Huh? Isn't This A Galgame?

Tsk.

Wen Nan quickly closed the chat window without replying and didn't plan to open it again.

He swiftly pulled out the equipment standby menu and took out the D.U.D.U. chip and Guan Ailin's role lock card together.

Inserting the chip into the small slot on the sheath of the Divine Staff, the fingernail-sized cover on the slot immediately closed automatically. Following that, the brown-black casing instantly glowed with a golden light.

9527: [Congratulations, contestant! Successfully connected the D.U.D.U. chip to the sheath of the Divine Staff!]

9527: [Detected contestant possesses a status lock card, the card's character Guan Ailin, possesses the item Soul Puppet and skill Soul Thread, can be bound with the sheath of the Divine Staff inserted with the D.U.D.U. chip allowing for character upgrades, bind now?]

Wen Nan raised his hand and clicked on [Confirm Binding].

The next moment, the thin card held in his palm immediately sprouted many nearly transparent threads, each reaching toward the long, hairpin-like sheath of the Divine Staff, wrapping it tightly like a cocoon.

Inside the sheath of the Divine Staff, a dazzling golden light gradually emanated, enveloping the threads, melting them, and finally fully absorbing them into its black casing.

9527: [Congratulations, contestant! Successfully completed the binding of the D.U.D.U. chip, sheath of the Divine Staff, and character Guan Ailin!]

9527: [Now restarting the star-level assessment of character Guan Ailin, please wait…]

9527: [Detected Guan Ailin's Soul Thread binding target is the highest level item in this game world, provides upgrade conditions, based on current data, character information has been updated for you——]

[Name: Guan Ailin (Erin)]

[Identity: Cold outside, soft inside female CEO → Big Big Big Big White Rabbit]

[Background: The once cold outside, soft inside female CEO successfully underwent a rebirth after being taken away from the original map by you with the help of the D.U.D.U. chip and sheath of the Divine Staff.

With the effect of the Soul Threads, the former female CEO became the new controller of the Snow Mountain Villa's body.

The main body of the Snow Mountain Villa is composed of a very special composite nanomaterial, derived from ice and snow. With the assistance of the sheath of the Divine Staff, it chemically bonds organic and inorganic molecules, achieving perfection in durability and plasticity.

According to the character traits of Guan Ailin, this special material has been transformed to synthesize a new main body. While in the rest hall, this main body cannot change. Upon entering an instance map, different degrees of appearance changes can be made according to the character's new body control capability.

Note:

The newly generated character is highly dependent on the existence of the sheath of the Divine Staff. As the contestant and the sheath of the Divine Staff are in a temporary binding state, during this period, the new character will fully belong to contestant Ye Jiu, with ownership properties equivalent to a golden control pattern.

When the temporary binding state between the sheath of the Divine Staff and contestant Ye Jiu ends, if contestant Ye Jiu cannot successfully complete a second temporary binding or permanent binding, the newly generated character will lose the connection with the D.U.D.U. chip and the Soul Staff Sheath, decrease in star rating, and be randomly recycled into a nearby instance's built-in furnace.]

[Challenge difficulty: ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★]

Seeing the line of stars at the end of the character introduction page, Wen Nan raised his eyebrows slightly.

Previously, even with the chip boost, the Erin Building only upgraded Guan Ailin's star rating from nine to ten, but after successfully linking with the sheath of the Divine Staff, Guan Ailin's star rating skyrocketed.

From the final note text, it seems that Guan Ailin's new identity is only temporary. During the 72 hours that Wen Nan is temporarily bound to the sheath of the Divine Staff, she will be in a state similar to being controlled by Wen Nan. Once the binding between Wen Nan and the sheath of the Divine Staff is released and cannot be continued, she will face the risk of losing her new identity, reducing her star rating, and being cast into the furnace.

It seems that maintaining the binding status with the sheath of the Divine Staff is crucial for Guan Ailin's survival after 72 hours.

However, regardless of whether Guan Ailin is part of the reason, Wen Nan will do everything possible to continue the temporary binding status of the sheath of the Divine Staff—

This is the top-level item in this world. He may not want a permanent bind with the sheath of the Divine Staff, nor does he want to shoulder the task of finding all the Fragments, but it does not mean he will hand over this item.

Wen Nan's vision moved up, landing on the two middle paragraphs of the character background introduction.

It seems that previously Guan Ailin used the Soul Threads to bind with the Erin Building with the help of the D.U.D.U. chip, and now, using the Soul Threads and the power of the D.U.D.U. chip along with the sheath of the Divine Staff, she has bound the Snow Mountain Villa.

"Based on character traits, has transformed and synthesized a new main body…"

Does this sentence mean that the newly upgraded Guan Ailin is not in her human CEO form nor like the entire building of Snow Mountain Villa?

Then what does Guan Ailin's current main body look like?

Wen Nan's gaze unconsciously moved to the character's new identity—a Big Big Big Big White Rabbit.

He had a vague guess in his mind…

Just as he was thinking, something tugged at his pant leg, and Wen Nan looked down to see a fluffy white thing clinging to his ankle without noticing when it got there.

Is that… a fluffy white rabbit?!!

The rabbit was similar to a long-eared species, only the size of an ordinary pair of women's plush slippers, with a round body.

At this moment, the rabbit sat its chubby little butt on the ground, lifted its two front paws, hugged Wen Nan's ankle, and raised its face. Its two black, button-like round eyes stared steadfastly at Wen Nan's face.

Man and rabbit stared at each other for a while, then the rabbit's three-part lips twitched as it spoke: "Ye Jiu, thank you."

It was still the familiar voice, but hearing it from a fluffy white rabbit's mouth sounded a bit strange.

"…Erin?"

"It's me, I'm back." The white rabbit's mouth cracked open a little, seemingly revealing a smile, then it kicked its two hind legs lightly, hopping towards Wen Nan's pant leg, "This new body is so small."

Wen Nan bent down, holding the rabbit's soft belly in his palm, lifting it up, and said with a smile, "It will grow when you enter the map."

The rabbit's three-part lips twitched, it sniffed Wen Nan's fingers.

Wen Nan rubbed its fluffy ear with his thumb. This rabbit felt softer than a real one, but its whole body was cool to the touch.

Similar to the material used to construct the Snow Mountain Villa, since it was derived from ice and snow, it didn't quite feel fluffy, rather it felt more like a blob of slime.

Tingling from Wen Nan's finger probing, the rabbit's two long ears twitched and curled up in Wen Nan's palm, curiously surveying the room, "Is this... the world outside?"

"This is my guild's office." Wen Nan said with a smile.

"…Your guild?" The rabbit looked up at him.

"My guild in the game." Wen Nan explained simply.

"...Game?" The rabbit's button eyes blinked, looking more perplexed.

"It's a bit complex; I'll explain it to you slowly later."

Just as Wen Nan finished speaking, a commotion came from downstairs.

Holding the rabbit, Wen Nan walked downstairs. As soon as he reached the stairwell, he saw five people, including Liang Yiming, Luo Wei, and Xu Dongsheng—who were assigned to the same intermediate instance as him—standing side by side in the center of the living room, all looking intently in one direction with surprise and apprehension in their eyes.

"You, you, you, why are you here?"

"What's happening?!"

"How are you able to enter our place?"

Wen Nan followed the five people's gazes to the other side of the living room.

He saw a familiar figure standing in the corner, wearing a vintage red floor-length gown, with long brown hair draped to her waist, looking up and smiling at him:

"Is that thing useful?"