An infinite journey starting from paradise

"What secret does she have?"

Lin Shangren once again recalled what Hou Yi had said to him that day:

"These are the Twelve Sacred Treasures of the Underworld! The story that unfolds later is very interesting. The reasoning and deciphering of the mystery will definitely suit your taste. The heroine Manaka Gawain will give you unexpected surprises~"

"The heroine..."

Putting Rika down and letting Teacher Aoi and Hokariya comfort the little girl, Lin Shangren began to look at the white room carefully.

This room was very different from the previous one, it was spacious and had a high ceiling. There were several doors of the same shape along the wall, neatly arranged with the doors in the previous white room.

In the center of the room was a strange installation with multiple monitors. The monitor in the center was so large that it made people feel more pressured.

There are cameras and huge display screens installed everywhere. Let alone surveillance, it feels like your destiny is being controlled.

"What are these screens used for?" Lin Shangren was a little curious.

At this moment, the mechanical mixed voice sounded again without any warning...

Chapter 4: Can a virtual body produce real emotions?

[Current Status Verification Begins]

[Total number of players: 6]

[Keyhole: 5]

[Unlocked by: 1]

[Turn: 0. Status: Standby]

[The game will officially start in twenty minutes. Players can use this time to adjust their status.]

The sound stopped abruptly.

With a loud "bang", many display screens in the center of the room lit up at the same time, showing what the voice had just said.

“Ah!! This is so scary! What’s going on this time? Wuwu… I’ve had enough… Someone, please save me…!”

Rika, who had been sobbing quietly, began to cry again.

"It's just the monitor that's turned on, right? There's nothing to be afraid of. Eh... oh, by the way, your name is Rika-chan, right?" Manaka Kazuhan suddenly said to Rika in a frivolous tone.

"I...I just..."

Looking at the timid Rika, Manaka Hehuan's eyes narrowed into crescents: "There's nothing to be afraid of. We can't escape when we die anyway, okay?"

"Woo..."

Seeing Rika's frightened expression, Manaka Gakuen seemed to become even more pleased, and she began to move closer to Rika:

"Fufu, I told you not to be scared, why are you making that expression, Rika-chan?"

"enough."

Bai Ye Linyin, who had been silent all the time, suddenly stood between Hehuan and Lixiang.

"You're still making such a bad joke in this situation."

"Ah, you are..."

"Rin, Byakuya Rin."

The lonely and cold girl with long black hair introduced herself in a cold tone.

"You're calm and rational, which is good. But, there's no need for you to incite panic, right?"

Facing Bai Ye Lin Yin, He Huan sneered and replied, "It's precisely because I'm calm that I want to play a little prank to lighten the mood. Don't you understand?"

"I can't understand it."

"Is that so? That's really boring."

Hehuan stopped talking and looked at Linyin's face with interest. Linyin also lost the mood to talk to Hehuan.

"that…"

Rika approached Rinone nervously, glancing upwards and looking up at her timidly.

"Thank...thank you...Sister Bai Ye."

Rinone turned around and said coldly to Rika:

"You should exercise some self-control. Everyone is enduring the horrors of this game in this situation. I don't think you have the right to indulge your emotions."

“Eh…? Um… Um… Rika…”

The person who stood up for her suddenly spoke words of condemnation. Li Xiang was unable to react for a moment and could only speak vaguely, at a loss.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

Then, tears as big as beans flowed out of Lixiang's eyes again.

"Manaka-san! Byakuya-san!"

Teacher Aoi said to the two of them in a reproachful tone:

"We are all just fellow sufferers temporarily traveling together. Please, don't argue in this situation."

Manaka Kazuhan smiled and said, "Ah, teacher, we weren't arguing. We were just stating our opinions."

Then she paused and continued:

"Come to think of it...Rather than arguing over trivial matters like this, we should have something more important to fight about, right? Hey~ Shangren-kun?"

"what?"

Teacher Aoi was stunned, as if she didn't understand what Manaka Hehuan was hinting at.

Manaka Kazuhan continued, "Since we'll really die if we don't play by the rules, then in order to stay alive and escape from here, we should be arguing about who should act as the keyhole, right? Okay?"

He Huan's words seemed to have awakened the women present. If they didn't want to die, they could only play the game. According to the rules of the game, at least one of them would have to commit herself to Lin Shangren.

"So, what should we do? Should we choose one person to have sex with Shang Renjun five times, or should we be fair and have each of us have sex with Shang Renjun once?"

The overly explicit remarks described the current facts. The game would begin in less than twenty minutes, and this was an urgent problem that everyone needed to solve.

Everyone's expression became solemn, including Lixiang who was sobbing softly just now.

"So, who are you going to choose, Shangren-kun? Your childhood sweetheart, Hokari-san? Your cute junior, Rika? Your mature and beautiful teacher? Or a mixed-race beauty like me?"

Oh, and Bai Ye-san, she's quite the iceberg beauty too? Or... try them all?"

"Manaka-san!"

Teacher Aoi interrupted Hehuan's speech in a stern tone.

At this moment, the sobbing Li Xiang suddenly hugged Lin Shangren:

"Senpai...senpai...Rika hasn't done anything bad to you, right? Rika...believe in you..."

Li Xiang's actions and words made the already awkward atmosphere even more tense. Her actions undoubtedly said:

"Except me, anyone of you is fine. For everyone's survival, go to Wormwood, except me!"

"I originally thought she was just a cowardly and timid girl, a little willful at best, but I didn't expect she was such a double-standard fairy."

While thinking, Lin Shangren pushed away Lixiang who was hugging him without leaving a trace.

