Chapter 179

Chapter 179

After Lin Junruo finished looking around the walk-in closet, she backed out again.

Having made a full circuit of the room, Lin Junruo felt a little tired, so she headed toward the bed.

She was about to sit down for a while, but just as she was about to reach the bedside, the space in front of her seemed to ripple. Then, to Lin Junruo’s shock, Yellow Hair suddenly appeared in the room. And where he landed was-on the bed!

Yellow Hair had just come out of the corridor and hadn’t even gotten a clear look at his surroundings before he saw Lin Junruo.

“Lin Junruo?” Yellow Hair called out, pleasantly surprised.

Lin Junruo was pleasantly surprised too. Only, before that surprise could fully settle in, an inexplicable force suddenly seemed to shove her from behind, sending her whole body lunging toward the bed. And at that exact moment, Yellow Hair was standing right in the middle of it…

Lin Junruo’s eyes flew wide, her face full of panic.

Yellow Hair was clearly stunned as well, but he reacted quickly and tried to crouch down to help Lin Junruo. Yet the moment he bent his knees, Lin Junruo had already crashed into him.

The force of her collision was too strong. Yellow Hair, who had been crouching, lost his balance and plopped down onto the bed. One hand braced against the mattress, while the other steadied Lin Junruo.

At that moment, the scene inside the room was as follows-

Yellow Hair was sitting on the bed, and Lin Junruo’s upper body was sprawled against him. Her hands were tightly clutching his clothes. Her face was full of panic, while Yellow Hair looked utterly bewildered, with a trace of concern mixed in.

“Are you okay?” Yellow Hair asked.

Lin Junruo instinctively lifted her head. The instant she did, both of them froze.

They were extremely close.

And right then, a voice rang out in Lin Junruo’s mind-

“Character Card Similarity: 80%. Character Card Experience Bar gained: 8%. Player, please keep working hard to upgrade your Character Card.”

Lin Junruo: “???”

What the hell?

Yellow Hair saw Lin Junruo’s expression suddenly go blank, her face full of confusion. It seemed like… she had no intention of getting up immediately either.

“Um… miss?” Yellow Hair had no choice but to remind her.

Only then did Lin Junruo abruptly snap back to her senses. She put strength into her hands, wanting to quickly push herself up. She didn’t notice at all that her hand had already landed on Yellow Hair’s chest. With that firm press, she did manage to get up-but Yellow Hair’s entire face stiffened all over again.

Hello? Was this really the Realm of Death, a Death Game instance?

Yellow Hair felt that this world had become exceptionally surreal.

Lin Junruo had already steadied herself.

She had completely ignored Yellow Hair’s presence. Her mind was filled entirely with the words that had just sounded in her head.

Character Card Similarity?

She thought of the card she had drawn. On it, the man was sitting on a bed, and the woman was half-kneeling in front of him. The two were very close. Then she thought back to what had just happened with Yellow Hair: on the bed, two people very close together. The only difference was that she had gone from half-kneeling to… throwing herself at him? Because this scene was similar to the Character Card, it had given her Character Card experience?

And this Character Card experience was obviously for upgrading the Character Card. The card she had drawn was only R-rank…

Lin Junruo felt like she understood.

They needed to recreate the scenes shown on their Character Cards in reality in order to obtain experience points and upgrade their Character Cards. As for what use the Character Card Upgrade would have, Lin Junruo had no idea.

Perhaps it upgraded their Character Skill? Or perhaps it was one of the necessary requirements to clear this world?

She also thought of that inexplicable pushing force from earlier.

If they were supposed to discover it on their own, who would randomly perform the actions shown on the cards for no reason? So this was probably a friendly hint from the Realm of Death? When the Realm of Death believed a Player might be able to create a scene that matched their own character, it would provide a little appropriate assistance?
Lin Junruo wasn’t sure, but she felt that with a brain like hers, being able to think this much through was already pretty impressive.

Yellow Hair had already gotten off the bed. And yet, even though he was standing right in front of Lin Junruo, she seemed to have sunk deep into thought and didn’t notice him at all.

“Lin Junruo?” Yellow Hair reached out and waved a hand in front of her face.

Only when Lin Junruo heard his voice did she finally snap back to herself.

“What’s wrong?” Yellow Hair asked, puzzled. The expression on Lin Junruo’s face wasn’t shyness or embarrassment, but one of serious contemplation, so he simply asked.

Lin Junruo looked at Yellow Hair. Without much hesitation, she said, “Just now, the System reminded me that my Character Card experience went up.”

Yellow Hair frowned in confusion. “What Character Card?”

“The cards we drew at the very beginning. Mine had a man and a woman on it. The man was sitting on a bed, and the woman was kneeling in front of him. Anyway, it was one of those really suggestive romantic scenes. What we were doing just now…” At this point, Lin Junruo’s expression stiffened. Only belatedly did she start to feel a little embarrassed. She cleared her throat and continued, “It was kind of similar to what was on the card art, so it gave me some Character Card experience.”

Yellow Hair let out an “oh,” sounding like he half understood and half didn’t.

“Do people at your studio play card-character romance games?” Lin Junruo asked.

Yellow Hair shook his head. “No. Definitely not that.”

“This world we’re in should be a card-character game. The cards we drew are card illustrations. The lowest rank is R, and above that there’s SR and SSR. Oh, right-what’s your card art?” As she said this, Lin Junruo looked at Yellow Hair somewhat cautiously.

She felt that although she had grown a little smarter than before, there was one bad habit she still hadn’t fixed.

Back when she had teamed up with Mu Xin, she had told Mu Xin practically everything. And now, because she remembered that Yellow Hair had saved her before, she had exposed her own information to him without any guard up at all.

Not only had she shared her own information, she had also revealed the details of her card art. Now she had even said her rank out loud.

After all, she only knew that her own card was R. What if other people’s cards weren’t?

“R,” Yellow Hair replied immediately.

After hearing that, Lin Junruo nodded and said, “Mine is R too. That character experience, I’m guessing it’s probably used to level this up.” After saying that, Lin Junruo looked at Yellow Hair cautiously again.

This was something she had reasoned out on her own, but she wasn’t certain. Jian Fan wasn’t here right now, so Lin Junruo looked to Yellow Hair, hoping to gain his approval.

Yellow Hair nodded at once. “That should be it. Why don’t you try again?”

“Try what?” Lin Junruo asked, confused.

Yellow Hair scratched his hair, a little embarrassed. “Didn’t you say it was about doing the pose on the card art? Let’s try again and see if you can get more experience. Then we can see whether getting enough experience directly levels up the card art.”

Lin Junruo nodded immediately.

Yellow Hair didn’t know what Lin Junruo’s card art looked like. He walked over to the bed, sat down, and asked, “Do I just sit on the bed?”

Lin Junruo glanced at the princess bed.

Yellow Hair’s style really didn’t match a princess bed at all, but did that matter?

It did not.

Lin Junruo pointed at the head of the bed and said, “Sit there. On my card art, you’re supposed to be leaning against a wall. There’s no wall here, so just lean against the headboard.”

Yellow Hair didn’t hesitate and immediately did as she said. Once he was half-sitting against the headboard, Lin Junruo climbed onto the bed as well. Following the content of the card art, she half-knelt in front of Yellow Hair. Then, with one hand braced on Yellow Hair’s shoulder, she began leaning her whole body forward, drawing closer to him.

Lin Junruo was completely focused, striving to achieve the most perfect imitation of the card art possible.

As for Yellow Hair…