Thinking of this, Bing Rui took advantage of the interlude to remove the pin from her skirt with an extremely subtle motion and viciously stabbed it into the back of her thigh.
The intense pain temporarily tore her attention away from the pleasure, allowing her to keep dancing freely.
However, the nightmare had only just begun.
During the brief time she had just regained her focus, the vibration intensity had risen four times in succession.
Although her body's sensitivity had skyrocketed, Bing Rui's movements were not greatly affected. The tip of the pin left inside her shifted along with her vigorous dancing, tugging at her pain receptors and forcibly keeping her awake.
But worse was yet to come. The little toy lying dormant inside her suddenly began vibrating without warning, and it immediately started at maximum frequency!
The double wave of pleasure shot up her spine and into her brain, nearly knocking Bing Rui unconscious. Yet she did not yield. With the help of the pain, she continued dancing. Fortunately, with the butterfly blocking it, the little toy that had been sliding downward would not fall out. That was the one small mercy in all this misfortune.
However, she seemed to have overlooked one fact: while pain could distract her, it would not reduce the pleasure her body endured in the slightest. Bing Rui's nerves were like a highway. Though she had forcibly inserted a stream of traffic called pain, blocking all the cars labeled "pleasure," those cars would not disappear. Instead, they would pile up in greater numbers, growing more and more restless. All it would take was one chance for them to erupt and create an ultimate sensation that could shake heaven and earth.
That opportunity did not take long to arrive. Just as the performance had passed its halfway point, the most terrifying suction finally descended.
How could that sensation be described? Imagine a fleshy trigger somewhere on the body—one pull of it, and bullets called pleasure would fire out.
Men would probably never understand. Their bodies had never possessed such an organ. Its existence served no purpose: it could not excrete, reproduce, eat, or digest. It existed for one simple purpose alone—to bring supreme bliss to its owner. So much so that some traditional beliefs regarded it as the source of sin and wanted it removed as quickly as possible.
Through her hazy consciousness, Bing Rui discovered that she had somehow collapsed onto the floor. The music had stopped as well, and Tang Xi, standing backstage, was running toward her with a worried expression.
A performance accident!
Those four terrifying words were branded into Bing Rui's mind.
No. She absolutely could not allow herself to fail. Even if she were shattered to pieces, she had to bring the performance to a perfect close!
Bing Rui stubbornly refused Tang Xi's help. Biting her lip, she endured the triple waves of pleasure and told the band to continue playing. The pleasure erupting through her body was like a string of firecrackers going off, but having completely thrown caution to the wind, she forced herself to finish the performance as though nothing was wrong—even though it would have driven an ordinary person insane.
A magical girl's willpower was truly terrifying!
This Magical Girl Was a Little Too Smart
After the curtain call was complete, the vibrations inside Bing Rui finally stopped. She felt as though she had been granted a pardon and staggered back backstage before plunging headfirst into the restroom.
Just then, a voice came through her earpiece:
"Girl, I respect your guts. Your persistence moved me, so I've decided to stop tormenting you. Prepare a black garbage bag, exchange five hundred thousand into foreign currency, and walk alone to Autumn Mountain Park in Henan District. Put the money behind the trash can near the northeast corner wall. I'll leave the negatives there, and from then on, I won't bother you again."
Bing Rui's heart immediately stirred. This could be settled with just five hundred thousand? It was undoubtedly an enormous surprise. Although five hundred thousand was no small sum to her, it was not impossible for her to come up with. The problem was that the conditions he had set were difficult for her to fulfill.
"I accept all your conditions, but can I bring someone with me? Not a police officer or private detective, just one of my close friends. I won't tell her what I'm going there for. I'll have her wait near the park, and I'll go to the meeting place alone," Bing Rui asked.
"No. You must go alone. Don't try any tricks," Li Xuan said through the earpiece.
"No, please believe me. I'm absolutely not trying to pull anything, and I won't call the police. If you know my movements, then you should know who she is. She's only my assistant. We're always inseparable, and we can't be too far apart," Bing Rui said anxiously.
"Can't be too far apart? Are you conjoined twins? Or a couple still in the honeymoon phase?" Li Xuan teased.
"Neither, but at least while we're in Flower River City, we absolutely cannot be separated. I can raise the money to one million. That's nearly all my savings. What do you think?"
In order not to be separated from Tang Xi, Bing Rui even offered to increase the ransom herself. This surprised Li Xuan considerably.
"No. How do I know you won't pull something? We can discuss the location, but you must come alone!" Li Xuan emphasized, threatening her viciously.
"I can't do it, and that's that! If you won't agree to let two people go, then you won't get a single cent from me!" Bing Rui said, raising her voice slightly.
