Mistaking a horror game for a romance novel, he unexpectedly became a legend.

Song Yi hadn't felt this strong competitive drive in a long time, because he had a feeling that the game's rules weren't like this before, and that the dog game must have created this rule to get revenge on him.

Tao Tao: [Host, as this is a team competition, you don't have enough players at the start. Including our teammates Zhou Yuyan and Luo Fei, there are only three of you. You need to find two more teammates willing to join you.]

I need teammates! Song Yi thought for a moment, then opened the system's friend list and sent messages to his friends to see who could participate with him.

Five minutes later, the system received Zhao Xin's reply, as well as automatic replies from other players indicating that they were currently in the game and unable to reply.

One by one, Song Yi immediately arranged to meet Zhao Xin at the cafe in the horror game arcade.

Zhao Xin had just left the game and hadn't even returned when he received a message from Song Yi. Ever since he had played a game with Song Yi that helped him level up from 30 to 33, he felt that the games after that went exceptionally smoothly, and he was now level 34.

He sat in the game lobby, drinking the instant coffee he had prepared himself. Soon after, Song Yi came over.

Zhao Xin: "Boss, over here."

Song Yi saw Zhao Xin walk over, and Zhao Xin enthusiastically handed Song Yi a cup of coffee that he had made himself.

"Boss, long time no see. Is there something you need?"

Song Yi didn't directly invite Zhao Xin to team up with him in the game, but instead first said tactfully:

"How's your gaming lately? Have you joined any teams?"

Zhao Xin had an inexplicable sense of trust in Song Yi; he answered whatever Song Yi asked.

"The game is going very smoothly. I'm already level 34, but I haven't decided which team to join yet."

Song Yi's eyes lit up; it was good that he hadn't joined a team.

In horror games, once players reach level 40 or higher, they will be assigned to SSS-level sessions.

However, even within the SSS-level matches, there are five sub-levels: the Other Shore Match, the Underworld Match, the River of Oblivion Match, the River of Helplessness Match, and finally the Ten Kings of Hell Match. Below these five sub-levels, there are ten smaller sub-levels.

Zhao Xin is currently level 34, while Lu Xiao's game 2313 is the first level of the Ten Kings of Hell arena.

If Zhao Xin knew how difficult this match was, he would most likely refuse to participate. But if he became his teammate, he would have no choice but to participate with him.

Song Yi: "It's like this, I've created a new team, and currently the team has two members, one is SSS-level and the other is S..."

"They're all high-ranking, and they're all women."

"I would like to invite you to join my team. Although my team is relatively new and not highly ranked on the team leaderboard, once you join us, you will be a veteran of our team, and all the best resources in the team will be available to you in the future."

Zhao Xin's eyes widened. He hadn't expected that Song Yi already had his own team. If he remembered correctly, Song Yi was only level 16 when they finished the game together. How did he already have a team?

"Boss, how did you manage to create a team?"

Song Yi picked up his coffee but didn't directly say it was a reward from the game; instead, he phrased it differently:

"The power that games give me."

Zhao Xin's eyes widened again. "The rights granted by the game, going through back channels?"

Good heavens, he had no idea that games could have backdoors!

Zhao Xin was a little unsure; was his boss just trying to fool him?

Zhao Xin thought for a while, then cautiously asked, "Boss, what's your current rank?"

Song Yi: "Level 23."

Zhao Xin gasped. A relative, definitely a relative.

In the time since he and Song Yi separated, he has leveled up once, while Song Yi has leveled up seven times. Who would believe that they didn't have connections?

Zhao Xin was a little excited. It felt like he was a junior intern at a company, and suddenly the company's heir invited him to be his team member. A permanent position, promotion, and salary increase would be within his grasp.

Zhao Xin nodded like a lapdog: "Yes, I'll add it."

Song Yi: "You can think about it carefully. I won't force anyone."

Zhao Xin said righteously, "I'm willing, boss. Don't worry, I'll follow you from now on. If you tell me to go east, I'll never go west."

Joining the team as a veteran, with two female members, and maybe even finding a partner—isn't that incredibly lucky? Is there anything better in the world?

Song Yi: "Are you sure?"

Zhao Xin: "Confirmed."

Song Yi smiled and sent an invitation to Zhao Xin. Zhao Xin glanced at the team name "Ah, Right Team" and thought, "As expected of our boss, even the team name is so unique."

Zhao Xin clicked "accept," and a second later, he became the third member of the "Ah, Right, Right Team."

After joining the team, Zhao Xin began to carefully examine the team's information. He was very curious about the other two female teammates and immediately clicked on their profile pictures. When the pictures were enlarged, Zhao Xin's expression froze.

Hmm~ This profile picture has a gothic horror style, it's so unique.

Zhao Xin didn't think much of it. He wanted to add the other two teammates as friends, but after clicking into their pages, he found that there was no option to add them as friends.

Zhao Xin refreshed the page twice, and even exited and re-entered, but the option was still not available.

"Boss, why can't I add the female members of our team as friends?"

Song Yi: "Oh right, I forgot to tell you, the other two members of our team aren't human, so they can't add each other as friends."

Zhao Xin: ? ? ? What do you mean? Not human? Zhao Xin felt like he couldn't understand human language anymore.

Song Yi: "That's right, the other two female team members are NPCs in the game."

"What???"

Zhao Xin wondered if he had misheard. An NPC? Could that thing be a teammate?

Zhao Xin: "I've never heard of NPCs being able to be team members. Are there any other teams with this kind of experience?"

Song Yi: "No, only we have it, and we won't have it again in the future."

In an instant, Zhao Xin felt a surge of admiration for Song Yi. His boss was too amazing; this must be the privilege of being a prince.

Horror Game: Beep Beep Beep Beep~

There are four people now, and one more is needed. Song Yi was thinking about who to ask for the last one when someone called his name from behind.

"Song Yi?"

Song Yi turned around and saw a boy wearing a red T-shirt and black cargo pants, with a head of white hair standing on end. He looked like someone who was doing street dance in the square. Song Yi felt that he looked somewhat familiar.

The moment the boy saw Song Yi, he immediately came up to her enthusiastically: "It really is you! I thought I was seeing things."