Zongman: Evolution Paradise Chapter 125

The official handling of the situation naturally couldn’t just involve killing the troublemaking players. Too many ordinary people had witnessed the scene, so a memory alteration was also necessary.

The four-person official team went to deal with everything, without mentioning anything about Xu Lun reporting his identity.

Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced at Xu Lun, clutching her pounding heart, and also left.

Beneath the dust, Xu Lun picked up the book.

Item – Galgame Project Proposal

Description: Take your proposal, now rewrite it for me, staying up all night!

Effect 1 – Script: An excellent project proposal can assist you in creating an excellent script.

Effect 2 – Characters: A traditional galgame character can, of course, only be one male protagonist with multiple female characters. The more distinct the character traits, the more power the item can unleash.

Effect 3 – Logic: The more logical the plot created in the script, the more power the item can unleash, and make it a reality. This is very logical.

Effect 4 – Miracle: When a perfect galgame is successfully created, you can swap your own fate with a character in the game.

Bonus: None

Usage Conditions: Possess an unparalleled love for galgames, activate Effect 4, and voluntarily abandon your own fate.

“Swap fates?”

After reading the introduction, Xu Lun felt a bit lucky that this guy was on the verge of losing control. If he had been like Sima Yi, hiding in the shadows and meticulously handling the plot step by step, who would have thought that the harem he built was actually for someone else?

However, judging by Aki Tomoya’s desperate attempt to swap fates with Xu Lun, and then immediately losing control, perhaps even creating a perfect ending wouldn’t have been possible for him.

Xu Lun opened the project proposal and read the parts Aki Tomoya had written earlier. It roughly contained the following:

Monday, Aki Tomoya began observing Shiina Mahiru with the item, attempting to create a perfect galgame with her as the female protagonist.

Tuesday, Shiina Mahiru appeared in the Service Club and issued this request.

Today, Xu Lun was targeted by Aki Tomoya and set as the male protagonist of the galgame.

Multiple branching storylines involving Yukinoshita Yukino, Sawamura Eriri, and Kasumigaoka Utaha launched their attacks under the item’s influence.

Shiina Mahiru was Aki Tomoya’s fallback main storyline. According to the project proposal’s logical judgment, as long as Shiina Mahiru confessed, she would definitely succeed.

The reason for such urgency was, firstly, that he was already close to losing control, having received the item on Monday, leaving no time to wait. Secondly, he didn’t know Xu Lun was a player, nor did he understand Xu Lun’s personality, so he didn’t expect such an active girl-chasing-boy scenario to fail.

Ten minutes after Xu Lun rejected Shiina Mahiru’s confession during lunchtime, Aki Tomoya was discovered by Xu Lun and a battle ensued. After failing the angel route again, the desperate Aki Tomoya completely lost control.

“Aside from this item with such strange usage conditions, all I got was Sawamura Eriri’s panty color. It’s really too much of a loss, isn’t it?”

Xu Lun felt a little melancholic.

Jorōgumo pretended to be a narrator and shouted in his ear, “Collection + 1!”

Xu Lun rubbed Jorōgumo’s spider head angrily and said unhappily, “Keep Chiba completely monitored for me. If there’s a next time, you can expect to be trampled by Hanako.”

Of course, this was just a joke. Jorōgumo, understandingly, feigned a frightened expression.

The reason Aki Tomoya was hidden in the container and not found by Jorōgumo’s small spiders was because he had written, “Before the galgame is completed, the author needs to stay in a dark room and not be disturbed.” The ordinary spiders used for searching automatically ignored this place.

The unexpected incident was resolved fairly smoothly. The problem now was how to deal with Shiina Mahiru.

Because she was influenced by the project proposal, Shiina Mahiru, who appeared on the battlefield, wasn’t noticed by the players and was later taken away by Black Sun.

Jorōgumo understood what Xu Lun was thinking and began communicating with Black Sun through her ability.

