Chi Ting was only stunned for a moment. The lights that had just been extinguished came back on in an instant. Even though the overall lighting style had obvious changes, but it was enough for the players inside to see the surrounding situation clearly.
What followed was a scene that was even more chaotic than before due to shock.
At the same time, the comments in the live stream room also broke out.
[Ahhhh, what type of design is this? Is this really an animal party?]
[…Is it my problem? I always feel that they are a bit of a good match?]
[It isn’t just a bit? Captain Chi has always been, you know. Now, it is a direct bomb.]
[It is a bit pleasing to the eye. The problem is that the trend isn’t right. Will there be problems?]
[Wait, let me take another look. I’ll think about it after another look.]
[D*mn, why can’t I take a screenshot?]
Chi Ting stood still and immediately placed his hand, which had a subtle feeling, in front of him.
There was nothing more intuitive than a god’s perspective in the live stream room. The moment Chi Ting looked over there, his gaze paused slightly.
It wasn’t known when the originally slender fingers turned into chubby claws with fur as white as snow. It was obviously much softer to the touch than usual, but his fingers were obviously not very flexible to use.
It wasn’t difficult to tell that this was clearly a cat’s paw and a long-haired variety at that.
Chi Ting: “……”
There was a brief pause before he moved his paws slightly to feel it.
So this was why it was called an animal party?
They might be cat’s paws, but the overly inflexible and detached feeling made him inexplicably think of the doll costumes of those staff members. The difference was that it looked like he had an extra pair of claws.
“I say…” Chi Ting looked back. He originally wanted to discuss a few words with Yue Ren as usual, but his eyes ended up staying on the equally furry ears on the man’s head.
After a pause, the words on the tip of his tongue turned directly into, “What type of breed are you;?”
“A wolf.” Yue Ren answered with all his attention on Chi Ting. “I think you are still the cutest.”
He pondered for a moment before laughing with an ambiguous tone, “Your breed is… a rag doll?”
Since Yue Ren had ears on his head, Chi Ting naturally guessed that his body had undergone the same changes.
Hearing this, he reached out and touched it. As expected, he rubbed the new ears that had just grown on his head. He combined this with the pair of claws that clearly belonged to a long-furred cat and said, “Probably.”
He didn’t reciprocate the courtesy, but smiled politely at Yue Ren. “You are cute too.”
The smile on Yue Ren’s face froze imperceptibly. He cleared his throat quietly, glanced at the person beside him, and raised his voice, “So those two are… a parrot and a sloth? It seems that the people who organized this animal party are quite respectful of the original animals?”
Ji Xingque was originally tidying up the troublesome pile of colorful hair on his body. Hearing this overly playful remark, he immediately glared at Yue Ren. At the same time, Song Xuefeng also raised his eyes slowly, but it was clear he wasn’t very interested in the series of incredible things happening now. He withdrew his gaze and drowsily looked for a place to take a nap.
Chi Ting was caught by Yue Ren’s joke and also found it interesting. However, before he could speak, the cold system voice attracted everyone’s attention again.
[The final animal party has officially started. High-value game coins are waiting for you to discover them. Hurry up and find the natural rewards hidden in the Starry Sky Forest!]
[During the celebration, please continue to abide by the rules of the game. The specific rules are as follows:
- The celebration time is 30 minutes. During the celebration, all other areas of the arcade will be completely closed. Please devote yourself to the game.
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Be careful to distinguish between natural gifts and natural punishments. If you successfully obtain gifts, you will get corresponding game coins as rewards. If you find punishments, you will lose corresponding game coins.
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No matter whether it is a gift from nature or a punishment from nature, please actively look for it because nature doesn’t like lazy animals.
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Gifts from nature can be transferred after both parties accept them, but they can’t be discarded.
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After the celebration time is over, please return to the service desk to settle the game coins and face the final choice of the forest.
Then let the celebration begin—! Hehe, hehehe!]
At this point, the players had basically become numb to the settlement of rules, or even somewhat moved that there were only four rules they needed to pay attention to this time.
However, when he heard the third point, Song Xuefeng’s expression changed significantly. His furrowed brow clearly expressed his strong dissatisfaction with the rule that prohibited laziness.
Eventually, once the faint laughter completely disappeared, the background sound that had been looping in the game room returned to its original state. However, the atmosphere was obviously no longer the same as before.
It wasn’t known who muttered a few curse words, but the players present started to take action separately.
It was obvious that each team had been operating independently in this project. It wasn’t just the Jazz team. Even the two players from the Blue Mountain team and Hang Jing, who had been in contact before, just waved from a distance and turned away.
The music didn’t change, but the lights flashing overhead had clearly changed to a different style when they came on.
It was very suitable for the current project. The flickering green color made them feel like they were in a lush jungle.
“What do you say? Shall we start too?” Ji Xingque’s newly grown colorful fur was really cumbersome. This made him, who was always full of energy, feel a bit like Song Xuefeng. “But it is true that the Jazz team is so slow in completing such a simple project. If they had come out earlier to complete the reward settlement, we wouldn’t have to wait until the project started, and we would’ve had enough to exchange for the pass, right?”
