Ch57.3 - Virtual Hall (Part Three)

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Wei Xun took his cloak and robe and stored it in the base. Afterwards, he entered the virtual hall as a tourist. The way tour guides dressed was way too eye-catching. Furthermore, the number of tour guides was too scarce compared with the number of tourists. To better hide himself, he would of course choose to become a member of the “majority.”

Wei Xun pushed open the door and stepped forward, finally walking into the virtual hall.

Wei Xun’s ultraviolet sunscreen problem had been solved. He was still deliberating about the kind of appearance he wanted to use to appear in the tours.

White hair and blue eyes would stand out in the crowd, but when Wei Xun had bought the sunscreen, he had seen that the note had mentioned: The favorite sunscreen of vampires and zombies. In other words, this meant that tourists had a chance to obtain titles related to the legendary gods and ghosts.

And their appearance might look different from a regular human being.

Previously, the young fox had happily said that the human forms of heavenly foxes would have white hair, blue eyes, icy snow white skin color, and would be extremely beautiful.

This inspired Wei Xun.

Although Miao Fangfei and the others looked no different from normal people, he had seen too few tourists. When tourists gathered together, perhaps they would look like a bunch of different colored hair characters from a Japanese anime. Perhaps tourists also came in all shapes and sizes.

What kind of persona should he set for himself on the next tour?

Neither his [Tourist] nor [Analgesic] titles could be exposed. At present, Wei Xun’s only blue title was [A Wild Beast’s Psyche]. Maybe he can build a new persona around this title.

Then he could skilfully integrate the persona with his appearance.

For example, Wei Xun could set up a persona of someone being “possessed by a fox demon,” let the remnant soul of the young fox come to him, and subtly change his appearance.

However, if he used the persona of being possessed by a fox demon, it was still a little conspicuous. Wang Pengpai and the forces behind him might know that Yu Hehui was with “III-9.” After all, Wei Xun hadn’t met up with Yu Hean when the tour had ended. The young fox could only feel that Yu Hean was “safe”, but the young fox couldn’t contact him.

If the other party had Yu Hean in their hands, his possession of the little fox couldn’t be exposed.

Maybe it could pretend to be a “mink”? He could be “possessed by a mink”?

That might work out well. Wei Xun looked at the sleeping fox, his eyes filled with deep intentions. It looked more like a flying squirrel due to its long body, small ears, and long tail. In addition, the young fox was basically white all over. It wouldn’t come as a surprise if someone claimed that it was a mink.

And it had the ability to imperceptibly change its shape.

Wei Xun rubbed his chin, thinking deeply. Finally, he woke up from his stupor. He first went to the virtual hall to take a look at what it was like, and then he would create his “persona.”

“We finally have 30th parallel north scenic spots in China, oh my god!”

As soon as he entered the virtual hall, the heated atmosphere had almost reached “the boiling point.” The whole virtual hall was crowded and it appeared lively, like everyone was celebrating the advent of the new year. Wei Xun appeared in an unnoticed corner. Soon, he quickly got rid of the unfamiliar expression of someone entering the virtual hall for the first time, and he easily integrated into the crowd.

Everyone was very excited and agitated. They were all discussing the scenic spots of the 30th parallel north. There was almost no one discussing anything other than that. There were discussions about “Tourist,” “III-9,” and “Xiangxi” everywhere. Even if he had seen how enthusiastic people were about 30th parallel north tours from how hot the discussions on the forum were, Wei Xun still felt that he received a slight shock when he first saw the scene.

He raised his head and saw the legendary [Return Leaderboard] for the first time, and memorized all the names and comments the Travel Services had towards them.

Dream Chaser was a I-3 tour guide, Black Widow was an S-1 tour guide, Fate Jester was a I-1 tour guide, Astrologer was the top tourist in the west, and The Returner During Dusk who had opened two tours was the world’s strongest tourist, An Xuefeng.

Wei Xun was acutely aware that the Travel Services’s comment regarding “Tourist” was really different from its other comments on the Return Leaderboard. Other comments didn’t seem to be praises. Only Tourist’s comment was “Tourist will have unlimited possibilities.”

Why exactly was there such a difference?

There were many posts discussing [Tourist] on the forum, but there were almost no posts discussing the [Return Leaderboard] or other bigwigs. Wei Xun had a conversation with a talkative tourist. Like a sponge absorbing water, he quickly learned what he needed from the discussion of others.

