"Godslayer" was once Tang Xiaoxiao's favorite online game, to which she devoted a considerable amount of energy and time. In her previous life, "Godslayer" was indeed very popular for many years, but in the later environment where online games were constantly being improved in all aspects, "Godslayer" eventually failed to withstand the impact and gradually declined.

It is said that the failure was due to a disagreement among the partners behind "Godslayer," which led to internal disagreements and insufficient funding for later research and development.

Tang Xiaoxiao's fingers kept stroking the keyboard, but in the end she gave in to her inner desires and clicked on the official download page for "Godslayer".

At 10:05, Tang Xiaoxiao's character, a petite female mage, appeared in the newbie village wearing a drab gray beginner's outfit.

The reason why the game "Godslayer" became so popular across the country, besides its excellent production quality, was that it didn't rely on revealing clothing for female characters to attract male players, which was also a reason why Tang Xiaoxiao liked it. The game's background is set against the backdrop of three races: immortals, demons, and humans, and its themes are passion and unity.

With years of gaming experience, Tang Xiaoxiao knew everything inside and out. She skillfully controlled her character to complete various main quests. Because of her experience in her previous life, she was even more familiar with the quest process than players who had participated in the game's closed beta. As a result, she perfectly avoided many pitfalls that newbies would fall into when doing quests for the first time, as well as some time-wasting and useless detours. Two hours later, Tang Xiaoxiao's name was already far ahead on the level leaderboard.

It was already past midnight. This was the first time Tang Xiaoxiao had stayed up so late since her rebirth. Although she didn't feel tired, she still turned off her computer.

Before logging off, she glanced at the leaderboard. Besides herself, six of the top ten were members of the "Brotherhood Alliance." The "Brotherhood Alliance" was a semi-profit guild, present in many large-scale online games. Their leader was rather mysterious and rarely appeared; all affairs were handled by several highly paid senior managers who were very knowledgeable about online games. Besides taking over territory in the game to earn money from the game company, they also took on external businesses such as forging equipment and selling rare materials and mounts.

Although it's a for-profit guild, its requirements for ordinary members aren't demanding; as long as they're online and complete guild tasks on time, they're fine. Their main fighting force comes from the paying players they recruit.

It's common knowledge that to succeed in online games, besides strong awareness and skill, spending money is also essential. Any top-tier equipment is expensive, and the chances of getting it by defeating monsters in the game are extremely slim if you don't want to spend money.

The reason why Tang Xiaoxiao and Han Yunqi became acquainted in their previous life was because of an offline gathering where a big spender participated. In the game, this big spender was dazzling and generous, but in reality, he was a slightly sleazy, short, greasy man. However, he was lucky enough to become a second-generation demolition benefactor, and he became a bit arrogant after having some spare money.

He had wicked thoughts when he saw Tang Xiaoxiao at the party. Although Tang Xiaoxiao wasn't as radiant as she is now, she was still a pretty girl with a good foundation. During the meal, the greasy man took the opportunity to fawn over Tang Xiaoxiao, implying that "he's rich and you'll get a lot of benefits if you're with him." He seemed oblivious to the disgust on Tang Xiaoxiao's face, and even reached out to touch her face.

Although there were more than twenty people at that offline gathering, it was the first time they had met, and no one dared to step forward. The vice leader, who was the organizer of the gathering, was about to speak up to smooth things over when Han Yunqi got up first, kicked the lewd man to the ground, and then grabbed Tang Xiaoxiao's wrist and left.

The hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress trope is cliché, but it's undeniably effective. Tang Xiaoxiao's first impression of Han Yunqi immediately improved dramatically. Who wouldn't like a handsome and righteous boy? When Han Yunqi later expressed his desire to pursue her, Tang Xiaoxiao agreed almost without hesitation.

Afterwards, the two left the Brotherhood and joined a small, insignificant guild, where they were quite content.

If there was any resentment towards the Brotherhood Alliance, that wouldn't be true. After all, the guild wouldn't act according to individual wishes. That sleazy guy had bad character in real life, but he hadn't done anything detrimental to the guild in the game, so there was no reason for them to take any action against him. Tang Xiaoxiao and her companion left the guild because they really didn't want to be in the same place as disgusting people. When they left, the leader of their branch guild even tried his best to persuade them to stay.

Tang Xiaoxiao really loves the online world. It's not just because she likes to play, but because only online can she not care about other people's opinions and do whatever she wants. If she hates someone, she can block them and never see them again. If she doesn't want to contact someone, she can disappear and no one can find her. She can live a carefree life.

Instead of having to be careful about everything and weigh your words carefully in real life, and having to maintain a fake smile even when you hate someone.

With her thoughts in disarray, Tang Xiaoxiao gradually drifted off to sleep.

In her dream, she seemed to see herself from her past life, lying motionless on the bed, with only her chest rising and falling slightly. Her husband was sleeping by the bedside, but he was different from the person in her memory. In her dream, Han Yunqi was much thinner, with sunken cheeks and a stubble beard. Even in his deep sleep, he still had a furrowed brow, and his hands tightly wrapped around one of her hands.

She was like an observer, watching herself and her husband with their eyes closed. She wanted to reach out and touch him, but her hand passed right through his body.

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