C68 — Butterfly Hairpin
by UntamedSMu Sichen was a relatively disciplined person who woke up after sleeping for 7-8 hours every day.
Last night he fell asleep around 23:00 and woke up naturally at 6:30 in the morning.
The indoor temperature was very comfortable in the morning, and the octopus doll leaned in his arms, neither too hot nor too cold, with an excellent tactile sensation.
Mu Sichen comfortably embraced the doll more tightly, intending to take a break from his busy schedule and relax for a while.
At this time, He Fei actually spoke in his sleep.
“No need, no need; it’s too polite.”
“No, no, no, our dormitory has access control, and we have to go back before 11 o’clock.”
“It’s okay; it’s hot. I’ll just hang it out for a while and it’ll dry.”
It sounded like a beautiful dream; Mu Sichen didn’t care; he closed his eyes and continued to sleep.
It was the little octopus that was woken up, and it sat up, glaring at He Fei unhappily.
Mu Sichen felt the little thing in his arms move; he reached out to comfort and knead it, and even rudely pinched its tentacle.
The little octopus’s temper improved a bit, and it changed to a comfortable position. Its three tentacles hooked onto Mu Sichen’s arm, and it was about to fall asleep again.
At this time, Mu Sichen heard He Fei chanting: “Big Sister Su, don’t be like this, don’t be like this! Aiya, I’ll be honest with you: you don’t look like the type I like; you’re like my older sister. Compared to you, I think Ji Xianan looks better!”
Mu Sichen and the Little Octopus opened their eyes at the same time.
Mu Sichen and He Fei were on opposite beds; the distance was about two meters. Hearing this, Mu Sichen stood up from the bed and, with a gentle leap, jumped onto He Fei’s bed.
He was athletic and could usually jump several meters, but this was on the top bunk, and there was no running aid, so Mu Sichen’s movement was just a little too easy to do.
The little octopus hooked Mu Sichen’s arm and landed on He Fei’s bed with him.
“He Fei, wake up.” Mu Sichen patted He Fei’s face.
He Fei didn’t react and chattered, “Why are you so strong? Oops, what are you tying me up for?”
Mu Sichen simply slapped him twice. He Fei’s face was reddened, but he still couldn’t wake up.
When Mu Sichen saw that he couldn’t wake up He Fei, he began to rummage through the items on his body.
He Fei’s “Big Sister Su” was obviously the person in his company who kept giving out pillows with butterfly totems, and there must be something wrong with He Fei’s dream words for this name to appear.
But He Fei was now “Hope Dependent 007,” and he felt uncomfortable when he saw the small octopus, so it was hard for him to be contaminated by someone without knowing it.
But he still dreamed of that big sister Su, and even when Mu Sichen slapped him hard, he couldn’t wake up He Fei.
Mu Sichen recalled the items He Fei was carrying last night; apart from his mobile phone, there was also a backpack.
He put the little octopus on He Fei’s bed, he got out of bed to turn over the backpack, and turned the contents of the bag upside down but didn’t see anything with a butterfly totem style.
It was even more impossible to have it on his clothes. He Fei’s clothes entered the library, and Mu Sichen used the power of his pillar to purify him. Even if he had something on him at that time, it would have been removed along with it.
Could it be a mobile phone message?
Mu Sichen jumped on the bed again and unlocked his mobile phone with He Fei’s finger, but he didn’t see any new messages.
“Hehehehe! I’m so handsome, I can understand if you tie me up and want to dominate me. But something taken by force isn’t sweet; I feel bad when I see your face; no reaction is no reaction. You, you can’t take a knife either! Calm down, calm down! Feelings can be cultivated; as for the no-reaction issue, I can take medicine; after all, I’m not a man of modesty; living is most important. Put the knife down; we’ll work together; there’s always a way!” He Fei shouted with his eyes closed.
His forehead was covered in cold sweat, his body was constantly struggling, and red marks were appearing on his limbs.
If Mu Sichen didn’t wake He Fei up, he would definitely die in his dreams.
But He Fei was now asleep, and Mu Sichen had no way to peel open his eyes to show him the totem.
And it was clearly not that He Fei was contaminated today, but that his dreams had been invaded by something.
A butterfly had also appeared in Mu Sichen’s dream, but he was lucky enough to have Qin Zu enter his dream that night.
