Subjectively, it was a very short time.
When the young girl from the old city district… or rather, Mia, opened her eyes again, she woke up once more in her makeshift dilapidated straw hut.
There was the sound of people passing by outside.
She stared in disbelief at the screen floating quietly before her eyes.
It even had simple instructions, including how to open the exchange area or hide the interface.
“What is this…”
Beep!
【Mia (Level 3 Member)】
【LV: 1】
【EXP: 0/10】
【Attributes: Strength 0.2, Constitution 0.6, Agility 0.6, Spirit 0.9, Intelligence 0.8, Resistance 0.3】
【Skills: None】
【Points: 53】
【Life Energy: 5】
【Note: Strength and Constitution are decreased due to malnutrition and hunger.】
“This is my condition?” Mia swallowed her saliva, her small face looking intently.
“Malnutrition.”
0.2 Strength, with a note indicating the average adult standard is 1.
So she possesses only 20% of the strength of an average human?
But judging from the note, if she eats well and her nutrition improves, it might go up.
Behind the experience bar, there was an option to level up by consuming Life Energy.
5 Points could be exchanged for 1 unit of Life Energy.
Luckily, the explanation was detailed enough. Otherwise, someone like her who had never played games before might have needed some time to understand this thing.
The shop only had Life Energy and potions for exchange, but potions had to be drunk immediately upon receipt and couldn’t be given to others casually.
So, she tried leveling herself up.
Ding!
【Your level has increased to 2!】
【Strength +0.3, Constitution +0.2, Agility +0.3, Spirit +0.1, Intelligence +0.2, Resistance +0.1】
A sense of surging power spread throughout her body.
She widened her eyes in astonishment.
Looking at her slender hands, she clenched her fists, a hint of joy appearing on her face.
Although there were still some bloodstains on her body, the potion had indeed healed most of her injuries. Some minor wounds hadn’t completely recovered, but she chose not to treat them because Points were still precious.
Mia scrolled down further and saw other content.
【Personal Career Missions】
“What’s this?”
Scrolling down.
【Mission A: Declare war on the villains demanding protection money.】
【Mission B: Advance to Veteran Member (Gray)】
【Mission C: Master a powerful combat skill.】
Seeing these, she was stunned.
…
In the other world, Villier had already seen everyone off.
She stretched, cracked her neck, and muttered, “Acting is so tiring.”
Honestly, those creatures were uncontrollable. Although they had been captured, if they had all escaped together, this mission would have really been in trouble.
Fortunately, the situation wasn’t too bad.
These people who had experienced a mission had already signed a kind of contract with Amiya, equivalent to being watched over by a god.
And this right of observation was now, in fact, in the hands of Mother (not really).
The experiment had proven to be a success.
Apart from the middle-aged woman who backed down, the others’ performance was acceptable.
At least she was satisfied.
You couldn’t expect everyone to have guts, to be indifferent to life and death, right?
In the future, there would definitely be more people like this.
“In the future, it will be necessary to create more bodies, use the World of Dreams to guard other worlds, which will also make it easier to recruit people for missions.”
She’ll profit from it all and could also train some fighters.
Honestly, people are afraid of death. If you really ask them to risk their lives, most of them would probably back down.
Therefore, in future training, there definitely needed to be different tiers.
Level 3, 2, and 1 members would be distinguished solely by strength.
To become a Veteran Member, one’s inner loyalty and reliability would need to be examined.
Only Veteran Members would be eligible for Promotion.
Only then could she trust them enough to let them truly come into contact with and become actual members of Twilight (outer circle).
As for ordinary members, they were pretty much just tools, helping Ye Qian collect Life Energy.
Every monster killed would become her Life Energy, part of which was given out as rewards, and the other part was the tax Ye Qian collected.
The distribution of rewards was definitely unfair. Generally, higher-level members would receive a larger share.
Plus, those people were often stronger, so they naturally killed more and got more resources.
“Doesn’t this make me seem like a capitalist?”
Thinking about her current actions, Villier couldn’t help but smile wryly.
Look at this cute girlish appearance, yet here I am acting so evil.
