Xiao Wu Tries the Game Too

Tang San approached the narrow bridge for the second time and was no longer ambushed by the Little Demon beneath it.

He had avoided the glowing spot beside the skeleton in advance, tested the ground with a pebble, then deliberately took half a step back.

Sure enough, a dark shadow shot out from beneath the bridge.

Outside the screen, Yan's mouth twitched.

"This guy really holds a grudge."

Hu Liena did not smile.

She could tell that Tang San was not holding a grudge. He was turning death into experience in the shortest possible time.

The first time he died, it was because he did not understand the rules of the world.

When he encountered the same trap a second time, he had already begun using those rules against it.

Tang San knocked back a Little Demon with his staff, sliding along the edge of the bridge and barely evading the pounce of a second Little Demon.

Xiao Wu stood outside, her palms drenched in sweat.

She was not afraid of Tang San getting hurt, because Lin Chuan had already said that dying in the game would not harm reality.

But she was afraid of watching Tang San get surrounded and attacked inside all by himself.

The feeling was strange.

It was obviously just a game, yet it felt as though Tang San had been thrown into an unfamiliar, cold, unforgiving world where nothing familiar could help him.

When Tang San was nearly struck for the third time, Xiao Wu could no longer hold back.

"Boss."

She turned to look at Lin Chuan.

As though he had expected this all along, Lin Chuan lifted his chin. "Ten Gold Soul Coins for one hour. Pay first."

Flender, standing nearby, immediately looked pained when he heard that.

He was just about to say, "What game should children be playing?" when Xiao Wu pulled out her money pouch and slapped the Gold Soul Coins onto the counter.

"I'll pay for myself."

Flender opened his mouth, but no words came out.

It was not Xiao Wu's money that he begrudged.

What pained him was that this shop spoke of ten Gold Soul Coins as casually as ten copper coins.

Lin Chuan took the money and pointed Xiao Wu toward an empty machine beside her.

"Put on the helmet and close your eyes. Remember, injuries and death in the game will not affect reality, but the pain feedback will let you know where you went wrong."

Before sitting down, Xiao Wu looked at Tang San.

Tang San was fighting two Little Demons in the game and had no spare breath to speak. He could only nod slightly.

Only then did Xiao Wu put on the helmet.

The next moment, the darkness before her was swept away by the mountain wind.

Looking down, she saw that she had also become a hairy-faced monkey.

Xiao Wu froze. "Huh?"

Instinctively, she touched her face, then the spot where her ears should have been.

There were no rabbit ears.

Nor was there the Soft Bone Rabbit martial soul she was familiar with.

She tried to circulate her Soul Power, but her body was completely empty, as though all her strength had temporarily been taken away by this world.

Xiao Wu's face immediately fell.

"This is way too inconvenient."

Outside the screen, Ma Hongjun watched with great interest. "Haha, so everyone looks the same after going in."

Yan stood beside him with his arms folded, but there was a trace of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

When he had played earlier, he had also found the monkey body incredibly awkward. Naturally, he would never admit it aloud, merely snorting. "Looking the same is one thing. Whether you can use it well is another."

Ma Hongjun immediately replied with a grin, "So you used it pretty well back then?"

Yan glared at him.

Ma Hongjun shut up very quickly, though he still wore an expression as if he was holding back laughter.

Hearing his laughter, Xiao Wu snorted. Just as she was about to speak, a Little Demon pounced from the grass.

She jumped in fright, but her body moved faster than her mind.

As the Little Demon slashed down with its blade, Xiao Wu did not first judge the trajectory like Tang San. Instead, she bent at the waist and slid past the blade's edge.

The movement was so nimble that it did not seem like her first time controlling this body.

Hu Liena's gaze shifted.

Tang San's evasions relied on judgment, while Xiao Wu's were more like instinct.

She was not calculating distance. Her body had sensed the danger first.

The Little Demon's strike missed, and it immediately turned to pursue her.

Xiao Wu retreated again and again in fright, still complaining, "Stop chasing me!"

Yet her retreat was not disorderly.

Every seemingly panicked dodge let the blade skim right past the edge of her clothes.

