Please control me, my divine being!

Don't let her age fool you; she's surprisingly fast.

After turning left and right, leading Li Qinghe through several streets, she entered a narrow alley.

The alley was deep and dark.

The eaves on both sides of the walls arch up, blocking most of the sunlight.

In front of the half-open wooden doors, there were either heavily made-up, scantily clad women or thugs with a rough and uncouth air.

Faced with all the strange looks, Li Qinghe could only shout in her heart: Don't go, please, they're lying!

But no one responded.

The entity manipulating her body remained steadfastly behind the old woman.

As Li Qinghe ventured deeper into the alley, he encountered several people, some squatting, some lying down, seemingly disoriented in the corners of walls.

These people had lifeless eyes, were emaciated, and reeked of a foul odor. They didn't react at all even when someone stepped over them, just like corpses.

Li Qinghe recalled the conversation she overheard among the servants when she worked for the Zhang family: a young master of the Zhang family had been addicted to a magical potion, and now he had lost his appetite, was getting thinner and thinner, and looked like he had lost his soul.

Are these people the same?

Thinking back to the old woman trying to sell her talisman water, Li Qinghe felt an overwhelming sense of fear.

crunch.

Just as she was lost in thought, a wooden door opened, and the older woman led her inside.

Several huge ceramic water vats were placed in the courtyard, filled with liquids of various colors that resembled dyes, emitting a pungent smell.

Li Qinghe was very familiar with this taste.

She had once smelled the scent of SK-II on the young master of the Zhang family from afar; it was indeed the scent of SK-II.

I want to become like the young master of the Zhang family too?

No, the young master of the Zhang family is a rich man.

My fate will be the same as those homeless people I just saw!

Li Qinghe couldn't help but want to escape, but her legs wouldn't obey her commands.

"Aunt Ma, you brought another one back so soon?"

Three men in short-sleeved shirts were playing dominoes on a table in the courtyard. One of them glanced at Li Qinghe and asked casually.

Aunt Ma sat down to the side. "Oh, it's all because Sister Hong was pressuring us so much. She wanted someone young and pretty, and it took me a long time to find the right person. This one isn't very bright, but she's really good-looking."

talking.

Aunt Ma smiled and beckoned to Li Qinghe: "Come here, my good child. I see you've had a hard life too, so I've found you a good place. I'm a kind and gentle person, and I can't bear to see you kids suffer. Listen to me, and you'll suffer less."

broken.

This time, it wasn't just that they drank the magic potion, but they also fell victim to human traffickers!

Li Qinghe looked at the burly men in the courtyard and recalled the looks in their eyes when she walked into the alley earlier.

This is their territory, an illegal area that the police don't care about.

I have to do something, I must do something.

Li Qinghe quickly scanned the yard; besides Aunt Ma, there were only three men playing dominoes.

The men were fierce-looking, burly, and clearly thugs. Ordinary people couldn't afford to eat like that in this world; their thighs weren't even as thick as the men's arms.

Even if they escape, there will definitely be their spies in the alley.

Li Qinghe was pondering how to break the deadlock—

Crunch!

Aunt Ma pushed open the door to the woodshed in the yard.

Several men and women of similar age to her were bound hand and foot with ropes and tied to the pillars of the woodshed, with a range of movement of no more than one meter.

They bore all sorts of wounds, their expressions numb.

Even when someone walks by, he remains expressionless.

"Come here and drink this bowl of talisman water."

Aunt Ma picked up a porcelain bowl in the woodshed, walked to the water vat, scooped up a bowl of water, and held it out to her.

at the same time.

Li Qinghe felt her body go limp.

The being who had been controlling her body and leading her into the demon's lair suddenly withdrew its power and vanished without a trace, regaining control of her body.

Feelings of weakness, fatigue, and helplessness washed over me again.

Not just the physical body.

My heart is filled with even greater fear.

Why did that guy who can control his own body run away first when things really got tough?

In this world, even monsters and demons bully the weak and fear the strong?

Li Qinghe felt a lump in her throat, and tears welled up in her eyes.

But she didn't cry.

She understood very early on that she had no right to cry.

No one cared about her tears.

Taking advantage of Aunt Ma's moment when she was holding a bowl, she pushed away her other hand and ran straight towards the courtyard gate.

She had only run two steps when the man pushing the dominoes grabbed a wooden stick and threw it, hitting the girl's ankle.

He stumbled.

Li Qinghe fell to the ground, and the firewood knife and wild vegetables in the bamboo basket behind her all rolled out. The small cloth bag in her arms also fell to the ground, and dozens of coins rolled all over the ground.

"Ouch, you're too rough! If you damage it, it won't fetch a good price!"

Aunt Ma rushed over, her face full of heartache as she helped the girl up, her narrow eyes as cold as a snake.

"Teach this guy some manners, or he'll cause a lot of trouble on the road," the man said in a deep voice.

"Don't worry, as long as you give her some magic water and she goes hungry for two days, she'll be in a daze the whole way and won't have the strength to run." Aunt Ma picked up the porcelain bowl again, pinched the girl's face, and said, "If you don't want to be whipped, you'd better behave and drink it."

Li Qinghe's eyes were blank.

She couldn't think of a way to resolve the current situation.

The mysterious entity that plunged her into despair has completely vanished.

So He enjoys deliberately toying with people and taking pleasure in their suffering?

Then go find a rich person!

What's the point of making fun of someone like me who's poor and lives in the mud?

...

Zhou Qing looked at the game interface in front of him with a strange expression.

With the idea of ​​exploring more and triggering more quests in mind, he planned to casually complete the side quest about the woman selling talisman water, but he didn't expect it to directly trigger a battle.

The game's combat was completely different from what he had imagined.

In the text and images that have been consistent, a circular scene with simple lines, resembling an arena, suddenly appears.

With just a few strokes, the outline of a courtyard is sketched out.

Zhou Qing stood like a giant, overlooking the outline of the courtyard below, the stirring battle drums ringing in his ears.

In the courtyard, composed of simple lines, five oval-shaped character badges stand facing each other. The badges are also composed of simple black and white lines, with only general features.

Zhou Qing was able to distinguish friend from foe mainly because they showed their health bars.

The plus-size female character badge is Aunt Ma.

The three larger badges next to her represent the three thugs in the courtyard.

The character I control is a simple line drawing, just like when I chose the character; it's still that girl.

Lines of text information are displayed on the side.

Battlefield—

Human trafficking den, ordinary location, location capabilities: none.

Combat Characters

Li Qinghe: Fatigue, weariness, despair, overwhelming presence, being surrounded, mental intimidation...

A series of negative statuses are displayed below your game character.

After a brief moment of thought, Zhou Qing realized what was happening.

The battle mode of this game is the turn-based strategy mode, which has been widely used in the history of gaming.

Furthermore, the characters' actions are not turn-based, but rather the probability and efficiency of achieving various actions are determined based on the characters' various attributes.

Offense, defense, evasion, negotiation, persuasion, deception, concealment...

A dazzling array of options appeared in front of you.

Outside the battle arena, there is also a prop station exclusively for Zhou Qing.

Currently, there is only one prop on the stage called the Fate Dice Cup, which contains a die called "Li Qinghe's Fate" with a score of 1-3.

Next to the dice cup, there was an even larger and more conspicuous die.

Zhou Qing's fate dice have a value of 6-12.