating reality show "Heartbeat 1000%", every extra day that one lives requires a greater price to pay.

It is said to be sunrise time, but for the unique local customs and traditions of Cocoon Village, the sun never actually rises.

Yu Naixin couldn't tell the difference in lighting between the village during the day and at night with her naked eye.

However, there were many more villagers on the village roads, and everyone carried a torch. The beams of fire reflected each other, which did make the whole village brighter.

Just as the White Bone Scholar described, after being cut off from all contact with the outside world for nearly a hundred years, Cocoon Village was severely lacking in resources. Every villager you could see was wearing old, worn-out, and dusty cloth. If there were a few fewer holes and more patches, that was considered good.

The villagers were all emaciated, with sunken eyes and cracked lips. A heavy sense of oppression and weariness clung to their faces, making one feel a sense of suffocation just by looking at them.

Among such villagers, Yu Naixin, even dressed in the simplest white clothes, stood out like a crane entering an anthill.

The moment the villagers discovered Yu Naixin, their previously depressed and tired demeanor vanished instantly, replaced by wariness and ferocity at the sight of an outsider.

Their gazes all fell on Yu Naixin, their necks and backs straightened, and they gripped their torches tightly, ready to rush forward and tear this strange creature who had appeared out of nowhere to pieces.

Even someone like Yu Naixin, who could easily fight off all the demons and monsters in the entire Cocoon Village, couldn't help but feel a chill when faced with this hostile targeting from all sides.

"Hey, hey, hey, it looks like a mountain range from one angle and a peak from another, brothers and sisters, don't get excited!" Yu Naixin cried out innocently, "Today the mountain god is busy with his wedding, and I'm the bride from out of town! If you can't stand it, just bear with it, there are only a few hours left!"

Wow, she's really good at rhyming!

[She managed to turn such a disadvantageous position as a sacrificial offering into an advantage; everyone who mentioned her name got out of the way!]

[The NPCs in the show's scenarios can sometimes be more dangerous than the guests, but I feel there's no need to worry about that with this newcomer...]

Revealing one's identity is a tried-and-true tactic in Komaku.

After Yu Naixin shouted all that, the surrounding villagers' willingness to fight immediately dropped considerably.

Soon, someone recognized what clothes Yu Naixin was wearing.

"Isn't that paper cloth made from that piece of rotten paper? It's all white, doesn't she think it's unlucky? She actually dares to wear that!"

"Wearing that wicked dress? That must be the bride today!"

"Great! This month, we don't have to send any of the village girls to be brides..."

"A bride from out of town this month?! There's actually some idiot from outside coming to our village?!"

Shh! Keep your voice down! Are you out of your mind?!

The chattering discussions came like a tide, one wave after another.

However, after confirming Yu Naixin's identity as the bride, no villager dared to openly provoke her. Even if they spoke unpleasantly, they all whispered among themselves.

Especially after discovering that Yu Naixin was not only wearing clothes made by the paper doll boy, but had just come out of the White Bone Scholar's room, almost all the villagers would take a detour when they saw Yu Naixin, and their pace was particularly hurried, for fear of having any interaction with Yu Naixin.

The White Bone Scholar seems to have quite a reputation within Cocoon Village.

Yu Naixin found it quite amusing.

These villagers both despised and loathed her, yet also feared and respected her.

But there are always exceptions.

After all, Cocoon Village is a village with more than 3,000 people. With such a large population, it is easy for unique individuals to emerge.

Yu Naixin didn't just stand there like an idiot in front of the White Bone Scholar's door. She came out this time to satisfy her obsessive-compulsive disorder and to complete the map of Cocoon Village that she had built in her mind.

Anyway, there are still several hours until noon, and Yu Naixin also wants to see if there is anything noteworthy in Cocoon Village.

Yu Naixin strolled casually through the entire Cocoon Village, her presence causing a swarm of locusts to fly through the area, with everyone around her consciously giving way.

After Yu Naixin had spent two or three hours thoroughly exploring and completing the map of the entire Cocoon Village, a little boy who looked to be less than ten years old finally mustered up his courage and ran up to Yu Naixin with a torch, probably because he hadn't done anything aggressive after seeing her for so long. In fact, just looking at Yu Naixin's face made him seem harmless and very attractive.

"Sister, bride sister!" the boy stammered, "Are you from outside? Can you tell me what it's like outside?"

His face, like the other villagers', was thin and dark, yet a distinct shyness was evident.

But more than shyness, the boy's eyes held an endless curiosity and longing for the "outside world."

He had lived in Cocoon Village since birth, as had his parents and even his grandparents. No one had ever told him what the "outside" really meant.

Yu Naixin's first reaction was that she didn't know what the outside of Cocoon Village was like either, and she wanted to know too.

But seeing the little boy's expectant eyes, Yu Naixin smiled and prepared to talk about some differences between the world she had lived in and Cocoon Village, to fulfill the child's wish.

"Outside? The sky outside is blue—"

"No--!!!"

A piercing scream abruptly interrupted Yu Naixin's words.

From the crowd not far away, a disheveled woman ran over like a madwoman, her deeply sunken eyes filled with tears: "Shut up—! Don't ask! Don't say anything! Da Niu—!!!"

Unfortunately, it was too late.

The torch in the little boy's hand went out without warning, and then, his thin body, like a sheet of white paper soaked in ink, silently dissolved in front of Yu Naixin.