After finishing the chicken soup, Linda lay on the mattress with her hands as her head, and the scenes from earlier flashed before her eyes.
The warm, smooth jade, the ravines he accidentally glimpsed... all of these things made it impossible for him to calm down.
Linda wondered to herself whether her "brother" liked Aiko's body or Aiko herself.
If it's the former, wouldn't that confirm his identity as a pervert? Not satisfied with Lulu, Monica, and Tasia, he also wants to lay his hands on Eko...
Aiko knows she's lusting after her body, and she'll definitely despise herself for it.
"Sigh, I think I'm sick!"
Linda sighed, got up, and took a cold shower to clear her mind of distractions.
The 15th level of the Greater Rift will open tomorrow at noon. How can I possibly have the energy to focus on women? An adventurer's duty is to become stronger, not to recruit beautiful female teammates.
An hour later, Linda finally closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.
"I am not a pervert, I am the righteous 'Eye of Truth'..."
In her sleep, Linda murmured unconsciously.
...
Early the next morning.
This day was January 27th of the Southern Fire Calendar, the day the 15th level of the Greater Rift was to open as announced.
As dawn broke, sanitation workers were cleaning up the streets of Central Street.
At this time of day, White Dove City is like a sleeping behemoth, snoring leisurely, with only one or two adventurers occasionally seen jogging.
But today, the streets are bustling with activity and teeming with people.
The adventurers chatted and laughed as they headed to the movie theater, along with many other out-of-towners speaking with strange accents.
Curious people went to inquire and learned that some of those people came from Xuanfeng City, some from Aoxia City, and others from the even more distant Dakong City.
They came here for one purpose only: to watch the debut of White Dove City's new generation of steel-class warriors.
The Wilderness Guardians have descended on the fifteenth floor, at the border between White Dove City and Red Heart City. The two sides have a long-standing feud, so it's easy to imagine that a fierce battle will break out.
The White Dove possesses the potential to be rated nine stars with the "Eye of Truth," while the Red Hearts have the rated eight stars with the "Power King." These highly anticipated factors combine to create an adventure that is impossible to miss.
Adventurers from Xuanfeng City, thousands of miles away, traveled day and night, driving all the way here, just to catch a glimpse of the geniuses from White Dove and Red Peach City.
The cinema building is located on Central Street. Shaped like a giant square pillar, it covers an area of more than 8,000 square meters and has 17 floors. It can accommodate nearly 100,000 people to watch the live adventure at the same time.
The building has never been at full capacity since it was built.
Today, tickets are three times more expensive than usual, yet they are still hard to come by.
The interior decorations and facilities of the building become more luxurious as you go up.
The lower fifteen floors are for mid- to low-level adventurers, while the ticket price increases several dozen times from the fifteenth floor onwards.
In contrast to the cramped, crowded lower floors, each person here has an individual sofa with folding armrests that open to form a sleek black table. Below that is a drawer stocked with fresh ale and beverages, including some snacks, all complimentary.
When we got to the top seventeenth floor, there were even fewer people.
The first-floor lobby can hold 10,000 people, while the seventeenth floor has only a few hundred.
A quick glance around revealed adventurers of level 20 or above, merchants, and star-ranked individuals who had traveled from afar.
A row of red sofas surrounds a huge suspended screen in the center.
It consists of three screens, ensuring that viewers in any direction can see the adventure live.
It's 11:50 AM, and the adventure livestream will begin in 10 minutes.
The hall was filled with a lively atmosphere, with people whispering and discussing the top adventurers from the two cities.
Every Star Rank is a figure of interest, and today's live broadcast, featuring dozens of Star Rank individuals on the same stage, is undoubtedly a feast for adventurers.
On the screen was a virtual magical clock, its second hand ticking away like a mischievous girl's finger, teasing everyone's hearts.
"Hey, White Dove City is only ranked 202nd out of 300 cities in Azure Province, while Red Peach City is ranked 137th. Are you sure you can fight?"
Looking at the excited crowd, an elf boy wearing a brown baseball cap and carrying a bow and arrow said in confusion.
He is an adventurer from Xuanfeng City who was brought to White Dove City by his sister for tourism.
The boy and his sister had just bought tickets from a middleman to get to the 17th floor, and were unaware of the current situation in the cities of White Dove and Red Peach.
The older sister has short, flowing blonde hair, wears a white cotton dress, and is named Sterry. She is holding a small booklet that is distributed free of charge in White Dove City.
Above were introductions to outstanding adventurers in White Dove City. Sterly turned to one of the pages and saw a tall, slender young man with black hair and black eyes. She blinked in surprise.
"Rudy, look! There's an adventurer in White Dove City with a nine-star potential rating!"
"What? Isn't this even more amazing than your sister?"
Rudy immediately leaned closer, looking at the pictures and text in the booklet, muttering to himself:
"Linda, the Eye of Truth, nine-star rating in the Adventurer's Weekly. Skilled in strategy, command, and support... No way, a small place like White Dove City can produce an adventurer with nine-star potential?"
Rudy looked on incredulously. His sister, Sterly, had been recognized by the Adventurers' Weekly a month ago, receiving an eight-star rating. Even in Xuanfeng City, which ranked 56th in the Azure Province, Sterly was considered a genius.
And this city of White Dove, ranked 202nd and at the very bottom of the list, actually has an adventurer with the potential of nine stars?
Rudy thought to himself with a strange feeling that Xuanfeng City had only produced one potential nine-star player in the entire last year... Could this manual from Baige City be false advertising?
He urged Sterling to turn the page.
As a result, we saw that besides the nine-star Linda, there was also the eight-star Flame Blossom Leah, the eight-star Mind's Eye Abner, and the seven-star Frost Swordsman Isa...
The siblings looked at each other, wondering if they had stumbled upon a city that ranked at least in the top eighty in the province.
"Don't underestimate the adventurers from White Dove City, you out-of-towners!" Finch, with a white cloth wrapped around his head bearing the words "The Phoenix Flower Will Win," said to the siblings with a displeased expression.
“It’s good to have confidence, but this is just blind arrogance,” a traveler with a non-local accent sneered.
The man had short purple hair, a gaunt face, and cold, triangular eyes like a venomous snake. He snorted and said disdainfully, "Red Peach City has at least 40 people. How many can your White Dove City send? No matter how strong your individual strength is, you can't bridge the huge gap in numbers."
Someone recognized the purple-haired, thin man and exclaimed, "Wiz the Poison Scorpion from Giant Scorpion City? He seems to have been featured in the Adventurers' Weekly, a 38th-level veteran star rank, with a nine-star potential rating, and like Linda, he's proficient in poison magic!"
Sterly's identity was also recognized: the "Sunshine Dancer" from Xuanfeng City, a level 35 star, with an eight-star potential rating in the Adventurer's Weekly Report.
Although everyone knows that those who can come to the 17th floor are "either noble or powerful", these two are still among the very top tier even on the 17th floor.
Among the adventurers in White Dove City, there are probably no more than five who can rival them!
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