I Became the Most Popular Character by Acting as a Villain in the Manga

Chapter 74

Explanation was impossible.

Bai Xuechao sat in the sofa chair and leaned back, his head resting on the backrest. His posture, with his legs casually stretched out, made his legs appear even longer and his physique more superior.

He half-closed his eyes and said blandly, "What's it to you?"

Bai Xuechao's bland, almost cold tone made Ji Chuanze pause, as if he had just realized what he had said.

"It has nothing to do with me!" Ji Chuanze said, striding over to Bai Xuechao's sofa chair. The tips of his ears, visible through his grey hair, rapidly reddened. He shouted indignantly, as if out of embarrassment and anger, "I just wanted to remind you, they were wearing SAIDB uniforms, and you with them—"

Mid-sentence, he noticed that Bai Xuechao's gaze was somewhat unfocused, as if something was wrong. He suddenly reached out and poked towards Bai Xuechao's eyes.

His fingertip stopped abruptly less than a centimeter from Bai Xuechao's eyeball.

Bai Xuechao didn't even blink.

Human subconscious reactions were hard to control, and Ji Chuanze knew well that Bai Xuechao didn't trust him to that extent.

He finally confirmed that Bai Xuechao couldn't see clearly at the moment.

Ji Chuanze furrowed his brow and reached for Bai Xuechao's shoulder to help him up: "What's wrong with you? Don't tell me you're faking illness to trick me again? You've overused that trick."

In the past, when Ji Chuanze and Bai Xuechao were at loggerheads, if Bai Xuechao didn't want to listen to Ji Chuanze, he would sometimes pretend to suddenly fall ill to interrupt his provocations. This had happened more than once or twice; he was tricked every time, and it had become a "cry wolf" story.

Though he said so, Ji Chuanze still gently helped him up, reminding himself that this was a task given to him by Mr. Jiang!

"If you can't speak properly, then don't speak," Bai Xuechao seemed to have recovered somewhat, his eyes no longer unfocused. He propped his elbow on the armrest, his hand half-clenched, supporting the side of his head, and said to Ji Chuanze, "Go buy me a cup of milk tea. Anything is fine, but make it double sugar."

"Do you know what time it is?" Ji Chuanze lowered his eyebrows, his cold grey pupils staring at Bai Xuechao, looking fierce. "Where am I supposed to buy you milk tea in the middle of the night?"

After speaking, he turned and walked towards the main door.

The main door slammed shut with a "bang," as if expressing the closing person's dissatisfaction. However, the action of deliberately closing the door loudly to make a scene became an empty threat due to the person's conflicting feelings, like a puppy that barked fiercely but secretly wagged its tail, and was also a bit childish.

Xiao 6's code-like little hands cupped its face: "Tsundere, so cute."

Bai Xuechao: "..."

Now, whenever Bai Xuechao stood up or sat down, he would feel dizzy for a while, unable to see anything clearly. He simply remained seated, raising his eyes to look at the big screen in front of him.

He still had 500 million game coins and chose to redeem Gong Ting's special ability, spending 240 million game coins.

After the redemption, Bai Xuechao still had 260 million game coins. He could have continued to redeem Gong Ting's life and personality, but he didn't.

He thought, Gong Ting's previously won game coins must have been spent somewhere.

【City Lord, hello.】

The big screen's address for Bai Xuechao changed to City Lord.

At the same time, all information related to the "Dream Game City" special ability poured into Bai Xuechao's brain.

He had truly obtained Gong Ting's special ability, and it was complete, without any side effects, unlike his own Devourment, which caused him to vomit large amounts of blood.

This discovery made Bai Xuechao raise an eyebrow.

Moreover, although his special ability "Devourment" could seize others' special abilities, the seized abilities would always be weakened or flawed. Gong Ting's "Dream Game City" would not be like that.

However, there was a trade-off. While obtaining others' special abilities through Dream Game City was complete and had no side effects, it required the opponent to redeem their special ability into the prize pool and also required spending time playing games to win.

