Chapter 98: The NPC Who Flapped Its Wings in the Game

Inside the Alchemy Room.

Lin Bai tossed a Zhangdu Pill onto the table: "Xiaobai, time to eat."

The little white fox ran over excitedly and swallowed the Zhangdu Pill in one gulp; it had no resistance at all to the aroma of the Zhangdu Pill.

"Drink some water." Lin Bai pointed again at the bowl filled with clear water nearby.

"I'm not thirsty right now." The little white fox glanced at the bowl filled with clear water, touched its bloated belly with a small paw, and said in a difficult tone.

"What the hell!" Lin Bai struck with a Palm Thunder, turning the little white fox into an explosive little white ball, and said leisurely, "You have to drink even if it's just a sip. I feel that the intimacy between us isn't high enough and needs more training. Living beings need balanced nutrition; how can you just eat without drinking water?"

"..."

The little white fox looked at Lin Bai with resentment, came before the water bowl, leaned down, and obediently drank a mouthful of water.

"Pee!"

Immediately after, Lin Bai pointed at the small basin on the ground.

"..." The little white fox froze. A huge sense of shame suddenly erupted from its heart. Looking at that small wooden basin, its whole body was trembling.

Revenge.

It must be revenge!

Isn't it just because it tricked him once?

Knowing full well that I have already gained sentience, yet you use this kind of method to humiliate me?

Is it worth it?

Narrow-minded human!

The little white fox looked at Lin Bai with grievance and tried to curry favor: "Master, I really told you everything I could tell you, I didn't hide anything at all. I swear, I won't dare to trick you ever again. Besides, Mother will definitely not come to save me, and she can't beat you either..."

A Three-Tailed Demon Fox!

You say she can't beat me, so she can't?

You probably don't know how long the casting wind-up for my Palm Thunder is?

Lin Bai looked at the little fox and said softly, "Xiaobai, don't be afraid. I'm not torturing you. Regular excretion can effectively reduce the burden on your body. I'm really doing this for your own good. If you're shy, I just won't look at you."

You are doing this on purpose!

The little white fox looked at Lin Bai with teary eyes, its tail wagging incessantly behind it, but it just wouldn't walk toward the pee basin.

"I really miss the time when I didn't know you could talk. You were so obedient back then; you did whatever I told you to! I didn't expect that now that we can communicate, you've become disobedient instead." Lin Bai looked at the little white fox and sighed faintly, "Xiaobai, I remember you said you have six other siblings, just as pretty as you?"

"No, Master, I'll be obedient." With that one sentence, the little white fox instantly broke down. It moved desperately to the side of the pee basin, closed its eyes, and squeezed out a little urine.

When it was pretending to be a wild fox before, it didn't feel like anything!

But now, it's really so shameful!

Why did it end up with such a wicked master?

Is Lin Bai torturing the little white fox?

No.

He is completing the daily tasks of the Pet System to grind the favorability of the fox species.

Ever since he learned that Xiaobai's mother was a Three-Tailed Demon Fox capable of Form Manifestation, Lin Bai began to consciously strengthen the improvement of fox favorability.

In the eyes of the little white fox, perhaps he is a supreme expert who has mastered the Thunder Technique.

But only he knows how much "water" there is in his status as an expert.

Morning Flight is time-limited, the wind-up for Palm Thunder is too long, and the remnant of the Nine Suns True Scripture works intermittently...

If he encounters a Three-Tailed Demon Fox that knows Illusion and Charm, he might not necessarily be able to hold out.

Furthermore.

Lin Bai also doesn't want to gamble on whether he can defeat a Three-Tailed Demon Fox.

He would rather spend more effort training the little fox, grind up the fox favorability, and turn whatever Three-Tailed Demon Fox, Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, or whatever else into his own family, friends, and combat partners...

As for the little fox's sense of shyness?

A fox that hasn't achieved Form Manifestation—no matter how pleasant its voice is, it's still cross-species!

What normal man would be interested in a female fox peeing?

If it achieved Form Manifestation, maybe he would take another look or two...

Fine!

Regardless of whether the little fox is willing or not.

