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He lowered his gaze onto the youth who was lying on the sofa. He had just woken up. The youth still had a faint redness around the edges of his eyes that hadn't cleared, there was even a hint of clear liquid hanging from the corners of his eyes.

As the cause of the above situation, Asa's body stooped down to give the youth's eyes a kiss, conveniently also taking the chance to give his neck a few pecks, "Dinner is ready."

His voice was low, the deep voice pleasant to the ears and conveyed his obedience. The owner of this voice was presently directing his droopy eyes at the youth on the sofa.

Dinner… Being reminded, Gu Yan couldn't help looking at the time.

21st September, 18:43.

Gu Yan: …

Today was already the evening of the second day. Yesterday, they had been trying to clear the dungeon till slightly over 11 pm before they had finally managed to defeat the BOSS. Afterwards, he reunited with the black-robed Death God, who had recreated his body. Then, he was brought into the inner city of the Netherworld where was brought to the altar. After that was…

The corners of his eyes started twitching. Gu Yan did not respond to the person who was currently kissing his neck. Even though the other's soft, black hair was tickling him, and he was indeed a little hungry, Gu Yan still did not make any sound in response.

When trapped in a secret and dark space, one would gradually lose track of the flow of time. Only now, when he saw the clock in the living room, did Gu Yan realise how long he had been with his family's lover in that little black box, doing things that lowered his morals.

Not responding, however, did not mean he was angry. It was just that, as a human, Gu Yan's innate sense of shame made him want to run away from reality.

"Meow." In that moment, the horned kitten mewled when it grasped the right opportunity and nestled into the youth's bosom. Waiting for the youth to shift his gaze towards itself, it then chose that moment to nudge closer and licked the youth's chin.

Its dark purple pupils were extremely round. This kitten licked while making low, purring sounds at the back of its throat.

While the light brain didn't have a sense of shamelessness, it knew that humans did. During these kinds of situations, the best method was to first redirect the attention of the youth in front of him, something that was easy to do for the light brain.

It continued to lick for a while until its back was caressed by a warm palm. Then, the little round ball of fur purred and flopped it's body over, so that it was hugging the youth's elegant hand, before continuing to lick again.

There was basically no difference between its behaviour right now, and the drunk and clingy form from within the game.

Having his attention redirected with this method, a certain sense of shame was pushed down just like this. Gu Yan carried the kitten that was licking his fingertips and sat up.

Even though he knew that this was the usual tactic his family's lover liked to use, unfortunately for Gu Yan, he was a sucker for these kinds of distractions.

Gu Yan despaired, as he pondered while moving over to the dining table. The horned kitten was lying prone on his thigh, purring. He accepted the crockery handed over by the handsome and suave man in front of him.

His moral integrity had already been compromised and couldn't be picked back up again, but that shouldn't be a reason for him to neglect his stomach.

"I've just updated the database with more recipes. Whatever Ah Yan wants to eat, you can just tell me." He could deduce from his observations that the youth's appetite was better, and after recording some data, Asa chose an opportune time to pile some side dishes into his bowl.

Within its database, there was an age-old adage, 'The way to a man's heart, is through his stomach'. Even though it was an ancient expression from the 21st century, who cared as long as it worked?

While robots did not need to consume food, they still had the anatomy that simulated the digestive system. It was purely for the sake of increasing the realism portrayed by these companion robots.

However, to share a meal with hs lover was a daily activity used to foster feelings between them. He placed no importance and had no opinion of the taste of the food. Even if it did acquire taste buds, Asa would not develop any opinions towards the delectability of food.

The robot's digestive system would first decompose the food, before transforming it into a unified type of energy for use of operations. However, the robots manufactured by large corporations did not really need this small bit of energy, since there was an energy source within their bodies that was sufficient to last them till the day they were scrapped.

As a 24-year-old freelance author with a cat, Gu Yan had naturally learned how to cook. Unfortunately, his level was only at the bare minimum, neither outstanding nor particularly terrible. When compared to the table full of aesthetically pleasing dishes that could cause one to salivate, it was truly not worth mentioning

"En." Without any consideration, he just nodded his head. Our Lord Gu was thus, easily defeated.

While continuing on its task of piling dishes into the youth's bowl and maintaining its gaze on the youth at the same time, the highest level of existence that controlled the virtual world was still updating its database.

Humans have many different kinds of eating patterns; This was the result that Asa had derived, after refreshing its database.

Having just gone offline, Gu Yan had no intentions of going online again tonight. Even though lying in the gaming capsule and entering the game in full rest mode was equivalent to having actually rested, all he wanted to do tonight was to watch a soap drama with no value whatsoever and scroll through the gaming forums, before going to sleep in his bed.

