I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 258
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Chapter 258: The Angel Lady Used a Dimensional Reduction Strike on the Mundane World
When Xiao Mo and I returned home together, coincidentally Lan Jiajia had just finished work.
Seeing us carrying large and small bags, this “former editor” who had only been with me for a few days showed an “as expected” expression.
“Did you handle Miss Angel?”
“At this moment, she should be playing games inside.”
I took off my shoes and stretched lazily in the hallway. “We’ll have one more person for dinner tonight.”
“It’s okay, it’s better to have a lively atmosphere. When I was an editor before, I returned to my rented house alone. If Ai Luodi wasn’t there, I could only watch short videos and read novels.”
Lan Jiajia cautiously glanced in the direction of my room, leaned in and lowered her voice. “Blond… foreigner?”
“Yeah.”
I nodded and casually said, “From the US.”
In fact, it was not just to the extent of being a “foreigner” anymore, one could even say they were from another world.
And they probably couldn’t even be considered “people” necessarily, at least not ordinary ones.
“Is it the country of that little sister Sikong Yue?”
“Huh?”
Lan Jiajia’s question left me stunned for a while before I reacted, “No, no, they have absolutely no connection.”
The difference between these two people is huge!
If I remember correctly, Sikong Yue is a mixed-blood of our country and that archipelagic country. Her father is the eldest son of a prominent family in that archipelagic country, with many companies under his name, while her mother is from our side, making it an international marriage.
She’s a legitimate young lady, and Gabriel is completely from another world, also an angel. Apart from both having blonde hair, they are not the same kind of people at all.
“I thought you met this miss angel through Sikong Yue.”
My answer made Lan Jiajia ponder, “Is her name Gabriel? No Chinese name? Like Li Xiaolang or Zhang Dagou?”
“How could she have such a strange Chinese name!”
I shook my head, “Gabriel’s ID shows Gabriel directly transliterated from English.”
Though I was not even sure if that was English.
After all, when I met Gabriel, Yin Xiamo was using a language adaptation barrier.
The effect of this barrier is to automatically translate the speech of people inside the barrier into languages that others can understand. Xiao Mo said that this thing doesn’t consume much magic power but greatly occupies the brain’s “computing power” because its basic principle is to use Xiao Mo for translation, and then inject the translated content directly into the minds of the listeners in the form of magic, allowing them to understand the speaker’s intended meaning.
In simpler terms… Under normal circumstances, when people talk to each other, their voices reach the ears of surrounding people through the air, “without middlemen making a profit.”
But inside the barrier, if someone speaks, their speech will be intercepted by magic, and after passing through Yin Xiamo’s brain, Xiao Mo will understand the meaning of the speech once, then translate it into something understandable for the surrounding people, injecting it into their minds through magic, achieving a “language automatic adaptation” effect.
At the same time, this barrier also utilizes a “psychological suggestion” ability similar to succubus seduction magic, making the listeners ignore the speaker’s “lip movements”.
The approximate range of this magic barrier is the range where Xiao Mo can hear voices, and it has a fatal flaw: if Xiao Mo cannot understand the language used by the speaker, the barrier cannot translate the content.
For example, if Xiao Mo understands the angelic language used by Gabriel, and Gabriel speaks, I can understand it inside the adaptation barrier, and Xiao Mo can understand the Mandarin I use, so I can translate it to Gabriel. But Xiao Mo probably doesn’t speak Russian or Japanese. If someone speaks these languages inside the barrier, because Xiao Mo doesn’t understand, the barrier won’t work.
As for the name “Gabriel,” I can only say it’s the result of Yin Xiamo’s translation. Its pronunciation is like this, derived from the angelic language. Whether its specific meaning is the same as “Gabriel” in English, I don’t know.
“Haha, sorry, it’s my first time encountering a real foreign friend too, and I even got a green card here…”
My words made Lan Jiajia smile sheepishly, “So, is Miss Gabriel going to live on our side in the future? Like Fei Luo?”
“Yes.”
I nodded, “I’ll tidy up the utility room later, or if it’s really not possible, let her sleep with Fei Luo.”
From the memories in the barrier before, I have confirmed that although Fei Luo and Gabriel often quarrel, their relationship is actually very good, even bordering on being “lifelong friends.”
Moreover, their relationship belongs to the “complementary” type. Fei Luo has a large chest, Gabriel has a small one. Fei Luo has black hair, Gabriel has blonde. Fei Luo has lightning and light magic, Gabriel has pure light magic. Fei Luo has an optimistic and carefree personality, Gabriel is serious and meticulous, giving off a bit of an “one is the manager, one is the executive” vibe.
