Chapter 512: The Place Where the Story Begins

"Again!"

Lao Bao's fist slammed onto the table, emitting a muffled "Bang", his face flushed red, the redness spreading from his neck to his ears, like a rooster whose throat had been grasped.

He glared with angry, bulging eyes, looking ferocious as if he were about to devour and skin Meng Kexin, who sat opposite him, alive.

Watching the scene, Hua Jian Lei gloatingly patted his shoulder with a hand.

"Lao Bao, don't be a sore loser, it's just a game."

"Yeah, yeah," Xi Ren Sheng, not minding the fuss, jumped out from the side, the whole body pressing directly onto Lao Bao, "It's just that I lost an arm‑wrestling match to a little girl, nothing serious."

A bit high on adrenaline and still unwilling to lose after restarting several times, Lao Bao was distracted by Xi Ren Sheng and Hua Jian Lei, while Yang Yixie was here discussing weapon crafting with Meng Kexin.

Yang Yixie also didn't expect Meng Kexin's points to be allocated so oddly.

In fact, because Meng Kexin had previously been hounded for a while by those vampire relatives, when facing those utterly brazen, shameless people, ordinary rules couldn't punish them.

During the first few alerts, Meng Kexin could only present the relevant materials to have them detained for a few days, then she changed her strategy.

She first moved house overnight, and after confirming that for a period the other side couldn't entangle her again, she immediately went to learn Sanda or similar.

Although she started a bit late, her talent was undeniable; after she took matters into her own hands, those people witnessed her prowess and dared not trouble her again.

At least no petty thugs would dare take their commissions to harass her anymore.

Thus, even after entering the game, although Meng Kexin had senior members of the Chen Family guiding her in Aberrant Arts, she never neglected physical training except when handling official duties.

And the body within the game is meant to be stronger; this strength feeds back into this world, naturally amplifying manyfold.

It's hard to imagine: Meng Kexin looked at a frail little girl whose strength even surpassed Lao Bao's.

"So we decide to use this, right?"

Seeing the final result negotiated with Meng Kexin, Yang Yixie fell silent as well.

"Right, can you handle some visual disguises?"

Meng Kexin nodded, Yang Yixie hesitated for a few seconds, but in the end his inner mischievous desire prevailed over everything.

He nodded very seriously, as if he were not sitting in a bar now but in an examination hall, his expression especially stern.

"Rest assured, I'll make this disguise perfect; no one will recognize it as a weapon."

That's all; the preparations are complete.

Next, it's time to tackle the instance.

【System】 Detected player "Ying Duo" has activated instance: "Mitra Academy."

【System】 Current party members: Ying Duo, Xi Ren Sheng, Hua Jian Lei, I'm your dad, Meng Kexin

【System】 Enter the instance?

Meng Kexin:......

So, why is she the only one playing the game with her real name?

Is this correct?

Xi Ren Sheng: A chaotic overview.

Although the process was somewhat tumultuous, in the end they all pressed the confirm button.

Unlike the usual sinking feeling when entering a game, this time they were suddenly enveloped by a dazzling Ying Guang Lu flash, then lost consciousness.

Sunlight poured down from above; Yang Yixie stood in the crowd, pushed forward a few steps by the flow, then simply stopped, leaning against a corridor pillar, waiting for the surging crowd to pass by him.

The world before his eyes wasn't pixelated; it resembled a real holographic game.

Yang Yixie immediately checked his condition: his hair had turned pure Ying Guang Lu, and within the instance all his abilities were usable, but his attire differed from Ying Duo's.

He looked down at the school uniform on his body, a deep‑blue uniform he had never seen, but the system's prompt read:

【Mitra Academy Student Uniform】

Seems like a role‑play theme? His identity is a student?

Someone suddenly patted his shoulder from behind, not very forceful, but Yang Yixie had just been wholly focused on his own state; with too many dots on the mini‑map, he didn't react immediately.

Yang Yixie turned around and collided with that still‑green face.

The eyes were amber, golden under the sun, hair cut into a crisp crew cut, a bright smile that instantly gave a fresh good impression.

"What are you staring at?" The person's voice had a slightly unserious tone, the ending rising as if laughing while urging, "It's the first day of school, don't try to slack off."

Suddenly, he seemed to only now notice Yang Yixie's new hair color, his eyes instantly lighting up.

"Not a bro," his voice rose a bit, "you dyed your hair behind my back? Where did you get it done? Show me."

Qi Junyi reached out and brushed Yang Yixie's head, as if checking whether the color would fade or be uneven.

He withdrew his hand, rubbed it against his pant leg, and a grin revealed a set of white teeth.

【Name: Qi Junyi (Lv. 26)】

【Title: None】

【Age: 17】

【Race: Human】

【Faction: Mitra Academy】

【Affection: 60/100 (Classmate)】

【Mutation Value: 10/100】

【Current Status: Healthy】

【Preferences: Martial training, fighting games, napping,....... (Locked)】

Turns out it's an old acquaintance.

Yang Yixie also didn't expect that the moment he entered the instance, he would already meet Qi Junyi.

Qi Hengyu's brother.

"Yang Yixie" says this instance will reveal the truth about the merging of two worlds, yet it starts pushing the plot from the first day of school?

The first NPC to appear happens to be Qi Junyi, who will later work in the Heresy Tribunal; isn't that a veiled way of saying that the merging of the two worlds is inseparable from the Church?

Yang Yixie suddenly felt a headache; could this be the plot where, after finally reaching Xinshou Cun, one discovers that the village chief is actually the hidden big boss?

After circling around the Dome, he found that to stop the two worlds from merging, he must return to Tianmian City?

"I was born this way."

Yang Yixie spoke expressionlessly; although the surroundings had become a holographic game, Ying Duo's own bodily stiffness was not alleviated at all.

He had previously felt the stiffness, and it turned out it wasn't due to a pixelated graphics bug?

"How could that be..." Qi Junyi subconsciously tried to refute, but he froze in place for a few seconds, then scratched his head and said, "Right, this kind of thing depends on genetics. By the way, you really don't have any good barbershop recommendations?"

It seems to be a fixed NPC, not as flexible as Luo Jinyou's parents in the Consciousness Space, who automatically fill in the settings.

Qi Junyi is indeed quite persistent when it comes to barbershops.