His lips moved lower. Down her stomach. Down toward her wide-open legs. The heat was pulling him, dragging him, and his tongue slid out, hungry.
And then—
[BZZZT!]
[Warning: Host is about to enter R18+ Content Zone.]
[System is required by law to remind: No one under the age of 18 should be reading this!]
[BZZZT!]
[Censoring explicit details… loading black screen…]
Inside Liu Yang's head, he froze. "Wait, what the hell?! This is my moment! Don't blackout the screen now!"
[Apologies Host, this is Multiverse Parental Guidance Protocol.]
[Readers under 18 will only see soft fade to black.]
[Readers over 18 will see Full Premium HD Experience™.]
"…Wait… PREMIUM?!" Liu Yang's soul screamed. "So what, my whole life is pay-to-win now?!"
[Due to Multiverse Copyright & Age Law, this scene has been CENSORED.]
[Fade to Black initiated.]
Liu Yang's jaw dropped. His mouth still open, tongue halfway out. "Wait… WHAT?! No no no! Don't you dare fade to black right now!"
The System screen beeped again.
[Correction: Host, calm down. You are free to continue. You get full 4K in 4D, Ultra Sensory, no filter.]
[The black screen is not for you. It's for the outside audience. The deities. The voyeurs from other universes.]
[They don't get to see everything. You do.]
Liu Yang froze, blinking fast. "Wait… so… I'm in Ultra HD… while they're watching me through a damn mosaic blur?!"
[Affirmative. Standard censorship protocol: pixelation, fade-to-black, or convenient glowing light rays.]
[Host enjoys everything raw. Audience gets family-safe mode.]
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.
After some hours the screen in front of deties slowly cleared, the blur melting away until it was crystal clear again.
Liu Yang had already done what he wanted behind that black pixel wall. The deed was over.
Now the two of them walked side by side trying to get out of the cave.
Her face was red, so red it looked like a ripe strawberry. Her lips pressed tight, her hand fidgeting near his chest, fingers twisting like she wanted to grab his hair but stopped halfway.
She kept her head low, cheeks glowing, sneaking glances at him and then turning away quick.
Liu Yang wasn't better. His face twitched, his eyes darted down, then up, then away.
When their eyes met for half a second, both of them jumped like burned and looked to the other side.
Both of them pretending nothing happened. Both of them acting like the air wasn't hot and heavy around them.
Liu Yang's chest thumped fast. His hand went up, biting his nails. His mind screamed.
"Oh my god… oh my god… what I did… what I did ? Now what I do…?"
He walked stiff, like he was carrying a crime on his back.
Then suddenly, he noticed it. His ears. The silence.
No chattering. No endless blah blah blah hammering his skull.
His lips slowly curled into a smile, his eyes glinting.
"Ah, thank you God… thank you. Sex is a miracle tool. A holy skill. The one thing that can shut a girl's mouth."
He raised his hand in his head like praying.
"Blessed be this day."
As he was still walking stiff and awkward, the System window blinked open in front of his eyes.
[New Passive Skill Unlocked!]
[Skill: Eternal Silence Pact]
[Type: Passive]
[Effect: When Host engages in intimate bonding with harem members, their chatter is muted for a limited time. Duration scales by intensity.]
Liu Yang's eyes twitched. His mouth opened wide but no sound came out. Then he spat the words in his head.
"God damn it… really? Really, System? I save my life, I nearly lose my soul, and THIS is the skill you give me? Eternal Silence Pact?!"
He waved his hand at the screen like swatting a fly.
"For god's sake can't you just give me something cool? Like Dragon Slayer… or Demon God's Fist… or even a little fireball, just one fireball would be fine!"
His lips curled, teeth gritted.
"Instead what do I get? Daydreaming… and now… Sex Mute Skill!"
The System beeped back, calm.
[Correction: Eternal Silence Pact is an advanced survival skill. High value.]
"High value my ass!" Liu Yang cursed in his head.
"Of course… of fucking course. Other guys get Dragon Slayer, Phoenix Wings, God's Wrath. And me? I get the goddamn 'Shut Up During Sex' skill. Legendary rarity, my ass. Who the hell designed this game?!"
"Whatever… a skill is skill. I'll take it," Liu Yang muttered, waving his hand in the air like he was shooing a fly.
After a while, they stepped out of the cave. A breeze touched his face first, cold and wet, carrying the smell of moss. For a second he thought it would feel refreshing, like a new start, but no—
It was the same damn forest.
It wasn't full dark yet. More like evening.
The sky outside the trees still had light, but inside the forest it was weak, faint, like the sun was almost gone but not ready to die yet.
Thin rays slipped through the gaps in the branches, but they were stretched out, faint, like someone spilled water over paint and made it fade.
The branches above were still twisted, hanging down low, like they wanted to block the last bit of light that tried to come in.
The ground was damp, soft in some places, hard in others, with roots pushing out like old bones.
The air was cooler now, carrying a little chill, and the smell of wet leaves mixed with dirt was even stronger.
Liu Yang stood there, staring, his shoulders sinking. A sigh dragged out of his chest, long and heavy.
"Great. Just great. Back to square one."
His eyes rolled left, then right.
All he saw was trees. Tall, crooked, packed tight together.
Everywhere he looked it was the same, trees and more trees, like they had no end.
No path. No road. Just shadows lying long on the ground, moving with the little wind.
He dragged a hand down his face, groaning inside.
"Now I gotta run this whole cursed forest again… all over… just to see the real outside world. Perfect. Perfect life."