Chapter 743: Can You Bear to Let Nuan Nuan Lose to Others?
Looking at the photo, Nuan Nuan’s best friend was wearing a full set of sportswear, with very natural color coordination. Besides a sports watch, she also had sports earphones and knee pads—gear that looked quite professional.
In comparison, Nuan Nuan’s outfit seemed a bit shabby, especially the shorts she was wearing, which looked somewhat mismatched no matter how you looked at them.
“Pick three photos you like and save them.” Nuan Nuan was still reminding her with a smile.
After selecting the photos and saving them to the album, Lin Xue waited anxiously for the system’s score.
Soon, the email arrived.
Score: B
Sportiness: 4277
Simplicity: 3862
Liveliness: 2280
Coolness: 5896
Total: 16315
“It’s clear you put a lot of thought into the outfit, but using everyday clothes to replace sportswear just won’t do. If you had more suitable sportswear, that child Nuan Nuan would probably be much happier, right?”
This time, the gold coin reward was only 1631, a full 700-plus fewer gold coins than the previous A-grade score.
Moreover, after Nuan Nuan’s score, there was also the score for Nuan Nuan’s best friend. In the categories of [Sportiness] and [Liveliness], the best friend’s outfit scored much higher, and the total score was over 5000 points higher, earning an A-grade rating.
“Huh? Only a B-grade reward! It’s all my fault—Nuan Nuan lost to someone else!”
Lin Xue was upset. Even though the photo still looked good and Nuan Nuan didn’t complain, she had completely lost in terms of outfit coordination.
In reality, losing didn’t come with any penalty—no need to replay the level or anything. And this game mode rarely required repeating the same challenge; losing just meant fewer gold coins. But Lin Xue felt deeply frustrated, as if she had let Nuan Nuan down.
Still, these photos and scores were stabbing at Lin Xue’s nerves. As someone with obsessive-compulsive tendencies, seeing her own girl outshone by others was simply unbearable!
Lin Xue was completely thrown off. Even though Nuan Nuan said nothing, Lin Xue couldn’t shake a sense of guilt—it was all because of her own carelessness and forgetfulness.
“Tomorrow, I have to make a better outfit! I absolutely cannot let Nuan Nuan be outdone by others!” Lin Xue silently resolved.
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There were plenty of players who shared Lin Xue’s experience. Soon, players realized that Nuan Nuan often had to compete with others!
It could be with her best friend, with strangers, or with other tourists. In short, after going out, Nuan Nuan would take many group photos, and everyone in those photos was also dressed up beautifully. These people served as an invisible benchmark, creating a contrast with Nuan Nuan’s outfit.
Even though losing carried no penalty, every player felt a bit uncomfortable. Who wants to see their own girl lose to someone else? After all, these were clothes they had personally put together.
For some obsessive-compulsive players, chasing high scores became a very clear goal. Many players had already experimented and found S-grade scores, and they wondered if there was an even higher SSS-grade score. Generally, an A-grade score was enough to pass, but those pursuing perfection would definitely aim for S-grade or higher.
Players who achieved high scores were showing off their outfits, claiming that with a high score, Nuan Nuan looked especially stunning in photos, even overshadowing everyone around her.
This further fueled a competitive mindset among players. Those wealthy players who didn’t mind spending money were already recharging in droves, ready to buy all kinds of beautiful clothes for Nuan Nuan!
Many people studied it and found that Chen Mo’s numerical design was perfectly balanced. At the start, if you could carefully budget every gold coin, you could basically clear the game with all A-grade scores. But that requirement was too high—it demanded both considering the outfit’s score and the cost-effectiveness of the whole ensemble, something most players couldn’t manage.
Moreover, some clothes were just too beautiful, and players couldn’t resist impulse spending. Once a shortfall appeared, it was hard to patch up with gold coins alone.
After all, the daily output of gold coins was very limited. To get more gold coins, you needed high scores, and high-score clothes required more gold coins to buy…
Many players found that they were always just a little short of being able to afford a suitable piece of clothing. At that point, their obsessive-compulsive tendencies kicked in—how could you finish an entire outfit but have no matching shoes?
Besides, many people noticed that the clothes here weren’t expensive. Clothes bought with pink diamonds had much higher scores than those bought with gold coins, and the cheaper items cost just a few yuan or a dozen yuan. Who among the wealthy players who could afford a gaming pod would care about ten or twenty bucks?
Of course, everyone knew this was Chen Mo’s pay-to-win trap. The “want to get stronger? recharge” tactic was something Chen Mo had used many times in mobile games, and putting it in a VR game wasn’t anything special. But the problem was, seeing through the trap didn’t mean you could avoid it…
Even if you knew it was a trap, so what?
Can you bear to let Nuan Nuan lose to others outside?
Nuan Nuan is so understanding, always full of energy and using positivity to inspire others. She doesn’t even complain when her outfit looks bad. With such an adorable Nuan Nuan, can you bear to make her sad?
If you can’t put together a good outfit for Nuan Nuan, how are you any different from a salted fish!
Many players were also indulging their shopping desires in the game. When buying clothes in real life, you had to consider whether your face was pretty enough, whether your figure was good enough, and whether the clothes would fit.
But with Nuan Nuan, none of that mattered. She was just too cute—any outfit worked on her. Whether mature, pure, sexy, or sporty, she could pull it all off effortlessly, looking like a perfect seller’s showcase. As long as the clothes were beautiful, they would never look ugly on Nuan Nuan.
Could buying clothes in real life achieve that effect?
Think about those heartbreaking buyer’s showcase photos—what miserable shopping experiences! But here, there were no failed online purchases. You felt like every clothing purchase was a great deal, because no matter what, Nuan Nuan looked good in everything!
On the forums, many players were wondering why they felt like they were under a spell, constantly thinking about buying clothes in the game.
Even though they knew Nuan Nuan wasn’t real and the clothes were virtual, they couldn’t resist the urge to browse the shop every day…
Many female players even posted that they no longer liked buying clothes for themselves—since they didn’t look good in them anyway, it was better to save up and buy clothes for Nuan Nuan!