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Ye Mo chatted with 888, soothing the system's shattered heart, while exploring the Best Actress Mall.

Suddenly, she noticed an open-book icon in the upper-right corner of the mall. She reached out and tapped it, discovering that it was actually a button. The moment she pressed it, everything abruptly went black.

When her vision returned to normal, Ye Mo found herself in an unfamiliar white

space

.

She looked around. The entire space was domed and white everywhere. At its very center stood a waist-high platform, which gave off a soft, lustrous glow that drew the eye.

Ye Mo walked over and examined the platform closely. She discovered that it was simply a somewhat thick pillar supporting something like a transparent dome.

After looking it over, Ye Mo still couldn't tell what it was, so she asked 888, "888, what is this thing? And where are we?"

888 said, "...This is the Role Immersion Room. The thing in front of you is called the Script Import Port. Just place a script inside, and it will automatically generate the script's world. Once you've selected a character, you can play that character within the script world with one hundred percent realism!"

After hearing 888's explanation, something stirred in Ye Mo's heart, and she suddenly looked at her right hand.

When the Best Actress Shop System activated, she had been reading a script with Shen Yan. She had still been holding that script when she slipped into the restroom, and now that she had been dragged into this space, she had actually brought it along.

And now, Ye Mo could use this very script to test the Role Immersion Room 888 had described.

No sooner thought than done. Ye Mo immediately placed the script in her hand into the instance import port. The next second, streams of data appeared across the transparent dome.

A few seconds later, a light screen popped up, displaying a line of text: [Please select a character to experience]

Beneath that line was an empty box, presumably for entering the character's name.

Ye Mo considered for a moment, then entered the name [Xia Mei].

[Xia Mei], a gorgeous, beautiful young woman, vivid and alluring.

The script in Ye Mo's hand was called "Chase." It was a

criminal investigation

drama.

The script opened with the police discovering a brutally tortured corpse on a rainy day. The deceased was a woman named [Xia Mei].

After Ye Mo entered the name [Xia Mei] on the light screen, everything went black again. When she opened her eyes once more, she found herself sitting in a living room with bright windows and spotless furnishings.

It appeared to be nighttime. The living room lights were on, and outside the windows, all was black. Rain pattered down, stray drops beating against the glass.

In a mirror, Ye Mo saw that she was wearing soft loungewear. Her face was still the same, but she was no longer the same person.

[Xia Mei].

A name flashed through Ye Mo's mind.

Ye Mo stood and quickly walked to the window to look outside. Cold winter air and rain struck her face. Everything felt so real that there was no sense at all that any of it was an illusion.

At that moment, she finally understood what 888 had meant by [a script world with one hundred percent realism]. This truly was an almost real world.

[888, are you there?] Ye Mo asked silently.

888's voice immediately sounded in her mind: [Host, I'm here!]

Ye Mo asked, [Is this the world of the script "Chase"? And I've now become the character [Xia Mei] from the script, right?]

888 replied, [That's right! The Role Immersion Room exists to let you immerse yourself in a character one hundred percent. This entire world is constructed around the script. This is the world of "Chase"!]

As Ye Mo listened, her heart began to surge.

She thought that perhaps this so-called Role Immersion Room really could improve her acting.

"Click!"

Just then, the sound of a door opening came from outside. Ye Mo hurried out and saw a sturdily built man in a police uniform push the door open and enter.

"Ah, rain in the dead of winter. What miserable weather..." the man muttered. While changing his shoes, he looked up and saw Ye Mo standing in the entryway. He smiled and called to her, "Xia Mei...I'm home!"

Ye Mo-no, she was [Xia Mei] now.

"You're home so early today..."

Ye Mo was squeezed out of the script world of "Chase." After just one brief encounter with [Xia Mei]'s husband, she was forcibly ejected from the script world.

As she emerged, she saw a light screen pop up in front of her, displaying several lines of text:

[Line delivery completion: 80%]

[Appearance compatibility: 60%]

[Character completion: 10%]

[Evaluation: With acting like that, just stick to fooling yourself!]

Question marks appeared on Ye Mo's face as she read the evaluation. ...This system even made personal attacks? Damn it, that really hit home.

Ye Mo knew her acting was bad, but she had never imagined her character completion would be a mere 10%, not even a passing grade. And to think she had felt she'd done pretty well this time.

Although Ye Mo had taken a blow, her spirits soon rallied.

That brief experience had shown her that this role immersion feature was truly something good. She could play a character with one hundred percent realism, continually shaping and refining her portrayal. It gave Ye Mo hope that her acting could improve.

At that realization, Ye Mo couldn't help feeling a surge of excitement.

However, Ye Mo still had many

questions about this role immersion feature. First was why she had just been ejected from the script world. Before she could even react, her vision had gone dark, then bright again, and she was already out of the script world.

Fortunately, 888 could answer that question.

[To continue in the script world, your character completion must be at least fifty percent, and yours was only ten percent...] 888 put it tactfully. More bluntly, Ye Mo's character completion was too low, so she had been kicked straight out.

Ye Mo said, "..."

[888, are there any requirements for activating this Role Immersion Room?] Ye Mo asked another question that concerned her most.

888 replied, [Yes. Activating the Role Immersion Room costs fifty Gossip Points each time. Importing a script and entering its world once costs seventy Gossip Points!]

And Ye Mo had a pitiful one hundred and twenty Gossip Points. In other words, after activating the Role Immersion Room this one time, her current Gossip Points balance was: 0.

Ye Mo said, "..."

She gritted her teeth and said, "As long as I eat melons, I can earn Gossip Points, right?"

Fine, wasn't it just eating melons? She would work hard at it, earn loads of Gossip Points, and unlock more script worlds!

When Ye Mo emerged from the Role Immersion Room, she found herself in the same spot in the restroom. She checked the time and discovered that although she had spent at least an hour in the script world, only a few seconds had passed in reality.

Realizing something, Ye Mo immediately asked, [888, does time flow differently in the script world than in reality?]

888 replied, [Yes, Host. Time flows three hundred times faster in the script world than in the real world. In other words, when three hundred days pass in the script world, only one day passes in reality...]

Understanding dawned on Ye Mo, and she felt that was only right. After all, if time in the script world and reality flowed at a one-to-one ratio, spending a lifetime in the script world would mean a lifetime had passed in reality too. Just thinking about it felt rather unrealistic.

For Ye Mo, this was even better. She could hone her acting in the script world with even fewer worries.

"Ye Mo, Ye Mo..."

Just then, someone knocked on the restroom door from outside, and Shen Yan's voice came through. "Did you fall in? It's been half an hour. Why aren't you out yet?"