Chapter 8: Invitation to a Blind Date

【 Library Manager’s monocle (Rare Item): This monocle was carried by one of the countless doppelgangers of the library manager. Even though it is a mass-produced item, it is still very precious. After completing this chapter, return to the library and hand the monocle to the manager himself. He will reward you handsomely. 】

【 Guardian bookmark (Disposable Item): After successfully resisting an invasion, you will obtain this bookmark. You can gift this bookmark to your fellow readers. When he is invaded, he can invite you into his current chapter to help him resist the invasion. 】

Lin Xun carefully examined the descriptions of these items.

These two items contained a huge amount of information.

Firstly, after completing a chapter, he would return to a place called “library”. The guardian bookmark showed that he could gift it to his fellow readers.

Fellow readers were likely similar to adding friends in the game, which meant that this game had a social system. The library he returned to after completing a chapter was likely where Apostle players gathered and interacted.

“I wonder how many Apostles exist in real life.”

【 The bookshelves in the second floor’s main hall disappeared along with the black-robed old man. The entire main hall was empty except for a spiral staircase leading to the third floor of the High Tower. 】

【 Do you wish to go to the third floor of the High Tower? 】

【 You ascend the stairs and arrive at the third floor of the High Tower. 】

【 Standing in the hall is a heavily armoured knight in full metal plate armor, his hands resting on his greatsword. Behind his blood-red cloak is a golden treasure chest. The chest is engraved with a filthy blood sun on its breastplate. Clearly, it is the Blood Sun Church’s most powerful warrior—the Discipline Knight. 】

【 The Discipline Knight’s scarlet eyes gaze at you, and you feel a heavy pressure. 】

【 What should you do? 】

【 1. Mutter “It can’t see me, it can’t see me…” and return to the second floor of the High Tower. 】

【 2. Raise your dagger and strike hard, letting it know what cruelty is. 】

【 3. Praise the Sun. 】

Seeing the text saying “heavy pressure,” Lin Xun grew cautious.

He didn’t rashly choose to fight head-on but instead carefully returned to his old profession—praising the Sun.

【 You raise your hand and look up at the ceiling, occasionally clicking your tongue in praise… 】

【 But it seems like you can’t see the Blood Sun inside the High Tower. 】

【 The Discipline Knight draws his two-handed greatsword and charges at you… 】

【 You died! 】

Lin Xun never could have imagined that his tried-and-tested flattery function would backfire this time.

The familiar red words appeared on the screen again: Death.

【 You open your eyes and discover that you have been reborn in the ruined church as a roaming soul… 】

There were nuns’ corpses inside the church, and the bodies of the guardian knights were also still alive. They could be possessed without any cost.

But Lin Xun didn’t continue playing and put down his phone.

Using the bodies of the knights or nuns, he would probably be knocked down by the monster tide before he reached the High Tower.

He could only wait for night to restore his soul strength, then rebuild the body of a Blood Sun Church follower and fight the small boss on the third floor of the High Tower.

With this thought, Lin Xun opened the writing software and continued his arduous journey of writing 4,000 words every day.

In the rental house, there was the sound of typing on a keyboard…

Ding-ding~ding-ding~

Lin Xun stopped typing and looked at the caller ID. It was “Boss Lady,” so he quickly picked up.

“Hey, Boss Lady, what do you want?”

“Stupid brat, so impolite. Call me Mom!” A middle-aged woman’s voice came from the other side.

“Okay, Mom, hurry up and say what you want. I’m writing right now, you’re interrupting my inspiration.” Lin Xun put the phone on speaker and continued typing on the keyboard.

“It’s not that I’m scolding you, but how much money do you make from writing that nonsense? I think you should come back to the store soon. You can earn more money than staying up all night to type.”

His mother continued to ramble on.

“Hold on, hold on. If you’re going to say that, then I’m hanging up.”

Thankfully, Lin Xun hadn’t told his parents about his civil service exam. Not only would he have disappointed them, but he would also have wasted their hopes and expectations.

His parents owned a supermarket.

In the past, the supermarket industry had been quite prosperous, and his parents had made a fortune with a small supermarket.

But in recent years, the supermarket industry had been on a decline. The supermarkets his parents opened were all suffering heavy losses and closing down one after another. All the money they earned from opening stores was spent on these losses.

“All right! You can stay away too. Your aunt introduced a girl for you to take a look at…”

“You little brat, I’m telling you now—if you dare reject her, then you’re coming home to help with the store.”

Lin Xun’s lips twitched. What was this “theory of tearing down the roof”…? The boss lady certainly deserved her title.

“… That girl’s good, so don’t be ungrateful!”

“Your second aunt showed me a photo. She has a baby face and looks very pretty. The girl is small but has a big chest and butt, so she’ll definitely be good at giving birth. She’s only a little older than your mom was when she was young… I’ll send you a photo later, she’s super cute.”

“Is it the kind of cute that can make you cry for hours if you get punched?” Lin Xun couldn’t help but tease.

“Stop talking nonsense. This girl is a proper employee of the police department. If anyone gets beaten up, it’ll be you. It just so happens that no one in our family can control you, so I’m finding you a wife…”

“No, women will only distract me from my… career.”

Lin Xun didn’t finish his sentence before his mother hung up.

Not long after, he received a message from his mother.

“Tomorrow afternoon, 1:30 PM,舍得茶社.”

“Lu Caiyi, female, 22 years old, 160 cm, college degree, currently working as a public security officer at the police department in the west district, regular employee with a monthly salary of 8000 yuan, owns a car and house, no siblings, parents are…”

His mother was very professional and had already set the time and place, even going as far as to collect a series of data.

However, the photo sent at the end of the message was still loading and could not be opened.

“It seems this girl isn’t very pretty. Mom’s already starting to play tricks.”

Lin Xun glanced at it and replied with, “I have something tomorrow, let’s talk another day.”

He continued writing…

He didn’t plan on going to the blind date.

Rather than wasting time on a blind date, he might as well write a few more words and earn some more money.

Although he had failed the interview for the civil service exam, he still needed to continue working for his livelihood.

After a long time, he finished writing another two chapters of 2,000 words each. Lin Xun nodded in satisfaction and clicked to publish the chapter.

The night outside was already deep, and it was almost time for game time.

He quickly logged into the Book of Salvation.