Game Loading Chapter 36-37

Lost Atlantis 7

Xie Xi didn’t give up.

He never knew there would be a day when he refused to be convinced until faced with the grim reality.

Without seeing the third colour of the progress bar, he refused to believe that the task was to collect the love of the six princes.

Maybe the fifth prince and sixth prince were the same person… okay, this was impossible!

In short… he didn’t give up and wasn’t willing to accept such a terrible task!

Xie Xi spent half a day on psychologically restoring his mind.

Roast Pork Bun rubbed his furry head against Xie Xi.

Xie Xi’s heart softened. He felt his head had just been cured when he saw this pair of eyes and… well…

Roast Pork Bun twisted his head in a stunned manner. ‘What was wrong? This meow wasn’t ugly!

Xie Xi sighed and he inwardly contemplated the Camouflage privilege.

When he entered the world, he repeatedly hesitated but the final choice was easy. It was true that the painless fatal injuries privilege had helped him through the first game but Xie Xi speculated this game wouldn’t be so easy.

If death could solve the problem, what was the use of Camouflage?

The task was to collect the love of the sixth prince. Why did he need Camouflage?

At first, Xie Xi thought he wasn’t suited towards the sixth prince’s taste and wanted to change his face with Camouflage, becoming more feminine or something.

Now it seemed… the damn Camouflage’s greatest use was in a crafty escape plan!

Who couldn’t collect the love of six people if one face could become six? Who could do this task well?

Xie Xi once again scolded X in his heart.

He had been on his own for many years. When he was a child, he trusted Xie Su. Laster, he took Sun Muqing as a friend and proved his own stupidity. He hadn’t put anyone in his heart for 19 years. It was all good now.

The name X, he would remember it for the rest of his life!

Xie Xi thought as he gritted his teeth.

Try again. So what if there was a ‘misunderstanding?’ This big designer was still a person!

Xie Xi returned to his residence and stood in front of the mirror to try out Camouflage.

This privilege was an active skill that could be activated by a password. After the activation, there was a prompt in the lower right corner.

[Do you want to use Camouflage?]

Xie Xi nodded and then saw that his face had changed.

It was far from his imagination but his eyebrows had changed, the corners of his eyes lengthened and his nose and mouth had changed a bit. This change wasn’t big but Xie Xi became someone else.

Xie Xi asked Roast Pork Bun floating in the air. “Do I look good?” He couldn’t feel much apart from some strangeness.

Roast Pork Bun struggled as he thought about it. “…Ugly.”

Xie Xi, “…”

Roast Pork Bun had a strong desire for survival. “Mommy… No, I like Daddy anyway. It doesn’t matter how ugly you are.”

Xie Xi wasn’t comforted.

He stared carefully and tried to analyze the face. A pair of eyes, one nose, one mouth, weren’t all people like this? Oh, silly X wasn’t the same. He had a pair of different coloured eyes. After all, he was a Persian cat. Jiang Xie in front of the water curtain was slightly startled and couldn’t help coughing.

In fact, this Camouflage technique was more similar to makeup. However, it fine-turned Xie Xi’s facial features and made his originally handsome temperament more mature, especially the elongated eyes. His souls would be hooked straight away.

Xie Xi was very uncertain. Could this face grab the crazy people?

Now that he thought about it, the fifth prince was easy to deceive and the sixth prince seemed more naive. Simply giving them a bit of warmth should work.

As for the other princes…

He didn’t have much contact with the fourth prince and couldn’t evaluate him for the time being.

The eldest prince was Randy. He seemed taciturn but who knew what was inside him?

The second prince was the vampire Aix-en who spoke sweet words. The progress bar didn’t even move despite asking for the slag fish’s name.

The third prince was the maid Gars. He was very arrogant and had a bad temper. His progress bar also hadn’t moved so it was unknown what he was thinking about.

Could this face impress them?

Xie Xi didn’t know and kept changing his face.

He continued to use Camouflage and his appearance changed in the mirror. At this time, his eyes became bigger, his lip colour was lighter and he was a bit more childish.

Xie Xi thought this face was a bit stupid, just like Roast Pork Bun.

Old Jiang coughed again. It was a cute face.

Roast Pork Bun didn’t know anything. He saw Xie Xi constantly using ‘make-up’ and thought that his words made his mother feel inferior. Thus, he comforted his mother. “It doesn’t matter. Eyes that are as beautiful as mine are rear. Mommy, no Daddy, you don’t need to be stubborn!”

