A Little Q&A Game

Dear viewers, it was now the morning of Silver Wolf's third day in this world.

Morning sunlight seeped through the gap in the curtains, spreading a small patch of warm light across the floor.

Silver Wolf's room was quiet. She was curled up entirely beneath the blankets, with only a little silver-gray hair showing. The ears of her bunny pajamas lay crookedly against the pillow.

The door was gently pushed open, and Ye Yu wheeled Kawaba Mutsumi to the doorway.

Kawaba Mutsumi peeked inside. "She's still asleep?"

Ye Yu glanced down at the time, then at Silver Wolf in bed. "Probably... Should we wake her?"

Kawaba Mutsumi hesitated. "No."

She watched Silver Wolf's unusually peaceful sleeping face, and her voice softened as well. "Let her get some proper rest."

Ye Yu nodded. "Then let's go have breakfast first."

The wheelchair slowly turned away from the doorway, and the door was gently closed again.

Silver Wolf in bed had not moved at all.

A few seconds later, she opened one eye.

"..."

Silver Wolf stared at the closed bedroom door and blinked.

Actually, she had already woken up when Ye Yu pushed the door open.

It was just that...

The bed was too comfortable, and seriously, did no one get it? Bunny pajamas went perfectly with beds, and they were absolutely made for sleeping in!!

So she decided to keep pretending to sleep.

Silver Wolf buried her face back into the pillow. "Five more minutes!"

More than ten minutes later.

She abruptly sat up. "No, I can't keep lying around. Time to log in and get to work."

Meanwhile.

Ye Yu pushed Kawaba Mutsumi down the hallway toward the dining room.

Breakfast had already been prepared on the table.

Hot milk, toast, fried eggs, and a small plate of sliced fruit.

Kawaba Mutsumi glanced behind her. "She still hasn't come out?"

Ye Yu shook her head. "No."

Kawaba Mutsumi thought for a moment. "Then leave a portion for her."

"Okay."

Ye Yu set a small plate aside at the edge of the table and casually covered it with a warming lid.

Kawaba Mutsumi lowered her head and took a sip of milk. "Once she wakes up, she'll probably come looking for food herself, right?"

"Mm."

The two of them did not continue the discussion.

Come on! When you were fully immersed in a game, who needed food? Gaming was food!!

This time, it was Silver Wolf's projection that loaded into the Sky Tower.

Silver-blue streams of data descended from midair like a string of forcibly connected code. She appeared atop a floating platform, and after landing, casually adjusted her gloves.

She looked as relaxed as if she had entered her own home.

The Sky Tower remained quiet.

Countless threads hung between the dome overhead, so transparent they were nearly invisible. They crossed and stretched toward an unseen distance, while the occasional starlight slowly glided along one of them.

Phanes was lying on her side atop a transparent net woven from threads, as though resting.

Only when she sensed Silver Wolf's arrival did she slowly sit up. "Do you still have any questions about him from last night?"

Silver Wolf did not answer.

She blinked over to Phanes's side and lightly touched the transparent thread beneath her feet. It swayed slightly.

"You sleep on this thing? Doesn't it dig into you?"

Phanes paused, then turned her head. "What? Did you come here in a bad mood?"

"Of course not." Silver Wolf answered quickly, even smiling a little.

The next moment, she lightly tapped the virtual interface before her, and a silver-blue stream of data flashed past.

The Diamond Sword she had given Phanes reappeared within the Sky Tower.

The sword floated in midair.

Phanes's gaze settled on the Diamond Sword.

"So, you still haven't figured anything out?"

Phanes slowly moved closer to the Diamond Sword, her eyes darting back and forth between Silver Wolf and the weapon.

Silver Wolf got straight to the point and stopped wasting time.

The Diamond Sword's status panel appeared before them.

[Structure: 16% damaged]

[Information: Damaged by the Abyss, elements, violence, computational power, and unknown factors.]

Silver Wolf extended a finger and lightly tapped one of the lines twice.

"Anything to say?"

Phanes fell silent for a moment.

Silver Wolf had previously used this Diamond Sword to obtain certain things from her. "What do you want this time?"

Phanes assumed Silver Wolf was merely finding an excuse to ask for something else from her.

"Oh?" Silver Wolf looked at Phanes with curiosity. Last night, she had assumed Phanes wanted her Elation creation because she had known about it beforehand.

But from the look of things now, had it simply been a mysterious coincidence?

Seeing Silver Wolf's strange expression, Phanes immediately formed other suspicions. "Did you discover something?"

Silver Wolf suddenly thought of something else—the card. Phanes did not know about it.

Logically, that made sense. Players were her eyes; if the players could not see it, then neither could she.

Yesterday, Silver Wolf had used technology to prevent Yanlin White Tower's cognition from being altered, but that had also stripped him of his status as eyes during that period.

As for Ace of Spades, Silver Wolf did not know what effect it had after being cleared, so naturally it would not appear here.

Silver Wolf did not reveal this discovery.

"It's nothing... I want to know the properties of the Abyss. With the Transcender's help, what did it become?"

Phanes watched Silver Wolf warily. She clearly did not believe her wording, but she had no other choice. "Erosion. Contamination."

"That's basically the same as saying nothing. Don't tell me you've fought the Abyss for so long and that's all you know?"

Silver Wolf pressed further, unwilling to leave Phanes even the slightest room to evade the question.

Only then did Phanes understand Silver Wolf's purpose. In the end, she smiled helplessly. "A fair trade... I need knowledge about your power, and I will provide knowledge of equal value in return."

Naturally, Silver Wolf would not refuse, because she had already learned something last night.

The Abyss and Elation were highly similar.

This deal was exceedingly fair.

"No problem." Without another word, Silver Wolf spread her light wings. "A simple game: rock, paper, scissors. Whoever wins gets to ask first."

Phanes nodded.

Both made their moves at the same time.

Silver Wolf: scissors.

Phanes: paper.

"You go first."

Silver Wolf clapped her hands, and the altered record from last night was displayed.

The Abyss changed color and became a projection video of Xu Zhao.

Phanes watched the projection video repeatedly, then finally looked toward Silver Wolf and waited for her question.

Silver Wolf asked, "What is the essence of the Abyss? And why can it disguise itself as a person?"