Chapter 99
Lin Ran naturally also quickly noticed something was wrong with the fluffy creatures.
Just a second ago, they were still excitedly asking for cuddles and acting cute, and now they were all frozen.
They stared blankly at Yuanbao beside him with wide, watery eyes, as if they had encountered some unspeakable, terrifying being.
Except for the slight swaying of their fur in the wind, it was as if the entire scene had been frozen, truly turning them into fluffy plushies.
However, Shao Mian snorted coldly and directly ran away while holding Lin Ran——!
“Yuanbao!?”
Lin Ran subconsciously grabbed Yuanbao’s collar. His hair was blown by the wind, and he had to squint his eyes slightly.
“Cheep cheep?”
As for the little guys who followed, seeing A-Ran being taken away by the big lion guardian, they hurriedly stopped and chased after them with their heads raised.
“Ya——”
Ossi, lying in the small bucket and being pulled along by Little Feather, who was holding the handle, even directed the way.
And the countless demons on the forum, seeing this scene, almost exploded.
[A-Ran!？？]
[Emergency report, A-Ran has been snatched away——!]
[Ahhh, even the Demon World agreed, why don’t you agree! (Heart-wrenching)]
Secretly playing the game was one thing…
The most infuriating thing was, he was also cheating!
[How could such an evil being exist in this world? A-Ran belongs to all of us]
[+1, not allowed!! Mommy doesn’t allow it TwT This Yuanbao is too evil!?]
While countless demons were indignant, they gradually realized that this seemed to have been premeditated.
Because the A-Ran scholars on the forum traced back to A-Ran’s first live stream and found that this mysterious golden lion had already appeared beside A-Ran.
[To be fair, he was indeed quite aloof at the beginning… [Video clip]]
After all, when A-Ran was feeding them barbecue in the forest at the beginning, this golden lion did have a mysterious and powerful aura, which attracted the attention of many demons.
Occasionally, he would even aloofly wag his tail and directly avoid A-Ran’s attempts to pet him, casually glancing at A-Ran before quickly running away and disappearing into the forest.
At that time, it made countless demons so envious and jealous that their teeth itched: If you don’t let him pet you, let us do it TwT
[Playing hard to get! I finally understand what playing hard to get means today!]
[Okay, okay, so this is what humans call playing hard to get? Pretending not to want to be petted by A-Ran, and then taking the opportunity to lure A-Ran into petting him more?]
[Lost in thought, so there’s such a strategy?]
Many demons couldn’t help but analyze the experience behind this successful case.
When everyone wanted to get close to A-Ran, the only purpose of this unusual behavior must be to leave a different impression on A-Ran!
[This is too evil, too scheming——]
The forum was almost flooded with posts, and the unprecedented traffic made Tao Shu break out in a cold sweat while doing maintenance on the backend.
However, the demon world was indeed a world where strength was respected, and powerful demons had a natural filter.
“But I have to say, this is really too scheming!”
But when it came to A-Ran, everyone still couldn’t help but secretly protest.
If it were me who pretended to be aloof in front of A-Ran at the beginning…
Would the demon who snatched A-Ran away be me?!
For a moment, this thought resonated with many.
As for Bai Bai, who was constantly following the forum, his face was almost pale.
He felt that it was a miracle of the Demon World that he was still alive after showing his doujinshi to that person.
In a sense, did this mean that his temper was actually quite good?
Although Bai Bai also felt that it was probably because A-Ran was present that he wasn’t thrown into the abyss to observe the world’s cracks up close…
Lin Ran was taken all the way to Cloudtop Heights by Shao Mian before finally being put down.
This highland, from which one could see the distant skyline, couldn’t be reached without sufficient magic power. It was still as quiet and vast as a fairyland.
“Isn’t this a bit too mean, Yuanbao?”
But looking at Shao Mian, who was clearly and undisguisedly jealous, Lin Ran couldn’t help but want to laugh.
Although the pile of interaction cards was indeed a bit exaggerated, was “Demon World” preparing to officially start his NPC working era?
Although this was somewhat blaming “Demon World.”
The activation conditions for this interactive event weren’t broad at all, and could even be said to be very harsh.
Who would have thought that in such a short time, so many demons had already obtained interaction opportunities through hard work and spending!?
“There are barely any real cubs.”
