Chapter 31

Chapter 31 What Can Relieve Sorrow? Only Sudden Riches.

Generally speaking, the skills players possessed were definitely ones that could be used against NPCs. But "Skill Seal" clearly could only target players. After all, NPCs had no skills to speak of.

Therefore, Ning Rong was certain that the person before her, like her, possessed more than one skill.

And ordinary players could only possess one skill.

Anyone who possessed multiple skills definitely had a hidden identity.

Just as she thought this, in the very next second, the person who had used an item to drag her into the instance leisurely spoke again.

"Item Seal."

Along with that voice came Zhou Yujing's four shadows, which bared their claws and fangs as they attacked the man. They struck from four different directions, carrying obvious killing intent.

[???]

[Too vicious, really too vicious. What kind of grudge is this? He sealed all her skills and items. He's leaving her absolutely no way to survive.]

[The little newcomer obviously doesn't know this person, and this person clearly doesn't understand the little newcomer either. The little newcomer just mentioned one name—Wilderness. Could this person really be Wilderness's subordinate?]

[Wilderness? No way. He has no reason to target the little newcomer.]

[Who knows? Maybe the two of them have some blood feud.]

[Did you notice? This young guy, like the little newcomer, also possesses more than one skill.]

[So what kind of skill is this? It feels especially suppressive toward players.]

At this time, a colorful barrage comment belonging to a big shot appeared at the perfect moment.

[Recently I learned an interesting term.]

[???]

[What term?]

[Too curious.]

[Big shot, please enlighten us!]

The big shot did not keep anyone in suspense and directly answered—

[Hidden identity.]

[Hidden identity? What's that?]

[Some new gameplay mechanic made by the game?]

[If it really is a hidden identity, then the little newcomer's identity must definitely be related to money.]

[Then what would this person's hidden identity be?]

Yuan Pei glanced at Zhou Yujing.

"Those shadows are fairly impressive, but if this is all they can do, they won't be taking my life."

"Although I didn't expect you would enter the instance with her, it probably won't affect much."

"After all, you've cleared games so many times, yet I have no impression of you."

"Of course, I have no impression of any of you."

[Someone actually mocked the little newcomer?]

[This is the first one, right?]

[You're finished, I'm telling you. Standing in front of you is the big sister boss!]

After saying that, he placed his right hand over his lower abdomen and bent slightly at the waist. There was a small protective barrier around him, clearly from using a defensive item. Zhou Yujing's four shadows were persistently attacking, and the barrier was getting thinner and thinner.

Yuan Pei's bowing posture was very polite, but his tone was filled with blatant malice.

"Then next, I wish you a pleasant game."

After saying that, a system notification rang simultaneously in the minds of Ning Rong and Zhou Yujing—

[Player Yuan Pei has successfully escaped.]

Another player who possessed an escape item...

[He just ran away directly?]

[After all, this is an A-rank instance... That person's skills clearly aren't suited for this kind of game.]

[Tsk, truly a scheming human. This way, if the little newcomer gets into trouble, everyone else will only think she had bad luck or lacked strength, which is why she failed to clear the game. After all, aside from her and her boyfriend, no one else knows what kind of instance she entered.]

[The game handles information lockdown too well. Not only does it forbid sharing experience on the forums, even players' life histories are kept secret. What games a player entered before—aside from the player themself and teammates, no one knows.]

[It's still fine during the newcomer period. The rankings still show how many games a player has cleared. Once the three-month beginner period ends, the overall rankings only show a name, and aside from that, there is no information at all.]

[Little newcomer, you have to be okay.]

Within that short one minute just now, countless thoughts flashed through Ning Rong's mind.

Yuan Pei's skills were very good. She really wanted to have them.

But she had no confidence she could seize all of his skills. After all, he had only sealed one of her skills.

Aside from [Money Can Make Ghosts Turn Millstones], she still had four skills available.

Clearly, the other party did not know that she also possessed a hidden identity and only thought she was an ordinary player.

He had even shown a small trace of surprise the first time he saw her and realized she was also a player.

Obviously, he had used some kind of item to drag her into this instance, but the people who acted against her did not know her actual circumstances. Perhaps they did not even know her name.

That was why she had not acted rashly just now.

Once she exposed her trump cards and let Yuan Pei leave the game alive, the situation would become very unfavorable to her.

[I get the feeling the little newcomer's mood doesn't seem very good right now?]

[If your skills were sealed and your items sealed too, would your mood be good?]

[Why do I feel like the little newcomer has gone back into that state of blazing fury again?]

[Last time it was because of Zhou Yujing. This time it's because of Yuan Pei?]

[Good good good, the little newcomer has entered rage mode again.]

Ning Rong's mood was indeed bad.

Ever since she entered this game, it felt like she had constantly been pushed forward by others.

First Chi Juan, then Yuan Pei...

The former disgusted her, the latter wanted her life...

To her, whether the former or the latter, they were both just strangers.

And she had always been passive.

