"Meow~"
A cat's meow with a hint of masculine aura sounded from outside the window, followed by some rustling noises.
"Meow?"
Outside the window, Second Brother, who was about to climb up the windowsill, lowered his voice to mimic a couple of meows.
This was their team's way of communicating, to let the one ahead know that the one behind is coming in as well.
The dead silent conference room did not have any sound at all, making Second Brother feel a bit creeped out.
He tiptoed slightly to peek inside, only able to see pitch-black darkness and nothing else.
Seeing Eldest Brother's gaze becoming more and more impatient, Second Brother gritted his teeth. With both hands pushing forcefully against the windowsill, his entire body nimbly leaped into the room.
Thud!
The muffled landing sound was especially jarring in this dark room. As soon as Second Brother landed, he called out in a low voice, "Sixth Brother?"
No one in the silent conference room responded to Second Brother, making his eyelids twitch anxiously.
Second Brother did not continue walking forward. He once again lowered his voice to let out a couple of soft, masculine meows: "Meow~"
Not long after, a burly man climbed in from the balcony outside.
Thud!
Unlike Sixth Brother and Second Brother earlier, when Eldest Brother came down, he did not bother hiding the sound of his landing at all.
"Where's Sixth Brother?"
Eldest Brother's fierce gaze swept across the conference room. Other than Second Brother by his side, he did not see a single shadow.
Second Brother said in a low voice, "I don't know. When I came in, I didn't see him either."
Whoosh—
Suddenly, a cold draft blew from the ground of the dark conference room. Creak—
The conference room door opened.
Eldest Brother walked towards the door. Second Brother followed behind, lowering his head to look at the floor.
The next moment, Second Brother immediately reached out to stop Eldest Brother. His voice was low yet urgent, still carrying some tremble due to nervousness. "Boss, Sixth Brother probably didn't walk out that door."
Eldest Brother frowned and turned back. Second Brother's entire body shook as he pointed at the floor. "Boss, look at the floor..."
Eldest Brother lowered his head. He saw the floor was covered in dust, but other than his and Second Brother's shoe prints, there was a trail of tiny footprints.
Eldest Brother looked at Second Brother dissatisfiedly and said coldly, "What, you got spooked by this little rascal too?"
Second Brother stammered, "B-Boss, there's no footprint from Sixth Brother..."
Upon hearing this, Eldest Brother was first stunned, then immediately squatted down to examine the footprints closely. Not a speck of dust was on the small footprints, proving they were freshly made.
And indeed, besides these tiny footprints, Sixth Brother's footprints were nowhere to be found!
Just now, they had clearly seen Sixth Brother crawl in through that window with their own eyes!
Where could someone so huge disappear to?
As Eldest Brother pondered this, he looked up to see Second Brother craning his neck to stare at the ceiling.
Buzz—
In that instant, a chill went down Eldest Brother's spine.
Seeing the person jump in yet vanish without a trace or leave any footprints, it seemed the only possibility was he went up.
At this moment, the image of Sixth Brother hanging from the ceiling with iron hooks pierced through his shoulder blades appeared in Eldest Brother's mind.
However, when he also stood up and looked up, he did not see anything on that pitch-black ceiling.
"Phew—"
A cold draft blew through the conference room. Eldest Brother and Second Brother's breathing sounded together.
Slap!!
Eldest Brother slapped Second Brother hard on his head and scolded in a low voice, "What the f*ck are you craning your neck and staring at the ceiling for like a goddamn dog?!"
Second Brother rubbed his head aggrievedly and said, "Boss, I was just observing the environment..."
"Observing your mom's environment! Scaring the shit outta me! Signal the guys outside to come in!"
"Meow~"
Hearing the masculine cat sound from Second Brother's mouth, Eldest Brother nearly slapped him again...
In the middle of the conference room was a long conference table. After Second Brother signaled the guys outside, suddenly he noticed something crawling on the floor at the far end of the table.
Second Brother turned to look at Eldest Brother, only to see he had already walked towards that direction.
Just as he was about to follow, at that moment, Second Brother saw a small blob slowly creeping along the floor at the other far corner of the conference room.
Second Brother hesitated briefly before deciding not to approach it. Instead, he turned to catch up with Eldest Brother.
After taking a few steps, Second Brother discovered Eldest Brother had inexplicably come to a halt. He tapped Eldest Brother's shoulder and asked, "Boss, what's wrong?"
"Phew—"
Another cold gust of wind blew in from the wide open conference room door, giving Second Brother goosebumps all over his body.
The Eldest Brother in front of him stood still like a statue without saying a word, seemingly frozen stiff.
Just as Second Brother felt something was increasingly off, suddenly—
"Second Brother..."
Eldest Brother's voice sounded from behind Second Brother.
Second Brother dared not turn back. He firmly believed the one in front of him was the real Eldest Brother.
A drop of cold sweat rolled down Second Brother's forehead.
"Boss, there's something behind us. It just called my name..."
The Eldest Brother in front did not move an inch, while behind Second Brother, Eldest Brother's voice floated over once more. "Second Brother, slowly back away, be careful, don't startle it..."
Thump thump—
Second Brother felt his pounding heart was about to leap out from his body.
The next second, Second Brother glanced sideways at the row of windows along the conference room wall. He decided, no matter which Eldest Brother was real, he wanted no part in this.
Swish—
Like a rabbit, Second Brother charged towards the window on the side. In the pitch-black conference room, that window within reach seemed to be the only lifeline Second Brother could grab onto!
As the window grew closer and closer, Second Brother's heart practically jumped to his throat!
Bang!
A soft knock sounded. Second Brother's whole body froze stiff in place.
He saw two sickly pale little hands appear on the windowsill!
The moment he saw those tender little hands, Second Brother immediately thought of the small footprints on the floor!
In the next instant, Second Brother ran towards the inner side of the conference room at an even faster speed than before!
Bang!
In his panic, Second Brother crashed into someone.
The tremendous reactive force knocked Second Brother right onto his butt!
He looked up in fright to see...torn crotch...
It was Sixth Brother.
Just as Second Brother was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the next moment, he felt his entire body crawling with ants, as if all at once.
This Sixth Brother was a bit special.
In looks, build, and clothing, he was still that Sixth Brother, only now, this Sixth Brother was a giant-sized humanoid doll.
Another bead of cold sweat rolled down his forehead. Second Brother wanted to wipe the sweat, but when he raised his hand, he saw his arms, his limbs, his entire body had become a humanoid doll as well.
"No!!!"
Second Brother let out an extremely shrill shriek, but he had just opened his mouth without making any sound.
At the same time, Second Brother watched the world in front of his eyes enlarge rapidly—enlarge, enlarge, and enlarge.
Or rather, it was Second Brother himself who was shrinking swiftly—shrink, shrink, and shrink...
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
't think I'm that capable, I'm just trying my best to stay alive. I've been kind all my life, never did anything bad, yet worldly suffering spared me not one bit. The human world is a nice place, but I won't come back in my next life. A kind young man, who wanted to just get by singing, but through repeated deceits and betrayals, has gone down an irredeemable path.
