WTNL Chapter 74

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Chapter 74: How do you say I will punish you?

…What is this?

Why is he still being haunted by this unlucky thing even in his dreams?

Could it be that since the end of the last instance, he had been thinking about how to get rid of the other party non-stop, so much so that he even appeared in his dream?

Just as Wen Jianyan was deeply reflecting on the content of his dreams, the other party unknowingly approached him.

The man’s stature was extremely high, with a broad frame. Although Wen Jianyan didn’t think he belonged to the kind of person who was too thin and weak, when he stood in front of the other party, he always had the illusion that he was very slender.

The opponent’s eyes were like molten gold, burning coldly in the darkness.

He was clearly in his own lucid dream, but after meeting the other person’s eyes, Wen Jianyan still had the illusion of a chill running down his spine.

This feeling made him very uncomfortable.

The young man narrowed his eyes, leaned down slightly, and suddenly shortened the distance between the two.

Relying on the fact that he was dreaming, Wen Jianyan stretched out his hand expressionlessly, and patted the other person’s pale cheek: “I don’t want to sleep and deal with you.” 

Saying that, he lightly pinched his cold and smooth skin: “Go away; let your father sleep well.”

“……”

Wu Zhu lowered his eyes, staring at him with neither joy nor sorrow. His figure did not disappear the moment Wen Jianyan’s voice fell, on the contrary, he still stood there well, with a solid figure, without any tendency to dissipate.

Wen Jianyan: ?

Why didn’t he disappear?

Generally speaking, in this kind of lucid dream, as long as he was aware that he was dreaming, he could control what happened in the dream and decide what he wanted to see.

He frowned and raised his hand again, but before he could do anything, his wrist was silently entangled in the darkness.

? ? ?

Wen Jianyan was startled and subconsciously raised his head to look at the man in front of him, and his pupils shrank slightly involuntarily.

Huh?

No?

Are all the details in a dream restored like this? Even the proficiency of tying people exactly the same as in real life?

The man’s low, emotionless voice sounded: “Dream? So that’s what you humans call it.”

Wen Jianyan was stunned.

Wait… What does this sentence mean?

In the next second, the man in front of him slowly took another step forward, and the distance between them shortened to the point where Wen Jianyan felt vigilant.

He realized that something was wrong with this “dream”.

Wen Jianyan’s face turned pale, and the toughness he had just shown disappeared. He retreated a few steps but was stopped by the solid darkness, and he could only be fixed in place reluctantly.

The upper body of the young man leaned back involuntarily, and the loose hem of his shirt spread open, revealing half of the white and flexible waist, and the scarlet line at the edge of the hip bone, which was half submerged in the shadow.

Wu Zhu lowered his eyes and stretched out his hand unhurriedly. The shirt was pulled away by the darkness, and his pale fingertips pressed against the piece of skin without hindrance.

The cold fingertips touched the warm waist of the human being, carelessly tracing the smooth lines of the incantation.

As if recalling the pain when the mark was engraved, the small piece of skin suddenly tightened, trembling slightly with every breath.

“Every time, you find a new way to offend me.”

The man raised his cold, golden eyes and slowly placed his entire palm on the soft, delicate skin. The young man’s narrow waist was almost held in his palm, and he could easily feel the opponent’s body tensed and relaxed:

In the dark room.

The young man slept even more unsteadily. His breathing was heavy and short, his head was half buried in the pillow, and his cheeks to the tips of his ears were burning red.

His shirt began to come loose at some point, revealing his firm chest and abdomen, his skin glowing white in the darkness.

The scarlet pattern near his hip bone was pressed down by some unknown force, and the shadow filled the slightly concave line.

“How do you think I’m going to punish you?”

“My bishop.”

Wu Zhu spoke lightly, with a slightly raised voice at the end and a cruel smile in his eyes.

“——!!!”

Wen Jianyan opened his eyes suddenly, and bounced off the bed, dripping with cold sweat.

He looked into the room in shock.

It was pitch black in front of his eyes, and he could only vaguely see the outline of the furniture in the room.

There was a dead silence in the empty room, and only his rapid and uneven breathing could be heard.

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, and then reached out and groped on the wall—only to hear a soft “snap”, and the room suddenly became brighter.

Under the bright white light, the room was fully visible.

Apart from him, there was no one else.

Just… what happened?

Wen Jianyan gasped, raised his hand, and pressed it on his forehead, feeling the cold sweat on his hand.

He closed his eyes forcefully, and the picture from the dream just now appeared clearly in his mind without any hindrance.

In the boundless, deep, and shallow darkness, those golden eyes that looked as if burning were staring at him, as if they wanted to devour him.

And the other party’s low and smiling words.