Xie Xi, “…” Of course it was rare. There were only two existences in the world with it, the silly Fork and the Roast Pork Bun!

He really didn’t have the strength to talk to this roast pork. Xie Xi tried to change his face again…

Unexpectedly, there was a prompt in the lower right corner. [The original appearance has run out. Do you want to use the reserve faces?]

What was this? Xie Xie Xi faintly had a bad feeling.

What did it mean for the original appearance to run out? What did reserve faces mean?

Xie Xi chose to use it and there was another prompt. [Please choose the face type.]

The faces of people he had seen since entering this underwater world were endless.

There were the six princes, Captain Thomas, the trained guards, the ministers he had seen passing by and even the group of passersby in the test hall… In fact, Xie Xi couldn’t remember some of these people.

Xie Xi chose Captain Thomas and in the next moment, he completely became Captain Thomas. His clothing changed and the even more magical thing was that he had the exact same demeanour.

Xie Xi opened his mouth, “Roast Pork Bun.”

Roast Pork Bun covered his ears with disdain. “What a terrible sound!”

Xie Xi didn’t think it was that hard to hear Captain Thomas’s voice. It was a very good, very ordinary voice with an unknown accent. It was very friendly.

Yes, not only did his face turn into Thomas but his voice was exactly the same.

Xie Xi found it was interesting. He could easily change into the maid who served the fifth prince today, including her height. Of course, Xie Xi didn’t look under her clothes…

This technique was quite easy to use. He could turn into a person’s appearance at will, which would be very convenient.

Xie Xi’s complaints towards X barely lightened up.

The next moment, Xie Xi became aware of a very serious problem.

He had only two original faces?

Xie Xi stopped playing around and carefully checked.

It didn’t matter once he checked. He wanted to kill X after reading it.

There were only two original faces and the rest were reserve faces. Did this mean he could only use two faces to collect love? Oh, his true face meant there were three. Why was there only three? There were clearly six targets.

Wouldn’t it be hard for him to use three faces to collect the love of six people? Was this the rhythm of having to pedal two boats?

Xie Xi tensed up.

He tried to accept that it was six people and had been ready to use Camouflage to collect each person with one face. He had three lives from Roast Pork Bun and two lives from the uniform. He could die five times while completing the task.

Now this damn Camouflage told him that there were only two original faces. This meant he must hook two princes with one face.

Well… where was the old thief X, come out and die!

Xie Xi had obviously underestimated the difficulty of this quasi-world. Such a complete world and such a high degree of completion, how could it be easy to complete the core task?

Once Xie Xi wore the no. one appearance, there was a hint in the lower right corner.

[Original face’s remaining usage time: 29 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 10 seconds.]

Xie Xi, “!”

He immediately changed to his second face and the same countdown appeared in the lower right corner.

Xie Xi burst out cursing.

Roast Pork Bun was startled. “Daddy, why are you cursing me?”

Xie Xi, “…” He really didn’t have the heart to coax the kitten. The remaining time in front of him made his scalp numb.

Camouflage only had two original faces and they had a countdown. This meant he had to collect the love of the six princes in 30 days?

If he couldn’t use this technique, his mission would be declared a failure.

Once unable to complete the task, Xie Xi would be trapped in this crazy world forever. That absolutely couldn’t happen!

Xie Xi couldn’t help turning his mind to the reserve faces. They might be people who actually existed in this world but there was a certain chance to use them to help. He could find a person who couldn’t get in contact with the six princes, take on that person’s appearance and then…

The thought had just flashed through his head while his heart beat faster.

The reserve face also had a countdown!

[Reserve face’s remaining usage time: 30 minutes.]

A reserve face could only be used for 30 minutes. 30 minutes to collect a person’s love, even the god of love couldn’t do it!

Xie Xi finally knew the pits of this task.

First, there was the world game. He had to collect the love of six princes instead of the sixth prince. Second, there was the privilege pit. If he chose the painless fatal injuries or 10 times the gold reward, he wouldn’t be able to finish this task. Then there were the limitations of Camouflage. Even if he chose the right privilege, it wasn’t easy to complete the task because only two faces were provided. The last was the time limit. An original face could only be used for 30 days. He couldn’t even do them one at a time and had to do it simultaneously.

Even if he did it simultaneously, he would have to run his legs off in 30 days!