Shao Mian even started to “debunk” on the spot, pointing at the cute creatures in the pictures and mercilessly exposing their disguises one by one.
Because there were already countless enthusiastic demons on the forum taking screenshots and tagging them, exposing all the great demons who tried to pretend to be young.
Among them were various great demons who claimed to be in meetings or patrolling their territories and were caught red-handed!
Lin Ran’s eyes widened slightly hearing this.
Imagining adult demons like Atylanthos disguising themselves as little fish cubs like Ossi to ask for cuddles was indeed a bit too embarrassing.
“But where did these photos come from?”
But Lin Ran, looking at these pictures, quickly realized that this seemed to be a software similar to an online communication platform.
“Why can’t I see this interface on my backend?”
Lin Ran looked at Yuanbao and wanted to log in and see for himself.
Shao Mian, caught off guard: ?
Shao Mian watched as Lin Ran started to consult the “Demon World” backend, and after a while of hesitation, “Demon World” actually popped up a port.
So the demons who were still discussing never expected that a new registered user would quietly appear on the forum.
Shao Mian instantly realized that he should tell Tao Shu to immediately clean up some posts that shouldn’t exist, but Lin Ran had already clicked into the forum.
And upon entering the forum, Lin Ran suddenly realized that there were so many demons active in this world?
There were so many sections.
But the topics being discussed seemed a bit strange.
Lin Ran casually opened a few and couldn’t help but laugh.
#Shocking, is it a moral decline or an awakening of demonic nature! Evil Yuanbao openly snatches A-Ran away TwT#
#Does A-Ran really prefer aloof demons? I’m going to disguise myself now, everyone come and see if I’m cool enough#
#Fur care tips, a collection of essential nourishing products, make your image stunning in the Demon World~#
Not only were there posts talking about Yuanbao, but there were also topics sharing various daily care tips, which seemed quite cute at first glance.
Was this really a demon forum?
It was more like a fluffy creature forum.
And Lin Ran suddenly found a particularly familiar picture in a post. The plushie on it was exactly the same as the one on Louis’ backpack.
#Ta-da~ Showing off my limited edition Adventurer A-Ran small set! So cute, I want to kiss it 800 times a day! #
Lin Ran silently looked at the title, then at the picture, and finally realized a problem.
Was this plushie made in his image!?
His face felt a little hot, and Lin Ran finally felt like he had stumbled into some strange forum.
In this entire forum, apart from the news posts about Yuanbao, why was everyone discussing him!?
“So, be vigilant, these guys are all very cunning.”
Shao Mian, unable to stop him, sneered and started to subtly badmouth them.
Lin Ran looked up at Yuanbao after hearing this and didn’t say anything, but the meaning in his eyes was very clear.
Wasn’t the most cunning one right in front of him?
And just as Lin Ran was about to click on the post about Yuanbao, he found a 404 error report upon opening it.
He saw that the forum was quickly cleaning up all the posts about cheating, snatching people, playing hard to get, and so on, and it even became squeaky clean.
[Topic violates regulations, now closed, redirecting to the homepage.]
“Your little tricks are too obvious, Yuanbao.”
Lin Ran refreshed the page and looked directly at the certain big lion who was blatantly manipulating things.
“…”
Shao Mian wagged his tail and started to look away.
Heh, what playing hard to get? This was clearly love at first sight!
It was all just jealousy.
He didn’t even bother to explain.
In fact, after most demons found that posts were mysteriously disappearing on a large scale, they had a “finally” feeling, after all, it was already quite incredible that they had been kept for so long.
And even if the posts were deliberately deleted, it couldn’t stop everyone from continuing to gossip offline!
This was truly too much, too evil!
What everyone didn’t expect was that shortly after the posts were deleted, a new post appeared.
#Sorry everyone, there were too many interaction cards today, so there was a little accident. Can we limit it to about 10 visitors per day starting tomorrow? I’ve already scolded Yuanbao for causing trouble today, so you don’t have to be afraid of him next time. ^-^ Welcome to pet me#
[!？？]
Everyone who didn’t quite understand the title waited for a while and found that this strange post hadn’t been deleted.
Clicking in, they instantly saw that the poster’s name was “A-Ran”——!
“Demon World” had strict restrictions on ID naming, especially these special IDs that could easily cause misunderstandings, they couldn’t even be registered.
