Chapter 466

【Mission Objective: Alone in a sealed bathroom, stand before the mirror at 20:00 tonight and wait for transmission】

【Mission Reward: Revealed upon receiving the next mission prompt】

【Failure Penalty: Erasure】

Li Cheng wore a mask of agony, rubbing his temples. Just from the mission name and objective, he could feel the system's deep malice.

Mao Jin, seeing his constipated expression, asked curiously, "What's wrong? Got a mission?"

"Mm."

Li Cheng briefly recounted the mission log. Mao Jin blinked after listening. "This isn't a punishment mission, so the difficulty shouldn't be insane, right?"

"Hard to say."

Li Cheng shook his head. "Thanks to the Toy Factory—a nuclear-powered money printer and super logistics base—my current strength has far surpassed the baseline for Lv21 players."

The system will likely match me with teammates averaging Lv25, maybe even Lv30.

Throwing such a group into a mission called 【Escape from Lolita Island】—it's hard to imagine what perverted restrictions the killing field would impose, or what kind of final boss it would deploy."

He didn't tell Mao Jin that if the mission truly were 【Escape from Lolita Island】, it'd still be bearable—he feared the killing field had pulled a pun, and once inside, they'd find the real objective was 【Okinawa Slave Island】.

Then Li Cheng could only cheerfully give the killing field the middle finger, praise its ancestors for eighteen generations, and immediately use 【Emergency Escape Card】 to bolt.

"When the cart reaches the mountain, a road will appear; when the boat hits the bridge, it will naturally pass. We've survived so many storms—could it, should it, probably not capsize?"

Giving himself a little pep talk, Li Cheng turned to make preparations.

There wasn't much to prepare, really—just entrust the information broker Changsun Yao to gather relevant data; buy some possibly useful items from the Slums and store them in the 3D warehouse; fully charge the 【Hidden Back Energy Source】.

Currently, his player panel reads:

(All player panels are excluded from paid word count)

【Godslayer·Master Pi Fu】

【Lv21, EXP: 272/2100】

【Strength: 11】

【Agility: 11】

【Intelligence: 12】

【Constitution: 12】 (New Human: +1) (Common Man's Fury: +1)

【Perception: 12】

【Charisma: 5】 (Barbecue Enthusiast: -1)

【Equipment Slot: Mercy's Soul-Blessing Melody, Two-Yi Knife, Boundless Soul-Locking Bell, Levitation Engine, Assembled Doll, Proof of the Odd Mechanic, Holographic Bone Corridor, Bat-Hook Gun, Skill Mobility USB, Information Synthesis Glasses, Iron and Victory Flag Spear, Ape Regression Gun】

【Inventory: Book of Seeking Death, Automated 3D Warehouse, Akili Toy Factory Key, Ten-Thousand-Eyes Communication Earpiece, Emergency Escape Card, Electronic Pet Egg, Bat-Wing Weight Motorcycle, Xuanlei Qilin Blood Plasma 700ml, Backup Hidden Energy Source, Technological Singularity Device, Erotic Dao Robe】

【Skill Slot: Mist Concealment, Multi-Threaded Brain Domain Method, Experience Roleplay Method, Instant Thunder, Familiar Swap, Condensed Qi Internal Explosion Fist, Riding the Tide's Furious Waves, Solid Rock Rooting Technique, Knight Never Dies Empty-Handed, Demon Dragon's Breath, Summoning Art·Farmer, Death Curse Torrent (Temporary), Brain Entropy Extraction (Temporary), Bloodlust Draught (Temporary), Cheetah Leap Double Jump (Temporary), Medium Auto-Aim Gravity Energy Ball (Temporary), Summoning Art·Thousand Paper Cranes (Temporary)】

【Game Currency: 22490】

【Qi Value: 710/2285】 (Backup Hidden Energy Source: +1575)

【Sanity: 410】 (Barbecue Enthusiast: +120) (Helicopter Destroyer: +30)

【Mao Jin: Skill Phantom Soul Ambush, Equipment Skull-Shattering Power Hammer, Silver Wing Light Path】

All preparations complete. At 11:50 PM, Li Cheng, fully armed, stood before the mirror in his bathroom.

A faint orange air-freshener scent hung in the air; through the bathroom door, the TV show playing in the living room could be faintly heard.

