One person: A fusion of Kizaru, the king of the trash-talking gang.

"Are you here to arrest me too?"

Putting down her phone, Chen Duo slowly raised her eyes, which were devoid of joy or sorrow. She looked quietly at what was in front of her, her gaze as calm as still water, showing neither joy at Jiang Bailan's arrival nor fear of him.

Just watching quietly... it was almost too calm for me.

She remembered Jiang Bailan; it was Jiang Bailan who gave her the right to choose for the first time, even though it was just a small thing like shaking hands. Chen Duo still remembered it.

That was her own choice.

“No,” Jiang Bailan said calmly as she slowly approached and turned off the team voice chat for the other person, “With your level of Chinese proficiency, it’s best not to use voice chat in this game…”

Chen Duo: "...So this sound can be turned off?"

Jiang Bailan: "...So, you just get scolded like this every day?"

Chen Duo: "Nods blankly."

Jiang Bailan: "...Cowboy coat!"

Nodding, she acknowledged that the other person had an excellent attitude. If it were Jiang Bailan being criticized like that, she would have quit long ago. It's a good thing she was able to hold on.

Putting everything else aside, their mental fortitude is top-notch.

“Chen Duo, I’m not here to arrest you…” Jiang Bailan walked over to the other person, sat down against the wall, and continued to speak while gazing at the fields and wheat fields outside the village.

After all, the two had known each other for a long time, and Chen Duo had no resistance to Jiang Bailan, but she also had no intention of speaking, and continued to play the game with her head down.

Jiang Bailan: "..."

Jiang Bailan glanced at the opponent's still-on-his-luck Li Bai, who had a score of 1-18, and said he simply couldn't stand it anymore. How could someone be so bad!

Sister, you're supposed to be an extraordinary person!

Don't embarrass us Outcasts!

"Together?" Jiang Bailan asked, taking out her phone, then added, "If you don't want to, that's fine too."

"Hmm?" Upon hearing the question, Chen Duo paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay!"

With Jiang Bailan's skill level, which allows her to solo against the cheat-like Gao Erzhuang, leading Chen Duo, a noob, in King of Glory would be a piece of cake.

In the next five or six games, Chen Duo didn't even get her first major item, while Jiang Bailan's Han Xin was already being ganked and killed by the opponent at the fountain. Almost every game ended in 10 minutes.

Glancing at Jiang Bailan's phone screen, which was slaying monsters, and then looking at her own Li Bai being killed by wild monsters, Chen Duo had a feeling that they were playing the same game.

However, Chen Duo wasn't stupid. Seeing Jiang Bailan's rampage, she gave up jungling and simply followed behind him, spamming her skills whenever she saw a low-health enemy.

Jiang Bailan: "...A human-headed dog?"

Chen Duo: Her eyes darted around, and she remained silent, but she still used her skills immediately when she was low on health.

Jiang Bailan: "..."

However, he didn't say anything more and just let Chen Duo take it.

On the contrary, Chen Duo, looking at the increasing number of heads, gradually revealed a smile on her lips.

This kid... how long has it been since he won?

Observing the changes, Jiang Bailan's face twitched, realizing that it was almost time.

He put away his phone, stood up, and raised his palm towards Chen Duoping. Endless, dazzling light slowly gathered, gradually condensing into a golden sphere in his palm.

【Radiant Purification: Using light elements for a baptism, it can purify all negative states in the target's body】

Chen Duo: "???"

"Woof woof!" Chen Junyan, the dog beside Chen Duo, barked loudly, baring its teeth and claws as if it were about to attack Jiang Bailan at any moment.

"Shut up!"

With a flash of light, a golden rope bound Chen Junyan's mouth, the other end of which was tied to Kun Kun, which Xiao Xiu had hooked. Whenever Kun Kun opened its mouth, the rope would tighten.

Chen Junyan: My Kunkun! You despicable humans!

However, Chen Junyan was sensible and didn't call out again.

After silencing Chen Junyan, Jiang Bailan turned to Chen Duo, whose brows were slightly furrowed and whose pretty face was full of doubt, and said, "Chen Duo, I have a way to remove the Gu poison from your body, allowing you to live freely like an ordinary person. Are you willing...?"

Jiang Bailan did not choose to forcibly remove the Gu body from the other party, but still gave Chen Duo the right to choose freely.

Just as he once said, Chen Duo's fate depends on herself, never on anyone else...

Jiang Bailan, you can't!

Liao Zhong is not allowed either!

But just like that... you only get one chance.

If Chen Duo refuses, Jiang Bailan will respect her choice, leave Biyou Village and no longer interfere in what happens next. He has already done more than enough for someone who just wants to give up.

After speaking, Jiang Bailan remained silent, simply holding the ball of light in his palm, quietly awaiting the other party's choice...

To live like an ordinary person...

Or perhaps she should leave this world that brought her so much misfortune forever...

Chen Duo stared blankly at what was in front of her.

A gentle breeze stirs across the vast grasslands and wheat fields, passing by the meandering, babbling river, and slowly making its way along the paths of Biyou Village, finally reaching a corner of this tranquil village.

He gently stroked Chen Duo's face, brushed aside her bangs, and touched the red earrings dangling from her earlobes.

Time stood still at that moment...

Chen Duo slowly lowered her hands, raised her head and stared in disbelief ahead, the other person's voice still echoing in her ears.

She never imagined that one day someone would suddenly tell her that her Gu body could be cured.

Chen Duo was confused.

She didn't know what to choose.

She never imagined that she could have freedom like an ordinary person.

In an instant, she felt that this gray world had become utterly unfamiliar!

For Chen Duo, the Holy Child with the Gu body, this world is bleak, lightless, and not worth cherishing...

But for Chen Duo, who is a human being, this world is unknown, confusing, and she doesn't know where she's going...

Looking out over the fields beyond Biyou Village, gazing at the towering mountains that block out everything, Chen Duo, leaning against the wall, fixed her gaze on that distant and boundless horizon...

A vast expanse of white enveloped her.

Chen Duo remembered Uncle Liao, who had "died" for her sake.

"I have no idea……"

When true, promised freedom is presented to Chen Duo, she is unable to make a choice...

"Ok?"

Upon hearing Chen Duo's voice, Jiang Bailan's expression turned somewhat speechless.

He never expected that Chen Duo would not choose to accept new life, nor choose to face death, but instead give him an unexpected answer.

Seeing the other person's bewildered face, Jiang Bailan probably understood the reason behind it.

A tragic and unfortunate life, an incurable poison, the company's strict control, the education of a normal person, a yearning for freedom, Liao Zhong's love...

These elements intertwined to form the current Gu-body Saint Child Chen Duo.

Perhaps it was because of the contradictions between these thoughts that Chen Duo made Liao Zhong take the Primal Gu, hoping that the only person who cared about her could kill her with his own hands and end this life she didn't want.

But now that she suddenly appears and tells Chen Duo that she can also live freely like a normal person, the other party naturally makes a choice.

Thinking of this, Jiang Bailan put away the ball of light in her hand and said to Chen Duo, "I will stay in Biyou Village for three days. You can come find me whenever you make your choice..."

After a pause, Jiang Bailan added, "But Chen Duo... I still want to say that as long as a person is alive, there is hope. Only a fool would think of dying..."