It turns out I'm a second-generation demon.

Li Xianyu was unwilling to give up and pressed on, "Isn't there any other way? Are we going to be trapped here and die?"

Thunder War Maiden's face was grave, and the young assassin sighed helplessly, "It seems there's really no way to do it right now. Long Aotian is an extremely powerful awakened spiritual being, and the entire virtual world is a giant illusion array. Our company spent a lot of manpower and effort to create this world, striving for perfection, but now it seems we've trapped ourselves."

Thunder War Maiden said in a deep voice, "There is a way, though. We can defeat Long Aotian, or wait for him to realize his mistake and automatically remove the illusion array."

"That's not saying nothing," the young assassin said, taking a small sip of her wine. "Long Aotian controls the illusion array. Here, not only us, but even the big boss can't do anything to him. And we can never wake someone who's pretending to be asleep. He didn't get lost in the illusion array passively; he went in headfirst and is completely at ease with it."

Thunder War Maiden immediately deflated. That's why Long Aotian's problem was so troublesome. This was Long Aotian's territory. In the game world, Long Aotian was electricity, light, the only myth, and a super star that NPCs wanted to kneel down and worship.

"Don't worry, the leaders will find a way to get us out," the teenage assassin said. "The more people involved, the faster things will be resolved. Just wait patiently."

That being said, even the heartthrob can't guarantee the range of that "time"—it could be a few days, a few weeks, or even a few months or longer.

If the problem can't be solved in the short term, then their bodies will need to have more physical necessities, such as IV lines or adult diapers...

The thought of being forced to wear diapers and have them changed regularly sent chills down Thunder Warrior's spine, and the look of dejection on her face deepened.

"If Long Aotian is so amazing, what the hell are you doing here?" Li Xianyu complained. At this point, he was too lazy to use a respectful title like "senior." What was supposed to be a safe and risk-free cutting-edge VR experience had turned into a disaster.

The teenage assassin said, "Of course, we're trying to awaken Long Aotian! This mission is incredibly valuable—three hundred points! Senior employees only get one hundred points a year, which is three years' salary! This year, all the company's mental power awakeners held a meeting specifically to discuss solutions for the virtual world. We all agreed that if we can find the loopholes in Long Aotian's worldview, we might be able to awaken him."

"Vulnerability?"

"Well, it's a virtual world after all, so there are bound to be loopholes. We've found more than one, but every time we bring it up in front of Long Aotian, he patches it up, and then the person who raised the issue inexplicably becomes the villain and gets killed by Long Aotian, game over."

"So this method won't work?"

"No, it's because the vulnerability isn't big enough. Once we find a vulnerability big enough to overturn the world, Long Aotian's patches won't work, the virtual world will collapse, and we'll be saved," the girl assassin said. "For now, the only option is for the dog to stay in this game and slowly find the vulnerability."

Thunder War Maiden retorted angrily, "It's easier said than done. Although the boss's script is a wish-fulfillment story, the logic is quite rigorous. There are many loopholes, but they are all minor issues and there are no loopholes that could overturn the world."

Li Xianyu had a sudden inspiration: "Why not just unplug the power cord?"

The teenage assassin shook her head: "No, that would mean... our consciousness, along with everyone else trapped in the virtual world, would be annihilated along with this non-existent world, and we would become true vegetable beings."

Li Xianyu also fell silent, sitting at the table listlessly, picking up a glass of wine, taking a sip, then another.

As someone who's been through it all, including a period of despair, the "teenager killer" comforted me, saying, "I was just like you guys at first, but then I found that being in the virtual world isn't so bad. There's fine wine and beautiful women, and you can even experience life in ancient times. When the company was building this world, they hired a professional history PhD as a consultant to try and recreate the lives of people in ancient times as accurately as possible. Just think of it as a vacation."

Li Xianyu rolled his eyes: "It's all fake. What's so great about it? I still need to go out and cultivate. I'm just here to learn something new."

The heartthrob gave a cryptic smile and pushed the beauty in his arms towards Li Xianyu.

Li Xianyu was bewildered, but did as he was told, opening his arms to welcome the beauty who was falling towards him, and asked in surprise, "Just like the real thing?"

The teenage assassin, Gan, chuckled, "Not bad, right... Now you know, although this world is illusory, it's not that different from reality. Remember the uniform you wore when you entered the game pod? It had built-in sensors, including touch, pain, hearing, vision, and even taste."

Li Xianyu muttered to himself, "If that's the case, it's not bad. I'll treat it as a vacation. These young ladies feel just like real people. Although I can touch them but not touch them, this kind of decadent and extravagant ancient brothel life is a rare opportunity to experience."

"Who can argue with that? The people here are indistinguishable from real people, and there are stunning beauties everywhere. Our company's IT team has been working on the modeling for six months straight without sleep."

"It feels really nice, no wonder Long Aotian doesn't want to come out."

"Thump!"

Thunder War Maiden punched Li Xianyu on the head, like a gorilla punching Sakuragi Hanamichi, and said angrily, "Can you two be a little more reliable?"

She was still haunted by the memory of diapers, while these two were enthusiastically discussing vulgar content. She glared at Li Xianyu, who was barely considered her apprentice, with exasperation: "The 'girl killer' is a mentally awakened individual; he can resist temptation. Be careful, don't get too deeply involved, or you'll become mentally disabled and live in diapers every day."

Li Xianyu said "Oh," straightened his attitude, and stopped being arrogant.

Since things have already come to this, instead of complaining, it's better to accept reality and think about solutions. Thunder War Maiden drank her wine, frowning in deep thought.

The girl killer was in much better spirits, clinking glasses with Li Xianyu and engaging in lively conversation.

Since he was in a brothel, he naturally had to talk about its culture. He said that brothels and brothels were different. In ancient times, brothels were places for the literati to enjoy themselves, and commoners were not allowed to go in and spend money.

Li Xianyu realized for the first time that brothels were such high-class places.

The young heartthrob added that the top courtesans and courtesans have very high social status and cannot be bought with money. You can spend hundreds of taels of silver just to catch a glimpse of their beauty, chat and sing a few songs. If you want to talk about life and ideals in bed, you have to spend more money, or it depends on the mood of the courtesans.

Li Xianyu said, "I understand that too. The courtesan is the same as the female celebrity of today."

Thunder War Maiden said irritably, "You men are really something. On one hand, you look down on prostitutes, but on the other hand, you enthusiastically pursue them. You say that wild flowers are always more fragrant than home flowers, but on the other hand, you won't allow your own wives to become prostitutes."

She frowned: "Tell these women to get out. They're all slutty sluts, it's uncomfortable to look at them."

The teenage assassin retorted, "Women of the night are also forced by life's circumstances. You can't look down on them. In my eyes, they are all pitiful little things."

Just then, the sound of rapid hoofbeats, shouts of alarm from pedestrians, and yells from the riders came from outside the window, creating a chaotic scene.

The teenage assassin put down her wine glass, seemingly expecting this, and said, "Come with me, Long Aotian is about to make his appearance."