NOVEL WEB Chapter 1 - My Roommate's Online Girlfriend
“Welcome to the World of Strange Tales.”
“Please stay alert and follow the rules properly to survive.”
“If you die or get corrupted in the World of Strange Tales, the corresponding strange tale will befall your country.”
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The mechanical voice rang in He Gu’s mind as he struggled to open his eyes.
“Am I…chosen by the World of Strange Tales?”
Three years ago, the World of Strange Tales descended upon the Blue Planet.
Every period of time, the World of Strange Tales would choose a group of people to enter, representing their countries to take on the challenges.
Failing the challenges would bring bizarre events to the contestants’ home countries.
And all the chosen ones’ every move in the World of Strange Tales would be live broadcasted to global audiences.
In the past three years, He Gu had watched too many others’ live broadcasts in the World of Strange Tales, and had fantasized countless times about what would happen if he was chosen one day.
So at this moment, He Gu was still relatively calm and soon stabilized his emotions.
Just then, the mechanical voice rang in his mind again:
“As a first-time visitor to the World of Strange Tales, you may randomly draw a talent.”
All chosen ones could randomly draw a talent the first time they entered the World of Strange Tales.
“Do you want to draw a talent now?”
The voice in his mind seemed to urge He Gu.
In his mind, He Gu thought: “Draw.”
“Ding! You have obtained the SSS-tier talent: [Eyes of Delusion Breaking].”
“Talent Effect: When reading the rules, you can see a hidden piece of information!”
Hearing this, He Gu was stunned for a moment, then revealed a delighted smile.
He actually got an SSS-tier talent!
Being able to see hidden information when reading rules!
In the World of Strange Tales, information was the most important.
Often an inconspicuous piece of information could make the difference between life and death!
Hidden information was often the key to clearing the challenges!
The value of this talent was self-evident.
It should be known that over the past three years, most chosen ones had only drawn C-tier or lower talents, which were quite useless.
For example, the most frequently drawn was a D-tier talent: [Crisis Response], which increased physical ability and reaction speed by 5% when facing danger.
So far the highest talent He Gu had seen was last year when a foreigner drew an S-tier talent: [Holy Aura], making them immune to a bizarre attack once per stage.
As for SSS-tier talents, He Gu was likely the first case globally!
After drawing his talent, He Gu’s spirit was lifted considerably.
“Speaking of which, where am I now?”
He Gu sat up and realized he was lying on the top bunk of a bunk bed.
It was a room about 10 square meters, with four bunk beds. Other than the top bunk He Gu was on and the bottom bunk across from him which had beddings, the other beds were empty.
It looked like a student dorm?
But it seemed like with He Gu included, there were only two people living in this dorm room?
Just then, a raspy duck-like cry rang out from the side, giving He Gu a fright.
He Gu turned around to see a birdcage hanging under his bunk, inside was a snow white parrot.
At this moment, the parrot was flapping its wings, crying in its raspy voice: “Escape! Escape!”
“Escape! Escape!”
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The urgent raspy cries were somewhat irritating He Gu, making him feel uneasy as well.
From his memories, this parrot was raised collectively by the dorm mates, and had been very quiet before. It was odd that it was making a racket today.
At this point He Gu hadn’t even seen the rules yet, so he naturally didn’t dare make any rash moves, as even a casual act could get him killed in the World of Strange Tales.
After crying out for a few dozen times, the parrot finally quieted down.
He Gu ignored the parrot and stood in place looking around.
He hadn’t seen the rules for this stage yet, and rules could appear from anywhere in the World of Strange Tales.
Helplessly, He Gu searched the dorm but didn’t find any rules.
Just then, the dorm door was suddenly pushed open.
It was He Gu’s roommate, Zhang Chao, who had returned.
Behind Zhang Chao, there was also a petite figure wearing a bucket hat and face mask, wrapped in an oversized coat, covering up tightly, dragging a pink suitcase.
Just as He Gu wondered why Zhang Chao brought back such a girly suitcase, Zhang Chao suddenly put his arm around He Gu’s shoulder mysteriously and said: “Bro, come out with me for a second.”
As he spoke, Zhang Chao had already led He Gu out the door, closing it behind them.
“What’s up?”
He Gu was wary, as this was the World of Strange Tales, and he hadn’t even seen the rules yet.
Zhang Chao pulled He Gu to the other end of the hallway and whispered: “Something came up with my family, I have to rush back right away, already got permission from school.”
He Gu asked puzzledly: “Then hurry back, what do you need me for?”
Zhang Chao glanced back at the dorm room and continued: “As you saw, I brought a friend back to stay for a few days, he has nowhere to go for now.”
“I probably won’t be back until next week, please help me take care of him while I’m gone.”
Hearing this, He Gu immediately felt like cursing.
Surviving in the World of Strange Tales was already hard enough, and now he brought back a random NPC!?
Wasn’t this just increasing the difficulty for him!
Before He Gu could respond, Zhang Chao hurriedly stuffed an envelope into his hand: “There’s 2,000 yuan in here, food and expenses for you two during this time are on me!”
“Thanks bro!”
“My train’s almost here, gotta run!”
Leaving these words, Zhang Chao hurried downstairs, leaving He Gu dazed in the wind.
“What a rush to reincarnate…”
He Gu complained, turning reluctantly to walk back to the dorm.
Reaching the dorm door, He Gu opened the thick envelope and took a look. Sure enough, there was a stack of red paper bills inside.
Wait…there seemed to be a note too?
He Gu took out the note and opened it:
Rules:
1. Obey school rules.
2. Take good care of Xiao Ying, do not reject any of her requests.
3. Maintain proper relations with Xiao Ying.
4. Do not speak to Xiao Ying from 12 am to 6 am, remember this!
5. The dorm manager can be trusted, unless he puts on a uniform.
6. No matter what, do not give Xiao Ying a red towel.
7. Do not feed the parrot anything other than bird food and water.
8. Put the parrot outside after dark, do not let it stay overnight in the dorm.
9. If Wang Tao from next door comes to chat, serve him milk.
10. If you see Wang Tao sleepwalking, do not disturb him, immediately return to your own dorm!
At the very bottom were red words that only He Gu could see:
Hidden Information: Protect the parrot, leave school within 24 hours if it dies!
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Seeing the contents, He Gu was stunned on the spot.
Were these the rules for this strange tale stage!?
But who was Xiao Ying!?
The next moment, the mechanical voice rang in He Gu’s mind again:
“Stage loaded: [My Roommate’s Online Girlfriend]”
He Gu: ???
Online girlfriend!?
Could she be…
The next moment, He Gu opened the dorm door and saw a pair of slender legs in black stockings swinging on Zhang Chao’s bed…