Su Lin met her gaze from afar and already knew the purpose of Xu Zhiyi's visit.

"Greetings, Junior Sister."

Su Lin cupped his hands in greeting, his portrayal of his identity so precise that it seemed as if the two had never met before.

"Oh dear, Mr. Su, are you so forgetful? You don't even remember your old friend?"

Xu Zhiyi didn't seem to care. She looked at Su Lin with a smile and walked down the steps with light steps, arriving in front of Su Lin with a fragrant breeze.

I know what you're afraid of.

Xu Zhiyi was not worried about the danger of the man in front of her. She leaned her pretty face in front of him, smiled and raised her hand, her slender white fingers holding a card that was entirely red.

"Ta-da! High Priestess, take your seat!"

"Represents secrets, direct and unrevealed truths, and possesses absolute control over information."

Xu Zhiyi looked at Su Lin with a smile: "So, don't worry about the NPCs overhearing our conversation. Only we know about this."

Su Lin looked at the tarot cards in the woman's hand; she was dealing with some mystical stuff again.

Without a doubt, Xu Zhiyi has grown since that match, and this growth is not only in terms of strength, but also in her speech and demeanor.

Like pure gold in fire, it gradually transforms as it is burned.

"That's not right."

Xiao Linlin suddenly spoke up, pointing to the cards in Xu Zhiyi's hand: "Big sister, I remember the basic interpretation of the High Priestess upright is: understanding, quiet, rational, research-oriented, and insightful, trusting one's subconscious and decisions..."

"This doesn't really have much to do with [information], does it?"

Xiao Linlin's clear, childlike voice and innocent eyes caught Xu Zhiyi's attention.

"Who are you..."

Xu Zhiyi's smile faded, then quickly reappeared: "Oh dear, Mr. Su is really lucky to have such a wonderful little attendant! He knows so much!"

"But unfortunately I don't interpret the meaning of the cards; that's just about my ability to predict the future. I also have some... rather special methods."

Xu Zhiyi looked up at Su Lin, who said calmly, "You mean you can isolate this area and create a secret space for communication?"

If each tarot card in her hand can manifest a special, tangible ability, then with 78 tarot cards in total, wouldn't that mean this woman has 78 special abilities?!

This is definitely not an ordinary prophetic ability; this woman's talent level is absolutely very high!

"Of course!"

Xu Zhiyi was very happy, with pride in her eyes, and looked no different from the girl next door.

Is this a threat?

Su Lin suddenly laughed: "Show me your strength in exchange for leverage in negotiations?"

"No, no, no, this is a demonstration, a demonstration that I am now qualified to stand with you."

Xu Zhiyi waved her hand and said with a smile, "Since we parted last time, I didn't even know Mr. Su's name. I only just confirmed that you are the strongest person in D-1 District."

"If I had played as I did in the last match, I probably wouldn't have been able to attract Mr. Su's attention much, but people always get stronger... Now that I have some new strength, I think Mr. Su might be willing to cooperate with me."

"Not interested."

Su Lin shook her head, and Xiao Linlin nodded in agreement, emphasizing, "Big brother is very strong; you can't take advantage of him!"

“I never said I was taking advantage of him; I have a very clear understanding of my own position.”

Xu Zhiyi looked at Xiao Linlin, squatted down and said with a smile, "Little friend, don't be so malicious towards me."

She tried to reach out and stroke Xiao Linlin's hair, but Xiao Linlin turned her head away.

Xu Zhiyi smiled indifferently, then stood up and looked at Su Lin: "Mr. Su, based on our experience from the last exchange, I'd like to offer my analysis of your habits: you won't take action unless there are sufficient benefits or threats, right?"

Su Lin raised an eyebrow but did not answer the question.

Xu Zhiyi was indeed clever; she roughly judged what kind of person Su Lin was: someone who only cared about gains and losses.

“Then, I think Mr. Su should already know what I did before, after all, you have such a smart child by your side.”

"Yes... indeed, I have joined forces with the other two teams of survivors from the righteous faction. We have reached a consensus to work together to help the righteous faction seize the Peace Stone and ensure that we can all escape."

"That's a pointless statement!"

Su Lin interrupted without hesitation: "Even if you do nothing, the righteous faction still has a high probability of winning! This is a characteristic caused by the imbalance of power in the local world!"

The righteous path holds the advantage in strength, while the evil path holds the advantage in information and clues from the Peace Stone.

These are the advantages and disadvantages of both sides. If we follow the normal development path, the righteous faction will eventually obtain the Peace Stone, without requiring players to do anything extra.

"Of course, the righteous path will win, but if we do nothing, the greatest benefit of this match will be wasted."

Xu Zhiyi narrowed her eyes slightly and said softly, "Mr. Su, do you really not want the Peace Stone?"

"Is this all you have to offer?"

Su Lin laughed: "You came all this way just to whet my appetite with the Peace Stone? What conditions do you plan to offer in exchange for my support?"

Both of them knew that in role-playing games, it was actually very difficult for survivors on the same side to kill each other.

Especially within the righteous faction, Su Lin cannot kill the other survivors within the Sword Pavilion's territory, otherwise it would greatly damage his own persona.

This underlying rule undoubtedly causes losses for powerful players who rely on clearing maps aggressively, at least preventing them from acquiring more survivor supplies.

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