Xie Xi stared at his fish tail with no expression. He felt that he should be an octopus instead of a mermaid.

How could one leg be enough? He needed at least eight.

Six boats, two of them being steered at the same time.

Lost Atlantis 8

Xie Xi was irritated but he didn’t complain.

Now that he entered the quasi-world and accepted the task, he would go all out.

Hard was hard, perverted was perverted. Once he was big, he would definitely let the big designer taste this!

This was the so-called hone a knife to chop wood. Xie Xi carefully studied this Camouflage ability.

The original appearance lasted 30 days. It started from the moment it was first activated and wouldn’t stop just because the face wasn’t used.

The reserve face was only 30 minutes but the advantage was that it wouldn’t countdown as long as it wasn’t used. It would only start counting down when used. This seemed very useful. There were many things that could be done in 30 minutes.

Xie Xi was puzzled. Once the countdown ended, could he go see the person again and re-record it? Of course, even if it was re-recorded, he couldn’t use the reserve face to collect love.

Imagine that he went to the prince and after half an  hour, he said, “Wait minute, I am going out!” Then he swam thousands of miles away to re-record the face, ran back and collected love again!

Therefore, this technique was limited and only the original appearance could be used.

Collecting the love of six people in one month…

Xie Xi took a deep breath, his eyes firm. ‘Come on, I can’t be trapped here!’

Time was tight so he no longer delayed. There were still the gifts to be handed out. He would take the opportunity to run over and see their preferences.

He would use his real face for the fifth and sixth prince. As for how to distribute it between 1, 2, 3 and 4, he would try it one by one!

Xie Xi asked Roast Pork Bun, “Which face do you prefer?”

He changed between the more mature one and the tender looking one.

The kitten was sad. What should he say? They were both equally ugly. It was hard to tell.

Xie Xi was waiting for his advice. “Well?”

Roast Pork Bun could only blindly pick. “T-This one.” His mother really wasn’t easy. If he grew up like this, how could he marry?

Xie Xi stared at the childish second face in the mirror and said, “Okay, I will use this first.”

He hurried to get a gift, grabbed lots and drew the number 3.

Yes, he would go to meet the third prince first.

Xie Xi arrived at the palace of the third prince without much trouble. He just needed to look at the palace to tell the nature of the prince.

Unlike the luxurious fifth prince and the depressed sixth prince, the third prince’s palace was solemn.

Like a sharp sword stuck in the bottom of the skill, it gave off a majestic energy that seemed like it could cut apart the sea.

The third prince wasn’t easy and his background was extremely poor. As the second prince taunted, his mother was a slave who had nothing apart from her face. After seducing the old king, she failed to be rewarded by the king and was only settled after becoming pregnant.

Naturally, no one dared discuss these things. Still, the situation of the mother and son must be extremely difficult.

Later, the third prince was bent on joining the army. Who knew that this delicate prince could kill and play a big role, gaining the support of the army.

He was so ruthless that no one dared mention his mother’s affairs, let alone scorn him.

Xie Xi came over and was met by a guard in light armour. “What is it?”

Xie Xi told him, “The holy day is coming and His Majesty commanded me to deliver a gift to the prince.”

The guard stared at him before saying, “Come with me.”

Xie Xi wasn’t nervous. The palace was heavily guarded and ordinary people couldn’t enter. Besides, the palace was huge and comparable to a city. It was impossible for the guards to all know each other.

Along the way, Xie Xi didn’t dare to look around.

The atmosphere here was very different from the fifth prince’s palace. There was a row of straight-backed guards who were like sharp knives, ready to cut the aggressor at any time.

Xie Xi squinted as he walked through a long corridor and stopped at the main hall.

The guard said, “Wait a minute, I will report…”

He hadn’t finished talking when a clear sound rang through the palace. It was the sound of a collision between gold and stone.

Xie Xi raised an eyebrow and glanced at the guard.

The elder guard didn’t dare go in.

They could only listen as a scream filled the palace. “Get out, get out of here!:

Then there were quick footsteps. A man in a military uniform opened the door and ran out.

The guard hurriedly stepped aside and bowed. “My lord.”

This ‘lord’ was grey-faced and hurriedly nodded. He didn’t even bother looking at Xie Xi as he rushed out.

“Waste! A bunch of wastes!” The young prince was still angry.

There was another crashing sound. He had probably smashed many things.

The guard looked at Xie Xi and didn’t dare speak. The general idea was, ‘His Highness is angry, it is better to…’

Xie Xi also felt that the timing wasn’t right and wanted to change princes.

