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Chapter 10: When fellow villagers meet, it’s all about acting skills
「Name: Stephanie Burton (Su Xueqi)」

"Race: Humanity"

"Ability: Rock Turtle Bodybuilding Technique (Beginner)"

"Hint: When you see two names, you should have realized the problem. Yes, the person in front of you is a rookie colleague, but he has a background, and you... are even more powerful. You have cheats!"

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"I actually met other replacers so soon, and they seem to be newcomers too?" Rorschach suddenly felt something strange.

To some extent, this can be considered as a meeting of fellow villagers, but it is a pity that they cannot recognize each other, let alone shed tears.

According to the man in the top hat, the chance of encountering other swappers in this world is actually quite low.

The reason is very simple. Although the gray area does not exist in a planetary structure like the blue planet, its area is astonishingly large.

The known areas alone are no less than the land area of ​​the Blue Water Planet. In addition, the initial identities of the replacers are randomly dropped into any area. Even if they agree to meet each other, they may be far away from each other.

Moreover, the number of replacers is very limited. Although no one knows the total number, it is still a very small group of people.

Coupled with the high mortality rate, the number of replacements who can ultimately gain a foothold in this world is even smaller.

In this situation, it is not easy to meet other replacers.

But Rorschach happened to meet him, and it was a colleague who didn't seem to be much more senior than him.

However, the other party obviously had no way of knowing that Rorschach was a substitute.

Whether in the Gray Domain or on the Blue Water Star, the Substitutes cannot easily discover that each other is also a Substitute.

It is a little easier to judge on the Blue Water Star, because as long as the other party has power beyond the normal range, he is most likely a replacer.

But this trick doesn't work in the gray area.

Unless they had told each other their identities on the Blue Water Star, or through some idiomatic expressions that did not conform to the Gray Domain style, it would be possible to notice the difference.

Otherwise, you won’t be able to judge even if you meet face to face.

This was the case with the non-senior colleague in front of Rorschach. She would never have thought that there was another replacer in front of her.

But Rorschach is different. From the current situation, he can easily find other replacers with his trash talk eyes.

It's the same whether it's on the Blue Water Planet or in the Gray Domain.

Before he became a swapper, he had already noticed something unusual about the man in the top hat, and now he can even see his dual identities right here. It's pure cheating.

"Is this the joy of a player with open eyes?" Rorschach now understood what this strange feeling was.

This feeling of the enemy being in the light and we being in the dark is really good.

Although the rookie colleague in front of him might not necessarily be an enemy, the one-sided information gap did make Rorschach feel like he had everything under control.

"Why don't you say hello to Senior Arthur? Do I need to teach you this?" Claus poked his sister's waist and reminded her in a low voice.

"Good afternoon, Senior Arthur." The rookie colleague named Su Xueqi no longer dared to act willfully when facing Rex, the 'Bronze Knight'.

It is not difficult for Luo Xia to see that Su Xueqi's previous willfulness and eccentricity were mostly acting, mostly to better fit the personality of her predecessor.

But unless she had a problem with her brain, she would not continue to act willful in front of a strong man who could decide her life and death. Otherwise, if something went wrong, she would really have to stay here forever.

It is true that the substitutes have dual identities, but they do not have two lives.

No matter where you die, it is real death, there is no chance of luck.

"Don't be nervous. I asked you to come here mainly because you and I are of the same age. You should have a lot in common and can communicate."

Rex smiled and said, "He has lived in the mountains since he was young. He doesn't know much about the outside world and doesn't have many opportunities to communicate with people of his age. If there are any misunderstandings, please bear with me."

"I see." Clauser said quickly, "Don't worry, Senior Arthur. Although Stephanie seems unreliable, the children at home like to go and play with her when she is at home. She is definitely very patient."

"That's good."

Rex nodded slightly, then nodded to Rorschach, letting him move freely.

Rorschach did not refuse this time. He knew that Rex also wanted to train him to prevent him from leaving the village and not even daring to communicate with outsiders.

Furthermore, with Rex's strength, there is no need to worry that anything might happen to him under his nose.

