Sitting Until Dawn

It had to be said, the Goblin BOSS was ugly as hell, but the meat it roasted was incredibly delicious.

Watching Cheng Yao eat so happily, Wang Xian suddenly felt like teasing her. Lowering his voice, he said to her in a sinister tone, "Yao Yao, is this grilled meat good?"

Startled by Wang Xian's voice, Cheng Yao shot him a glare and said, "It's delicious. I've never had grilled meat this good before."

As she spoke, Cheng Yao tore off another huge chunk of meat and happily continued eating.

"It really is delicious! But Yao Yao, what kind of meat do you think could taste this good?" Wang Xian's voice grew even more sinister.

Cheng Yao finally realized something was off and hurriedly looked at Wang Xian, only to see the sinister smile on his face.

"Uncle, don't scare me."

The grilled meat in Cheng Yao's hand fell to the ground with a slap, and her voice began to tremble with tears.

"Yao Yao, what kind of meat do you think it could be?"

Wang Xian continued in that eerie voice, his gaze sweeping over Cheng Yao's body.

"Human meat? Bleurgh~~~"

Cheng Yao seemed to instantly understand what Wang Xian meant. Her face turned pale, and after letting out a frightened cry, she immediately bent over and dry-heaved.

Wang Xian: ...

Alright, the effect was much stronger than he had imagined.

Seeing Cheng Yao's discomfort and fear, Wang Xian knew he had gone too far. He quickly got up and went to her side, patting her back as he said, "I was just teasing you. If it were human meat, would I dare eat it?"

Cheng Yao's body instantly stiffened. She realized Wang Xian had tricked her!

"Uncle!"

With a scream, Cheng Yao grabbed Wang Xian's arm, rolled up his sleeve, and bit down hard.

"Ah!"

Now it was Wang Xian's turn to scream.

"It hurts, it hurts! Yao Yao, let go!"

Wang Xian cried out miserably.

"Stinky Uncle, you're too mean!"

Cheng Yao kept biting Wang Xian while mumbling through clenched teeth, refusing to open her mouth and let him go.

"Let go, or I'm getting angry!" Wang Xian said in mock anger.

"I won't!"

Cheng Yao bit down even harder.

"It hurts!"

"Serves you right!"

"Yao Yao, I was wrong. Let go, okay?"

"No!"

"..."

More than ten minutes later, perhaps because her mouth was tired, Cheng Yao finally let go.

"You're like a dog!" Wang Xian said speechlessly as he looked at the bite marks on his arm.

Luckily his defense was high. Otherwise, she definitely would have bitten him hard enough to draw blood.

"Hmph!"

Cheng Yao snorted coldly, ignored Wang Xian, and continued eating her grilled meat.

"Oh? You can still eat?" Wang Xian teased.

Normally, if someone told you that what you had just eaten was human meat, even after they explained it clearly afterward, many people would never eat it again. Even if they did, it would be after a very, very long time.

But Cheng Yao?

She had gone right back to eating as soon as he explained. Wang Xian really did not know whether she had a strong heart or simply thick nerves.

"Yao Yao, are you still going back today?" After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Wang Xian asked Cheng Yao.

Cheng Yao took out her phone, checked the time, then shook her head. "It's already nine. It's too late. I'll go back early tomorrow morning."

"That works. It's definitely not safe to go back this late. Let's sit here until dawn," Wang Xian said with a nod.

He had been grinding monsters for several days straight, his mind constantly tense. This was a good chance to get some proper rest.

"Do it until dawn here?"

Cheng Yao's mouth fell open and her eyes widened, as if she had heard something unbelievable.

"What's the problem?"

Wang Xian could not understand why Cheng Yao was reacting like this.

"Uncle, aren't we moving too fast?" Cheng Yao asked, her face slightly red.

"What do you mean, too fast? We're just sitting here for one night."

Wang Xian found Cheng Yao even stranger now.

Cheng Yao took a deep breath, lowered her head, and said shyly, "Then let's do it until dawn! But not right now. I just ate, so I need to digest first. Otherwise, I might get a stitch."

"A stitch? You won't even have to move. What stitch are you talking about?"

Wang Xian was completely baffled.

"I won't have to move? But then, wouldn't you be too tired, Uncle?"

Cheng Yao's face was so red it looked like it might drip blood.

"We're just sitting here until dawn. Why would I be tired? Yao Yao, are you okay?"

Wang Xian stood up and walked toward Cheng Yao.

He wanted to see what was wrong with her. Not only was her tone strange when she spoke to him, but she had kept her head lowered the entire time.

Who would have thought that the moment Wang Xian moved, Cheng Yao jumped up like a startled deer.

"Uncle, I'm going to wash up first!"

Throwing those words behind her, Cheng Yao ran toward the nearby stream.

"So strange!"

Wang Xian truly had no idea what was wrong with Cheng Yao, but judging by how she had just run toward the stream, she was probably perfectly fine.

Returning to his original spot, Wang Xian sat down and opened the Forum.

The night was long. If he was not browsing the Forum, what else was there to do?

The Forum was even livelier than it had been in the past few days. Posts appeared and vanished every second, but several posts remained firmly at the top.

"Changes Under Datafication and the Importance of Levels and Class Changes"

"Speculation and Analysis of Prophet's Identity"

"Talent Rank Classifications"

"Dragon Kingdom Official Recruiting Hidden Profession Holders, Exceptional Benefits"

"On the Impact of Datafication on Blue Star"

The post Wang Xian had published was still at the very top, while the post analyzing Prophet's identity was second.

Wang Xian took a look. The analysis inside was surprisingly well reasoned.

There were four replies with the most upvotes in the post.

First: Prophet was connected to Blue Star's Datafication and might even be the mastermind behind its initiation.

Second: Prophet possessed supernatural abilities. Just like his name suggested, he could foresee the future.

Third: Prophet was a Reincarnator, which was why he knew so much.

Fourth: Prophet was an Inner Player, and Blue Star likely had more than one Inner Player. However, only Prophet had revealed the inner details.

When Wang Xian saw the words "Reincarnator," cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Someone had actually guessed in that direction, and quite a few people had upvoted it.

However, when Wang Xian opened the thread beneath that reply and saw its contents, he relaxed. Most of the comments there were jokes.

Clearly, although many people had upvoted it, nobody was stupid. How could there possibly be Reincarnators in this world? They had only pushed that reply up for the fun of it.

Wang Xian checked the replies on the other threads. The thread claiming that Prophet was an Inner Player had received the most agreement.

After closing that post, Wang Xian checked several of the other hottest posts. Other than the post about Dragon Kingdom Official recruiting Hidden Profession holders, which interested him somewhat, he closed the rest after only a glance.

Then Wang Xian began drafting a post, planning to reveal some important information he had previously overlooked.

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