Mao Xiaole tousled his hair, cursed, and walked a few steps towards Dream Chaser. He turned back again and asked reluctantly, âHey, whatâs your name?
âForget it, even if you tell me, I wonât be able to remember it. But you look pleasing to my eyes. People like you⊠tsk, just donât die.â
With a stinky face, Mao Xiaole grabbed the paper man on his shoulder and threw it at Wei Xun. Waving his hand, he followed the man in the orange cloak and left.
Orange cloak⊠Heâs also a tour guide?
Wei Xun grabbed the little paper man and looked thoughtfully at their backs as they disappeared towards the center of the virtual hall.
This person must be a high-ranking tour guide. This was the first time Wei Xun had seen such a bright cloak. To be honest, he also liked bright clothes like bright blue, goose yellow, and grape purple. They looked bright and energetic.
It could be confirmed that a young man who had ties with a bigwig tour guide would have a powerful background. It came as a surprise to Wei Xun that he would ask a question like, âDo you write novels?â It should not be a coincidence that he asked this.
Wei Xun didnât intend to contact him for the time being. It was better to take the opportunity to go their separate ways. After returning to the base, Wei Xun spent 1000 points to use the âidentifyâ function of the Travel Services on the paper man. He found that the paper man had functions such as enlargement, guarding, and communication.
Normally, it would remain as a small paper man, but when it enlarged, it would become a giant paper man more than two meters tall. It had amazing combat prowess and its only weakness was Yang fire. It was a good bodyguard.
However, Wei Xun felt that the young man must have left a mark on the paper man. He didnât want his identity to be exposed, so he ruthlessly fed the paper man to the little fox.
The energy contained in the paper man was extremely high, basically equivalent to a pair of ghost eyes (6000 points) and blood lingzhi (8500 points) sold by the Travel Services. Even though it was tasteless, the little fox said that it was quite delicious to eat.
The young fox swallowed the ball of paper with much difficulty. Then it blinked hard, and its pair of originally black pupils suddenly illuminated, slightly glowing with a jade luster.
âMaster, sob, sob, I used all my energy to turn my shape into a fox!â
The young fox was very happy. It immediately reported this great news proudly to its master. Since it had been living as a red and white flying squirrel for a long time, it had been trying very hard to transform its body back into that of a fox. After it devoured the small paper man and rested at the base, the young fox estimated that it would need a maximum of seven days to morph back into a foxâs body!
âAfter the transformation, I can possess master and help master fight!â
âGreat!â
Wei Xun wasnât stingy with his praise. Then he asked curiously, âWhat will I look like if you possess me?â
âUwa, youâd definitely look very beautiful! Master will have snow-like white skin, pure white hair, green eyes⊠â
The more the young fox blabbered, the more it stuttered. It crooked its head and looked at Wei Xun. It seemed that, even without it, its master would already have snow-like white skin, pure white hair, and beautiful blue eyes that looked like a pair of gems.
Master was very strong. The simple young fox thought that after it possessed its master, its biggest function would only be to âincreaseâ its masterâs beauty.
But now, when it looked at its masterâs real appearance, it felt that it was redundant.
The young fox sadly chewed the paper man, feeling that the paper man didnât taste as fragrant as it had previously. Especially when Wei Xun took out a picture of another long and strange small animal (ferret) and asked if it could turn into this, the young fox cried loudly.
The young fox also wanted to become useful to its master!
After communicating with the young fox, Wei Xun found that it would be very useful for a fox spirit to possess him. First, the heavenly fox was the ancestor of all fox species. Foxes mainly had red, yellow, brown, gray, white, or black as the colors of their coats, but white was the noblest colorâit was the color of the coat of the heavenly foxes. This was why the young fox unconsciously said that it could turn Wei Xunâs hair white.
In fact, after the young fox would possess him, Wei Xun could choose any hair among these colors, and his hair didnât necessarily have to be a single color, as he could add highlights to his hair. He was also able to choose his eye color. Foxes had eye colors including blue, emerald, brown, black, and so on.
Not to mention that when the fox spirit possessed his body, he would have a healthier body and more sensitive perception, the effects of âhair dyeingâ and âbeautiful pupilsâ were enough to satisfy Wei Xun.
Therefore, he spent half an afternoon dabbling with this. Facing the dressing mirror, he slowly adjusted his hair color, pupil color, and other animal characteristics such as tiger teeth, etc.
At last, his hair turned into a chocolate color, appearing light brown in the sun. Under the sun, there was one strand of hair that would appear dark orange, while there was another tuft of white hair on the left side of his head, which was pushed behind Wei Xunâs ears.
His pupils morphed into a black color, his eyelashes were dyed black, and his pale white skin beneath his clothes were in stark contrast against his clothes.