—His bishop.

“……”

Thinking of this, Wen Jianyan lost all sleepiness.

He lowered his head and rolled up the corner of his clothes.

The scarlet, spell-like lines were right at the junction of the hipbone and the lower abdomen, and were deeply seared into the depths of the skin. Accompanied by his shortness of breath, the uneven ups and downs brought a particularly ominous feeling. 

The feeling of being touched by the other party just now remained on the skin, making his back feel cold.

Obviously, even though he was in the system space, Wu Zhu could still use this to invade his dreams.

Coupled with the other party’s strange ability to manipulate darkness…

Wen Jianyan’s eyes darkened.

He got out of bed and went into the bathroom.

The faucet was unscrewed, and the fierce water rushed into the white porcelain sink.

He scooped up cold water to wash his face and looked up at himself in the mirror.

The light from the washroom sprinkled from the top of the head and landed on the young man’s head and shoulders. His face and the hair on his forehead were wet, and the water droplets clung to his eyelashes, the tip of his nose, and his lips, half dangling and shimmering with the faint light.

His amber eyes are half-closed. Hidden under the dark and moist eyelashes, the cheekbones were burning abnormally red, but his eyes were sober and terrifying.

He couldn’t wait any longer.

He must free himself from this absolute weakness as soon as possible.

Wen Jianyan grabbed the towel beside him and simply wiped his face.

He made a simple summary of what he had learned throughout the day in his mind.

Although the conditions of the instances he had thought of before was more suitable, it would take at least a week to complete the preparation. If it was before tonight, these instances were obviously more ideal. After all, he also needed time. However, after the encounter in the dream tonight, Wen Jianyan decisively gave up this idea.

System space was no longer absolutely safe.

He was able to successfully wake up from the dream this time, it might not be the case next time.

The time to enter the instance suddenly became urgent.

Wen Jianyan took out his phone and screened the contacts.

Soon, his eyes fixed on the name of one of the guilds.

In fact, he didn’t plan to cooperate with this guild this time, not only because he had met their people in the previous instances, but also because the next instance they provided was just one day later. The time was too close, and the difficulty was between B– and A. There was a high probability that it would be an instance type that Wen Jianyan had never understood or even dabbled in… 

The difficulty was high, and so was the chance of death.

However, Wen Jianyan couldn’t wait any longer.

He took a deep breath and sent a message to the guild.

***

Eternal Day headquarters.

“What? The strongest rookie on the rookie list is ready to join us?”

Wang Man, the vice president of the Eternal Day guild, looked at the anchor in front of her.

Although after each live broadcast, the rookie list would be updated, this time the updated rookie list’s top rookie really stunned all their senior anchors.

It was not impossible to get a platinum achievement by luck.

After all, many instances have a limit on the number of clearances. There were often various instances that were permanently closed for different reasons. After closing, the anchor who had obtained the highest unlocking degree for the instance would automatically get the single platinum achievement. In addition, in the later stage, many instances could be cleared as a team, so as long as someone in the team led the way, even if an anchor kept paddling, he could follow the platinum achievement of the team.

After doing a live broadcast for a long time, most of the senior anchors have more or less left their names in the Hall of Fame.

However, getting three platinum achievements in three successive live broadcasts was something that was unheard of.

If it was one time, it might have been luck, or he just met the big shot, who took the task and led the team in a low-level instance, but if it was three times, it was definitely related to strength.

All the guilds have taken a fancy to the potential of this rookie and want to include him in their team.

Given time, it might be possible for this person to reach the top of the standings, and even become the legendary SS-level anchor!

The number of anchors varies for each level.

Every time you go up one level, the number of anchors will be greatly reduced.

It was difficult to count the number of level E anchors. After all, most level E anchors couldn’t survive their first instance, but the number of level D anchors had reached thousands, and there were only a few hundred people left at level A.

There were 56 people in level S and 5 people in level SS.

And 0 anchors at level SSS.

The anchors didn’t know why there were no SSS-level anchors. It might be because they died in the assessment instance from the SS level to the SSS level, or it might be because they redeemed the prize ticket directly after they reached that level and left the live broadcast room.

This novice anchor was really a good seedling. If all went well, he might even change the guild ranking that had been fixed for an unknown amount of time!

Thinking of this, a trace of enthusiasm flashed across Wang Man’s eyes.

The anchor who was in charge of contacting Wen Jianyan said: “Not exactly, he seems to have received invitations from many guilds and is still hesitating, so he hopes to cooperate with us in the next instance to determine whether he will join us in the future.”

Wang Man showed a thoughtful expression.

Since this newcomer was willing to team up with them in the next instance, it meant that this newcomer should prefer their guild compared to others.

