Chapter 003 Chapter 3

"Ding! Gain recognition from others and increase integration!"

"Ding! Unlock the second ability - Incarnation!"

"Incarnation - the paper puppet is your prop, your disguise, and your amulet. You can transform into the original appearance of the paper puppet and gain the power of the puppet. In times of crisis, you can use the puppet to take your life. As long as the puppet is not destroyed, you will not die."

After refreshing this skill, Qingtong stayed there and waited for a while. After making sure that no more fusion points could be squeezed out, Qingtong sang a filial song and exited perfectly.

One click and I was transported back home.

Although it would be nice to hang out outside more, to be honest, he was a little tired and needed to take a break.

He is a bit of a drama queen, but at most he just pretends to be a knight at home. Simply put, he is a bit immature. Now he suddenly has to play a crazy role and he is a bit overwhelmed.

That was really the limit just now.

And he also wanted to study his newly acquired skills.

"System, I just realized that although this paper man's ability is very powerful, it is also too limited."

"Hmm? Is there?"

Qingtong: "The ability of paper figures is closely related to puppets. I'm not a villain. I can't just capture a bunch of people and use them as puppets."

There is no psychological burden to use the guys who do all kinds of evil, but in this peaceful place, where are there so many guys who do all kinds of evil to catch at will.

"Even if I stop being a good person and capture people everywhere to use as puppets, it won't make me any stronger. It will only give me a few more lives to sacrifice."

Just like the Po before, he was just an ordinary college student. Even if he used the assimilation skill to turn into a puppet, the puppet paper man was closely related to Po's own strength, and he was still a weakling. Even if he used the second skill to transform Qingtong into Po's appearance and gain Po's power, he did not become stronger. If Po was weaker than Qingtong, then the transformation was equivalent to weakening him in disguise.

System: "Host, please do not worry about this. The paper man's targets are not limited to humans. Humanoid monsters are also acceptable."

Qingtong: "Hmm? Is that so? That makes me feel relieved... What the hell, the weirdness won't officially come until three months later."

I originally wanted to arm the paper man card before the strangeness officially descended, but now it seems that it is no longer possible.

"System, how many skills can be activated on the paper man's character card?"

"There are three," the system replied, "The last one is a big move, which requires more fusion. Please work harder, host."

"Really? Live streaming should be enough." Qingtong said worriedly, holding his chin with his hand, "The real weirdness has not yet arrived. Even if we live stream, we can only use the account to scare people."

Never mind, even if it was just to scare people. Anyway, his primary purpose of doing the live broadcast was to tell everyone that something strange was going to happen in the world.

You have to think carefully about how you're going to appear, and make the scene more down-to-earth.

But before that, he had to report to school.

Although the system's evaluation of him is "no one would look for him even if he was missing for three days", that doesn't mean he can take classes indefinitely! He still wants to get the credits!

"Mr. Fang's class is at 1:30 p.m." Qingtong glanced at the time. It was only 11 o'clock in the afternoon, so it was still very early.

The role-playing was cancelled, the paper man's body turned into a point of light and disappeared, and then Qingtong himself, who was lying on the bed, woke up.

He moved his arms and legs and said, "I don't feel uncomfortable at all, and I feel very energetic."

"Because the host's body has been in a deep sleep state, deep sleep can allow most of the body's organs to enter a resting state."

Qingtong: "But sleeping too long is not good either."

System: "With this world-saving system, the side effects of excessive sleep do not exist!"

"Oh, really?" Qingtong stretched and started to wash and change clothes.

It was almost noon when he slowly walked out and locked the door.

Qingtong currently lives in the city not far from the school. Just as he told the system before, it is a house bought by his parents for his convenience in going to college and finding a job in the future. The residence is about a fifteen-minute drive from the school. There are few people on the bus at noon, so there is no need to fight for a seat. Qingtong sat in a chair by the window and began to search for the latest news.

Then I saw that there was a square nearby where a Qixi Festival night market celebration was being held.

"There's still more than a week until Chinese Valentine's Day. The celebration is coming too fast." Qingtong whispered to himself.

System: "Of course it's best to make money as early as possible."

"Oh——" Qingtong responded casually with a long voice, and then he seemed to remember something, the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a malicious smile.

"Host, you seem to be thinking of something bad."

"No." Qingtong put away his phone, "I'm a good person."

The train arrived at the station, and he quickly got off and walked into the school gate. While eating in the cafeteria, he met two classmates from the same class.

"It's really rare, Qingtong." The short-haired boy with his coat tied around his waist came over, sat opposite him and said with a smile, "Didn't you come to class on time today?"

"I got up early today and came here because I had nothing to do." Qingtong replied.

Another slightly chubby boy enviously said, "It's great to have my own house and live outside. I also want to live outside alone, it's absolutely super cool. Not only does the power go off at regular intervals in the dormitory, but they also cut off my internet connection!!"

The boy with short hair is Qin Yi, and the slightly chubby boy is Li Wen. They are the few friends Qingtong can talk to in the class, but that's all.

The reason why they were able to chat for a while was because Qin Yi was the class monitor. The class monitor in college did not have much work, but in the early stage of school, the class monitor was the link between teachers and students. Qin Yi himself was a passionate and responsible person. After knowing that Qingtong lived alone off campus, he cared about him a lot, and gradually the two of them became familiar with each other.

Because Li Wen had a close relationship with Qin Yi, he had chatted with Qing Tong several times.

The system said that Qingtong would not be discovered if he lost contact for three days, but Qingtong felt that this was not absolutely true. If he had classes for two consecutive days and he missed them for no reason and could not be contacted, it was estimated that this enthusiastic monitor would come to his house and knock on the door the next day.

In short, he is definitely not the kind of person who no one cares about if there is no news for three days!!!

