Hard-to-reach goals
"My Lord, my Lord! You have enough points, right? Let's go, let's go to the black market!" Gu Zhou said while excitedly waving the redemption list on the virtual interface. "I have marked a few of the most reputable intelligence dealers for you! Not expensive, not expensive, super value!"
Lin Bai glanced at him calmly: "Why are you so excited all of a sudden?"
Gu Zhou said seriously, "This is called intelligence screening and resource integration. All good military advisors must be able to do this."
Lin Bai laughed and raised his hand to knock on his forehead: "Okay, let's go."
The two left the arena and stepped into the dark black market.
Various repair shops, weapon stores, and material exchanges are scattered everywhere. The intelligence shops in the corners are either blocked with mysterious runes or isolated with mechanical barriers. They are deserted, but undercurrents are surging everywhere.
Gu Zhou brought Lin Bai to a shop with a sign that read "Old Things Recycling" and whispered, "Sir, this shop is good at digging up any clues. It's said that they have a strong background."
Lin Bai nodded slightly and pushed the door open.
Inside the shop, the dim lights were on, and a semi-mechanical human was sitting behind the counter, looking up at her.
"What are you looking for?" The voice of the modified man was hoarse, like a gear turning slowly over many years.
Lin Bai said calmly: "An old man."
She handed over her ID code and the high points she had just earned.
"Her name is Yu Sihe."
The cyborg stared at her for a moment, then lowered his head and began to check the information.
The air was so quiet that one could almost hear the sound of time passing.
After a long while, he raised his head with an ambiguous look on his face: "Yu Sihe."
"There is information about her."
"But are you sure, you really want to see it?"
"She has already set foot in the Dark Realm."
"That is a death zone that even gods dare not enter lightly."
Lin Bai nodded firmly, "I want to see it."
The cyborg stared at her for a long time, as if to confirm her determination.
Finally, he chuckled, his voice hoarse with a hint of nostalgia: "Young people do have some of her temper back then."
He reached out and knocked on the counter, and a cracked metal box slowly rose up, engraved with obscure symbols.
"This is the only piece of information we have about Yu Sihe."
"The price isn't just points. I can even give it to you without any points."
Lin Bai raised his eyebrows slightly: "What do you mean?"
The cyborg raised his eyes, a red light flashing in them. "Her information has been marked by a being deep within the Black Domain. Reading it, carrying it, or even knowing about it will leave traces."
"Are you ready to shoulder her karma?"
Gu Zhou's face changed, and he suddenly turned to look at Lin Bai. He opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything to dissuade him.
Lin Bai didn't hesitate at all and stretched out his hand: "Give it to me."
The cyborg stared at her for a moment, then sneered and pressed the start button.
The box clicked open, and a blurry image was projected out.
It was a dead and ancient ruin.
Broken starships, collapsed temples, and twisted space cracks.
In the deepest part of the ruins, a white-haired figure sat cross-legged with his back to the projection.
Even though it was just an image, Lin Bai instantly recognized her as his grandmother.
She seemed to be waiting for something, or guarding something.
A line of blood-red warning text appeared on the image:
[Black Domain: Land of Fallen Gods]
[No entry]
[Illegal intruders will be killed without mercy]
The cyborg whispered, "This is all I can offer."
Lin Bai was silent for a moment, then slowly raised his eyes with an extremely firm look.
"Tell me where, and how many points are enough."
The cyborg pondered for a moment and said, "After a thousand victories, when the iron gates are wide open, a gate to the Black Domain will open at a location in the doubles arena."
"Hasn't it been said that no one has successfully opened it?" Gu Zhou quickly replied.
"Yes." The cyborg seemed to recall something, "He is a powerful human summoner."
"A powerful human summoner?" Lin Bai's heart moved slightly, "What's his name?"
The cyborg shook his head. "No one knows his real name. All we know is that his rise in the ring competition was miraculous. He swept through the ranks, defeating countless opponents. Until the day of his thousandth victory, he entered the doubles arena and never emerged again. Some say he was a time traveler and returned to his own world."
Gu Zhou's eyes widened: "And then?"
"No one knows." The cyborg's voice became deeper.
Lin Bai's gaze remained unchanged, and even his aura remained unchanged: "Okay, forget about it for now."
"The person I'm going to save is grandma."
The cyborg stared at her for a long time, a mechanical red light flashing in his eyes, as if he was sighing.
"Okay." He finally nodded, and with a flick of his fingertips, a black token slowly flew out and fell into Lin Bai's palm.
"This is the beacon that opens the door to the Black Realm. On the day of your thousandth victory in the arena, you must enter the highest altar in the doubles competition and burn your spiritual power."
He paused and added, "As for whether you can get in or out, that depends on your own ability."
Lin Bai took the beacon and pressed it lightly with his fingertips. The cold and hard touch felt like some kind of silent oath.
Gu Zhou couldn't help but come closer and whispered, "Sir, this place is really not a joke. We are still a long way from a thousand wins."
Lin Bai said calmly: "Then continue to win."
Gu Zhou had nothing to say.
He suddenly realized something very scary: this man was really a lunatic.
Lin Bai's current state is not simply to win the game, she is ready to tear a hole in the entire ring and rush to the black domain to rescue people.
And the arena is just a whetstone on her road.
Gu Zhou's heart was inexplicably shocked, and then he quietly clenched his fists, his eyes bright and hot.
"Sir, will you still come with me?" he asked quietly. "A doubles match isn't something you can just play with."
Lin Bai pondered for a moment and looked up at him.
Gu Zhou looked at her eagerly, with a look that said "Choose me, choose me, choose me".
Lin Bai didn't know what to say, "You can't do it now."
Gu Zhou instantly wilted: "Huh?"
Lin Bai said calmly: "But you can practice until you can do it."
She turned and left the shop, her voice calm, yet revealing an unquestionable determination.
"I'll give you three months to catch up."
Gu Zhou was stunned for a moment, then he grinned, his eyes bright: "Okay, sir!"
"I promise, in three months, I'll be so strong that even you'll be shocked!"
Behind them, the cyborg took off his mechanical mask, revealing a human face.
——
Everyone in the Myth Arena knew that a madman had come and fought from morning to night without stopping for a moment, and had never lost.
She was like an unsheathed sword, sharp, cold and precise.
No fancy techniques, no flashy stunts.
Just clean and neat slaughter.
As long as she appears on the field, all opponents will subconsciously hold their breath, because her fighting style can be summed up in one word: kill.
Whether it was the summoned gods or the physical battles he personally participated in, Lin Bai was like a tireless war machine, crushing them step by step.
"Win again?"
"Nonsense, she didn't come here to compete, she looked like she was here to kill."
"I heard she's won over 200 games in a row now, right?"
"And the boy next to her, what's his name? Gu Zhou? His recent improvement is also ridiculous."
"Tsk, are they planning on forcing a thousand wins? Are they crazy?"
But the people in the ring gradually discovered something even more terrifying.
Lin Bai wins quickly but never gets impatient.
She fought calmly and restrained, and sometimes even set an example and gave Gu Zhou some advice, like a patient instructor, forcing him to push his limits while watching the fight.
Gu Zhou is really crazy too.
No one knew how he could withstand Lin Bai's devilish training at the training ground at night, but after every day of training, he could still grin and continue to be happy despite all the injuries.
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