With Qin Zu’s strength, it was naturally easy to deal with a mere butterfly, so he easily crushed it.
Mu Sichen didn’t have the ability to enter a dream and didn’t know how to save He Fei.
He could only open the game app to see if he could get the crossaxe into reality.
At this time, the little octopus stood at the head of He Fei’s bed with a serious expression; its eyes were not as watery as they were when it was in Mu Sichen’s arms; it now had a feeling of invincibility and self-righteousness.
It raised its tentacle and “snapped” it heavily on He Fei’s brow.
He Fei’s body bounced, and although he hadn’t woken up yet, his arms and hands moved.
He made a running motion on the bed and said under his breath, “Big sister, I won’t accompany you anymore; I’m slipping away.”
With such a slip, He Fei ran under the bed, and Mu Sichen hurriedly pulled him back before his roommate fell off the top bunk.
Mu Sichen pulled He Fei, but He Fei’s mouth was still chanting, “Luckily the rope wasn’t strong; otherwise, I’d be stewed by this crazy big sister.”
His expression suddenly became extremely frightened, and he screamed, “Ah! How did this big sister run so fast! This is k-illing me!”
He Fei struggled more and more, insisting on jumping out of bed, and it was difficult for Mu Sichen to pull him back.
Between pulling and tugging, Mu Sichen saw a butterfly-shaped hairpin fall out from under He Fei.
This thing seemed to have been placed on He Fei’s bed, and He Fei’s back was pressed with marks.
Mu Sichen firmly held down He Fei with one hand, picked up the hairpin with the other, and pinched it hard.
The hairpin was made of an unknown material and it was very brittle; with a slight force, it turned into powder.
He Fei’s struggles stopped.
Mu Sichen also sighed in relief and let go of He Fei.
As soon as the hairpin shattered, He Fei woke up and immediately exclaimed, “What a nightmare!” Then he rolled over.
He Fei had been hanging on the edge of the bed, relying on Mu Sichen to hold him down.
At this moment, when he rolled over, without Mu Sichen’s grip, he directly tumbled down.
Fortunately, He Fei’s hands also seemed to be better than before; the moment he fell down, he hurriedly held onto the ladder, so he didn’t fall down directly.
“To hell with it, how did you run to my bed and squeeze me to the edge of the bed? Fortunately, your brother Fei has a strong hand.” After He Fei stabilized himself, he gently jumped to the ground and looked up at Mu Sichen.
Mu Sichen ignored him, who had already gotten out of danger, but instead looked at the pieces of hairpin on the bed together with the little Octopus.
The Little Octopus’ round forehead was creased, squeezing out three wavy lines.
“What are you looking at?” He Fei came up and saw the fragment on the bed and reached out to wipe it.
The fragment turned into powder in a flash, dissipating into the air like dust.
“What is this?”He Fei touched his neck and suddenly saw the strangulation marks on his arm, breaking out into a cold sweat.
“Butterfly.” Mu Sichen also picked up a piece of debris, which also became dust and disappeared.
“Where did you get the butterfly hairpin on you?” Mu Sichen asked.
“Hairpin? I don’t have a girlfriend; where did I get that kind of thing?” He Fei was also considered to be someone who had seen the world; he stretched his hand in front of Mu Sichen and asked, “The things I dreamt of didn’t show up in reality, right?”
“You were tied up and overpowered, and if you didn’t submit, she was going to ki-ll you.” Mu Sichen simply summarized.
He Fei’s face turned pale.
The hairpin turned to dust and was gone in a single sweep, but He Fei didn’t want the sheets either. He replaced the bedsheet on the spot, and with difficulty, he threw it into a rubbish bag, intending to find a place with a boiler to burn it.
“There’s no need to burn it; the problem is with the butterfly hairpin, not the bed sheet. If the other still doesn’t leave you alone, then you can change the sheets. For now, if you feel uncomfortable, just wash it.” Mu Sichen advised.
“Then ……” He Fei’s sight fell on the small octopus sitting on Mu Sichen’s shoulder. “Why don’t you give me your doll? I’ll wash it together to purify my sheets.”
Mu Sichen: “……”
Little Octopus: “……”
He Fei was really a clever little ghost; even his ideas were admirable. A few days ago, he considered the little octopus a saint, but now it had turned into a disinfectant.
