A Game for Everyone: God-Level Talent is Achieved Through Rolling In.

Lan Xiangyuan took a deep breath, gave the fisherman some silver, and then casually glanced around. Finding nothing amiss, she simply left the dock and headed towards the city.

Instead of going to the place Queen Mary had agreed to, she tried to turn into deserted alleyways.

His figure moved between one NPC after another, his gaze appearing and disappearing intermittently, but always returning after a short while.

Lan Xiangyuan felt a chill in her heart. She gripped an exquisite scroll in her hand, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in her eyes, before turning and entering the alley.

As she passed by, a player wearing a cloak slowly appeared and quickly followed Lan Xiangyuan into the alley.

The alley was a dead end, and Lan Xiangyuan was nowhere to be seen.

The player was startled, and then felt the cold blade of a dagger pressed against his throat, sending shivers down his spine.

Lan Xiangyuan slowly emerged from her concealment and asked coldly, "Who are you? Why are you following me?"

As he spoke, his hand reached for his hood.

The man tried to dodge, but it was too late; his hood was pulled down, revealing his face.

Looking at the familiar face in front of her, Lan Xiangyuan raised an eyebrow and immediately relaxed.

"You fucking sneaked back, fine, but you're playing cat and mouse with me! You've got quite the acting addiction!"

Beneath the hood was clearly Nie Wan's face.

She smiled and pursed her lips: "Wasn't this just to test whether you've made any progress lately?"

"Do you need to test whether I've improved or not?!"

As she spoke, she tilted her head slightly and pointed to the pair of earrings on her ears.

"I've been leveling up diligently lately. Although I haven't reached level 30 yet, thanks to the deceptive effect of the cloak, I can already equip it even if I'm five levels higher. I haven't let you down after all your deep affection for me."

"Hmm." Nie Wan nodded with a smile. "Indeed, it was worth it when I saw the attributes and knew it was suitable for you, so I specially reserved it for you."

Lan Xiangyuan's smile froze, and she slowly turned her head away.

"You... is there anything else you're busy with? Do you want to go to a dungeon with me? I'm just about to pick up that bomb-wielding little girl you handpicked to join the guild."

When Nie Wan heard the words "appointed to join the association," her eyes flickered.

Seeing this made Lan Xiangyuan's heart sink even further.

"I have some tasks to do, so I won't go for now. You keep leveling up."

"You should be the one working harder. I almost slit your throat. I'm starting to wonder if you're some kind of imposter."

Lan Xiangyuan said casually, glancing at the other person's stiff back for a moment, and smiled.

"Just kidding, don't take it to heart. I'm counting on you to explore the new dungeon for me and get me some awesome items!"

With that, she waved her hand and said, "Go on with your work, I won't see you off."

Seeing Nie Wan nod and disappear in an instant, Lan Xiangyuan clenched her fists slightly. There had to be a beginning to leaving the alley to pick up Queen Mary.

Queen Mary, who always had a head, was already waiting for her at the agreed place.

This little bomb girl truly lived up to her name now. Not only did she have a ring of explosive packs hanging around her waist, but another explosive pack was wrapped around her chest and back like a sash, cinching at her right waist and tied in a rather exaggerated bow.

Lan Xiangyuan raised an eyebrow: "Those who know you went on a mission, but those who don't would think you just came back from an oil-rich country."

Queen Mary chuckled and said, "All fear comes from insufficient firepower. I feel much safer with firepower on my person."

"I don't feel very safe walking next to you, so put everything away! Dressed like this, aren't you afraid that NPC soldiers will arrest you on the street!"

Queen Mary, who had to reach an end, finally realized that Lan Xiangyuan's tone was off.

"What's wrong, sis? You seem a little angry today."

"It's not anger, it's anxiety."

"What are you anxious about?"

Lan Xiangyuan glanced at her: "With someone like you, who's full of explosives, sticking to me like this, what do you think I have to be anxious about?"

Queen Mary had to give a chuckle and obediently put away all the explosives.

Lan Xiangyuan strode towards the dock, secretly activating her "Whisper of the Wind" skill to carefully sense her surroundings.

That familiar, annoying gaze is back again.

Lan Xiangyuan clenched her fist tightly in her sleeve until the small boat left the harbor and that persistent gaze disappeared, only then did she quietly breathe a sigh of relief.

Turning my head, I saw Queen Mary—there has to be a head for this—and I was lost in thought, staring at the sea. I couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking at?"

"It was the first time I saw the sea, and I longed to go there."

Lan Xiangyuan asked curiously, "You didn't grow up in Z City, so how come you've never seen the sea?"

Queen Mary, with a slight shift in her gaze, shrugged and smiled, "My family was poor, so of course I've never seen the sea."

Lan Xiangyuan nodded gently, apologized, then turned to look at the sea and exhaled softly.

Queen Mary must have a past. They had already investigated her background thoroughly: she lost her father at the age of seven, her mother remarried, and she lived with her brother, who was ten years older than her.

But when he was twelve, his older brother disappeared without a trace.

She continued to receive financial support from the Song family until she was admitted to university this year.

She was also a person with a tragic fate, and Lan Xiangyuan felt a little sorry for her.

However, this little girl is quite wild and probably doesn't want others to feel any pity or sympathy for her.

Thinking back to what happened in the alley earlier, she frowned slightly and opened her private messages to look at her interface with Nie Wan.

Nie Wan had previously mentioned that she was going to the Spirit Clan, but due to the different spaces they were in, they couldn't chat or communicate via private messages.

but now……

The interface does indeed show that the other party is now in a callable state, no longer showing a light gray, uncommunicable state as before.

She frowned slightly, and instead of sending a private message, she quietly asked me, "Is Liuguang unfair?"

Is Youyuehan on your friends list?

Just as I was about to receive this message, I was quite puzzled.

Of course she did, otherwise how could she have ambushed me!

The thought that if I hadn't been careless and lost Jingzhou back then, I wouldn't have been controlled by her, and I wouldn't be in this miserable situation of being controlled and forced to pull a cart makes me grit my teeth.

Lan Xiangyuan ignored his last sentence and only asked, "If so, check your contact list to see what her status is."

I don't understand what "time flies and light doesn't return" means.

What is a state?

He glanced up and replied.

[It's still the same as before; we're not in the same time or space, so we can't contact each other.]

[What happened? Did she come back to life over there?]

Lan Xiangyuan remained silent.

I found it strange that she hadn't replied to me for so long.

Why aren't you saying anything?

[Could You Yuehan have really come back to life on your end?]

Hey, hey, hey, reply to me!