Unexpectedly, the angry third prince saw the people stuck in the doorway. “What are you doing standing there? Come in!”

Guard, “!!!!”

Xie Xi, “…”

The guard walked forward in trepidation, his legs shaking. “Your, Your Highness…” He almost fell to his knees.

Xie Xi hung his head and could only see the mess on the ground.

The previous sound should be the golden tea set being smashed into the jade ground. This was the bottom of the sea. Ordinary things falling wouldn’t make such a loud noise. It was enough to see how angry the third prince was and how much strength he had.

Xie Xi felt a sharp gaze on him, followed by Gars’ clear but ferocious voice, “What is this?”

Xie Xi bowed and repeated his previous words.

In the face of the angry prince, everyone present was afraid to make a sound. It seemed like even the decorations hanging in the hall were quiet.

There was only Xie Xi’s calm and constant breathing. His words were respectful but they weren’t afraid.

The guard by his side couldn’t help sneaking admiring glances towards him.

After a brief silence, the third prince ordered, “Put it down.”

“Yes.”

He handed the gift to the third prince’s guard and prepared to withdraw.

He didn’t look up from beginning to end and didn’t say much. Now that he finished the errand, he was going to leave.

“Wait.”

Just as Xie Xi was about to withdraw, the third prince opened his mouth.

Xie Xi maintained his respectful gestures. “Your Highness, is there something else that you need?”

The third prince stood on the stairs and said in a condescending manner. “Look up.”

Xie Xi forced himself to relax and looked up.

Two pairs of eyes met. The third prince’s deep eyes were like beasts staring at their prey.

It was reasonable to feel uncomfortable after being looked at like this. If Xie Xi wasn’t here to collect love, he would turn around and leave.

So fierce! Who wanted to look at him?

“What is your name?” The third prince asked him.

Xie Xi had already thought of a name for the second face. “Colin Hall.” Hall was a common surname in the underwater kingdom. It was similar to the king of the former world and there would be little problem.

The third prince sneered, “Do you know Sein Hall?”

Xie Xi naturally knew this name but he acted confused. “Your Highness, this subordinate hasn’t heard of it.”

The third prince stared at him and remained silent for a long time.

Xie Xi explained, “There are many people among the guards with the surname of Hall. Not all of them are family.” The Hall surname was respected but not everyone was respectable.

The third prince knew this and his lips curved, his eyes flashing slightly. “You look a bit like him.”

Xie Xi looked ignorant but his heart was perturbed. Was there a bug in the ability?

Fortunately, it wasn’t that pitted.

The third prince added, “Looking closely, it doesn’t feel like it.”

Xie Xi sighed with relief and whispered, “If there is nothing, this subordinate will go back first.”

The third prince didn’t say anything.

Xie Xi lowered his head and prepared to leave.

Then the third prince grabbed him by the wrist. Xie Xi looked up at him in a startled manner, “Your Highness?”

The third prince was worthy if inheriting Gars soul. He didn’t say anything, instead reaching out to pinch Xie Xi’s cheek.

Xie Xi, “!”

He was so angry that he wanted to smash the entire palace of the third prince. At this moment, the prince laughed, revealing sharp tiger’s teeth. “…It is so soft.” It was softer than the prince expected.

Who was soft?

Xie Xi’s face hurt but he could only suppress his killing intent. He showed a dazed expression. The third prince released his hand and his face became cold. “Go, I am busy.”

Xie Xi, “…”

He bowed and left the third prince’s palace.

Xie Xi touched his face. He sucked in a breath from the pain. His hands were heavy from the desire to hit this spicy chicken soul!

The thing that made him truly furious was that the progress bar didn’t respond. It seemed that the third prince didn’t like this second face?

As soon as he thought this, he saw a small red square on the progress bar.

Oh, there was a delay.

Xie Xi took out a small book and carefully noted it down.

Orange Fifth Prince → Sein Hall, 11% progress.

Blue Sixth Prince → Sein Hall, 4% progress.

Red Third Prince → Colin Hall, 1% progress.

The total progress was 16%.

Roast Pork Bun probed his thoughts, “Mommy, Daddy, what are you writing?”

Xie Xi put away the book and gazed into the distance. “The foolish Fork strategy.”

Roast Pork Bun, “???”  This was bullying him. He wasn’t illiterate. There was clearly no Fork?

