Doll Survival Game - Chapter 104 - Part 1

“Ow–”

Duan Miaomiao let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered, startling Xia Lang who had just arrived.

Via poked the fallen Duan Miaomiao, “Why did you do such a dangerous move?”

Duan Miaomiao couldn’t move, tears hanging at the corners of her eyes, “I thought I could lift both feet off the ground.”

“Well, you did, although you fell.” Via turned his head, “Uncle!”

Li Qi Feng came over to help Via lift Duan Miaomiao towards the door. Via looked at Xia Lang, “Xia Lang, move aside.”

Xia Lang and Zhang Mimi stepped back, watching as Li Qi Feng and Via carried Duan Miaomiao out of the training room. Moments later, Duan Miaomiao stood up, still shaken, “That was terrifying, my tailbone must have broken!”

Zhang Mimi explained to Xia Lang, “The training room is like an instance, injuries heal once you exit.”

Duan Miaomiao heard this and pitifully lay at the door, “But the pain is real… Can’t I use bio-morphing for training?” She had two or three body parts with particularly low pain sensitivity.

“No.” Via pulled her by the wrist, “Low pain sensitivity is dangerous, and we need to train your actual self.”

Duan Miaomiao grabbed Xia Lang as she was pulled inside, still shouting, “Where’s Yuan Mo? Why isn’t he here yet?”

“Just woke up.” Zhang Mimi entered the training room, “He’s moving into the base, so he’s packing.”

Xia Lang followed nervously behind her. Via stopped, then with a thought, a long sword familiar to Xia Lang appeared.

“For you.”

Via tossed the sword to Xia Lang.

Xia Lang raised his hand to catch the handle, his expression puzzled but his movements swift.

“For me?” Xia Lang asked.

Via nodded, “I prefer short weapons and guns, rarely use this.”

Zhang Mimi leaned in, “This is normal length.”

Xia Lang swung it casually, the sword was light but certainly a good one, as he had used it to pierce the serpent man’s head, “This can extend.”

He pointed at the hilt, “It can extend from here, the serpent man didn’t expect it, that’s why he got stabbed.”

Via pursed his lips, “That’s impressive, you have too few items, stock up.”

He said, pulling the slowly moving Duan Miaomiao, “Come on! Make the most of the time, the week will end soon.”

Xia Lang sincerely thanked Via, then put the sword away, noticing it appear in his property with the name [silver-spine whiteblade].

His gaze briefly swept over two other items, his eyes dazed–items obtained in Fairy Tale Forest…

“Are one-time items all powerful?” Xia Lang looked at the item description.

Before anyone answered, Via turned and dragged Xia Lang out of the training room, whispering, “What’s your one-time item called?”

Xia Lang looked down, “[Opportunity], it says it can bring a chance for survival…”

“Same as mine.” Via released him, “I have that too.”

Xia Lang’s eyes widened, “Items can be duplicated?”

“Of course.” Via became smug, “Uncle and I both have [gun].”

“Oh.” Xia Lang nodded obediently, then continued, “Are one-time items good?”

Via paused, then lowered his eyes, curly hair covering most of his eyelids, “Very good, though there’s a price… But no need to tell everyone, it’s unique, don’t be foolish, got it?”

Xia Lang nodded obediently again.

Via pursed his lips, feeling a bit guilty, “Alright, actually I don’t want to reveal this item’s existence, but if you want to tell, go ahead.”

Xia Lang shook his head, “Then I won’t say, Ranran doesn’t know either.”

Via’s eyes lit up, he pulled Xia Lang closer, “Good brother! But you can tell someone you trust.”

“Tell what?”

Luo Yiran asked from the staircase.

Xia Lang and Via both shivered, startled, Via hissed, turning quickly, “Why is there no sound when you walk?!”

“…Magician?!”

Via’s voice was loud, startling Xia Lang who was close by.

Luo Yiran was held in the magician’s arm, his long black dress nearly covering his feet, black leather shoes on his feet. He kicked the magician’s heel, “I asked you, why is there no sound when you walk?”

The magician shrugged, “They were too focused.”

Xia Lang rubbed his ears, “I haven’t told you what item I got.”

Via: “?! Such honesty, kid.”

Luo Yiran: “Oh, that’s normal, you don’t know mine either.”

Via’s gaze shifted back and forth, “Eh?!”

The doll had just fought with the magician, it should count as a fight, though after only two rounds he was pinned down, anyway, he lost.

Luo Yiran crossed his arms expressionlessly, the gesture resembling him lying on the magician, “Friends don’t need to know everything about each other.”

Via stared at the doll and magician, then pulled Xia Lang back into the training room. The others glanced at Xia Lang, Duan Miaomiao only said, “Items with limited uses are quite powerful.” and didn’t ask further.

Even Li Qi Feng didn’t ask why Via suddenly pulled Xia Lang out, he only said, “Come over, teach her how to attack from behind.”

Via ran over cheerfully, “You said it, how can I sneak attack now!”

Duan Miaomiao exploded, “No sudden real combat!”

Zhang Mimi walked to Xia Lang’s side, “Everyone has their limits.”

Xia Lang knew, he turned to look at the magician and doll standing at the door, then suddenly smiled.

Luo Yiran was taken aback.

Zhang Mimi also turned, then looked at the magician, stunned, “How can you come here?!”

Everyone looked over, and Via blinked–was it strange for the magician to come to the base?

The magician walked in, smiling, “Of course I can come, I’m one with the young master… In other words, I’m also a member of your organization.”

Everyone’s gaze shifted to the doll.

Duan Miaomiao’s eyes lit up, “Dress! Cute!”

Zhang Mimi muttered softly, “Still new.”

Lin Ye came up from the back stairs: “I didn’t know a boss could also be one of our members.”

