Time passed without knowing how long.

When Obata Nana regained consciousness again, her clothes were already in tatters. Her high, bulging belly had returned to its original shape. Her entire body was covered with a sticky liquid, exuding a nauseating, fishy stench. She opened her mouth, and the mucus mixed with saliva sprayed from her mouth and nose, making the beautiful girl’s face instantly twisted and ugly.

But at this moment, Obata Nana didn’t even have the remnants to care about this kind of thing.

She lifted her head in confusion, only to see Duanmu Huai standing in front of her with a camera.

"Next time I see you here, I’ll post all of this online."

Duanmu Huai shook the camera in his hand.

"I know where you live, and I know which class you’re in. You’d better behave, otherwise don’t blame me for being rude."

This was the last thing Obata Nana heard. The next moment, she lost consciousness and fell into a coma.

".........You can really do such excessive things, Xiao Ai."

Returning to the battlefield with the Noise, Hei Chuan Chi Yin exterminated the last monster rushing toward her. Watching its body decompose and carbonize into black dust disappearing into the air, she couldn’t help but shake her head in amazement.

"Is it very excessive?"

Duanmu Huai swung the chainsaw sword, stabbing it into the monster’s body fallen at his feet. He shook the hilt, watching the monster’s body being torn and split by the chainsaw sword, then disappearing.

"This solves it, right."

Duanmu Huai turned his head and glanced around. This time, Noise was both lucky and unlucky.

Lucky, because they appeared in the center of an underground mall, a densely populated area where Noise could have killed many people and turned it into Hell.

But their luck was also bad because Duanmu Huai and Hei Chuan Chi Yin happened to be shopping here.

So as the monsters appeared out of nowhere, Duanmu Huai’s chainsaw sword immediately smeared onto their faces.

And then there was naturally no "then."

"Alright, problem solved, job done."

Duanmu Huai put away the power armor and chainsaw sword, then walked to the convenience store entrance, gesturing to the people hiding inside — they couldn’t escape in time just now, so Hei Chuan Chi Yin guided them to hide here, while Duanmu Huai and Hei Chuan Chi Yin stood outside, wiping out all the Noise.

"It’s safe now, you can come out."

"Thank you, thank you........."

Those who escaped death from Noise expressed heartfelt gratitude to Duanmu Huai and Hei Chuan Chi Yin, thanking them and leaving. A little girl even smiled and waved at Duanmu Huai.

"Thank you, big sister, goodbye."

Duanmu Huai raised his hand to wave at the little girl, and seeing this scene, Hei Chuan Chi Yin couldn’t help but sigh.

"If that child knew that last night you played with a girl about her age, took indecent photos, and threatened to post them online, I wonder what expression she would make."

"That has nothing to do with me."

Duanmu Huai’s expression didn’t change much.

"The Tribunal guards all humans, not any single person; for us, it’s important to safeguard humanity’s achievements. If that little girl becomes a threat to humanity, I wouldn’t hesitate to cut her down."

"............"

Hearing Duanmu Huai’s words, Hei Chuan Chi Yin stared at him, silent for a moment.

"Is this the reason Xiao Ai you refuse to get close to others?"

"What do you mean?"

"I know, oh, although on the surface you have a good relationship with Ruby, Mai, Kana, and students like Banai and Chitanda are your good friends too. But I always feel there’s a certain sense of distance between you and us......"

While speaking, Hei Chuan Chi Yin stretched out her hand, drawing a line between herself and Duanmu Huai.

"I’ve also considered the reason, but now it seems, Xiao Ai you did it on purpose."

"......it’s true." 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Duanmu Huai’s eyes flashed with a trace of surprise as he looked at Hei Chuan Chi Yin.

Is this the power of inviting God into oneself? As for psychological observation, Hei Chuan Chi Yin might be the strongest among everyone Duanmu Huai has ever seen.

But Duanmu Huai had to admit that Hei Chuan Chi Yin was right.

If he had crossed into a normal world, Duanmu Huai might have wanted to live a normal life. But unfortunately, he had crossed into a world that was utterly terrible. This world has the largest garbage dump in the Milky Way and the nastiest monsters hatched from it.

What’s worse, they were about to revive.

Some say life is a crappy game; as long as you live, you can only face those annoying things. The only choice is to delete the account and start again. Duanmu Huai feels the same way; as long as he’s alive, he must face these annoying things.

Oh, wrong, even if he died, he’d still have to face these annoying things.

Yes, this is the disgusting part of this world. Unless your soul is completely annihilated, entirely disappearing without a trace, death is merely another starting point of pain.

Of course, Duanmu Huai’s actions were also inseparable from the experiences players had in the game.

Initially, many players entered Star Ocean Online because there were indeed many charming characters in it. So many players, like in other games, fell for these characters, and because of the high degree of freedom in Star Ocean Online, players could fully recruit these characters under their command or live with them, creating a harem or whatnot, everyone happily together.