He had clearly only changed the color of his hair and pupils, but Wei Xunâs temperament changed instantly. If he had white hair and blue pupils, he looked like an elf from an icy and snowy world. He would appear delicate and fragile, and possess a beauty no ordinary person could possess. Now, he looked a little more mature and colder. Especially when one was locked onto by his dark pupils, they would feel that he was dangerous and hard to get close to.
When Wei Xun opened his mouth with an âAh,â he revealed sharp teeth. This made him seem somewhat more rebellious.
âNot bad.â
Wei Xun was very satisfied with his aesthetic. The young fox who suggested many ideas (but these ideas were not used) was also very satisfied. The profound fox was one tier below the heavenly fox. It was also good that Wei Xun chose black, because that was the fur color of the profound fox.
It felt very happy when Wei Xun had finally listened to its suggestionâadding a streak of white hair. The young fox felt extremely overjoyed and stuck closely to Wei Xun, howling softly in joy.
Wei Xun had originally wanted to add a streak of white hair. This was because in ordinary times, ferrets would have brown fur, but it would turn white in winter. In this manner, if his white hair was exposed one day, there would be no problem.
Wei Xun was even thinking about whether to choose a colder place for his next tour, so that his hair color would have a chance to âtransform.â Someoneâs first impression would always be the strongest, like how âIII-9â had white hair. Wei Xun felt that many people would carve this memory deep down in their hearts, or how III-9âs mutation was in the direction of the abyssal demon.
White hair was a very obvious symbol of the abyssal demon. Wei Xun could easily be distinguished from his identity as a tour guide if he had black hair and black eyes on his next tour. Even if his hair slowly turned white in the next tour, because humans often had preconceived impressions of others, those people wouldnât suspect his identity so soon.
Wei Xun was ready for the next tour, and was fully prepared to be âlivestreamed.â To be exact, the âlivestreamâ this time would be more beneficial to him.
He also wanted to see the effects of the contract he had signed with ***. After signing the contract, the members of the Homeward tour party would glow when he saw them, providing him a clue. That was how he had found out Wang Pengpaiâs identityâhe had appeared different from the others. However, this only worked on tours.
However, a contract goes both ways. In Intoxicating Xiangxi, Wei Xun had paid close attention to Wang Pengpaiâs actions and confirmed that Wang Pengpai did not have any peculiar reactions when he saw Wei Xun.
Wei Xun could judge that as a tour guide, the members of the Homeward tour party would not perceive anything different about him.
What if he was a tourist?
Wei Xun thoroughly thought about every possible scenario, and was ready for the next tourâprepared for if his identity as a âtouristâ was found out by Homeward. If he was found out by them, then he could tell them that this was a part of ***âs plan.
*** may have expected that when he was awarded the title, [Empathy], that he would choose to empathize with a [Tourist], taking into account his thrill-seeking nature. It was expected that using this identity, he would enter a tour.
Then naturally, with a [Tourist] identity, he would use it to enter Homeward tour party.
Was this also predicted by ***?
Walking on a road planned by others and having everything develop according to their plans⊠This feeling wasnât something new to Wei Xun, and Wei Xun didnât hate this feeling.
This was because Wei Xunâs older brother had made all the arrangements for him before he disappeared. Wei Xun didnât have much of an impression of his parents, but he had a deep impression and many memories of his older brother.
His older brother was smarter than average, and it was easy for him to sense what others were thinking. His older brother rarely preached, but he could always have Wei Xun act according to his plans. It was like his older brother had the magical power to control peopleâs thinking and behavior. Yet, his older brother wouldnât make others feel disgusted with him because of this.
Wei Xun also slowly figured this out when he grew up.
He stared into the mirror and turned his hair pure black. He brushed back his hair, revealing his forehead. Wei Xun changed into a black suit, wore a dark bow tie, and looked at the mirror. He felt that there was something missing.
Then, a pair of gold framed glasses appeared between Wei Xunâs fingers. He put them on the bridge of his nose and squinted slightly. The man in the mirror was cold and dangerous, and his indifferent eyes were blocked behind the lenses, exuding an indescribable pressure.
He appeared 70 to 80 percent similar to the older brother in his memories.
However, when Wei Xun took off his glasses, raised his eyebrows, and revealed a wanton smile, he wouldnât look similar to his brother.
If Wei Xun dyed his hair black, wore a pair of colored lenses, and deliberately wore a cold expression on his face, he would also look like his brother.
But in the end, they were different people. Although he had albinism, his brother didnât. That was one difference.
When Wei Xun was selected by the Travel Services, he wanted to enjoy the strange and mysterious tours without fear. However, his brother would try his best to become the ultimate controller of everything here. It was imbued in his personality, so this wouldnât change.
