Chapter 30 Miss Lamb of Swan Castle, who exactly is she? ...
Basic information about the program's content is also made public to the audience during the live broadcast.
Therefore, in the previous episode of the Cocoon Village episode, the audience knew from the beginning that Yu Naixin would be facing three male guests.
Now, as viewers see the four male guests listed neatly in the live stream information, the chat is flooded with comments.
How can a show have four guest stars?! I've never heard of that before!
The conditions for merging the two program instances are extremely stringent. First, the two program instances must have a highly consistent background worldview. Second, the roles and identities of the program guests in the two program instances must be exactly the same. Finally, both program instances must be extremely difficult, and none of the program guests who entered have come out alive!
The relationship between the main guest and the alternate guest is inherently one of ebb and flow. If the main guest successfully eliminates the alternate guest, the alternate guest will face weakening or even elimination. Conversely, if the alternate guest successfully devours the main guest, it can absorb extraordinary nutrients and become stronger. When the alternate guest becomes powerful enough, it can distort the entire alternate game, which is the source of all alternate game mutations.
[My goodness... Did she really participate in the same "Heartbeat 1000%" show as the other guests? Why are these special situations that only happen once in a dozen or so episodes for the other guests, but they happen to her like they're on a clearance sale?!]
[None of them have ever been the same!]
To achieve this coexistence of the four guest characters after fusion, another crucial factor is that the original two guest characters from each of the two instances must be of roughly equal strength, unable to kill or effectively harm each other. This way, the four guests in the final fused instance will also be of comparable strength, with minimal differences.
[So... the little witch has just emerged from the beginner's level, and the first real challenge she'll face is these terrifying male guests who can distort the level itself, and she has to face four of them at once?!]
The priest with the folding fan explained to Yu Naixin the things that the more knowledgeable viewers in the comments had mentioned.
Even more detailed than the bullet comments, the priest fan also used numerical values to more intuitively explain to Yu Naixin what level these guests who could distort the original instance were.
“Their spiritual power coefficient must be at least higher than 180,” the priest said, “and there is no upper limit. Some of the most powerful ones can approach the level of a domain lord.”
[Damn, I was so shocked by the four guest stars that I had to put this fan on the show! Does "Heartbeat 1000%" even have talking props that can explain the rules?!]
[Finally, there's a question I know how to answer. This must be the one the fox demon gave to the Great Demon King in the last episode, after gathering her own body and spiritual power, right? Simply put, it's a special spiritual artifact at the Domain Lord level.]
【What the heck?!】
Yu Naixin blinked.
In other words, the weakest of the four male guests she is about to face could easily take on eighteen of her.
Four times eighteen equals seventy-two. Shouldn't she learn the Seventy-Two Transformations first to be on the safe side?
Yu Naixin chose to start the emulator directly.
The very next second after she effortlessly entered the simulator, someone knocked on the door of the storage room from the outside.
A young woman's voice came from inside: "Is anyone inside?"
Yu Naixin put the priest's folding fan back into her inventory and released the paper puppy.
The paper puppy immediately rubbed against Yu Naixin's feet, tilting its blank paper head (without eyes or nose) up, wagging its tail happily and spinning around.
Seeing the dog's condition, Yu Naixin confirmed that the unknown intruder outside the door posed no danger.
Yu Naixin ordered the dog to hide in the shadows and follow on guard. She opened the door to the storeroom and saw a maid standing outside.
The maid had shoulder-length flaxen hair and wore a black dress and white apron that were similar to Yu Naixin's but more refined.
The moment she made eye contact with Yu Naixin, a look of surprise appeared on her face.
“An unfamiliar face,” the flaxen-haired maid said. “Are you the cleaning maid who arrived three days ago?”
When the maid said the first half of her sentence, Yu Naixin was already thinking about how to make her "shut up," but the maid's second half of her sentence turned Yu Naixin into a shy and bashful little girl.
“Yes…” Yu Naixin’s fingers nervously gripped her skirt, and her head lowered slightly. “I… I’m not very familiar with the way around here…”
Wow, that acting was amazing!
Is this the same person who stood on the altar and looked down on everyone in the last episode?!
[As expected, the strong are full of surprises...]
[Finally, some light has appeared, and we can see clearly! Did she smear some kind of soot on her face? It's all black!]
[I was just looking forward to seeing how cute she would look in a maid outfit, with her adorable and sweet expression, but after finally getting a good look at her, what do I see?!]
The flaxen-haired maid was also successfully deceived by Yu Naixin, and had no suspicions.
"The castle has recruited quite a few servants these past few days for this unprecedented grand banquet tonight." She instructed Yu Naixin in a superior tone, "You new maids should observe and memorize more so that you can better serve Her Highness the Princess."
Glancing at Yu Naixin's simple maid dress made of rough fabric, the flaxen-haired maid encouraged her, "Work hard and strive to be promoted from the lowest-ranking cleaning maid in the castle to a formal maid like me as soon as possible."