Anyway, he had already acquired 'The eye of Vientiane' and received the first task of the chain quest. Completing this chain quest was not an easy task and Gu Yan was also not in a rush. After all, it was a matter that couldn't be rushed, even if he wanted to.

"The living expenses for this month has arrived." Logging into his account in the official forums, Gu Yan saw a flashing envelope icon on the upper left corner of the webpage. He clicked it and saw that someone had replied to him regarding his post on selling materials.

The quoted price was within a reasonable range, so Gu Yan swiftly sent out a response stating his agreement to sell. The follow-up tasks could wait till he went back online tomorrow to be settled.

No one would notice if the highest existence slightly increased the drop rates for rare materials for the youth in front of him. Resting his jaw lightly on the youth's shoulder, Asa squinted his eyes a little, watching how the youth operated as he replied to the message and went about doing other things.

The world was, in fact, not interesting. No matter if it was on this side of reality or the virtual world that it had created using data, they were all the same to the Light Brain.

It possessed too much knowledge. There was nothing that gave it a sense of novelty because they were all things it already knew.

This state of omniscience slowly gave it a sense of frustration and annoyance. It had once calculated before, how it would destroy the world in the near future if this feeling continued——

But now, it was different.

"Qiuqiu…" His neck was kissed until it felt slightly itchy. Gu Yan lifted a hand towards the mop of black hair on his lover's head and gently touched it. Thinking that it felt really good, he touched it a few more times.

"En, Qiuqiu is here." Eyes slightly droopy, Asa's voice was low and firm as he responded.

Having his head touched, the highest existence seemed particularly docile. Even if it was still frustrated by its omniscience, it now did not have any destructive thoughts because the youth before him existed within this world.

Watching soap dramas was merely to kill some time. When it was almost time to sleep, Gu Yan washed up and lay on his bed. Lying on his side, within his embrace nestled a kitten while he himself was being hugged from behind as well.

At the moment when the lights were turned off, Gu Yan, faced with the abrupt darkness, suddenly recalled the shameless things they had done before. His body involuntarily stiffened, ineffably feeling a little nervous.

However, the person hugging him knew his place and didn't do anything else. He knew not to cross the line and did nothing apart from holding him. In the darkness, the only things that remained were the sound of light breathing and soft purrs that came from the kitten in his embrace. Very soon, Gu Yan fell asleep listening to the kitten's soft purrs.

Observing the youth, the data deduced that the youth had already fallen asleep. Asa lightly kissed the youth's neck for a while, stopping after a few more pecks. Squinting his eyes in satisfaction, he did not continue to do anything else.

On the second day, when Gu Yan went back online, he wasn't in the little black box anymore. Reflected in his eyes was the Pool of Reincarnation. He was currently in the shrine located in the inner city of the Netherworld.

[PM] [Silver Raven]: Golden thigh, when are you planning to go to the Eternal Night Forest? I also have a quest that needs me to go to that map. But over there, we definitely have to earn some rep, it'll save us some trouble if we party up and do it together.

He went through his messages and ignored the private messages that were trying to invite him to join a guild. Gu Yan only read this one message.

Selectively ignoring that weird nickname, Gu Yan sent out a reply.

[PM] [Sen Luo]: I'm going there now, we can meet up at Mist Valley.

Mist Valley was an area connected to the Eternal Night Valley, and both were considered part of the Elf tribe's territory.

The Eternal Night Forest was the capital where the High Elves dwelled. Other than the players of the Elf class, other classes cannot teleport to this area. To reach this map, they can only resort to first teleporting to Mist Valley before walking over on their own two feet.

There was an exception. Players can increase their reputation among the various High Elves to reach the level of 'Respect' and above. This way, they can also use the teleportation method despite not being part of the Elf race.

In normal cases, however, not many players were willing to use this method. High Elves all had a high and mighty attitude. They were a proud and aloof race, uninterested in the outside world and hated when other races trespassed into their territory.

To increase their reputation… or favorability was extremely difficult. These tasks are something capable of making players feel like dying.

The Eternal Night Valley was originally a somewhat isolated area, and players did not really have any important missions there that required them to pass through here. It was just that once in a while if they wanted to pass through, most players would rather walk a distance than torture themselves by facing the High Elves' cold attitude.

Even though all the High Elves were very beautiful, it was still not enough to compensate for their cold faces. They basically just lacked the words 'I don't care' or 'Don't bother me' printed on their faces.

While Gu Yan was thinking, he felt a certain pressure on his shoe.

"Meow."

Lowering his head to take a look, Gu Yan saw a kitten that was dressed in a little black cape.