The Red Lotus Volcano parkour express, before its fame could spread, had already crashed and burned.
The good news is: a senior high school student can now focus on reviewing and preparing for exams.
As for the thirty-odd unlucky souls who fell from the sky, the ending was never in doubt—
Plop, plop, they dropped into the lava lake like dumplings, and were fried to a crisp.
After reviving, the group stood on the platform of the [Stone of Origin], looking at each other.
“Sigh…” Nanshan sighed.
For some reason, he wasn’t surprised at all.
Quickly accepting reality, he jumped off the [Stone of Origin] and began to climb the parkour course using his own abilities.
Happy Superman couldn't do that; he couldn't hold back his complaints and had to chat with the other victims!
Anyway, this parkour route was difficult and long, impossible to complete in a short time, so they could chat to their hearts' content before slowly climbing.
The others were in a similar state:
“I was already halfway there! I could see the flag at the finish line!”
“Yeah! If only Zhùmèng had been half a minute slower, we would have reached the end!!!”
“When Zhùmèng saw the abnormal data and scanned over here, seeing thirty-plus people flying in the sky, wouldn’t it be strange if they weren’t all banned?”
“Uh, when you put it that way, it doesn’t seem unreasonable…”
…
…
The golden magic frog in Sprout City, the blue magic frog in the Icefang Dragon’s mouth, the pink magic frog in the Red Lotus Volcano parkour.
These magic frogs of different colors made many players wonder:
Could there be other colors of magic frogs?
If they collected all these different colored magic frogs, would there be a special reward?
Given Zhùmèng’s style of hiding easter eggs everywhere, the possibility was high!
This led to everyone being extremely enthusiastic, searching everywhere for magic frogs.
That evening, sure enough, everyone discovered another purple magic frog!
—In the Silver City Cathedral.
Wearing a modified priest’s robe, with a cross brooch symbolizing holiness pinned to the collar, a deep purple sash draped diagonally across its round white belly, with stars embroidered on the sash in gold thread.
This uniquely shaped “Priest Magic Frog” was squatting on the thick Bible on the pulpit.
Judging by its appearance, it was obviously a guest wedding priest.
Many players were excited to death and immediately took their virtual wives to the cathedral, wanting to get married under the auspices of the frog priest.
But their trust in Xǔ Mèng was a bit too much.
—A mere few hours was not enough to create a wedding ceremony.
When players brought their virtual wives who had used the [Mind Cube] to this frog priest, wanting to trouble the frog priest to host a wedding, the frog priest only said:
“Ribbit~”
No matter how they asked, there were only “ribbit ribbit” and “ribbit ribbit ribbit” replies.
The players couldn’t understand at all.
—Neither human-form players nor frog-form players could understand.
After that, different players encountered different situations:
Some players couldn’t figure it out and kept kneading the frog priest in their hands, but there was no reaction.
Some who were particularly perverted even went to kiss the frog priest directly.
Besides disgusting the frog and themselves, there was no reaction.
But there were also a few players whose virtual wives who were brought to the cathedral would take their hands and give them a loving kiss.
If it was a human form, then after the kiss, there would be a tight hug.
If it was a frog form, then they would return to human form in a burst of white smoke.
—[The Frog Prince’s Curse] was truly lifted by a kiss of true love.
The players who lifted the curse were mostly quite moved.
They felt that their emotional investment in the game and the characters had truly received feedback and recognition.
Some players with finer emotions were even moved to tears.
…
Of course, there were also some people who were even more devastated.
Such as the famous cyber-scumbag—Huàn Yuè.
Upon hearing this news, Huàn Yuè immediately dragged Huo Huo to the cathedral, standing expectantly in front of the frog priest, his heart pounding.
But Huo Huo only covered her face, looking at him shyly.
She didn’t take the initiative to kiss him.
“?”
The expectation on Huàn Yuè’s face froze.
“What’s the meaning of this???”
“Where is my kiss of true love?”
Huo Huo was still shy.
Huàn Yuè the frog was devastated once again.
