The girl transformed, multiplying infinitely. My numbers have become a disaster.

"Yes, if we find that someone's missing, that means... one of us is dead."

Those words made the woman's heart skip a beat.

Ye Qian also felt the pressure.

This wasn't as simple as reading a novel or watching a drama—people really could die.

"But don't worry, newbies' tasks are generally not too difficult. What you need to do is seize every opportunity to improve yourselves. As long as you grow fast enough, surviving isn't that hard."

After he finished speaking, the countdown was nearing two minutes.

Ye Qian sat quietly to the side, checking her Life Energy reserve.

38 points.

"That should be enough."

Once the Proliferation was complete, her main body would be weakened, but not as severely as she'd initially estimated.

The timer hit zero.

"Time's up. See you all." The woman waved her hand.

"Mm." Ye Qian responded briefly.

The countdown reached zero.

The next second, the familiar dizziness hit her, and everything before her eyes shifted again, quickly returning to a familiar scene.

It was the spot where she'd stood before entering the Main World.

Only a few dozen meters from her home, with the supermarket in the distance.

"Ugh."

Looking down at her dirty dress and socks, Ye Qian abandoned the idea of buying groceries at the supermarket and instead turned and ran back home.

After all, her current appearance was a bit rough.

As she entered the house, her phone screen suddenly lit up.

Opening it, she saw a group chat invitation. Without much thought, she clicked accept.

After joining the group, there were three people inside.

The group owner, Lovely Wolf, spoke first: "My name is Chen Ning. Just call me Xiao Chen. I'm the guy."

Lan Xinyu: "Lan Xinyu. My nickname is my real name."

Lord Four Seasons: "Ye Qian."

Lovely Wolf: "OK, let's change the nicknames. Also, are you all from Haikong City? Usually, people assigned to the same team tend to live close by."

Lan Xinyu: "Yes, my home is in Haikong City."

Lord Four Seasons: "+1"

Lovely Wolf: "Great. Maybe we can meet up in real life sometime."

"Meet up in real life?"

Seeing the chat pause, Ye Qian put down her phone and turned her attention back to reality.

"Personal interface," she murmured to herself.

Beep!

[Name: Ye Qian]

[LV: 4]

[EXP: 38/50]

[Attributes: Strength 1.6, Physique 1.5, Agility 1.4, Spirit 1.7, Intelligence 1.5, Resistance 0.6]

[Skills: None]

[Currency: 1 Silver Coin, 41 Copper Coins]

[Items: None]

"As expected, all the power I gained in the Main World came with me."

She took a deep breath, locked the door tightly, and drew the curtains. Then she stripped off her dirty clothes, planning to take a shower first.

Stepping into the bathroom, she caught a glimpse of the adorable, heart-fluttering girl in the mirror. Her cheeks slightly flushed, Ye Qian cleared her throat softly, telling herself not to overthink.

Even though she'd already been transformed for months, she still felt something for herself.

"Phew, but the feel is really nice. Even though I look so petite, it's soft and squishy." She flashed a wicked grin.

"Ahem."

She quietly took a shower, dried off, and walked into her room to put on underwear. After hesitating for a moment, she took a new set of clothes from the wardrobe.

A white top, a light blue skirt, and pristine white socks.

Looking at herself in the mirror, she swallowed and stepped to the side, extending her right hand.

"Begin Proliferation."

The ability activated.

Visible to the naked eye, a mass of flesh began to writhe on her hand.

Soon the flesh sloughed off, slowly coalescing on the ground.

[Proliferating...]
[Body detachment complete. Quality: White]
[Initial LV: 1]
[Beneficial mutation. Talent ability acquired: Spirit Thread (Green)]

Before long, a beautiful young girl stood before her—nearly identical in appearance to the original, but with a more mature temperament.

In an instant, Ye Qian felt her consciousness split in two.

Her vision overlapped for a moment.

The two perspectives gradually separated, and she realized she now had an extra body.

In one line of sight was a cute, long-haired girl.

Petite, around fifteen or sixteen, wearing a pure white top and a light blue JK-style skirt.

Her little feet, wrapped in white stockings, looked soft and tender, exuding an inexplicable cuteness. Her whole body radiated fragility and weakness, making Ye Qian involuntarily swallow.

Without a doubt, this was the original body as seen through the clone's eyes.

Pretty and adorable.

As for the original's perspective, she saw the proliferated clone.

Long black hair tinged with a faint red.

Her figure wasn't as petite as the original's—about 1.65 meters tall, well-proportioned and full.

Drop her into any school, and she'd be the standard school beauty.

Seeing this, Ye Qian's original body took a deep breath.

"It actually... worked."

Proliferation.

She had split into two people, like some kind of strange creature.

Her head felt a little dizzy.

After thinking it over, she decided to put some clothes on the clone.

She draped a black zip-up jacket over herself.

On the lower half, a black short skirt paired with black tights. Hands in her pockets, she radiated a youthful, girlish charm.

"Not bad."

But...

She could already feel the weakness in her original body, her face pale.

She checked the status panel—a negative effect had appeared, lasting three days.

"Hoo, looks like the original has to rest and recover."

Ye Qian's original sat weakly on the bed, kicked off her slippers, and crossed her legs, glancing a little awkwardly at her proliferated body.

How to put it... even though they were both herself, she felt like she was facing someone else right now.

A little embarrassed.

But she had to admit, it was really amazing.

"And my original body is so cute—it's practically my dream girl."

With a hint of experimentation, Ye Qian controlled the clone to lean down and give her original face a small kiss.

Biu~

"Cough, cough."

Sure enough, it was the lingering aesthetic of her past male self acting up.

Shaking off the stray thoughts, she briefly checked the new body's interface.

[Body: Unnamed]
[LV: 1]
[EXP: 0/10]
[Stats: Strength 0.5, Constitution 0.6, Agility 0.4, Spirit 0.5, Intelligence 0.5, Resistance 0.2]
[Skills: None]

[Talent: Spirit Thread (Green)]

All attributes are below the LV1 original body.

38 points of Life Energy is clearly far from enough.

Fortunately, this body isn't completely useless.

The Spirit Thread talent can condense one's mental energy into invisible threads that leave the body, used to sense the surrounding state.

Theoretically, once the mind reaches a certain level, the threads can condense into a physical form, cutting opponents on a material level.

This ability can also penetrate objects, ignoring both metal and living bodies—it's utterly ridiculous.

"A white-quality body mutating a green talent feels like a pretty good deal." Ye Qian nodded in satisfaction.

Time to name this new body... let's call it Ye Xin.

In truth, leaving it nameless would be fine; one is for external communication.

Chapter 5: The Black-Robed Figure

From this moment on, Ye Qian had entered a two-body mode.

Since her original body was in poor condition, she had to let her clone take care of her—having Ye Xin actively feed her or give massages, for instance.

"This really is a divine life."

Lying against the headboard, opening her mouth as a bite of cake entered it, Ye Qian thought silently to herself.

Of course, her body wasn't completely immobile, just a bit weak.

Even with Life Energy, there was no way she could perform more Proliferation within three days.

It would definitely break down, okay.

"Let's rest today. Speaking of which, there won't suddenly be any missions during this time, will there?"