Chapter 1276: Glow Anomaly

On the snow‑white skin, wounds where flesh had split open gaped like baby mouths, horrifyingly exposed.

Visible to the naked eye, several deep wounds looked as if they had been pierced through, continuously bleeding.

Perhaps the pain came from the leather jacket being pulled off, or perhaps the skin, suddenly exposed to the chilly outside, was being stabbed.

The girl's body trembled imperceptibly; in her dazed, fearful eyes, a flicker of returning consciousness flashed.

"Your Highness, the smell of blood on the leather jacket is too strong; I need to clean the wound."

He remained expressionless.

After Lin An completely took off the leather jacket, he spoke casually, giving a reasonable excuse as if role‑playing.

He realized that in this dungeon world, as long as his actions and speech followed basic logic, he could avoid losing favorability to the greatest extent. It was like a game with a preset script, where everyone had their own role.

Of course, during this period, how to improvise within the set framework is up to oneself.

As the words fell, Lin An scooped the girl up in one stride and strode toward the distant mountains.

He needed a cave to act.

He needed at least a span of time to act.

Holding the girl like a knight, his palm touched her relatively intact back; a sensation as smooth as silk, enticing, instantly transmitted.

Lin An's eyes flashed a hint of odd color; he silently adjusted his hold.

Even in such a gruesome, bloody moment, a mere touch stirred a strange impulse within him, as if some deep‑seated instinct was surfacing, making him crave to continue.

"Sha Sha"

Stepping on rotting branches and leaves.

From afar, Lin An now looked like a loyal knight who had rescued a princess, his upright silhouette carrying the maiden back to a safe place.

But viewed from the front, his face showed a cold, expressionless stare.

Waves of sweet‑scented blood mingled with perfume—an indescribable aroma that, at this moment, acted like bait, drilling into the nostrils.

With each of Lin An's long strides, the sway of his figure made the girl's body tremble slightly along with him.

Her arms hung limp, swaying, dripping drop after drop of fresh blood.

On her exposed chest, two crimson points like blooming buds were captivating.

As Lin An's peripheral vision caught that enticing sight, his scattered mental power silently reached out toward the surrounding beasts.

Though few wild beasts lurked nearby, gathering several to block the cave entrance would suffice.

Perhaps there was no danger.

He was the danger.

Under an assault, one could not guarantee maxing out "favorability."

Glow world, a small town surrounding the Imperial Capital.

Sitting in the carriage, several men whose behavior clashed with the surroundings were eagerly chatting with the girls opposite them.

"Don't worry, Li Xuan—I'll definitely buy you a big house someday!"

"You've liked me since childhood, haven't you?"

His throat bobbed.

In the cramped carriage, a youth with a somewhat withdrawn expression seized the girl's small hand and couldn't help but repeatedly rub and play with it.

Especially when whispering sweet nothings, his whole body lunged forward eagerly, as if he wanted to sit squarely on her lap and take full advantage.

Looking at his mission target, Zhang Hong felt his manhood practically pointing to the heavens, a fierce urge nearly making him want to act on the spot.

The girl named Li Xuan looked like a town girl; though not a national beauty, she was pretty and fresh‑looking.

Her blushing, lowered head—her small hand gripped by him—occasionally tried to pull away, obviously shy.

The girl's unique bashfulness was enough to make many men lose control.

"Zhang Hong, did the people who came before always raise favorability this way?"

"Do we have to keep chatting? Can't we just go straight to it?"

"Talking about this stuff annoys me to death."

Sitting beside Zhang Hong, another Awakened One, clearly experiencing the dungeon for the first time, mimicked his ways of coaxing his mission target.

Compared to Zhang Hong's unrestrained, cloying, nauseating lines, he seemed somewhat unaccustomed.

"What do you think?"

Ignoring his companion's discomfort, Zhang Hong snorted, seized the moment, and pulled the girl into his embrace.

"In this dungeon world, the NPCs have a trait: whatever you say to them, they must respond."

"Keep chatting, say more sweet nothings, and favorability will rise quickly."

"By then, you can do whatever you want!"

"Besides, rumor has it there's a loophole that lets you have the time of your life!"

His eyes blazed; although it was his first dungeon entry, after buying a costly "guide" from experienced Awakened Ones, his inner fire burned even hotter.

True, in the outside world they could still enjoy women thanks to their Awakened status, and some survivors were decent, but nowhere could compare to this place!

