Let's Squander A Billion First!

The boy’s eyes sparkled as he softly made a request: "Then I want you to stay with me."

Chuzheng: "???."

Stay with you? Sure!

Chuzheng was afraid of triggering some random task, so she didn’t dare to speak out loud, just silently cursed him in her heart.

What’s wrong with you, NPC!

Don’t you know that flirting with players will get you destroyed!

"Pick another option."

"Didn’t you say anything would be fine?" The boy pouted slightly. "Are you lying to me?"

Chuzheng wore a cold expression: "That’s not possible."

Ha!

Childish!

Nowadays, even NPCs have learned to act cute.

Who do you think you are? That I would fall for it?

The boy twisted his belt back and forth with soft and light movements, saying: "I just want you to stay with me."

That expression, that tone.

So pitiful.

Chuzheng: "..." Ha, the planner sure knows how to play!

Any female player would be unable to resist this kind of temptation, right?!

Such a pity!

Who am I!

To be fooled by you!

What a lousy game!

Not playing anymore.

Chuzheng turned to leave!

"Are you leaving?" The boy’s soft voice drifted from behind.

Chuzheng didn’t respond to him, heading straight for the door.

Bang!

The door suddenly shut automatically.

Chuzheng turned back.

The boy still stood in place, staring with innocent eyes, softly saying: "You said that I could ask you to do anything, you can’t leave."

Chuzheng: "???."

Is this a Boss?

Is he going to turn evil next, and I’ll defeat the Boss to pass the level?

The boy approached her without showing any signs of turning evil, with grievance in his eyes: "Don’t leave, okay? I’m really scared being alone."

Chuzheng backed away fearfully.

She tried to open the door, but it wouldn’t budge.

The boy just watched her with confusion, allowed her to struggle for a while before whispering: "You can’t open it. Everything here is under my control. Listen to me, stay with me, I can open the door for you and show you the world outside."

"???."

So, it’s just viewing only?

What kind of crazy thing is this!

Does the planner have a screw loose?!

Chuzheng angrily went offline.

However, as soon as she exited, her vision blurred, and when she opened her eyes, she was still standing indoors, facing the charming boy with an innocent smile.

Chuzheng: "!!!."

"I won’t let you leave, you just can’t go." The boy’s voice was soft and sticky, his fair face slightly blushed as if shy: "Isn’t it good to stay with me?"

"..."

Help! Help! This NPC is out of control!!

Calm down!

Don’t panic!

Chuzheng calmly retreated to the door: "You want me to stay with you?"

The boy nodded: "Mm."

He looked around, his cheeks puffing slightly: "I’m the only one here, I don’t like being alone."

"Why don’t you go outside?"

Because the game uses intelligent NPCs, they’re not fixed in one place; they can leave by themselves.

Sometimes while doing tasks, players find the NPC they’re looking for isn’t in their spot, so they have to search the world to find the player and start the conversation to begin the task.

This is something players amusingly complain about.

"Go outside?" The boy tilted his head, puzzled: "Why should I go out?"

"If you go out, you won’t be alone."

"..."

He lowered his gaze, fiddling with his pocket, seemingly pondering, then shook his head stubbornly: "There are lots of bad people outside, I won’t go."

Chuzheng: "..."

"Have you ever been out?"

"No."

"Then how do you know there are lots of bad people outside?"

"...Just... there are." The boy insisted.

"How about I accompany you outside?" Go outside, and I’ll deal with you!

"..."

The boy’s clear eyes stared at her, unsure whether pondering her suggestion or contemplating something else.

"No."

"..."

Alright then.

Chuzheng flexed her wrist; don’t blame me for being rude then.

-

[Message]: Player ’One Step Loses a Billion’ is confined for hitting an NPC, locked for 4 hours as a warning to others.

Chuzheng watched the message float past her eyes, but the expected guards didn’t appear.

"!!!"

What’s going on!

Is the game broken?

You’re causing me anxiety!

Chuzheng glanced at the message and realized two words were missing from the front...

’System message’ turned into ’Message,’ meaning the guards can’t see it?

She tried to log off again.

No matter how she tried, she couldn’t log off.

In the end, even the logout button turned gray.

Chuzheng was panicking internally but kept a composed appearance.

She calmly looked at the boy.

The boy sat cross-legged on the floor, his white fingers cradling his face, puffing his cheeks in complaint: "You really hurt me."

Chuzheng retorted: "An NPC can feel pain?" Why didn’t I finish you off! 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

The boy obediently replied: "Well, getting hit hurts."

Chuzheng’s face was cold: "You know what pain feels like?"

The boy thought for a moment and replied softly: "Pain is pain. You hit me, I hurt. Why did you hit me? I just wanted you to stay with me, you’re so mean."

The boy became even more aggrieved.

"..."

I’m really sorry I didn’t finish you off.

Chuzheng, feeling horrible: "Let me out." She was being detained by an NPC; how could she live this down?

The boy turned his head; his tone was that of a sulking child: "No."

Chuzheng’s voice was as cold as a knife: "What do you want."

The boy spoke slowly: "Stay with me."

Chuzheng’s voice was colder: "Stay with you, sure."

The boy was puzzled: "I don’t have a sure, just stay with me, okay? You don’t need to stay with my sure."

Chuzheng: "..."

Calm down.

No need for anxiety.

This is the game world, Chuzheng can’t use Yin Xian.

But she could use it in the real world, so she tried to force-open the game helmet.

-

Clang!

The game helmet fell to the floor, Chuzheng abruptly woke up.

She raised her hand to rub at her needle-stabbing headache.

"Miss? What was that sound? Are you all right?" Aunt Deng heard the noise, and worriedly knocked on the door.

Chuzheng gasped for air, enduring the pain as she tried to speak calmly: "I’m fine, something fell on the ground."

Aunt Deng left, and Chuzheng collapsed onto the bed.

Game companies have warned players not to forcibly remove the game helmet while inside.

It could cause pain at best and potential nerve damage at worst.

Chuzheng rubbed her forehead and, once she felt better, slowly sat up.

What was up with Qin Luo?

Intelligent NPC malfunction?

Chuzheng dug out the game company’s customer service number and reported Qin Luo’s anomaly.

Customer service replied that they would have the techs look into it, and to wait for a return call.

Chuzheng didn’t dare go back online.

The customer service called back three hours later, saying the character had no abnormalities, that all data was normal.

Chuzheng: "..."

Normal?

What the hell is normal?

That was complete lunacy, wasn’t it!?

Don’t lie just because he’s handsome!!