It seems that emphasizing it like this makes it even more sad?

"Qingtong, you will participate in the class's autumn outing, right?" Qin Yi said.

Qingtong came back to his senses: "Qiu You?"

Qin Yi leaned forward and said, "The class is organizing an autumn outing next month. You will go, right? You will definitely go!"

Qingtong: "Have you said where to go for the autumn outing?"

"Not yet." Li Wen interrupted during the meal, "Once the number of participants is determined, we will vote to choose the location. There are so many places to go, such as hiking, lake cruises, and ancient town tours."

"Actually, I'd rather go to the beach." Li Wen smiled a little slyly, "It would be great to see the beauties in swimsuits."

Qin Yi nodded and said, "I want to see it too, but..." He put his hand on Li Wen's shoulder and said, "We are going on an autumn outing."

Who goes to the beach in autumn? Do you think this is Hainan? Besides, their city is not close to the sea, so how can the class organize an autumn trip outside the province or city?

"Most likely climbing a mountain." Qin Yi turned to Qing Tong and said, "I have asked all the students in the class, and everyone wants to participate. I also asked them what they think, and more people want to climb a mountain."

"I'll join." Qingtong said.

Although he wasn't very interested, he didn't want to be a loner.

Qin Yi smiled: "That's great."

After finishing the meal, Qingtong followed Qin Yi and the others to the classroom. Lao Fang's class was a theory class. No matter what major you were studying in college, theory classes always had a hypnotic effect. Many students used textbooks to cover up their yawns.

Qingtong, who was sitting at the back, took advantage of the fact that no one could see his system interface and quietly studied how to make his character card appear.

After the class ended, Qingtong did not go home because there was a class meeting in the evening, the main content of which was to vote on the location for the autumn outing next month.

The students in the class all spoke up, and the final result was just as Qin Yi had guessed, they decided to climb Qiumu Mountain.

Qiumu Mountain is located in the east of Heng City, and the drive takes about one and a half hours. If you charter a car, the cost per person including the entrance ticket is expected to be no more than 100 yuan, which includes lunch, so it is still very cost-effective.

As for the specific time of departure, we will have to wait for Qin Yi to make a plan and then notify everyone in the group.

Qingtong finished the class meeting and went home like a transparent person.

"Qingtong." Qin Yi called him and walked forward to hook his shoulder. "It's getting dark. Do you want to stay in our dormitory for a night?"

"Yes, Lao Qin is right." Li Wen also came up and said, "It just so happens that there is an empty bed in our dormitory. I will lend you the spare pillow and thin blanket."

There are four beds in a dormitory, but Qingtong's major has fewer male students, so there are only three people in Li Wen and Qin Yi's dormitory. In fact, this third person is not even a student of their major. His class schedule is fuller than Qin Yi and his friends, so they seldom see each other.

"No, I have something else to do, so I'll go back first." Qingtong waved goodbye.

"Okay." Li Wen said, "You have class at 8:30 tomorrow morning. Don't be late if you live off campus."

"Um."

After parting with Qin Yi and the others at the school gate, Qingtong took the bus back home. Looking at the dark sky outside the window, Qingtong unconsciously pulled the curtains and climbed onto the bed.

"System, get ready to start the live broadcast." After saying that, he clicked on the paper man's role-playing button.

"Okay, host!"

After choosing the exit location, the paper man's body dissipated and the room became pitch black.

At the same time, a strange live broadcast website suddenly appeared on the Internet. It had no name and no special introduction. The URL was just a string of codes. The moment it appeared, it immediately pulled in hundreds of thousands of people who were browsing the web and playing games.

Li Wen, who had just returned to the dormitory, turned on his computer and was about to start a game, but the computer screen suddenly went black and then entered a live broadcast interface.

Li Wen was dumbfounded: "Oh my god, what is this?"

"What's wrong?" Qin Yi walked over to him and looked at the computer screen. "Live broadcast? Did you click on some weird ad?"

"What are you thinking? Am I that kind of person?"

Qin Yi pointed to the bottom of the live broadcast page: "You can comment."

Li Wen walked over and saw a series of messages on the screen as expected.

[Oh my god, the laborer was watching the young lady dancing, why did something like this suddenly pop up? ]

【What website? Is the computer infected? 】

[I can’t turn it off——]

【If it doesn't work, restart it. 】

[Forget it. I have restarted the computer three times and it still shows the same interface. It seems that there is no way to fix this unless I smash the computer.]

[Are you kidding? This is my new desktop computer! ]

[I'm starting a group!!!]

[Look at the live broadcast interface. This place looks familiar. Does anyone know where it is? ]

[I went to the Qixi Festival night market in Heng City yesterday. ]

[I've been there before, but it's not fun. ]

[Look at the far right of the live broadcast, isn’t that person a little weird? ]

【What? Where? 】

[The guy in white clothes who is always smiling, he always follows the guy in red clothes, did you see him? ]

【Ah! Why is there another person here?】

[I didn't notice that there were people here. ]

【Wait, why didn't anyone around notice him? 】

[Not to mention the people around him, he didn't even notice the man in red who was following him. ]

[Stop talking, I'm a little scared. ]

Suddenly, the paper figure in white seemed to have noticed something and looked towards the camera abruptly, scaring the screen so much that the comments stopped for a moment.

Then the smile on the white-clothed paper man's face became even bigger. He turned around and patted the man in red on the shoulder. The man turned around and saw the white-clothed paper man's strange smile.

The man in red was frightened and his heart skipped a beat. Before he could recover from the sudden shock, he found that he could not move anymore.

During the live broadcast, all the spectators who noticed the existence of the white paper man saw the whole process of the man in red clothes slowly turning into a red paper man.

The comments below the live broadcast were like a blizzard, filling the screen with green grass.