“Senior…?”

"That's enough!" Lin Yin suddenly said, "According to the rules, the final decision-making power lies with Lin, right? Even if we argue to our heart's content, what's the point? Instead of fighting among ourselves now, why not use this time to investigate this place and find another way out?"

"Bai Ye is right," said Teacher Aoi. "Instead of fighting among ourselves... why not investigate this place first? I know everyone is scared. We're all girls, and something like this happened suddenly... huh..."

Teacher Aoi suddenly took a deep breath, as if she had made a great decision. She said to Lin Shangren, "Mr. Lin... if you can't find another way out during this period, you... choose me. I am a teacher and have the responsibility to protect my students..."

"teacher……"

Bai Ye Linyin seemed to want to say something, but ultimately chose to remain silent.

"What a touching scene. However, in the end, it all depends on Shang Renjun's choice, right? What if he..."

"Say less!" Fan Qiye interrupted Hehuan, "Stop instigating me. The teacher has clearly..."

"Ugh, boring."

After leaving this sentence, Hehuan turned and left the crowd.

Rinone and Aoi-sensei also began to investigate the room separately, while Hokariya chose to continue watching over Rika.

Lin Shangren watched all this with a cold eye, thinking in his heart:

"A sharp-tongued troublemaker, a double-minded and useless burden, a gentle and kind childhood sweetheart, a calm and rational beauty, and a teacher who chooses to sacrifice herself to protect her students...

I'm really getting more and more curious about what the person behind this is trying to do. What's the point of having me have sex with them?"

Lin Shangren once again expanded the system panel, his eyes fixed on several key words: dystopia, near future, euphoria variant, Sleeping Beauty, and paradise system.

"Hey, system," Lin Shangren asked in his mind, "Other people's cheats are so cool and awesome, giving out props and skills like they're free. It's fine if you can't do that, but can you be more useful? Can't you give me a few more hints?"

[Function to be unlocked, please complete the first world mission independently first]

"You... I have to rely on my own brain when I don't have a cheat, and now I have to rely on myself after I have a cheat. Then isn't this cheat useless?"

Doesn't this show that you have a good brain?

"..."

Lin Shangren shook his head helplessly: "That's right, I can rely on myself. Since the person behind the scenes wants me to humiliate them, then I will do it. What Zhen Zhong Hehuan just said is right, the choice is in my hands, and those present are all beauties."

Thinking this way, Lin Shangren also began to explore the room.

In fact, there was nothing to explore. The entire main room was extremely empty. Except for the display screen in the center, everything else was pale white. The only conspicuous thing was an iron bucket in the corner with black letters printed on it: "Toilet".

"That's quite thoughtful... Speaking of which, can this virtual world truly fully simulate the human body's physiological responses? It's a very complex process, and even the slightest deviation will be noticeable. Even the floor tiles have to be reused. Does the computer behind it really have such terrifying computing power?"

With this question in mind, Lin Shangren walked into the small room where Ando Tomoko's body was alone. He had some things to confirm.

Hayashi Shangren walked to the electric chair and carefully examined Ando Tomoko's body.

He first sniffed the smell of the corpse, then reached out and pinched her soft arm, and finally squatted down and tried to pry her ankles.

Hayashi Naoto did this series of things not because he had any thoughts about Ando Tomoko's body. He is not a pervert with ice love tendencies.

Lin Shangren did all this to confirm whether the computer simulating this world behind the scenes could really simulate the death of a person who died from electrocution.

"Generally speaking, people who die from electric shock generally do not have obvious scars on their bodies. However, if they were electrocuted by high-voltage current, the high temperature and carbonization of the skin will cause cracks and electric shock scars.

But no matter whether it is low voltage or high voltage, people who die from electric shock will become stiff due to muscle contraction and spasm before death. Rigor mortis of people who die from electric shock will come earlier and be more serious than other ways of death.

Ando Tomoko's body did smell like burning protein, but her softness didn't suggest electrocution. It seems the computer behind the scenes, while powerful, still has limited computing power... After all, she was an insignificant figure, so who would bother confirming she was truly electrocuted?

"Oh~"

A charming voice interrupted Lin Shangren's thoughts.

Then, Lin Shangren felt something very soft pressing on his back.

"I got you~ Shangren-kun, what are you doing?"

It was Zhen Zhong He Huan, she suddenly hugged Lin Shangren from behind.

"Hee, huh~huh~"

The moist breath and faint smile stimulated Lin Shangren's ears, and Manaka Hehuan's slender fingers caressed the chest of Lin Shangren's shirt seductively.

Her white, slender fingers reminded Lin Shangren of the spider girl from Japanese monster legends. Her movements were unpredictable, and her soft fingers poked Lin Shangren's chest casually and ambiguously.

"What do you want to do in a place like this?"

The honey-like whisper vibrated Lin Shangren's eardrums, and the enchanting voice made Lin Shangren unconsciously fantasize.

"Hey~ You're not going to answer me? Shangren-kun, are you talking to the class monitor..."

Manaka Hehuan's hand slid gently down, and finally began to outline Lin Shangren's shape through the fabric of his pants.

At this time, Lin Shangren finally knew the answer to the question just now. This virtual world can really fully simulate the physiological reactions of the human body!

"Oh my~ Was I right? Hmm... it's really... exaggerated."

"Well!"

Lin Shangren suddenly felt a sharp pain in his earlobe. Zhen Zhong He Huan had suddenly bitten his earlobe.

A sharp pain came, and at the same time Lin Shangren smelled a faint smell of blood.