Chapter 92 In this land of no man, only one person can truly forget another person from the bottom of their heart...

"This is..."

"My room key."

"Sorry, Jiang Yang, I'm a coward."

"Idiot, as long as we gorillas are happy, that's all that matters."

Three days have passed since the Blackrock City raid ended. Snow has fallen in the Land of No Man's Lands, covering the entire Tower of Judgment in a thick layer of snow. The bone-chilling cold makes Jiang Yang want to just lazily hide in his warm bed, and he doesn't even want to open the countless messages that pop up on his screen.

Hoshino initially asked him frantically, "Is Nan Ke really dead?"

He then said, "Hahaha, I never expected him to be the first to die."

Then he said, "Jiang Yang, you mustn't die, or I'll kill you."

After an unknown amount of time, Hoshino finally asked again, unwilling to give up: "Is Nan Ke really dead?"

Jiang Yang thought, perhaps it could be considered as death.

He reached his hand onto the panel and replied with only one word: "Hmm."

The No Man's Land didn't want its prisoners to discover there were other ways to escape. The truth was kept from him, and he had nothing else to say to Hoshino.

Every day, without fail, there's a message from Ji Yang, sent every morning, noon, and evening. Sometimes it's about Ji Yang's lunch, and sometimes it's about what Ji Yang saw or heard in the wasteland. The last message was sent three hours ago. Jiang Yang glanced at the time; it was almost noon.

Ji Yang said, "I might be busy lately, let's meet up if we have time."

As if afraid he might refuse, Ji Yang added, "I'll just give you the winning team's reward this time."

award...

This reminded Jiang Yang of the reward he received in the email for the agent's performance review: a backpack.

If his points allow, he can even prepare various medicines in advance to fill his backpack, without being restricted by the in-trial purchase rules.

In addition to this, Jiang Yang had an unexpected surprise when he went to find Xie Lu in Nan Ke.

[Time Travel Bottle Upgrade Progress: 3/3]

[Upgrade?]

Jiang Yang pressed the "Yes" button.

[Time Travel Bottle upgraded to S-rank, 1 use remaining]

Do you want to go back to the past or enter the future? Explore for yourself and use with caution.

Jiang Yang remained expressionless, as if a tightness in his chest prevented him from understanding the function, and he had no room for error!

He asked sarcastically, "Is the Tower some kind of stingy person?"

The assistant replied in a serious tone, "The Time Travel Bottle is not a product of No Man's Land. Unfortunately, the Tower doesn't know how to use it either. Please explore it yourself."

Not...No Man's Land?

Jiang Yang kept this in mind, got up, threw off the covers, and got out of bed.

Outside the window, everything was white. Jiang Yang stretched and, before leaving after washing up, didn't forget to grab the key Nan Ke had given him from the table. After lying down for three days in a row, he decided to find something to do.

...

3107. The young man turned the key, and a click sounded on the door. At the moment when Nan Ke was declared "dead", his points and rankings were all reset to zero, and the No Man's Land erased all traces of him. Only this room was unexpectedly preserved.

Light peeked through the crack in the door. Pushing it open, Jiang Yang found himself in a luxurious capitalist suite. He wandered around aimlessly. Besides Nan Ke's personal belongings, Nan Ke's room also contained many traces of Xie Lu's previous residence.

The problem is that Jiang Yang hasn't yet figured out Nan Ke's intention in giving him the key.

"Hey, little trash, are you back?"

Suddenly, a voice almost 90% similar to Nan Ke's rang out in the room. Unlike Nan Ke, however, his tone was resentful and sarcastic. Jiang Yang followed the sound and found it coming from a square alarm clock on the bedside table.

"Hey, you little piece of trash? Why aren't you saying anything?"

"Nan Ke! Can't you hear me? I'm talking to you!"

“He’s dead,” Jiang Yang said.

The alarm clock fell silent, then after a long while let out a sneer, "It's better that it's dead."

Jiang Yang lowered her eyes, concealing her expression. "Then what will you do?"

"Me? I might die too."

As soon as the alarm clock finished speaking, a violent and ear-piercing electrical sound radiated outwards from its small body. Jiang Yang was so shocked that he collapsed to the ground, his thoughts in disarray. He curled up, panting heavily, and tears involuntarily fell.

The static stopped abruptly, and he suddenly felt a lightness in his chest. In an instant, cold air rushed into his lungs, and just as a cough was about to rise, a warm current flowed into his lower abdomen. He heard the trial assistant sigh and say, "Did Nan Ke bring you here to harm you again?"

Jiang Yang propped himself up with one hand, swaying as he stood up. He said with inexplicable certainty, "Nan Ke wouldn't do that," then picked up the alarm clock and tentatively asked, "What's this?"

The assistant explained, "He is Nan Ke's trial assistant," an assistant with malicious intent.

Jiang Yang had a guess.

"Is the trial assistant the same as the player's initial state?"

...

"yes..."

"So when I first entered No Man's Land, I was very worried that someone would harm me, right?"

"yes."

Jiang Yang showed no emotion, shook his head from side to side, and casually put the alarm clock into his pocket.

A knock suddenly sounded at the door. Jiang Yang moved behind the door with a serious expression and cautiously asked through the door, "Who is it?"

Is Mr. Jiang inside?