"Then wait for the photos to appear online," Li Xuan said coldly.
"You ungrateful bastard, go ahead and expose them! I'll call the police too, and have you thrown in prison!" Bing Rui furiously removed the earpiece and tossed it into the toilet, then flushed it. She also took off the little toy on her body and threw it into the trash can.
Li Xuan, who had been speaking from a corner of the venue, fell silent for a while. He threw the paired microphone and earpiece into the trash as well, then turned to Tan Xiang beside him. "She's genuinely smart. The conditions I offered were reasonable, and she'd even believed me, yet she still insisted on her principles. As long as she doesn't separate from Tang Xi, we won't be able to defeat them one at a time."
"So, Master, she and that slovenly little assistant are actually magical girls?" Only then did Tan Xiang realize the truth.
"That's right," Li Xuan nodded.
"So her real body really is a girl? Oh my god, that liar! I even tipped her fifty yuan yesterday?!" Tan Xiang plopped down on the floor, wearing an utterly disillusioned expression.
"Get up. We're carrying out Plan B now," Li Xuan said without changing expression.
Bing Rui stayed in the restroom for a full half hour before calming down. Though she had spoken harshly, she was terrified inside. For a girl who regarded the stage as her second life, what she had just said was equivalent to burying her own dream with her own hands. Yet even so, she had not violated her master's principle that the two of them must travel together.
After confirming no one was around, Bing Rui wiped herself dry, pulled up her pants, and left the restroom.
Then Tang Xi, who had been waiting outside the whole time, forcibly dragged her to the hospital.
Bing Rui had no idea what martial art this senior apprentice sister practiced. To ensure she had enough stamina onstage, Bing Rui had trained quite a bit and was much stronger than an ordinary girl. Yet in the hands of this senior apprentice sister, whose greatest daily entertainment was grinning foolishly at a computer screen, she could be grabbed and hauled away as easily as a chick.
After a long series of examinations, the doctor concluded that there was nothing wrong with her body. The reason she had fallen was simply excessive mental pressure.
"Are you hiding something from me?" Tang Xi asked bluntly after they left the hospital.
"No. I was just under a lot of pressure preparing for the performance." Bing Rui used the doctor's explanation as an excuse. She did not want Tang Xi to know the truth. Although this senior apprentice sister temporarily assigned to her by the organization was quite capable and knew a great deal, with her carefree personality, she probably could not understand how important her performing career was to her.
If Tang Xi learned the truth, she would probably report everything to their master and force Bing Rui to delete her account and leave the internet, then devote herself entirely to being a magical girl, wouldn't she?
That was absolutely unacceptable to Bing Rui. Her plan was to play dead if the photos were released, wait for the heat to die down, then post an apology and quietly resume streaming. If things got too out of hand and the platform banned her account, she would debut as a Vtuber with a virtual avatar. In any case, anything was better than having her career cut short outright.
"Then starting today, cancel all your performances. There can be no mistakes in the operation to capture Alice," Tang Xi said in a tone that allowed no question.
Bing Rui did not dare argue. After all, attending the convention on the way had been her own willful request, and Tang Xi had only agreed after Bing Rui promised it would not affect the capture plan. If some major matter of the temple was truly ruined because of her, then being scolded by their master would be the least of her problems.
After returning to their lodging, Bing Rui felt utterly exhausted. The energy she had spent forcing herself to fight her instincts was almost impossible to measure. Fortunately, Tang Xi allowed her to rest for a day before continuing the plan to capture Alice tomorrow.
As Bing Rui fell asleep amid worry and unease, Li Xuan also drifted off atop the lap pillow provided by Miss Lilika.
Although he had already prepared Plan B, Li Xuan still wanted to try speaking with Mian Yin once more before carrying it out. After all, the girl he had encountered in dreams possessed too many secrets, and learning more about her could only be beneficial. He had chosen Lilika's lap pillow in order to recreate the scene of meeting Mian Yin, not because he coveted the cool thighs of a legal loli.
In a darkness that felt strangely reassuring, Mian Yin appeared.
This time, she seemed much more composed. She opened the window and lightly jumped into the room, picked up the black butterfly-bow hair clip from the floor, placed it in her beautiful blond hair, and then trotted over to Li Xuan.
"Cousin... thank you. They didn't come to catch Mian Yin," Mian Yin said gratefully.
"It was nothing. Magical girls are enemies I was going to deal with anyway. But I don't understand—why do you call me Cousin?" Li Xuan asked in confusion.
"By human customs, Auntie's son... is Mian Yin's cousin... isn't that right?" Mian Yin tilted her head, looking even more confused than Li Xuan.
"All right, looks like you didn't understand my question... Wait, humans? Does that mean you're not human?" Li Xuan keenly noticed the oddity in Mian Yin's words.
