I Have Yet to Become a Doll Today

Shen Mo and Bai Youwei took another turn around the dollhouse.

Aside from the house becoming smarter, the layout and furnishings remain largely the same, but all the dolls that filled the house were gone, the books in the study were gone, and in the wardrobe, the only clothes left were Bai Youwei’s previously-worn black Lolita dress.

Presumably, the dollhouse was now designed for only one master.

When they exited through the front door, they found themselves back in the tent.

If they went out through the back door, they would come to the slope outside the dollhouse. Walking down led to a forest, while walking forward would loop around to the house’s front door.

After wandering around, the pair returned to the living room.

The floor was polished clean, a fire was burning in the fireplace, and tea was set on the coffee table.

Bai Youwei sipped the piping hot tea, put it down, and puckered her mouth, “It doesn’t taste as good as the tea Teacher Cheng makes.”

“Teacher Cheng made tea to your taste, which obviously differs from this thoughtless brew.” Shen Mo also took a sip of tea, looked around at the furnishings in the room, and said calmly, “This reward is a bit out of the ordinary.”

Bai Youwei momentarily froze, then nodded.

“Indeed, not only did they provide us with shelter, but they also offer unlimited water, electricity, and gas. No wonder the sphere said the game is in the debugging phase. It seems both the difficulty and rewards of this game are somewhat exceptional.”

Most of the props in the doll game are single use.

Sometimes, items like mud that could be used multiple times would appear, but their usage range would be correspondingly limited, such as only being applicable for superficial wounds.

But the dollhouse was like a game bug.

For example, if a player entered the dollhouse during the game, would the game fail to proceed due to insufficient numbers?

What would the Inspector do? Wait for the player in the dollhouse to come out, or wait for other people to join the game?

Furthermore, some mazes were incredibly challenging to the human limits, such as deserts, rainforests, and glaciers. Any extreme environment could appear. But if a player brought the dollhouse into such a place, enjoying fine food and drink every day in the maze, would the maze’s difficulty still hold any meaning?

“Do you remember the rabbit man from our first Tortoise and the Hare race?” Bai Youwei asked Shen Mo.

Shen Mo nodded, “Hmm?”

Bai Youwei said, “At that time, I exploited a loophole in the rules. To avoid breaking the rules, the rabbit man gave me a tenth of the rabbit as a compromise. You found it strange that even with advanced technology, it still needed to recharge to replenish energy. Now I think about it, wasn’t it all for game balance?”

“Yes…” Shen Mo pondered and said, “If a player brings a prop into the game that can discharge infinitely, it would be extremely unfair to other players. For balance, the Inspector restricted the prop’s energy replenishment method, which can be considered a remedial measure.”

Bai Youwei smiled slightly, “But now, I can recharge infinitely.”

“Indeed strange.” Shen Mo shook his head with a wry smile, “They clearly care about the balance of the game, so how could they come up with such a reward?”

“Perhaps Yan Qingwen guessed right.” The corner of Bai Youwei’s lips curled up, “The difficulty and rewards of this game are both very inappropriate. The game hasn’t been debugged to an acceptable state yet, it seems we’ve picked up a loophole.”

“We’d better not pick up such loopholes next time. No matter how many times we do, it wouldn’t be enough.” Shen Mo rose from his seat, mussing her hair, “Are we going to rest here tonight?”

Bai Youwei extended her hands towards him, “Let’s go back to the tent, lest Teacher Cheng can’t find us and gets a heart attack.”

Seeing her act so naturally, Shen Mo was somehow slightly taken aback.

Bai Youwei held out her hands, cocking her head to look at him, “What’s the matter? Hug me.”

Shen Mo watched her face, not blinking for several seconds.

Bai Youwei looked even more puzzled and asked again, “What’s with you? Are you going to hug me or not?”

He came back to his senses, bent over to pick her up, “…Yes.”

She snorted, “Then why were you dilly-dallying!”

Shen Mo remained silent.

Just now, it was as though his heart was gently poked…

The way she asked for a hug was sort of adorable.