Xu Mo: ?
What was this? He had just logged in, and someone was already looking for trouble?
The door opened a crack, and Wan Qianhong’s cautious voice drifted in from outside.
“Are you asleep?”
“Yes,” Xu Mo replied honestly.
Logically speaking, Bai Feifei was indeed in a deep sleep right now.
But Wan Qianhong outside clearly didn't appreciate his sense of humor. After a few seconds of silence, she pushed the door open and walked right in.
Upon entering, she saw Bai Feifei sitting broadly on the bed, one small foot resting on the nightstand, her jacket draped over her shoulders.
For such a delicate and moving girl, her posture made her look exactly like a bandit king.
Looking at this jarring contrast, Wan Qianhong couldn't help but cover her face.
“You’re a girl. Don't you ever care about your image?”
“I care plenty. If you hadn't knocked, I was about to take my clothes off,” Xu Mo said, leaning back against the headboard with his hands behind his head and his legs crossed.
In his experience, when an important NPC in a game suddenly sought him out, it usually meant a new plot line was about to be triggered.
So, he asked proactively, “What is it? New developments regarding the anomalies beneath the mine?”
A flash of surprise crossed Wan Qianhong’s face. From her expression, it was clear Xu Mo had hit the mark.
With a long sigh, she spoke. “By all rights, you should be resting, but something has come up. I apologize for the intrusion.”
“First of all, I... I want to apologize to you.”
Xu Mo curled his lip and cut her off. “You know it’s an intrusion, and you came to apologize, yet you showed up empty-handed? That’s not very sincere.”
Wan Qianhong couldn't help but laugh. “Bai Feifei’s” current rogue-ish behavior actually helped her relax a bit under the tense circumstances.
She walked straight to the table, picked up Bai Feifei’s identity card, and tapped her own against it. After typing something into her phone, she tossed the silver card back to Xu Mo.
“Here.”
Xu Mo picked up the card and saw the data had been updated.
【Contribution Points: 306】
【Cash Balance: 100,000】
Bai Feifei had previously insisted on giving her remaining balance to the beef shop owner, but now Wan Qianhong had topped it up with a hundred thousand.
And the contribution points had been increased by a full three hundred!
“Ha! Why didn't you say so? Since you’re being sincere, there’s no need for apologies.” Out of respect for the cash, Xu Mo’s face instantly brightened, and he sat up a bit straighter on the bed.
In this game’s setting, a hundred thousand was a very significant sum.
In fact, he didn't even really know what Wan Qianhong had to apologize for.
“It’s not just about being sincere.” Wan Qianhong shook her head and pulled a golden disc out of her storage space.
“We investigated the large number of aberrant corpses by the mountainside and interviewed many miners.”
“It’s basically confirmed that you stopped the spread of that aberration and saved many people.”
Wan Qianhong looked at Bai Feifei with undisguised admiration.
To slaughter so many aberrations overnight as a rookie Scavenger... that workload was immense.
This girl might talk like a delinquent, but she clearly had strong convictions!
“You did well. Thank you for your hard work.”
“Consider this a reward for your merits. Take it.”
Xu Mo took the item. It was actually a gold-grade Cognition Filter!
This was the best item for protecting one’s Sanity; for a Scavenger, it was an absolute lifesaver.
Xu Mo had never started a game with such high-quality equipment before.
“Not bad! You’re actually willing to give this away?” He looked at Wan Qianhong, genuinely surprised.
“Consider it my personal apology.” Wan Qianhong smiled, then pointed toward the bed.
“May I... get on your bed?”
Xu Mo: ?!
Holy crap, what did he just hear?
Was he triggering a special CG?!
“You want to sleep with me?!” Xu Mo sat bolt upright, staring at Wan Qianhong as realization dawned on him.
“No wonder you’re at your age and still haven't found a man. So you have those kinds of tastes!”
Was he okay with it? Naturally, Xu Mo didn't mind.
