Chapter 25: Watch your life, Lilith
Lilith was very sure that this body originally had no birthmarks or tattoos, so what was this pattern that suddenly appeared?
Moreover, she looked at the flowers wrapped around her fingertips with a puzzled expression. She remembered that when she first saw her spirit body, tiny yellow and white flowers grew on vines. They were the same dodder flowers as the heroine's spirit body.
But unlike the powerful heroine, the original owner's spirit body has almost never appeared, and the few times it has appeared are only fleeting.
But now, the white-gold flowers on her fingertips were blooming luxuriantly, clustered together, and the flower stems were closer to woody, and had nothing to do with vines.
"Elderberry?"
Caprifoliaceae, elder genus, the place where the soul resides, this is a plant that can feel powerful just by hearing its name.
Lilith had little knowledge of plants, and she only knew about this rare plant because of a novel she liked.
The first and second spiritual bodies that appeared were completely different, so which one truly belonged to her?
Lilith had a vague premonition that she seemed to be hiding some secrets. The lines on her heart disappeared as her breath calmed down, and a friend request popped up on her computer.
Fu Sui sent the information as promised, including oral information about the exchange meetings he had participated in.
Lilith suppressed her doubts and quickly browsed the information. The exchange meeting was a grand event jointly launched by the Empire and the Federation a hundred years ago. It was held every three years, and this was the thirty-sixth time.
The first thirty sessions were all won by students from the Empire, but starting from the 31st session, the Federation won three consecutive victories with a crushing attitude.
The 34th class, under the combined efforts of Fu Sui and Xie Huan, managed to win back a victory with a slight advantage. In the previous class, even though the Empire sacrificed three outstanding students, it still lost.
The information Fu Sui provided was more specific than the information in the library. After entering the virtual space Taihe Changming, the system would block the perception between teams. Players would not be able to distinguish whether the people they encountered were companions or enemies. Once they met, they could only determine the winner.
[The Federation seems to have a special method for identifying identities. Once they encounter their strongest team, they will immediately surrender and hand over all the supplies they have collected to preserve the opponent's physical strength.]
[And once they encounter the Empire, they will be like madmen, desperately depleting our physical strength. Physical damage in the virtual space will not be carried out, but damage to the mental body is almost irreversible.]
"Xie Huan and I fought six times, and I barely won after nearly losing consciousness. Lilith, this isn't a game."
Lilith looked at the message and tapped her fingertips.
Why did you leave home? What happened at the exchange meeting?
The other side fell silent, but Lilith was not in a hurry. She carefully sorted out the information she needed and drew a route map based on her memory of playing games.
After several minutes, a few words appeared on the light brain.
[It seems you have a sharpness that surprised me. Have you been treating us like fools all this time?]
[The empire is not impenetrable. Flies may have already flown in. Watch your life, Lilith.]
After a few seconds, this paragraph also disappeared, as if it had been erased artificially.
The girl leaned against the headboard, the dim light was a little dim, but her eyes were still bright.
…
From the moment she stepped out of the villa, Lilith felt the difference today. The screens on the street were all showing scenes from previous exchange conferences. Of course, they were all showing the parts where the Empire won.
As she walked along, she saw many unfamiliar faces on the screen standing on the podium with bold smiles. She also saw Xie Huan and Fu Sui who were almost completely different from now.
It should have been at the beginning of that exchange meeting. Fu Sui still had a determined smile on his face. He looked at his opponent arrogantly with a look of disdain.
Xie Huan beside him had a cold expression, but because he was still young, there was a hint of excitement in his eyes. However, the scene changed, and they stood on the podium, revealing an air of decline.
Although it was a victory that was hard-won, his brows were furrowed and he showed no joy at all.
"That was a narrow victory. Fu Sui and I were lucky enough to unlock the special level of Taihe Changming. We relied on the power of the virtual space itself to defeat the Federation team, but we almost exhausted our mental strength."
Lilith turned her head and saw Xie Huan appeared beside her without her knowing.
"So I don't want you to sign up rashly just because you're impulsive or something like that."
Being stared at by those dark eyes, Lilith smiled.
"That sounds terrible. If I regret it, can you cross my name out?"
It was just a harmless joke. Lilith didn't expect to hear a positive answer. After all, Xie Huan was just a small professor. How could he have the authority to change the list of participants in the bilateral exchange meeting that had already been submitted?
But her arm was grabbed tightly by someone, Xie Huan slowly lowered his head and looked at her.
"Yes, as long as you..."
"No need, I'm serious. Please trust me for once, Professor Xie."
It was so strange. Just then, Lilith felt as if she was being watched by some dangerous beast. She was sweating profusely.
She struggled to break free from Xie Huan's hands, took two steps back, and said expressionlessly,
Xie Huan seemed to want to say something, but a man who looked like a teacher came hurriedly. His expression suddenly changed, and he looked at Lilith with a complicated look before leaving.
"Senior!"
Lilith looked at the receding figure, but someone patted her shoulder gently.
"I'm sorry, there were too many people on the tram. I couldn't squeeze in, so I had to run here."
The black-haired, black-eyed girl spoke breathlessly, beads of sweat on her face, and a healthy blush on her youthful face.
Speaking of which, if she ran all the way from the slums, isn't her stamina a bit too good? Isn't the heroine a delicate flower with a strong spirit but a fragile body?
Lilith was distracted for a moment, and took out a handkerchief from the side pocket of her skirt and handed it to her. She didn't know who put it in her clothes, but it was just right now.
"Thank you, Senior."
The handkerchief had a light fragrance, like the scent of a senior. Alice's face turned even redder. She wiped it roughly and put the handkerchief into her pocket.
"Well, Senior, I'll return it to you after I wash it. This time, I will definitely return it in person!"
"Hmm? It's okay."
It was just a handkerchief, Lilith didn't care. In the center of the training ground, the team had already assembled. Si Jue and Qi Hanxing were also standing on the side of the platform, looking straight in the direction where they were.
The exchange meeting is about to begin.
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