On the third floor, at the Omega restaurant, many models sat in twos and threes, eating and waiting to try on clothes.
The wooden handrails of the staircase were spotless, and the white marble floor tiles were so clean that they reflected one's image.
"Look! Isn't that the Gun God?"
"I knew it! If only I had known he was here sooner!"
"Oh? Xiao He is here too?"
"This...it seems they really are..."
"Don't talk nonsense! Have you forgotten that girl who spread rumors yesterday? If it weren't for Instructor Honglian speaking up for her, she would have been expelled this morning. You better watch out!"
"oh oh……"
Jinling excitedly pulled Xiao He along and casually chose a seat by the window.
On the table was an exquisite flower basket containing desserts and bread prepared by the chef.
"You haven't had breakfast yet, have you? Come on, have something to eat. There won't be any for lunch!" Jinling said.
"Thank you." Wang Xuefeng smiled slightly and slowly sat down after the two of them were seated.
The seating area consisted of two leather sofas facing each other, with a small square table in between. Because Jin Ling had been pulling him along, Xiao He found himself sitting next to her without realizing it.
With someone to lean on, Jinling's tense heart finally eased a little.
However, Xiao He, who was being leaned on, didn't think that way.
Like Wang Xuefeng across from him, he was a lifelong single, and he was always playing solo games. He had never been so intimately pulled along by a girl.
Before long, Xiao He's palms were sweating.
"Eat? Why aren't you eating?" Wang Xuefeng was the first to notice his embarrassment. She suppressed a laugh, picked up a piece of water chestnut cake, reached across the table, and held it to his mouth: "Here, I'll feed you."
Before Xiao He could even taste the pastries, Jin Ling, standing to the side, took a hearty bite of a lemon.
"I can do it myself." Taking advantage of the basic etiquette of receiving things with both hands, Xiao He finally found an opportunity to slip out of her grasp.
"Wow, I never thought I'd be dining at the same table as the Gun God. It's unbelievable..." Jin Ling rubbed her hands together, which seemed to have nowhere to go, and picked up a piece of the nearest piece of toast to eat with relish.
"Miss Zhu is too kind," Wang Xuefeng said with a polite smile.
"Um... there's something I need to say..." Jin Ling seemed to have mustered up her courage, her palms sweating twice as much as Xiao He's beside her: "That day... thank you!"
"Me?" Wang Xuefeng asked in surprise.
"Mmm." Jinling nodded somewhat awkwardly, her face almost buried in the bread sauce.
Wang Xuefeng thought about it carefully, and after a long while, he said with difficulty, "If I remember correctly, this is the first time we've met, right?"
Upon hearing this, Jinling's eyes showed a slight disappointment, and she sighed inwardly that she had been presumptuous.
"Two months ago... on the day the mutated bats attacked the city, all our branches were stationed in the North City, and you saved me three times... Thank you so much! I've never had a chance to say it until today, so I'm doing this on Xiao He's behalf. Thank you so much!"
Upon hearing her mention it, Wang Xuefeng suddenly realized what was going on.
"Oh, you mean back then? It's alright, it was my job... cough, it was what I should do."
Xiao He, standing to the side, was puzzled: "A mutated bat?"
He was still asleep two months ago. He really didn't know the details of how Flying Dragon City finally stabilized.
"Yes, resurrected monsters are not invincible. They can be killed by other creatures, and these normal creatures that have devoured the monsters will mutate because they have gained magic power," Wang Xuefeng explained to him carefully.
“They are the opposite of resurrected monsters, because this magic will devour their flesh and blood, eventually turning them into dry skeletons, which are easy to identify in appearance.”
"Later, the continent of Nojin temporarily referred to them as the Undead race, because their ability was to absorb the life of living creatures to restore their own flesh and blood, but if they did not hunt for food for a long time, they would gradually revert to their skeletal form."
"As for the rating, there is no unified standard yet, but they can be roughly divided into mutated undead and skeleton undead."
"The former is just bored and has no desire to attack, while the latter is more ferocious, such as devouring people alive..." Wang Xuefeng shrugged after speaking and took a sip of red wine to moisten his throat.
"A creature that devours resurrected demons?" Xiao He frowned. If we're talking about creatures, humans are creatures too.
Monsters, resurrected monsters, mutated undead, skeleton undead—suddenly, several new tiers have appeared.
Is this what they call a "century-long recovery"?
“Not bad.” Wang Xuefeng nodded slightly. “They are rarely seen in the suburbs now, because the Flying Dragon Domain has been wiped out several times. Unless there are special circumstances, these demons will not make a comeback.”
"Special circumstances?" Xiao He sensed the meaning behind Wang Xuefeng's words, and thought that there must have been such "special circumstances".
“Well, for example, the Resurrection Cult might be planning it.” Wang Xuefeng paused, then added, “Or someone holding a Resurrection Cross might be planning it.”
"Another cross? Isn't this cross a bit disgusting? No, it's a bit too outrageous, isn't it? Who was the genius who made this?" Xiao He recalled that the first time he resurrected Angelina, he used a cross, but the cross eventually shattered, and there were no further clues.
The one that Wang Xuefeng found earlier has already been handed over to the old dean. If we really want to trace it back, Nan Bai might have another one.
"We don't know who made it, but we do know that the material used to make the cross came from the Origin Continent. However, before the continent of Nojin is settled, I'm afraid no city has the resources to send a fleet across the ocean to the Origin Continent to investigate."
"Is it still the Origin Continent..." Xiao He ate the pastry thoughtfully.
The original He Yu is gone, and the Lifeless Blade can no longer reveal the line of life to him. Finding the mastermind behind it all will likely not be as easy or simple as before.
All the clues point to the Origin Continent, where some scoundrel seems to be waving a flag and shouting – come find me! Investigate me!
However, when things are too obvious, they become so strange that they arouse suspicion.
Jinling, who had been listening to the conversation, fell silent, as if she had something on her mind.
At this moment, a woman with exquisite makeup walked up to the three of them in high heels and politely nodded to each of them: "Hello, are you two ladies Ms. Xiao He and Ms. Zhu Liling?"
"Yes," they both said in unison.
"Alright, ladies, please come with me to change your clothes and get your makeup done."
The two exchanged a glance and then stuffed the pastries in their hands into their mouths.
"This way, please."
"Thanks."
Wang Xuefeng, who remained behind, stared at Xiao He's retreating figure, his expression gradually becoming strange.
"cough!"
Xiao He was preoccupied with the clues and inadvertently followed the woman into the changing room.
Startled, he instinctively took a step back.
"What's wrong?" Jinling asked curiously.
Did you leave something behind?
"No, it's not..."
Xiao He rubbed his temples, trying to reassure himself that it was just a changing room.
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