[Welcome to “Destiny World.”]
Because she had to rush to do the task and save Trineph, after resting for one night, Bai Yue Ling logged in early the next morning.
After logging in, she first checked her friends list and discovered that Shadow Night, Silver Fang, and Princess were all offline.
“Hiss… Everyone’s actually offline. Sure enough, only someone like me with nothing to do all day would play games this early in the morning?”
Epic-level tasks were super difficult, so of course the more people the better, but Bai Yue Ling didn’t want to group with randoms, so she pondered where to find another pack mule.
Thus, she lightly tapped her Ring of the Dead and entered the “Dark Players Mutual Aid Group.”
Due to Ming Die’s limited technical skills when designing the ring, the group chat only recorded messages from that day; once midnight passed, yesterday’s messages would be cleared, so Bai Yue Ling hadn’t seen Silver Fang’s recruitment message in the group yesterday.
[PureWhite: Heard the news? Destiny World’s number one player “Priest Hero” has received an Epic-level task and is recruiting in the Royal Capital right now! Anyone interested in getting on board?]
….
After waiting a while, finally one message replied:
[Mohei: When are you coming back?]
Mohei was Ming Die’s alt account; she hadn’t expected Ming Die to be online this early in the morning instead of sleeping.
[PureWhite: Me?]
[Mohei: Who else but you?]
The group was a dead silence; it seemed no one else got up this early to play.
[PureWhite: No idea~ Busy lately; once I’m free, I’ll gather teleport materials and build a teleport array to come back.]
[Mohei: Okay, come back soon. The third-floor one has been acting up again lately; after you job advance, hurry back to beat her.]
Bai Yue Ling furrowed her brows slightly.
Third floor… Seemed like it held a violent Dragon Girl?
A Dragon Girl was way harder to deal with than a dumb Succubus.
Whatever, leave it for future her to worry about.
[Mohei: Right, yesterday at noon, the faction construction value suddenly rose 50%. Any idea?]
[PureWhite: Huh? 50%?]
Bai Yue Ling thought for a moment. White Night Castle’s upgrade required absorbing negative emotions, and there were two ways to absorb negative emotions: one was within the territory, absorbing any creature’s negative emotions; the other was outside the territory, absorbing the negative emotions of territory members.
Right now, White Night Castle’s members were only Bai Yue Ling, Shadow Night, Ming Die, and Luoluo Yue, with only Ming Die and Luoluo Yue inside the territory range, so the negative emotions definitely came from Bai Yue Ling and Shadow Night.
And yesterday at noon was exactly when Bai Yue Ling and Shadow Night were in the ancient ruins, hiding from the Slime Queen, and at that time…
Crossed her legs?
Bai Yue Ling inhaled sharply, slightly clamping her snow-white meaty legs together.
If crossing legs was required to increase construction value, then being the faction lord was way too hard….
[PureWhite: I think I know what’s going on… I’ll explain when I get back.]
[Mohei: Okay.]
In the end, Bai Yue Ling didn’t recruit anyone.
She closed the group chat and sighed; it seemed she’d have to brave the Forest of Nature with just Shi Qianla.
Um… Maybe she could add Jelly too.
The early morning Royal Capital was like a splendid brocade scroll, with bustling crowds streaming endlessly on the streets.
Before starting a day’s busyness, people would choose to go to the breakfast stalls along the streets and enjoy a hearty breakfast.
Although only NPCs had eating needs, the Otherworld Traveler Bai Yue Ling touched her stomach and felt a bit tempted, so she mingled into the crowd to join the fun.
Anyway, buying breakfast meant she could eat while walking, without delaying time.
She squeezed to the door of a breakfast shop, where the owner was a sturdy-armed middle-aged woman who could lift five plates with one hand and casually perform an aerial split.
Bai Yue Ling glanced at the menu and said, “One soy milk, one fried dough stick, one meat bun, one bowl of tofu pudding.”
The owner glanced at her and smiled.
“One gold coin total.”
Such a breakfast might cost ten yuan in reality, but in Destiny World, one gold coin sufficed.
Worth mentioning was that although called “gold coins,” they weren’t pure gold but currency made from a special golden metal unique to Destiny World.
Bai Yue Ling pulled out one gold coin to hand over, but the owner waved it away in refusal.
“No charge for you.”
“Why?”
“Little girl, from your getup, you just got out of prison, right?”
“Ah… Yeah, just last night.”
Since her equipment was with Shi Qianla, Bai Yue Ling was now wearing a thick Slime Cape, but when she raised her hand to take the gold coin, the owner had glimpsed the Prison Uniform underneath.
The owner smiled.
“The First Princess said last month that to help those released from prison better reintegrate into society, you’d get free breakfast for the first week.”
“So generous?”
Bai Yue Ling was a bit surprised. Though she’d long heard of Huilian’s kind qualities, she hadn’t expected it to extend this far, even offering perks to ex-prisoners.
No wonder Huilian’s approval rating was overwhelmingly high in the kingdom; compared to that brainwashing-only Viki, what did she have to compete with?
Bai Yue Ling asked, “But won’t that mean you merchants lose money?”
“Oh, one breakfast costs just a few coins; no one minds. Doing more good is only right.” The owner picked up the nearby spatula and asked with a smile, “By the way, tofu pudding sweet or savory?”
Bai Yue Ling didn’t hesitate. “I’ll have it spicy.”
“……Huh?”
The owner’s smile stiffened slightly as she tapped the spatula, pointing outside coldly.
“Get out.”
In the end, Bai Yue Ling switched to another breakfast shop, skipped the tofu pudding, and hit the road munching on the fried dough stick and meat bun.
Walking all the way to the Forest Church, Bai Yue Ling spotted Shi Qianla standing at the church doors from afar, tiptoeing and waving at her.
Today’s Shi Qianla wasn’t wearing that secretary hip skirt but had changed into a loose army-green jacket, giving her an especially mature and reliable air, oddly like some wilderness survival expert vibe.
Her lower half was also in army-green pants, the legs loose at the calves but suddenly taut at her meaty, plump thighs, outlining the thick, full hip curves without a single wrinkle, making one worry that any movement might tear the fabric.
“Little White~” Shi Qianla waved, grinning. “Today it’s our two-person world, oh.”
Bai Yue Ling scaredly stepped back, eyeing her vacantly. “What two-person world? We’re not going on vacation.”
“Haha, just kidding, to ease the tension.”
Shi Qianla handed over Bai Yue Ling’s equipment and sighed.
“I went to the Forest of Nature yesterday; the beasts inside are all polluted beyond recognition—extremely dangerous. Who knows how that little divine official Trineph is doing…”
Bai Yue Ling comforted, “Worrying won’t help.”
Actually, as a Fallen Angel, Bai Yue Ling always shared a wondrous link with those big sisters she had Dark Fall-en, allowing her to roughly sense their states.
And since last night, Trineph’s state had been very stable, with no immediate life danger.
At this moment, Shi Qianla’s gaze fell on the breakfast in her hand, puzzled. “Do Otherworld Travelers need to eat too?”
“Nope, but it satisfies the mouth.”
Bai Yue Ling picked up the half-drunk soy milk and handed it straight over.
“Wanna drink?”
Gazing at the glistening saliva left on the straw, Shi Qianla dazed slightly, as if some wondrous attraction was urging her to bite down on the straw.
Just like a traveler lost in the desert for three days, sighting a clear spring.