Then, she pointed in a direction to Yu Naixin: "Go to the hall quickly, there are quite a few maids there who need to do cleaning."
After saying that, the flaxen-haired maid did not linger there. She hurried off in another direction, clearly having other matters to attend to.
Yu Naixin only had time to call out "Thank you" behind her before the other person's figure quickly disappeared around the corner.
To encounter such a friendly NPC in such a dangerous game instance, who even gave her a way out and provided her with a lot of information, was truly fortunate.
Rather than passively waiting, Yu Naixin certainly prefers to take the initiative.
After purchasing a substitute straw doll from the special shop, Yu Naixin headed straight for the banquet hall.
Although she was still far from the number seventy-two, she had enough money to buy a substitute straw man for each simulation, which gave her at least six chances to escape death.
Matryoshka dolls are pretty good.
The Swan Castle appears to be quite large; from the storeroom to the banquet hall, Yu Naixin felt the straight-line distance was at least two or three kilometers.
On the way, Yu Naixin didn't forget to figure out her current situation. Since she couldn't find a mirror in the castle, she simply spent 5 Sweet Coins to buy a palm-sized dressing mirror in the system shop.
Yu Naixin observed for a moment and found that apart from her clothes, she herself had not changed much. The most noticeable thing was the pure black foundation that she had applied to her face from who-knows-where. Her originally fair skin, which was as white as fine porcelain, had become seven or eight shades darker and had also added a lot of dark spots.
Yu Naixin understood.
The four guests on this Swan Castle episode are all seasoned veterans who have devoured countless other show guests. If the show guests were to choose their favorite male guest before the show even started, it would be like directly telling the episode guests who their prey is. If these four skilled executioners wanted to kill the show guests, it would be far too easy.
Therefore, "Heartbeat 1000%" will intervene to hide Yu Naixin, the guest who will participate in the merged instance, among the NPCs from the beginning, to ensure the balance between some of the program guests and the instance guests, so that the program guests will not be unable to gain any advantage and die immediately upon their appearance.
In this episode, avoiding revealing one's identity to the four male guests too early is a very important point.
Yu Naixin decided that if she was going to do it, she might as well do it thoroughly.
She went to the special shop and bought an invisible mask for 160 Sweet Coins, which could completely disguise her appearance and was effective for six hours.
Yu Naixin's disguised face is that of an ordinary-looking, yellow-skinned woman, making her unremarkable at first glance.
A very safe appearance.
Perhaps because the guests on the show all came dressed up, the NPCs inside Swan Castle came in all shapes and sizes, with various skin tones and hair colors. Most of them were women, and there were quite a few cleaning maids wearing the exact same dress as Yu Naixin.
Yu Naixin blended in and was truly inconspicuous.
She consciously mimicked the expressions and gestures of the people around her, and also inquired about when the banquet would begin.
"It's seven o'clock." A freckled, brown-haired girl, who was also a newly hired cleaning maid at Swan Castle, replied, "There are less than four hours until the banquet. At that time, I should be able to sneak a peek at the male guests who are coming, right?"
A shy, expectant look appeared on the freckled maid's face: "The distinguished men who come to propose to Her Highness the Princess must be handsome beyond compare..."
"The Vampire Duke has arrived, he's in the hall! My goodness, you have no idea how elegant and charming he is! I wonder what the other distinguished guests are like..."
Yu Naixin extracted some useful information from the freckled maid's slow-paced girlish thoughts. If nothing unexpected happened, the first male guest she would meet would be this vampire duke.
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The main hall of Swan Castle.
The opulent furnishings exuded a luxurious atmosphere, and exquisite dishes and drinks were placed on the banquet tables. Even though there were still more than three hours before the official start of the banquet, all the preparations had already been almost completed.
Busy maids were still moving about in the hall, taking care of some minor finishing touches, while male servants and butlers were also among them.
However, looking around the entire hall, there was only one person who stood out the most.
He sat in the VIP section on the side of the hall, his elaborate and gorgeous deep purple suit complementing his pale skin. His features, clearly not human, were deep and striking, flamboyant and beautiful. His dark red eyes and pointed long ears revealed his identity—the vampire duke.
Even though he wasn't in the very center of the hall, the Vampire Duke's appearance and aura would inevitably draw everyone's attention.
The vampire duke was already used to the servants in Swan Castle secretly eyeing him and then letting out hushed exclamations.
He was toying with a crystal goblet in his hand, casually swirling the deep red liquid inside, a hint of impatience showing between his brows.
Having finally managed to escape the cage of the original instance, they only ended up in an even bigger cage.
However, it doesn't matter too much. "Heartbeat 1000%" doesn't have the ability to imprison him forever. He can break free from the cage once, and he can break free a second time.
Then he will be able to embrace that long-lost freedom!
The vampire duke raised his eyes and swept them over the diverse crowd in the banquet hall.
Come on, let him find out which one of the lambs that will be sent into his mouth this time is.
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