When he used his own special ability to seize others' special abilities, he didn't need the opponent's consent.

In comparison, Bai Xuechao still felt that his own special ability for seizing abilities was more convenient.

What Bai Xuechao liked more were Dream Game City's other uses, such as redemption estimation, which allowed him to indirectly obtain intelligence through estimated values.

Another example was that the entire building was a product of special ability; the City Lord could change its appearance, and once there were no living bodies inside, he could take it away, effectively gaining a storage building.

Coupled with his other original purpose for coming here—

To obtain Gong Ting's "Dream Game City" and combine it with Qiao Jing's "Horror Amusement Park."

Overall, it was quite interesting.

Bai Xuechao also learned where Gong Ting's previously won game coins had gone.

Besides participating in games and redeeming items in the prize pool, game coins had two other uses: one was to add game projects, and the other was to feed the special ability entity System.

All games in Dream Game City were entered by the City Lord. The City Lord had to provide game rules and game props for the System to learn. By spending the amount of game coins the System requested for learning a game, the System could then use its special ability to create game props and also act as a referee to host the game.

The System had two distinctly different forms: one was the screen in front of Bai Xuechao, and the other was the special ability entity Attendant he had seen before.

Feeding game coins to the System could increase its intelligence and shorten the time it took to learn other games, but it required feeding a large amount of game coins to see results.

Gong Ting's previous game coins had been used to feed the System, and now Bai Xuechao was reaping all the benefits.

Bai Xuechao flipped through the games Gong Ting had entered. It could be said that all the more common board games and dice games had been entered. The System's learning speed for similar games would accelerate. For example, if the System was provided with the rules for poker and Blackjack to learn, after that, if new poker games were to be added, only the rules needed to be provided.

After digesting the Dream Game City's special ability, he decided to save the remaining game coins for now and decide later, based on his needs, whether to feed them to the System or use them to play games and redeem rewards.

"Host, Bai Guzi has sent you another side quest," Xiao 6 suddenly said.

Bai Xuechao asked, "What does she want to say?"

He was sure Bai Guzi wasn't asking him to complete any new side quests, but rather had something else she wanted to say to him.

【Side Quest: What's the use of 20% of the personality?】

【QAQ Will it have any impact on my son? For example, slower special ability leveling?】

Bai Xuechao lightly pursed his thin lips.

Bai Guzi was inquiring about the authority he had gained.

Whether Bai Guzi was intentional or not, she only asked about the less crucial aspects and did not ask if Bai Xuechao could control Zhou Chenhao's consciousness after obtaining 20% of his personality.

Although it somewhat implied making negative assumptions about people, Bai Guzi asking this way would indeed cause suspicion—

If Bai Xuechao taking 20% of the personality had little impact on Zhou Chenhao, Bai Guzi might renege on her promise.

"Don't worry, it won't affect the plot," Bai Xuechao said lightly, as if speaking of a trivial matter. "My authority can only make the male lead commit suicide."

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The annual male lead commits suicide. This was no ordinary "feeding sh*t"! Even if it was cut short, the readers would hang it on a pillar of shame and curse it for a lifetime!

Bai Guzi no longer communicated through side quests.

But Bai Xuechao knew that even if Bai Guzi had thought about reneging on her promise before, she wouldn't dare to now.

Regardless of whether his previous words were alarmist, as long as Bai Guzi truly wanted the work to proceed normally, she couldn't gamble on that possibility. He also wasn't worried that Bai Guzi would intentionally drag her feet, as Xiao 6 was also keeping an eye on the chip matter; he would know as soon as there was news.

Hmm, using the male lead as a hostage is truly effective.

With another matter accomplished, Bai Xuechao estimated that Ji Chuanze would take a while to return, so he planned to complete the last task as well.

He wanted to read Gong Ting's memories related to the Apocalypse Society leader.

Bai Xuechao slowly got up, supporting himself on the armrest of the sofa chair, intending to go to Gong Ting.