“Never mind, I’ll hand wash the doll myself.” Mu Sichen said.
“Alright, I’ll just put in more laundry detergent and disinfectant.” He Fei carried the bedsheets and went out.
Mu Sichen, on the other hand, sat on a chair together with the little octopus, thinking about this matter.
He remembered the “infiltration” Qin Zu mentioned in last night’s dream.
The Butterfly Totem was too similar to the power of the game world; could it be the power that infiltrated from that world?
He couldn’t use his power in the real world, so how could he solve this problem?
Mu Sichen flipped through the game app and saw an unread message.
The message prompted him that since he had reached level 25, the game had opened the customer service consulting function to him, so he could consult customer service if he had any questions.
Mu Sichen decisively opened the customer service page and briefly talked about the butterfly encounter.
[The system is scanning the status of Hope Dependent 007; please wait ……]
[Scanning completed, Hope Dependent 007 has been detected to have been attacked by some kind of force].
Mu Sichen: “……”
The Hope Dependent 007 …… The system actually called this title really seriously.
Mu Sichen sent a message: [Why is there a power over here in the real world? How should I deal with it?]
Customer Service: [If there is an interaction, there will be a residue; even the densest net will have gaps. The power is detected to be not strong, and the impact on the world is extremely tiny, not even bigger than the damage done by an ant, and can be ignored.]
Mu Sichen: [Doesn’t it matter?]
Customer Service: [Players can go and look for the source of the energy; as long as they find the source, they can collect it.]
Mu Sichen: [Collect? Shouldn’t it be an expulsion?]
Customer Service: [It will become a guide for you to move forward.]
The road guide… the system had already selected the next town; it was just waiting for them to confront the butterfly.
No wonder the APP prompted them to take a short break for a while and wait for the right moment.
Unfortunately, this rest was too short; just one night passed, and another task appeared.
No, it should be said that the timing had been there all along; it was just that Mu Sichen didn’t associate it with travelling to other towns.
Mu Sichen: [What should I do? How do I collect it?]
Customer Service: [Players can search for items with input capabilities in the town, and once the source is found, they can collect them.]
Ability to input data? The first thing Mu Sichen thought of was the library.
Even for someone as strong as Shen Jiyue, he had to leave a book behind after entering the library, so if there were props with data inputting abilities within the town, it would have to be the library.
He tapped on the town map and entered the library.
The structure of the library in the mobile phone was exactly the same as what Mu Sichen saw in reality, but what Mu Sichen saw on the mobile phone was a little more comprehensive; he found that in the corner of the ground floor, there was even a staircase to the ground floor.
He clocked the staircase, but the prompt was “no permission.”.
Mu Sichen immediately thought of the two unknown areas in the library that couldn’t be entered; even Shen Jiyue had wanted to enter but was stopped.
Mu Sichen: [The library is just a “pillar.” Why would there be unknown areas?]
Customer Service: [The contents there are all left behind by the “pupil of the sky”; it is everything unknown that he has seen. He will turn these impressions into books and leave them in the library, sealed in the ground. The library also possesses a power that is different from that of the other pillars because of the knowledge that is sealed beyond the Hidden Star.]
Mu Sichen: [How much beyond the Hidden Star?]
Customer Service: [Please restrain your curiosity; when your strength is enough to withstand it, the library basement will naturally open up to you].
No need to ask; it must be much more than just going beyond the Hidden Star. Even Shen Jiyue wants to enter but cannot; it was at least the Maitian level …
No, it might be a higher-level secret.
Mu Sichen could only temporarily ignore this basement that was like a ticking time bomb and focus on searching for props in the library. He soon discovered a row of empty bookshelves with each book displayed as “awaiting input.”.
Two of the books already had covers, one with a full moon and the other with countless tentacles.
These two books were based on Shen Jiyue and Qin Zu at a glance.
No wonder yesterday, Qin Zu said that he had fulfilled the conditions to infiltrate their two towns, but due to his lack of strength, it was best not to go.
He didn’t know when he would be able to take the initiative to strike out at Shen Jiyue’s Town.
Even more so, he didn’t know when he would be able to meet Qin Zu.
Mu Sichen’s finger skimmed over the covers of two books; he clicked on a blank book, and a dialogue box popped up.
[Please scan the content that needs to be entered into this book.]
The game app also asked
Mu Sichen for permission to use the camera.