In the real world, lacking supplies and clean water, only within large safe zones could one barely maintain pre‑apocalypse life; other safe zones were like cesspits—everyone reeked horribly.

Long without bathing or brushing teeth, even the most beautiful woman would become a mouthful of yellow teeth, exuding a foul stench from head to toe.

Moreover, in the apocalypse, the women they could obtain were mostly numb, their minds filled only with thoughts of eating.

All coyness and cuteness vanished! One was crueler than the next.

When survivors traded their bodies for food, they often let you play with the lower half while they lay on the bed's edge devouring steamed buns mouthful after mouthful.

While chatting quietly in the team channel, Zhang Hong couldn't resist slipping his hand under the girl's clothes, stealthily tracing her slender waist straight to her chest.

Perhaps favorability still wasn't enough; his move instantly startled the girl into a panic.

He cursed silently.

Seeing that he had already accumulated quite a bit of favorability, Zhang Hong had to suppress his irritation, and also didn't care about anything.

He still had plenty of time, enough to take it slow.

Once he got the hang of it and tried out the tricks those veterans talked about, he would have plenty of fun!

Especially compared to the lowly office worker he used to be before entering, he couldn't help but think this place was already quite good!

Damn it!

Thinking about how, while he was working, that seemingly prim office worker would eat the food he gave her while, in the middle of doing her work, she would go 'pfft pfft' and defecate, making him feel utterly disgusted!

What fun could there be for the lowly survivors in the real world!

That's just a walking piece of meat trying to stay alive!

Perhaps an Awakened One with enough strength to survive decently could still be considered normal, but with that level of strength they aren't qualified to play with the other side.

Therefore.

In such an environment, this dungeon world that still preserves a normal environment—whether people or anything else—is as beautiful as heaven!

Fine, then I'll chat a few more sentences.

You mean, if I say I like her a lot and claim to be her man, she'll believe me?

Exactly!

Even if I get it wrong, it's fine—say a few hundred lines and eventually I'll hit the right one by accident!

Casually teaching his companion how to proceed, Zhang Hong gazed at his mission target with a look of 'deep affection', again spouting sweet nothings free of charge—like reciting lines, yet unexpectedly, it indeed made the girl grow more tolerant of his flirtatious advances.

It was as if, like a foolish doll, she had truly been brainwashed.

If Lin An were here and saw this scene, he would instantly realize that, for most other Awakened Ones who enter, the mission targets already have a certain amount of favorability in the initial stage, and the mission difficulty differs greatly from theirs.

Moreover, these NPCs' intelligence is obviously much lower.

The only 'advantage' is probably that Shen Yan and these girls are obviously on completely different levels, differing by several orders of magnitude.

One is breathtakingly beautiful, captivating the soul; the other is merely above average.

Inside a secluded garden.

Three Awakened Ones gathered together, looking with eager eyes at the young woman before them.

Like a test, one of them—the Awakened One whom Lin An had frightened into losing control of his bladder—now gave two light coughs, then turned his gaze to the noblewoman with a cold expression, looking at him somewhat warily.

Miss Wang, you did say you liked me.

Oh, really?

Yes, just two days ago.

That may be, but I don't like you anymore.

Don't say that; I think you still like me.

Then you're mistaken.

Like a robot dialogue, the young man fired off rapid questions and answers, accelerating the progress of their conversation.

Even though he often spoke, it annoyed the young woman before him, making her want to leave.

But whenever the young man spoke, she couldn't help but stop and reply.

The two behind him looked at the young man's performance with puzzled faces, unable to resist whispering to each other.

Li Ge, are you sure this will work?

Is this the dungeon loophole?

Tense, uneasy.

Holding an attitude of learning, the two stared fixedly at the young man's back, a strange feeling spreading in their hearts.

The person responsible for chatting with the young woman was hired by them at great expense, and he promised to give them a great time in the dungeon.

At a flow rate of 1 to 10, compared to the oppressive darkness of the Apocalypse in the real world, this place is virtually irresistibly attractive to them.

Especially the 'beautiful scenery' described by the other party simply makes them rock-hard, and they can't wait to experience it themselves.

Especially the "beautiful scenery" described by the other party simply made their *child rock hard, and they couldn't help but also want to experience it.

Haven't you noticed that, by doing this, his favorability with the mission target keeps increasing!

Even if some points are deducted, the gains outweigh the losses!

Look at him now—I estimate he'll secure it soon!

Among the two brothers, the slightly older Awakened One seemed to realize something, swallowing his saliva repeatedly.

