The Train's Entertainment
"So that's how it is." Xu Huo nodded, leaning forward slightly and resting his elbow on the table, his chin propped in one hand as he listened. "The contestants are all from Zone 002? People from other Sub-districts can't participate?"
The female Player smiled smugly. "Even if people from other zones entered, they'd only be disgracing themselves. No Sub-district has beauties who can compare to those from Zone 002."
Xu Huo raised an eyebrow. "Then I'm looking forward to it."
"Can Outer District Players enter the Snow Palace?"
The female Player looked him up and down, then smiled. "Only two kinds of people can enter the Snow Palace: the beauties who are chosen, and High-level Players who serve Zone 002."
Xu Huo smiled too. "According to what you've said, the most beautiful people and the strongest people would have to come together for their descendants to be both beautiful and strong. But the chosen beauties and High-level Players are separated from the outset, with clearly defined 'roles,' so the odds of that happening must be very low. So even if you paired up with someone in the Snow Palace, your descendants probably wouldn't be both beautiful and strong. They could be ordinary but capable, or beautiful enough to be chosen. Which outcome would you prefer?"
The female Player was clearly no fool. She rested her chin in her hands on the table and tilted her head. "I'd rather admire beauty. If I can't have beautiful children, I'll just find someone else. Thinking too much makes you age faster."
Xu Huo tapped the table once, his expression unreadable. "It seems Zone 002 is a place that pursues beauty for its own sake."
The female Player smiled. "Of course."
The conversation that followed offered little that was new. The