Chapter 2

"How could this happen..." Wu Chen couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. "Did I fall off when I turned the corner!"

"Are you Wu Chen?" A strange female voice sounded from behind, and Wu Chen jumped up with a start. The props in his hands clattered to the ground.

"Thanks to my little brother, I'm doing just fine. But how about your integrity, is it still intact?"

Seeing Wu Chen's face turn bright red with embarrassment, the woman glanced at the various props on the ground, all adorned with images of two-dimensional beauties, and smiled slightly. "Do you like cosplay?"

"No, no, not at all." After taking a closer look at the woman's condition, Wu Chen felt a bit more at ease and tentatively asked, "You... aren't drunk?"

"Do you really hope I am?"

"Yes, no, actually, actually not..." The more he spoke, the more confused he became. Glancing at his watch subconsciously, Wu Chen deflated. "I've failed again."

"Failed?" The woman's tight leather outfit accentuated her domineering big sister vibe. No wonder so many bone collectors were vying for her.

Her powerful aura made Wu Chen, who was already feeling guilty, even more unable to lift his head. He gritted his teeth and blurted out the whole story, "It's like this, tomorrow, no, it's already today. Today is my birthday..."

"Your coming-of-age ceremony." The woman cut in.

"Originally, I thought about going under the overpass, but I was very reluctant..." Wu Chen sighed. Since he had already failed, he had no strength to argue.

"So you thought about trying your luck on the bar street." The leather-clad woman finally understood. Having gone through adolescence herself, she could understand the significance of this 'birthday mission' to Wu Chen.

"Wu Chen, why don't you find a girl and have a natural and smooth relationship?"

"All the girls I know are from the two-dimensional world!" Wu Chen pouted, but then he was taken aback. "How do you know me, Wu Chen?"

"What's so strange about that?" She touched the Bluetooth earpiece on her earlobe and said surprisingly, "I'm a divine messenger."

"..."

"Hey, what's that look for? Is a divine messenger so strange?"

"..."

"Considering I know you peeped on a girl when you were six, started having wet dreams at nine, bought porn at thirteen, and have 18+ cutouts disguised as Dragon Ball under your bed." She couldn't help but frown. "I hate people who cut up comics! Every book in the library is cut up like a skylight, how can anyone read them?"

Wu Chen's mouth twitched, but he couldn't say a word. With his darkest secrets being revealed one by one, what could he do?

"Did you stalk me?" After much gnashing of teeth, Wu Chen finally began to fight back.

"Tch!" The leather-clad woman sneered. "Little boy, who do you think you are? Do you think I've had my eye on you since you were naked?"

"You have a point." Wu Chen scratched his head and then opened his mouth wide. "Are you really a divine messenger?"

"..." The woman patted her forehead, which was full of black lines, and waved her hand at him. "Take it, take it."

Wu Chen took it casually. It was a plain white scroll.

"Open it." The woman was too lazy to chat with him.

Hearing this, he gently unrolled the scroll, which gradually became transparent in his hands!

Smack!

With a splash of saliva, the light on the scroll coalesced into familiar Chinese characters!

Task Name: "Even Villains Have Spring"

Rating: S

Time Limit: None

Level Restriction: None

Rarity: Unique and Bound

World Compatibility: All Attributes

Projection Item: All Attributes Synergy

Task Description: "Spring has come for the villains!"

"This paper is indeed quite special." Wu Chen nodded. "Although I'm not well-informed, I've heard of flexible LCD screens. Your paper is just a bit ahead of its time, don't try to fool me."

"I didn't plan to fool you." The leather-clad woman snapped her fingers, and the characters disappeared. The light moved and reformed into an image on the white paper.

Glancing at the man in formal attire in the image, Wu Chen nodded again. "Although I haven't seen much of the world, I recognize him as Li An. This must be the Oscar Awards ceremony!"

"Listen." Following the woman's gesture, the image began to move. "Thank you, movie God."

Wu Chen rolled his eyes. "Although I haven't read many books, I know what this English means."

"Little boy, who is he thanking?"

"..." Wu Chen couldn't help but smile. "The God of Movies."

"I told you!" The woman said proudly. "I'm a divine messenger."

"That's just a polite greeting. Like saying 'thank God'." Wu Chen still argued. "There's no such thing as a God of Movies..."

"Then, do you dare play a game with me?" Since words couldn't convince him, she decided to prove it with action.

"How do we play?" Hearing this, Wu Chen felt a glimmer of anticipation. He didn't entirely disbelieve her, but he was skeptical!

"Little boy, I have a magical movie ticket that can take you into the world of movies. Do you dare to take it?"

"What will happen if I take it?" Wu Chen asked, knowing the answer. He had seen the old movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

"It will take you to the world of the movie." The leather-clad woman said in a seductive tone. "You'll experience thrills and excitement you've never felt before. You'll meet many interesting people and things... In short, try to be a winner. You'll find the rewards far exceed your imagination."

"What if I don't?"

Clearly, Wu Chen was already intrigued!

"Then I'll cos up and spend the night with you." The woman looked at the scattered props on the ground. "Bun-head Chun-Li, right? No problem."

"Alright... then." After some thought, it seemed there was no loss. Staring at the woman's explosive body, Wu Chen, with red eyes, wiped the blood from his nose that was starting to flow again.

Holding the movie ticket between her slender fingers, the woman smiled. "No backing out, okay?"

"Tch!" Wu Chen snatched it.

At his age, he was fearless, treating horror movies as jokes. He dared to go to nightclubs without a driver's license, and now, curiosity overrode his fear.

The movie ticket was indeed very old. The yellowed ticket was adorned with intricate patterns and inscribed with symbols and text he couldn't understand.

"Should I tear it?" Wu Chen pointed to the crease in the middle of the ticket.

The woman didn't answer Wu Chen's question but stared into his eyes and said calmly, "Little Chen, by accepting my ticket, you will automatically become my disciple. As a test of your initiation, you must complete a task I assign you."

Wu Chen nodded. "S-level, unique and bound task. Since it's a bound task, it can only be transferred to someone else through special methods, like inheritance. So, the 'Even Villains Have Spring' task must have troubled you for a long time, right?"

"Your emotional intelligence may be low, but your IQ is quite good." The woman patted Wu Chen's shoulder with a satisfied smile, encouraging him. "Whether you complete the task or not, it won't affect our master-disciple relationship. So, in that sense, you have nothing to lose."

"Got it, cheap master." Wu Chen's smile marked the end of the crazy night.

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