Then the possibility that the other party would be willing to join Eternal Day was extremely high.

She looked at the anchor in front of her and asked, “Which instance is the other party planning to join?”

The anchor lowered his head and flipped through his phone:

“In a day’s time, the instance difficulty will be from B– to A+, and there might be some difficult-level prop for killing bosses.”

“He asked for it?”

“Yes.”

Wang Man was a little surprised.

The first time she passed an instance of this difficulty, she had already experienced at least ten live broadcasts, and the other party dared to challenge this difficulty in his fourth time.

This rookie was really brave.

She pondered for a while, then raised her eyes to look at the anchor in front of her: “Alright, I will personally select the team members for this team.”

Wang Man’s level was not low. If she joined this instance, it was very likely that the original estimated difficulty would be changed. Therefore, although she really wanted to meet the legendary strongest rookie in the instance, she had no choice but to give up this time.

She bent her knuckles and tapped the table:

“When you met this anchor, what appearance did he use? If you ignore his appearance, what kind of person do you think he is?” 

“This…”

The anchor recalled carefully. After a while, he said with some hesitation, “I feel that his speech, behavior, and temperament are very consistent with his appearance. It is actually hard for me to imagine that he bought the appearance.”

Wang Man nodded

This was also possible.

After all, most novice anchors didn’t have many chances to get in touch with other anchors, and the chances of forging any life-and-death feuds were even smaller. In addition, appearance cost a lot of points, and it was understandable for new anchors not to buy it without thinking: “Then What does he look like?”

“His height is at least two meters.” The anchor gestured: “He has a fitness habit, his facial features are ordinary, even a bit ugly, very fierce, and looks oppressive.”

Wang Man nodded thoughtfully: “Understood.”

His ability might be of an offensive type.

Moreover…

For the sake of the team’s popularity, should they stuff another good-looking anchor into it?

***

“Are you sure? The anchor who lied to you is the strongest newcomer this time?”

Kong Laoliu gritted his teeth and said, “I’m sure.”

He poked the screen and said viciously, “One of these two platinum instances was passed by my nephew and the other by me. I don’t think I can even pick out a second anchor in the whole Nightmare like him!”

However, he never thought that the other party was a novice anchor who had only completed three instances…

When he thought that he and his nephew were being played by this anchor who had just entered the nightmare, Kong Laoliu became angrier in his heart, so much so that even his stomach was filled with anger.

The other party asked:

“Then why didn’t you tell your vice president?”

Kong Laoliu sneered:

“What’s the use of telling him? They are busy trying to recruit him now. If I rush up now, maybe I will just hit the muzzle and become cannon fodder.”

Maybe Qi Qian would reconsider whether he was allowed to continue to attack this liar, and what was worse, if that liar really joined the Dark Fire, he might really lose the chance of revenge.

Therefore, they kept this matter to the bottom of their hearts, not only did not report to the guild, they secretly found these anchors who were doing private work in the gray area.

“In short, you want to encircle and suppress him, right?”

Kong Lao Liu’s eyes lit up: “That’s right.”

Several anchors in front of them lowered their voices and communicated with each other for a while, and then one of them raised his head: “You’ve to pay 50% of the points in advance, and you will pay equal to the employment fee of an Oracle anchor.”

Kong Laoliu gritted his teeth, swallowed a mouthful of blood secretly, and said,

“…Okay!”

***

“So soon?”

After hearing Wen Jianyan’s words, Su Cheng and Ji Guan took a deep breath: “Can’t we rest for half a month this time? Why are you ready to enter the next instance so early?”

Wen Jianyan shrugged and sighed: “I can’t help it. I feel that the sooner the matter is resolved, the better… The longer this mark is left, the more dangerous it will be.”

He was not going to tell his strange dream.

There were ghosts with the ability to invade the system space… The impact of this matter was too great, and even Wen Jianyan was not sure of the reason, so there was no need to raise an alarm.

However, what he said was irrefutable.

Although Su Cheng and Ji Guan were worried, they had no choice but to nod and stopped trying to change the other party’s decision.

After all, Wen Jianyan was now a popular name with a lot of points reserves. Before entering the next instance, he went to the free trading zone for a walk.

Although there were many props in the free trading zone, there were not many really powerful ones with high rarity. After all, although the anchors want to earn points, they also need to survive the next instance as a prerequisite.

Although the props on the market were just passable, they could be of great use to anchors like Wen Jianyan whose initial points were not high after entering the instance and whose opened store was of a low level.

Since he was not yet an official Eternal Day member, although he could form a team together, the way of team formation was more like the way he and Su Cheng teamed up in the last instance. The connection was not close, and it was very likely that they would be assigned to other places.

