People are in Star Iron; who says they're just NPCs?

She controlled Jia, this suddenly appearing mysterious figure, to verify his words and decide the next step. It must be said that her thinking was very clear, but unfortunately…

"Miss Estelle, when you picked up the gun, did you check if it was loaded with bullets?" "What do you mean?"

"What I mean is, you can try firing it." Lin Li gave a mysterious smile. "I bet your gun isn't loaded! Give it a try!"

Estelle remained unmoved by his words and prepared to raise her gun and fire a shot into the air to deter this arrogant fellow.

Just because I haven't shown my teeth doesn't mean I'm a pushover! Huh?!

Estella suddenly froze.

No matter how hard she tried, her hand holding the gun wouldn't budge. Not only her hand, but her whole body was paralyzed! She wanted to question Lin Li, but found she couldn't open her mouth at all!

A flicker of panic crossed the girl's face, which Lin Li noticed through his status bar: 【Estella (in a state of panic and confusion)】

"I've already told you, girls shouldn't be wielding knives and guns." Lin Li slowly walked up to Estella, took the gun from her hand, and said, "There's something I forgot to tell you. In this world, only I can do whatever I want, so—"

"Now it's my turn." "Let me teach you—" "How exactly do you use a gun!"

Chapter Three: How to Use a Gun

Lin Li moved closer and closer until his forehead touched Estella's smooth forehead.

The moment their foreheads touched, the girl couldn't move, but she felt her heart tremble. This was the first time she had been so close to a boy.

Admittedly, this boy named Lin Li was very handsome, with regular and well-defined features, a perfect body proportion, and a confident and composed demeanor, which matched her ideal boyfriend's appearance.

Under normal circumstances, she might have been attracted to him. But this situation is definitely not the case.

In this situation, Estelle only felt shock and panic at losing control of her body; it was difficult for her to have any romantic or ambiguous feelings.

Lin Li gave a cryptic smile, placed his hand on Estella's shoulder, and stroked her arm until he grasped her slender, fair hand.

As her soft body was grasped, Estella felt both ashamed and anxious. She tried desperately to resist, but she could not control her body.

This is the power of [Interaction]: once Lin Li activates [Interaction], the character can no longer move and can only be controlled by him.

Estella's hands were soft and tender, her skin as smooth as milk, and holding them felt like holding a piece of warm jade. Lin Li pulled her hand down...

"Miss Estelle, to use a gun well, we need to start with the most basic thing: holding the gun—"

The girl couldn't move, but as the hot, hard touch came from her palm, her eyes showed shock and panic mixed with shame and anger, and her pretty, fair face flushed a lovely pink.

How could he do this? !

However, Lin Li's actions did not stop there. He used one hand to help Estáe hold the gun, and with the other hand, he went behind her, brushed aside the girl's skirt, and grabbed her pert buttocks.

The girl's perky buttocks were firm and bouncy, with delicate and smooth skin, just like a piece of jelly, and the feel was wonderful.

Lin Li enjoyed the girl's smooth skin, a faint smile on his handsome face, but to Estella, it looked like a devil.

"Don't be nervous, Miss Estád. I originally wanted to speak with you properly, but pointing a gun at me is extremely impolite, so..."

This is just a small punishment, you should understand, right?

Estelle didn't understand. She couldn't understand why she had inexplicably come to this strange world and suffered such humiliation! Her private parts, never before touched by anyone, were wantonly kneaded by him, her delicate white hands forced to grasp them—

She was paralyzed, unable to resist, and now she was filled with immense regret. She should have known better than to draw her gun!

"Don't be so sad, I told you it's just a small punishment, it won't hurt!" Is it really about whether it hurts or not?!

Estelle's shame and indignation intensified; if she weren't being restrained, she would have laughed in exasperation. Lin Li admired the changes in her lively eyes, and his mood became incredibly pleasant.

It wasn't that Lin Li liked this kind of perverted style, but rather that he was fed up with facing a bunch of wooden people.

At first, he really enjoyed playing with them, since they were all characters he liked very much, each one not only beautiful but also unique.

He acted like a debauched and tyrannical emperor, choosing whomever he pleased. But after a while, he grew tired of it.

Without expressions or sounds, and without any emotional feedback, although the physical experience is extremely wonderful, they are ultimately just a group of more realistic "dolls".

The doll isn't fun at all; aside from satisfying some physical needs, it offers no psychological support. He's trapped in this game world, and what he lacks most is someone to communicate with and provide emotional feedback!

At this moment, every movement he made elicited a genuine emotional response from Estelle, even if that response wasn't entirely positive. But any reaction at all was enough!

At least he could truly feel that he was no longer all alone in this world. Lin Li wasn't worried at all about whether it would offend Estelle.

The kneading didn't stop, and the grip on the gun continued. Time passed second by second, and it felt like an eternity to Estella. Finally—biu~!

A barely perceptible soft sound.

