Hidden Desires

[Main Quest 2: Satisfy TA]

[Quest Description: Do you know what the deepest, most secret desire in your target's heart is? Find out what TA wants most and satisfy TA! Hurry and go spend a wonderful weekend with TA!]

[The quest countdown begins now--]

[36:00:00--]

[35:59:59--]

[35:59:58--]

This quest lasts for a total of 36 hours. It is currently 8:00 AM on Saturday, so the player must finish the quest by 8:00 PM on Sunday and return to the spawn point within the subsequent settlement countdown.

In other words, they have an entire night at their disposal...

Seeing this quest description, the four people in the dormitory wore different expressions.

Huang Tao picked up his basketball, the muscles in his arms bulging as if he wanted to crush the ball to pieces.

Shao Ling let out a strange whimper from his throat and began frantically searching the system for protective measures for certain special occasions.

The fatty thought about the [Safety Bubble] in his possession and his expression softened slightly, but then he recalled the teacher's pointer in their homeroom teacher's hand and couldn't help but burst into tears.

Only Wen Nan remained calm, even hooking his lips into a pleasant smile.

This was the kind of quest he had been dying for.

As Main Quest 2 officially began, four livestream rooms in the [Community] corresponding to this trial area lit up simultaneously.

In an instant, [Nine Times a Night's livestream room] saw its popularity soar to over 20,000, and the chat began to flood the screen--

[It's here, it's here!]

[It's open, it's open!]

[Finally! You've made me wait so long!]

[Nine! How am I supposed to live without you, Nine!]

[Main quest released? Woohoo! A whole day and night, we're in for a good show!]

[Wait, why is the streamer's equipment backup slot so full?]

[Holy crap! Why is it all Nutrient Supplements, Sleep Capsules, Safety Bubbles, and Attribute Trial Cards? Does the streamer have some kind of gear deficiency phobia?]

[No, wait a second, look at what's in the bottom right corner of the equipment slot? Am I seeing things?!]

[Holy sh*t!]

[Holy sh*t, holy sh*t, holy sh*t!]

[Is this the legendary...]

[Divine Staff Fragment! Soul of Replication!]

[Holy cow!]

[This isn't scientific! This is only the trial area map, how could such top-tier equipment drop here?!]

[What on earth happened last night?]

[Damn it, why do they close the livestream rooms after the quest settlement! They made us miss the big shot's highlight moments!]

[The legendary Divine Staff Fragment (ω) It's my first time seeing one.]

[Me too, I'd only seen it in strategy guides before and thought it was just a gimmick that didn't actually exist.]

[What are you doing taking screenshots? Get moving!]

[Taking a group photo for memory, rounding it up, I'm basically someone who has touched a Divine Staff Fragment now!]

[By the way, we just entered the trial area, getting a replication fragment isn't that useful, right? The best equipment here is just a [Safety Bubble], you can't exactly replicate a [Safety Bubble], can you?]

[He'll definitely save it to take out of the map.]

[Right, equipment of this level isn't restricted by the map. Once it's bound to a player's account, it can be taken anywhere in the game world.]

[If it were me, I'd hoard it until I hit a super-grade map one day, then find a powerful piece of equipment with a short duration to replicate.]

[You're dreaming. First of all, you'd need the ability to survive until you reach a super-grade map.]

[I definitely can't, but a big shot like Nine Times a Night surely can.]

In the dormitory, the bell for the morning run rang.

Today was Saturday, so theoretically there were no classes, but they were in their graduating year and had to attend an extra half-day of classes. However, the morning run was voluntary.

Huang Tao and Shao Ling headed to the track one after the other, leaving only the fatty and Wen Nan in the dorm.

The fatty chuckled and shuffled over to Wen Nan's side, "Boss, where are you going?"

Wen Nan certainly didn't want to run. He shoved his hands into his pockets and strolled leisurely toward the exit, "Going to walk around campus."

The fatty's expression shifted slightly upon hearing this.

He had no desire to wander around the campus; every nook and cranny of this school was hiding female ghosts. However, he had already made up his mind to stick with Wen Nan. Seeing the god of wealth about to vanish from his sight, the fatty gritted his teeth and gave chase.

The campus in the daytime was not as hair-raising as it was at night, but it wasn't much better.

The entire campus was empty and desolate; not a single soul was in sight.

It was manageable at night under the cover of darkness, but now, in the harsh glare of the sun, one could clearly see the ground covered in black-red bloodstains all the way from the dormitory to the teaching building. Puddle after puddle of animal carcasses were crushed into mush, stuck to the ground with fur and viscera matted together.

In the flower beds, several pieces of fitness equipment stood rusted and weathered, moving on their own despite the lack of wind, emitting a harsh, creaking sound.

The fatty looked left and right, his whole body trembling, his teeth chattering. He kept inching closer to Wen Nan, eventually wishing he could just plaster himself onto him.

Wen Nan endured it repeatedly before finally stopping and turning back to look at him. "It's so hot out. Don't you feel uncomfortable sticking so close to me?"

The fatty asked back in a low voice, "Boss, this campus is so eerie... aren't you afraid?"

Wen Nan scanned his surroundings and shrugged. "Not really. Isn't this environment quite nice?"

The fatty looked at Wen Nan in disbelief, a sense of admiration rising in his heart—this was probably the difference between a big shot and a newbie like them. Such courage, such a mindset; the big shot was steady!

Just as he was about to open his mouth to butter him up a bit more, he caught a glimpse of a long-haired figure in white out of the corner of his eye. Terrified out of his wits, the fatty scrambled backward, screaming, "Mommy! Help!"

Wen Nan glanced at the fatty's retreating figure before turning back to see a familiar silhouette walking toward him.

"Ye Jiu," Wu Yuwei said, coming to a stop in front of him. "Can we... talk again?"

Wen Nan pondered for a moment, then shook his head. "There's nothing to talk about. Didn't I make myself clear yesterday?"

"You..." Wu Yuwei's eyes reddened, a faint glimmer of tears shimmering within them. "I waited for you all night, just wanting to have a word with you. Are you really unwilling to give me even that much of a chance?"

Wen Nan shook his head. "I said it before, we aren't a good fit."

Tears blurred Wu Yuwei's vision, as if they were about to fall at any second. She asked tremblingly, "Do you really... have to treat me like this? How can you be... so heartless?"

Wen Nan's expression remained indifferent, but his words were icy. "I don't like you. A forced melon is never sweet; stop pestering me."

With that, Wen Nan walked around Wu Yuwei and headed straight for the teaching building.

Wu Yuwei's tearful cry rang out behind him: "Ye Jiu! You will regret this!"

Wen Nan didn't look back, the corners of his mouth slowly curling upward.

9527: [Congratulations, your progress with Xiao Wei has exceeded 90%!]

9527: [New side quest triggered—Xiao Wei's Entanglement.]

9527: [You will be rewarded with an additional 100 attribute points, to be settled in full after the trial ends.]

As the system prompts faded, the sky above Seventh High School was once again shrouded in black mist...