Anyway, they’ve had feelings for each other for thousands of years, so sleeping together shouldn’t be a problem.
“She seems to really like playing games.”
As usual, Lan Jiajia’s curiosity made her unconsciously repeatedly confirm Gabriel’s situation, looking towards our room for a while, “How’s her skill level? Is there a chance for her to become a full-time streamer in the future?”
“Her skill level should be good.”
I remembered Xiao Mo mentioning Gabriel’s “pixel-perfect aiming skills” and “brain computing power surpassing that of Earth’s supercomputers,” and blurted out, “If there are no issues with daily communication, she should perfectly meet Su Yunjin’s requirements.”
“Yes! Got five thousand in hand!”
Lan Jiajia came over happily and gave me a big hug. She took the bag from Yin Xiamo and went to the kitchen. “I’m relieved now that Nuo’er has said so!”
I subconsciously looked at Yin Xiamo next to me with a “she asked for it” look.
Yin Xiamo, on the other hand, had a “you figure it out” expression on her face.
“Lan Jiajia isn’t a wealthy heiress like Ai Luodi, five thousand bucks is a lot to her, she’s happy… uh, she’s just too excited, it’s normal, right…”
“I’m so hungry…”
I was just trying to explain when Ai Luodi, wearing a nightgown, yawned as she walked down from upstairs, “Is there anything to eat?”
“Just bought some groceries!”
I pointed to the kitchen, “There’s some white porridge in the pot.”
“Forget the porridge, I’ll just stay hungry.”
Ai Luodi yawned again, then seemed to notice the hairpin on Yin Xiamo’s head, “You actually like this cute style of dressing too? Did Nuo’er force it on you?”
“Yeah.”
Yin Xiamo proudly put on a smile, “My Nuo’er insisted I wear this. What can I do? She’s my wife, I spoil her.”
“Xiao Ai!”
Lan Jiajia, who had just entered the kitchen, poked her head out, “Did you rest well today? Didn’t spend the whole day playing games again, did you?”
“I did.”
Ai Luodi turned around, “I came back in the morning, had some food, and went to bed at 12.”
“Bed at 12? Look at the time now, it’s only four thirty! You’ve only slept for about four hours. If you keep this up, you’ll die suddenly someday, you know?”
Lan Jiajia frowned, “Quickly go back and sleep a little more. I’m just starting to cook here!”
Ai Luodi tried to explain, “But…”
“Go quickly!”
“Okay…”
“Remember to drink more water!”
“Fine, fine…”
Under Lan Jiajia’s forceful demand, Ai Luodi could only helplessly turn around and go upstairs, “Nuo’er, call me when it’s time for dinner.”
“Mm.”
I waved my hand to this former former editor of mine, “Off you go, goodnight.”
“Goodnight.”
Watching Ai Luodi go upstairs, I carried my rabbit backpack and returned with Yin Xiamo to the master bedroom on the first floor where we had been living for over a month.
In the room, Gabriel was still wearing headphones, completely focused on the computer screen. On the upper right corner of the old monitor, the status of the game match was displayed “9 kills, 1 assist, 1 cooperation”. On the right of this information was the current rank in the ranked matches: Gold I.
Like most competitive games, the ranked matches in APEX Legends, a first-person shooter game, are divided into several tiers such as bronze, silver, gold, platinum, diamond, master, and predator. Because I’m not very good at gaming and rarely play ranked matches, plus the season updates, my rank has been hovering around bronze II this season, close to the silver level, which is the lowest tier.
In other words… In the little over an hour that Yin Xiamo and I went out to buy groceries and came back, Gabriel had managed to push this account from bronze to almost platinum level.
If we calculate based on an average game duration of 18 minutes, Gabriel almost needs to consistently reach top three and get very high kill counts, several hundred points each time, in order to rank up this quickly.
“Sister Gabriel.”
Seeing the girl in front of the computer not reacting at all as we entered the room, I thought of Xiao Mo’s remark about Gabriel’s ability to process multiple threads of information and tried asking behind her, “Five mother cats each gave birth to seven kittens. How many cats are there in total?”
Gabriel, still not turning her head from the computer chair, replied, “Forty cats.” [1]
Wow, that was fast!
Can she really achieve “multithreaded” thinking and operation?
Not only did she solve the math problem, but she also noticed the “word game” in my question. She truly lives up to being an angel from another world!