The doll’s gaze was as lifeless as stagnant water: “Sorry, I can’t help it… Besides, outside the instance, I can’t control it.”

Three sets of dresses a day were already torturous enough for him, and Luo Yiran didn’t want to think about it now.

The magician’s smile widened: “But outside the instance, I can’t harm you… Oh right, this space can.”

As his voice fell, everyone in the training room took two steps back, except for the stunned Xia Lang.

Via clicked his tongue and swiftly pulled Xia Lang back.

Lin Ye also paused in his steps, then turned around: “I’ll go downstairs to make some tea for everyone.”

“Team leader–” Zhang Mimi cried out, heart-wrenchingly.

The magician’s smile grew even brighter.

The doll was held by the magician, exuding a mountain-like “steadiness” and “immovability”: “He said harm, not kill.”

The magician immediately praised him: “Young master is really smart.”

Luo Yiran: “…”

The magician looked at the group huddled together and suddenly thought of something, his voice filled with malicious intent yet openly said: “As one of you, let me help everyone!”

Everyone: “?”

Luo Yiran’s eyes were like a dead fish, very calm.

The magician was very pleased, he raised the doll: “This is the princess.”

Luo Yiran: “…?”

What nonsense are you talking about?

The magician continued: “I am the knight, and you are the evil dragon.”

Xia Lang reflexively: “We have to snatch the princess?”

It was Xia Lang who responded, and the magician’s smile instantly vanished, his face changing as he said: “Yes, that’s right.”

“I’ll give you two hands, if you can touch the princess, you win.” The magician held the doll, refusing to admit he was thinking of giving these people, who distracted the doll, a lesson, instead he feigned sincerity: “You’re just training, isn’t this perfect?”

“And you know, the bosses killed in Fairy Tale Forest are all suppressed in power.”

Luo Yiran paused upon hearing this, the magician was indeed strong, and the instances over the past two weeks were very challenging…

But… being the princess…

The doll’s mouth twitched slightly.

The magician suddenly lowered his head: “At that time, young master can also sneak attack me during this period…”

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Mimi suddenly rushed up: “You’re right! Sneak attack!”

Fifteen minutes later, Lin Ye awaited Yuan Mo, leisurely brewing tea and kindly explaining the situation upstairs.

So the two sat downstairs for another fifteen minutes before bringing the tea upstairs.

He created the organization, so by default, he was the leader, thus he clearly knew the training room would cause injuries but not death, so Lin Ye was really not in a hurry to go upstairs.

Just reaching the third floor, he saw the magician kick Zhang Mimi out, Lin Ye directly avoided letting Zhang Mimi hit the wall.

The wall cracked and then closed again, Zhang Mimi slid to the ground, sitting in despair, eyes dim: “I’m so weak, I’m so weak, I’m so weak…”

Lin Ye: “…”

Yuan Mo’s body trembled, his pupils quivered watching one teammate after another being kicked out, instinctively said: “Mimi, move aside!”

Otherwise, they’d collide.

“…”

The magician’s strength was beyond everyone’s imagination, except for Zhang Mimi, everyone else was almost defeated in one move, but Zhang Mimi’s body was strengthened by the game.

Others started using items in the second round, though they could maneuver, but don’t mention the doll, they couldn’t even touch the magician.

Yuan Mo stood at the door, feeling a sense of hopelessness: “Is the boss’s full strength really this powerful…”

“He’s not at full strength.” Lin Ye squinted: “But bosses can be strong or weak.”

“But there’s no need to be discouraged, we’re getting stronger over time, and survival depends on the instance, not just pure combat power.”

Yuan Mo felt even more sorrowful: “But my intelligence isn’t very high either…”

Lin Ye didn’t plan to go in, he watched the doll’s sneak attack on the magician being easily dodged, then the magician even conjured a rose with one hand and gave it to the doll.

He was speechless for a while, then simply sat at the door to watch–most of his items had usage limits, using them here would be a waste.

So just being an audience was fine.

Yuan Mo just wanted to train with Zhang Mimi, not get beaten, so he naturally sat beside Lin Ye, then took a sip of tea–

Good tea.

The seventh day, nine PM.

After being beaten unilaterally for six days, today the magician didn’t come, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Duan Miaomiao: “I think he’s not helping us, he just wants to torment us.”

The doll had nothing to say, he had worn twenty dresses in front of these people, today the magician finally gave him a male outfit, and he only felt a sense of calm.

Actually, the magician only played for a while each day, the rest of the time he was holding the doll, mocking here and there.

Lin Ye had never been kicked, so he calmly said: “Enough talk, check the items and teammate relationships.”

After speaking, he looked at the doll: “You guys apply to enter the instance first, we’ll apply in half an hour.”

The doll nodded slightly sitting on Xia Lang’s head, after Zhang Mimi and Yuan Mo confirmed, he directly applied to start the instance.

A ten-second countdown began, Via waved at Xia Lang.

Lin Ye said to Zhang Mimi: “I’ve said many times these days, [Eternal Night] is all high-difficulty instances, don’t be careless.”

Duan Miaomiao clasped her hands together, she looked at the four with devotion: “See you at midnight!”

The doll looked down at his index finger, darkness descended, the system’s long-lost voice sounded–

[Instance “Monster World” loading…]

[Instance “Monster World” loaded successfully, 60 players loaded.]

A light appeared before his eyes, the doll stood on a high building that had broken in the middle, looking at the magician in a black suit standing straight in the ruins below.

The magician’s gray hair fluttered in the wind, he gazed at the doll, a blooming red rose pinned to his chest, holding a silver triangular spike.

Murderous intent came from behind, the doll extended a silver thread to block behind him, then turned to see a humanoid monster made of straw wielding a giant scythe slashing at his silver thread.

[Instance background loading…]