[But… could it be, is this, is this really A-Ran!? The words and emojis are also the ones A-Ran usually uses]
[Holy crap, “Demon World” is so interesting, they’re even doing character interaction on the forum!?]
[A-Ran, A-Ran, A-Ran! I can’t see you in the game, but I must leave my paw print on the forum]
The post instantly garnered hundreds of replies, and the number was still rapidly increasing.
All the demons’ first reaction was that “Demon World” was playing a lot of tricks, like having A-Ran register an account so that they could interact with the NPC on the forum?
Many human games also had similar interactive modes, such as having game characters call players.
But a few seconds later, A-Ran actually posted another photo.
In the photo, a certain large golden tabby was just about to lean in and rub against him when his ear was grabbed by A-Ran’s fair fingers with distinct knuckles. The captured great demon was looking up at the camera.
[…But A-Ran, does he look like he’s being scolded? He’s clearly smug (kneeling)]
[I even suspect that he deliberately asked for this photo to be posted ORZ, deliberately provoking A-Ran to pull his ear, I learned!]
However, after countless demons held their breath and studied it for a long time, looking at those light golden vertical beast pupils through the photo, they could clearly see a fact.
This was clearly showing off!
[He looks smug after being caught red-handed by A-Ran, truly evil]
[Pull my ears, A-Ran, our rabbit ears are super fluffy [Photo]]
[Why isn’t there an ear-pulling interaction card… I also want to have my ears pulled by A-Ran, it looks so satisfying O皿O]
[Holy crap, can you tone it down a bit, upstairs? Even if it’s an interaction, don’t say such suggestive things, admin, please delete this]
The forum did explode after the photo was posted, but the effect was completely different from what Lin Ran had imagined.
Lin Ran originally thought that everyone wouldn’t be so afraid of Yuanbao, this evil golden tabby, otherwise no fluffy creature would dare to come and play with him.
But the focus was actually on what it felt like to have their ears pulled?
“What are you smiling about, Yuanbao?”
Lin Ran, whose face was a little hot, directly pressed down Shao Mian, who was chuckling beside him.
“Was I smiling?”
Shao Mian asked knowingly.
Although he had long known that the effect of posting the photo would be like this.
The human had a good temper and almost never scolded anyone, so in a sense, this ear-pulling interaction was indeed quite rare.
[@All players] [Ding——The number of players participating in this event has greatly exceeded the limit. The system will study and update the interaction mode and issue a compensation reward package X1, which will be sent via mail!]
After Lin Ran’s manual explanation, “Demon World” finally realized that there was indeed a major bug in this event.
The release of the server-wide announcement immediately made the demons check the compensation reward package.
[A new main storyline will be opened soon. This will involve real-world instance challenges. The rewards for the winners are extremely rich, so stay tuned~]
And “Demon World” also announced a new update, naturally making countless demons curious.
What did “real-world instance challenge” mean?
Did it mean that they could also meet A-Ran in the real world?!
While everyone was pleasantly surprised and expectant, only Shao Mian raised an eyebrow and found that he had received a red penalty warning in his backend.
[Serious Warning] [Detected that the player account is suspected of disrupting the game’s interaction. 1,000,000 points will be deducted as compensation for the first offense. Some account permissions will be restricted for the next offense!]
Deducting points naturally didn’t affect Shao Mian, this big spender, but restricting account permissions was troublesome.
If his login was restricted, wouldn’t he be unable to stay by Lin Ran’s side?
So after logging out of “Demon World” under the system notification, Lin Ran found that Shao Mian’s expression was a bit gloomy.
After leaning over and glancing at the red warning notification on his phone, Lin Ran laughed.
“It’s quite reasonable that you were warned.”
Otherwise, this big lion could really do whatever he wanted.
“…It’s very unreasonable.”
Shao Mian retorted in a deep voice.
And he really wanted to be coaxed.
“I’ll coax you, let’s go watch a movie in a few days, Yuanbao.”
The next second, Lin Ran, with a smile, stuffed a movie ticket into his hand.
Director Ma Sai’s new movie, “Mountain,” was finally officially released worldwide.
Lin Ran also planned to take Grandma and the others to the cinema to watch it, although he only had a few cameo shots.
But for an elderly person like Grandma, seeing her grandson on the big screen was naturally something to be very proud of.
