Two days passed quickly.
Li Xunsi and Aiya gathered at Miss Feng’s apartment.
Including this time, it was already Li Xunsi’s third login, so there was no need for so much preparation.
She skillfully changed into a disposable translucent underwear set and lay down directly in the illegally modified Dream Realm pod, waiting.
“Wait a moment, it’ll be ready soon. I’m updating your account information,” Miss Feng said, furiously typing away on the keyboard beside them.
She was busy updating the Queen of Ten Thousand Females APP on Li Xunsi and Aiya’s phones, as well as updating Li Xunsi’s account info.
“All done.”
After a long while, Miss Feng finally pressed the confirm key, and the doors of the two illegally modified Dream Realm pods slowly closed.
Dream Realm connection successful!
[Who is the prey? Who is the hunter?]
Hearing the familiar female prompt, Li Xunsi opened her eyes and successfully entered the dream.
As usual, she first looked around, observing her surroundings.
Once again, it was a beautiful forest full of natural vitality.
Li Xunsi slipped into the nearby tall grass, tapped the air, and summoned her phone.
She logged into the Queen of Ten Thousand Females APP to see what had been updated.
The interface had undergone major changes, with several new main page options added.
One of them was called [Shell Hunter – Ranking].
Clicking in, a long leaderboard appeared, but for now, it only listed five names.
The rest were empty slots.
The top-ranked was herself: [Sword God – Little Li Li].
“Sword God?” Li Xunsi frowned at her own prefix, a little confused.
This was presumably her title, but she hadn’t chosen it herself.
The company must have arbitrarily given her this exaggerated name.
Then she noticed her outfit—it was indeed somewhat different from before.
Apparently, this was the so-called custom-made clothing.
Li Xunsi was still wearing a cassock, under which was a simple cloth garment.
However, she was no longer barefoot but wore a pair of foot socks.
What are foot socks?
They are a type of stockings with the toes and heels exposed, making it look as if the foot is stepping on sheer fabric.
They are generally used for breathability, often during fitness or sports.
This actually suited Li Xunsi’s situation, but she felt these foot socks weren’t for practical use—they were purely decorative, essentially a brand-new fetish for feet.
In the end, she still didn’t have any shoes.
Besides that, Li Xunsi carried a large, long wooden box on her back.
This thing was called a [Sword Box].
“Click! Click!”
A tap on the mechanism on the shoulder strap caused the Sword Box’s left and right sides to suddenly expand, like a peacock spreading its tail.
The left side held three White Swords; the right side held two Black Blades.
However, when Li Xunsi reached behind and gripped the handles to pull them out, she found the swords wouldn’t budge—not even an inch.
“They’re just decorations! Damn it!” Li Xunsi swore loudly in frustration.
Another big change was her hairstyle, forcibly altered.
She originally had shoulder-length short hair, but now it was stretched down to waist-length.
This was probably intended to make her look like a weary wandering swordsman.
Admittedly, the style was quite good-looking, but it was almost useless—purely side effects.
Ah, whatever.
None of that mattered.
Li Xunsi calmed herself and focused on the most important thing: what Skill Stones had she gained after becoming a high-level Rookie?
Her skills could be checked in the Shell Hunter Ranking by clicking on her avatar.
[Sword God Skill [Righteous Aura]: Releases sword energy that can shatter one control Skill.]
“Only one?” Li Xunsi muttered.
Such a short description, indeed only one skill.
But despite the complaint, she was rather satisfied—it was an anti-control skill, exactly the ability she lacked most.
As long as the client couldn’t forcibly control her, she could wreak havoc.
“Click! Click!”
Li Xunsi tapped her shoulder strap, and the Sword Box automatically folded back together.
Besides skills, there was also an attribute bar next to Sword God Little Xi Li’s name on the leaderboard.
[Attack: 6]
[Defense: 0]
This was presumably the same kind of combat value as on the neighboring Whale leaderboard, but she didn’t quite understand it.
What did Attack 6 mean?
Was her attack power only six?
Slightly better than a level five weakling?
That couldn’t be right.
Looking at the other four Shell Hunters, their attack was zero—worse than her.
She was the only one with an attack value.
So what exactly did “Attack” mean?
And what about “Defense”?
Was this some kind of riddle?
Why is it so mysterious?
Lastly, an important new setting was added: the Queen of Ten Thousand Females Private Server gave players a third energy bar.
Besides [Sensitive Belly] and [Smooth Whitening], there was a new attribute called [Black Brain].
When players took damage, their Black Brain value decreased.
Once it dropped to zero, they would suffer a powerful blow, essentially being briefly controlled.
This fixed the problem where every player in the Private Server was made of iron skin and copper bones.
Now, when players were pummeled, they could be frozen in place.
Once frozen, they could only be toyed with, which lowered their Sensitive Belly.
If Sensitive Belly dropped to zero, they would be kicked out of the game.
If Sensitive Belly was the player’s HP, and Smooth Whitening their magic power, then Black Brain was their stamina—also the block value.
Once broken, they fell into disadvantage and passivity.
“Little Si! Little Si!” Aiya, with her piggy nose, suddenly jumped out of the nearby grass.
“Shh, don’t shout. Let’s go,” Li Xunsi said.
The two of them searched through the dense forest, but even after leveling up to high-level Rookies, hiding was still necessary.
“Did you see the update?” Li Xunsi asked.
“What update? Little Si, why did you change your hairstyle? Why are you carrying a coffin board everywhere?” Aiya fired question after question.
“Forget it, no use explaining. Just know that we have a new stamina bar now. Once it’s drained, we get frozen. This should be good for us Rookies. The company wants us to knock out the clients so they’ll spend more. You need to hit the clients more often, don’t just lie down when you see them,” Li Xunsi explained briefly.
“Oh, got it.” Aiya nodded, holding a pitchfork, ready to hit someone at any time.
“You have a weapon, but I got promoted and still don’t have one,” Li Xunsi complained helplessly.
“Isn’t that coffin board you’re carrying a weapon?” Aiya asked.
“Damn it! That’s just decoration!!” Li Xunsi’s frustration grew by the minute.