Curiously, I approached and sat down beside Gabriel’s bed.
*Da da da da…*
At this moment, this angel miss was using the legendary “Pathfinder” in APEX, one of the legend’s skills is “Grappling Hook,” a classic skill combination. Similar skills and gameplay have appeared in games like “Peacekeeper” and “Infinite Rules.” As the name suggests, this legend can use the grappling hook to grab onto walls or structures and pull themselves over. It can be used to hook onto walls near enemies for an ambush or to escape by hooking onto a distant tree, making it a very versatile legend.
In my understanding, the most important aspect of first-person shooter games is always “gunplay” and “avoiding being shot.” Gunplay is related to personal skill, while avoiding being shot is related to character abilities and movement. If an enemy suddenly uses a grappling hook to escape while you’re engaging them in a firefight or if they rush towards you at an extremely tricky angle and pull out a shotgun to blast you in the face, the game is basically over.
However, the downside of this legend is also very obvious: it has a large hitbox and requires very precise control from the user. If the grappling hook misses its target or if it’s misaimed or doesn’t reach the intended destination, the user becomes an easy target for enemies.
But these didn’t seem to be big problems for Gabriel.
Under my gaze, I saw this angel miss find excellent cover while two teammates were down. She peeked out and quickly took down one of the enemies with a burst of gunfire, then retreated behind cover as her other two teammates noticed her position and turned towards her. Next, she used her grappling hook to ascend to higher ground, aimed down sights, and with a burst of “da da da da da,” took down another enemy.
This scene really gives me the feeling of… extreme gun control in a single frame. If I were in that situation just now, I’d probably be dead after the first round of shots. Gabriel, on the other hand, can react the moment those two start shooting, and the next second, she’s back to cover. Her reaction speed is comparable to AI.
It’s like… a skilled player using an aimbot.
My computer monitor has a refresh rate of only 60 frames per second, and my keyboard and mouse are very basic mechanical ones commonly found on the market. Because of the computer’s strong performance, the game’s frame rate is maxed out, and the performance is in an overflow state. The mechanical keyboard also ensures that the crucial keys do not conflict, it won’t malfunction like some membrane keyboards do when two keys are pressed simultaneously. Although the mouse isn’t very good, it can barely handle FPS games. Overall, it’s an “entry-level rookie esports set.”
But with this setup, Gabriel is using it to its fullest potential.
“What kind of teammate is this? Is this cheating? Did you see that burst just now? No wonder this robot keeps looking for someone to shoot.”
Just like my keyboard and mouse, my headphones are also cheap. If I remember correctly, I bought them online for just over sixty bucks. Apart from being able to distinguish basic directions of footsteps, they’re basically equivalent to what audiophiles would call “hearing sounds,” and they certainly don’t have any noise-canceling features. They can’t even block out sound completely. Coupled with my sensitive hearing, it’s a piece of cake to hear the sounds coming from the headphones while lying in bed.
Just like my current mood, Gabriel’s two teammates on the other end of the headphones were also shocked by this angel’s actions, and they opened their microphones frantically to express their amazement:
“Wow, she got another one! Wow!”
“Cheater! This is definitely cheating!”
“Not necessarily. Her movement is quite strange, not clumsy at all. She can hear footsteps and analyze the current situation. I’ve seen a lot of cheaters, they’re all very clumsy, relying on aim locks. But there aren’t many cheaters like this who have good movement skills and know how to avoid damage.”
“So, are you saying this is a cheater who knows how to play?”
“I didn’t say that. Let’s watch and see. It might not be a cheat, but at least it’s a booster or someone playing on behalf of the account.”
With that, the two of them started trying to get Gabriel to speak.
“Hey, buddy? Can you open your mic, buddy?”
“Hey, buddy, are you using cheats? Can you open your mic?”
Perhaps being annoyed by the chatter from these two teammates who sounded like they were trapped in a box in her headphones, Gabriel pressed the talk button.
“May I ask what’s bothering you two?”
“Gabriel.”
Yin Xiamo reminded softly from behind, “This isn’t a church.”
“Oh, right, I just…”
Gabriel nodded and pressed the microphone again, “May I ask what the matter is?”
“Huh? She’s a girl? Her voice is so heavenly…”
“But what did she say? It doesn’t sound like English or Japanese, maybe German?”
“I didn’t understand… Miss, miss, can you hear us? Can you speak Chinese?”
Well, here lies the flaw of the adaptation barrier.
