Original God: Using a vest knife to make players and game characters cry

Damn mouse!

……

Chen Xiyao's live stream.

Chen Xiyao didn't have so many thoughts. Now that there were clearly 20 draws in front of her, how could she not take them?

I decisively chose the first option.

"Chu Xi is really nice. No matter what tasks she asks us to do later, these 20 draws alone are worth it, even if the task takes a long time!"

……

Sumeru.

Ying's eyes lit up when she saw what was in Chu Xi's box.

It's a raw stone!

What she lacks most, once absorbed, can slowly restore her lost power.

“We are good friends. Chu Xi’s affairs are my affairs. Even if you don’t pay me, I will still help you!”

Ying patted her chest and took the wooden box from Chu Xi's hands.

"I accepted this mission!"

Chu Xi smiled with delight: "Thank you, thank you so much!"

Ying carefully stored all the raw stones into her own space.

"Chu Xi, you just said that Celia went out? Is there something important going on?"

Chu Xi remembered what Seria had told her not to tell Ying and the others about her thesis, and said, "It seems that Aya went out to do research, it's for her thesis, it should take quite a while."

"A thesis?" Ying looked at Nasita: "Nasita, do you know anything about this?"

Nasida: "Xiaoya's thesis, she told me about it. It was assigned by her teacher, Elhesen. It's a topic that leans towards biophysics, but Xiaoya said she hasn't decided on a topic yet."

Paimon: "Teacher? Celia's teacher is Elhesen?!"

Nasita: "You seem to know Elhesen?"

Ying: "I met them when we were in Port Omos. I didn't expect they were teacher and student. It's so different. I feel that Celia is much easier to get along with than Elhesen."

"Haha~"

Nasida covered her mouth and chuckled: "Xiaoya's personality is indeed very easy to get along with."

Chu Xi looked at Naxida with suspicion, or rather, she was looking at Catherine.

Miss Catherine from the Adventurers' Guild, her voice doesn't sound like that...

Seeing Chu Xi's puzzled expression, Ying was about to explain when she realized that this was not a suitable place to talk, so she decided to take Naxida to another place to talk.

Paimon's big eyes darted around mischievously, and he chuckled:

"There's hardly anyone around here, so it shouldn't be a problem if we borrow Catherine from the Adventurers' Guild for a while..."

The group arrived at a relatively quiet place.

Ying explained Naxida's identity to Chu Xi, who was very surprised: "You are actually the Grass God!"

Naxida: "You can call me Naxida~"

Chu Xi: "How does Aya address you?"

Although she didn't understand why Chu Xi asked this, Naxida still replied, "Xiao Ya usually calls me Lord Grass King."

Chu Xi: "Okay, then I'll call you Lord Grass King too!"

Nasita didn't care about the form of address; she smiled and nodded at Chu Xi.

The group then began to discuss the sages' plans.

Chu Xi also said that she would be staying with Ying and Paimon for the next period of time, since Cyria wasn't around and she would be alone wherever she went.

In the entire Sumeru region, besides Cyria, only Ying and Paimon were the closest to her.

Narcida suggested finding someone who wasn't entirely innocent, who had indeed participated in the sages' plan, but whose stance was wavering, to help them.

Finally, they focused their attention on a female scholar named Setare.

Ying and Paimon are very familiar with this person; they've greeted each other several times during the Flower Goddess's Birthday Festival.

Setare was originally a desert person. The reason she came to the Church was more because she loved the academic environment there. In fact, she opposed the Church's practices and felt indebted to her home desert.

When faced with a matter of stance, many people choose to turn a deaf ear and go with the flow; Setare is one such person.

The group's plan was to confront Setare with the issues she had been avoiding and the consequences of her helping the Church, hoping to win her over and thus gain access to the Church's plans.

The group then temporarily controlled passersby, which stirred up Setare's guilt about her hometown. By using Lima from the "Thirty-Person Group," they successfully got the answer they wanted from Setare.

Setare will help steal the confidential documents, but due to the Council's internal control over the transmission of documents through the void, they cannot be transmitted through the void terminal and can only be transmitted using the most primitive method.

The two sides agreed to meet at the entrance of the church the following evening.

Nasida manipulated Catherine back to the Adventurers' Guild, while Chu Xi and Ying entered the Dust Song Pot together.

"So, Ying, you stayed in this place when you were traveling?"

Chu Xi's eyes sparkled; it was so beautiful inside!

Incredible!

Chapter 181 [Doctor] Makes His Debut

The next day, evening.

As agreed, Ying and the others should go to the entrance of the Order House to meet Setare and obtain the Order House's confidential documents.

However, before setting off, Ying keenly sensed that something was amiss in Sumeru City at this time of day.

"The area seems unusually quiet."

Paimon: "It's the middle of the night, of course it's quiet. Are you starting to become paranoid now?"

Nasita: "I think she's right. There seem to be fewer people on the streets around here. I'm not sure if it's a general phenomenon in Sumeru City."

