Xu Xiaoyou threw a sentence behind and ran away without looking back. The white figure followed closely, rushed out of the building, looked around, and locked her eyes on the fleeing golden silhouette.

“Um…” Chichu Chun raised a weakened hand.

“Don’t touch me, stay away from me.”

Bai Youyou glanced at her coldly, scaring Chichu Chun, whose eyes welled up with tears, as she watched the black-haired girl leave.

Ugh, so scary…

…

“Nakamura Yuri: Come to the outskirts of Oasis City now, urgent matter, hurry.”

“Angelina: Beg me.”

“Nakamura Yuri: Voice message 1s.”

The slightly breathy plea drifted away in the air, and Angelina listened again silently.

“Angelina:… Where are you now?”

While sending the expected location to Anya, Xu Xiaoyou turned back. The shadow of death fell from the sky, the heated ruins rising with billowing black smoke, the blazing flames melting gold, and the air distorted like a swarm of snakes. Witnessing on the ruins of iron and fire, a flash of red light flickered among the thick smoke, the black-haired girl slowly walked out, raising the heavy hammer in her hand, each step causing the ground to tremble, with molten iron clashing in response.

“Run, why aren’t you running?” Bai Youyou casually pinched to death a player she had grabbed, firing him like a cannonball into a nearby building.

“Missed you too much, Youyou, wanted to turn back and see you more.”

Xu Xiaoyou said as the Silent Hand slammed into the air above the building, embedding deeply, exerting a slight force to propel her body swiftly toward the distance.

“Ugh!”

“Don’t rush, young man, take it easy.”

“Why did it get dark, who turned off the lights?”

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of explosions echoed in Oasis City; wherever the two went, the place was razed to ruins, the chaotic scene unfolding in the city as one magnificent building after another collapsed, disintegrating into a flood of data before hitting the ground.

Alright, Xu Xiaoyou somewhat overestimated her current combat strength, and even under a tenfold stat disparity, Bai Youyou could perceive the existence of Silent Hand.

Was she cursed by some nasty thing?

Before losing face, at least let her finish acting?

Xu Xiaoyou sighed inwardly, as the Silent Hand pounded the ground, her toe touched the earth again before leaping once more.

Bai Youyou, like a meteor, fell from the sky, striking the place she stood a second ago; with herself as the center, a hundred meters of the ground exploded and collapsed, like a giant spider web spread open.

“Ding dong! Your guild ‘Light Chasing Garden’ has been successfully created!”

Xu Xiaoyou nodded, stomping an automatic land air vehicle into a flood of data while sending a guild invitation to Bai Youyou behind her.

Seeing the prompt box pop up in front of her, Bai Youyou’s forehead veins bulged, she abruptly grabbed the prompt box and squeezed it until it exploded!

“Do you want to die?”

Xu Xiaoyou sighed helplessly, “Work is work, life is life.”

“Youyou, isn’t the Order Court going to send someone to fight this year’s tournament?”

“At least there must be family plans on this, can’t just watch the All-Knowing mode’s key fall into outsiders’ hands, am I right?”

Saying this, Xu Xiaoyou arrived at the Golden Tower Bridge, Silent Hand grabbed the steel cable, leaping hundreds of meters to the top of the clock tower in the middle of the bridge, striking the giant bell, letting the entire city’s players know her current location.

Bai Youyou landed, collapsed the entire front of the Tower Bridge, the hundreds of meters of bridge segments crumbled inch by inch, the tightly stretched steel cables snapped one by one, like shrieking snakes in the air, countless vehicles from virtual reality falling towards the dark, cold sea below.

She silently did not speak.

Seeing an opportunity, Xu Xiaoyou quickly struck while the iron was hot.

“Isn’t it a coincidence? You need a team, and it just so happens I have spots in my team…”

“You talk too much.” Bai Youyou swung her heavy hammer.

Below the young girl, a giant array unfolded, the silver lines intricately linked, and as the heavy hammer landed, the array simultaneously gathered, exuding a dazzling light!

The energy of destruction swelled and erupted, the dense air surged into a storm, sweeping towards the whole world!

The gravity of hundreds of meters instantly reversed, cars that fell into the sea played in reverse, floating towards the sky, the black-haired girl leaping across these vehicles!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Several explosive reverberations continuously echoed in the air, the fire from the explosion dyed the sky a golden red, attempting to engulf the entire world in burning light.

The black-haired girl then leapt out of the swirling fiery wind, standing atop the clock tower with Xu Xiaoyou, brushing off the flames from her shoulder, except for a few black marks on her pure white uniform, she seemed unharmed.

From here, you can gaze upon the entire magnificent and grand Oasis City, with floating golden droplets forming the city’s skyline, and towering skyscrapers like stacked poker chips, golden traffic streaming between them, and distant stars dimming at your fingertips under the sky.