However, the moment he moved, he felt incredibly dizzy, his vision blurred, and he couldn't see anything. He simply sat back down, leaning against the backrest, closing his eyes, and waiting for Ji Chuanze to return so he could get some sugar.

Just then, the European-style carved main doors behind Bai Xuechao were pulled open, and someone walked in, their footsteps echoing on the stone tiles.

Had Ji Chuanze returned?

Bai Xuechao kept his eyes closed, easing the dizziness from standing up, waiting for Ji Chuanze to approach.

He suddenly smelled a sweet, creamy scent, as sweet and fragrant as what he would smell passing a cake shop, aggressively filling his nasal cavity, quite alluring.

This lure-pheromone scent was not Ji Chuanze's!

Bai Xuechao suddenly opened his eyes, looked towards the sound of footsteps, and saw the white-haired youth walking towards him.

—The leader of the Apocalypse Society had arrived!

The youth was tall, with broad shoulders and long legs, and a very handsome appearance.

His parted bangs revealed a clean forehead, the tips of his long white hair hung a bit below his chest. Beneath his heroic long eyebrows were golden eyes as dazzling as gold. His nose bridge was high, and his rosy lips were slightly curved, carrying a hint of casual smile.

He wore a pure black, deep V-neck ice silk shirt under a suit jacket, with a golden chain collar pin between the open shirt collars. The thin golden chains rested across his fair and full chest, creating an indescribable sexiness. Around his neck, he wore a black leather collar, and a small golden cross pendant hung from the collar, resting between his straight collarbones.

He wore a long black trench coat draped over his broad shoulders, black trousers, and high-quality handmade leather shoes of the same color. As he moved, the hem of his trench coat would lift slightly with the wind generated by his strides, looking casual and elegant.

Seeing the newcomer, Xiao 6 was so scared it almost went haywire: "Help, how could Yuan Lan be here?!"

This was a Level 9 special ability user!

Currently, there were only four Level 9 special ability users in the entire work, definitely the combat power ceiling!

When a special ability user reaches Level 6, even if they are only 1 level below their opponent, the power gap becomes very significant. However, if a special ability user has excellent special ability strength or a strong special ability mechanism, facing a higher-level special ability user, they might be able to bridge the gap through their special ability, and there might be a slim chance of winning.

Bai Xuechao was a Level 8 special ability user. The special abilities he seized were diverse, and when combined, they could catch people off guard.

His actual strength could have matched Yuan Lan in battle, but he was not in good condition at the moment. If they truly fought, the hope of winning was very slim.

After all, in his current state, it wasn't impossible for him to collapse halfway through a fight.

The white-haired youth walked leisurely to Bai Xuechao's sofa chair, glanced at Gong Ting, who was lying unconscious with his eyes closed on a nearby sofa chair, and asked with a smile, "Are you the one who made my little toy worthless?"

His voice was gentle and lingering, even a bit cloying, as sweet as his lure-pheromone, giving the impression that he was whispering sweetly and playfully in one's ear.

Bai Xuechao didn't answer, his body already secretly tensing.

He remembered that this perverted guy's special ability was suspected to be able to control others.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself," Yuan Lan said. His bright eyes were like molten gold, and he seemed very interested in Bai Xuechao, staring intently at him with a gentle smile on his face. He leaned in slightly, trying to pull up Bai Xuechao's hand that was resting on the armrest of the sofa chair.

He wore black half-palm, half-finger gloves, exposing half of his hand and half of his long fingers, his nails neatly trimmed and rounded.

Even without fully exposing them, one could tell they were very good-looking hands.

Bai Xuechao, however, felt extreme danger at that instant and swiftly dodged the hand reaching towards him.

At the same time, Xiao 6 also let out a terrified shriek, stammering its words, but still managed to utter the key words: "D-d-dodge!"

Hearing this, Bai Xuechao understood.

Yuan Lan's special ability might be activated by physical contact.

When Bai Xuechao dodged his hand, Yuan Lan seemed unconcerned, his face still holding a gentle, soft smile, and he continued, "My name is Yuan Lan."