Because the two people on the headphones are not within the range of the barrier, Yin Xiamo cannot directly input information into their brains using magic, resulting in both of them completely unable to understand Gabriel’s “angelic language.”
By the way, what did you mean by the reminder “this isn’t a church” just now?
“Didn’t I tell you before? Gabriel is from the practical faction of angels. She often comes down to the mortal realm to help out in churches for years at a time, during which she ends up doing a lot of the nuns’ work.”
Yin Xiamo explained, noticing my thoughts, “A nun’s job, aside from praying, is to listen to the confessions of sinners. They need to meet with many people every day, listening to them describe their sins. Among those people are those who say they find the shape of a fish’s mouth sexy and go fishing every day, and those who think a goat’s butt is aesthetically pleasing. They come to the nun afterwards, regretting their actions and seeking redemption… Maybe those two people just now asked if Gabriel could hear them, thinking she was here to redeem them.”
Oh, I see…
By the way, what’s with finding fish mouths sexy and goat butts being aesthetically pleasing? Are people from other worlds all this strange?
“Xiao Mo, can you help record this?”
After saying this to Yin Xiamo behind me, I stepped forward and pulled Gabriel’s microphone.
“Hello, can you hear us?”
Xiao Mo took out her phone and opened the video recording function.
“Damn! Little girl!”
“No way? Is this a voice changer? How can a young girl sound like this?”
Soon, Gabriel’s teammates sounded even more surprised through her headphones.
To prevent them from reporting us for “cheating,” I quickly explained, “It’s not a voice changer, nor is it cheating. It’s done by hand.”
“No, your voice is too young, right? How old are you, little sister?”
“Yeah, and your marksmanship… Little sister, I’m a streamer on the Tongmeng website. I’ve seen a lot of cheat compilations, and I’m almost certain you’re cheating. Do you have anything else to explain?”
I hurriedly said, “It’s not me playing, it’s my friend playing. She’s just really skilled, but she gets really focused. She definitely didn’t cheat.”
“Oh, your friend is playing? That makes it even more suspicious.”
“She’s just really skilled, that’s all. We’re recording the video. If you want to see it, we can upload it to Tongmeng later.”
“No way? With that level… and not cheating? Are you sure you can upload the video?”
“Yeah, including the camera, keyboard, and screen.”
“Well, okay. I’ll watch the recording later. Actually, I just have some suspicions. I’ve been spectating for ten minutes, and besides her extremely fast reaction speed, it seems like she’s not using any hacks, and her gameplay isn’t suspicious either. It’s making me question my life choices…”
“Well…”
I tried asking, “Do you know about the Shangjing Cat Café?”
“I’ve seen some videos and clips on the Tongmeng website. I remember it’s a very popular cat café, but I haven’t been there. What about it?”
“Let me tell you, this girl is going to be the new employee at our café. We’re going to have a livestream there soon. Besides playing competitive games like APEX, she’ll also be streaming the new game ‘Age of Aquarius’ that the country is about to release. You should check it out when it happens.”
“Is this for real? Am I that lucky? Just randomly playing a game and I meet such an amazing girl?”
“……”
With Xiao Mo’s camera behind me, I casually chatted with these two teammates for a few more minutes. A few minutes later, the game ended without any suspense, thanks to Gabriel’s divine-like skills.
“Congratulations! You’ve become the new champion.”
“Let’s pause for a moment.”
Seeing that the angelic girl was about to prepare for the game, I quickly took off her headphones and glanced at the “Fallen Angel” T-shirt she had just put on her chest, then looked at the new clothes on the bed. “Gabriel, have you tried on the new clothes?”
“Ah…”
The angelic girl in the computer chair avoided my gaze. “Uh… about that…”
“You’ve fallen quite quickly.”
Yin Xiamo put away her phone and shook her head. “Gabriel, I’ll talk to your angel supervisor after I finish eating. You might get a vacation here for at least a hundred years, right?”
“Ah…”
It was clear that Gabriel still seemed hesitant, giving off a feeling akin to a child who, right before the holiday, loads a bunch of books into their backpack with the intention of studying hard when they get home but ends up playing games on the computer instead because they can’t resist the temptation.
“A hundred years… isn’t that a bit too long?”
“Let me remind you, in terms of functionality, computer games are just one of the many functions among the thousands of functions computers have. Computers can also watch anime, movies, read novels, and comics. And the game you’re playing is one of the most ordinary ones among the tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of online games. As this world’s human civilization advances, new games are constantly being announced. You should calculate how much time you need to experience all of these.”
