The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 174 - 127: No Such Thing, Please

Chapter 174: Chapter 127: No Such Thing, Please

Zhou Yuan’s hair stood on end.

He truly felt the chilling killing intent from the True Dragon.

It was an indescribable terror, as if Hell itself had opened before him.

He gulped hard and said dryly, "It’s just an account, right? I have others. Is it really that big of a deal?"

Chen Guangxi gritted her teeth secretly.

Damn, she had been careless and forgot to log out...

Her palm holding the mouse started to sweat slightly. This was her biggest secret; no one could know about it.

This wasn’t just an ordinary account.

It was... her pen name.

If Zhou Yuan ever got curious and looked it up, he’d find nearly ten erotic novels published under that pen name...

If her friends found out she wrote erotic novels in private, she’d be socially dead, right? Totally dead!

That kind of thing must not happen!

So, Chen Guangxi’s eyes gradually turned dangerous.

"Hey, hey, you’re not seriously thinking of killing me to keep me quiet, are you?" Zhou Yuan broke out in a cold sweat, shrinking back instinctively.

"You know too much," Chen Guangxi sighed deeply.

"I can pretend I never saw anything!"

"Seeing is seeing. Pretending not to see is still seeing it. Only by completely forgetting can the secret be kept best.

Don’t worry; I’ll just do a short-term memory erase. It won’t hurt."

"No, no, no... I, I’ll show you my accounts too. I have accounts on every site. That way, we’re even," Zhou Yuan said hurriedly. "Besides, you don’t need to worry about ruining your image or persona, since you don’t really have much of an image anyway."

Chen Guangxi’s face darkened instantly. What did he mean, she didn’t have much of an image?

She was so pretty, had a fantastic figure, and an outstanding aura. Wasn’t that a goddess image?

After a moment of silence, she warned solemnly, "You absolutely must not tell anyone, or I’ll really kill you!"

"Mm-hmm-hmm!" Zhou Yuan nodded like a pecking chicken.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then couldn’t help but analyze: With Chen Guangxi’s personality, discovering she had an account on an 18+ site shouldn’t provoke such a strong reaction. Out of character behavior always had a reason; her excessive reaction meant these things were something she didn’t want outsiders to know about.

So... could this account name be her pen name for writing erotic novels?

When he got back, he’d have to thoroughly appreciate her masterpieces... Zhou Yuan snickered inwardly, thinking he’d definitely use this to embarrass Chen Guangxi heavily in the future.

"So... should we continue reading the book?"

"Sure."

They started reading "Loner."

This book only had 42 Chapters, with the last update a year ago. The comment section had over a thousand comments, with heated discussions, though the latest replies were all about "lighting incense," "digging up graves," and "did the author get arrested."

The story’s protagonist was named "Li Chunqiu," an ordinary high schooler whose parents died in a car accident, leaving him alone.

One day, he accidentally awakened a hypnosis system, embarking on a journey to capture Pokémon and become a Pokémon Master.

No matter if it was in fire, water, grass, forest, on earth, in clouds, or under a girl’s skirt... though it was very, very tough, he would definitely capture them all!

Arrogant, willful heiress, captured!

Pure, lively first love, captured!

Delicate, weak girl, captured!

Mature, intellectual lady, captured!

Cold, aloof policewoman, captured!

Strong, noble CEO, captured!

Sisters, mother-daughter pairs, all captured!

The settings were classic clichés, the type of setup you’d find eleven times out of ten.

But the author’s powerful writing made it dazzling, with lively plots, nuanced emotions, and characters’ struggles and transformations post-hypnosis, combined with terrifying prose, creating an unimaginable chemistry that turned smut into a top-class feast, making it irresistible.

And just as the protagonist used the hypnosis system to make the strong, noble CEO gradually fall, preparing for an epic scene—

—the book was dropped.

"Damn, it ended just like that!"

Chen Guangxi’s face turned red with anger, pounding the table. "Couldn’t they have finished that scene before quitting, you stupid author!"

"Hmm... This could be top-tier stuff," Zhou Yuan reminisced about the content, making a sharp judgment.

"I have to admit, that’s true."

Chen Guangxi then asked, "Did you spot any clues?"

"Nope." Zhou Yuan shook his head.

The note from the Eyes of Identification said:

[A masterpiece that made countless people use countless tissues on countless nights, but was unfortunately dropped. A heavy reward for the whereabouts of the author; I will provide all support beyond monetary assistance.]

That was it.

Just that one note.

It hadn’t changed throughout the subsequent reading.

"Nothing at all?"

Zhou Yuan knew Chen Guangxi knew he had some ability to see hints—he had shown this multiple times in Happy Castle, and it wasn’t hard for anyone to notice.

So he looked Chen Guangxi straight in the eyes, indicating he wasn’t lying, and answered very seriously, "Really, nothing."

Chen Guangxi sighed regretfully. "Alright."

"Do you really want to investigate this?"

"It seems interesting, but if there are no clues, so be it." Chen Guangxi shrugged. "There are other exciting things going on."

"Hmm..." Zhou Yuan thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered something: "Didn’t you buy a [Blade of Urgency]? Could you use that to find Aio’s location?"

An erotic novel writer was still a writer, fitting the criteria for using the [Blade of Urgency].

"It might... work?" Chen Guangxi’s eyes lit up. She had so many treasures that she had forgotten about this one.