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Chapter 022 Suggestion of Fascination

【Does the host have a problem?】

“It’s not that I have a problem, but I think you have one,” Xia Xinyan replied with an indescribable expression, “Why do I feel like you’re more anxious about Ling Mo than I am?”

【The system only considers the host; this is a reasonable suggestion.】

“Well, you don’t have to bring up suggestions like that in the future; even if you do, I won’t listen.” Xia Xinyan closed the game panel.

【Beast Transformation】 is a type of common ability. As its name suggests, players with this ability can alter their physical form to exhibit characteristics of corresponding animals, which includes not only their appearance but also some degree of ability enhancement.

It’s worth mentioning that even among players with the same type of animal specialization ability, the powers they possess may vary greatly. In simple terms, each player’s ability is unique—there can be similarities, but there’s never an identical ability.

Xia Xinyan’s 【Black Cat】 ability is also completely different from the cat-type ability players she saw in her past life—

In the transformed state of 【Black Cat】, agility and reaction speed increase significantly, body control improves greatly, and there’s a slight reduction in presence, while the upper limits of strength and resistance are weakened.

It’s clear that she’s been placed in the role of an assassin.

So she wasn’t exactly satisfied with this ability.

Her past self… that is, now Ling Mo, had a combat-oriented ability that made it so as long as her opponents didn’t have an absolute strength gap, even if she couldn’t defeat them, she could ensure her own survival. That was the invincible part of Ling Mo’s ability.

So until now, the combat experience she had accumulated leaned towards frontal combat, but this ability had directly cut into her area of expertise, essentially forcing her to learn a different fighting style from scratch, which was definitely unwelcome.

However, once the ability activates, it’s set in stone; there’s no changing it, and even if she was dissatisfied, she had to accept it.

So she simply logged off to change her mood.

When she stepped out of the game pod, Ling Mo was already sitting in the living room, and upon seeing her, quickly approached: “I thought you got stuck…”

“I was handling some matters in my own space.” Xia Xinyan smiled at him, then took out her phone to check the time.

Dinner time was almost here.

This game really took up time, which is why she said one session a day was more than enough.

Besides, it was still early game; the world hadn’t been destroyed yet. It was a rare moment of peace and comfort, and she should enjoy it while it lasted.

Letting out a sigh, Xia Xinyan softly said, “Why don’t you watch some TV and relax? I’ll go make dinner.”

Ling Mo paused: “You… are making dinner?”

“Hmm, is there a problem?” Xia Xinyan tilted her head to look at him.

Ling Mo opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: “…No.”

He thought she was just having fun grilling meat in the game; he didn’t expect her to cook in real life too?

Not at all like a young lady…

“By the way,” just as she was about to head into the kitchen, Xia Xinyan turned back to ask him, “What would you like to eat?”

“Ah…” Ling Mo hurriedly responded, “Anything… anything is fine, I’m not picky.”

Bullshit.

—Xia Xinyan couldn’t help but internally retort.

She didn’t know how picky this guy really was!

He wouldn’t eat things with shells, didn’t like bones, too bland was out, too greasy was a no-go, too light was not for him either… all added up, she had no idea how she survived back then.

Finding a restaurant with food she liked wasn’t easy; she remembered when she first got to university, she only found one place she could eat in the three dining halls, intending to eat there for all her meals throughout university—only for it to shut down in the second semester.

So after that, she began cooking for herself and making her own favorite dishes.

Even now, to be honest, her pickiness hadn’t changed much, but the only improvement was her cooking skills—regardless of what new dish she learned, she could find a suitable way to make it within a week.

She thought that once she saved the world, becoming a chef could be an option.

But as far as she could foresee, the table full of dishes she cooked might not suit an ordinary eater, but it would definitely hit the spot for Ling Mo.

To the max, even.

Ling Mo, who had never taken seconds when eating out, surprisingly ate two big bowls of rice today, almost bursting.

Really, it was too delicious.

Not only were all the dishes his favorites, but even the flavors were just the way he liked them. If he didn’t have self-awareness, he would have genuinely suspected that Xia Xinyan had investigated his eating habits beforehand.

Or maybe… is this fate?

At that moment, the still naive Ling Mo was deeply moved during this dinner.

But Xia Xinyan wasn’t feeling too great.

…She hadn’t eaten enough.

Because this guy was stealing her food.

This was at least the umpteenth time she thought, so it turned out her past self was so【beep—】.

【That’s a dirty word; girls shouldn’t say that.】

‘Shut up, Tianji.’

【It’s Tianji, not Tianji.】

Xia Xinyan ignored it.

Fortunately, this guy still had a bit of basic emotional intelligence; since he couldn’t help with cooking, after dinner, he voluntarily went to wash the dishes.

Xia Xinyan didn’t stop him.

With a free laborer, she certainly wouldn’t refuse.

While Ling Mo washed the dishes, she took a shower and prepared to rest.

However, before going to bed, there was one thing she needed to do.

That was to open the rookie gift pack that Tianji had given her.

The package could be opened after clearing the first dungeon, and she had dragged it out until now because she only had time to deal with it. Plus, since it was her first encounter with system stuff, she preferred to mess around alone in her room just in case something went wrong.

After all, the soundproofing in her room was excellent.

Summoning the system menu in her mind, Xia Xinyan saw the rookie gift pack lying in the warehouse section—it was now in an open state.

Without hesitation, she directly opened the pack.

Almost instantaneously, a surge of power suddenly erupted from within her body, flooding every inch of her being, and then she felt something that didn’t belong to this body suddenly added above her backside.

Turning to look, she found… a long, thin black tail had sprouted behind her and was gently swaying.

At the same time, like a game menu, a prompt appeared in her mind—

【Additional Ability: Succubus】

【Active Skills: Basic Healing, Basic Mental Fascination】

【Passive Skills: Basic Charm (increases personal charm, effect reduced when not in transformation), Perception Enhancement (effective in transformation state).】

“……”

【It is suggested that the host cosplays as a catgirl in succubus form; according to simulations, this can increase the original self’s favorability towards the host by up to 900%.】

“……Shut up.”

 

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