The problem was that he was currently using Bai Feifei’s body—he was missing the necessary parts!
Dammit!!!
If he had known he’d transmigrate into the game this time, he wouldn't have chosen Bai Feifei’s body. What a waste!
After thinking it over, Xu Mo decided the meaning of life lay in experience. He patted the bed and said to Wan Qianhong, “I guess that works. Come on, I’ll accept the unspoken rules.”
“I’ve never tried this before, honestly.”
His combo of words was so fast that by the time Wan Qianhong realized what she had heard, it was already too late.
She was supposed to be a blood manipulator, but right now she couldn't control her own blood at all. It rushed to her head, and her face turned bright red within seconds!
She pointed a trembling finger at “Bai Feifei” and shrieked, “You... what kind of nonsense are you talking about?!”
“Shh—not so loud. The soundproofing in this room is mediocre at best,” Xu Mo said, placing a finger to his lips.
Wan Qianhong, her face flushed, covered her mouth and said, “I meant, can I sit on your bed to talk?!”
“What on earth is going on in that head of yours?! Bai Feifei, just how old are you?!”
“Oh, so it was a misunderstanding,” Xu Mo said with a hint of disappointment, scooting over to make room.
“You could have just sat down. Why use such ambiguous phrasing?”
...
Wan Qianhong sat on the edge of the bed, her mind unable to calm down for a moment. She couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh.
She had come here because the situation was urgent and she wanted to talk to Bai Feifei, who was the catalyst for all this, but the girl’s thunderous remarks had completely scrambled her thoughts.
“Stop sighing. Since you’re not here to sleep, what do you want?” Xu Mo asked.
“Watch your mouth!” Wan Qianhong didn't even dare look at Bai Feifei’s pretty face anymore.
Such a good girl, so how did she end up with the potential of a total rogue?
Forcing the conversation back to business, Wan Qianhong said, “What are your thoughts on the riot beneath the coal mine? Do you want to go down and investigate?”
“I’m already here, so I might as well take a look,” Xu Mo replied.
The level of whatever was down there was exceptionally high. He had played this game so many times and still didn't understand it.
Even the gaming community didn't know; it seemed to be a complete unsolved mystery.
Things were a bit different this time, so he naturally wanted to see. Even if he came back empty-handed, there were other aberrations to farm for experience and other good items down there.
Hearing her words, Wan Qianhong murmured, “Indeed. With something this big, how can we not investigate...”
As she spoke, her expression turned exceptionally grim. Xu Mo made a guess.
“Heh, let me guess. After you reported the news, did the Inner City tell you to bring me back and let someone else handle the mine?”
Wan Qianhong was starting to feel numb. This girl was so young, yet she always made such accurate and mature judgments about the situation.
“Yes... the higher-ups said that even if you stopped the aberration spread, the fact that you killed a colleague remains, and many suspicious points haven't been cleared up.”
“They told me to escort you back. But...”
The more Wan Qianhong spoke, the worse her expression became.
“The problems and the evil behind this mine are already so obvious. In the past, we could never move against it because of various complex reasons.”
“This time, your actions tore an opening. It was clearly a perfect opportunity, yet they won’t let us investigate.”
“The abnormal riot below is causing frequent, rhythmic earthquakes. I expect many things have already been destroyed. If we withdraw now, I’m afraid...”
Wan Qianhong couldn't go on, because she suddenly realized that every circumstance she was describing had already been predicted by Bai Feifei.
When the girl had forcibly killed Liu Yishou, she had said that if they spent all their time arguing over these things, it would just end up as a mess of bad accounts.
“Pfft,” Xu Mo sneered, not surprised at all. “I told you before.”
“In this situation, the justice you want can't be achieved through an investigation.”
Without realizing it, Wan Qianhong had begun to rely on Bai Feifei’s opinions. She subconsciously asked, “Then what can we rely on?”
“By killing!” Xu Mo said coldly.
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