?? I Have a Bold Idea
"Mian Yin... isn't human. Mian Yin doesn't know what Mian Yin is. Mama didn't say... Big Sister didn't say either," Mian Yin said, shaking her head.
"You really are mysterious. Then can you take off your eyepatch and let me see your eyes?" Li Xuan asked curiously.
"No! It would... scare Cousin. Mian Yin... would blame herself." Mian Yin hurriedly backed away several steps, as though afraid Li Xuan would forcibly remove her eyepatch.
"All right, I was just asking. Next, I'm preparing to completely deal with those two magical girls. Do you have any suggestions?" Li Xuan asked.
"Two people apart aren't strong. Together... strong. Mian Yin wants to hear Cousin's plan first."
Seeing that Li Xuan did not intend to forcibly remove her eyepatch, Mian Yin moved closer again and sat beside him. Her black pantyhose brushed against his leg, and the smooth sensation made him take several deep breaths to suppress his arousal even within the dream.
"You're right. I tried separating the two of them, but it failed, so I plan to strike when Bing Rui enters a dream to catch you next time. According to my observations, that's when they're at their most vulnerable.
"Bing Rui will fall asleep, while Tang Xi will need to keep doing something to help her enter the dream. When someone is concentrating on something, their mind is at its most vulnerable. I'll use a psychic ability to briefly control Tang Xi, then force a special liquid down Bing Rui's throat while she can't resist and take her down in one move while she's in chaos."
Li Xuan told Mian Yin his plan. He also wanted to hear her opinion, since the information he had was still limited.
"Cousin... plan correct. Bing Rui... completely immune to mental power. Invincible in dreams, so Mian Yin... gets chased everywhere by her," Mian Yin said aggrievedly.
"Do you think this plan is feasible? What worries me most is how long Mind Interference can affect Tang Xi, and whether there'll be enough time to act.
"Of course, there's also Plan C for emergencies. During the brief moment of Mind Interference, Miss Tan Xiang could use flames to separate Tang Xi, and then I'd immediately take away the sleeping Bing Rui. In short, both plans are essentially surprise night attacks."
"Plan B... feasible. C... not feasible. Tang Xi... would wake Bing Rui immediately," Mian Yin said, shaking her head.
"Is that so? Then I'll have to reconsider. Maybe I should wait another day and create more monster helpers before acting," Li Xuan mused.
"Mian Yin... can help Cousin. Mian Yin can make people sleep. As long as no one disturbs them, they'll keep sleeping," Mian Yin continued.
"Then we'll act together tonight. But how will I signal you then?" Li Xuan asked.
"Mian Yin... sleepy again. First time talking so much... good night, goodbye..." Mian Yin yawned and suddenly fell asleep in Li Xuan's arms.
Before that soft sensation could reach Li Xuan, the dark space vanished in a distortion. Li Xuan opened his eyes to see Lilika looking at him helplessly.
"Hm? You're awake already?" Li Xuan sat up, somewhat regretful that he had not tested the feel of Mian Yin's pantyhose when she had sat beside him.
"If you slept any longer, my legs would have gone numb." Lilika pulled out her legs and tucked a pillow beneath Li Xuan's head.
"It was time to make some preparations." Li Xuan did not linger with Lilika. This time, he left the room directly, found an open space, and spent the entire night creating monsters until his Evil Energy was exhausted.
By then, day had already broken. Li Xuan temporarily stored the monsters within the Delusive Badlands, then went back to replenish his magic with Tan Xiang. Overcome with post-act drowsiness, he fell asleep alongside her and did not climb out of bed until nightfall.
Li Xuan's magic had now recovered, and he had adjusted himself to peak mental condition. It was time to launch the fatal blow.
Observing through the Hunting Radar, Li Xuan noticed that after resting for a day, Bing Rui had entered the dream once more, while Tang Xi was still clutching her laptop nearby and continuously muttering something.
Naturally, the two would not enter the dream completely unguarded. When Li Xuan had dealt with the three girls in Clear Lotus City, he had already seen the methods of Sealing Type magical girls.
Their combat abilities might not be high, but they could set up all kinds of barriers. If he attacked rashly, he would probably be discovered immediately. Moreover, due to their defensive barriers, it would be difficult to strike directly at the heart of the matter.
So, he decided to bypass those possible barriers and strike straight at the vital point.
"Delusive Badlands, activate!" Li Xuan opened his personal space, then opened another passage from within the Delusive Badlands to reality. This would consume twice as much mental energy, but it would also achieve a teleportation effect.
