Is the person you sculpt as cute as me?

But it still comes back to the old problem. As long as the port can be opened, the market will expand a hundredfold or a thousandfold, and everything will be fine.

After storing their harvest, they headed towards the guild territory.

……

On the way, Yu Man mentioned this matter casually.

"Speaking of which, Xiaolu, I'm handing the guild over to Yago tonight, and then we'll be quitting the guild soon."

"...Well, I understand."

Xiaolu is a sharp and sensitive girl.

But Yu Man was not bad in this regard either, as he captured her undisguised sense of loss.

This is a bit strange... She knew she was going to leave from the beginning, but she has developed some feelings for this guild?

"It's not about feelings, it just feels... a little strange," Xiaolu explained. "I've become a little familiar with the place, and I can remember a few names, but then I have to say goodbye."

"It's okay. In their eyes, you're just a lowly man who keeps asking for girls. They don't have any feelings for you."

"That's good, this is what I pursue!"

The little deer was proud for a moment, but his face soon turned soft again.

"Actually, I feel like I have a... how should I put it? A home in this world—well, a place to go back to is the guild territory."

She pointed to the buildings that could be seen in the distance and the bustle that could be felt within them.

"Even though we didn't participate in the construction and only gave lip service, having a place to return to... makes me feel at ease."

she continued.

"Eel, think about it. There's no hotel or anything like that in the main city. Everyone logs off when they want to rest, or sleeps on the floor somewhere... or they just use the warehouses and trading houses as their homes. There's no real place to call home. Isn't that strange? There's not even a place to rent."

Yu Man felt the same way: "Yeah, but even with low-rent housing, life is still pretty tight and uncomfortable."

"...No, no, no, I'm not talking about your real life." Xiaolu looked nervous, as if he had stepped on a landmine.

"Don't worry, I know what you're saying. I'm just agreeing with you. This feeling would be happier in reality. Because... you also gave me and the Triple Crown a beautiful place to live. I understand the disparity."

Seeing that Xiaolu lowered his head and didn't say anything, Yu Man continued to express his understanding.

"Well, if you kicked us out suddenly, we would definitely feel as lost as you do now."

"I won't..."

"Speaking of which, it's not like we don't have the authority to come back after leaving the guild. Since we have such a good relationship with Yago, can't we come here whenever we want?"

"That's good……"

Yu Man nodded and didn't talk about it anymore because they had already arrived at the guild territory.

But the response she didn't say out loud and kept in her heart was still slowly accumulating.

Just as she and Cat Senior knew, just as she had introduced it to Xiaolu under the guise of the official website... just as she had always thought.

Just as the game tells players at the very beginning.

Guild territories can not only be built in the main city.

The isolated islands overseas are waiting for all players to arrive and conquer.

Yu Man wanted to have a real home in this world... a real home.

106 The last step

In this way, the days passed one by one.

The world is always changing, and this is also true in the old world.

……

The interview video recording Yu Man making ice cubes and Xiao Lu cutting them in half is still very popular on the Internet.

In fact, it is almost a semi-official promotional video, and as a typical representative video of "introducing the game", it has been circulating around the world.

But because of this, after watching it so many times, people always feel less attracted to it.

The once famous eels, fried dough sticks, and the "Xiankan" guild they established are no longer seasonal vegetables and have lost their freshness.

About it - the last piece of news that came into the eyes of the world was the "change of president" that everyone had known for a long time.

Instead, every day a different player achieves a new feat.

They keep moving forward in the old world and achieve achievements far beyond others.

Then, post it on social media and forums, spark huge discussions, and enjoy the attention that comes with being at the center of a storm.

For example, ten days ago—

"I upgraded my Adventurer class to level four. I'm a stonemason. I successfully mined the ancient boulders in the illegal area, had a fortuitous encounter, and harvested an unprecedented amount of sixth-level enchanting materials."

Someone once said this and posted a screenshot of the sixth-level enchanting materials they accidentally obtained.

This breaks the long-held belief that the highest income in the Novice Island and the Main City area is level 5. Therefore, as an exploration of the game content, it is a great improvement.

In addition, looking around the world, people believed that this stonemason was the first to obtain sixth-level materials, so his name immediately became like the eldest brother in this field, and he became famous as a pioneer.

However, this piece of news was only a hot topic for two days.

Eight days ago—

"Thanks to everyone's support, I was lucky enough to get a Tier 4 dungeon ticket from the dungeon's rainbow chest. I gathered all the members together and, as luck would have it, I found another rainbow chest... and as a result, I got a Tier 5 piece of equipment, a world first."

A player posted this picture on social media, and it immediately went viral and became the latest hot topic.

It was a piece of armor that looked very impressive and even had a skill of its own.

But this incident caused some controversy.

The very few players who claimed to be residents of Shimlabakken all looked down on the so-called "first acquisition in the world" with disdain, because equipment of this level was already worn by people on the streets of their main city not long after the server was launched.

These controversies were nothing more than minor ripples, which were soon drowned out by the passage of time.

Six days ago——

"I received a strange mission, and the description makes me feel uneasy. Does anyone know the same thing as me?"

"Thank you for your attention. I've completed this quest, which involves forging a so-called soul weapon. I received a truly remarkable item..."

"I didn't lie to you, I didn't make it up. Your questions make me very uneasy. Why do you want me to disclose the trigger conditions?"

"Also, I'm definitely not the first one to get it. I didn't get the rainbow achievement, so I won't shamelessly say that I'm the best in the world."

Some people, through long-term efforts and perseverance, have allocated their expertise to the same project and obtained the task of forging soul weapons.

Moreover, its appearance was revealed on the Internet for the first time, becoming brand new content for players.

