At 2:29 PM, after creating her game character, Hua Hualong was teleported back to the real world.
Of course, having witnessed the second miracle, he had already become she.
Let’s slow things down a bit and take a look at what this scoundrel did in the final one minute before entering the Dark World!
Seconds 1–10:She touched herself all over to confirm that she really had turned into the character she had just created.
That’s when she realized she’d made a huge mistake — the discomfort caused by the body swap.
First was her height: a sudden 20 cm reduction made her feel like she was in a completely different world, not the one she had lived in for 25 years.
Seconds 11–20:She discovered another tragic fact: her hands had become clumsy — she couldn’t type properly anymore.
It felt like the discomfort of suddenly trimming your nails too short; when her hands rested on the keyboard, she kept hitting the wrong keys.
Walking also felt off — maybe because of the two lumps of flesh now on her chest or simply the height change.
Her steps were unsteady, as though she could fall at any moment.
At second 21: She realized a cold-sweat-inducing flaw in her plan. Originally, she had intended to create an elegant, refined “ojou-sama” (rich girl) type character.
Having read Andersen’s Fairy Tales and Grimm’s Fairy Tales six times, she had memorized all the mannerisms and speech of such a character, and combined with her Oscar-worthy acting skills, she was confident she could fool countless people.
But now there was one fatal flaw that could ruin everything — she had no girl’s clothing.
Hua Hualong’s home had no female clothes.
She was still wearing a white dress shirt and jeans from her male body, which totally clashed with the ojou-sama aesthetic.
Worse — it might even tip people off that she had body-swapped.
At second 28: She came up with a brilliant solution.
Seconds 30–50: She rushed to the bathroom, quickly stripped down, and soaked herself with the showerhead.
Then, she wrapped herself in a bath towel.
Well, that part took a while — at first, she mistakenly wrapped only her lower half, then suddenly remembered her current gender and hastily covered her upper body as well.
At second 50: A cold, emotionless voice echoed in her mind: “10… 9…”
Seconds 51–57: She wrapped her long, slender black hair with a towel — though not very neatly.
In the rush, she just spun it around her head twice.
At second 58: She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
At second 59: She opened them. A pair of beautiful eyes now held a trace of panic and confusion.
Her left hand guarded her chest, and her right hand pressed lightly against her stomach to prevent the towel from slipping.
Drops of water still clung to her skin, and her whole body gave off a soft, refined aura.
Combined with her gorgeous face, she looked like a delicate anime girl come to life.
OK! Perfect!
The 89th Oscar? I, Hua Hualong, have it in the bag.
No one can say otherwise!
…
In the next moment, just like how she was teleported to the character creation space earlier, she suddenly found herself on what looked like a “highway.”
Though honestly, it wasn’t exactly a highway — in front of her were nine straight tracks, each identical aside from color.
At the starting point of the tracks stood nine people — eight men and one woman, the woman being none other than Hua Hualong wrapped in a towel.
From the void, a cold, emotionless voice echoed again.
Its source could be roughly sensed, but no person could be seen.
At the same time, words began appearing in the sky.
“Victory Condition: Reach the 1000-meter finish line by any means. First to arrive wins.”
“Special Mechanism 1: Each player has one teleportation opportunity. Press the red button on your left wristwatch to teleport.”
“Detail 1: Teleportation distance can be up to 100 meters.”
“Detail 2: The teleportation target is whatever point your eyes are focused on.”
“Detail 3: If no specific focus point is found, the system will teleport you forward the maximum possible distance.”
“Game begins in 300 seconds. Countdown: 300, 299, 298…”
…
Hua Hualong was completely stunned!
And for once, this wasn’t acting — she was genuinely dumbfounded.
She realized she had been played — tricked by a double act from the QQ group members “Fortress Lieutenant Communications Officer” and “Spirit of the Wind.”
No… this was likely not just a two-man act — maybe three or four people were involved.
After all, scheming against her served no real purpose for just the two of them; they must’ve done it for the benefit of someone else.
If this was a solo mode, then members from the same QQ group could easily end up as enemies.
That was exactly the implication behind what Fortress Lieutenant Communications Officer had said — and it wasn’t a lie.
This game would have only one winner.
That meant the other eight people would die.
It was an all-out deathmatch, no allies.
The double act by Fortress Lieutenant Communications Officer and Spirit of the Wind had one goal: to protect one of the other QQ group members.
Looking back at what Fortress Lieutenant Communications Officer said —
He had used a very clever psychological tactic: mixing 10% lies into 90% truth.
He had advised Hua Hualong not to create a pink-haired character, and said that the age should ideally be between 20 and 25, not too weak-looking, but not too conspicuous either.
But what he didn’t mention was that games in the Dark World could include physically demanding challenges.
That was critical information, and he had intentionally left it out — because that omission was part of his trap.
If Hua Hualong had followed his advice and created an older character, then yes — higher age would typically mean better physical stats, and she’d certainly be better off physically than her current 16-year-old moe girl form.
But because Hua Hualong didn’t fully trust him and made some adjustments, thinking herself clever… she ended up falling even deeper into the trap.
Even if she had followed Fortress Lieutenant’s conditions exactly, she’d still be trapped — but not in despair.
That was the true trap: if this “BookletNa” character had deep strategy, they certainly wouldn’t follow the suggested parameters.
They might even refuse to create a character at all, trying to outwit the system.
But by doing so, they’d pay the price for overthinking.
Maybe if they were lucky, they’d notice the hidden danger… but who knows?
After all, if you can set a trap just by typing on a keyboard, why not take advantage of it?
In reality, Hua Hualong had the brains to eventually realize that there might be physically demanding games.
But the time pressure, plus the information overload from Fortress Lieutenant Communications Officer, left him no time to fully process it.
And let’s not forget — this was a trap within a trap.
With Spirit of the Wind playing the bad cop in the background, it was almost impossible not to fall for it.
Now, this situation couldn’t get any worse.
This 16-year-old moe girl body was definitely not physically strong.
She recalled that the world record for the 100-meter dash was under 10 seconds.
Her elementary school art teacher (who also taught math) once gave a rough formula for calculating a 1000-meter run:
1000m time ≈ 100m time × 10 × 1.4
Using that, a 10-second 100m time would yield a 2 minutes 20 seconds 1000m run.
But her current body was not athletic in the slightest — and she was wrapped in a bath towel, no less.
A conservative estimate for her 100m time would be around 20 seconds, meaning her 1000m time would be about 4 minutes 40 seconds.
Running naked, maybe she could hit 16 seconds for 100m — which gives 3 minutes 44 seconds for 1000m.
But… this was a life-or-death race.
That kind of pressure might push her to run even faster.
She glanced at the newly-appeared watch on her left wrist.
The dial didn’t show a standard time — just a prominent red button.
No matter how she calculated it, she couldn’t see herself reaching 2 minutes 30 seconds — even with a single teleportation opportunity, it would be nearly impossible in her current body.
But — now that she’d confirmed she couldn’t beat 2:30…
There was still one option left: make sure no one else can, either.
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