Li Xuan's caution was not wasted, because Tang Xi had indeed set up barriers—far more than he had imagined. There were thirty-one layers in total, with functions including detection, defense, automatic counterattacks, magic extraction, monster slowing, and more. Even a Grade A monster could not have broken through all of them without her noticing.
Yet precisely because of that, when Li Xuan suddenly appeared before her through a pitch-black portal, Tang Xi froze in surprise for several seconds.
Those crucial few seconds changed her fate forever.
"Mind Interference: Sleep!" Li Xuan immediately activated his skill on her.
Tang Xi's startled eyes gradually closed. She resisted slightly before falling into a deep sleep.
"Mian Yin, are you here?" Li Xuan asked.
There was no response.
Li Xuan knew he had no time to waste. He immediately took out the bottle containing Fallen Blood, preparing to force it down Bing Rui's throat.
However, as he approached the bedside, he suddenly felt a pair of hands seize his ankle.
"An ambush?!" Li Xuan was startled. Just as he was about to attack, he suddenly heard a timid voice.
"I'm here, Cousin. Help pull me out." Mian Yin's voice came from beneath the bed.
Li Xuan lowered his head and discovered that it was Mian Yin's little hands, wrapped in black stockings, that were clutching him.
"You were hiding under their bed? That's far too dangerous!" Li Xuan said as he slightly lifted the bed with his tentacles and dragged Mian Yin out.
"No. Mian Yin's true body is in the dream. What Cousin sees is Mian Yin's reflection in reality," Mian Yin said, shaking her head.
"I don't really understand... Anyway, can you make Tang Xi sleep first? Her magic is very powerful. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep her asleep for long." Li Xuan pointed at Tang Xi, who was already trying to open her eyes.
"All right, let me do it." Mian Yin stepped forward and placed her little hand on Tang Xi's head. Tang Xi's eyelids struggled several times before finally closing completely. Her breathing also became heavy, as though she had fallen into a deep sleep.
"That should do it. Please put her on the bed, Cousin. She'll sleep more soundly that way," Mian Yin said.
Li Xuan nodded. He first set Tang Xi's computer aside, then carried her over and laid her down beside Bing Rui. Next, he took out the bottle of Fallen Blood again, but stopped just as it neared Bing Rui's mouth.
Looking at the sleeping Bing Rui, he suddenly had a bold idea.
I Love Being a Dreamtime Superman
"Cousin, please hurry. Mian Yin's true body is still sleeping in the dream, and Bing Rui could find her at any time," Mian Yin reminded him.
"Mian Yin, I have an interesting idea for punishing these 'bad women.'" Li Xuan put away the bottle of Fallen Blood, revealing an evil smile.
"What idea?"
"Dreams are reflections of reality, and what happens in reality will be reflected in dreams as well. Like how someone who wets the bed dreams of a flood. Am I right?" Li Xuan asked.
"That's right. Cousin does know a little about how dreams work." Once in reality, Mian Yin no longer spoke in halting fragments, but as smoothly as any ordinary person.
"Then we don't need to wake her. Let her keep sleeping, and I'll do some interesting things to her in reality. That way, she won't be able to maintain mental stability in the dream and won't be able to catch you. Am I right?" Li Xuan smiled as he looked at Bing Rui, whose body was covered only by four talismans for modesty.
"What a great idea! Mian Yin has wanted to vent her anger for a long time too! Cousin, I'll teach you a method: just tear off the talismans at the center of her chest and between her legs. Her body will wake up, but her mind will remain trapped in the dream. That way, her reactions will be more real."
"There's such a good thing?" Li Xuan remembered that the center of the chest was between the breasts, while the other point was between the legs. He found the talismans in those two places and gently tore them off. Bing Rui's entire body trembled, and her limbs immediately stretched out as though she were about to wake, yet she did not truly awaken, like a sleepwalker.
"Then, Cousin, Mian Yin will return to the dream first. I'll tell Bing Rui this good news. Also, make sure not to disturb Tang Xi. Although she's asleep, she'll wake up if she's attacked or strongly stimulated."
Mian Yin's body gradually faded after she spoke, until she disappeared completely.
"Hm? Was that body just an illusion? But the sensation felt real... Never mind. Taking care of business comes first." An evil smile crept across Li Xuan's lips as his palm gently covered Bing Rui's cool, bare body.
Yet Bing Rui remained completely unaware of this. She was still searching for Mian Yin's trail in the world of dreams.
"Strange, why hasn't the new coordinate been sent yet? Don't tell me Tang Xi sneaked off for a late-night snack?" Bing Rui helplessly kicked the trash can in front of her. Although she was nearly invincible in the dream world, dreams were far more complex than reality and had no logical structure whatsoever. If Tang Xi were not constantly sending her coordinates, finding Alice would be as hopeless as searching for a needle in the ocean.
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