“Guh… B-Black stockings?”
Bai Yue Ling had to admit, she was indeed a little tempted.
But her current priority was to keep playing World of Fate—she had no time for school.
“Sorry, Teacher. I’m still not going.”
“Alright then…” The voice paused. “By the way, Little Bai, you’re playing World of Fate too, right?”
“Mm-hmm.”
“Which main city are you in right now? Maybe we can play together.”
Play games with her teacher? That would be way too awkward.
Thinking that she’d soon be leaving Songyuan City to return to the Royal Capital anyway, Bai Yue Ling answered honestly, “I’m in Songyuan City.”
There was a moment of silence on the other end, followed by an explosion of unimaginable enthusiasm.
“That’s perfect! Teacher’s in Songyuan City too! How about we meet up in a bit?”
“Eh… Eh?!”
“Let’s gather at the plaza later. Teacher just picked up a quest here and needs Little Bai’s help—”
Beep—
Bai Yue Ling hung up without hesitation.
What a joke! Teacher Ming is in Songyuan City right now?
That means if she logs in now, there’s a high chance she’ll run into her teacher?!
“No way, no way… How could I possibly play a game with my teacher?” Bai Yue Ling shook her head frantically.
Before transmigrating to this world, Bai Yue Ling had been treated as a problem student by her teachers, suffering quite a bit because of it. That had only worsened her already severe social anxiety in real life.
Even after transmigrating, she still felt that the identity of “teacher” carried an inherent barrier. There was no way she could interact with one as a friend, let alone play games together.
So Bai Yue Ling sat back down at her computer desk, planning to browse the forums a bit more before logging in.
“Let me see what new tricks the netizens have come up with…”
Bai Yue Ling quickly scrolled through the forums and noticed more and more players had reached level 15 or higher and were starting to think about job advancements.
Players were exchanging opinions with each other, but since everyone was part of the pioneering wave, no one knew which classes were truly stronger. They could only guess based on NPC performance.
This led to a bunch of hilariously titled posts:
[Joining the Church = Instant Success? Talking About Those Insanely Strong Church Classes I’ve Met], [Normal Warrior One-Shots Main City Guard—Video Exposed! Default Advancements Have Potential Too!], [If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them! Just How Overpowered Is Trap Archer?]
All in all, pretty amusing.
But some points were valid: even with the system’s default advancements, skilled players could still defeat special classes.
A class was just a general framework—how much you could achieve within it depended on the player.
“Looking at it this way, even though I’ve been slacking off, my progress hasn’t fallen behind at all?”
Bai Yue Ling muttered while stroking her chin.
“Next, I’ll do the quest with big sister Amethyst and get the advancement materials ‘Blood of the Succubus Queen’ and ‘Chaos Arrow of the Charm Goddess.'”
“I can get the ‘Styx Water’ after finishing the quest by teleporting back to the novice village to ask Ming Die.”
“Then the only material left is the ‘Priest Hero’s Pink Book’… Seriously, what even is my pink book?!”
Her sole goal right now was to complete the advancement. Only then could she continue surviving the big sisters’ relentless siege.
Over the past couple of days, Bai Yue Ling had gradually started feeling overwhelmed. Shadow Night, Aiya, and Trineph’s assaults were nonstop… If this continued, sooner or later she’d repeat her previous life’s fate and die again!
But Dark Lisa had said that once she completed the advancement, everything would change.
After advancing, her physical constitution would greatly improve, and she’d gain resistance against those corrupted big sisters. In short… she wouldn’t die so easily, and there might even be a chance to turn the tables.
As long as the advancement succeeded, everything would get better!
Bai Yue Ling kept browsing posts and was soon drawn in by another title.
[Famous Player “Priest Hero” Suspected of Being Abducted into the Abyss? NPCs in the Royal Capital Are Furious!]
“What the heck? Which big sister is furious because of me?”
Bai Yue Ling quickly clicked in and read the original poster’s account:
[I’ve already joined the Royal Capital guard reserves and was eating melon right at the scene. After Priest Hero disappeared, the Great Archbishop of Nature immediately beat the Sabertooth Warrior general flat, then beat up the arriving Grand Archbishops of Judgment and Protection who tried to break it up. The three Great/Grand Archbishops fought until the sky darkened and the earth shook, even shattering the main avenue, until the First Princess arrived and forcibly separated them…]
The replies below were even more entertaining:
[How does she manage to get involved with level 80 NPCs? When I walk past them, they don’t even glance at me…]
[It’s seduction—she used seduction!]
[What a shuraba. Priest Hero, you sinfully wicked woman XD]
[I can picture it. Gotta go write some Priest Hero fanfic right now!]
Gradually, the replies got more and more outrageous. Netizens were just that kind of weird crowd.
Bai Yue Ling closed the page and let out a long sigh.
“Looks like everyone in the Royal Capital is really worried about me… I need to find a way to let them know I’m safe.”
“But how? This game doesn’t have any long-distance communication…”
“Wait—I can do something earth-shattering!”
“As long as it’s big enough to make all the players know I’ve come to Songyuan City, then players can spread the news on the forums, and someone in the Royal Capital can pass it on to Sistana and the others.”
No sooner said than done. Bai Yue Ling immediately climbed into the game pod.
[Welcome to World of Fate.]
Opening her eyes, she found herself in the plaza of an unfamiliar main city. There were far fewer players here than in the Royal Capital, and most of the passing NPCs were beastmen.
This was Songyuan City, a small main city on the border of the Rose Kingdom.
“Little Bai, over here!”
Bai Yue Ling looked toward the voice and saw Shadow Night waving at her from the side of the street. The succubus big sister Amethyst was beside her, constantly looking around as if searching for someone.
“What’s up?” Bai Yue Ling walked over and asked.
Amethyst explained, “I have a friend in Songyuan City too. I want to find her, but I’m not sure what she looks like now.”
Bai Yue Ling was puzzled. “If she’s a friend, shouldn’t you recognize her right away?”
Amethyst sighed. “We haven’t seen each other in a year, and she’s at that age where kids change a lot. Even if she stood right in front of me, I probably wouldn’t recognize her… Plus, she might not want to see me.”
“I see. Then why doesn’t she come to you?”
“Maybe because I unintentionally did something wrong before and made her dislike me.”
Amethyst slightly furrowed her willow-like brows, a faint melancholy in her eyes that couldn’t help but evoke sympathy.
She shook her head. “Never mind. Maybe she hasn’t logged in yet. Let’s keep going with the quest.”
“Hold on.” Bai Yue Ling wagged her finger. “Before we do the quest, there’s something I want to do. It might even help you find that friend.”
She bought a table and two stools from a nearby shop, then got a large white cloth and wrote on it in eye-catching red paint:
[Priest Hero, Online Clinic!]
[Miraculous Hands Bring the Dying Back to Life, Medicine Cures All Ailments!]
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