Chapter 64, The Substitute Chapter, is for you.

Xie Changyu finished his tea and put it down. He sat cross-legged, propping his face up with his hands, blinking his eyes repeatedly, looking bored.

Suddenly, his gaze shifted to the people opposite him, and he asked curiously, "What's fun about this place?"

Qingya paused in his tea-drinking motion, looked up, and asked calmly and politely, "Fun?"

"Hmph." Xie Changyu pouted, tossing the small toy in his hand with a shameless gesture. "It was too chaotic when I came last time. I didn't get to play with anything, and I only came into contact with you."

"Does the young master mean he wants to make contact with other people?"

"No, not really," Xie Changyu said. "I'm just curious what else is fun here, otherwise why do so many people come here every day?"

Qingya was speechless upon hearing this overly naive statement, and the expression on the other person's face was one of ignorance and pitifulness.

[Host, I didn't expect this guy to be so naive.]

A male voice suddenly popped into his mind. Qingya wasn't surprised. He lowered his eyes and spoke to him in his mind, 'I really didn't expect this.'

After all, people who come straight to this place are driven by some kind of desire. It's rare to find someone like this who has no ulterior motives and is only thinking about what fun things are available.

[I don't understand, host, why you want to get involved with this cannon fodder. He's not the protagonist; even if you raise his favorability to 100%, it won't make a difference.]

System 06 stared in shock at the meager favorability rating on the panel. "And this guy's favorability rating is rising way too strangely! Last time you spent so much time talking to him and it didn't increase at all, but just offering him tea made it rise! In his eyes, even the host's charm isn't as great as tea!"

"It would be better to pursue Pei Zilie! At least he's a main character."

"What's the rush?" Qingya's voice was indifferent. "Our mission this time isn't to seduce anyone."

He looked at the favorability rating on the panel.

Xie Changyu's favorability is 2, Pei Zilie's favorability is 0...

"This is a special world. Even those more skilled than me failed to win over the characters. Our mission is just to wrap things up; we don't need to worry about these relationship points."

[But the final task has nothing to do with this cannon fodder.] System 06 was puzzled; it couldn't understand why its host would deliberately approach someone who had nothing to do with the mission.

It flipped through the information and found that Xie Changyu was just a marginal figure in this world. He would be cannon fodder in the plot like countless others, and his luck was pitifully small. It was probably because he came into contact with people of great fortune. His ending was not so tragic. He just died of illness on the way to exile with his whole family.

In the vast world, this is already a good ending for someone destined to be cannon fodder.

'The other chosen ones have nothing to do with my mission either.'

After saying this in his mind, Qingya cut off what the system wanted to say and came back to his senses to continue answering the other person.

"Fun?"

The handsome young man smiled gently, "Young Master Xie really wants to know?"

Xie Changyu hummed in agreement. He looked at the other person's cryptic behavior with some confusion, and raised his eyebrows. "What's wrong with knowing this? Just tell me."

Xie Changyu was playful and active since childhood. He and the troublemaker Pei Zilie became friends after a fight. The two were always competing with each other. He had heard about this place from Pei Zilie and others arguing, and on a whim, he asked Fu Jing to bring him here.

Before this, he had never heard of this place or such filthy things. He had been well protected by his family and the Fu brothers, and although he was unruly and spoiled, he knew nothing about such matters.

During his confinement, he realized the seriousness of the situation and asked Xiaohe to explain it to him. Before that, he had always thought it was a place where men performed songs and dances.

It's all Fu Jing's fault for stammering back then, which made him a laughing stock.

Qingya's smile deepened. "I'm afraid you'll have nightmares if you hear this."

Xie Changyu frowned. What nightmare? This place is where they do that kind of thing. Why is this person making it sound so terrifying?

Seeing his hesitation, Qingya stopped laughing and regained his indifferent demeanor. He lowered his eyes, took a sip of tea, and said, "Just kidding."

The intangible system was also sighing. How come it didn't know when its host had developed such a perverse sense of humor? Was it because the finishing tasks were too tedious and had driven it crazy?

'06, I can hear you.'

Upon hearing this, the system silently shut up and went offline.

When Xie Changyu heard him say that, his brows relaxed—as long as it wasn't true.

However, realizing what he meant, he still glared at the other person, "You actually joked with me!"

Xie Changyu had never encountered anyone who harbored deep malice towards him before. The only person who opposed him, Pei Zilie, only talked tough but never laid a hand on him. In Xie Changyu's eyes, Pei Zilie was just a paper tiger.

He had initially thought this guy was some kind and gentle person, but it turned out he had such a twisted sense of humor and even dared to make fun of him.

Since learning that the other party was a male prostitute, Xie Changyu, who had been secretly looking down on him, no longer bothered to hide his temper.

"Tell me what fun things you have here, I have plenty of money."

The young man before me was extremely handsome, with a flawless face like jade, flowing black hair, slightly open robes, and a rich fragrance emanating from him. A wisp of hair by his temple was gently blown away. His pure and untainted temperament was now tinged with the frivolous charm of a brothel.

