The woman was wearing a black strapless top paired with black wide-leg pants, her skin was very fair, and she had short hair that just reached her ears.
Her makeup was heavily smoked, matched with dark brown lipstick.
This bold makeup style is difficult for most people to pull off, but the woman across had such outstanding features that even such rebellious makeup didn’t conceal her exquisite and beautiful appearance at all.
However, when the woman stared directly at Wen Nan at this moment with that eerie smile, it made Wen Nan’s skin crawl.
Did she... see Wen Nan?
But, there was a wall of testing space between them— even Yu Shujun, the tester, couldn’t see Wen Nan without using the Root Breaking Slash. How could a false image fabricated by the testing space see Wen Nan?
It must be Wen Nan overthinking...
Just as he was thinking this, the woman spoke, and her words made Wen Nan’s heart sink—
"Ye Jiu, you finally came?"
Could it be that she’s really like him, transcending the boundaries?
Who on earth is this woman? Why isn’t she bound by the internal rules of the Divine Staff Sheath?
While pondering this, the next scene in the testing space left Wen Nan speechless—
He saw a man slowly walk out after pulling open the curtain between Wen Nan and the woman.
This man was none other than Wen Nan.
Or rather, he was a man crafted by the Divine Staff Sheath in the No. 1 testing space, looking exactly like Wen Nan.
So, the woman was not speaking to the Wen Nan outside the testing space, but to the "high-mod version" of Wen Nan inside the testing space.
This "high-mod version" made Wen Nan himself exclaim in admiration at its lifelike quality.
Far surpassing the low-resolution version of Wen Nan disguised by Yin Zhi’en with skill across the room.
Qiaozi still had some tricks.
But, the problem is... why create a version of Wen Nan?
As he pondered this, his peripheral vision caught a glance toward the storeroom, revealing a floating panel appeared above—
[Fear Value: 10; Desire|Value: 0; Conversion Rate: 0.]
No way, could Yu Shujun’s deepest fear have shifted from the Guardian’s death to Wen Nan?!
This can’t be possible, it must be a bug.
As he was thinking, he saw the "high-mod version" of Wen Nan and the smoky-eyed woman embracing each other.
The woman raised her hands, wrapping them around the neck of the "high-mod version" Wen Nan, snuggling intimately into his embrace, and said, "Do you love me, Little Jiu."
The "high-mod version" Wen Nan leaned down, softly licking the woman’s earlobe, and said with a smile, "Of course."
The woman giggled, lifted her face, stood on tiptoe, and fiercely bit on Wen Nan’s lips, smearing his mouth with her dark brown lipstick.
Qiaozi, the kissing scene here seems too fake, there’s no sense of immersion, who would believe this is real?
The digits on the floating panel above the storeroom shifted—
[Fear Value: 15; Desire|Value: 0; Conversion Rate: 0.]
No way, even a fake kissing scene could make Yu Shujun’s Fear Value surge by 50%?
Little minion, how did you become so easily fooled?
After mentally scolding, Wen Nan remembered that this is a testing space crafted by the Divine Staff Sheath. The subjects in this space are in a state similar to a nightmare.
In a nightmare, a person’s judgment is greatly compromised.
Standing outside the testing space, Wen Nan, a transcendent player, thinks it’s fake, but Yu Shujun, entangled in the nightmare, is easily enveloped by that realistic sense of fear.
Why did Yu Shujun’s fear shift from the Guardian’s death to Wen Nan’s kiss?
’I don’t want you to kiss anyone else.’
At that time, the heartfelt words softly spoken by Yu Shujun suddenly surfaced in Wen Nan’s mind.
Such things... do they warrant this level of fear?
Just as he pondered, a beam of golden light suddenly pierced through the door panel, darting straight toward the "high-mod version" of Wen Nan in the testing space.
In an instant, the man’s chest was pierced through.
The golden light continued forward, piercing a crack in the exterior wall of the testing space.
The man lowered his eyes, looking in horror at the blood gushing from his chest.
The smoky-eyed woman screamed sharply, raising her hands to desperately cover the "high-mod version" Wen Nan’s chest, futilely attempting to stop the bleeding.
Yet the "high-mod version" Wen Nan’s body still collapsed, the smoky-eyed woman knelt on the ground, cradling the person in her arms, "Don’t die, don’t die..."
The "high-mod version" Wen Nan spat out blood, smiled weakly at the woman, and said, "Sorry, I’m afraid I can’t continue to accompany you to the end..."
After speaking, the "high-mod version" Wen Nan closed his eyes and with that, he breathed his last.
The smoky-eyed woman looked furiously toward the direction of the storeroom, shouted hysterically, "You killed him! You killed him!"
Screaming, the woman retrieved a staff from somewhere on the "high-mod version" Wen Nan’s body, lifted it high, and approached the direction of the storeroom.
Standing outside the testing space, Wen Nan furrowed his brows, stepped forward, and tried to squeeze through the crevice in the wall to give Yu Shujun a helping hand.
However, the next moment, the woman stopped, turned the direction of the staff, pointed the tip at her own chest, and stabbed it straight in.
Blood gushed from her chest, the woman turned around, and in her last moments before death, grabbed the "high-mod version" Wen Nan’s hand, then closed her eyes with a smile.
The panel above the storage room jumped once more—