The first time, everyone thought it was a coincidence.

The second time, Yan frowned.

By the third time, Xie Yue had also noticed something was off.

"Her body coordination is excellent."

Hu Liena spoke softly.

Excellent was an understatement.

Watching the screen, even Lin Chuan was somewhat surprised.

Xiao Wu's fighting style was completely different from Tang San's. Tang San first broke down the rules, then turned them into tools for himself. Xiao Wu, on the other hand, first let her body remember danger, then evaded with the most direct reaction.

People like her might be a mess in action games at first, but once she became familiar with the controls, her rate of improvement would be incredibly fast.

On the screen, Xiao Wu was finally forced beside a tree by the Little Demon.

With nowhere left to retreat, she saw the blade flash down at her. Suddenly lowering herself, she slipped beneath the Little Demon's arm.

At the same time, she swung the wooden stick in her hand backward, striking the back of the Little Demon's head with a bang.

The Little Demon toppled over at once.

Xiao Wu froze.

Outside, Ma Hongjun let out a "Wow."

"That worked too?"

Dai Mubai raised an eyebrow.

He had originally thought Xiao Wu was only getting on a machine because she was worried about Tang San. He had not expected that once she truly fought, she would take an entirely different path from Tang San.

Tang San was like someone dismantling a mechanism.

Xiao Wu was like someone slipping straight through the gaps in it.

The style seemed unreasonable, yet it worked.

Oscar rubbed his chin and said seriously, "Why do I feel like she was dancing just now?"

Xiao Wu herself had not processed it either.

She had only felt that if she did not slip through at that moment, she would be cut. Her body had simply moved that way on its own.

Just then, a faint prompt suddenly appeared in the game screen.

[Three consecutive extreme evasions. Hidden condition triggered]

[Achievement progress: Agility Awakening]

Xiao Wu blinked.

"An achievement?"

Outside, Ma Hongjun immediately perked up.

"She triggered an achievement too?"

The moment those words were spoken, Flender's expression changed.

He had just been pained over the ten Gold Soul Coins, but now he suddenly felt that Xiao Wu's slap on the counter had been remarkably farsighted.

One lottery chance.

If this thing could reliably provide cultivation insights, then let alone ten Gold Soul Coins, people would probably grit their teeth and line up even if it cost more.

Hu Liena's expression became complicated.

She had died who knew how many times before getting a reward.

Xiao Wu had triggered a hidden achievement on her first attempt. It was somewhat glaring.

Tang San saw the prompt as well.

Having just escaped from the narrow bridge, he turned toward Xiao Wu's screen. Surprise first appeared in his eyes, followed by a few traces of a smile.

"Xiao Wu, keep going."

Hearing Tang San's voice, much of Xiao Wu's panic immediately faded.

"Got it."

She gripped her wooden stick again and stared at the second Little Demon slowly emerging from the woods ahead.

This time, she did not rush to retreat.

She wanted to see whether that feeling from earlier would appear again.

The instant the Little Demon lunged, Xiao Wu's feet slipped, and her body swept beneath the blade light like a supple willow branch.

The prompt lit up again.

[Agility Awakening: Complete]

[Obtained one lottery chance]

The internet cafe immediately erupted.

Ma Hongjun was the first to crowd in front of the spectator screen, his eyes brighter than when he had played himself.

"You can get rewards just by dodging a few times? Then can I do it too?"

Oscar looked at his round figure and patted his shoulder with complete sincerity.

"Fatty, you can start by trying not to roll off a cliff."

Ma Hongjun's face darkened. "That was an accident!"

But Flender had no time to scold him.

He stared at the words "Obtained one lottery chance," his expression changing from pain to calculation. Ten Gold Soul Coins in exchange for a chance that could change one's fighting style sounded absurd, but this shop had not made sense by normal standards from the moment it appeared.

The more abnormal it was, the less they could afford to let it slip away.

Dai Mubai stopped joking as well.

He suddenly felt that those ten Gold Soul Coins were not buying one round of a game, but a failure through which he could see his own improvement.

Xiao Wu stared at those words, stunned herself.

She had not even figured out the game yet. How had she already gotten a lottery chance?