The King of Black Fog

[Main quest "Knight's Mission" completed]

[Countdown to return: 00:00:30]

"Little Carrot, come here, I have a message I'd like you to pass on to Li Changzhou."

When there were still ten minutes left on the countdown, Yang Qinglan, Li Qianxia, and Turquoise Pool burst out from the confinement suite.

This was both safe and allowed them to experience a different kind of experience, enhancing their life experiences.

Eight minutes later, they met Little Carrot and Butterfly and briefly chatted about what each of them had done in this world. Just as the time was about to run out with only 30 seconds left, this happened.

At that moment, Yang Qinglan suddenly said this.

"What?" Little Carrot looked up with those big eyes as if she were a cartoon character.

"Tell Li Changzhou to watch out for himself."

"Oh."

Observing Yang Qinglan's serious demeanor and her implicitly obvious statement, Li Qianxia couldn't help but chuckle.

Then, an idea struck her, and she blurted out, "Little Carrot, you must call him 'Daddy' when you see him!"

With a daughter, other women would take notice, and Li Changzhou himself would be cautious.

"Oh." Little Carrot didn't ask why; calling someone 'Daddy' was not a loss for her, and it was safer. How nice.

Of course, it had to match up with a 'Mommy Yang Qinglan'; anyone else simply would not do—this was a conclusion Little Carrot came to from a past experience after calling Li Qianxia 'Mommy' and being reprimanded.

"That's not what I mean," Yang Qinglan said naturally, her tone nonchalant.

"I know, I know, I'm generalizing from a particular case, right?" Li Qianxia didn't smile, maintaining a serious look, but everyone could see the laughter in her eyes.

"Couples should die, every time there's a pair, I'll break them up," Turquoise Pool said as soon as she finished speaking, darkness fell before their eyes, and they each woke up in their own cabin suites on the ship.

Li Qianxia and Yang Qinglan were each sleeping on a bed, the positions they were in when they set off.

Li Qianxia sat up immediately and looked towards the white chair by the corner coffee table, where Li Changzhou had been sitting when they departed.

"Qing Lan, how long do you think it'll be before my brother comes back?" she asked.

"We left, and once the main quest was completed, he should have come back," Yang Qinglan lay in bed, her eyes still closed.

She was rushing to recall the experiences of the past period—fighting with the Mecha, being deceived by Wen Carol, the no-rules competition, being imprisoned...

After a game, relying on the abilities gained from experiences, she didn't think it was a game of predetermined or random distribution.

Rather, it was based on how much each person actually obtained in the game, how much they had grown, quantifying these specific data.

Thus, whether one was diligent in the game, remembered after the game, or reflected, would all affect the quantified results.

"I'm back." Just as she said that, Li Changzhou's voice reached her ears.

"Quiet." She wasn't as polite to him.

The next second, she opened her eyes, glanced at the grinning Li Changzhou, made sure his face was intact and he wasn't missing any arms, then closed her eyes again to reflect on the past few days' experiences.

"Bro!" Li Qianxia pounced on him, hugging her brother.

The whole time he was away might have been less than five seconds, but it felt like a long time since she last saw him, and she worried about him as if he had gone to the front lines to fight.

Li Changzhou patted his sister's back.

"Hmm," Little Carrot stretched lazily.

Her task was to kidnap Margaret III from the Imperial Capital, but unfortunately, the detection technology in the Imperial Palace was too powerful and she was discovered as soon as she flew in.

Being discovered didn't matter; before she came, she had anticipated the dangers, both high and low.

Sure enough, as soon as Margaret III saw her, she considered her a blessing from Cangqiong and asked her if she came from beyond the skies, to which Little Carrot thought about it and nodded.

Then she freeloaded at the Imperial Palace.

Like the main quests of Yang Qinglan and Li Qianxia, Li Changzhou deliberately had Little Carrot lead Margaret III ahead, letting the system determine that they completed the mission first—because No Taboos had the authority to snatch quests, hence the judgment was very precise, competing down to the second.

"Bro, how long did you stay in that world after we left? How is Beia doing?" Li Qianxia let go of her brother and sat back on the edge of the bed.

"About half an hour, Beia went home, I reclaimed the National Guardian Divine Machine for her, and snatched Burning, Red Lotus, Margaret III."

"How did you manage that in such a short time?" Yang Qinglan opened her eyes.

Li Changzhou looked over, a smile forming on his lips, and as he looked at her, Yang Qinglan's left hand instinctively brushed the hair that had fallen onto her face.

Li Changzhou explained everything about the Cangqiong Fragment's authority to them one by one.

"That's incredible!" Li Qianxia marveled, "The universe is truly amazing, there really are skies that can sign contracts with humans."

"Looks like you've gained more abilities than we did," Yang Qinglan pondered, her hand on her chin.

"Are we still counting these things among us?" Li Changzhou laughed.

"You also piloted the Imperial Mecha," Yang Qinglan added.

"Heh heh, pretty impressive, right?" Li Changzhou's hands rested on the chair arms."

"How big is the cockpit of the Imperial Mecha?"

"Don't think just because it's the Imperial Mecha... the cockpit is quite spacious," he said as his hands fell from the chair arms."

Finally, he took his gaze off Yang Qinglan and then saw Li Qianxia's face, full of disdain, scorn, and mockery.

"Ahem." He held his fist to his lips and gave a light cough, "Let's not waste any more time, let's start the wrap up."

[Main task: Revenge!]

[Status: All completed]

[Rating: S-]

[Comment: You should be grateful to your team; they helped you change Beia Triss, allowing you at the last to become the Mecha Mechanic of the Knight.]