Underworld Player Chapter 5 - Talk Therapy

Frankly, Lin XiaoYi was convinced her deduction was spot-on.

Although her grades were excellent, which proved that she was not only one of the most beautiful babes on campus but also one of the brainiest, Lin XiaoYi still enjoyed reading the occasional webnovel in her downtime, which kept her imagination well-fed and very lively.

However, fantasy was fantasy and reality was reality, and never should the line be muddled. Of this, she was well aware, so she would not normally have changed her mind about Bai Zhi so quickly. However, she had just witnessed a supernatural incident that threw all her preconceptions out the window.

Despite having dated a string of no less than seven girlfriends, Bai Zhi, the well-known Casanova of Marina City University was never accused of sexual molestation in any degree. His principal failings were in mooching off his partner, swindling them and generally being a bum, spending all his time playing video games at the internet café.

Thus, though he was notoriously unsavory, people did not come after him, but tolerated his existence. If he ever dared to rob a woman of not only her money but her chastity as well, the student body would swiftly ensure that he was soon expelled.

Just what could cause an intelligent, attractive young man with a bright future to sink so low into degeneracy? Was it really all the consequence of becoming addicted to video games?

Lin XiaoYi thought not. After experiencing that horrific encounter, she began to develop a very different theory.

She had never paid close attention to the mess of urban legends that were hotly circulated online, but there was a time when she looked into it out of curiosity. Her research had led her to the same observation made by Bai Zhi—that there had been an explosion of such stories beginning around three months ago.

Coincidentally, that was the exact time when "Bai Zhi" had become so engrossed in his video games that he developed an addiction!

Meaning? Well, the truth was obvious!

Feeling like she had uncovered some arcane knowledge

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