The First Death

She had never seen Lin Yi's house before, but the place she had grown up in wasn't much better. So when she saw the room, she was only momentarily stunned before quickly sitting up from the bed made of cardboard on the floor.

When she straightened her back, a dull ache shot through her waist and neck, and a lingering cold wind chilled her hands and feet. Mi Chuchu clenched her fists, but they felt weak and limp; she felt as if she would faint after taking just a few steps.

This is definitely not her body.

Mi Chuchu was stronger than most boys since she was a child, and she had never been so weak before, as she loved sports.

Mi Chuchu lifted the damp blankets and didn't react much when she saw that she had been shrunk to the size of an eight-year-old toddler. However, she also saw several of her chibi-style teammates floating in front of her and couldn't help but laugh.

The chibi-style figure with long, narrow eyes must be Qin Rang; the pink-haired one with his hands on his hips talking is Tao Yuan; the white-haired one is An Ying; the one grinning foolishly is Sheng Qingqiao Qiao; and the one wearing glasses and looking serious is Wang Ding.

The one holding the mini Little Rabbit is Bai Yang; the one in the Wheelchair coughing softly is Ji Fengbai; and the one with green eyes, standing straight with his arms crossed and holding a knife is Moonlit Night.

Everything's ready!

Her teammates stared at each other, trying not to laugh as they looked at each other's chibi-style images.

Mi Chuchu chuckled and asked, "What happened to you all? How did things get like this?"

Having such an image around her greatly reduced her discomfort with close contact with the opposite sex.

Qin Rang looked at his hands, which felt like cotton Dolls, and said helplessly, "Our consciousness is trapped inside these bodies; we can't do anything. According to Tang Pin, our team probably chose you as the player this time. Good luck."

"By the way, you shouldn't be averse to male Dolls, right?"

Mi Chuchu said, "I find it objectionable, but I can tolerate it for the sake of the Instance. I know what's more important."

Hearing her express disapproval, Qin Rang's eyes narrowed into beady shapes. The other Doll laughed at this.

"Why am I a Doll too?" Bai Yang Doll complained, hands on hips, then chuckled when she saw Ji Fengbai with what looked like ellipses on its head. "You look great! Your Master will definitely like it."

Ji Fengbai, unusually, didn't write anything to retaliate against him. He lazily propped his head up with his hand, and the books on his lap were shrunk to miniature shapes.

"Boss Lin didn't come in," Moonlit Night suddenly said.

"Yes, why wasn't he chosen?" Mi Chuchu counted; there were eight Dolls in total, plus herself, making nine people. Boss Lin was nowhere to be seen.

Wang Ding affirmed, "Boss Lin is luckier than us."

Everyone: "..."

That makes a lot of sense.

Bai Yang, the chibi-style Doll, shook the Little Rabbit in his hand and said helplessly, "My Weird Object has lost its effect. Can your Weird Object still be used?"

The group quickly checked their Weird Object and discovered that even Mi Chuchu's Weird Object was unusable.

"The game Instance is called 'Lin Yi's Day,' so it must be related to his life. You're currently playing as the young Lin Yi. The Weird Object are restricted and can't be used. Let's look for other information first," Tao Yuan said.

"Good."

Mi Chuchu searched everywhere, but Lin Yi's room was too simple, and she found nothing after looking around.

Moreover, during this period, the walls of Lin Yi's room were still normal, not thickened, and they found nothing useful.

With no other option, Mi Chuchu walked to the door, placed her hand on the doorknob, and gently pressed down on the lock. The moment the door opened, her body was suddenly frozen in place.

A game-like interface popped up in front of her.

After Lin Yi woke up, he found that his parents were still asleep. What would you choose?

A: Wake up, Dad.

B: Wake up Mom

C: Let them sleep as they please, cook your own meals and go to school.

Everyone was completely confused. What's this?

Mi Chuchu's gaze swept back and forth between the several options, and before she could discuss it with her teammates, a bright red countdown suddenly appeared in front of her.

[Select countdown 3, 2...]

Mi Chuchu quickly placed her hand on option C.

According to her teammates, Lin Yi's Dad are not normal people, and they were probably not good people before they became monsters. It's safest for her to get up on her own.

After selecting C, the selection box disappeared, and everything returned to normal.

"Go and try to wake Lin Yi's parents now," Qin Rang said.

Mi Chuchu tried to walk towards the Master Bedroom, but was stopped by a huge exclamation mark as soon as she got close, reminding her that she had to go cook.

It seems that once you choose one option, you can't do anything that conflicts with that option.

"I'm a kitchen disaster, what should I do?" Mi Chuchu muttered to herself as she walked toward the kitchen.

In fact, she didn't need to worry; there was simply no space in the kitchen for her to do anything.

Opening the refrigerator, she found the shelves empty. Undeterred, Mi Chuchu searched the refrigerator thoroughly, finally finding a bag of frozen buns at the bottom that had been there for who knows how long.

"Great, I can manage steaming buns."

An Ying, the Doll, floated on the pot lid. "Be careful, don't blow up someone's kitchen."

"No." Mi Chuchu struggled to pick up the pot on tiptoe and began to examine the gas stove.

Bai Yang pushed Ji Fengbai around the kitchen, chuckling, "Ji Fengbai, look how convenient it is for me to push you like this, there are no obstacles in the way."

Ji Fengbai didn't want to talk to him.

Qin Rang and Tao Yuan landed on the knife rack; the number of knives in this set was just right.

Just as Mi Chuchu was awkwardly turning on the gas stove under Wang Ding's instructions, a sinister voice suddenly came from behind her.

"Lin Yi, why didn't you wake up Dad and Dad?"

Mi Chuchu froze, instinctively pulling a knife from the knife rack beside her, and turned to ram her head into two eerily wide-open scarlet mouths.

Suddenly everything went black. Mi Chuchu was swallowed whole by two black holes filled with teeth. Her body was pierced by the dense teeth, blood splattered, and she completely lost consciousness.

In the kitchen, only her lower body remained, spurting blood, while her Dad, dressed in pajamas, reached out and devoured the remains.

You are dead.

After regaining consciousness, Mi Chuchu jolted awake, her eyes widening in shock. She gasped for breath to ease the lingering pain, her pupils still reflecting the fear of her recent death.

She instinctively reached for her hand, only to find nothing, before belatedly realizing that she couldn't use Weird Objects here.

Mi Chuchu looked down at herself. She was standing behind the door, her hand still on the doorknob, just a few minutes ago, in the same position she had been when she tried to open the door and leave.

She abruptly withdrew her hand, leaned against the wall for several minutes before regaining her senses, and shook her head at her teammates' concerned expressions.

Her teammates were also surprised by her sudden death, after all, no one expected that she would die suddenly just from cooking.

"It's nothing, I just didn't expect to die so suddenly," Mi Chuchu said.

Bai Yang reminded her, "Find a piece of glass and look above your head. When you respawned, health points appeared above your head."

Mi Chuchu searched the room for a long time before finally finding a reflective piece of glass to look at herself.