âWhich tour shall I go on next?â
Wei Xun laid down comfortably and started to select a tour with great interest. As he was currently an unranked tourist and a newcomer, the tour he chose to join would also have other newcomers.
Tours could be divided into five categories: adventure, thriller, cultural, survival, and mixed. For example, the Intoxicating Xiangxi tour was of the mixed category with supernatural elements.
And by grade, there were:
âSafe levelâ (Mostly includes tours within or around the city)
âDifficult levelâ (Includes adventure and cultural tours, with no supernatural elements unless special tasks are required)
âDangerous levelâ (Includes all thriller tours, some folklore and cultural tours, some survival tours that require you to survive in extreme conditions, some tours of the mixed category, etc.)
âExtremely Dangerous levelâ (Includes super difficult dangerous tours with supernatural elements, super difficult tours that explore unmanned areas, super difficult tour that explore relics, and most of the mixed category tours fall under here)
âUnsolved levelâ (30th parallel north tours)
The difficulty of Intoxicating Xiangxi was âSuper Difficult Dangerous level tour,â which was located between the âDangerous levelâ and âExtremely Dangerous level.â As a ânovice tourist,â Wei Xun could only choose tours of the âSafe levelâ and âDifficult level.â
This was also why Wei Xun changed his mind and no longer felt reluctant to join a tour party.
He felt that he wasnât suitable to slowly rise in rank. He couldnât wait to experience the âDangerousâ and âExtremely Dangerous,â or even Unsolved level tours. Once a tourist joined a tour party, they wouldnât have restrictions on what level tour they could embark on.
For example, Wei Xun was restricted to low level tours now. Low level represented low authority, and some parts of the app were not even opened up to him, such as the specific information for each tour partyâs high-ranking tourists, etc. But when you joined a powerful enough tour party, none of these restrictions would exist.
âWill the tour party be able to find me?â
Wei Xun felt his interest perked, and he directly excluded the safe-level tours. Now, he was only selecting tours among the âDifficult level,â and while screening through them, he only considered tours that were closer to the north.
Suddenly, Wei Xunâs eyes settled on a tour.
âTour Guide: IV-1?â
Wei Xun raised his eyebrows, and his pupils slightly dilated due to excitement. Among the large number of V-ranked tour guides and IV-ranked tour guides that ranked several hundreds within the IV-rank, IV-1 appeared very conspicuous.
âIV-1 is the strongest guide in the IV-rank, so the tour he is leading should be the hardest among these people,â Wei Xun said to himself, laughing happily. His fingers pointed to the screen. âLittle III-9, huh? You are a slaughterer tour guide, right.
âCome and kill me. Let me see how you will kill me. OrâŠâŠâ
You may very well be controlled by me.
Wei Xun had wondered as early as his previous tour whether tour guides could be controlled. And he also wondered whether tourists could take the lead in tours.
He wanted to have a try this time.
Wei Xunâs finger landed on the screen again and he chose this tour. Then he closed his eyes and lay down in bed to rest. The new tour would start on September 1. It was August 20, so there were ten days left.
For the next ten days, Wei Xun was prepared to stay in the base all the time, except for the times he needed to feed Bingbing. He also paid some points and played II-49âs Intoxicating Xiangxi vlog. The thrilling and frightening scenes were displayed in his mind when he did so, and there was no need to open his eyes. Wei Xun could have a rest and watch the vlog at the same time.
The young fox slept beside his pillow, and its belly fluctuated with its breathing. It acted according to Wei Xunâs wishes and slowly transformed its little body into a ferret.
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âHave you heard from the captain? Who will go on the tour this time?â
At Homewardâs base, Mao Xiaole circled around the base and counted with his fingers. âBai Xiaosheng canât go since heâs staring at Andean Civilizationâs Gate of the Sun. Replicator crossed over to the United States region, and canât come back for the time being. Several others are also embarking on tours. The time is really too short.â
âIsnât it September? Itâs close to the year-end celebration. Everyone is holding themselves back, waiting for this event,â Wang Pengpai said.
His entire body was badly hurt, and only his head wasnât injured. However, blue and purple bruises adorned his face, and his cheeks were swollen. If Wei Xun took a glance at the tour guide leaderboard at the moment, he would find that several codenames of II-ranked tour guides were now grayed out.
When Wang Pengpai had first returned to the base, his injuries were even worse, and he was ridiculed by Mao Xiaole. However, Wang Pengpaiâs sentence, âItâs great to kill so many slaughterer bastards,â made Mao Xiaole angry, yet Mao Xiaole had nowhere to vent it.
âWhy are you so angry recently?â
Wang Pengpai also felt that it was very strange. Although Mao Xiaole was gloomy and bloodthirsty, he wouldnât usually be this moodyâfurious one moment and smiling the next.