In his view, the Awakened One they had hired at great expense to guide them had already progressed so fast it was practically flying.

Like she was being forced to obey orders, that young woman shockingly stripped off her outer garment, exposing a large expanse of snow‑white skin, making his eyes go wide—though he clearly remembered that her character setting was cold and aloof.

"Madam, you promised two days ago to spend a good night with me here, and you even deliberately wore nothing underneath."

His expression was somewhat heated, the corner of his mouth curling into a lewd smile.

The young man responsible for demonstrating the gameplay couldn't help but pant, speaking rapidly.

The youth responsible for demonstrating the gameplay couldn't help but pant heavily, speaking rapidly.

"How could I possibly agree to you..."

Although her face was full of humiliation, she had already crossed her arms over her chest, not wanting to expose her body to this man, yet as if triggered by some command, the Madam's eyes flickered with a blank stare; the words of refusal she had just spoken halted, and after the blankness faded, she softly changed her answer:

Although her face was full of humiliation, she had already crossed her arms in front of her chest, not wanting to expose her body before this man, but as if triggered by some command, a flash of bewilderment crossed the lady's eyes; the words of refusal she had just spoken stopped at this moment, and then, after the bewilderment faded, she softly changed her words:

"Please, can we change the location..."

Her whole body trembled.

In her eyes, the young man was merely a servant in her household, yet for some reason she inexplicably agreed to many of his requests.

In her eyes, the youth was merely a servant in her household, yet for some unknown reason, at this moment she inexplicably agreed to many things from him.

No!

"You said yesterday, right here! You like others watching us do it!"

Panting heavily, the young man who had long figured out the instance's loophole gave a wicked laugh, then simply tied his own belt.

Compared to last time, when he was still figuring out how to raise affection, his progress now, having found the loophole, is far beyond what it was before.

He could already imagine the bliss he would enjoy this time!

His whole body trembling, the lady, hearing the man say she had said that, seemed to stop thinking and could only reply with eyes reddened with grievance.

But... what do you want me to do..

If we're discovered, it's all over....

How to do it?

He grabbed the handsome husband in one arm, the young man laughing loudly, then forcefully spread the lady's round thighs, as if to show off the maneuver in front of both of them.

You really want to do this!

You really like letting people watch!

You really like licking!

Just two days ago you told me you liked playing together!

Each utterance sounded like a command.

In the courtyard, as the man laughed wildly and sped up, sobbing moans and resistant voices mixed together and rang out.

Offer everything you have to me!

Before the luxurious carriage, a frenzied Awakened Ones arrogantly stopped a noble's carriage, blatantly ignoring the soldiers surrounding it.

Even though his strength was limited, these soldiers could already threaten him, yet he now seemed to possess absolute confidence.

As long as he spoke, these NPCs would unconditionally obey.

Impudent!

Where did this lowly commoner come from! He dares to block the earl's carriage!

Someone come...

Without waiting for the steward inside the carriage to shout in anger, after exchanging a glance with the noble inside who looked high and powerful, the Awakened Ones who had stopped the carriage gave a scornful smile and quickly spoke.

I saved you before!

You promised to marry your daughter to me! You promised to offer all your wealth to me!

What!? Where did this madman come from, how...

Although he was furious and wanted to retort, a second later a flash of bewilderment crossed the angry noble's eyes.

Yes.. yes..

I promised you.

But my daughter is so young, I really can't bear to give her to you...

He muttered to himself.

Under this strange logic, the noble stepped down from the carriage, incredulously looking at the extremely ordinary-looking man before her. In her view, he was just a farmer in coarse cloth.

How could I have been saved by him, and how could I possibly make such an absurd promise?

Yet he seemed unable to resist something, and could only go along with whatever the other said.

Seeing that this NPC might not have undergone prior training and still resisted the loophole...

This Awakened Ones snorted, then simply spoke again quickly:

Tiny!?

No, you think giving to me is an honor!

Not only did you promise two days ago to give me your daughter, but your wife too!

Besides, now kneel down, you think I am a god!

Similarly, such scenes continuously appeared across the empire.

Entering the instance world, the Awakened Ones were like half-divine beings, recklessly beginning their journey to heaven.

Unnoticed, after the first 'loophole' user appeared, the others, like a virus spreading, greedily imitated this method.

Just by speaking with the same logical structure, they seemed like deities and could command anyone.

Greedy, mad, doing as they pleased.

No one knows what will happen when all fantasies and desires can be infinitely satisfied...