"Are we friends?" Xu Youyuan recognized the sowhat playful na; she seed to have ssaged it before but never t up.
"You're not very familiar with Dark Box," said Plasma Cream Cake, pointing to the nickna floating above her head, "Blue fra with white text ans a stranger, red fra ans a friend."
"What a coincidence." Xu Youyuan was far from unfamiliar. Even though she hadn't deeply engaged with Dark Box, having been a planner for over a decade and a producer for nine years, she was well aware of such minor details. She just hadn't been paying attention to the other person earlier. Let Plasma Cream Cake say whatever she wanted; Xu Youyuan wasn't in the mood to argue.
"Not so coincidental," Plasma Cream Cake said. "I've asked you out several tis, always confirming right after you sent the invite, but none were ever finalized. I was quite frustrated and wanted to see who this 'Nothing' really was."
Xu Youyuan indeed rembered this person being very proactive: "How do you manage to confirm so quickly every ti? Do you just never log off the app?"
"The first ti I saw your invite was a coincidence. After confirming and getting no follow-up, I rembered you and added you to my special watch list. Any activity from you, and my phone alerts ."
"So you ca here for revenge?"
"Not really, just curious. I've counted the invites you've sent out over the past two weeks—eighteen in total. It seems you're dating daily, sotis even more than once a day isn't enough."
"Is that so strange?"
"I guess you haven't found the right date yet, soone who matches your heart and dares to take the plunge. I've also been looking for a dating partner, not to talk about anything else, just to experience more thrilling scenes together. There's just one high-difficulty duo mission left in the adventure the that I haven't unlocked. I can set up the difficulty level myself, but I can't find the right partner."
"So you provoked earlier just to make accept your challenge in a fit of anger?"
"I was a bit rude earlier because it's not easy to get a face-to-face with you, and you seed distracted. I was afraid you'd slip away again. So far, no Dark Box user has managed to complete a level 5.0 adventure the. Either the imported movie plots aren't challenging enough, or the self-created difficulties are still lacking. Don't you want to be the first?"
"What have you been looking for? Maybe we're looking for the sa thing." It was rare to see such sincerity from a vampire, "The world I build will definitely exceed a difficulty of 5.0. You have fun inside, and I unlock achievents. Don't think I'm being rcenary, but if you help complete the achievent, I'm willing to pay you."
Hearing the word "paynt," Xu Youyuan imdiately perked up. Maintaining her composure, she casually asked, "There's a paynt?"
"Yes."
With Xu Youyuan's experience, this was the mont the other party should ntion the specific amount.
"Fifty thousand RMB," she said.
Xu Youyuan's heart exploded with fireworks in an instant—what incredible luck, she had stumbled upon a big spender!
Indeed, the friend she t today was dressed in a vampire costu that wasn't cheap, retailing at 3999 RMB in the store, definitely the look of a big spender.
Xu Youyuan, while lanting that she had fallen to the point of selling herself for fifty thousand yuan, also scorned herself for any pretense of high-mindedness. High-mindedness couldn't pay the rent, yet she could quickly muster a face that said, "I'm not swayed by money, I need to think it over."
As the blind date session counted down to its final seconds, the system alerted that only ten seconds remained.
So had already left their seats, searching the crowd for their next date. Others, having hit it off instantly, decided to choose each other and move on to the next step of their date.
Xu Youyuan hadn't answered yet when the vampire's pink tongue licked her sharp little fangs, just as the blind date was about to end in tragedy. She, having already chosen to continue dating with Nothing, crossed her hands and tapped her fingers uncertainly on the back of her hands, adorned with beautiful knuckles.
Just as the last second was about to tick by, the vampire said, "One hundred thousand!"
"Ding—Ti's up. Please, those who 'feel affection' for each other, take each other's hands and enter into a private date!" announced the host NPC, who was the fiancé of the female protagonist from Titanic, loudly proclaiming with a microphone, organizing the next ten-minute blind date session.
The vampire stared at Xu Youyuan across from him, as if he would leap forward and bite her neck the next second.
"You really know how to scare soone," the vampire slowly revealed a sinister smile. "Was this a little pre-ga surprise to prove you're indeed worth one hundred thousand yuan?"
Xu Youyuan threw the selector in her hand onto the table. The flat, round tal rolled twice on the table and finally faced up, spread out in front of the vampire.
The words "feel affection" were clear, surrounded by continuously popping hearts.
Xu Youyuan would of course agree; that was a year's worth of rent and living expenses.
But she realized there was room to raise the price. A seasoned mall fox wouldn't miss such an opportunity, adept at creating mystery.
