novelraw Chapter 140 : Chapter 140
Chapter 140 : Chapter 140
Chapter 140: If extra
Having a good routine, a solid biological clock, I could prepare breakfast before anyone else got up, then wake that night owl from bed.
An Heyu was always the first to get up each day, but on this morning, when he pushed open the door, he saw Li Li already sitting on the sofa.
"Morning, Red" She dragged out her tone, then glanced at An Heyu’s head and couldn’t hold back a laugh, “Pfft…”
An Heyu instinctively sensed something odd had happened, but he checked his collar and clothes—no buttons undone, no zipper forgotten.
Yet Li Li’s delighted grin clearly indicated something was off with him.
Carrying a head full of confusion, he went to the bathroom to wash up.
When he saw the mirror on the counter, his puzzlement faded, and realization dawned.
A massive, shimmering silver ‘2’ floated above his head, with a barely visible ‘Rank’ and ‘th’ beside it.
Put together, it read ‘Second Place,’ but the oversized ‘2’ made it look like he was parading around with a giant ‘2’ on his head.
Pretty foolish.
An Heyu touched the air above his head.
Li Li sauntered over, leaning against the doorframe, savoring his shifting expressions.
“Actually, this is the manifestation of how much we’re loved in another world.” She offered an explanation.
“How would another world know about us?” An Heyu thought for a moment, then decided this bizarre ‘if’ storyline could make anything possible, so he didn’t dwell on it. Instead, he grew a bit embarrassed, “I’m actually second?”
He was surprised and a little shy, but undeniably, he was quite pleased.
Then An Heyu realized something and turned to look at Li Li, glancing up at her head—nothing there.
Li Li snapped her fingers casually, and a dazzling golden ‘1’ appeared in the air.
Radiant and bold, the golden light completely outshone the silver glow above An Heyu’s head, like a glaring lightbulb.
For a moment, An Heyu felt like the Tide researchers had invented a sun, blinding his eyes.
Going out with that thing on her head would make her the center of attention on the street!
But with a wave of Li Li’s hand, the massive ‘1’ vanished before An Heyu’s eyes, leaving no trace.
“No one can make an illusionist lose face.” It was the first time she acknowledged this title, carrying the pride of being top1.
An Heyu admitted his inferiority, “As expected of you.”
Whether it was being first or avoiding public embarrassment, it was quintessentially Li Li.
Though An Heyu felt that even if Li Li had to go out with that ‘1’ on her head, she wouldn’t be embarrassed at all—she’d probably grin and say to everyone she met: Oh, what’s your rank? Sorry, I’m top1.
Maybe he’d just stay home today? He pondered.
No need to go out with a sun-creating device, but he still had to deal with this ‘2’ on his head.
The thought alone made him feel suffocated.
He lingered a bit too long.
Dan, hugging his plushie, rubbed his sleepy eyes and shuffled past them to the bathroom, then looked in the mirror.
Then he saw the red ‘6’ above his head.
He turned, slightly tilting his eyes upward, and saw the ‘2’ above An Heyu’s head.
Slowly, the drowsy haze in his heterochromatic eyes faded, replaced by a sharp, murderous intent.
Some ferocious beast had been awakened.
He was awake now—and furious.
“You’re second place,” Dan said expressionlessly, “and I’m sixth.”
An Heyu felt that in the next second, Dan would blurt out: Everyone outside Heige who ranks above me can go die!
Fortunately, perhaps because he’d been well-fed and taken out to play regularly, Dan didn’t immediately explode in the cramped bathroom and fight An Heyu to the death.
Instead, he turned to Li Li and asked, “Who are third, fourth, and fifth?”
But the way he asked sounded like he was reciting a death list, with every name on it marked as a target for his hunt.
Li Li, wearing a smile, stepped back from the bathroom and led Dan to the window.
She pointed at the pond outside the floor-to-ceiling window and at Jue Hui Shen, soaking in the pond under the shade of a tree.
He was sleeping soundly, completely unaware of what was happening.
Above his head, a bronze ‘3’ bobbed up and down with his breathing.
Up, down, up again.
“There, third,” Li Li said.
Dan took a deep breath.
This guy who came out of nowhere, freeloading and mooching, sleeping at the bottom of the sea year-round and barely showing his face, was third?!
Then Li Li pointed to the crow beside her.
The black bird flew from outside the window to land obediently on her shoulder.
Above the crow’s head, a red ‘4’ stood out strikingly.
Dan took another deep breath.
It’s fine, the crow belongs to Li Li, so it doesn’t count as a loss.
Then Li Li walked to the wide-open window, facing the street.
On the street, a short-legged corgi with a ‘5’ above its head was joyfully sprinting, legs flying.
Li Li nodded approvingly, remarking, “Pretty cute.”
The thread in Dan’s mind snapped with a bang.
“Corgis, there shouldn’t be corgis in this world, all corgis should just die—!”
“Achoo!” Yiming sneezed.
But he didn’t care if someone was talking about him or mourning him.
Instead, he sat like a frozen stone on a small stone ball by the street, his face ashen.
“I lost to a corgi, I actually lost to a corgi!” He covered his face, feeling the mockery of a blazing incandescent lamp.
Above his head, the red ‘7’ was like a vengeful ghost from a midnight cycle, red and heart-wrenchingly cruel.
Meanwhile, on the street, the corgi, happily sticking out its tongue and wagging its perky butt, had a vivid and towering ‘5’ above its head.
Beside it, An Huyu sat side by side with it, his expression equally grim, tears glistening at the corners of his eyes.
Above his head, the number ‘15’ radiated a mockery worse than calling him useless.