The stunning scenery seemed to say, “Look, how vast the world is, how romantic it can be.”

The two girls who had been chasing each other just moments ago stood silently, gazing at each other.

A guild’s hovercar ascended behind them, its roaring engine stirring up a fierce wind, blowing through the girls’ long hair, while the dazzling white headlights illuminated their faces.

Someone on the hovercar seemed to shout for her to hurry up and get on, but Xu Xiaoyou couldn’t quite hear; she was savoring this moment of tranquility.

The ignited hovercar turned into a blazing rolling Fireball, plummeting towards the night.

The flames on Bai Youyou’s palm gradually extinguished.

At this moment, Xu Xiaoyou sent a guild invitation to the other once more.

“Think it over carefully, don’t act on impulse and regret it later; let’s keep things separate,” Xu Xiaoyou said with a raised eyebrow.

“You can capture me and let me out when the league starts, then lock me back up after the match.”

“Tch.”

Silence melted into the night. This time, Bai Youyou didn’t refuse again; she clicked to agree.

“Do you know you can’t escape, which is why you’re giving up the struggle?” Bai Youyou said coldly, a shackle resting on her fingertips.

“Maybe.” Xu Xiaoyou answered ambiguously.

It’s nice; Anya and Little Raccoon have already joined the guild during the previous chase, and Light Chasing Garden now only needed the last piece of the puzzle.

Xu Xiaoyou was completely unaware; at this moment, her mind simultaneously conjured up the images of four girls.

After flipping through the forum, unsurprisingly, the recent events caused another wave of frenzy; thousands of people were discussing the happenings inside Oasis City, clamoring to rescue the Dark Gold Rose from the Executioner’s grasp.

Xu Xiaoyou turned around, her back towards Bai Youyou, suddenly producing a camera in her hand, she aimed at them, confirmed both were in the frame, then flashed a peace sign and pressed the shutter button.

The white light flickered as Bai Youyou raised her hand to shield her face, her eyebrows furrowed low, gazing at the gold-haired girl editing the text box, seemingly completely unguarded, wondering what she was thinking.

Casually, Xu Xiaoyou posted the group photo along with the recruitment post for ‘Light Chasing Garden’ onto the world forum. Predictably, her action reignited the forum’s heat that had barely settled down, as hundreds of comments refreshed continuously, and a dense cluster of ‘membership application’ prompts popped up in front of her.

“Haha, what’s happening with Miss Dark Gold Rose, haven’t seen you for a moment, now you’re organizing a meeting?”

“666, it’s no surprise coming from a bigwig like Dark Gold Rose, converting the Harmonizer NPC into a follower in the newbie instance, and outside, flirting with the Harmonizer Executioner.”

“Well, Enchanting Demons are like this.”

“Is there a possibility that the bigwig Dark Gold Rose has already been captured, and she’s actually signaling for help with hand gestures?”

Xu Xiaoyou gently waved her hand, placing all prompt boxes into the inbox. She planned to find time to review these players’ qualities carefully; the guild’s first group of founders are the cornerstones of the future, and they couldn’t be let in so casually.

“Had enough fun yet?” Bai Youyou shook the shackle resting on her fingertips, her tone calm.

“Mm.”

Xu Xiaoyou arched her eyes and extended her hand, a completely yielding posture.

“Capture me, Investigator Miss.”

Bai Youyou approached with a cold face, just as she was about to cuff the girl’s hands, an abrupt change occurred!

With a curl of her lips, Xu Xiaoyou snapped her fingers, and with an illusionary gesture, produced an artifact from her swaying hand, reaching upwards.

Bai Youyou’s expression changed drastically; instinctively, she summoned Osiris, “You cunning sinner…”

Unexpectedly, the golden-haired girl leaned close, embracing her, eyelids lightly lowered, fingertips resting on her lips. The artifact that transformed earlier revealed its true form in the romantic moonlight—a Moonlight Rose.

“Shh.”

A gentle voice lingered in her ear, breath warm.

The moonlight quietly flowed upon the pale, soft petals, the rose’s thorns pricked the girl’s finger, bright red blood ran down her distinct joints, coursing over the dark green, tenderly caressing the intense moonlight on the stem. The gentle moon hung behind them, unwilling to break the beauty of this moment’s atmosphere.

Xu Xiaoyou turned her head, her eyes equally brimming with silvery moonlight, countless stars quietly extinguished in her gaze.

At this moment, what is more beautiful than gold is the girl’s eyes.

If you touch me now.

You will know,

I’m neither a mirror’s reflection,

Nor a flower moon in the water.

“Look.”

“So beautiful.”

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