“Aha~ You are clever players.” The crystal ball giggled. “And I am an excellent and competent Overseer, so I cannot give you any more hints~”
Li Li asked with a grim expression, “If the toy bears are the bear's children, then what about the summer treasure? We've already turned this house upside down, and haven't seen anything that could be considered treasure.”
“It seems this is a scavenger hunt. If the corresponding items aren't found, the guest won't leave, and the dollhouse will remain stuck in a particular season.” Yan Qingwen pondered for a moment, then asked the Overseer, “If we choose the wrong item, will there be a penalty?”
The ball replied, “Of course! If you anger the guest, the guest will go berserk!”
Mentioning this, the ball seemed particularly excited, and its built-in snowflake effect fluttered even more merrily.
“The first time you choose the wrong item, the guest will go berserk for 1 minute! The second time, 3 minutes! The third time, a full 5 minutes!~ Believe me, there won't be a fourth time, because no player can withstand their 5-minute rampage!—”
The last sentence was deliberately drawn out, sounding just like an evil villain in a cartoon.
The ball was quite satisfied to see the players' faces turn pale. In addition to the fluttering snowflakes, the built-in small colored lights also blinked on and off.
Bai Youwei and Shen Mo exchanged glances.
After a moment of silence, Bai Youwei asked an unrelated question:
“Why are you only here now? Is there a shortage of Overseers?”
The crystal ball wobbled, simulating shaking its head. “Each Overseer has no fewer than 99 shells, enough to supervise every game. Moreover, the number of online players in recent games has been continuously declining, so we will be increasingly idle~”
“Shells? Are they clones?” Shen Mo asked.
“Clones?” The ball paused, then burst into laughter. “Hahahaha! Humans with only one body seem to have difficulty understanding the existence of multiple bodies! Actually, I can't understand it either. Why have you only evolved one body? Isn’t doing things very inefficient?”
“You're not very efficient either,” Bai Youwei said coolly. “You're late.”
“Oh, that's because this game is running for the first time. There are many things that need to be debugged, and the early work is very tedious~”
The Overseer ball showed no awareness of its mistake and said cheerfully:
“Alright, let's start the game now!~ I will give you guidance and hints throughout. Just wind my clockwork!~ Ahhh, I'm so excited, the dollhouse is starting up for the first time!”
Its colored lights blinked, its snowflakes fluttered, and it recited:
“The spring bear has woken up, and it's so worried about losing its two children…”
As soon as its voice fell, a bear's roar suddenly came from outside!
Everyone: “…”
There really was a bear?
A brown-grey bear slowly walked up the hillside. Its body was large and stout, its fur thick, and its paws were as big as a human head!
At this moment, the bear stood upright on the hillside, its height exceeding 2 meters! Despite its formidable appearance, it wore a red bow tie around its neck! As if it had just come out of a circus.
Its left paw also carried a metal bucket, which seemed to contain a few fish.
Everyone looked at the bear outside through the window, momentarily speechless.
The bear swayed to the door, looking rather naive and adorable, then squatted down and patted the door with its paw.
— Bang, bang!
Everyone looked at each other.
“…Now, should we give it the toy bears?” Li Li looked at everyone's expressions, finally turning to Yan Qingwen. “Brother Yan, if we give it the toy bears, will this round be considered passed, and then we enter summer?”
Yan Qingwen pondered, “Each season lasts 8 hours. There's no rush. Let's search the house first.”