Although Bai Zhou mentioned that he wanted Wen Jianyan to go to their headquarters to meet his teammates, the implication was to let the teammates get to know each other without criticizing their appearance, but Wen Jianyan refused.

He was always cautious in such matters.

Wen Jianyan didn’t have much interest in the guild, and he didn’t intend to tie up with all the Eternal Day members and acted as if the other party was his teammate.

In addition, he had many enemies now, so he refused to meet for now and agreed to meet with his teammates in the instance.

In this case, there would be more free space for him.

If the performance of these Eternal Day members in the instance made him vigilant, he would stay away as much as possible, and if the situation reversed, or if they showed a certain use value in a specific scene, Wen Jianyan could also form a team with them again.

Soon, it was time to enter the instance.

The Live broadcast square was opened.

All kinds of light screens were rotating, flashing dazzling lights. Various rankings were flashing on the screen, countless rankings were opened, and various live broadcast instances were posted, and they were accompanied by eye-catching and stimulating slogans, attracting the attention of the audience in the square.     

“Wow, there are a lot of new anchors this time, and a total of twelve low-level instances have been released. I feel that there will be a lot of exciting scenes!”

“Alas, it’s a pity that the anchor I followed today has started broadcasting, meaning I’m just taking a stroll here.”

“Oh my God! There are several high-level instances opened this time!”

“Wow, we are so lucky! There are a total of three level S instances opened, and an instace of level A has been upgraded to level S! This time you can feast your eyes!” 

“Yes! There are several popular anchors on the air! Have you checked the single list? Seven of the big shots are in the top 30 in the standings! There are still several good-looking anchors, so cool!”

“I haven’t seen such a lively square in a long time! It feels like the traffic has increased by at least seven or eight times than usual.” 

“Speaking of which, who is the anchor at the bottom of the single list? Why don’t I have any impression of him?”

“Ah! You don’t have any impression of him! This is the strongest newcomer who has been rising recently!” 

“Come on, the list of the strongest newcomers is one that changes most frequently; as long as a newcomer completes three live broadcasts, he will be able to join the list and will leave the list after completing the fifth live broadcast. This is the most unpopular, and the death rate is also the highest.”

“Yes, what qualifications does he have to be on the single list this time? Not even looking at the big shots around…is there something wrong with the system?”

On the bottom screen, the young man with amber eyes smiled. Next to his name was a quick entrance to the live room.

“Integrity First?”

“What the hell is this name? It sounds weird.” 

“But he is surprisingly good-looking. I wonder if he’s in the beauty zone.” 

“Forget it, I’m free anyway. Let’s go in to look around.”

“Wait, now an instance should have been assigned to the anchor, right? Just take a look at what his instance is this time, you don’t have to go in. After all, there are a lot of big shots this time, so there is no need to waste time on this kind of newcomer.”

Soon, the characters on the screen next to the youth were updated, and a line of small blood-red words appeared:

“Fantasy Amusement Park” hall is opened.

Instance difficulty level: A
Highest unlocking degree in history: 62%
Viewing value: C

“What’s going on?!” 

“!!! I’m reading it right! Fantasy amusement park?!”

“Mother, that Fantasy Amusement Park that wiped out the anchors several times?”

“F*ck!! Wasn’t this instance hidden by the system because of the high death rate? Why did it open again!” 

“Oh my God, the anchor who is assigned to this instance is too miserable… “

“What do you mean? Is this instance so difficult? It doesn’t look like it, it’s only level A.”

“No, this instance has nothing to do with difficulty… Alas, it’s really hard to describe. You just go in and look at it for a few minutes.”

***

The dark waves rolled over.

Wu Zhu stood in the endless darkness, his golden eyes narrowing slightly.

…

Before he could get to the point, he ran away again.

This new bishop of his was really slippery; he would disappear if he was not careful.

His strength had not recovered enough, and he was still unable to penetrate that powerful barrier for the time being. Although the other party had been marked, he didn’t seem to have the tendency to learn to be obedient, causing him to easily slip through his fingers again and again.

…This prey is really too much lively.

Wu Zhu twisted his fingertips.

That soft, warm, smooth waist seemed to still rest in his palm, on the fine white skin, scarlet lines meandered at the boundary between shadow and light.

Originally, he was only going to ask the other party to fulfill his duties as a believer, but…

Before he had time to make the request, the other party disappeared.

Some kind of unknown desire surged in the bottom of his heart.

Was it sadism? Was it appetite?

Maybe both.

Sure enough, they still have to meet again.

The man looked a little impatient.

Moreover, he could no longer be given a chance to escape from his hands.

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The author has something to say: 

Just keep chasing your wife like this, the more you chase your wife, the more he wants to kill you.

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