Huh? Isn't This A Galgame?

Staring at the item description of [Eve of Transformation] in the system, Wen Nan fell into contemplation.

To be honest, this potion is indeed powerful. Wen Nan also experienced it briefly for two minutes just now and can confirm that the body was genuine, not ambiguous at all.

But... where can this thing be used?

Although it's an item that can be taken out of this instance, once you leave Snow Mountain Villa and go to other maps, it returns to a regular romance game where most characters are already female, so there's no need for "gender swap," right?

It couldn't be... after returning to the game lobby, used on other players, could it?

Hiss.

Wen Nan hurriedly restrained his thoughts.

He wasn't inclined to have such peculiar hobbies.

However, speaking of which, why wasn't it that when he used [Eve of Transformation], he directly turned into a female body, but for characters like Vase Xueying and Chow Chow Little P., their main bodies and female bodies were separated?

"Oh, that's quite simple."

Yu Shouling said, turning to walk towards the experimental table and taking out a bag of colorful small balls from a drawer, walked over to Wen Nan and handed it to him,

"These are [Osmotic Separation Bath Balls]. After using [Eve of Transformation], use these bath balls to form a hypertonic solution, which will separate the newly formed female body from the main body. After some practice in remote control techniques, you can easily control the female body and main body to act independently."

Wen Nan nodded.

In other words, just like a mech, he was personally piloting it; the characters in this villa are remote-controlling drones.

Understood.

As he put the [Osmotic Separation Bath Balls] into the equipment reserve slot, and was about to thank Yu Shouling, suddenly, a rapid alarm sounded in his ears.

Seeing the alarm's content clearly, both their expressions became solemn.

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First-floor lounge.

Two male servants were diligently searching among the various furniture for possible evidence of crime, while the two players partnered with them sat on the sofa, both with furrowed brows.

These are two "solo queue" players, one named Zhao Lei and the other Wang Hao.

Being able to get to an intermediate instance, they weren't newbies who knew nothing. Half an hour into the search, both realized that the so-called search for "poison" was basically fruitless, and the truth of this murder case had hidden deeper secrets.

Sure enough, not long after, they received a system notification saying they shared the results of a side quest.

However, unlike other Wenna Guild members, they didn't receive any informational assistance from the Guild Leader and were still confused about how to solve the main quest.

"How to find the target of the strategy? There's no clue at all," Wang Hao said with a frustrated face, "Should we randomly pick two characters and try first? At least we have two chances for mistakes."

"No, it's too risky," Zhao Lei rejected outright.

"So what do you propose?"

Wang Hao thought for a moment and sighed, "I think, we can't just figure this out by ourselves. The other six are from one guild; there's strength in numbers. They must have noticed something by now; otherwise, they wouldn't have completed the side quests so easily. We have to... find a way to cooperate with them or try to integrate with them."

"How to cooperate? How to integrate?" Zhao Lei rubbed his face irritably, "Now this instance has locked the equipment slots; we can't trade equipment, and we have no skills to share. We haven't found any useful information to sell to them. What benefits can we offer them? Without benefits, why would they willingly cooperate with us?"

Wang Hao thought for a while and whispered, "It's not that there's no benefit. Just now... didn't you eat s..."

"Shut up!" Zhao Lei didn't want to recall the side quest during dinner and wished to cover Wang Hao's mouth with his hand, "Don't say it!"

Wang Hao quietly explained, "I just meant, you should have gotten that item—"

"—how are things going?"

Mid-discussion, another player's voice came from behind, and they both turned to see Liang Yiming approaching with a smile.

Unlike their serious expressions, Liang Yiming's smile looked rather relaxed.

Zhao Lei immediately guessed something, "Did you already complete the first main quest?"

Liang Yiming nodded, waved to the male servant behind him as if to dismiss him, and the servant, like a bodyguard, stood far at the door unmoving.

Only then did Liang Yiming sit beside the other two.

Zhao Lei and Wang Hao exchanged a glance, and in the end, they both nodded, Zhao Lei spoke, "We... would like to request cooperation."

Hearing the anticipated words, Liang Yiming's smile deepened, "You're called Zhao Lei, right? The personal item you picked up at the respawn point, was it that mountain-opening axe?"

Zhao Lei nodded.

Liang Yiming reached out his hand, "Can you let me have a look?"

Zhao Lei glanced at the side male servant, ensuring no one was paying attention, and then handed the axe to Liang Yiming.

Liang Yiming took the axe handle, sniffed it, and then said, "I can help you, but the condition is, you give me the yarn ball from the side quest."

Zhao Lei straightforwardly took the yarn ball from the equipment reserve and stuffed it into Liang Yiming's hand, "Deal!"

"It's Little W., a white chinchilla, the main form of Maid Susu," Liang Yiming said.

Zhao Lei and Wang Hao looked puzzled.

Liang Yiming shared with them the information the Guild Leader had previously mentioned. These were things he had pre-approached the Guild Leader for guidance on before coming over. Their Guild Leader was incredibly generous — Liang Yiming admired this a lot; he'd never seen a player in a horror escape game be as helpful and composed as their Guild Leader was. This likely stemmed from the unfaltering confidence of someone truly powerful. Upon hearing Liang Yiming's request, not only did the Guild Leader immediately agree, but also told him that Little W. was a chinchilla he had encountered in the basement, running off with a chew stick along a secret passage.

Liang Yiming conveyed this to the other two.

Zhao Lei was shocked until his eyes almost popped out, "It's actually... not a person? So... if I just find that chinchilla, the quest will be completed?"

As he said this, he exhaled a long breath, but before he could finish, an alarm sounded in his ear.

The heart he hadn't yet put at ease was again seized with tension.

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Third-floor guestroom.

Li Zhenbei was bending over rummaging through a suitcase filled with clothes, his hands shaking so much he couldn't stabilize them, accidentally tossing underwear to the ground multiple times, receiving curses from the chef Xiao Ji standing behind him.

The trembling wasn't provoked by Chef Xiao Ji's irritant scolding, but due to his main quest—

When he saw the message with relevant materials that the Guild Leader had sent in the guild group, Li Zhenbei had fallen into despair.

The personal item he received was a military dagger.

And on that dagger, a snowflake pattern was engraved.

It was a... snowflake porcelain military dagger.

If what the Guild Leader said was true, then his target for strategy...

While Li Zhenbei was wallowing in despair, he heard an alarm sound.

Understanding the alarm's content, he unexpectedly let out a relieved smile.

The alarm continued to echo through the entire villa —

[Beep—! Beep—! Beep—!]

[Homicide discovered! Homicide discovered! Homicide discovered!]

[Everyone, please proceed immediately to the western side of the fourth-floor corridor!]