Huh? Isn't This A Galgame?

At this point, Wen Nan finally realized what that so-called "over-completion of the task" was about in the rating of the first main quest — did he complete the second task during the time assigned for the first one?

That was indeed a bit ahead of schedule.

However, he's worked so hard to complete the tasks; shouldn't the system consider replenishing the used-up small umbrellas for him?

As Wen Nan's thoughts were drifting, the players nearby looked at him with eyes filled with understanding amidst their initial shock —

The other players present, who earlier lamented and couldn't understand the wish Wen Nan made, suddenly realized that perhaps he had foreseen he would complete the next main quest ahead of time. That's why he hadn't wasted his wish on getting a direct pass, right?

It really was foresight!

Sure enough, when it comes to the moves of a pro, they shouldn't have doubted them from the start, just learn from them!

The task countdown was still relentlessly ticking, and the players, each harboring their thoughts, crossed through the cold wind and snow, and returned to Snow Mountain Villa.

The other seven players entered a tense and thrilling stage of character strategy, while only Wen Nan seemed like a student guaranteed to pass the College Entrance Examination, becoming idle during the final sprint.

Yu Shouling was still focused on "refining" those female bodies, so for the moment, he couldn't study human anatomy with him in-depth.

Wen Nan wandered aimlessly in the corridor for a while and finally returned to his room.

Lying in the spacious bed, just as he was about to bring up the chat window of [slave], his eyes fell on the secret door above, and a thought struck Wen Nan.

His intuition told him that this secret door and the secret room behind it, just like the G-point in the Erin Building previously, were key to the map.

Entering this secret room, he would find the deepest hidden secret of the map, and very likely help Guan Ailin get released from that card.

It can be said that now, for Wen Nan, aside from vacationing and relaxing, the most important goal in this instance is to enter this secret room.

If so, why didn't he propose directly opening this secret room when the refresh point's built-in system said it would fulfill one of his wishes earlier?

It wasn't because he was worried that the refresh point's built-in system had no authority to open this secret room—even if the system really didn't have permission, he had two trial-and-error chances, so he had no reason not to try once.

The reason he didn't mention opening the secret room was because...

He forgot.

Yes, at the refresh point, he completely forgot about this secret room.

Why did he forget? Was it because it was so cold there, it froze both of his brains, making him unable to think?

Or... was there another hidden reason?

Thinking about this, Wen Nan's gaze fixated on one of the 12 runes on the secret door, staring in a daze.

Before the settlement of the first main quest, it seemed he was staring at this symbol, and then he fell into a deep sleep.

Before falling asleep, it seemed like he thought of something?

Yes, that Pisces rune, that half "∈", he seemed to have seen it somewhere...

...

...

[?]

[What does it mean?]

[Fell asleep again?]

[No, buddy, before the settlement of the first task, you let us watch you sleep for more than five hours. Now that the second task finally started, you make us watch you sleep again?!]

[Cosplaying Sleeping Beauty?]

[What happened to the romance streamer in the horror game?]

[Switched careers to a sleep streamer now]

[*Don't jinx it!*: rnm refund!]

[Star-level pro, are you still there?]

[*Don't jinx it!*: I've taken up residence in this streaming room! Black-hearted streamer, opened a game that scammed me out of over ten thousand Gold Coins! Can't leave now, could never leave this place in this life]

[*ygs.qs*: Think positively, you're also contributing to optimizing the game's currency system, after all, so many Gold Coins sitting in your dead account are like Joss Paper]

[*Don't jinx it!*: -`д´- Shut up]

[Speaking of, is there any expert who can explain what role Jiu cilang is strategizing this time, it's too incredibly mysterious, every time it appears the stream gets censored immediately, what role is this, the god of censorship?]

[I'm also curious, it's already the second main quest, and we haven't even seen what that character looks like!]

[No star-level pro knows?]

[*ygs.qs*: Star-level pros aren't omnipotent; they've said this is a new instance, these 8 players are the first to enter, nobody has seen this map before]

[*Short and Fat*: Uh, nobody cares about the Divine Staff Sheath issue? Such an important Divine Artifact suddenly appears in an intermediate-level instance]

[*ygs.qs*: What's there to fuss about, if it really is the Divine Staff Sheath, he definitely can't take it away]

[*ygs.qs*: No one can take it away, not even players at the Gold rank, or even nine legendary pros could do it]

[*Short and Fat*: Eh, that's true]

[?]

[Why can't it be taken away?]

[If it's called a Divine Artifact, isn't it specially designed for players to find it and then take it out of the map?]

[*ygs.qs*: To take away the Divine Staff Sheath, you must first unlock and enter it, but rumor has it that inside the Divine Staff Sheath is like a black hole, with no return]

[*Short and Fat*: Yes, once inside, you can never come out again]

[*Don't jinx it!*: So, don't venture into the holes you shouldn't, it will lead to trouble]

[Well, in that case, there's no hole in this game Jiu cilang hasn't entered!]

[Hearing you say that, I feel like Jiu cilang is doomed]

[Looks like this streaming room is nearing its end]

[Watching a day less every day]

[I've already prepared to welcome Jiu cilang from the audience seats]

...

...

Wen Nan slept very deeply.

He was startled awake by ferocious scratching on the door.

Wen Nan sat up, his head feeling sore and swollen. He rubbed his face hard and heard his room door being banged "bang bang". He helplessly got out of bed.

Opening the door, he was greeted by a giant Chow Chow's purple tongue swinging at him.

Wen Nan hurriedly took two steps back to avoid the saliva flinging from its tongue tip.

The saliva hit the floor with a "sizzle" and eroded several pits in the floor in front of Wen Nan.

As Wen Nan hadn't come to his senses, the Chow Chow pawed forward twice with its massive claws and pushed out two candles.

The candles rolled to Wen Nan's feet.

Wen Nan bent over to pick up the candles and recognized them as Xu Dongsheng's personal items.

Why are they here?

While he was wondering, the body of the giant Chow Chow flipped over, its belly turned up, and its fluffy head turned toward Wen Nan, looking expectantly at the candles in his hands.

Wen Nan: ...

One can't, or at the very least shouldn't...