chapter 133

Luo Jia Bai was currently studying how to knit a scarf.

He had Yu Chu’s tutorial post pulled up and was trying to tame the yarn and knitting needles in his hands. “First you cast on stitches… tsk, starting on hard mode right from step one, huh?”

His Wristband buzzed with a new message:

[Lu Li]: [image/]

Luo Jia Bai threw what he was holding aside and stared wide‑eyed at the picture of Lu Li-and at that dark, glossy, understated yet luxurious black thing around his neck.

[Lu Li]: New Neck Collar.

[Luo Jia Bai]: ? Where’d you get that?

Luo Jia Bai was shocked. There were no Neck Collars for sale in the Points Shop!

[Lu Li]: ** gave it to me. He made it himself. He’s amazing.

[Luo Jia Bai]: !

He’d actually been beaten to it by someone else-no, by a ghost! His scarf career was about to end before it even began. Truly outrageous!

Unwilling to accept this, Luo Jia Bai pressed up to the screen to take a closer look, and had to admit: gifts from the Evil God really were top‑tier.

You could tell at a glance this Neck Collar was way better than the one Lu Li had brought from the Original World-higher‑end material, finer craftsmanship. Once Lu Li put it on, his skin looked even fairer, and the whole person shone brighter than before.

[Luo Jia Bai]: Heh, it does look pretty good. But mostly it’s because you look good. You’d make any accessory look elegant.

Another image popped up in the chat-a card shining with golden light. Luo Jia Bai tapped it open.

[48-Hour Solo Experience Card – Bound to: Luo Jia Bai]

[Luo Jia Bai]: What’s this?

[Lu Li]: ** gave it to you. Once you accept it, you can enter the Instance that just ended. It’s closed, but it’ll keep running forever as a Mini-World. Are you busy on your days off? If not, come take a look. I’m in this world too.

[Luo Jia Bai]: !!

[Luo Jia Bai]: You can do that?! Bro-no, my Evil God is the best, right? I take back what I said-like, three messages ago. That Neck Collar he gave you is the sickest thing in the world, the universe, the whole damn galaxy! I was blind just now; I only blasphemed because I couldn’t out‑knit him and it broke my mental defense. What I’m saying now is my true, heartfelt praise!

[Lu Li]: ** says he’ll give you another 1 hour. You now have 49 hours to come play.

[Luo Jia Bai]: !!! To tell you the truth, those compliments just now were only the tip of the iceberg of my abilities. If I really sat down to praise that Neck Collar, I could write a thousand‑word essay!

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The moment Luo Jia Bai tapped open the Experience Card, his vision blurred and the scene around him shifted.

He was standing in a hospital corridor.

The place was simply decorated, but the thank‑you banners on the walls were so numerous there was hardly room for them all.

Luo Jia Bai stepped closer for a look.

All the banners had been given by patients’ families. The patients came in all kinds-that meant this was a pet hospital too.

But it didn’t seem quite the same as the one from the Instance.

This wasn’t a black‑hearted clinic.

A door directly facing him swung open.

“Lu Li?”

Luo Jia Bai called out softly, but didn’t see Lu Li inside. When he walked over to the doorway, voices drifted out from within.

“Wish you great fortune!”

“Doctor, can you check Pingping’s leg again? That damn dog thief grabbed him and threw him off the truck, and then a tire ran over him on the ground.” The woman’s voice was choked. “Is there really nothing wrong on Pingping’s X‑ray?”

“There’s nothing wrong. Don’t worry too much,” the doctor reassured her. “You might have been mistaken. There aren’t even signs of a fracture.”

“The dog you brought in for a check‑up is very healthy. If it wasn’t in the records, I honestly wouldn’t be able to tell at all that he’d been misdiagnosed and given random Medicine until he was coughing up blood every day. Did you take him to another hospital for treatment afterward?”

“No. Anan even went missing once after that-we only found him again yesterday.” The woman asked, “Doctor, are you saying his illness is completely cured now?”

“He was never sick. And his current physical condition is comparable to a five‑ or six‑year‑old dog’s. Especially if you look at the fur on his face and body-the outer layer is white, but the new hair growing underneath is glossy and young‑looking. This is the first time I’ve seen anything like it.” The doctor voiced a bold guess. “If you raise him well at home, he can easily live another ten years.”

Luo Jia Bai peered into the room from outside the door.

There they were-Pingping and Anan from the Instance, rolling around on the floor without a care in the world.

Anan suddenly sniffed, stood up straight, and looked toward the door.

Pingping grabbed Anan’s head to pull himself upright too, and they turned in unison.

Their gazes met Luo Jia Bai’s, stirring up a hundred tangled emotions inside him.

He smiled, but his eyes stung a little.

“Woof!”

Anan started toward the doorway, only to skid on the floor when his leash tugged tight in his owner’s hand.

Pingping flew straight at Luo Jia Bai.

Luo Jia Bai held out a hand, but Pingping passed right through his body.

The Parrot circled the spot where Luo Jia Bai stood in confusion, head tilted. “Rabbit! It’s Rabbit!”

The owner in the room called him back. “Pingping, don’t run around. Come here.”

Luo Jia Bai took a step back-and bumped into someone.

“Mirella!?” He turned around, stunned. “Why are you here too?”

Mirella gave the countersign. “48-Hour Solo Experience Card?”