"Tonight's ultimate challenge: seven contestants—who will win the final victory and open that door? Let's wait and see."

Li Cheng listlessly scanned the barely visible water stains on the mirror. By past experience, the system's transmission always happened instantly, with zero anomalies.

But this time—

The clock hands froze at 19:59:59; this second stretched out infinitely.

The Doppler effect stretched the TV audio from the living room into a deep, drawn-out drone.

With the Multi-Threaded Brain Domain Method enhancing his mental speed, Li Cheng reacted instantly—his face twisted in shock and confusion.

Had it not been for the passive effect of the Boundless Soul-Locking Bell—clearing the mind—he'd have doubted his own sanity.

The next instant, translucent purple tendrils erupted from the bathroom mirror, like a Venus flytrap, closing around Li Cheng's entire body, yanking him into the mirror and hurling him into a zero-gravity space. The time-slow effect still held—his limbs moved uncontrollably; he could only glimpse his surroundings with his peripheral vision.

This place resembled a wide, elongated circular tunnel, surrounded by colorful, indeterminate lights.

Various lights formed geometric patterns—regular or irregular—flashing and shifting at speeds beyond human visual limits, inducing nausea.

It was like the time tunnel in Doraemon, every time the time machine activated. Also like the hallucination from eating too many mushrooms.

Amid the dazzling lights, besides Li Cheng, six other blurred figures drifted forward along the tunnel.

All seven noticed each other, but the time distortion prevented them from shouting.

Hum!

Like the last stubborn shit finally flushing down the toilet—

Li Cheng exited the time tunnel; all light vanished before his eyes.

He blinked hard, dispelling the afterimage pain in his eyes.

Then he realized something was wrong.

He seemed to be sitting cross-legged on a not-very-soft bed. His eyes were covered by knitted fabric, his mouth stuffed with a towel, his hands and feet cuffed.

Moreover, his base stats had plummeted: height around 134 cm, weight around 30 kg—roughly 0.035 of Mao Jin.

Worse, his inventory and skill slots had turned gray.

【During this mission, the player is in Special Roleplay Mode: all data—including attribute boosts, supernatural powers, inventory, and skill slots—will match the physical condition of the role and the world's progression level.】

WTF

Li Cheng's eyelid twitched violently. He'd experienced Full Roleplay Mode before—no attribute boosts, no skills or skill scrolls except titles, no access to inventory items.

But this Special Roleplay Mode seemed different—his personal panel's stats had quietly changed into—

【Strength: 3】

【Agility: 3】

【Intelligence: 5】

【Constitution: 3】

【Perception: 5】

【Charisma: 8】

【Spirit Power: 40】

In the inventory, descriptions of all items and skills changed drastically: high-quality items such as the Benevolent Soul-Chant, the Two-Instrument Blade, and the Levitation Engine all turned red, warning that current Spirit Power was too low to use.

Items less dependent on Spirit Power—such as the Bat Hook Gun, bat-wing weight armored motorcycle, and three-dimensional warehouse—all gained a 【Children's Edition】 prefix.

Before he could ponder what this 【Children's Edition】 meant, the system's alert tone continued.

【Phase One Objective: Escape the SVIP Cell】

【Time Limit: 20 Minutes】

【Reward: Increase progression by 10% based on current ability unlock status】

【Failure Penalty: Permanent Stagnation in the Script World】

【Mission Briefing Sent】

A low, rasping mechanical voice echoed:

【Located on Saint James Island, U. S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea, the island boasts beautiful scenery and pleasant weather, with a helipad, gas station, seawater desalination system, tennis court, gym, and more—all present, rivaling a five-star resort at sea】

【The island's owner, American Jewish businessman Jeffrey Epstein, transformed it into a terrestrial paradise. Visitors arriving and departing are global elites: former U. S. presidents, former U. S. Secretaries of the Treasury, British princes, former Israeli prime ministers, renowned legal scholars, and famous physicist stars.】

【But few in the outside world—or at least, not yet—know the invisible filth and dark corruption buried beneath this island.】

【Will the caged canaries escape to freedom, or will their wings be clipped?】

【Give it a try—I'm eager to see.】

Seeing this absurd mission briefing, Li Cheng's mind held only one thought.

"Caw! I don't want to become a little girl!"