Chapter 167

As soon as she thought her current state was after copper refining, Weiniya's little face turned bright red, and all kinds of weird thoughts kept popping up in her head.

"No! Impossible! How could I be like these things!"

In a daze, she again recalled those bleak parallel-world scenes she had seen before; it seemed that from that time on, weird things began to appear in Weiniya's mind.

"It must be that thing contaminating my brain! It must be!"

Weiniya patted her hot cheeks, forcibly threw those weird thoughts out of her mind, then picked up her quantum phone, pulled out a photo from the phone case, and there it was—Zhang Jie.

The photo was newly taken, and around it Weiniya had drawn many little hearts with a pen.

Weiniya carefully touched Zhang Jie's photo with her hand, pursed her lips, then solemnly put the photo back.

This scene was just like those manga depicting a female loser protagonist who works nonstop for the male lead's happiness, treating him as her emotional support, while the male lead is at that moment on a date with some girl.

"For the teacher! Work!!!"

She regrouped, swept away her gloom, turned and headed toward the grandest hall of the game festival.

This game festival hosted by Galaxy Dream Company not only offered trial plays of various upcoming games, but also featured a grand game announcement.

Soon, this game announcement event would begin, and Weiniya's goal was to be there.

She had to find a way to silently kill the target and then withdraw completely.

As for the previous assassination attempt on Zhang Jie, she had originally planned to do just that, but since Zhang Jie kept wandering the streets and she herself was anxious, she could only resort to this measure.

"This time! I must stay steady!"

Weiniya raised her hand to cheer herself up, then disguised herself as an ordinary girl in strange clothes and walked toward the venue.

Unbeknownst to her, while she lowered her head to cheer herself up, she actually missed Zhang Jie and Lin Ran, who were two positions away, but she remained unaware.

"Zhang Jie, what are you looking at?"

Zhang Jie glanced around as if sensing something; he seemed to have just seen a familiar figure, but it flashed by and he couldn't find it.

"Nothing much, I thought I saw an acquaintance."

Zhang Jie gave Lin Ran a slight smile, and the two continued walking toward the distance.

Soon, at the center of this continent, the grand venue was already packed with crowds, everyone eagerly looking toward the center of the hall.

Here sat game players from all corners of the universe; though they might be of different races, at this moment their preferences merged, with no distinction between them, all because of the same game company.

Zhang Jie and Lin Ran were also here, but unlike them, they had come just for the liveliness, yet their goals were different.

The Alliance Leader had no time to play these games; to her, eliminating natural disasters was the most fun game.

As for her purpose in coming, it was to accompany Zhang Jie to relax and, incidentally, cultivate their feelings; after all, in her view, Zhang Jie should currently be at a stage where he enjoys playing games.

But she didn't know that Zhang Jie not only dislikes playing, but now, at the sight of any game, he feels like vomiting—let alone electronic impotence, he simply doesn't want to look at them.

This time, he came purely relying on Lin Ran, and also to see what fun there is in this cosmic gathering.

In short, he just wanted to accompany Lin Ran and tag along for the liveliness.

However, for some reason, at this gathering many things gave him a strong sense of familiarity, which kept growing stronger.

"I keep feeling like it's similar to the Dream World from the simulation two rounds ago—is it just an illusion?"

Zhang Jie carefully recalled something, and suddenly a flash of insight struck him—the drink he had possessed in the simulation two rounds ago appeared in his mind.

That drink called 'Future' tea!

However, this time it had become a 'Future' drink blind box, which the curious Lin Ran bought and tried.

Unlike the bitter, astringent taste Zhang Jie sampled in the simulation, this time he tasted a rich, sweet cappuccino, which made him pay no attention to it.

And what Lin Ran drank was sour-sweet apple cider; they likewise exchanged drinks, yet the result remained the same.

At that time Lin Ran still didn't understand, bluntly asking what kind of quantum drink it was; he had his doubts then, but now it's clear it is intricately linked to the simulated world.

Although it was already known that events in the simulation would sync to reality, Zhang Jie still felt this was a bit too coincidental.

Last time he encountered Weiniya was because he was on vacation with Lin Ran; this time, too, it had to do with Lin Ran.

Zhang Jie turned his head to look at Lin Ran, who was watching the liveliness, and couldn't help but think.

"Could it be that my childhood sweetheart is actually some kind of plot trigger?"

Zhang Jie fell silent, feeling that his guess might actually have some truth to it.

At that moment, the game preview and announcement had already begun in the center of the venue; the crowd fell silent in unison, everyone focusing intently on the game presentation on stage.

Zhang Jie had originally been uninterested, but as the host's explanation went on, he gradually became interested as well.

Lin Ran was the same; though she normally never played games, she unexpectedly began to take an interest, which also surprised Zhang Jie.

All we can say is that this game company really has something—no wonder it's popular across the galaxy.

"Tsk tsk tsk, if only I had those conditions back then."

Zhang Jie sighed, 'Back then, that wasn't really a game—it wasn't playing a game; it was more like the game playing people.'

Putting it that way, it actually feels more like some worldwide game from a novel, where you need to clear various dungeons.

Now, listening to the game announcement, Zhang Jie finally felt, after a long absence, a sense of anticipation for games.

Zhang Jie and Lin Ran gradually got into the swing of things; the announcement proceeded normally, with various game previews being presented and upcoming game previews released one by one.

Without realizing it, the game festival's announcement was gradually drawing to a close; just when Zhang Jie thought it would end like that, an accident occurred!

Boom!

A violent explosion sounded from the venue backstage, releasing thick smoke.

Shrill screams rose all around; all the visitors reacted, hurrying to flee outside the venue.

Within the smoke, mist roiled; a white-haired figure suddenly burst out, covered head to toe in soot, looking somewhat disheveled.

And Zhang Jie's eyes widened the instant he saw the other party.

"Weiniya!?"