Chapter 21: Dan Heng, Jing Yuan
A new day, a new beginning.
“Morning, Huai Feng.” Xing sleepily greeted Meng Huaifeng, her lazy appearance like a little raccoon.
“Morning, Sister Himeko messaged us to come down for breakfast.” Meng Huaifeng went down the stairs first, leaving the space for Xing.
Welt, Himeko, and Dan Heng were already waiting at the dining table. March 7th seemed to be sleeping in like Xing.
After greeting everyone, Meng Huaifeng said directly to Dan Heng, “Dan Heng, can you give me a drop of your blood? I researched my Martial Spirit again last night and found that my fifth Soul Skill has a special effect…”
Meng Huaifeng explained the effect of his Soul Skill once, and Dan Heng gave Meng Huaifeng a drop of his own blood without any hesitation.
This is trust!
Under everyone’s curious attention, Meng Huaifeng dropped Dan Heng’s blood onto the mobile phone, and the fifth Soul Ring lit up.
“Fifth Soul Skill, True Game!”
As the Soul Skill was activated, a large amount of Imaginary Energy was drawn out and fused into Dan Heng’s blood.
In the void, a voice asked Meng Huaifeng a question.
“Create character?”
“Yes.”
“Please select gender.”
??? It can even select gender?
“Then… female.”
“Adjust appearance? Default initial appearance is the blood provider.”
Meng Huaifeng looked at the character Phantasm visible only to him on his retina and took a sharp intake of cold air.
Hiss, brother, you smell so good.
I don’t think it needs adjusting.
“Please name the character.”
“Call her Jing Yuan.”
“Confirm character generation?”
“Confirm.”
As Meng Huaifeng confirmed, that drop of blood quickly began to change, accompanied by a burst of water-blue light, and a female version of Dan Heng appeared in front of everyone.
Silence.
Everyone was stunned, no one spoke.
“Explain, why is it female?” Dan Heng’s face darkened, asking word by word.
Seeing the way he virtually gripped his right hand, if not for being teammates, he probably would have summoned the Ji Yun Spear and stabbed someone.
“Who plays games with a male character? Of course female characters are easier on the eyes.” Meng Huaifeng said somewhat guiltily.
“Then why does she look exactly like me?”
“The blood is yours, so based on the DNA information, she naturally looks like you.”
“Since it’s my DNA, it should be XY chromosomes, right?” Dan Heng stared coldly at Meng Huaifeng. Meng Huaifeng’s gaze shifted, not daring to meet his eyes, feeling even more guilty.
According to genetics, human gender is determined by X and Y chromosomes; XY is male, XX is female.
“In general theory, yes. But this is a game, half the chance it’s male, half female.” Meng Huaifeng couldn’t explain and could only make things up.
“Heh, guess if I believe you?” Dan Heng sneered.
At that moment, March 7th had finished washing up and came to the restaurant.
“Good morning everyone. Sister Himeko, Uncle Yang, and Dan Heng… sister?! So Dan Heng is a sister? Why didn’t I know before? Why did you pretend to be a boy? You’ve deceived me for so long, that’s too much!”
When she saw Jing Yuan, March 7th’s voice suddenly rose eight degrees. The last bit of sleepiness vanished instantly. Excitedly, she grabbed Jing Yuan and looked her up and down, looking like she’d seen a ghost.
Dan Heng’s face grew even darker: “March, I’m the real Dan Heng!”
“Huh?” March turned her head and saw the real Dan Heng, her jaw nearly dropping: “Two… two Dan Hengs?”
“Hurry, change the gender back!” Dan Heng glared angrily at Meng Huaifeng.
Meng Huaifeng spread his hands, giving up: “Can’t change it. The clone is already formed. To change, you’d have to delete the account.”
“How to delete the account?”
“Kill this clone and create a new one.”
Dan Heng summoned the Ji Yun Spear. With Meng Huaifeng’s thought, Jing Yuan, temporarily controlled by the AI, slightly tilted her head back, exposing the fatal weak point at her throat.
Tears slid down Jing Yuan’s smooth pretty face, gathering at her chin, and finally dripping slowly. Her misty pupils showed reluctance, a attachment to life. Her lips trembled slightly but remained silent, as if a thousand words sank into her heart.
With this posture of baring her neck for the slaughter, who with a good heart could strike?
Is Dan Heng a good person?
Yes!
So he gripped the Ji Yun Spear tighter and tighter, hesitating again and again. Even knowing it wasn’t real, Dan Heng still couldn’t bring himself to do it.
Jing Yuan took a step forward on her own, her slender jade hand lifting the spear tip to her own fair neck, closing her eyes, only her eyelashes trembling slightly.
Dan Heng’s hands, always steady when holding the spear, shook unusually. His pleading gaze turned to Himeko, Welt, and March 7th one by one.
Himeko and Welt slightly turned their heads away. March 7th clutched her chest and stepped back: “Don’t look at me, I can’t do it.”
Jing Yuan took another step forward. The sharp spear tip easily pierced Jing Yuan’s tender skin, a trickle of blood flowing out, stark against her white neck.
Dan Heng’s pupils contracted, and he instinctively pulled back the Ji Yun Spear.
“Hey, you gave up deleting the account yourself. Can’t blame me. Don’t come complaining to me later.” Meng Huaifeng quickly said.
“Hmph, just keep her out of my sight.”
Dan Heng glared hatefully at Meng Huaifeng for a while, then snorted coldly, put away the Ji Yun Spear, turned his anger into appetite, and buried his head in breakfast.
Looks like he accepted it by default.
“Wow, I didn’t expect Dan Heng as a girl to be so pretty. Let me study her.” Xing had come down at some point, her eyes gleaming as she reached out to touch Jing Yuan all over.
Meng Huaifeng quickly thought “log off.” Jing Yuan’s body flickered and vanished into thin air.
“Eh? Where’d she go? Where did she run off to?” Xing said unwillingly. She hadn’t touched her yet, just a little short!
“She usually stays in my Soul Ring.” Meng Huaifeng said.
“Your Martial Spirit is the fun one. Let’s swap Martial Spirits.” Xing looked enviously at Meng Huaifeng.
“Didn’t you say you wanted a mighty and Haki Martial Spirit?” Meng Huaifeng pouted.
“That was before. Now I think yours is better.”
Heh, fickle woman.
Himeko gently patted Meng Huaifeng’s shoulder teasingly: “Huai Feng, don’t secretly do bad deeds to the clone when alone, okay?”
Dan Heng’s eating slowed by half a beat. Meng Huaifeng smiled awkwardly: “How could I? Definitely not.”
After breakfast, the Pioneer Squad set off again. This departure meant they wouldn’t return to the train for a short while.
Welt had told them that after they left, he would pilot the train to lay Stellar Path in this universe. Himeko would also seclude cultivation for research on the train, with no free time soon.
Their safety wasn’t a concern. With Dan Heng’s hidden power, they were basically invincible on this planet.
If they really encountered danger, with Meng Huaifeng’s Martial Spirit, they could contact anytime and use the Pioneer’s power and Realm Anchor for instant teleportation.
Wanted to post a picture of the gender-swapped Dan Heng, but can’t post illustrations without signing a contract! Annoying!