To put it bluntly, if these people really had any bad intentions, Rex could kill them all in a breath, and not even a fly would be able to escape.

If Rorschach could encounter any more accidents in this situation, he might as well just slit his own throat instead of going back to give any explanation.

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"Hello, nice to meet you again, my name is Rorschach."

When following Su Xueqi to the other side of the camp, Rorschach looked a little 'shy' as he introduced himself to this rookie fellow.

From his words and actions, he really is like a teenager who has just walked out of the mountains. He seems unfamiliar and curious about everything.

"Stephanie. Stephanie Burton."

Facing Luo Xia, the 'young master' who has a bronze knight as his teacher, Su Xueqi naturally did not dare to take it lightly and introduced herself, "The one just now is my brother. Although he looks a bit mercenary, he is actually a good person."

"Oh, you mean Brother Claus?" Rorschach said in a daze, "Does he look like a philistine? I think he's a nice guy."

Luo Xia's silly look finally made Su Xueqi not as nervous as before, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

She was indeed nervous before.

How could she not know the strength of the Bronze Knight?

In the Gray Domain, the Burton family she was born into was a blood family with a heritage, and the bloodline inherited by the Burton family was the ancient rock turtle.

Among the ancient strange beasts, the Rock Turtle can only be considered as a mid-level beast, but in terms of defense alone, it is stronger than many of the upper-level beasts!

The current patriarch of the Burton family, Chigu Burton, is a bronze knight with the blood of ancient rock turtles. He is only in his sixties, which is definitely the prime of life for a blood knight!
Due to limited medical resources, the average life expectancy of ordinary people in the Gray Domain is over sixty years old, but the average life expectancy of Blood Knights is one hundred and twenty years old!

Not only that, once you break through to the gold level, you can break the lifespan limit in one fell swoop!
It is said that the longest-lived Golden Knight can live to over 200 years old, and even for the shorter ones, living to 180 years old is basically no problem.

This is already three times the lifespan of an ordinary person!
For the patriarch of the Burton family, he certainly had never even thought about the gold level, but even so, he had at least a lifespan of 120 years.

He is in his early sixties, isn't he in the prime of his life?

The Iron Wall Chamber of Commerce he founded is now one of the top three chambers of commerce in Rock City, where the Burton family is based.

If he could go one step further and break through the silver level one day, the Burton family might have a chance to return to the top.

Because the first patriarch of the Burton family was a Silver Knight.

Su Xueqi and her current eldest brother Clause are both collateral descendants of the Burton family, but because Clause successfully advanced to Black Iron through blood fusion, their branch of the family has a place in the Burton family.

In the talent test, Su Xueqi was found to have an above-average match with the ancient rock turtle bloodline, which even alarmed the leader of the Qigu tribe.

You know, the blood matching degree is closely related to the success rate of blood fusion and the future development degree.

Although it is not absolute, a higher degree of match often means a higher chance of going further.

Clause's blood matching degree was only medium to low at the beginning, but since the blood fusion was successful, Su Xueqi's medium to high matching degree naturally has a higher probability!
After all, the Qi Gu tribe leader had been an upper-middle match at the beginning, which laid the foundation for him to get to where he is today.

If nothing unexpected happens, Su Xueqi will most likely become a bronze knight like Chief Qi Gu in the future.

Claus has high hopes for this sister.

Not only him, even their clan leader would occasionally personally instruct Su Xueqi in the Rock Turtle Body Building Technique, just to help her succeed in blood fusion as soon as possible.

In this situation, Su Xueqi certainly knew how terrifying the strength of a bronze knight was, and this was only one aspect.

In fact, Su Xueqi's background is far more complicated than that.

As early as when she was on the Blue Water Star, she was already familiar with the Bronze Knight's strength, but she had only recently successfully awakened his spirit.

This is her second replacement after the awakening of her soul. She has also passed the most difficult hurdle for novice replacers and successfully passed it.

Next, if nothing unexpected happens, it shouldn't take long for her to successfully fuse her blood and become a true blood knight!
Meeting Rorschach was just a small episode for her.

(End of this chapter)