He even began to doubt himself: “Is it because I haven’t spent enough money on in-game purchases???”
But that was of course impossible.
There was nothing in the Frostwind Project’s Whimsy Emporium that he hadn’t bought.
In the end, after a lot of effort, he roughly figured out what was going on—
After players used the [Mind Cube] on a character, it seemed to activate a hidden favorability bar.
This favorability could not be increased by spending money on in-game purchases.
It was temporarily unknown whether it was increased through language, interaction, mini-games, or something else.
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But one thing was very clear: time.
Without exception, the players who received the kiss of true love had spent a lot of time with their virtual wives!
And Huàn Yuè…
“They are all my wives, I can’t be too partial!”
Huàn Yuè regretted it a little.
But he was helpless and could only try not to change the characters in his harem so often in the future, and let Huo Huo stay for a while.
—
While Huàn Yuè was strolling around Silver City with Huo Huo, wanting to compensate this first wife, Huǒ Dāo was also playing in the streets of Sprout City with the silver-haired girl, Xī Lǐ.
Over the past week, their relationship had become quite good.
They often ate and strolled around Sprout City together, having eaten almost everything in Sprout City.
And Huo Dāo’s credit points were almost completely depleted.
Today, while they were eating snowfield matcha cake in a street-side cafe, a large group of players suddenly ran wildly past the window, shouting loudly.
—Every 15 minutes, Sprout City would refresh a new magic frog, which led to an army of players catching magic frogs all over the city.
These people aroused the curiosity of the silver-haired girl.
She tugged on Huo Dāo, following the crowd to join in the fun, and even participated in it, catching them for a while with loud shouts.
It wasn’t until evening, when the sky in Sprout City gradually darkened and the city lights lit up at the same time, that she finally stopped, satisfied.
As usual, Huo Dāo took her to her favorite restaurant.
After paying for the order, just as he was about to say goodbye and log off, the silver-haired girl suddenly grabbed his sleeve.
Huo Dāo looked at her in confusion: “What’s wrong?”
The silver-haired girl held a spoon in her hand, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally began to say: “I had a lot of fun today!”
Huo Dāo smiled and nodded: “It’s good that you’re happy.”
“I’ve been very happy since I met you!” The girl emphasized again.
Huo Dāo’s smile became a little stiff: “Uh, that’s good, that’s good.”
He saw this silver-haired girl as if she were his daughter.
He was afraid that this virtual girl would suddenly confess her love to him or something.
Fortunately, the girl quickly explained: “My father taught me: When you receive a gift from others, you should give something in return.”
“Oh!” Huo Dāo breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, it was a game, and of course he wouldn’t refuse: “Then how do you plan to repay me?”
Little Xī Lǐ was a little tangled, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: “I don’t have any money.”
“So I think, I can tell you a secret, or take you on a journey, or teach you a skill.”
“You choose!”
Huo Dāo blinked, realizing that this answer was very important.
He was, after all, a fossil-level old player, and his operation and reaction might not be as good as young people, but his game sense was not bad!
This was obviously a reward event triggered by the character’s favorability reaching the standard!
He carefully considered his words and asked seriously: “Can you tell me about what kind of secret, where to travel, and what kind of skill?”
Seeing that Huo Dāo was indeed interested, the silver-haired girl felt relieved and happily scooped a spoonful of jelly pudding into her mouth.
After satisfying her appetite, she explained:
“It’s a very important secret! It’s about both my identity and the secret of White Frost.”
“As for the journey, it’s a journey about the sea!”
“Finally, as for the skill, I don’t know magic seals, and swordsmanship is not very suitable for you, but there is an ability that is very suitable for that world full of large dragon beasts.”
“Um… do you mind your body undergoing a mutation?”
“It can allow you to inherit the abilities of monsters to a certain extent!”
After introducing these three options, Xī Lǐ couldn’t wait to lower her head and eat the jelly pudding.
Huo Dāo widened his eyes.
He immediately realized that he might be only one step away from solving the mystery of the ecological disaster in the Huáiwǎ Rainforest!