For example, [The Returner During Dusk] was the title given by the Travel Services to the strongest tourist during the year-end celebration. It was the one and only gold title. An Xuefeng had continued to hold onto [The Returner During Dusk] title for ten years.

In contrast, the Travel Services awarded the strongest tour guide with the title [A Crazy Devil That Led A Thrilling Tour].

Returner and Thrilling Tour were the headings used by the Travel Services under the tourist and tour guide tabs, respectively. And “Thrilling Tour” was the name of the Travel Services’ app. It could be seen that these titles were of great significance.

But somehow, the [The Returner During Dusk] was awarded to An Xuefeng every year, yet no tour guide had ever won the title of [A Crazy Devil That Led A Thrilling Tour]. Whether it was the I-1 tour guide Fate Jester, or the S-1 tour guide Devourer in the west, they had never received this title. Up until now, it could be said that [A Crazy Devil That Led A Thrilling Tour] was just a legend, and the Travel Services did not intend to award the corresponding title to a tour guide.

Anyway, the Travel Services served “tourists” wholeheartedly. As for tour guides? They were just the “staff” of the Travel Services.

Although the people around Wei Xun were euphemistically whispering, he could probably guess what they meant. There was a deep estrangement between tourists and tour guides. Wei Xun could confirm this without even walking a lap around the virtual hall. It couldn’t even be said that tour guides like III-9 were the minority. The vast majority of tour guides would not take the life and death of the tourists into account.

The Travel Services had two different selection criteria. Class Y tourists were selected due to their strong desires and beliefs, and became ordinary tourists. Class X special tourists were chosen because they were dying. After completing the special task, they could become a reserve tour guide, and then become an official tour guide afterwards.

The different selection criteria and the different attitudes the Travel Services had towards both parties had imperceptibly led to the current situation between tour guides and tourists. Both parties were like water and fire.

Wei Xun took a look at his Tourist Personal Information, where it currently said Class Y Special Tourist.

Once he took off the title of “Tourist,” the title shown would obviously be “Tour Guide”.

After chatting for a while, Wei Xun casually said, “To be honest, these remarks from the Travel Services sound quite unlucky.

“‘Meet his end in a beautiful dream’, ‘pass away, alone’, ‘be played by fate,’ and so on. These remarks don’t seem to be praising them.”

“How can you talk nonsense!”

The tourist was startled, and his expression changed instantly. He took several steps back instantly, as if he wanted to keep a distance from Wei Xun. However, Wei Xun’s appearance at the moment was deceptive, and he obviously looked to be very sincere and serious. It seemed that he was really worried about the bigwigs on the leaderboard. Because the tourist and Wei Xun had been chatting well just now, the tourist paused momentarily before he lowered his voice, reminding Wei Xun, “Is this something we, some small miscellaneous fish, can discuss? Fortunately, you didn’t read their titles out loud. Otherwise, you wouldn’t even know how you ended up losing your life!”

With that, he disappeared in a jiffy. It was like a ghost chasing behind him. Wei Xun was left alone, and he soon sunk deep into thought.

He couldn’t read out their title? In other words, when one was very strong, one would be able to sense when someone else read out their titles?

Why didn’t I feel anything? Could it be that I’m not strong enough?

Currently, Wei Xun was glad that his strength was still low. Otherwise, if he could really sense it, he would be fucking irritated. It seemed that everyone else had similar attitudes. They had a great aversion to mentioning the bigwigs, but they dared to discuss “Tourist.”

So, when trying to make small talk with another stranger again, Wei Xun didn’t talk about the other bigwigs. He only talked about “Tourist.”

“The comment for ‘Tourist’ feels different from others.”

“It’s indeed different.”

The one who talked with Wei Xun this time was a young man who had a baby face and a good temper. A small paper man sat on the young man’s shoulder, which is why Wei Xun noticed him.

If there were Taoists, there would also be ghosts and jiangshis.

The young man’s eyelids hung low, and he looked like he hadn’t slept enough. He casually replied, “I can only say that the Travel Services is afraid that they would curse this lad to death.”

“Curse this lad to death?”

Wei Xun’s heart throbbed.

“Yes. The more powerful you are, the more malice you’re able to bear.”

The young man said lazily, “If this fellow, III-9, was like the others on the leaderboard and had a comment of ‘suffer from a gruesome death,’ I’m afraid he would die on the spot.”