The gun went off!

It seems there were bullets in the gun.

However, because a silencer was installed, the gunshot was very quiet.

The girl was extremely embarrassed, but she couldn't even close her eyes to avoid looking, let alone resist! "Hoo~"

Lin Li smiled and released the girl's soft hand: "A gun—that's how you use it, have you learned it?"

He was met only with a sullen and indignant look from the girl! "Oh right, I forgot you can't speak right now!"

Lin Li slowly straightened his clothes, which were slightly disheveled from testing the gun. "I will release you from the restraints, but you'd better calm down. If you continue to be so rude, the punishment won't be just this level."

Miss Estelle is a smart person, she probably won't do anything irrational again, right? Lin Li straightened his clothes and turned off the [Interaction] button.

"You bastard!" Estella, now free, could only utter this one sentence after holding it in for a long time. Finally, in shame and anger, she stomped her foot and rushed into the bathroom attached to her room.

Lin Li calmly picked at his ear; the aristocratic young lady's vocabulary for insults was still far too limited. In the bathroom, Estella vigorously washed the gunpowder residue from her hands.

She took deep breaths repeatedly, and it took her several minutes to finally calm her turbulent emotions. During those few minutes, countless thoughts flashed through her mind, but she dismissed them all.

Just as Lin Li said, Estádio was a smart person. She knew very well that it would be a bad choice to provoke Lin Li again before she could counter his unpredictable control abilities.

We just have to grit our teeth and swallow this loss!

Lin Li waited for about ten more minutes before Estella came out of the bathroom. Judging from her expression, she seemed to have calmed down. "Come on, I'll take you out for a walk and show you this amazing world," Lin Li said naturally, taking the girl's hand.

Her soft little hand was pulled again. It was a little cold because it had just been in cold water. Estella's body stiffened slightly, but she didn't struggle. She couldn't win against him anyway, and it wouldn't be worth it if she angered him again.

Besides, he'd already touched her private parts, so holding hands didn't seem like a big deal. Estella secretly observed Lin Li's profile, thinking to herself, "What a waste of such a handsome face!" The two left the room and arrived at the main control module. The scene that greeted Estella left her utterly shocked and bewildered. What was going on?

Chapter Four: Please cooperate with me in researching this.

The space station was still the same space station she knew, and the crew members were the same people she knew, but everyone's appearance was completely unfamiliar to Estella.

All the staff members she could see had all sorts of messy patterns graffiti on their faces and hands, like a bunch of cats with painted faces, or like they had been vandalized by some abstract painter.

“Ms. Meir, your face…” Estelle instinctively called out to a passing clerk, trying to point out that her face was smeared with makeup, but was completely ignored.

The woman's gaze didn't waver at all; she remained unmoved by the shouts and simply walked past. "Stop shouting. I already said these are mindless NPCs; now you should believe me."

"You did all of this?" Estella pointed at their faces, and Lin Li's gaze turned somewhat strange.

"I was bored this morning, so I just doodled for fun," Lin Li said, gesturing. "Also, don't look at me like that, like I'm a pervert. I have no interest in these plain-looking women, and I didn't do anything to them."

If you're not interested in those who are just average-looking, what about those who are pretty and attractive? Ais didn't ask this question aloud.

She thought of the beautiful woman lying in her bed, and the scene when Lin Li touched her feet when she first woke up. She knew what would happen without even asking.

Forget it, let's just pretend we don't know. There's nothing we can do about it anyway, and thinking about it will only cause more trouble. Without realizing it, Estella had slowly begun to adapt to these bizarre events.

Holding Lin Li's hand, they walked around the main control module for a while before heading towards the cafeteria.

During this time, Estella tried to communicate with different people, but without exception, she was completely ignored.

These NPCs weren't silent, but they only had fixed lines and mechanically repeated the same few lines. This feeling of not getting a response made Estella feel an indescribable sense of suffocation!

At this moment, the girl's gaze towards Lin Li unconsciously softened, "You... must be very lonely, right?"

She was a kind girl. Even though Lin Li had just done something very wrong, she still felt some sympathy for him when she thought about how long he had been living in such an environment.

This place may seem bustling with people, but it's all a facade of prosperity; he's the only one who's truly alone.

This feeling of loneliness is unbearable. The messy graffiti on the staff members' bodies reveals that Lin Li's heart may not be at peace.

I only experienced it for a few minutes and already felt suffocated and oppressed. And this smiling boy in front of me has been here for far more than just a few minutes.

The way he treated me before, I can understand it a little bit... If it were me, I might have gone crazy by now, right?

Estella couldn't help but recall the fleeting look of excitement on Lin Li's face when she first woke up; that was his truest feeling.

Lin Li reached out and ruffled her hair, smiling sweetly, "Isn't it great that you're here to keep me company?"

“Who wants to keep up with you?” Estelle paused, swallowing back the word “bastard” that was about to come out. Then a new worry suddenly arose: “Won’t I get trapped here too?”