“Shiina Mahiru has been taken to the school by Black Sun.”

Jorōgumo whispered, then began to teleport Xu Lun back through the Infinite City.

With a shift in his vision, Xu Lun was already standing at the entrance of the Service Club. Pushing open the door, Shiina Mahiru, Yukinoshita Yukino, and Yuigahama Yui were still there because lunchtime hadn’t ended.

As for Sawamura Eriri, after shaking off the influence and remembering what she had done, she would probably be too embarrassed to appear for a short while.

Kasumigaoka Utaha also didn’t appear here. She had guessed his player identity, and Xu Lun would arrange for Jorōgumo to contact her.

Even if she wasn’t brought under his wing, at least her situation needed to be investigated to avoid exposing his own information.

Shiina Mahiru looked at Xu Lun with concern, then remembered her confession at the stairwell corner, and blushed, lowering her head again.

Yukinoshita Yukino, seeing Xu Lun unharmed, also relaxed and asked, “Is the matter resolved?”

“It’s resolved.”

Xu Lun sat in his seat, with Yuigahama Yui next to him showing an expression of disappointment, which made Xu Lun feel inexplicably confused.

Yukinoshita Yukino brought another cup of black tea, though this time she didn’t spill it.

She started an encrypted call with Xu Lun on her phone.

Yukinoshita Yukino: I told Yuigahama Yui that Shiina Mahiru confessed to you and was rejected, and then it was the scene she saw. The later disappearance was because you were mediating the matter.

Xu Lun: The reason you found makes me look like a scumbag.

Yukinoshita Yukino: Doesn’t that just fit your nature?

Xu Lun: What’s your strength?

Yukinoshita Yukino: “…”

“What are you two talking about?”

Yuigahama Yui’s voice sounded from the side. Xu Lun immediately put away his phone, which made Yuigahama Yui make a sad emoji face as if she was isolated by her companions.

Then she was about to break character and grab Xu Lun’s collar to shake him, but then she thought of Shiina Mahiru nearby. Yuigahama Yui gave up on that idea and gestured to Xu Lun with her eyes, indicating that he should pay more attention to Shiina Mahiru’s situation.

Xu Lun looked at Shiina Mahiru, who also happened to look up and steal a glance at Xu Lun.

“Don’t worry about me. Being rejected is a rare experience, after all, usually I’m the one rejecting others.”

Shiina Mahiru blinked, then threw herself into Yuigahama Yui’s embrace, nuzzling in her arms. Her cute appearance made Yuigahama Yui smile foolishly.

Xu Lun didn’t say anything more, but instead took out a notebook and began to doodle.

“If only one drop of water can be released, why do you think it’s called ‘Skyfall’ instead of ‘Waterdrop’?”

These were words Shimohei Reika had told him.

He had to admit, experiencing the Skyfall of the Neon Province’s official force up close had indeed startled him.

Space was locked, and attempts to enter the workshop became awkward, taking about twice as long as normal. The out-of-control entity dispersed into dust, as if it had never appeared.

“As expected, it’s because I’ve been a player for too short a time, and I lack sufficient experience.”

Xu Lun thought for a moment. Excluding the time spent in the Paradise, he had been a player in the main world for less than two weeks. He decided that he needed to be more cautious in the future.

…

Afternoon classes still had to be attended. Xu Lun and Shiina Mahiru walked together.

Although Yuigahama Yui was going the same way, she was perceptive enough to decide to leave later, staying in the Service Club to harass Yukinoshita Yukino.

“About what happened earlier.” Xu Lun looked down at Shiina Mahiru beside him.

She suddenly quickened her pace, her school uniform skirt swirling in the light. She walked a short distance ahead of Xu Lun, put her hands behind her back, and turned her head slightly to say softly:

“About what happened earlier, Miss Black Sun told me I was being controlled by someone else.”

“This time doesn’t count, Xu Lun.”