Mu Sichen didn’t expect the system to be so grounded that it could casually get people into the otherworld, but the app still needed permission to open a camera.
He breathlessly opened the permissions, and the app popped up another dialogue box
.
[No information worth recording has been detected.]
Mu Sichen was just about to switch off the app when the already bored little octopus flung down its tentacles, and a tentacle was taken by the game app!
With a beep, the blank book turned into the cover of a tentacle.
[Is the information about the “Relatively Rational” entered? Reminder: This library has already entered this information; please do not waste the books.]
Mu Sichen hurriedly looked at the small octopus, only to see that the small octopus’ tentacles, which had only six left, were missing another one.
Even it itself was shocked, lifting up all its tentacles to look left and right; no matter how many times it counted, there were only five. Its big eyes were suddenly covered with water vapor.
Mu Sichen panickedly clicked “No,” and a blue rounded tentacle from the mobile phone camera fell down.
Mu Sichen reached out to catch the tentacle and handed it to the little octopus. “Can you still use it?”
The little octopus held the tentacle with all five tentacles at the same time, and gradually the tentacle became transparent and slowly integrated into its body.
Soon, the octopus doll grew another tentacle.
Mu Sichen then breathed a sigh of relief.
The power of the library was beyond his imagination; it was actually able to take the power of the realities of the other world into the books.
Of course, this was also because the little octopus didn’t resist and had already obediently become Mu Sichen’s doll and was ambushed without any defense.
Judging from the fact that the little octopus slapped the rope in He Fei’s dream away, its power was still strong and able to have an effect on reality; it was just that it wouldn’t use it on its own accord.
“I was careless just now; don’t be angry; I’ll treat you to breakfast.” Mu Sichen said, “You can only drink liquids. What do you want to eat? Wouldn’t soy milk, milk, or tofu brain also work?”
The little octopus patted Mu Sichen’s hand.
Mu Sichen unexpectedly understood what it meant; he said disapprovingly, “It’s best not to eat spicy hot food and cola early in the morning; it’s not good for the stomach; my stomach can’t take it.”
The little octopus could only drink soup; if it ordered spicy hot food, the dishes inside would still have to be eaten by Mu Sichen.
Besides, there were no hotpot shops open this early in the morning.
As soon as the little octopus heard that it would hurt Mu Sichen’s stomach, it reluctantly ordered soya milk and asked for more sugar.
This doll was quite easy to raise; it understood human language, could communicate, and would be considerate of him.
Mu Sichen rode his bike to the off-campus breakfast shop and bought soya milk, congee, buns, and doughnuts and even brought He Fei’s share with him.
He took the breakfast back to the dormitory. He Fei had just finished washing the sheets; he saw him and immediately said, “I don’t want to go to this shitty unit; I’ll call and resign when I get to work. My dad will surely scold me, but he can go ahead and scold me. I’m just an intern; my resignation won’t have any effect.”
“Don’t resign; I’ll accompany you.” Mu Sichen said, “Didn’t I want to work as a cleaner in your company yesterday? Did you ask around for me?”
He Fei immediately comprehended Mu Sichen’s meaning, “You want to accompany me to save the world?”
“I don’t have that kind of ability, and it won’t threaten the whole world. At most, it will harm the employees of your company, just like… if a fox spirit with hundreds of years of Taoist practice of picking yang and replenishing yin suddenly appeared in modern society, ” Mu Sichen continued after a pause. “The system says I can collect its power, and I have also found a way to use props in the real world. You don’t have to be so afraid; we can go and meet it.”
“It’s indeed like a fox spirit; it still enters dreams even without being bewitched by her.” He Fei instantly relaxed when he heard that there was a solution. He told Mu Sichen, “I didn’t have time to ask since I took yesterday’s leave of absence, so I’ll send a message to our personnel sister and ask if I can hire you as a bellhop.”
He went to work at nine o’clock, and it was already eight o’clock, so it wasn’t particularly intrusive for He Fei to just send a message.
Not long after, He Fei gave Mu Sichen an “OK” gesture.
Mu Sichen ate his breakfast in two or three bites, put the small octopus into his backpack, and prepared to go to work with He Fei.
TN:
I honestly love the little octopus 🦑
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I love the octopus too! It’s adorable. Thank you for the chapter.
I love this story So Much! Thank you for the chapter!