He raised his lips and seemed to be laughing as he said, “As for the infinite possibilities comment… Hiss, I thought that III-9 could at least get a comment like ‘make waves in the future,’ but I didn’t expect it to be ‘infinite possibilities.’

“III-9 is such a noob.”

“How could you spout nonsense!”

Just then, a sharp and angry voice rang out nearby. Wei Xun raised his head up and saw that the person who spoke was a man with a sharp mouth and a mean-looking face. He was as skinny as a drug addict, but he looked pretty good. There were three people standing with him, all of whom glared at Wei Xun and the young man next to him, as if they would jump at them at any time.

“Who do you think you are, and how dare you say that about Brother 9?!”

His voice was sharp, harsh, and aggressive. It sounded very uncomfortable to the ears. Wei Xun rubbed his ears. He didn’t know where this crazy fan of III-9 came from. If this was a few moments ago, Wei Xun would have left. However, Wei Xun felt that this person was inexplicably familiar.

It wasn’t only him, but the several people next to him also looked familiar to Wei Xun. Could there be such a coincidence?

Therefore, Wei Xun took a few more glances before he finally recognized them.

These people looked similar to Lin Xi!

For example, the noisy and skinny man in front of him had the same pair of eyes as Lin Xi. Some of the ones at the back had similar noses and eyebrows to Lin Xi. Wei Xun was stunned. He started to let his imagination run wild.

Was it because some people thought that III-9 loved Lin Xi that they purposely sent many people who looked like Lin Xi to seduce III-9?

But why did they happen to very coincidentally appear in front of him?

Was I exposed?

“Scram.” At this very moment, the young man who had a paper man sitting on his shoulder spoke impatiently without waiting for the other party to say more.

His killing intent was unconcealed and embedded in the word “Scram.” The paper man on his shoulder suddenly jumped down and grew bigger, morphing into a figure more than two meters high. The horrifying two meter tall paper man no longer seemed cute. With two to three stomps, it used its legs to press the “Lin Xi”s into the ground.

It can also be said that when the “Lin Xi”s were caught by the giant paper man, they were scared to death. After escaping from the paper man’s grasp, they all fled from the virtual hall.

“They’re just botched look-alikes, yet they had the audacity to pollute This Lord’s eyes.”

The young man sneered and swept a glance towards Wei Xun, to look at his reaction. However, Wei Xun’s line of sight was not on the “Lin Xi”s or the paper man. Instead, it had fallen somewhere behind them, where a dark green figure was scurrying away.

Just now, when the “Lin Xi”s were looking for trouble, Wei Xun noticed that it was no accident that the “Lin Xi”s would gather together to provoke them. Behind them, there was a man in a dark green cloak, who was the real mastermind.

The man was wearing a dark green mask. Only his chin peeked out from the mask, which was very pale. He looked especially prominent now, and he had a man in his arms——The man in his arms appeared very similar to Lin Xi, but his face didn’t appear natural. It seemed that the man in his arms had gotten plastic surgery.

“Tour guide IV-1, III-9’s follower.”

The young man disdainfully curled his lips and said carelessly, “Everyone calls him ‘Little III-9.’ He seems to be happily hopping around everywhere these past couple of days.”

“Sigh, I didn’t expect to offend a tour guide.”

Wei Xun frowned, his heart filled with worry. He had learned a couple of expressions Yu Hean always had on his face and adopted his expressions. He acted more like a rather weak tourist in the middle or lower rungs and said, “IV-1 is very small-minded. Brother, you should be careful these days as well. Be wary that he may take revenge on you.

“When the tiger is away, the monkeys won’t come forth, but the bedbugs still want to stir trouble.”

The other man had a very poisonous tongue, and judging from what he said, he didn’t seem to be the least tolerant of such a person. “You don’t have to be afraid of bedbugs. Why should you bear this…”

He glanced at Wei Xun, swallowing the word “disgrace.” Then, he suddenly asked, “Do you write novels?”

The author has something to say:

The new tour will start tomorrow!

I’ve brainstormed ideas for the new tour these past couple of days, so I temporarily stopped the extra updates. But I remember that I must upload the extra chapters [Puffs Chest]

I also remember the issue about the reference book. But today I wrote the chapter to get it posted immediately. Once I finished writing, I saw that it’s about time for me to post the chapter, so I hurriedly posted the chapter. Every time I post the chapters, I don’t always have time to conclude the things I learnt from the reference book.

I will definitely tell you guys about this tomorrow!

T/N: Thank you Cherrui and Chuckling cigars for your ko-fis!