But being blessed with ability meant one must use it wisely. Proliferation was like a super furnace, truly creating countless miracles for her.
In this dangerous world, knowing that an unknown mystery hangs overhead, how could one possibly feel at ease lying flat?
“Sigh, no point in overthinking it. Let’s head back first.”
She considered returning to reality.
Of course, before that, she also planned to consume Life Energy to proliferate a new body.
A body definitely needed to be stationed here, but for now, the white-haired body still needed to be near the main body.
Mainly because the white-haired one was too cute. Using it as the base would increase the probability of subsequent splits also being white-haired.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have more daughters of this type?
“Hehe.”
Let’s try splitting first.
“Two of them, um… let’s get this started, using Villier’s body this time.”
Flesh fell from her hand, consuming 100 units.
【Proliferating…】
【Body separation complete. Quality: White】
【Initial LV: 5】
【Ability gene inheritance failed. Did not obtain original body’s Innate Ability.】
【Superior Mutation occurred. Obtained Innate Ability: Stamina Recovery (Universal, White)】
A white-haired little loli appeared before her.
Villier was stunned.
“White hair, and a… loli?”
She gulped, itching to pick up this other version of herself and give her a lick.
Well, she couldn’t hold back.
“Kyaa! So cute!”
She planted a bunch of kisses on her face and fussed over her excitedly, making even herself feel like a pervert.
“Ahem.”
They’re all me, don’t act like I’m some sort of pervert.
“But she’s so tiny. I need to go back and find suitable clothes.”
The method of return had been decided long ago.
It was to let the white-haired loli enter the main body’s dream via the Mystic Threads, then have it communicate with the main body in reality, using its pull to bring the body back.
Also, the white-haired loli’s ability was something of a god-tier skill in a sense.
【Stamina Recovery: Passive. Quickly alleviates fatigue at twice the speed. Can also alleviate the side effects of Proliferation itself.】
With this thing, her body instantly felt much lighter.
“Excellent.”
After she felt the changes, the white-haired loli was also summoned and returned to the main body’s side.
Back in reality, she immediately used the white-haired loli to summon the second clone.
As for the loli herself, she was named Cannon Fodder No. 2.
She had no substantive combat ability, her attribute caps weren’t high, and the universal ability was instantly shared with all bodies the moment it was obtained.
So apart from being cute, this body was pretty much useless.
Of course, no matter how you thought about it, this was still herself. Unless absolutely necessary, she would never be willing to use it as cannon fodder.
So, the second one… Proliferation.
Also consuming 100 units.
【Proliferating…】
【Body separation complete. Quality: White】
【Initial LV: 6】
【Ability gene inheritance failed. Did not obtain original body’s Innate Ability.】
【Superior Mutation occurred. Obtained Innate Ability: Ice Needle (White)】
“Um, another white-haired one?”
With only one combat ability, she was undoubtedly meant for the Combat Group.
Combat No. 2.
Her appearance was different from Villier’s, but was also very beautiful.
She checked the Ice Needle ability. This move consumed Spirit to activate, somewhat like magic but not exactly.
When activated, a very thin but long ice needle would condense beside the body that possessed an extremely high hardness. It would automatically fire at the opponent after a maximum of 2 seconds.
This was undoubtedly a ranged attack method.
As for its power, needless to say, given the initial velocity, it was probably capable of penetrating a human body or something.
But after all, this was a White quality ability. To deal with strong foes, it needed to be upgraded.
However, at the moment, Ye Qian wasn’t inclined to invest in raising this kind of body with limited functionality.
“Starting tomorrow, Ye Xin’s condition will be completely recovered, she’ll be able to split.”
Thinking this, she prepared to bring Villier back from Kalu’s world to reality.
As for Cannon Fodder No. 2, the white-haired loli, after putting on a child’s white dress and stockings, she looked exactly like a mini version of Villier.
Although she was a loli, she would take over Villier’s work over there.
Next time she met Kalu, she could just say it was a miniaturization magic spell.
She wouldn’t know anyway.
Villier was stronger, so she’d be more useful in reality.
…
“Return.”
The procedure was the same as always, but this time, perhaps because of the main body’s tendency to wake from the dream, something went wrong.
