It was currently 7:30 in the evening.
There were still two and a half hours before the 10:00 boarding time.
There had actually been an earlier flight at 8:00.
The reason Lin Mo deliberately booked the 10:00 flight was because he planned to finish the Divine Might Tower quest with Ning Xi before heading to Zhuzhou.
After all, there was no internet on the plane, so they wouldn't be able to log into Divine Oracle.
And the Divine Might Tower quest was extremely important.
It would determine whether Ning Xi could earn 3.2 million reputation in the less than forty hours remaining, receive the tenfold reward bonus for clearing the Tenth Hall of Yama Hall, and obtain the SSS-rank hidden class advancement certificate.
Twenty minutes later, the two arrived at the foot of Black Wind Mountain.
Looking ahead, they saw a huge mountain range covered by endless dark energy.
Ning Xi looked up at the unseen peak hidden in the darkness and said, "Black Wind Stronghold should be at the top of this mountain."
"Yeah."
Looking at the large group of monsters, Black Demon Guards, standing in the black mist at the foot of the mountain, Lin Mo slowly took Illusory World: Wrath of Thunder off his back and said, "Let's charge all the way up in one go."
Ning Xi also raised the Heaven-Defying Staff in her hand.
"Okay!"
———
[Inferno City]
A flash of white light fell.
[Ding! Player Yu Jin, welcome back to the world of Divine Oracle!]
After spending the entire day in the real world handling the sale of his company, Yu Jin finally found some time to log in.
Just then, he unexpectedly noticed an unread system notification from a little after eleven that morning.
[Ding! Your talent, Origin of All Things, has been restored!]
Yu Jin froze.
He immediately opened his talent panel to check.
After confirming that his talent had really returned, he said excitedly, "The S-rank talent, Origin of All Things, that was stolen from me last night has actually come back."
"Since my talent is back, that means I don't have to sell the company anymore."
As he spoke, Yu Jin was about to log out immediately and cancel the sale.
But beside him, his best friend and brother-in-law, Yu Sheng, who had logged in at the same time, quickly grabbed him and tried to persuade him.
"Chen Jin!"
"The company has already been sold. The contract is already being signed. If you pull out now, you'll have to pay a huge penalty!"
"Besides, I've already explained everything to my sister. You don't have to worry. We just have to wait for the money to arrive."
"Once we get it, we'll invest everything into Divine Oracle and put all the money into the Mortal Dust Guild. When we become successful in Divine Oracle, it definitely won't be worse than running a company in real life."
"Trust me, Chen Jin! We've been brothers for so many years. My sister is also your wife. Why would I lie to you?"
"Didn't you promise to give my sister and Chen Lingling a good life? Only in Divine Oracle can you make that happen."
After thinking it over, Yu Jin finally decided to listen to Yu Sheng.
"Alright."
"For Manman."
"For Lingling."
"Let's take this chance."
———
Meanwhile, in the southern part of Inferno City,
[Lv.61 Dark Night Ruins (Bronze Rank II)]
Smoke drifted through the silent ruins. Low growls echoed from every direction.
Large gorilla-like monsters, Night Demons, wandered through the ruins without restraint.
At the same time, a large group of players with the guild tag Chaotic World were spread across the ruins in teams of five, working together to kill the level 61 Night Demons.
In one corner of the ruins...
Slash!
With one swing of his sword, Wang Junjie killed the badly injured Night Demon in front of him.
Whoosh!
A beam of golden light fell over his head.
Wang Junjie rose from level 56 back to level 57.
Standing in the warm golden light, Wang Junjie burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! Damn it! I'm finally back to level 57."
"The unbeatable me is back!"
Several of the players beside him sighed.
Lackey A said, "Sigh! Brother Jie, if we hadn't entered the Divine Tomb dungeon this morning, hadn't died in there, and hadn't lost levels, you'd probably already be level 58 by now instead of spending half the day just getting back to your original level."
Lackey B said, "Exactly! Everything we've done from the time we came out of the Divine Tomb until now was basically wasted. We've spent the whole afternoon paying back the losses from dying in there."
Lackey C said, "Brother Jie, if you ask me, we don't need to keep following Rulebound around anymore. It's too much work and we get nothing out of it! This morning, we risked our lives holding off Nether for him in the Divine Tomb. In the end, our whole team got wiped out, while Rulebound cleared the dungeon and got all the rewards. Did we get anything from it?"
"To be fair," the strategist, Chaotic World Zhuge, adjusted his glasses and said, "Actually, what happened this morning wasn't Rulebound's fault. Before we even started guarding the Princess's Tomb for him, Nether's people were already hunting us down. The problem was Nether, not Rulebound."
"And another thing."
After a pause, Chaotic World Zhuge continued, "Brother Jie, I also think our current relationship with Rulebound is fine as it is, as long as we don't become enemies."
"There's really no need to make everything revolve around him. He has too many enemies. Staying close to him will only bring us more trouble."
Hearing even the strategist say that, Wang Junjie's resolve began to waver.
"Have I really been wrong about the one thing I've believed in all this time?"
He gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind.
"Fine! From now on, we'll look after ourselves! If I keep following Rulebound around again, I'm a dog!"
Just then, one of his men hurried over with a report.
"Brother Jie! One of our people spotted a Fantasy Mage named Zhao Ling'er in the eastern wilderness of Inferno City."
"She also appeared in the Divine Tomb dungeon and was on our side, so she should be one of Rulebound's people."
"But right now she's with an old guy named Smile at Life. She doesn't look willing at all. It looks like she's been kidnapped. Brother Jie, should we save Zhao Ling'er and hand her over to Rulebound?"
"That'll definitely earn us his goodwill."
"No need," Chaotic World Zhuge refused, "From now on, anything related to Rulebound has nothing to do with us—"
"Save her!"
Before he could finish, Wang Junjie blurted out, "We have to save her!"
Chaotic World Zhuge was stunned.
"Brother Jie... didn't you just say you weren't going to keep following Rulebound anymore?"
Without the slightest embarrassment, Wang Junjie grinned.
"Just this once!"
"After we save Zhao Ling'er, I won't bother with Rulebound anymore. If I do, I'm a dog."
Then Wang Junjie shouted to everyone around him, "Brothers, let's go! We're going to save the beauty."
Chaotic World Zhuge could only shake his head.
But he still followed Wang Junjie.
At the same time, in Black Wind Mountain Range, Lin Mo received a message from Qin Feng.
["Brother Mo, Zhao Ling'er is online."]
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