Chapter 5: Hey, Wifey!

With this thought in mind, even the usually composed Feilong Zaitian and Lan Ling could not help but feel a flutter of excitement, while Doubi Tiantian Kaixin and Xiaomo’s eyes shone with pure exhilaration.

Sure enough, the girl in white turned her head.

The players, who had been glancing over casually, and the four people standing before her fell silent in an instant.

The entire scene went deathly quiet. They were so stunned by her beauty that they felt lightheaded, and some even collapsed to the ground in sheer bliss.

Even though they had been mentally prepared, this protagonist NPC, Fairy Qingyue—wasn't she just a bit too beautiful?

In the promotional video, the girl in white looked as ethereal as a celestial being, so otherworldly that people could hardly believe their eyes, calling out "Wife!" in their excitement.

Seeing her in the flesh was even more breathtaking; it felt as if their very breath had been snatched away, and they found themselves unable to tear their eyes away.

The woman before them possessed a beauty that defied description. Her face, flawless and delicate as a sprite’s, seemed as though it would break at a touch, and her aura was noble, transcendent, and supreme.

It felt as if she were born to receive the finest treatment, making one instinctively want to kneel at her feet.

The girl was so stunning that the players, receiving the full force of her beauty, felt their brains overheating, as if they were about to smoke.

Only one thought remained in their minds: *I want to be close to the beauty!*

Is this level of beauty even real? *Slurp*, my wife is truly magnificent!

The game company must have spent a fortune on the budget, right? Even the individual strands of her hair radiate beauty!

Compared to ordinary humans, this woman truly seemed to possess a celestial aura that made one afraid to harbor any impure thoughts, to the point where they lacked the courage to even speak.

As they regained their senses, the hatred they felt toward the wretched sect and the wicked woman who had harmed her deepened.

How could anyone be so heartless as to commit such a cruel act against a beauty like her? How could they even bring themselves to do it?

In the face of such earth-shattering beauty, all the players made the same move: with a collective "thump," they all knelt down.

It was a literal, clean, and heartfelt slide-kneel, their faces filled with fanatical adoration:

"Ahhh, Fairy Qingyue, we will give you whatever you want! Take our lives if you must! We are willing to die for you, anything at all—please, just let us stay by your side!"

Feilong Zaitian and Doubi Tiantian Kaixin, both men, were speechless, but then saw Xiaomo and Lan Ling among those kneeling. "You’re an embarrassment to our content creator community! We have spines, we would never..."

The two exchanged a look, then scrambled to be the first to drop to their knees with a loud *clatter*: "Wife, I am your dog! Please, use us as you wish!"

The rest of the players: ??? What kind of shameless perverts! Have some dignity!

It was too shameful for us players! And so, they too scrambled to kneel in a noisy, hypocritical mess, shouting wildly: "Wife/Beautiful Lady/Goddess, we can do anything for you!"

They felt no pressure; after all, the system had identified her as the protagonist NPC, so naturally, they should curry favor with her immediately—not to mention that she was beautiful enough to make them submit willingly.

At the sound of the loud impact, Su Qingyue was speechless.

That was so forceful! She could even see their health bars drop a sliver from the impact!

She had intended to make a good impression and say something to win them over, but seeing this scene, she was stunned.

*Huh? Just like that? Just from one look? Isn't this too exaggerated? Do you really have to go that far?*

She was completely unaware that her appearance was so extraordinary that she had reached the level of "killing with beauty."

One word from her was all it took for men and women alike to be willing to die or sacrifice everything for her, without any effort at all.

Su Qingyue: Three words—making men and women spend 100,000 in microtransactions and grind until they collapse for me.

From now on, these players wouldn't just be "hardcore gamers"—they’d be people who had grown inside the game's grind!

Under such extreme beauty, even the most calm and rational players couldn't help but kneel at her feet, their minds in complete chaos.

It went without saying that they wouldn't just accept her quests and obey her; if Su Qingyue told them to die, they would do it without hesitation. After all, they could just respawn, right?

The players remained dazed for a long time before coming back to their senses, unable to resist venting on the World Channel:

*My god, was she sculpted by the Goddess Nuwa herself? Did I come from a splash of tossed mud?*

*Hey, is this Nuwa? Can you remold me? I’m so ugly I can’t sleep.*

*Suddenly, I feel like the time I spent in the character creator was too short. In front of such earth-shattering beauty, everyone is ashamed of the faces they created for themselves.*

*If I had known, I would have spent eighty hours on my character face!*

Su Qingyue, watching the World Channel from the sidelines: ...No, you actually regret not spending eighty hours on character creation? Are you trying to kill me?

On the game forum, the other players who hadn't been selected were losing their minds.

[Hey, hey, hey! Where is everyone? Someone come out!]

[I’m dying of impatience! You guys aren't really playing a holographic game, are you?]

[The person above is dreaming, right? It’s 2050, our country’s technology hasn't reached that point yet!]

[Rather than believing in holography, I’d sooner believe those hundred people didn't play this trash game at all, or they went in, saw how bad it was, and rage-quit!]

[Maybe it’s just so fun that they don't have time to reply?]

The forum was in an uproar, but most people didn't believe a holographic game had truly been born.

Not to mention that the game’s official website was incredibly primitive, with nothing but a game video that looked like a clip from a live-action movie, and it belonged to a game company no one had ever heard of.

How could the other players have time to reply? They were too busy being obsessed with their "wife's" glorious beauty!

Of course, even if they saw the messages, they had no time to respond.

Duh—it was the first holographic game; obviously, they had to focus on quests so they wouldn't fall behind!

Su Qingyue looked toward the future with hope for her first batch of players, and the players explored the world’s first holographic online game with curiosity and awe. Everything was moving in a positive direction.

Meanwhile, at the Xuantian Sect...

Outside a grand hall, the female lead, Lin Aohuang, stood beside her master, the Sect Leader, and raised an eyebrow, recalling the look of hateful fury in Su Qingyue’s eyes earlier with a touch of surprise.

*What? That brainless, martial-obsessed young miss figured it out? No matter, no one would believe her anyway.*

*Besides, she’s already been blasted to pieces; she poses no threat.*

*Of course, the heavenly thunder punishment wouldn't normally kill someone.*

*But I happened to have a magical artifact on hand to amplify the lightning. Consider it a parting gift.*

*Su Qingyue had to die. The Xuantian Sect only needed one heaven-gifted daughter, and that person could only be me.*

*I absolutely loathe these young misses who are born with everything and possess such nobility!*

*Why should some people be born into luxury and easily obtain the resources she had to fight to the death for just a glimpse of?*

Lin Aohuang had crawled up from the bottom, and along the way, she had grown to hate people like Su Qingyue.

Even if she hadn't provoked her, what did it matter?

The title of "The Northern Continent’s Greatest Beauty and Genius" was enough for Lin Aohuang to decide to eliminate this bitch who stole her spotlight.

At sixteen, at the Golden Core stage—how could she be allowed to continue growing?

Her opponent had appearance and talent that surpassed her own, plus all the resources of her family behind her. What right did Su Qingyue have to all of that?