Qingya didn't take his temper to heart. He smiled slightly, his eyes and emotions unchanged, and said something that left him speechless: "Young Master Xie is not yet of age."

"..."

Qingya unfurled her sleeves, revealing a strand of black hair hanging down her chest. Her long hair was pinned back by a white jade hairpin. She gently raised her slender eyebrows and said in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft, "We do not serve guests of Young Master Xie's age here."

It means he can't play right now.

Xie Changyu hadn't expected to be rejected for this reason. He frowned and struggled, "Even money won't work?"

"No, that won't do," Qingya said with a smile, refusing.

Completely at a loss, Xie Changyu slumped dejectedly onto the table, stray hairs falling as she wailed, "How could this happen..."

"It seems Young Master Xie is quite curious?"

"Of course I'm curious." Xie Changyu poked the small hole on the table. "I'm so bored. I've been cooped up for days and haven't had any fun."

He's been cooped up at home for days and he's practically moldy. He won't be happy unless he finds something fun to vent his frustrations.

But Qingya clearly misunderstood his meaning, and the system also misunderstood.

[I didn't expect this person to be so naive; they couldn't hold it in and blurted it out.]

'06, be quiet'

The aloof Qingya had a talkative system that loved watching the drama unfold. He was so annoyed by the constant pop-up messages that he simply manually muted it.

Don't even think about saying a word today.

There is also a strict hierarchy among the taskers. As a top-level tasker, Qingya has a highly humanized system assistance and various high-level items. On the other hand, the lowest-level taskers only have an artificial intelligence system that issues tasks. They have no assistance, no items, and it is even difficult for them to carry out tasks with their memories intact.

In general, only one outsider can exist in a mission world. If there are too many, the Heavenly Dao of that world will notice and reject them all, let alone those who are close to the Destiny.

Unless one is protected by a lucky person from the very beginning.

Furthermore, the systems are not interconnected. Even if two mission takers exist simultaneously, they will not be able to detect each other. Moreover, those destined for success are not to be trifled with. Under the guidance of the Heavenly Dao, they will begin to orchestrate a scheme to make outsiders kill each other, allowing them to sit back and watch the tigers fight.

Qingya is here to finish off the previous batch of mission takers. He is not a mission taker who specializes in strategy, or rather, there are very few mission takers in the mission bureau who rely solely on strategy. The luck-takers of the three thousand worlds are all cunning and treacherous. The Heavenly Dao and the highly intelligent protagonists, who have long been aware of this, have already begun to be vigilant and make arrangements. Mission takers no longer have an advantage.

Most of them obtain a little bit of luck by going through great lengths to help those with good fortune succeed or by becoming their stepping stones; their goal is just that little bit of luck.

This time, two conquerors were lost at the same time in this special world. Qingya came because of the generous rewards and even used a trace of luck he obtained in the previous world.

It was difficult to get in, because the two mission participants who were lost were discovered by the Heavenly Dao and perished. He relied on the little bit of luck he had acquired before to temporarily conceal his identity from being discovered.

This world is rated as a difficult world by the Mission Bureau.

Qingya's luck was almost exhausted, and he had to speed up the finishing touches.

Soft strands of hair fell down her side, Qingya slightly raised her eyes, and her long eyelashes trembled gently like butterfly wings, casting a faint shadow in the flickering candlelight.

"If you are really curious, young master, I can help you."

"You?" Xie Changyu looked doubtful, and pursed his lips. "How will you help me?"

His curiosity had almost faded. He had come here thinking there would be lots of fun things and activities, but he hadn't expected that he wouldn't be allowed to do that. He knew he wasn't old enough, but he hadn't expected that he couldn't even play around.

Qingya smiled mysteriously, took out a small whistle from a drawer next to him, and then blew it softly.

The sound is very high-pitched and you won't notice it unless you listen carefully.

That's amazing.

Xie Changyu stared wide-eyed, instantly sitting up straight with bright eyes. He asked with great curiosity, "What is this?"

Qingya didn't answer but handed over the whistle.

Xie Changyu picked it up and examined it closely. He touched it from all sides, his attention instantly drawn to it, and he kept fiddling with the little gadget.

Like a little child.

'So easy to coax.'

Without any system response, Qingya, suddenly seized by a desire to share, turned off the mute function of System 06, and a sudden, noisy voice echoed in her mind.

[Waaaa, host, you finally let me speak...]

It started talking about Xie Changyu again.

[This guy is so easily fooled! He was completely swayed by a little prop. Didn't his family tell him there are plenty of unscrupulous people out there?]

'Am I the heartless person you're talking about?'

[No, no! I wasn't talking about you! Host, please don't silence me, let me speak, I'm about to burst!]

'Then don't make such a fuss.'

[Waaaaah...]

"This is for you."

"For me?" Xie Changyu couldn't hide his joy. He seemed to be trying to hold back his laughter but couldn't. Finally, he smiled broadly and praised him sincerely.

"You're such a nice person."

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Author's note: A "good guy" card.

Qingya is not a major character in this world and should be offline soon.