The fox favorability brought by the Pet System is increasing bit by bit.

The little white fox hasn't noticed it, but in fact, it has already been affected by the Pet System's favorability.

Actually, there were many opportunities to escape easily, or even launch a sneak attack on Lin Bai.

After all, Lin Bai cannot watch it every moment.

When he is holding it, it could even easily plunge its claws into Lin Bai's heart.

But from beginning to end, the little fox never did so.

Whenever this thought popped up, a new thought would emerge in its mind: "Maybe he's doing this on purpose; such a cautious man, how could he intentionally expose his vitals to it?" "Let's eat the Zhangdu Pill one more time; the Zhangdu Pill is so fragrant, I'll escape after eating it one more time." "I can't escape; his speed is so fast, it would bring disaster to my family"...

One excuse after another, the little white fox found them all, to the point that it never even carried out a single real escape attempt...

While Lin Bai was hardcore training the fox.

In the Real World, because of his flashy advertising stunt, a huge wave was stirred up.

The Xianxia World game, which has a world as its background and is nearly absolutely real, had long since attracted nationwide attention. For these past few days, the trending searches have all been about this game.

Replacing sleep, an absolutely real otherworldly experience.

Even a ninety-year-old grandmother could not refuse such a novel game; after all, entering the game meant gaining double the lifespan!

How could a game with such nationwide popularity not attract the attention of those major capitalists?

Moreover, these merchants who control social wealth already possess a keener eye than the average person.

At the beginning of the game, some large companies launched investigations into the company that released Xianxia World.

After all, the technological content displayed in this game was enough to change the entire world; whether by buying shares or purchasing the technology, no one was willing to miss this opportunity to get a piece of the pie...

What was eerie was that they exhausted every method, yet not a single person could find where the game's publishing company was located.

There was no address in reality, no IP address on the game forum, and they couldn't even find any office staff...

The Xianxia World game seemed to have popped out of thin air; the only way it communicated with the outside world was through its official website, which provided a rough introduction to the game, and the game forum.

Some companies spent large sums of money to buy players' Game Capsules, attempting to reverse-engineer them.

The result shocked them: the level of the senior scientists in their companies could not even manage to dismantle a Game Capsule.

What was even more terrifying to them was this.

No matter how strict their security was, as long as they began to research and crack the Game Capsule, the Game Capsule would inevitably disappear for no reason.

Yet this situation would not occur in the hands of players...

Furthermore, all investigation results regarding the Game Company could not even be spread through the internet or other media; any news they released about the company behind Xianxia World would mysteriously disappear the moment it was posted.

Similar investigations continued for a few days until a decree came down from the upper echelons, issuing a gag order on them and completely sealing off any chance for them to continue their investigations.

The upper echelons did not even allow them to interfere with players who had already entered the game through external means...

Under pressure from all sides, ordinary players were only immersed in discussions about the game and did not discover the anomalies behind it.

Of course, with a fun game to play, most people were too lazy to pursue the secrets behind it...

Precisely because of this, many large companies adopted a wait-and-see attitude toward this mysterious game.

It was not until a tentative little advertisement for Mu Ming Milk caused a massive stir in the media that they dispelled these concerns.

Perhaps Xianxia World was a game that did not belong to this world, and perhaps there was some conspiracy behind it.

But this should not become a shackle that hindered them from making money.

Capital has always been profit-driven.

The iron-clad facts had already proven that no one in the world could stop this game from becoming a hit, not even the authorities; it would inevitably coexist with this world for a long time and become a part of society...

Since it could not be stopped, choosing to cater to it and join in was the only logical course of action.

Actually.

If the Game Company hadn't been restricting the distribution of accounts, the major conglomerates would have long since collectively moved into the game; having their own people operate in the game was always more reliable than relying on outsiders!

Replacing sleep and possessing clear thoughts within the game—this point alone was enough to make a great deal of headway; if utilized well, it could completely change the landscape of the entire world.

That day.

Various analyses and reports regarding the game were delivered to the desks of the CEOs of every major enterprise...

(End of this chapter)