Yin Xiamo raised an eyebrow. “Furthermore, this world is not only about computers. Have you forgotten about the cars and breakfast you encountered this morning? You can calculate how much time it would take to experience all the technology and cuisine in this world. At least in my calculation…”
“At least in my calculation, a hundred years is far from enough.”
With that, Yin Xiamo sat on the small bed and pulled me into her arms. “I’ve reserved at least three hundred years of buffer time for Nuo’er to stay here on Earth. I actually underestimated this hundred years for you. Every month when your magic recovers, you’ll probably go back on your own to apply for a thousand-year vacation with the angel supervisor.”
“Ugh…”
These words made Gabriel feel ashamed. “Now I understand you a bit, Momo.”
“Save the cheesy words for your Fei Luo. She won’t be back until around eight o’clock. You two can go to the city center together then and get used to the environment here.”
Yin Xiamo said calmly, “Also, if you want to live well here, money is essential. I suggest you work and study like Fei Luo, working and earning money while playing games. In a few days, there will be a similar position available where we work. You can apply for it and earn money while playing games.”
“Ah…”
Gabriel looked somewhat incredulous. “Is there really such a job? I can earn money just by playing games?”
“Specifically, you need to play games well to earn money, but you may have noticed that people in this world don’t have your level of reflexes.”
Yin Xiamo helped straighten the bell on my neck that had tilted a bit due to the earlier movement.
“So you belong to the category naturally talented in gaming skills.”
“I still don’t quite understand.”
The girl in front of the computer desk fell silent for a moment. “In our world, we also have entertainment games like Card and Animal Chess. I haven’t heard of anyone being hired specifically to play cards or chess well and getting paid for it.”
“You may not grasp the business logic behind this for now, but that’s okay. You’ll adapt in a few months, this world is very mysterious.”
Yin Xiamo stood up, pulling me along, and pointed to the clothes. “Since that’s the case, we won’t return these clothes, okay?”
“Mm-hmm.”
“Okay, the clothes, along with the shoes and socks, total 290 yuan. Let’s round it down to 200 yuan for the rent. Remember to pay back once you earn money.”
“Huh?”
“……”
Coming out of the room, I asked Xiao Mo to rest in the living room first while I went to the kitchen to help Lan Jiajia share the pressure of cooking.
“We bought quite a lot of vegetables and fruits today.”
Lan Jiajia, who was preparing the dipping sauce, saw me and smiled. “Does that little angel like these?”
“She said so…”
I grabbed a small stool and placed it next to the sink, carefully washing the sweet potato leaves in the water. Then, I took the vegetable basket to the side and started picking vegetables.
“But if we really cook meat dishes, she should be fine with that too.”
On the way back, I asked Xiao Mo. As an angel, Gabriel didn’t have any taboos against eating meat. At most, as an angel, she didn’t like killing, so she might have some slight reluctance to eating meat, but it didn’t mean she couldn’t eat it.
Besides, Gabriel used to be a battle angel. Not liking to kill didn’t mean she absolutely couldn’t kill, and similarly, it was better not to eat meat, but it didn’t mean she absolutely couldn’t eat it.
Anyway, the impression the angel race had given me so far was that they all had their own boundaries, but these boundaries were quite flexible.
At least that was how Gabriel was.
“Time really flies.”
As I peeled the sweet potato leaves, Lan Jiajia sighed. “When I first saw the manuscript of your novel, I never imagined that the author behind it would be such a lovely girl, and I never thought that we could… work together and live together like this.”
“Neither did I.”
Remove the hard lump at the bottom of the sweet potato leaf stem, then pinch the layer of silk-like green skin and pull it up until the stem of the leaf is torn into a smooth and tender appearance. I threw it into the vegetable basket on the side and picked up another leaf.
“Life is like a box of chocolates.”
“So, Nuo’er, don’t be busy here, go and enjoy your time with Xiao Mo, go quickly.”
With that, Lan Jiajia took the vegetable basket from me. “I’ve got this.”
I looked at someone playing with their phone in the living room. “We don’t have anything to do now, anyway.”
“If you don’t have anything to do, find something to do! Like going downstairs to the flower bed with Xiao Mo, or cultivating your relationship in the small room.”
Lan Jiajia looked stubborn, pushing me out of the kitchen, then closed the kitchen door and winked at me.
“You have an hour and a half!”
“……”
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TL Note:
“Five mother cats each gave birth to seven kittens. How many cats are there in total?”
5 x 7 = 35 kittens
35 kittens + 5 mother cats = 40 cats in total.
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