The location was a bit off.
She opened her eyes wide, finding herself above a river.
Ten meters above the water surface.
“Oh no!”
*Splash!*
With a spray of water, she plunged straight into the river.
Frantically using all the swimming knowledge she had ever learned, Villier flailed her arms and swam to the shore.
Pushing her head out of the water, she climbed up the steps beside the bank.
A fisherman sitting a few dozen meters away jumped up excitedly: “Holy crap, I got a bite! A mermaid!!”
Then he pulled his line, only to reveal he had hooked a broken tin can.
His friend nearby was also stunned by the white-haired girl emerging from the water, wondering if he was dreaming.
…
Under the night sky, neon lights flickered in the distance.
Villier wrung the water from her clothes, looking at herself with a bitter smile.
“Luckily, the water isn’t too dirty.”
A bit embarrassing.
Looking straight ahead, she realized she wasn’t facing the city area, but rather a very luxurious-looking building.
Somewhat like a palace… no, perhaps it should be called a manor.
Villier thought for a moment. The place seemed familiar.
“Isn’t this the estate of that second-ranked local family we were going to investigate?”
If she remembered correctly, the head of this family was the leader of the Wormblood Society. Although they were a noble on the surface, behind the scenes, they engaged in very evil deeds.
To verify this, Ye Qian, who had been forcibly awakened from her dream, yawned and took out her phone for a quick search.
“Hmm, the Rosai family… Huh, the name sounds very Western. The head is called Luo Chen, and his personal assets are up to 1 billion1? Impressive.”
It wasn’t strange for someone like that to have connections to the hidden world.
While Ye Qian was searching, over on Villier’s side, an old lady passing by saw her and immediately showed concern.
“Little girl, what happened? Did you just fall into the water? Do you want me to contact your family, or would you like to come to my place to change clothes?”
The old lady came up to help Villier, looking at her white hair in surprise: “Is your hair dyed? It’s even whiter than mine!”
“No, I was born with white hair,” Villier said, a bit embarrassed. “I accidentally fell into the water just now, but I can swim.”
“Ah, it’s so cold. Even if you can swim, it’s not safe. How about coming with me to change clothes? Look at what you’re wearing, aren’t you afraid of bad guys when you’re out alone?”
Her white top, white skirt, and white stockings were all soaked. This, paired with her stunningly beautiful face and petite, delicate figure caused the old lady to be really worried about her safety.
“Thank you, Grandma.”
“What a polite child. Let me tell you, it’s a good thing that this isn’t the river in the neighboring industrial district, or you might have gotten a skin disease from that dunk.”
Holding Villier’s hand, the old lady started walking toward the roadside.
After walking a few hundred meters, Villier realized they were heading towards the Rosai family manor.
“Grandma!”
“Child, don’t be afraid. I work here, helping with odd jobs. Getting them to prepare a set of clothes for you won’t be a problem. You’re dressed so beautifully, you probably come from a special family, right?”
Villier remained silent.
Just like that, she followed along to a building at the side of the manor.
This Western-style building, palace-like in appearance, was something she had only experienced in certain five-star hotels in her past life. The level of luxury here was at least no less than that.
They entered a room that turned out to be a changing room with lots of clothes.
“Good thing I often make clothes for the young lady. Just pick any from inside.”
Villier looked surprised at the large array of garments.
There were Lolita-style dresses, gothic-style dresses. There were even pink thigh-high stockings.
Judging by the styles, they were exceptionally suited to her figure.
Could it be that the young lady was also a girl of this age?
“How about I pick you a similar white dress? This one was made not long ago, even the young lady hasn’t worn it yet.”
She walked over and took out a princess dress.
Villier felt a bit awkward.
“You’re just giving it to me?”
“Haha, little girl, don’t be polite. This family is very rich, they won’t mind such a thing.”
“Okay.”
So, she took a bath and then changed into a light pink Lolita-style princess dress with mysterious patterns. Looking at the white stockings covering her slender legs paired with her curvaceous figure, even Villier herself was stunned.
The old lady’s eyes lit up.
“Goodness… you look exactly like a princess.”