Paimon: "Hey... is it really not a coincidence? Does Setare have some special ability that not only distracts the guards but also makes everyone in the city go to sleep early to clear the way for us?"

Nasita stepped out from behind the Adventurers' Guild counter, arms crossed.

"I haven't figured out where this awkwardness comes from... but since things have come to this, let's go keep our appointment."

Paimon: "Yeah, with you here, I feel a little more at ease!"

Chu Xi was also with Ying and the others.

Soon the four of them arrived at the entrance of the Order of the Church and were surprised to find a large crowd gathered there. These people were waving and cheering at the four of them, as if they had gathered there specifically to wait for them.

Why are people all gathered here?

Paimon was filled with doubt. They were here for a secret rendezvous, this was far too grand...

As they approached, the cheers subsided, and a figure wearing a half-mask appeared at the entrance of the Church of Christ.

"Is this kind of welcoming ceremony grand enough, like that of a triumphant hero?"

Nasita's expression turned cold in that instant:

"You are... an outcast from the Church!"

The man whom Nasita called the exile walked down step by step with his hands behind his back.

“That’s right, but these days they usually call me—[Doctor].”

……

The world of players.

The screen gave a close-up of the Doctor.

An introduction was also provided next to it.

The second seat of the Fools' Executive Officers – [Doctor] Dottore.

The "Doctor" here doesn't have a round face like in the original story; instead, he's just like the "Doctor" in the "Winter Night Fool's Play" PV—his looks are on point.

[Is this the second seat already?]

[Damn it, we've fallen for their trap!]

His voice is really nice!

[Not you upstairs...]

[Power comparable to that of gods... this situation looks dire.]

……

Sumeru, at the entrance of the Instruction Hall.

"If we were looking for that female researcher, she would have been in solitary confinement long ago. They couldn't even find the listening device on her. She doesn't have the rigorous attitude that a scholar should have."

The people of Sumeru City are all acting strangely; they seem to be being manipulated.

"What did you do to them?!"

Dottore: "I just slightly modified the Void Terminal so that it could project information into the subconscious. Now the enthusiastic people believe that this traveler is the hero who just saved the world."

The enthusiastic crowd began to move closer to Ying, while Ying slowly retreated.

"Hehe... The experiment was a great success, and now, they seem to be losing control of their emotions."

What a person who gets emotionally agitated to a certain degree will do is always a mystery, and these residents who are getting closer have now become dangerous elements.

But they are just ordinary residents, and Ying cannot possibly attack them.

Just as she was feeling conflicted, Nasita stepped in front of Ying and the other two: "You all go out of the city first!"

Paimon: "But...that's the Fatui's executor, how can we abandon you..."

Nasita: "I cannot abandon the people of Sumeru City!"

Nasita's hands emitted green light, and the blue void around the residents' ears turned green. Their excited expressions disappeared, and they all closed their eyes and lowered their heads.

Nasita: "It's alright, we'll meet outside the city."

Ying didn't have any good solutions either, so she followed Nasida's advice and fled the place with Paimon and Chu Xi.

"Oh? You seem to have... occupied the thoughts of all of them with your consciousness. Such a powerful consciousness... you must be the god of wisdom?"

Dotole approached Narcida, who was occupying Catherine's body, a confident smile playing on his lips.

……

Ying led the two to the outskirts of the city.

The appearance of the Doctor caught everyone off guard. Although Ying had been warned by Cyria a long time ago, she did not expect to encounter the Doctor so soon.

"Setare mentioned earlier that a scholar who was exiled has now returned to the Faculty of Laws... Even the sages are wary of him, so it must be referring to the [Doctor]."

Ying: "We underestimated the scale and complexity of this matter. The situation is not as simple as the Church of Christ plotting something. The Fools and the Church of Christ must be plotting something big together."

Chu Xi quietly watched and listened to Ying and Paimon's guesses, but she knew very little information.

Since Narcida is a god, she shouldn't be in any trouble against the Doctor. What Ying is most worried about is what Cyria said before, that there won't be just one executor in Sumeru.

Besides the PhD student, who else is here?

Unfortunately, Celia had already left, and Chu Xi seemed unaware of what was happening.

Ying suddenly remembered that the Order of the Church had sent someone to Daochenglin to find Tina Li, wanting to invite him to participate in some kind of plan. So the group discussed it and decided to go to Daochenglin to find Tina Li first.

With Chu Xi's help, Ying and Paimon didn't use teleportation and instead rushed over under the cover of night.

However, on their journey, they were robbed by the Gilded Brigade.

These gilded tour groups were all arranged by the Doctor; he actually managed to predict that they would go to Daocheng Forest to find Tinari!

These gilded troupes were no match for Ying. Even if Chu Xi erected a shield, these gilded troupes would not be able to break through it.

After dealing with the gilded troupe, the group headed to Daocheng Forest.

They met Cole here.