Jiang Yang was somewhat surprised to be called out by name so directly. After thinking for a moment, he opened the door, and the person standing outside was none other than the driver who had picked him and Nan Ke up to Litanwei that day.

Did you know I would come?

Compared to Jiang Yang's composure, the other party bluntly looked him up and down, and finally seemed to reluctantly accept a certain fact. He bowed to Jiang Yang and respectfully called out, "New Master."

Jiang Yang was taken aback for a moment. He straightened up and continued to introduce himself, "Master, I am a former subordinate of Nan Ke. My name is Nan Yi. Before entering the trial this time, Nan Ke signed a contract. If he cannot leave the trial safely, Nan Er, Nan Si, and Nan Wu will all be under your command. This is Nan Ke's original plan."

Nan Yi handed over a folder, which Jiang Yang took and flipped through briefly. He discovered that in addition to Nan Yi being assigned to Litanwei, Nan Ke had even made arrangements for Mouguang. He pursed his lips and asked uncertainly, "What about Nan San?"

"He's dead."

An answer that left Jiang Yang feeling uneasy, even if he had to get up in the middle of the night.

Jiang Yang couldn't see any problems in the short term, so he put the planning document away and asked, "So Nan Ke sent me here to see you, right?"

"Yes, he also told me to remind you that if you don't know how to arrange things, you can contact Mouguang for cooperation."

Jiang Yang asked, "What is Nan Wu responsible for in Mouguang?"

"The assessment of new recruits at Mouguang," Nan Yi said.

Privately, Jiang Yang was unwilling to bring a completely unfamiliar team to Ji Yang. After thinking about it, he sent a message to Ji Yang, asking for a meeting time. He wanted to make plans after meeting Ji Yang.

"It's alright, we're at your beck and call anytime. Of course, if you need us to change our codename, you can let me know in advance. I think the name Jiang Yi is quite good."

Jiang Yang rejected Nan Yi's suggestion. He just didn't understand, "Although this was arranged in advance by Nan Ke, you seem to have accepted his departure very calmly."

"Perhaps it's because I know I'll never forget him."

"Only when a person truly forgets another person from the bottom of their heart is that person truly dead. So I think he is not dead."

The young man seemed to be deep in thought, and Nan nodded before leaving.

Jiang Yang realized what was happening when he was already at the door. He caught up with him and asked, "Then why did you accept the change of ownership so readily?"

Nan asked in return, "What is your goal in No Man's Land?"

"Leave this no man's land," Jiang Yang said firmly.

"Yes, our goal is also to leave the no man's land."

"I understand," the young man said, his eyebrows curving upwards. "How can we keep in touch?"

"As long as you are here, I can sense you and then contact you."

Jiang Yang suddenly realized why Nan Yi had arrived so quickly after he arrived.

"Okay, see you next time."

Ji Yang also gave him a reply on the panel. At one o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Yang simply arranged to meet someone at a restaurant.

However, to everyone's surprise, when Jiang Yang entered the restaurant from the hotel floor, Ji Yang had already booked a private room. The waiter led Jiang Yang there, and when Jiang Yang sat down, Ji Yang calmly pushed the menu in front of him.

Jiang Yang didn't stand on ceremony and ordered several dishes from the waiter. When she closed the menu, she thought of Ji Yang and touched her nose sheepishly, asking, "What would you like to eat?"

Ji Yang's attention was still on the Sichuan dishes the person had ordered, his brows furrowed. "You have a bad stomach, why are you eating such spicy food?"

Jiang Yang didn't think too much about it. The blandness of the past few days made him desperately need some spicy stimulation to awaken his taste buds. Seeing Ji Yang make two cuts for the waiter, he visibly felt disappointed.

Ji Yang sighed helplessly, "Fine, bring them all, and add a bowl of chicken broth."

"Then thank you so much, Boss Ji!"

"Speak properly."

After saying that, Jiang Yang lowered his head and didn't speak again. The waiter left, and the two remained silent for a moment. Just as Ji Yang was about to speak again, thinking that he might have spoken too harshly, he saw Jiang Yang catch his breath. He was startled and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It was said on the forum that Xiong Bingxin became the agent of the Tower."

Borderlands has a dedicated forum to facilitate online interaction and communication between players, excluding the trial content.

When a waiter came to serve the food, Ji Yang naturally picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and put it on the plate, asking, "What are you thinking?"

"I'm more curious: the chariot's mission is to retrieve the Judgment Token, so which one in the tower is injured?"

"Hiss~" Jiang Yang gasped. Ji Yang promptly handed him a tissue. He put it to his lips, his tongue curling up a small piece of ginger onto it. When he turned to look at Ji Yang, he saw an undisguised smile in Ji Yang's eyes. "You did that on purpose!"

His cheeks puffed up with anger, but Ji Yang felt that he had become much more lively. He casually took the tissue from the man's hand and threw it into the trash can. He smiled and said, "Yeah, I did it on purpose. What can you do about it?"

Jiang Yang hates eating raw ginger the most.

But it seems he really can't do anything about Ji Yang.

I don't want to talk to you anymore.

"No, I want to talk to you."

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Author's Note: Yay! The fourth dungeon is about to set sail!

My goal is to finish the fourth dungeon this month, hehe~

There's only one transition chapter left before we enter the new dungeon!