NIKKE: The Apocalypse Arrives, But the System is 100 Years Late

Mo Chen felt Ludmilla's words made sense, so he turned to look at her.

Ludmilla froze for a moment, then immediately understood.

"I'll step out."

Before leaving, she thoughtfully closed the door behind her.

Mo Chen let out a small sigh of relief. Having someone watching him felt like he was broadcasting it live.

Suddenly, the door opened again. Ludmilla, her cheeks slightly flushed, hesitated before speaking.

"Keep the noise down."

Mo Chen: "…"

She seemed to have misunderstood something…

But now wasn't the time to dwell on that.

Mo Chen sat at Snow White's bedside. Her body had undergone a complete transformation, fully evolving into her fairy-tale model form.

Only by seeing it in person could one truly understand how beautiful the fairy-tale models were.

No wonder they were called the Goddess Squad.

After applying the recovery medication, as he had predicted, Snow White's condition didn't improve.

In fact, it worsened.

Snow White lay on the bed, her breathing shallow and labored. Her graceful body writhed as if trying to escape her pain. The cold air radiating from her body caused the room's temperature to plummet by another ten degrees.

Despite the freezing temperature, she tugged at her sparse clothing as if she were in a furnace instead of an ice chamber.

Mo Chen didn't hesitate any longer. Extending a finger, crimson threads emerged like silk unraveling from a cocoon, touching Snow White's forehead.

However, something unexpected happened.

Snow White suddenly grabbed his arm and clung to it.

Mo Chen froze.

Her skin pressed against his. The softness of her touch immediately registered in his mind.

Delicate and supple, her slender figure, though modestly developed, carried the youthful charm unique to a budding young girl.

Mo Chen patted her cheek.

"Wake up."

But she refused to let go. Instead, her slender body twisted like a serpent, climbing up Mo Chen from the bed. Her pale arms released his arm and looped around his neck.

The blanket slipped from her smooth, snow-white back, revealing her soft curves.

She acted as if she had found a cooling block in the sweltering heat of summer, refusing to let go.

Her lithe figure squirmed against him, searching for a more comfortable position.

But Mo Chen was at his wit's end.

She was relentless. He couldn't push her away—not entirely.

Even if he tried, he didn't dare to exert too much force, fearing he might hurt her.

To keep her from slipping off, he supported her slender waist. Yet Snow White seemed oblivious to her current state, her small arms and legs clinging tighter as she climbed higher.

Her delicate white arms wrapped around his head; her skin's sensation was vividly clear.

At this point…

Even someone as mentally resilient as Mo Chen couldn't remain indifferent.

Her slightly disheveled yet silky hair clung to her slender back, and her slightly rounded figure hinted at her budding femininity, defying the stereotypical image of a flat, featureless child.

Snow White, like a fish in a parched pond, struggled desperately for sustenance.

While she burned with heat, he felt like he was about to turn into an ice sculpture.

The temperature in the room dropped by another ten degrees. Even a cold storage unit couldn't compare to this!

But her actions seemed to have an effect.

After dropping so drastically, the temperature slowly began to rise, becoming marginally less icy.

Mo Chen, still ensnared, was close to suffocating.

At that moment, there was a loud "bang" as the door swung open, again.

"Rabbity!"

Alice burst into the room.

Her cheeks were flushed red, her breathing faintly labored, and her forehead glistened with tiny beads of sweat. She spoke weakly, almost breathlessly, as if she were running a fever.

"I want it too!"

"Wait!"

Mo Chen was startled.

Why was this girl here?!

Before he could finish speaking, Alice, with her usual decisiveness, stripped off her clothes and threw herself at him.

Her forehead collided squarely with his.

Thud!

Mo Chen's vision went black, and both he and Snow White were knocked over.

This impact nearly gave him a concussion!

Before he could get back up, Alice had already curled up in his arms. She grabbed his arm, lifting her little backside to rest it on his large hand. With a lazy yawn, like a drowsy cat, she nuzzled her head into his chest, finding a comfortable position.

"Rabbity, can I ask you something?"

"What's the question?"

Mo Chen was baffled. Did she come here just to learn something?

"Does your bum glow?"

"…?"

"I'm curious—does your bum glow?"

"I don't think so?"

Of all the questions he'd ever been asked, Mo Chen never imagined he'd face something like this.

"Really? Normally, no one's bum glows, right? But I heard there's a creature on the surface whose bum glows, and it's only about the size of a fingertip."

Alice excitedly explained her observation to Mo Chen.

However, Mo Chen, holding onto Alice's "bum," wasn't exactly focused on her lecture.

"In the pitch-black night, you can see a green light emanating from its bum. Is there really such a creature?"

"Oh, you're talking about fireflies?"

For a moment, Alice's question managed to distract him.

Her wide eyes sparkled with curiosity, a thirst for knowledge gleaming in her gaze. "Wow, fireflies? So Rabbity knows about them!"

"Yeah," Mo Chen patiently explained. "Fireflies glow because it's part of their mating behavior."

"Wow!" Alice's eyes lit up with excitement. "I really want to see one! I want to see them with Rabbity and the Queen!"

Mo Chen replied, "Next time, let's look for them together."

"Yay! Let's do it!" Alice nodded enthusiastically, then asked, "But Rabbity, what's mating?"

Mo Chen: "…"

Faced with her pure, innocent gaze, he felt like he was swelling with discomfort.

"I'll explain it to you later. For now, it's getting late. Let's sleep."

"Okay! But you'll tell me tomorrow, right, Rabbity?"

Alice, still in her drowsy age and not fully recovered from her illness, quickly drifted off to sleep.

Mo Chen sighed deeply.

Now he had one on his left and one on his right. One side was cold, the other hot.

One so warm it felt like he was about to get blisters, the other so cold it covered him with frost.

Caught in the middle, Mo Chen felt like a human heat exchanger.

Fortunately, Mo Chen had both the Blacklight Virus and the Punishing Virus. Otherwise, if it were an ordinary person, one side would likely have turned into a charred corpse while the other became a frozen one.

Both girls were fast asleep, but he couldn't sleep at all. He looked down in despair.

Who could fall asleep like this?!

He felt like he was about to explode.

As he stared at the two girls, a strange thought suddenly popped into his head.

One was cold, the other hot. Why weren't the two of them hugging each other instead? Wouldn't eliminating the middleman solve everything?