"Your brother has become stronger, you and I are both safer, and he can also help us obtain more powerful skills,"

"I don't care. You two are a couple; it's the same who gets them, but I will eventually split the family property with my brother, and it must be settled clearly!"

"Alright, the food, the rent..."

"Hold on, hold on, hold on!" Li Qianxia raised her hand, her expression solemn. "After I die, please bury me and my brother together. We came together, and we'll leave in the same coffin. This is called returning as clean as we came—wait, this isn't what 'Burying Flowers' means."

Splitting failed.

"Remaining 1935," Yang Qinglan looked at Li Changzhou. "The best use would be to upgrade a B-level skill to B+, or upgrade the Blood Pearl to B, depending on what you prefer."

"Upgrade the Blood Pearl," Li Changzhou said. "Everyone can use this skill."

"That works. We should also make do with your sister's issue."

"Hey..." Li Qianxia looked helplessly and despairingly at these two.

Her family status couldn't be the lowest, could it?

After deducting 800 Game Coins to upgrade 'Dragon Blood Tree Style・Qilin Blood Exhaustion,' the combined assets of the three of them remained at 1135.

"I think you can buy one or two E or F level skills that seem useless," Li Changzhou suggested to Yang Qinglan. "After deploying 'Gu She Divine Woman,' these skills will turn into A-level."

"Forget it," Yang Qinglan waved. "Qian Xia and I will just use the old methods for our skills. No need to waste money, since my current skills are also quite good."

"Okay then."

The settling was concluded and the exchange completed. The four of them, along with a butterfly, enjoyed a big meal. The train also approached the station.

No anomalies. The players getting off were as usual, completely unaware of the divine presence that had descended in the past.

"The Fifth Year," Li Changzhou muttered to himself.

The Divine Lord of Radiance was waiting for them in this time. Once they returned to the era when this deity was still alive, what awaited them would be divine punishment.

Stepping through the long years, a mere remnant of strength could merge to form a new S-level Instinct. How powerful was the original entity?

Li Changzhou took a deep breath as he felt the pressure, and he saw a small goal in life—to take down the Divine Lord of Radiance!

The big goal was, of course, to win this Value Game.

Though it was unknown if being omniscient, omnipotent, and immortal would become boring, as Yang Qinglan said, Socrates is happier than a pig; the happy ones are those who can choose their lifestyle.

It cost 1 Game Coin for a newspaper. The authorities still reported the players who had resisted Zuo Zongtang in the Qing Dynasty during Xinjiang's conquest.

Wondering how the Black Card holders felt about doing this mission.

But it's good. At least they could help Chongzhen resist the Qing Dynasty in the future. No, resist Li Zicheng? No, maybe just to cut down the crooked old tree on Mei Mountain.

Rolling up the newspaper, he stepped out of the subway station.

Sunset at dusk, Ming City bustling with traffic, commuters riding electric bikes, all heading in one direction.

At the traffic light, a girl's helmet was adorned with the recently popular TikTok yellow duck, and men couldn't help but watch, unsure if they were looking at the duck or the girl.

A group of elderly women with speakers prepared to head to the riverbank to dance, clad in matching outfits. Was there a performance coming up, or were they going to compete with the neighboring district?

A group of children played with rollerblades on the sidewalk, looking cool, happy, yet dangerous.

In November, the weather turned cold, couples clung closer together, embracing in ways that bordered on public indecency—the wind couldn't even pass between them!

Back on Yanhe Road, they had just entered the Qing Lan Bookstore when they spotted two familiar faces.

At the double table against the white wall sat Zheng Qing and the Favored Concubine, the wall adorned with a pattern of 'The Blue Wind.'

Zheng Qing waved at them;

The Favored Concubine stirred her coffee with a small spoon, smiling warmly at the three of them, well, actually just smiling flirtatiously at Li Changzhou.

It was like a couple ready for a date where the first to arrive—the female—gazes at the latecomer with anticipation and a smile.

Li Changzhou hung back a step, turning into Yang Qinglan's follower, his expression stern.

The Favored Concubine put down the spoon, picked up her coffee, and continued to smile at him as she drank.

A smiling woman is always lovable but also annoying. Men are complex creatures. They like women who smile but also dislike them because they feel these women might smile at everyone.

Is there a woman who smiles only for one person?

There is, Yang Qinglan!

I am wholeheartedly devoted to Miss Yang!

Li Changzhou psyched himself up to ward off the S-level Instinct 'Favored Concubine.'

Meanwhile, Yang Qinglan had already greeted Zheng Qing—she didn't bother with the Favored Concubine, nor did the Favored Concubine bother with her.

The three of them along with the two guests sat down at the inside Cherry Wood long table; Yang Qinglan had asked the staff to leave early.

Only the five of them remained in the bookstore, dusk streaming through the full glass door, casting the room in an orange glow.

"Is there something you need?" Yang Qinglan got straight to the point.

She was eager to return to 'Honey Pot World' to experiment with 'Gu She Divine Woman.'

"Here's the thing," Zheng Qing used this as her opener, giving herself a moment to think about how to phrase her words. "There's a player from the Special Warfare Bureau who, for an artifact, killed his teammate and fled to Japan."

"What artifact?" Li Qianxia asked curiously, her innocence stemming purely from curiosity.

"This..." Zheng Qing seemed troubled.

"Sorry, if it's too much trouble, never mind. Just go on with the story," Li Qianxia quickly apologized.

Zheng Qing nodded at her and continued:

"Because of the newspaper, all the well-known experts in the Special Warfare Bureau have become famous. If they go abroad, they might be assassinated or suspected to have ulterior motives."

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