Ning Rong clenched her right hand tightly, her nails digging deeply into her palm. Her heart was filled with boundless anger. Just when she wanted to throw away reason and do something, Zhou Yujing pried open her right hand finger by finger, then pulled her deeply into his arms.

Zhou Yujing softly comforted her.

"Rongrong, look how he ran faster than anyone else. That just proves he's nothing more than a useless clown."

"If he were really that powerful, would he have used up an escape item?"

"He knew he couldn't clear the game, so while he was here, he didn't stay even one second longer."

"Rongrong, we will clear it."

Ning Rong buried her head against Zhou Yujing's neck, her voice sounding muffled.

"Once we leave the game, I will definitely make Yuan Pei pay!"

"Okay."

"I'll make them understand that provoking me comes with a price!"

"That's right!"

"I'm not someone easy to mess with!"

"Mm, you're the most formidable."

[Yes yes yes, you're the strongest, big sister boss!]

[The big sister boss who looks indestructible is cool, but the big sister boss throwing a little tantrum also looks adorable!]

[At first, I thought Zhou Yujing's girlfriend wasn't worthy of Zhou Yujing. There was a reason so many people supported the Juan-Yu CP. But after entering the big sister boss's livestream room, I felt Zhou Yujing wasn't worthy of the big sister boss. But now, I suddenly think the two of them are actually very well matched.]

[For some reason I thought of my dog. Every time I'm unhappy, he stays by my side.]

[In a puppy's world, there is only you forever.]

[A puppy doesn't need to be too powerful, because a puppy is already irreplaceable.]

Outside the game.

Yan An looked at the words [In Game] beside Moonlight's profile picture, his brows tightly furrowed.

Who had set their sights on Moonlight?

Why at exactly this point in time?

Could this matter be related to Wilderness?

It was not strange that Yan An would think this way. Right before Moonlight got into trouble, she had just asked him for information about those two people. Not long after asking, she was forcibly bound into an instance.

This kind of forced-binding item was very hard to obtain. Ordinary players simply would not have one.

Endless Domain was still inside an instance, with his situation unknown.

At present, the only one still active in the real world was Wilderness.

But Wilderness...

He was a law-abiding good player. Although his prestige among players was not equal to Endless Domain, he had also done quite a lot.

For example, he provided items to players free of charge, and from time to time held mobilization meetings, encouraging players to keep living well...

It could be said that aside from Endless Domain, Wilderness was likewise the white moonlight in the hearts of countless players.

Yan An did not want to make any pointless guesses.

Everything would wait until Moonlight came out of the game.

After venting for a while, Ning Rong's emotions returned to stability.

The two of them were not in a hurry to search for clues. Instead, they first found chairs in the living room and sat down.

Zhou Yujing took her right hand and gently kissed her palm. She had used a lot of force just now, and crescent-shaped nail marks covered her palm.

Ning Rong's palm did not hurt now. It was just a little itchy.

She had been very angry just now, but also very clear-headed. Since Yuan Pei had already exposed his hidden identity in front of her, perhaps she could turn passivity into initiative.

After all, aside from Zhou Yujing, no one knew her identity. Lu Wen, Qin Jue, and the Wen Huai brother and sister knew she was rich, and they might also guess that she had multiple skills, but guesses were still only guesses.

She also had not used skills in front of Chi Juan and the others.

Other than knowing she was very rich, Chi Juan and the others knew nothing else.

The information imbalance between her and Yuan Pei was her advantage.

After thinking it through, Ning Rong casually glanced at the skill bar in the upper right corner.

That glance let her see something interesting.

She did not know whether it was because she had been overly angry just now, but she had unlocked another new skill—

[What Can Relieve Sorrow? Only Sudden Riches.]

The detailed skill explanation below was as follows—

[Money makes people happy. Super rich makes people doubly happy. What others have, I must also have. What others do not have, I will also have!]

Judging only from the skill description, it was impossible to specifically guess what the skill did. But that last sentence—"What others have, I must also have. What others do not have, I will also have"—greatly interested Ning Rong.

It seemed the effect of the skill could only be known once she used it.

[The little newcomer smiled.]

[As expected, the puppy's comforting is very effective.]

[Zhou Yujing always wore a sour face in front of Juanjuan, but in front of the little newcomer he's super obedient! The puppy even has two faces!]

Having unlocked another skill, Ning Rong's mood completely recovered. Her anger from just now was like an epiphyllum bloom—brief and leaving no trace.

In the end, even if Zhou Yujing had not been by her side, she would not have let anger control her.

The angrier she became, the clearer her thinking became. The more clearly she understood what she needed to do.

Just as she was about to go search for game information with Zhou Yujing, a player ran out from the darkness in an emotional collapse.

After seeing Zhou Yujing and Ning Rong leisurely sitting in chairs, her emotions collapsed even more completely.

"You two actually still have the mood to sit here?"

"You two are actually still flirting?"

"All of us will lose ourselves here... Let it all be destroyed, this world!"

Ning Rong, Zhou Yujing: ...

Audience: !!!