As he spoke, he looked towards the redemption area with an unwilling expression. Looking at the area that was closed like every other area in the arcade, he looked like he wanted to use a cannon to blast the door open.
Yue Ren seemed to be very interested in the new ears on his head, stroking them from time to time. He was noncommittal when he heard these words. “It is useless to be fast. Ask your captain if he plans to leave once he has accumulated enough game coins.”
As he said this, he naturally rubbed Chi Ting’s snow-white cat ears. “Until the last moment when he had to leave, he should be willing to see if there is a way to bring others to clear the instance together, or at least bring one more person, right, Captain Chi?”
Chi Ting was thinking and didn’t pay attention to the conversation here. That was until this moment when a touch passed by and faintly caused an electric current. Finally, he looked back and met Yue Ren’s smiling gaze. “Huh?”
“Why are you distracted?” Yue Ren repeated patiently. “I’m talking about your Bodhisattva heart.”
“I’m not a Bodhisattva, but if possible, it would be best to find a way to ‘solve’ this instance.” Chi Ting suppressed the strange feeling after Yue Ren touched his ear. Since he didn’t find any obvious problems in the five rules, he took a step forward. “Let’s go. We should first find a gift from nature and see what it is.”
The rules this time did sound particularly normal. The most important point to note was naturally the reminder not to be lazy.
Since it would be dangerous to stay where he was, Chi Ting naturally chose to look around first. After all, one thing was certain. This instance was indeed troublesome. The main manifestation of it was the animalistic state that seemed very uncontrollable.
Ji Xingque was extremely annoyed by the interference of the bird feathers. He took a few steps and jumped a few times along the way. What bothered him more was the huge amount of information in this instance that obviously exceeded his brain capacity. “To be honest, it is only at times like this that I miss Brother Lu so much. I don’t know when I can find him and let him return to the team. Then I can completely become a pendant, right, Old Song?”
Song Xuefeng replied slowly, “Lu Nanling shouldn’t let you hang on him. He has a sense of cleanliness and hates dirt.”
Ji Xingque stepped on the bird feathers and almost fell down. “F*k, how am I dirty?”
Yue Ren, who was walking in front, heard the exchange. He glanced at them out of the corner of his eye and asked Chi Ting, “That Lu or something is also your teammate.”
“Yes.” Chi Ting rubbed his temple. “I do miss him a lot. Whenever he is around, he is usually the one who comes up with the tactical analysis for our team.”
Ji Xingque didn’t agree with Song Xuefeng, so he interjected in the conversation. “Yes yes, Brother Lu is a bit picky, but he is really smart. Of course, I don’t mean to say that the captain isn’t smart. But if he was here, the several instances we went through before might’ve been easier. He is the bug I can’t understand the most in the whole team. I have never seen anyone with such a smart brain!”
Yue Ren fell into a brief silence after hearing Chi Ting express his nostalgia. At this time, his eyes narrowed slightly. “Oh, so that’s it… Even I am very curious about a person who can make you miss him so much.”
Ji Xingque wanted to continue his introduction when he felt a gust of cool wind piercing through his feathers. He shivered and looked confused. “Did they change the air speed of the indoor air conditioner at this animal party?”
“Ahhh—! No—! How can this happen? No—!”
A sudden scream from a distance made the group exchange glances. Then they ended their conversation and quickly ran over.
Chi Ting thought that a player was attacked and adjusted his combat status immediately. Then his footsteps stopped when he saw the scene clearly.
They actually knew the person who screamed. It was the other member of the Blue Mountain team. Next to him, Wu Ruici was obviously shocked by the changes in front of him. Therefore, he was unable to react in time when he heard someone running towards him.
However, no one could laugh at Wu Ruici’s slowness at this time. After all, everything that was happening before their eyes seemed to be foreshadowing the fate they might face next.
Unlike everyone else, who initially only had ears and claws, the doll headgear of the person in front of them was very eye-catching.
This style was exactly the same as the staff members outside. The eyes were replaced by two deep black holes, but one could still clearly feel the other person’s despair and fear.
In the process of screaming, he completely ignored the miserable appearance of falling to the ground and struggling like crazy, obviously trying to get rid of the doll headgear. However, after trying again and again, he trembled and collapsed due to the intense pain caused by the process.
Chi Ting didn’t come forward.
He stood there. Gradually, only a hint of pity remained in his eyes.
If possible, he would naturally be willing to go and help. But at this moment, he was really worried that if he did so, he would end up twisting the person’s neck.
Just now, Chi Ting had already seen the stitching lines on the edge of the neck.
They were densely packed together, clearly growing from inside the blood vessels.
The player in front of him had obviously completely integrated with this hood.
Or to be more precise, he wasn’t the only one who had become like this.
If he wasn’t mistaken, in this animal party celebration, all the players in the game hall were slowly turning into dolls, including Chi Ting himself.
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