Xie Xi continued to draw lots and next was the second prince. It didn’t matter who was selected. He would first go to attract the second prince like a butterfly.

The second prince was very popular.

He entered the Ministry of Finance at a young age. With his savvy mind and sleek way of doing things, he became the treasury minister of the kingdom.

He frequently showed his face and made many policies to benefit the people. Therefore, he had a high reputation. In the hearts of the ordinary people, he was a well-deserved prince.

Xie Xi thought that this second prince was the most difficult person. Could he really fall for this scum fish?

Xie Xi headed to the palace of the second prince and stated his intentions. The maid who received him stated directly, “Put it down.”

All the other princes personally received the king’s gift. It was only the second prince who didn’t show up at all.

Xie Xi reminded, “…The holy day is coming and His Majesty commanded me to deliver a gift to the prince.”

“The second prince is busy. Please wait here if you don’t mind.” Then the mermaid maid swam away.

Xie Xi, “…” He used the big name. Please don’t forget it.

He couldn’t meet the second prince and was planning to change places when the maid suddenly returned.

The mermaid had a complicated expression on her face. “His Highness said to please go in.”

Xie Xi was confused. Why was he being let in?

Xie Xi walked into the palace. It fit the second prince’s peacock nature. The palace was very simple but it wasn’t shabby. It had a unique and simple beauty, gorgeous without being extravagant. It gave off a bit of a royal air.

It was a great blessing for the treasury minister to be so diligent and thrifty.

Oh, Xie Xi believed it.

The second prince was talking with someone else. The prince was really good looking, with long silver hair tucked behind his ears and flowing down his back. His figure was perfectly outlined by his clothing. Every move was elegant and charming, the style of the royal family perfectly interpreted.

He was talking to an elderly minister who was wearing expensive clothing. However, he was like a shrimp soldier when compared to the second prince.

As soon as Xie Xi entered, the second prince said to the minister, “Let’s end it here today.”

The minister got up and gave a salute. “Your Highness has something to do. I will go back first.”

The second prince’s smile was as refreshing as a spring breeze. “Thank you for the reminder. I avoided a big mistake.”

“Where did I…” The minister was sincerely fearful. “It is the second prince who is discerning and thinking of the people.”

The second prince smiled and the two of them exchanged polite words. The minister was dizzy and saluted with sincere emotion.

Xie Xi’s sharp eyes saw the disdain and contempt in the prince’s eyes after the minister left.

Sure enough, this was a black heart!

He was probably called in to get rid of the old man.

Unsurprisingly, the second prince didn’t smile once there was no one left in the hall. He didn’t look at Xie Xi and said to the maid, “Arrange the next ceremony.”

“Okay.” The maid said with a low bow.

The second prince, who could speak well, didn’t say anything to Xie Xi. He only waved his hands.

Xie Xi, “…”

Not even looking at him? Slag fish!

Xie Xi couldn’t open his mouth. He could only leave the gift and prepared to leave.

“That’s right.” The second prince’s lazy voice was heard. “Have you been to the third prince?”

Xie Xi thought about it and opened his mouth. “Your Highness, I have just been there.”

The second prince raised his eyebrows and he stared at Xie Xi. “Look up.”

Xie Xi slowly looked up at the second prince.

The second prince watched him for a while. Then he smiled and said, “What is your name?” He got up and walked down the stairs.

Xie Xi told the name of the second face.

The second prince smiled. “It is the Hall family again.”

Xie Xi was silent as he waited for this psychopath to do something.

The second prince lived up to his expectations and reached out to hug him, saying gently, “You are really good looking. How about staying with me?”

Xie Xi was speechless. Who wanted to be with this slag fish?

Xie Xi was about to open his mouth when he heard the shouts of the shrimp soldiers. “Third Prince, Third Prince, please wait. The second prince is in a meeting with someone and it is inconvenient…”

Bang!

The door opened and the third prince stood there. “What do you mean by a war in the north…”

His voice stopped and he squinted at the two men standing close together.

The second prince surrounded the small mermaid, his movements gentle and his voice slow. “Younger brother, you went to the army for a few years. Did you basic manners disappear?”

Xie Xi was held by the second prince and wanted to break free, only to find he couldn’t move!

Roast Pork Bun was screaming from the sidelines. “Oh my god, Mommy is being strongly hugged.”

Strong… what strong?

Xie Xi really wanted to cook this Roast Pork Bun!

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