After the Little One Enters the Infinite Game

[Looking for favorites for another child-raising, group-adored story: The Little One's Four Proud Phoenix Mothers. QwQ~~]

Chacha is five years old. To find her mother, she enters an Infinite Game.

“??? Letting a little kid in? Has the Game Master lost their mind?!”

Player: “Well, it's too late to change that... Come here, kid. Don't wander off. Just stick with us, got it?”

Chacha nods repeatedly. “Hello, big brothers and big sisters. I won't wander off. Chacha can take care of herself.”

At first, the players are all on edge, afraid that one wrong move on the escape route will get Chacha killed along with them. But then...

Chacha comes running over and points at the female ghost crawling across the ceiling. “Big sister says the clue is in the music room. Let's go look there!”

Players: “...Don't talk to strangers, got it?!”

Chacha goes missing. The players are frantic and, in desperation, run to ask the “kind big sister” for help. “Um... have you seen Chacha? Do you know where she is?”

The female ghost answers anxiously, “You came at just the right time. The blood ghost has taken Chacha. I've already called for more help. Come with me!”

When they arrive, they see Chacha sitting in the blood ghost's arms while it combs her hair, muttering, “Who braided your hair like this? Poor thing, it must be so tight and uncomfortable.”

Players: “...”

Braiding hair is really hard, okay?

No one knows how long the Infinite Game has been around, but it's always been synonymous with horror and terror.

The ghosts and monsters are full of malice and never let players clear a game easily. Players, meanwhile, avoid the ghosts and monsters, despising them and keeping their distance.

Then one day, Chacha appears, and the two sides somehow become connected.

The players need to go out at night to look for clues and are trying to figure out what to do with Chacha. The ghosts volunteer: “Chacha can stay with me. You go to xxx and look for clues.”

Chacha gets her clothes dirty, and the players worry about finding her something to wear. A ghost peeks out and says, “I've got lots of princess dresses here. Want to try some on, Chacha?”

Chacha gets sick, and a ghost scolds them coldly. “How can you let a child keep eating junk food? What kind of childcare is this?”

Players: “We're so sorry, Doctor... Thanks for helping us.”

And then...

Chacha: “Sniff... Why do I still have to go to school and do homework in a game? QAQ...”

Players and ghosts: “Be good, Chacha. Study hard and keep improving!”

[An adorable child-raising story: The Little One's Four Proud Phoenix Mothers. Please add it to your favorites, everyone! OVO]

Five-year-old Kuikui has no mother and has lived alone on a mountain since she was little.

One day, a big sister who calls herself the “System” gives her a jade pendant and tells her that she does have a mother.

The pendant can guide her to find her mother.

After telling her this, the System logs off. Kuikui, who only wants to find her mother, packs a little bundle and sets off on her journey.

Mommy, your baby's coming!

Guided by the jade pendant, Kuikui soon finds her mother. But something seems strange...

Why did the pendant find her four mothers?!

Mother Number One is the feared Demon Venerable, mercurial and rumored to kill without hesitation.

Kuikui isn't scared of her. She sings to her in a babyish voice and blows on her boo-boos to make them feel better.

Mother Number Two is a distant, indifferent Immortal Venerable who despises romantic attachments above all else.

Kuikui gets up very early every day and follows her around, practicing her sword forms even when she's so tired she can barely keep her eyes open.

Mother Number Three is the iron-fisted, no-nonsense human ruler who has pacified the four seas and hates useless people.

Kuikui studies hard, stands on a tall stool with her hands on her hips, and joins her mother at court.

Mother Number Four is an aloof, short-tempered Demon King who supposedly hates all children.

Kuikui... Kuikui is a little scared, but when she finally goes to see her, she finds out...

The Demon King doesn't hate children. The Dragon Clan simply hasn't had a child in a long time, and Kuikui is the only one.

Kuikui, delighted to have four mothers, says, “I must be the happiest little one in the whole world. I have four super, super amazing mothers, ovo!”

Later, the System returns after upgrading...

It sees the Demon Venerable and Immortal Venerable, who used to be bitter enemies, doing the child's hair together and arguing over who gets to pin an extra flower in it.

The human ruler grades the child's homework with an expression as serious as if she were making an important policy decision.

The Demon King coaxes the child into studying, promising to take her soaring through the sky once she masters magic.

The System is dumbfounded. “Little one... have I gone blind?!”

Kuikui, however, is teary-eyed. “Big sister, they all say a child can only have one mother, so which one of them is my real mother?!”

Facing four pairs of fiercely watchful eyes, the System breaks into a cold sweat.

“Little one, actually, I gave you the wrong jade pendant earlier. It can detect anyone with exceptional fortune.”

“Your real mother is someone else...”

#Can a little one really not have five mothers? QAQ#

#Me and my proud phoenix mothers#

[Come check out the upcoming story I Really Can't Live Without My Husband. I really, really want to write this one! Please add it to your favorites, QAQ!]

After her Taoist partner, the most powerful cultivator alive, dies, Gu Qianchun weeps so hard she nearly faints.

“I really can't live without my husband... Sob, sob. Husband, what am I supposed to do if you're dead?”

Everyone sighs. How pitiful! The sect leader's wife is beautiful but has no cultivation. She'll have to face Xuanlan Immortal Venerable's enemies all by herself.

After the funeral, Gu Qianchun receives a pile of paper cranes bearing messages.

Childhood friend, an Immortal Venerable: The usual Snow Blossom Pastry? And a pot of osmanthus wine this time.

Demon Venerable: I've been waiting for your partner to die for ages. Open the door.

Demon King: Sister-in-law, you can think of me as a substitute for my brother.

Sect leader's first disciple: Before Master died, he told me I absolutely had to take good care of you, Madam.

Gu Qianchun: ...Huh?

Looks like she's saved. No need to wait for death after all.

Before Xuanlan died, what worried him most was his delicate, weepy wife, who was afflicted with a deadly poison.

Only a highly cultivated person could dispel her poison with their spiritual sense each month, and they had to be intimate with her.

Now that he was gone, who would dispel her poison every month?

She must be weeping her eyes out day and night, unable to eat, maybe even trying to kill herself so she could follow him.

So, as soon as Xuanlan wakes up, he rushes back to his own cave dwelling. Then...

He sees his friends, enemies, younger brother, and disciple waiting outside.

They all say they're willing to dispel his wife's poison, and then start fighting.

From inside the door, Gu Qianchun's weeping voice can be heard:

“...Husband, I really can't live without you!”

Xuanlan: If I hadn't seen that she wasn't shedding a single tear, I would've believed her.

#I've been coveting your wife for ages#

#Your wife is fine, and in the next second she's mine#

Theme: Chacha must work hard to become stronger!