Compared to her previous date, who brought a plasma cream cake, this lady, despite her greasy and overly sweet na, seed from her deanor to be no younger than Xu Youyuan, in her early thirties, with a certain social status, at least not a 14-year-old girl. The fifty thousand yuan reward wasn't just talk; judging from her spendy appearance, she could afford it.
No matter what this lady did in real life, whether a rich first generation or second, she was probably the highest quality date so far. Unlocking achievents together, earning a generous reward, and perhaps even finding a romantic feeling again, couldn't be better.
The two stood up hand in hand, and Xu Youyuan noticed that the vampire's appearance was really tall, a good half-head taller than herself. A faint scent of blood lingered around her, with a hint of rust, but more of it was a sweet sll mixed with blood, like a newly launched perfu, very special and pleasant.
"Give the account to transfer to," said the vampire.
Xu Youyuan imdiately sent her the account details.
The vampire's entire being, including the nickna above her head, turned gray, lasting about a minute before the color brightened again.
"I just transferred fifty thousand to you as a deposit," the vampire said. "Help unlock the achievent for couples, and I'll transfer the rest. Is that acceptable to you?"
"That's fine."
"What if you get scared and back out halfway?" the vampire glanced at her from the corner of her eye.
"I said it's a deposit, no refunds." Xu Youyuan didn't log off; she directly checked her account through the KEY account managent system and indeed found an extra fifty thousand yuan, though the transfer details were kept confidential. It didn't matter to her; after all, Xu Youyuan didn't care who was beneath the vampire's disguise.
The vampire didn't care much either: "You're not my first partner, but I hope you'll be the last."
Xu Youyuan asked, "Should we exit this matchmaking scene and then enter your dating scene together?"
"No need, we can go directly into the scene from here," the vampire said. "You really aren't familiar with the dark box."
Xu Youyuan was happy to play the rookie, as it ant she could better hide herself: "Do I need to prepare anything?"
"Just prepare a very bold heart," the vampire led her to the edge of the deck, never letting go of Xu Youyuan's hand from start to finish.
The calm sea breeze gradually turned cold, causing goosebumps on their skin.
The originally clear blue sky also began to darken, and Xu Youyuan vaguely saw a sharp iceberg standing right in front of the Titanic.
In an instant, it was night, and the Titanic was hurtling towards the iceberg at an alarming speed.
"What do you need to prepare for you?" The wind scattered the vampire's white hair, no longer ticulously arranged, and even her pupils had turned blood red at so point.
This was the wildness born from the storm.
A system announcent ca from the sky:
[System Notification: You are about to enter an adventure-thed dating scene
Initiator: Plasma Cream Cake
Movie Imported: Not obtained
Difficulty: Not obtained]
The monstrous iceberg was now right in front of them, every hair on Xu Youyuan's body stood on end with excitent. Amid the thunderous noise, she raised her voice:
"You don't need to prepare anything! Just don't change your appearance!"
In the earth-shattering collision, chunks of ice fell like teorites onto the deck, Xu Youyuan and the vampire scread as they ran back.
Xu Youyuan was hit by a head full of ice shards, tears falling from the pain, but her feet were furiously fast.
Suddenly, a dizzying sense of weightlessness made Xu Youyuan's heart skip a beat, and before she knew it, the Titanic, now filled with heavy seawater in its rear, was being dragged to the ocean floor, gradually becoming vertical to the sea surface. As passengers appeared like ghosts around her, screaming as they fell, Xu Youyuan was about to fall when the vampire embraced her.
The vampire held Xu Youyuan tightly around the waist with one hand and grasped the railing with the other, as the entire ship was now completely vertical to the sea surface.
“How are you so strong?” Xu Youyuan had no other choice but to grasp the vampire’s shoulders, holding her tightly.
“Why does this outfit cost 3999? Besides looking good, shouldn’t it have so buffs?” The vampire’s white hair fell in strands across her face, their calmness stark against the backdrop of a piercing scream.
“Is this the scene you designed?”
“Not really, I just imported so plots from Titanic, we haven’t gotten to the part built around interests, or rather, quirks,” said the vampire. “I just wanted the transition to be more natural.”
Xu Youyuan couldn’t help but laugh: “You’re quite particular.”
“Of course, I have to be when I’m on a date with you. As an adventure enthusiast, what do you think we should do next?” the vampire asked. “Following the ship down into the deep sea in such a mundane rhythm is definitely not to your liking.”
That hit right at the heart of Xu Youyuan’s restlessness: “Exactly. I’ve already figured it out.”
The vampire smiled: “It’s ti to test our understanding of each other.”
Taking a deep breath, Xu Youyuan let go of the vampire, and saw that the vampire had also let go of the railing.
Together, they plunged into the freezing winds, diving into the deep sea that had claid the life of the male protagonist…
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