: [……snowfall just u wait]

  : [party with 4seas, he’s alrdy there]

  : [alrdy here]

  : [boss, how come ur there already?! and u didn’t even bring us……]

  : [How come you guys haven’t died of laziness?]

  ‘Even while running somewhere, they’re still just chatting away on the world chat……’


  4Seas sent the remaining two Undermoons a party invite, finally allowing the world chat to fall silent.

  And over at Goose Hill, an unprecedented scene was unfolding.

  Ink Seeker was surrounded by people who took turns to hack at him. All Shi Sheng had to do was revive him whenever he died.

  The effects of Binding Scrolls would not fade even after a character’s death, so Ink Seeker’s character remained bound even after being revived.

  Other than those words from before, he hadn’t spoken since.

  The guild master of Countless Generations probably had a deep enmity with Ink Seeker, for he messaged Shi Sheng and managed to obtain the rights to managing Ink Seeker’s “punishment”. Now Shi Sheng didn’t even have to revive Ink Seeker anymore. She could just sit at the side-lines and watch the show.

  Shi Sheng laughed coldly as she rejected it.

  ‘No!’


  ‘No!

  Ah whoops…… pressed the wrong button.’


  Shi Sheng immediately opened up her friend list and deleted him.

  Ink Seeker had just finished typing when he found that his message couldn’t go through. After refreshing, his friends list turned empty again.

  Ji Yan, who was sitting in front of his computer, rubbed his slightly curled hair and stared at the character on the screen thoughtfully. He pulled a computer over from the side, and his fingers flew across the keyboard……

  : [Having fun?]

  Shi Sheng was startled by the chat window that suddenly popped up. She was certain she hadn’t clicked it; it had just popped up by itself.

  ‘Oi wtf?! Villain-sama’s got hacker skills?’


  Shi Sheng tried to close the window, but no matter how much she clicked on that little ‘X’ button, it wouldn’t close. Only when she clicked on the chat box would it respond.

  : [you’re going to be invited for tea into a little black room if you hack the system like this]

  : [You were using a bot yesterday.]

  : [……]

  So it was the equivalent of the pot calling the kettle black.

  : [I dropped 45 levels. I don’t want any monetary compensation…… just accompany me in being a noob again!]

  ‘Going through hardship together is representative of true love!’


  : [Who told you to put so many resurrection pills on your character for no reason?]

  : [what does it have to do with you how many res pills I have on me?!?]

  (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻


  ‘How come it’s still

  fault?!’


  : [Can’t stand rich people.]

  : [……]

  Shi Sheng was actually at a loss as to what to say to that. Speechless, she opened up the information of Countless Generations.

  ‘Yup, judging from their outfits, they’re all RMB players. No wonder this fellow always opposed them……’


  : [I can be your sugar mum]

  Ji Yan was unable to imagine what kind of person lay behind this character called “Music For Miles”.

  ‘She’d been fuming just a second ago, but now there’s this ridiculous plot twist……’


  Ji Yan looked over this sentence several times, and after pondering a bit, he started typing.

  : [I have a lot of enemies.]

  : [no worries, let’s just make the whole server our enemy!]

  : [……]

  : [I hate rich people.]

  : [it’s not my fault I’m rich…… how can you blame me for being born into a good family?]

  ‘Villain-sama actually hates rich people! Who the hell decided on this setting?

  Aren’t villains all supposed to look beautiful/handsome and have an awesome background?’


  : [come on, give it a shot! lemme keep you! you’ll be able to make a comeback in no time!]

  : [Just kill me!]

  Right after he had typed that, the chat window disappeared. Shi Sheng flipped through her friends list but didn’t find Ink Seeker.

  She tried to add him again.

  And once again, she got rejected.

  Shi Sheng slapped the back of her hand. “Who told you to reject villain-sama! Now see, I have to hack the game just to have a chat with him!”


  Shi Sheng looked at Ink Seeker’s stats. While they’d been chatting, he’d already dropped 10 or so levels.

  But just as she clicked on him, his character suddenly moved and unleashed an ultimate skill. The brilliant light of a skill flared on the screen and the health bars of the surrounding onlookers swiftly dropped.

  Shi Sheng reacted quickly and hurriedly retreated to an area outside his range. Or at least, attempted to. The map was too crowded, so she was slowed down enough for the screen to turn grey.

  ‘What happened to letting me kill you? Liar!’


  By the time Shi Sheng respawned, Ink Seeker was already gone, leaving behind a group of people cursing in the area and world chats.

  : [ink seeker that lil biotch actually removed the binding scroll. wasn’t he poor?]

  : [he did take it off……]

  Shi Sheng felt like Crabapple’s words had a deeper meaning behind them.

  ‘Ink Seeker must’ve hacked the system to remove the Binding Scroll. Well isn’t this bitch skilled?

  Though, I’m more interested in the Undermoons……

  They’re on nearly every day…… They live together…… They don’t seem to have anything else to do besides play all day…… And they seem to understand the game quite well……

  What’s more, they seem able to tell how Ink Seeker removed the Binding Scroll……

  Isn’t this like the setting of the ML in gaming novels?

  I thought Li Suo was the ML???……

  I’m a bit confused.’


  By the time Shi Sheng snapped out of her momentary distraction, there were only the Undermoons and 4Seas8Lands left in the area.

  : [Don’t worry Little Music. Big Bro here will help you get your levels back.]

  : [lil musey’s level’s dropped too much. let’s all take turns helping her bring her levels up]

  : [No problem. But I still haven’t understood the reason behind why Ink Seeker wants to kill Little Music?]

  Ink Seeker had been busy running all over the map, stealing the first kills of bosses and the first clears of dungeons.

  And recently, Shi Sheng had only been playing around Goose Hill or Langya Ridge; she hadn’t even gone to clear dungeons all that much. It didn’t seem like these two had any reason to have a grudge with each other!

  : [probs because he was jealous of my beauty]

  ‘The real reason is because he fuckin hates rich people!’


  : [……]

  : [lil musey’s narcissism has relapsed! boss, pls protect meh!]

  : [it’s fine, I’m still handsome]

  : [……]

  : [……]

  ‘Shameless! Too shameless!’


  Shi Sheng opened her inventory and transferred the Camp Token to 4Seas.

  She had planned on keeping it to sell for money, but since 4Seas was so loyal, she couldn’t be stingy.

  : [What’s this?]

  4Seas had never seen this item before, so he was filled with doubts.

  : [it’s a camp token. from what I know, li suo’s looking for this thing too]

  Since Li Suo and Sang Yu’s Not Late had been exceptionally quiet as of late, she had become curious and run over to have a look at what they were doing.

  She found out that they were hovering around Langya Ridge. In the original storyline, a Camp Token did appear from Langya Ridge…… but at a much later time.

  Back then, since Li Suo had been the leader of the party that cleared Twinklegem Tower, he had received the Camp Token. Once the servers merged, he had created an alliance. It was the first alliance to appear, which gave his side many advantages.