Otilia was scared away, but it wasn't the first time she had been frightened. Zhang Xingyu didn't pay much attention and returned to the little space that Otilia had set up for herself—essentially just a small area surrounded by curtains—and then entered the Nightmare World to start modifying the world with the Lord of Nightmares.
Zhang Xingyu was still in the stage of learning the power of nightmares, and most of the work had to be done by the Lord of Nightmares. Due to some modifications being overly complex, the Lord of Nightmares had roared in anger more than once. However, Zhang Xingyu gradually figured out the Lord of Nightmares' personality, realizing that this guy not only had a huge ego but was also a bit tsundere, so he always found ways to get the Lord of Nightmares to complete the tasks.
"Kid, why did you show yourself to talk to Grain No. 1?"
"What could be the reason?" Zhang Xingyu revealed a mysterious smile as he spoke.
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About an hour later, Otilia sneaked back in.
The reason for saying "sneaked" was that Otilia indeed looked like a thief who didn't want anyone to know; she tiptoed to open the door, slowly poked her head out, and then quickly shrank back.
After a few more seconds, Otilia took a deep breath at the door and once again stealthily peeked into the room. After looking for a while and not seeing any ghosts, she finally let out a sigh of relief.
Then, she gently walked into the room, holding a shopping bag. She took out an incense burner from the bag, inserted three sticks of incense into it, and then placed some fruits and other offerings in front of the ghost's curtain, clasping her hands together in prayer:
"Mr. Ghost, it's my fault. I didn't offer you anything this morning, sob sob—I know I was wrong. Please don't scare me anymore. This time, I spent a lot to buy you good things. Please rest well and enjoy..."
Watching Otilia's actions, Zhang Xingyu almost burst out laughing.
[This little loli is really amusing. It seems she is quite afraid of ghosts and monsters. Thankfully, the first game I created wasn't a ghost world; otherwise, she might really get scared to death in the game world.] Zhang Xingyu thought, then asked the Lord of Nightmares, "By the way, can I eat these fruits?"
"…………" The Lord of Nightmares seemed quite speechless at Zhang Xingyu's question.
In fact, Zhang Xingyu also knew that in the case of spiritual entities, they couldn't touch things, let alone eat.
"Uh... you know, I was human before. Although in my current state, not eating is completely fine, but enjoying some food wouldn't be bad," Zhang Xingyu asked.
"It's not impossible. In fact, a high concentration of spiritual entities can touch physical objects. I can create a Nightmare Body for you, similar to a high concentration spiritual entity, but with some differences... Simply put, it's a body that possesses almost all human characteristics but has special abilities."
"I see. By the way, how much Nightmare Power would that require?"
"At least a million!"
"Alright, forget I said anything!"
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After offering a prayer to Zhang Xingyu, the little loli Otilia started up her computer and began to explore.
[Dream Game]
She entered some keywords for her search and browsed through the results. However, the content she found was either a ridiculous mobile game or novels, none of which were what she was looking for, so she changed her search keywords.
[Nightmare Game]
Unfortunately, the results were similar to the previous keywords and still lacked the information Otilia needed.
After that, Otilia tried other searches but still couldn't find the information she wanted.
"Could it be that what happened yesterday was really just a dream... But why do I still remember it so clearly... and I can't find any similar information online..."
If Otilia's experience last night wasn't unique and many others had encountered it, there should be some information left online, but now there was none at all.
"Either I'm the first to encounter this, or very few people have experienced the Nightmare World..." Otilia murmured. Of course, there was a third possibility, but Otilia wanted to continue playing the Nightmare Game, so she hoped it wouldn't be the third possibility.
At that moment, a chat box popped up on the computer. A user with the username [Only I Have a Heart] sent Otilia a message.
[Dark Night Sauce? Are you free tonight? Let's play a game together. I heard a new martial arts game came out recently, and it's really fun~]
This user with the powerful username [Only I Have a Heart] was a friend Otilia met in the game. To be precise, Otilia, a gaming expert, had helped this novice player in the game, and after that, they became familiar with each other.
Although [Only I Have a Heart] was a complete novice in the game, she progressed quickly. Moreover, she was very experienced in dealing with people. Whenever Otilia faced some troublesome issues in reality, consulting [Only I Have a Heart] almost always led to a solution, and Otilia had sought her help many times.
[Only I Have a Heart] was a warm-hearted player, who referred to herself as a caring big sister and was very happy to help Otilia.
Of course, whenever Otilia sought help, she always twisted the story a bit, like describing her own problem as something her friend encountered and asking for advice, claiming she wanted to gather more opinions, so she would ask this so-called "caring big sister." The caring big sister would always start by commenting on how Otilia's friend had so many problems, and then she would enthusiastically explain what to do.
Neither of them knew the true situation on the other side, and perhaps that was why Otilia felt so at ease to become an open online friend with [Only I Have a Heart].
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