Chapter 476 · Volume 1

Lowering the Rating

"Bloodnet Hell!"
Jason landed, and crimson blood aura erupted from beneath his feet. The evil barrier on the android's body flowed into a red river, where countless illusions of torture manifested. Tormented spirits wailed as they surged, trying to drag everything in existence into the depths.
Blood mist swept and spread in an instant, passing through the entire carriage and swallowing the girls.
Seeing the opponent directly use an ultimate skill, Xu Xiaoyou decisively opened the league shop and clicked on the "gel bubble gun" to purchase it. Including the 1,000 league points from being the first-place winner of the qualifiers, her total points jumped from 5,490 to 4,990, making her heart ache at the cost.
A gadget shaped like a toy bubble gun appeared in Xu Xiaoyou's hands. Seeing this item, Angelina's eyes twitched, but in the next moment, she was astonished by the effect it displayed.
Xu Xiaoyou raised the bubble gun and pulled the trigger. A large amount of foamy gel shot out, instantly restricting Jason's hulking frame and blocking the flowing Bloodnet Hell outside the corridor door.
The foamy gel solidified rapidly, becoming incredibly hard. No matter how Jason struggled, his hands and feet were fixed by the foam, leaving him unable to move and only capable of letting out a roar of frustrated rage.
After using the bubble gun, Xu Xiaoyou tossed it aside and had Angelina put her down.
"The duration of this gun is only two minutes. Let's get moving. Find a way to lower our ratings; I don't want it to be a struggle even just to speak."
Akabane Tsubaki walked up to a child holding a ball, whose shoulders were trembling with fear, and looked down at them with a cold, indifferent gaze. The child shrank back, their nose running, not daring to meet those chilling crimson eyes. In the next moment, Akabane Tsubaki suddenly bent over, spreading her hands in front of her face and making a funny face.
"What are you doing?" Bai Youyou massaged her forehead while Akabane Tsubaki scratched her head awkwardly.
Compared to Akabane Tsubaki, Bai Youyou was much more direct. She walked up to a disciplinary officer with an indifferent expression. Facing his confused gaze, she threw a punch directly, swelling his face. She wasn't done yet; she grabbed the fallen disciplinary officer and slammed him against the wall before tossing him toward another disciplinary officer, eliciting screams from the surrounding crowd.
"Miss, I thought you were someone who followed the rules," Angelina whistled.
"That was before," Bai Youyou waved her hand. "Now I've realized that if you want the world to follow order and rules, you must be strong enough to set the rules. Make everyone follow your rules, and then implement them unwaveringly. It's definitely not about following the rules of others."
"Right and wrong are no longer important. Order is built on violence and non-absolute justice."
Bai Youyou punched the disciplinary officer quite a distance away. She glanced at her dropping rating and flexed her arms, which felt much lighter.
"To live in order and find salvation, people must learn to endure injustice. It is precisely this injustice that maintains the stability of order."
"Equality of life is impossible, and human evil will never disappear. To me, a world that functions under the will of order—where everyone has food and basic safety is guaranteed—is ten thousand times better than a world where order collapses and the law of the jungle becomes the supreme truth."
Angelina raised an eyebrow. She had no such scruples; she pointed her lance at someone's face and gave it a slight flick.
Trembling with fear, the person hurriedly handed over all their valuables into Angelina's hands. They even went as far as to start prying out their gold-inlaid false teeth, only stopping when the girl refused with a look of disgust.
Xu Xiaoyou whistled and approached an android girl, sizing up her palm-sized, tear-filled face. With a grin, despite the girl's desperate and slightly hopeful shaking of her head, she finally spoke those wicked words.
"Drink more hot water."
"Eek!" The girl covered her face.
"It's getting cold, remember to wear more clothes."
"Stop saying that!" The girl's face turned beet red.
"The moon is truly beautiful tonight."
"You can't say things like that!" The girl peeked through the gaps in her fingers to observe Xu Xiaoyou's delicate face.
Was this the kind of person mentioned in the news—the awakened ones who seriously endangered social safety? But she didn't look like someone who would do bad things; she surely must have her own troubles, right?
"Let's go watch the sea together."
"Okay." The girl smiled happily.
Xu Xiaoyou: "?"
"I was just joking, don't take it seriously."
Xu Xiaoyou turned and walked away. Seeing her rating plummet for seriously violating the New Gospel Book rules, she nodded in satisfaction.
"[: Teasing then bailing, what a scumbag girl!]"
"[: Passing through a thousand flowers without a single leaf sticking. Relying on her high charm to flirt everywhere, the Dark Gold Rose boss has done every bad deed possible!]"
"[: Yellow-haired nature.]"
"[: What, do you also want to be an untamed horse yearning for freedom?]"
In the blink of an eye, Xu Xiaoyou arrived before a second girl. Before she could even open her mouth, the girl suddenly stepped forward and grabbed her arm, pressing her chest against her.
"I'm willing! Let's go watch the sea together."
"Your eyes are so beautiful. You must have some hidden suffering. Even if your heart is like a block of ice, I promise I will envelop you and use my own warmth to slowly melt you."
This pre-emptive strike left Xu Xiaoyou stunned. Seeing the hearts in the girl's eyes, she silently pulled her hand back. This was bad—she couldn't have run into a train pervert, could she?
At the same time, she was astonished to find that when this girl said those words to her, her rating didn't drop.
That shouldn't be right. Her own rating had just dropped. Saying those things to others should be a serious violation of the New Gospel Book rules. Could it be that Hera was discriminating just because she was good-looking?
The more she thought about it, the more it felt wrong. Xu Xiaoyou opened her notebook and re-checked the New Gospel Book.
'3. Androids are forbidden from saying "Drink more hot water," "It's cold, remember to wear more clothes," "The moon is truly beautiful tonight," "Let's go watch the sea together" to the opposite sex... Violators will be convicted of sexual harassment.'
Wait.
Opposite sex?
Xu Xiaoyou pulled out a magnifying glass and looked again at the previous "girl's" label.
— "Femboy."
The bullet screen exploded instantly.
"[: Holy crap, it's actually a cross-dressing boss!?]"
"[: Brother, you're a bit fragrant.]"
"[: Turn around, I have an emergency.]"
"[: Brother, brother...]
Looking at the "girl's" face that was more delicate than a real girl's, legs and waist thinner than her own, and sweet smile, and recalling that soft voice, Xu Xiaoyou felt a wave of disgust. Her gaze toward the "girl" became very strange.
After such an incident, Xu Xiaoyou lost interest. She gave up on the method of lowering her rating through words and joined Bai Youyou in the task of beating up the disciplinary officers.
Bang—
A battered and bruised disciplinary officer slammed against the wall, his glasses shattered. His breathing was ragged, but he stood up with an unnervingly calm expression. He picked up the New Gospel Book and deducted one point each from Xu Xiaoyou and Bai Youyou.
"Wait a minute," Xu Xiaoyou's hands were sore from the punching. "We've beaten you to this state, and you only deduct one point? You don't have some special fetish, do you?"
The disciplinary officer coughed up blood but spoke calmly. "We are disciplinary officers. We are upright and maintain strict discipline; we must clearly separate public and private matters. Force cannot sway my will, and the desire for power cannot hollow my heart. Even if you are beating me, even if you are awakened ones, I must remain fair and just. First, a demerit must be recorded. Only after a certain number of demerits are recorded can points be deducted."
"This is my principle as a disciplinary officer," the man let out a long breath.
He roared, "Give up on that idea! Even if you beat me to death, I won't deduct a single extra point from you!"

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