She felt sorry for him, but she definitely wouldn't want to be stuck here with Lin Li. At most... at most she would come to talk to him occasionally.

"Who knows! But since you're already here, you have to cooperate with me to do some research!" "Research what?!" Estella instinctively shuddered and immediately became alert.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm reminding you again, disrespecting me will be punished," Lin Li said with a smile. "Don't treat me like a pervert."

Estelle turned her head away from him, but inwardly she couldn't help but think, "What you did earlier wasn't perverted enough?"

Now they're saying they'll cooperate with your research, but who knows what ulterior motives they're up to?

But her vigilance was actually ineffective, because she couldn't resist. In the end, Lin Li dragged her to the space station's canteen and used Estella's meal card to buy two deluxe meals for the stationmaster. The two ate and chatted.

"Tell me first, what were you doing before you came to this world? Was there anything special?" "Well, nothing special, I was sleeping..." Estella briefly recounted what happened before her afternoon nap. Through Estella's account, Lin Li understood how she came to this world.

"Hmm... I fell asleep during my lunch break, and when I woke up I saw me. It really felt like a dream world. I have a guess: maybe after you fall asleep in this world, you'll return to the real world."

"You mean I won't be trapped inside?" The girl's face lit up with surprise, but then she felt that it wasn't appropriate to be so excited in front of Lin Li, so she quietly suppressed her smile.

Before figuring out what kind of person Lin Li is, avoiding offending him is Estella's guiding principle.

"Laugh if you want to, don't be so cautious!" Lin Li rolled her eyes at her, annoyed. "I'm not that petty." "Oh... I'm not!" Estella shook her head subconsciously, her flustered appearance rather cute.

"Don't get too excited yet. These are all just guesses. We'll only know for sure after we try it out. Before that, we have some other issues to figure out."

"what is the problem?"

Estella looked at him with disdain, but Lin Li's attitude was quite warm, which made her lower her guard a lot.

"For example, will the influence of the real world be brought into the game world? Think back and see if there are any details that are worth noting."

"Speaking of details, I've been working a lot of overtime these past few days, which has left me quite tired and with a headache, so I skipped lunch and took a nap." "Does your head still hurt?"

"It hurts a little." Estella nodded. Although it wasn't as noticeable as before she went to sleep, she still felt a slight headache.

"Hmm, that's a detail worth noting. The effects from the real world will also carry over here. When you get back, pay attention to your physical condition and see if there are any changes." Lin Li frowned and thought for a moment, then asked:

"By the way, that gun in the bedside table, does it exist in the real world too?"

“It exists, and it’s placed in the exact same spot.” The mention of the gun reminded Estelle of her previous punishment, and her pretty face flushed pink again.

"This is going to be interesting."

"What's interesting?" "Look over there—"

Estelle looked in the direction Lin Li was pointing and saw a young female clerk sitting there calmly eating, completely naked except for underwear.

There were no other men in the cafeteria at the moment except for Lin Li. Lin Li used the [Costume] function to help her take off her outer clothes. "You...! Pervert!" Such an embarrassing scene startled Estella, who quickly turned her head back.

"Hehe, I only took off her coat. I didn't take off her underwear; she wasn't wearing any to begin with."

Given the existence of handguns, this game world might be a 100% replica of the real world. So, in the real world, your employee's hobby is rather peculiar.

Lin Li looked at Estella with a mischievous grin, and the girl's pretty face flushed again.

Of course, a female space station clerk with a uniquely dressed appearance wasn't enough to interest Lin Li. What truly intrigued him was...

定一

Star Train!

Chapter Five: The Indelible Handwriting

If the NPC world is a 100% replica of the real world, then why are there only Himeko and March 7th on the Starry Sky Train in the NPC world?

Pam, Lao Yang, Dan Heng—these characters Lin Li was familiar with weren't replicated! Could it be targeting the male characters?

Or perhaps... the real world that Estelle lives in isn't entirely the same as the one she perceives, and that in the real world, there's no Old Yang or the others on the train.

"Miss Estella, how much do you know about the Star Train?" "The Star Train? I know a little."

"The Star Train was once the vehicle of Akivili, the star god of the [Pioneers]. After Akivili's fall, the pioneering spirit was inherited by his followers, the [Nameless Ones], and the Star Train was also taken over by the [Nameless Ones].

The train's current navigator is a red-haired girl named Himeko, and there's also a passenger named March Seven on board.

As expected of the station chief trusted by Lady Black Tower, Estella was well-versed in all sorts of secrets and intelligence. "Aren't there any other members?" Lin Li raised an eyebrow.

"I think there aren't any more. The train stops at the space station for resupply from time to time. I've only ever seen those two." "Weren't there any passengers named Walter Yang and Danheng?"

"The name sounds familiar, but it shouldn't be on the train. I'll check for you later." It really is quite different from what he knew!