Chapter 2: The Figure Comes to Life
Numbed! Tang Yu and the viewers were all completely numbed!
This life-size figure had practically become a sentient being. Full of high-tech vibes. Technology changes lives—scientists never lie!
While feeling happy inside, Tang Yu stopped exploring Hu Tao's body any further. After all, this was a live stream. Some things just aren't convenient to do on camera.
Hu Tao was so angry her chest hurt. She was clearly a real person, yet she was being treated like a figure. "I'm a real person," Hu Tao said helplessly.
This time, her words came out normally without being twisted.
Hu Tao was slightly stunned. She suddenly realized a possibility: As long as she didn't harbor any malice toward Tang Yu, her words wouldn't be forcibly changed.
Tang Yu stared at Hu Tao with great interest. He nodded and smiled: "Yes yes yes, you're a real person. You're the 77th Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. I know."
"Now let me test how smart you are!"
Hu Tao: "....."
"Can you dance?"
Hu Tao pursed her lips, eyes full of confusion. "What kind of dance?"
An image of the famous "Hu Tao shake" meme from his previous life flashed in Tang Yu's mind. The corner of his mouth curled up. "This dance."
With that, Tang Yu placed his hands on his chest and started doing the Hu Tao shake.
{WTF host is awesome! Hahaha! If that 2D girl did it, I can't even imagine how cute it would be.} {Something interesting here. Following this streamer now, lol.} {Host stop dancing! Let my wife do it!}
Hu Tao's expression was complicated. She stared at Tang Yu like he was an idiot. You call that dancing?
"Hu…"
Hu Tao felt her chest starting to ache again. She struggled out of the box, "Do you have a bathroom here?"
"Yeah! Right over there."
Tang Yu answered casually and pointed in a direction.
Hu Tao got up nimbly and hopped lightly toward the bathroom.
Only then did Tang Yu react. Watching her back, his eyes widened. "Wait—no, you're a life-size figure. Why would you need to use the bathroom?"
{Is this really a figure? Host, are you sure you didn't hire a cosplayer?} {If this is a figure, I'll twist my own head off and use it as your teacup.} {Kind of interesting. Really want to see what a 2D girl looks like using the toilet.}
At this point, the live stream's viewer count was steadily climbing. Compared to before the unboxing, it had increased fivefold.
And the new viewers who saw Hu Tao immediately hit the follow button on Tang Yu.
The rising popularity didn't catch Tang Yu's attention. Right now, his mind was completely on Hu Tao.
He had considered the possibility that this wasn't a figure at all— but the real Hu Tao herself.
If that was true… this was way too absurd!
While Hu Tao was in the bathroom, Tang Yu pulled out his phone, opened the "Girlfriend Nurturing APP," and tapped "Contact Customer Service."
"Your figures? Why are they so realistic?"
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"What the—? System? You're my golden finger?"
Tang Yu was overjoyed. After transmigrating to this world, he hadn't activated any system yet! He originally thought he'd live a mediocre life forever. He never expected the system to appear in this way.
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The system didn't respond properly—just repeated the mechanical message. Tang Yu was a bit speechless.
He went back to the product page and noticed that Hu Tao's item showed as "Sold Out." Driven by curiosity, he opened the full product list.
The moment he did, he felt like he had discovered a new world.
The shop was filled with all kinds of 2D beautiful girls. Barbara, Nahida, March 7th, Paimon, Qiqi… Almost every loli and beautiful girl from Earth's 2D worlds was available for purchase here.
And the price for all of them? Exactly the same—0.1 yuan!
Tang Yu's mouth slowly curled into an uncontrollable grin. He clicked the buy button for Nahida.
{Ding: Customer is temporarily unable to purchase. Level insufficient.}
Huh?
Seeing the prompt, Tang Yu's face was full of question marks. He typed to customer service: "How do I level up?"
{Ding: Reach 100% Affection with the most recently purchased beautiful girl to upgrade.}
Affection value?
Tang Yu thought for a moment and immediately understood. He had played plenty of girlfriend nurturing games before. Usually, once you max out a girl's affection to 100%, you could do whatever you wanted with her.
With a light tap, Tang Yu opened Hu Tao's profile. On the product details page, he saw the affection bar.
Current display: 0%.
This number made Tang Yu frown slightly. This Hu Tao didn't seem to have any affection for him at all! This was going to be a headache—how was he supposed to raise her affection?
Just then, the sound of flushing water came from the bathroom. Hu Tao must have finished.
Soon, Hu Tao walked out and came straight to Tang Yu. She looked up at him, her gaze a little complicated.
While in the bathroom, she had thought about many things. She didn't know why she had come to this strange place. Logically, Tang Yu had been so rude earlier—she should have exorcised him on the spot.
But for some reason, deep in her heart, Hu Tao couldn't bring herself to feel any killing intent toward him. On the contrary, she had a strong urge to get close to him, to please him.
"Can you tell me… why I'm here?" Hu Tao gathered her thoughts and stared at Tang Yu as she asked.
This question stumped Tang Yu.
He re-examined the 2D beautiful girl in front of him. After thinking for a moment, he asked her, "The place you live in… is it called the continent of Teyvat?" "The client you most want to bury… is it a little zombie named Qiqi?"
Hu Tao's eyes widened in shock. "You know about Qiqi and Teyvat too?"
With confirmation, Tang Yu took a deep breath and said seriously to Hu Tao: "I originally thought you were the life-size figure I bought, but now it seems… you've crossed over from Teyvat."
"Of course, I don't know the exact reason."
In the live room, the viewers watched the two of them seriously discussing some completely baffling topics. They were utterly confused.
{Wait—what are you two even talking about? We can't understand anything!} {What's Teyvat?} {This is interesting. Streamers these days have some wild scripts.} {Transmigration? LOL, you think this is a web novel?}
Seeing that the viewers didn't believe him, Tang Yu simply ended the live stream.
Hu Tao looked bewildered. Tang Yu handed her his phone.
After that, under Tang Yu's guidance, Hu Tao browsed information about this world on the phone.
Once she finished, excitement appeared on her face. She jumped in place. "Whoa! This world is so fun?!"