After Pretending to Be an Alpha, I Was Exposed by My Rival - Chapter 17

Lu Chizhou was just as stunned.

That matched too?

Was the game system secretly opening a backdoor for them?

He suddenly really wanted to see Cycle Without End’s expression, but the vines had separated them earlier, and now he had no idea where the other person was. Even if he wanted to ask, he couldn’t see him.

The game clearly feared they would cheat. It had cut off their communication and forcibly trapped each of them in their own separate space. All they could see was the notice board in front of them. They couldn’t even force-quit the game.

For questions three through nine, the two barely managed to answer enough correctly, accumulating seventy points. Now only the final question remained.

If they answered correctly, they would clear the stage. If they failed, they would be kicked out of the dungeon and have to start over.

Zhou Yijue couldn’t help getting nervous. He swallowed and stared intently at the notice board.

The final question.

Please go smoothly.

Nothing was more frustrating than losing a victory already within reach.

Question 10:

The player has three chances to break through the game’s obstacle and find their true partner.

Zhou Yijue frowned hard at the notice board.

What kind of stupid question was this?

Find the true partner?

Was this Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance?

Complaints aside, once the game started, Zhou Yijue became serious.

The surroundings changed instantly.

But the new scene almost made him suffocate.

When he looked down, he saw that he was wearing wedding robes—ancient-style bright red wedding robes, with a large red flower pinned to his chest.

Fog filled the front, obscuring everything.

A few seconds later, the fog began to part.

Zhou Yijue grabbed the red flower on his chest and looked ahead, vaguely sensing that what would appear before him was probably his “bride.”

He didn’t even have a partner, yet this garbage game had already arranged a wife for him.

Who the hell was this supposed to disgust?

Finally, the fog dispersed.

In front of him stood a group of brides dressed in red, all wearing red veils. Their figures were identical—even the embroidered shoes on their feet were the same.

The shoe sizes were big enough to make any girl question life.

“Ding-dong. The player has three chances. Each attempt gives ten minutes. Select your bride to gain ten Harmony Points. Fail three times, and you will be removed from the dungeon,” the game’s mechanical voice announced.

Zhou Yijue rubbed his temples.

Which idiot developed this idiotic game?

“Ding-dong. Player detected insulting this game system. One minute has been deducted. Player now has nine minutes. Please do your best.”

Zhou Yijue: Do your best, my ass.

“Ding-dong. Player once again detected insulting this game system. Another minute has been deducted. Player now has eight minutes. Please do your best.”

Zhou Yijue: “……”

The curse that had reached the tip of his tongue was forcefully swallowed back. He didn’t even dare think it in his head anymore.

He stormed forward and shouted at the dozen-plus brides in front of him:

“Lu Jian? Can you hear me? Say something.”

“I’m here.”

All twelve brides answered in the same default system voice.

“……”

At that moment, Zhou Yijue really wanted to jump up and smash Lu Jian’s dog head.

Sure enough, anyone surnamed Lu—or “Lu”—was no good.

So damn annoying.

Why did he have to use the system’s default voice?

Now how the hell was he supposed to recognize him?

Zhou Yijue crouched down with a headache and stared at the group of brides. He felt none of the wonderful joy of having a harem. All he felt was his head throbbing.

Time passed second by second.

The closer it got, the heavier the pressure became.

“Lu Jian, can you give me a hint? I’ve only played with you twice. How the hell am I supposed to know you that well?”

Zhou Yijue was so frustrated he regretted agreeing to log in with Yuan Datou.

If he hadn’t agreed, he wouldn’t be suffering this.

This stupid game didn’t even allow forced logout. You had to complete the mission: either fail or clear it. There was no quitting halfway.

Garbage.

“Ding-dong. Player detected insulting this game system yet again. Another minute deducted. Player now has only ten seconds left. Countdown: 10, 9… 1, 0. Player failed to find their bride. Game failed. Second restart begins.”

The game restarted.

But Zhou Yijue still couldn’t find Lu Jian.

That idiot Lu Jian used the most basic default character model, and even his voice was default, completely flat and hopelessly impossible to distinguish.

“Final restart. If the player fails again, they will be forcibly removed from the dungeon and unable to enter again for three hours,” the mechanical voice announced.

Heh.

Go to—

Zhou Yijue almost cursed again, but afraid of another time deduction, he forced it back down.

This time, he walked into the crowd of brides and inspected them one by one.

They were all male character models.

All were using the game system’s most basic default data.

In other words, they were all male NPCs.

Even if he touched them randomly, it shouldn’t count as harassment.

Thinking that, Zhou Yijue finally reached out toward the brides.

The first touch landed on a bulging pectoral muscle, scaring him so badly he quickly pulled his hand back.

Even so, the default voice still let out a coy sound and shouted at him:

“Naughty! Molester!”

Goosebumps rose all over Zhou Yijue.

The moment he imagined Lu Jian saying that with his face—

He almost threw up.

Too disgusting.