“Hey, Ah Luo, you’re back!”
Ye Shuangluo was sitting on the sofa, watching a strategy video he found online, when he suddenly heard the voice of his good buddy (and tool man). He turned his head to look.
He saw his good buddy carrying a fish almost twice his size, grinning foolishly at him.
Beside Huo Ling was a young man in a white school uniform, exuding an extraordinary aura.
Noticing Ye Shuangluo’s gaze, the young man took the initiative to introduce himself.
“Hello, senior. My name is Ye Buxie. We’re from the same family. On the way back, Brother Ling mentioned you. I hope we can…”
The young man had a sunny smile on his face, and there was a natural affinity about him that made people want to get close.
But before he could finish his introduction, Ye Shuangluo hurriedly rushed back to his room.
The young man’s hand, halfway extended, hung awkwardly in the air. Fortunately, Huo Ling quickly smoothed things over.
“Uh, Ah Luo has a bit of a strange personality, but he’s actually a good person. You’ll understand once you get to know him.”
“I see…”
Ye Buxie forced a smile, his thoughts unknown.
Inside the room
As soon as he entered the room, Ye Shuangluo immediately grabbed [Pluto].
It was hot, so hot that he almost dropped it on the floor.
The moment Ye Buxie appeared, [Pluto] expressed its desire.
[I want his soul! I want his soul! I want his soul!]
[Pluto] was always picky, only selecting a few strong souls to imprison after Ye Shuangluo killed his enemies.
This was the first time he saw [Pluto] so eager for someone’s soul.
What was so special about Ye Buxie?
Ye Shuangluo recalled, though it was just a fleeting glance.
But he could sense that Ye Buxie’s strength was quite average.
Unless he was hiding his true power.
Still, it didn’t make sense.
When he encountered Shan Ren before, [Pluto] didn’t react like this.
This indicated that [Pluto]’s desire seemed unrelated to strength.
Ye Shuangluo frowned, unable to understand why [Pluto] was so interested in Ye Buxie.
He could even feel [Pluto] acting spoiled.
It was like taking a usually silent and introverted child to a mall. The child’s toys had always been high-quality, luxurious brand-name toys.
But this time, at the mall, they encountered a roughly made, unattractive off-brand toy.
Yet the child suddenly grabbed his hand, refusing to leave, begging:
“Dad, I want this one, please buy it for me~”
Ye Shuangluo could only gently stroke [Pluto] with his fingers, constantly soothing it:
“Calm down, I’ll find an opportunity.”
As he continued to soothe it, [Pluto] finally returned to its usual state.
After putting it back around his neck, Ye Shuangluo began to think about what to do next.
First, he needed to go to Xia City with the filial son Bai Ge to celebrate his father’s birthday.
And check out the faction shop for any good items.
[Faction Merit: 2500 points]
These were the merits he earned from killing core and peripheral members of “Eternal Night.”
According to the system prompt, the faction shop of “Dawn” was at their headquarters in Xia City.
He could complete the side quest and see if the shop had anything he needed.
After returning from Xia City, he would need about a week to grind out some daily achievements.
Then he would prepare for the more challenging achievements.
Thinking of this, Ye Shuangluo opened his computer and typed “Zhou Boyu” into the search bar.
It was impossible not to be curious about the man who recommended him to join “Dawn.”
Even among the people of “Eternal Night,” Zhou Boyu was highly revered.
[Zhou Boyu, one of the Ten Days, the strongest Ability User in the Divine Weapon category, leader of the first combat team of Dawn’s action group, honorary chairman of Dawn’s executive committee]
[The “Ten Days”: Every ten years, the Human Federation selects the ten strongest individuals among all humans and bestows this title upon them]
[Zhou Boyu’s main achievements: Shooting the Northern Wolf King, the Calamity Dragon, the Gale Lord, the Soul-Devouring Demon Jiao…]
Even after reading it countless times, Ye Shuangluo still marveled at the impressive achievements.
Ye Shuangluo opened his achievement interface and looked at his challenge achievements.
35 challenge achievements, excluding five that didn’t require combat.
There were still 30 challenge achievements left.
Simply put, Ye Shuangluo needed to hunt 30 monsters in the future, and Zhou Boyu had killed 25 of them.
“Truly impressive.”
Ye Shuangluo admired such a diligent person.
When he first looked up the “Ten Days,” he also checked the achievements of the other nine.
And found that Zhou Boyu was indeed unique.
The other nine had killed disaster-level ghost stories that were included in Zhou Boyu’s 25.
Next, Ye Shuangluo thought for a moment and typed “White Ghost Lord” into the search bar.
The browser immediately displayed: “No information found on White Ghost Lord. Did you mean White Rose Bath Soap?”
There was no information about it online, so he deleted “White Ghost Lord” from the search bar and started searching for the other four.
But the result was still nothing.
There was no information about these five monsters.
“How strange, these 30 monsters should be of the same level. Why can I find information on the other 25 but not these five?”
Ye Shuangluo couldn’t understand why there was no information about these five monsters and the ghost stories that spawned them.
They were disaster-level monsters, capable of destroying a country if left unchecked.
Once they appeared, they were bound to cause a global sensation.
Unless… they hadn’t been born yet.
A flash of inspiration hit Ye Shuangluo, and this thought crossed his mind.
Having been with “Dawn” for so long, he naturally knew the purpose of their arch-enemy “Eternal Night.”
Simply put, they wanted to destroy the world and send all of humanity, including themselves, to hell.
A bunch of standard anti-humanity extremists.
To destroy the world, they created countless ghost stories.
The last “Rat Immortal” ghost story was their handiwork.
But the creator of “Rat Immortal” had been killed by him and was now one of his Wraith Soldiers.
To be honest, he always felt this world was very twisted.
Just by making up stories, one could create ghost stories. Once they were born, they couldn’t be completely destroyed.
According to Ye Shuangluo’s calculations, this world should have been destroyed long ago.
Yet, not only had it not been destroyed, it was even thriving.
Its various technology trees were far more advanced than those of the Main World.
As he was pondering, the faction channel suddenly buzzed.
[Great Moon Empire Master: Teammates in Luo City, be careful from now on]
[Great Moon Empire Master: I just got ambushed, and I heard teammates in Xia City also got ambushed]
[Great Moon Empire Master: They didn’t gain anything from us, so they’ll definitely come for you next. Be careful]
[Poor Enchanter: Yes, boohoo, they were so scary, I want to go home]
Ye Shuangluo looked at the messages from his remaining two teammates and nodded.
“Looks like the Luck attribute is useful after all. I’m the last one they’ll come for.
Do they think they should pick the softest target first…”
Ye Shuangluo’s face showed a gentle smile, but suddenly the [Pluto] around his neck started heating up again.
[I want! I want! I want!]
“I know, I know, I’ll find a chance to kill him later, stop rushing me.”
Ye Shuangluo sighed. It really was troublesome. [Mortal Kill] was still better.
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