Everyone is guessing the conditions for triggering the mission, and the excitement has not subsided to this day.

Therefore, the only thing that could be compared to its level of discussion was what happened four days ago—

"Our team successfully cleared the fifth-tier dungeon and achieved the world's first kill in #RainbowAchievement, #OldWorld, and #PVE."

Everyone therefore understood that the level 3 dungeon, which was once considered difficult, was actually just an introductory content, and that the difficulty level would continue to increase endlessly, with level 5 being the biggest hurdle at present.

In addition to the overwhelming congratulations and discussions, there are also some words that are drowned out by countless saliva and go unnoticed.

"I have a friend who said that their guild leader takes new members on a 5.1 team dungeon, and then leads ten new members to the dungeon as a boss. Isn't your tier 5 solo dungeon just a one-on-one dungeon?"

Because the discussion was so extensive, this reply was squeezed into a narrow boundary and no one even came to ridicule it.

And now——

"Miaowo... look." Senior Cat was very serious, explaining the latest forum trends to the spirit-depleted Yu Man. "Look, this player named Di Dali is one of the three founders of Miaowo. He's a very evil guy."

"……What."

Yu Man is now soaking in the bathtub. She is not in a good state, like a gloomy beauty surrounded by nightmares.

The warm water moisturized her skin and soul, trying to save her mental state, but it didn't work.

Even though they got enough sleep every day, after ten days of intense work, both she and Xiaolu were exhausted. Therefore, taking a bath like this, being able to stop thinking was the best way to recover.

But Senior Cat kept chattering...

Yu Man stared numbly at her whiskers, her cat mouth that she always looked down upon, and her moving cat ears.

"Meow Wo, that's the story exploration guild, very famous... you know it, right?"

"Yes."

"One of their founders, Di Dali, published a paper in a top journal that caused a huge stir in both academia and the gaming world."

"Oh."

It seems... there was something like this early in the first episode... but it doesn't matter.

Senior Cat continued, "Die Dali is a very prominent university tycoon in real life. His obsession with the Old World was already big news, but he's made significant progress in the game, even discovering the existence of the 'Old World language' and writing a major paper on the subject."

"and then?"

"The entire paper describes the Old World language, introducing and analyzing it... He's working hard to collect plots and more samples in order to decipher this language. But the key point is... He said this language... could not be created by mere humans - just like the game "Old World"."

That’s indeed the case... Yu Man wiped her face and sank into the hot water again to blow bubbles.

Senior Cat kept talking: "This paper is so valuable that it has been widely discussed until now..."

“Gulp gulp…Puff puff puff.”

"Also, someone is fundraising and is close to establishing a second guild. Furthermore, someone is about to conclude negotiations with the local government to jointly build a shipyard and begin shipbuilding...someone is even close to acquiring the land."

Listening to Senior Cat's words, Yu Man just felt it was noisy.

But Senior Cat was worried about himself and Yu Man.

She wanted to catch up on the progress and yelled at Yu Man to continue working on the content... This way, she would have the chance to return to that world and make up for her regrets... and both worlds would have the chance to find the right path and no longer be trapped in a cycle of reset.

But no matter how angry he was inside, what he said was just a string of concern.

"Xiao Man, don't go play games tonight. Let's watch TV at home and chat? Or have a good night's sleep? Because... you've looked exhausted every day for the past half month."

"I'm a little tired, but it's okay." Yu Man yawned.

Although I don’t like to hear Senior Cat talking about other people’s achievements, words of concern can nourish the soul.

Wiping away the tears, Yu Man said casually: "Aren't you going to ask what we are busy with recently?"

"I don't dare ask... You seem so secretive and unwilling to talk, and you seem to be so exhausted every day as if you were oppressed by a vampire."

Senior Cat had been observing Yu Man's expressions, not wanting to put more pressure on her. But today was a rare opportunity, and since they finally had a bath together, she finally said a few more words, unable to resist urging her to make progress...

But——Yu Man did not let her down.

Yu Man said: "We have been playing a seventh-level dungeon these days. It is a little difficult, so all our energy has been spent on it, but I am very happy." It is a fulfilling exhaustion, not a tired exhaustion.

"...Level 7?"

"I also played a 7.1 game. Luckily it was a story puzzle game, otherwise I probably wouldn't have been able to clear it if I had to fight. But as my specialization gets higher and higher, I can get a piece of equipment every now and then. It's getting easier."

"...Wait... isn't that... the equivalent of rank eight?! You... you guys cleared it..." Senior Cat's eyes widened, meowing instinctively, mixed with understandable human speech, "You cleared the rank eight dungeon? And it's been less than a month since the server opened... now?"

Yu Man nodded, thinking that this was natural.

Both she and Xiaolu obtained extremely powerful soul weapons, in addition to the abundant expertise they had accumulated over time.

Although it is a 7.1 copy, it is only at the single-player level, and the two of them together are barely enough to beat it.

When the server was first launched, she was helping to clear the ruins in the main city of Shimlabakken. There was a 4.4 difficulty copy, which was also equivalent to level eight. She didn't feel hopeless at that time.

"You're a PVP player, Senior Cat. There's no need to be so surprised. This is just a single-player advanced content in PVE."

This was Yu Man's favorite area, so she was happy to chat more.

"From now on, soloing a tier 10 raid will only be a threshold for high-level players. Soloing an epic raid is impressive, but it's just one of the entry-level tests for those who complete it. Not to mention tier 10.4... the equivalent of tier 14... and—the Three Secrets... and the Final Land."

Senior Cat listened quietly, and every time Yu Man mentioned something new, his tone would change slightly.

Was that the result of her insights from her journey in episode one?

After a long pause, Senior Cat could only ask, "Which one is harder, this or my three consecutive championships?"