Three years, more than a thousand days and nights.

Bai Luo was constantly searching for clues about the shadowy figure.

Even with the dean's authority, they still couldn't find a single clue.

It was as if it had evaporated into thin air.

Just like that, without any of the original adventurers realizing it.

He even went back to the villa to sleep for one night, and no one noticed until noon the next day.

Is the captain missing?

It was as if they were trapped in an illusory bubble, until the team member spoke up, the bubble burst, and everyone returned to reality.

It is incomprehensible and inexplicable.

At that moment, Bai Luo learned from Lulu that the Shadow of Darkness was still alive.

Overwhelmed with excitement, tiny pearls, the size of beans, spilled from their eye sockets.

"Your feelings towards the captain..."

Lulu was stunned.

Bai Luo turned around, took off her mask, wiped her eyes, and put it back on.

She asked, "Where did you meet the teacher?"

Lulu: "That happened half a year ago. The captain has long since left that place. For you, the important thing is not the location, but the time."

"Time, what does that mean?"

"You'll understand after you hear this."

Lulu handed Bai Luo a round object, resembling a pebble.

This is a recording stone.

...

A moment later.

Bai Luo's hand holding the recording stone trembled slightly, and crystal tears dripped down her chin and onto the ground.

Tears of joy streamed down her face.

Legend has it that if the Little Mermaid sheds tears of happiness, those tears will become legendary materials.

It's a pity the other party isn't a mermaid.

Lulu felt a slight pang of envy.

Even if the recording stone contains a "lie," it will one day become the truth.

Given Linda's personality, she would never let such a loyal catgirl go.

“If you know the captain well enough, you should be able to tell who’s speaking in the recording stone,” Lulu said.

"Hmm." Bai Luo nodded, took out a handkerchief to wipe her eyes, blew her nose, and then put it back in her pocket.

"He is indeed a teacher; no one can fake it."

Only the shadowy figure who personally taught her swordsmanship and brought her out of that devilish training camp could have such a voice that was cold yet contained a hint of gentleness.

Bai Luo held the recording stone in her palm, as if it were her teacher.

She said, "Can I have the recording stone?"

Lulu felt a little guilty and said, "Of course, you can take it."

"Thanks."

Bai Luo left, her snow-white cat tail waving.

"I didn't expect things to be so simple."

Lulu took a sip of the coffee on the table, and gradually relaxed.

"When you meet Bai Luo, please tell her that I will go to see her in person three years from now."

This is the content of the recording stone.

Linda came up with a delaying tactic.

Within three years, Linda is confident that she will become stronger than Bai Luo, and then she will invite this cat-eared loli to join the team.

Bai Luo wanted to possess him exclusively, which was unacceptable to him and the entire Phoenix Tail Flower Squad.

Linda believes she belongs to everyone, not just any particular team member.

...

Lulu walked out of the coffee shop and onto the street.

The midday sun was warm and pleasant, and her wolf ears twitched comfortably a few times, while her tail swayed gently.

"Wow, it's the newly promoted Star-Rank Adventurer, [Frostwolf] Lulu!"

Can I go up and get an autograph?

"She seems to be in a good mood! Could it be that Captain Linda has emerged from the sealed Great Mythic Realm?"

Passersby stopped and began to discuss it amongst themselves.

But no one dared to make too much noise.

To criticize someone in front of a Star Rank expert is utterly disrespectful.

Even when they were talking, everyone kept their voices down.

"Oh, what a pitiful werewolf."

I told you that orcs should join orc adventure teams, but she insisted on going to a human one.

See, now the captain is trapped in the Greater Rift and can't get out; he's definitely been eaten by monsters.

"It's so dangerous inside, level 30 monsters roam everywhere, how could Linda and the others possibly come back alive?"

"Huh? Does that mean the Phoenix Flower Adventure Team is gone just like that?"

"I'm not so sure. Don't forget that Linda is a healing class, which gives her an advantage in closed Greater Rifts."

As passersby discussed the matter, Lulu suddenly appeared before a certain female pig-headed woman with a frown.

This woman was 1.6 meters tall and weighed at least 200 kilograms. She was as fat as a pear, and it was she who gloated that Linda and the others had died in the sealed secret realm.

"You've cursed us?"

Lulu stared at the female pig-man with icy eyes.

"No, no."

The female protagonist's name is Peiqi, and she's a bit silly.

The aura of a Star-Rank Adventurer surged over, making Peggy's hair stand on end, and cold sweat dripped down her forehead.

She was just an ordinary level 12 healer, how could she withstand Lulu's pressure?

Peggy was almost in tears, and said tremblingly, "What I said is all true. Orcs shouldn't have joined human adventure teams."

“Not everyone looks down on orcs,” Lulu said. “The captain of the Phoenix Flower is different, you know? I can’t stop you from talking badly about other people, but I won’t let you get away with talking badly about the captain of the Phoenix Flower.”

"And... Linda and the others are back."

Only a few people know about this.

Rumors were spreading throughout the city that Linda was dead, a genius had fallen, and White Dove City had lost an outstanding captain.

Lulu deliberately ignored those rumors.

And now, she wants to tell those people...

"Linda is back, currently a level 33 Star-Rank Adventurer. That's all I wanted to say."

Lulu put her hands in her pockets and left.

The people on the street were in a state of confusion.

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