“I’m at the bottom, I’m actually at the bottom, waaah…” He was deeply shaken, “I’m useless, worse than useless, waaah!”
Tang, with a fruit candy in her mouth, glanced up at her own ‘11’ and shook her head maturely.
“Is this ranking even that important?” She thought it was far less important than eating candy.
A seat away, Lin Ran held the milk tea Li Li had strongly recommended, took a sip, and said somewhat happily, “Ruye, I’m pretty popular, huh.”
Above her head, an ‘8’ gleamed brightly.
Beside her, Lin Ruye had kept his head down for a long time, because he was ‘20’.
Dead last.
“Blind idiots…” The loser vented his frustration.
Next to him, Yan Changxiao, sporting a ‘19’, patted Lin Ruye’s shoulder, “Our goal isn’t to be loved by others, but to become the strongest!”
Lin Ruye regained some energy, nodding fiercely, “That’s right!”
Yan Changxiao continued, “And to protect the ones most important to us!”
Lin Ruye, “Yes—huh?”
He looked at Yan Changxiao, this stranger he didn’t even know, “So, did you succeed?”
Yan Changxiao, with an encouraging gaze, said to Lin Ruye, “Of course I succeeded, haven’t you?”
Lin Ruye: …
The defeated Lin Ruye lowered his head again, no matter how much Yan Changxiao pounded his back with motivational pep talks, he didn’t speak again.
In the sky, pink petals fluttered.
The white-haired deity Libra stared intently at a white dove on a utility pole.
A ‘9’ and a ‘10’ floated above their heads.
But the ‘9’ was the dove, and the ‘10’ was Libra.
“We’re both white,” Libra said, as if studying, observing the red-eyed dove closely, “but in the eyes of the world, I’m better looking than you.”
So he couldn’t understand why he kept failing, time and again, this time even losing to a dove of nearly the same color scheme.
He was perplexed, he was confused, so he followed the internet and started a poll in the other world.
Libra or the dove, which do you like?
[Is this even a question? The dove.]
[Obviously the dove!]
[Who’d pick Libra? That thing’s cutest when it’s dead!]
Libra was deeply shaken and followed the internet to ask the manga artist, “I’m the prettiest, right?”
The manga artist, in the middle of drinking water, choked and spat it out, “Holy— I draw, I draw, I draw!”
Meanwhile, in the shadows of the street, a strand of golden hair emitted a faint glow.
Yu Xiao leaned against the wall, his red eyes following the corgi with the ‘5’ joyfully running down the street.
Above his head, the number ‘12’ was darker than the others, like wine red or an even deeper hue.
“A corgi? Not bad as a mascot,” he tilted his head, a few strands of golden hair falling to cover half his face.
Then, watching the corgi run into the shadowed area, he gently curled the corner of his mouth,
“The last mascot, Big Dog Goose, will be thrilled to have a companion.”
“Boom—!”
The chaos began.
“What happened?!” Yiming shot up from the street, while Dan burst through the window, his face full of murderous intent.
Everyone looked up warily, noticing the numbers above their heads—someone was missing!
“Where’s that corgi?” Tang also noticed the issue, looking toward the billowing smoke,
“Dead…?”
“This ranking comes with life-or-death stakes?!” Princess Wuyu, with her ‘12’, approached, her face full of disapproval, “Who made the first move?!”
The massive noise even woke Jue Hui Shen, who, carrying his pillow, lazily followed Li Li and An Heyu to see what was going on.
Almost all 20 ranked individuals had gathered.
Under everyone’s gaze, the smoke cleared, revealing the corgi—
Shaved bald, a pitiful, hairless corgi.
Tears seemed to glisten in the corgi’s blue eyes, ready to fall at any moment.
“…” Yiming felt a chill above his head.
In the shadows, it was as if an invisible figure held sharp scissors, eyeing his brown hair menacingly.
“It’s fine,” Lin Ran said, seeing the corgi was still alive.
Then Lin Ruye tugged at Lin Ran’s sleeve, saying, “Old hag, at least read the room!”
Lin Ran: ?
She glanced around: almost everyone was staring at the shimmering silver ‘2’ above An Heyu’s head and the bronze ‘3’ just below it, belonging to Jue Hui Shen.
Some smiled, some were expressionless. Murderous intent raged in the seemingly frozen space.
“…” Lin Ran hesitated for a moment, then turned to Lin Ruye, saying, “They’re really popular, huh.”
Lin Ruye: “…Just stay out of it!”
At the center of attention, An Heyu realized his situation was precarious.
He glanced at Li Li, who shrugged, clearly just there to watch the show.
He looked at Dan, but unexpectedly, Dan was the most eager to act.
Dan said, “If I kill all of you, I’ll be second.”
Sang Feiling, ranked ‘13’, was also raring to go, “We’re all here, it’d be a shame not to fight for second.”
“My generation aims to be the strongest second!” Sang Feiling’s disciple Yan Changxiao chimed in.
Dead-last Lin Ruye let out a cold humph, saying, “If I kill all of you, the old hag can be first.”
Everyone turned to Lin Ruye with looks that screamed death.
In this chaotic multi-person scene, no one knew who struck first.
The atmosphere was like a lit powder keg, exploding instantly!
On this day, their abilities returned to them.
At the moment the chaos began, An Heyu swapped places with a spirit, escaping danger.
Jue Hui Shen was a step too slow, bewildered as attacks overwhelmed him, surrounded by the crowd.
Jue Hui Shen slowly: ?
What happened?
Why were they all attacking him?
All he did was sleep, eat, and snack—nothing bad, right?
He hadn’t provoked them, had he?
Moments later, a black dragon broke through the onslaught, fleeing in a panic without even his pillow.