In the CCTV livestream room.

When the feed went black again, Xiao Sa and Ma Fanshu couldn’t help exchanging glances.

“Ahem—”

Xiao Sa had the thicker skin.

He feigned a cough and sighed, “Ning Yi’s stamina sure is something, he recovers fast, as expected of a young man.”

“Mm‑hm.”

Ma Fanshu had nothing else to say and could only nod with a flushed face.

Seeing this, the Kyushu viewers in the livestream burst into laughter.

“Teacher Sa’s jealous tone is killing me.”

“After all, Teacher Sa is middle‑aged now, naturally nowhere near young people in that department, so it’s not strange he’s envious.”

“Damn it, I really want to have a fish‑water romp with hubby!”

“+1 to the one above.”

“Honestly, Moon Lake is so pretty, the ‘Homestead’ looked a bit plain before, but with Moon Lake it’s practically a paradise now.”

“Add some peach trees and it’ll be Peach Blossom Spring for sure.”

“Yeah, compared to a concrete jungle of a city, I prefer this.”

Right then.

A scrolling comment drifted across the stream and drew most people’s attention: “The India’s player has encountered a Marriage Room!”

Since Ning Yi’s feed was black at the moment and there wasn’t anything to see.

They all rushed into the India player’s livestream that Kyushu’s official channel was restreaming.

“Just came in, any handsome bro want to fill me in?”

“Basically, this India ate through the three days of free food in a single day yesterday, then had no choice but to explore. After opening a white door he didn’t run into danger, instead he found a Marriage Room.”

“A day to eat three days of free food?”

“Damn…”

“This guy’s luck can be compared to that Sakura one.”

“Still not as good as the Sakura one, at least the Sakura guy got a weapon after opening a random room.”

The Kyushu viewers who had just entered the India player’s stream began to talk it over.

At the same time.

They were curious whether this Indian would choose to open the Marriage Room.

If he opened it, what would be behind the door?

* * *

Sampudi was a middle‑aged man of a low caste in India, with dark skin and dirt packed under his fingernails, looking as if he’d never bathed since birth.

His personality was timid and he was always the one bullied outside.

Originally, he thought that as a member of a low caste, he would muddle through life like this forever.

But what he never imagined was that the National Fate Marriage Game would descend.

And he would be selected as India’s player.

He was terrified.

So on the first day he did nothing and just ate the free food.

As if doing so could ease the fear in his heart.

Until—He ate all the food.

With no choice, he had to start exploring, otherwise with his food gone he could only wait to die.

At this, India’s citizens were furious.

“No wonder he’s a pariah, not a shred of brains!”

“Is there anything in his head besides food?”

“We’re done, he’s an idiot, India is going to follow Sakura Country and America to ruin!”

“Our gap with Kyushu will only grow, at this rate when will we surpass Kyushu?”

India’s citizens began to denounce Sampudi.

However, when Sampudi suddenly stood up and opened one of the white doors.

All of India’s citizens stared wide‑eyed.

Because there was actually a pink door in the new room!

“Heavens, a Marriage Room!”

The Indians cried out at once.

There was joy in it, but also unease.

Joy because Kyushu had pulled ahead of all countries on the strength of two Marriage Rooms; especially that ‘Elven Forest’ reward had all the Indians green with envy.

But a Marriage Room isn’t safe either.

The experiences of the Sakura and America players were cautionary tales.

“This par… no, what will Mr. Sampudi choose?”

“He doesn’t know what’s happening outside, I think it’s very likely he’ll go in.”

“I’m a bit excited, but also a little scared.”

“I think he shouldn’t go in, the previous Sakura player agreed to the ritual and still died.”

“True, too dangerous!”

“Danger comes with opportunity! If we cower, how will we ever surpass Kyushu?!”

“Exactly, not to mention the extra‑civilizational invasion in three years!”

Countless Indians began to debate.

But on the whole, those who ‘hoped Sampudi would enter the Marriage Room’ were in the majority.

Just as they said, if he didn’t enter, how could they surpass Kyushu? How would they resist the extra‑civilizational threat in three years?

Suddenly.

Sampudi moved!

Yes, because he didn’t know what had happened to the Sakura and American players.

The instant he saw the Marriage Room, his face lit up with excitement and he rushed forward without hesitation.

At this.

The Indians stopped debating at once.

They stared tensely at Sampudi’s figure.

* * *

“A woman! There’s a woman behind the door!”

Sampudi’s eyes were slightly bloodshot now.

It was as if a demon wanted to spring out of his heart.

Know that he was over thirty and had never even touched a woman’s hand; to solve those urges he had even secretly snatched the neighbor’s dog…

And now all he had to do was open a door to get a wife, how could he not be excited?

“Click!”

He opened the door without a second thought.

What met his eyes was a desert‑like place.

The wind was very strong, so visibility was low.

But he could still vaguely make out a slender figure not far away.

“Darling!”

He shouted to the figure.

“…”

Hearing him, the figure slowly turned and walked toward Sampudi.

But as it drew closer and closer, Sampudi’s expression shifted from excitement to dullness.

Because what appeared before him was not the fair, beautiful alien beauty he imagined, but a monster with a lizard’s head and a human body.

“Hiss—hiss—”

The lizard woman flicked her tongue and rasped, “You are my husband?”

* * *

Seeing this, India’s citizens instantly went ashen, as if plunged into an ice cave.

“Oh God, why is it such a terrifying monster?”

“Damn pariah, why is his luck so bad! We’re finished, disaster is coming to India!”

“I—I don’t want to die!”

“Damn it, pariah is pariah, if it were me, a Brahmin (upper caste), the match would surely be a beauty in line with human aesthetics!”

“Officials, hurry and set up measures to protect the high castes!”

“Where’s the army! Get over to my villa and protect me now!”

The Indians panicked.

Especially the high castes like Brahmins and Kshatriyas (upper caste).

They had already begun looking for ways to leave India.

However, just then.

One person’s words calmed the Indians down.

“Wait, look, that pariah doesn’t seem afraid?”

Not afraid?

The Indians were puzzled.

Even through a screen, they didn’t dare make eye contact with the lizard person, so why wasn’t Sampudi afraid?

Thinking that, they looked back at the stream.