What?!

  Seeing that Goblin Avani actually responded to Lin Youwei.

  Not only Lu Ming, but all the players around who noticed this scene were shocked!

  "Damn! Who told me this goblin couldn't talk? Isn't it talking now?"

  "Wow! I said I'd introduce my distant cousin to this goblin as a girlfriend, and it didn't even care about me. Why is that?!"

  Although Lu Ming didn't understand the reason behind this, he noticed there were only a few minutes left before the goblin would leave the black market.

  He quickly instructed Lin Youwei, "Keep talking to him, try to get a quest from him!"

  Lin Youwei nodded.

  The next second, she asked Avani, "Can you give me a quest?"

  Good! Direct enough!

  Lu Ming liked Lin Youwei's straightforwardness.

  However, Avani feigned ignorance and said, "What quest?"

  "I don't have any quests here."

  Lin Youwei looked up at Lu Ming, relaying the message like a robot, "Nether brother, he said he doesn't have any quests!"

  "Yeah, I heard..."

  Lu Ming was a bit surprised, "The trigger mechanism is exactly the same."

  He remembered that in his previous life, when he faced this goblin Avani, the first thing he said was: Hello, Child of Destiny!

  After a conversation, Lu Ming received a bounty quest from him.

  Lu Ming still remembered the name of that bounty quest: [Avenger, Path of Nirvana]!

  The quest was to help Avani complete a revenge plan for the extinction of his race!

  Lu Ming went straight to the point and said to Avani, "I can help you avenge the extinction of your race!"

  Unexpectedly, Avani completely ignored Lu Ming.

  His focus was clearly only on Lin Youwei.

  No matter how Lin Youwei tried, following Lu Ming's instructions, she couldn't get any quest from Avani!

  "Could it be that the quest is already gone?"

  Just as Lu Ming was puzzled, he noticed a detail:

  The golden scroll Avani carried with him was emitting a noticeably dimmer golden glow!

  At that moment, Lu Ming suddenly realized: the quest on Avani wasn't gone, it had already been taken by someone else!

  Because in his previous life, Lu Ming had attempted this quest dozens of times.

  He clearly remembered: every time he took the quest, the golden glow on Avani's scroll would dissipate!

  Lu Ming took another careful look at the scroll on Avani.

  It was indeed the Scroll of Deification!

  No doubt about it!

  Fortunately, as long as the scroll was still with Avani, it meant the person who took the quest hadn't completed it yet!

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  So, Lu Ming waited until seven o'clock when Avani disappeared from the black market, and he didn't see the player return to submit the quest.

  Lu Ming then left the black market with Lin Youwei.

  "Why could Lin Youwei also trigger the opportunity on the goblin?"

  "Who is the person who took the quest?"

  Lu Ming's mind was filled with questions.

  But at the same time, he was firm in one thought.

  "The Scroll of Deification must not fall into anyone else's hands!"

  Compared to the value that this scroll, which could upgrade a player's account qualification to ten stars, could bring to himself.

  Lu Ming was more concerned that:

  If this scroll fell into the hands of someone with ill intentions, it could pose a threat to him and even the entire world in the future!

  It's well known.

  The world has maintained its order for a hundred years since the descent of Sky Abyss because players' ambitions are restrained by their strength.

  Apart from Lu Ming, the strongest player account qualification in the world is only six stars, and such strong players are few and far between.

  Players like Dragon Soul Guan Yu, with a five-star account and a gold medal professional in National Server 39, are indeed strong, able to easily defeat players at level seventy or eighty even at level fifty.

  But in front of Lu Ming, who holds a ten-star account, he's nothing!

  Looking at the world, such people can't stir up much trouble.

  And because Lu Ming obtained the world's first ten-star account, he deeply understood how overpowered a ten-star account was!

  "Currently, it's just that my level is low."

  "With the strength of my account's three major talents, when I reach level 200, I might be able to rival a nation alone!"

  Imagine, if a player at level two or three hundred were to use the Scroll of Deification, the power they could gain would be enough to destroy the world!

  Therefore, no matter what, Lu Ming must personally control the world's second Scroll of Deification!

  Lu Ming had already thought of a strategy.

  "Based on my previous experience with this quest, if the quest fails midway, it will automatically refresh. Even if someone strong enough completes the quest, they have to return to the black market to submit it to the goblin;"

  "Next, I just need to guard the black market every evening from 6-7 o'clock, waiting for the quest to refresh or for that person to appear, and then kill them to seize the quest,"

  A cold glint flashed in Lu Ming's eyes.

  The experiences of Lu Ming's previous life taught him a survival rule: if you don't look out for yourself, heaven and earth will destroy you!

  Just then, Qin Churan sent a message on WeChat: "Dummy, I'm on the high-speed train."

  "Okay." Lu Ming replied, "Stay safe."

  Qin Churan chuckled, "You're such a dummy, how can I stay safe on a high-speed train?"

  Lu Ming: "Hmm..."

  Qin Churan: "What are you doing?"

  Lu Ming: "Hanging around the black market. I'll come to the station to pick you up before nine."

  Qin Churan didn't refuse this time: "Okay, see you later!"

  Lu Ming had already calculated.

  The community he was in wasn't far from Linhai East Station, just over ten minutes by subway.

  Seeing that there was still time, Lu Ming took Lin Youwei to the Nether Ghost Tower.

  Not missing any opportunity to level up and earn money!

  After all, soon, he would have two women to support...

  At eight-thirty in the evening, Lu Ming and Lin Youwei returned to the city and logged off on time.

  Leaving Lin Youwei at home, Lu Ming went out.

  The house Lu Ming bought was in a prime location.

  Right outside the east gate of the community was a subway station.

  Perhaps due to it being a Friday, the subway was especially crowded tonight, with every carriage packed full.

  Lu Ming was like a sandwich cookie, swaying as he was squeezed by the crowd.

  At that moment, his desire to buy a car reached its peak...

  He stood all the way to Linhai East Station.

  After waiting for more than ten minutes.

  At a little past nine, a large group of people from the same train poured into the waiting hall.

  And among the crowd, Lu Ming immediately spotted Qin Churan!

  She was pushing a large black suitcase.

  Her shiny black short hair was clipped with a white clip, simple yet stylish.

  Her eyebrows were cool, her face fair and clear.

  Her round, snow-white legs exposed between a black coat and knee-high socks attracted many envious glances.

  Such a fresh and refined beauty stood out in the crowd, making it hard not to notice her at first glance!

  "Dummy!"

  When Qin Churan greeted him with a smile and walked towards Lu Ming, many hearts broke, casting envious glances at Lu Ming.

  Lu Ming took the suitcase from Qin Churan's hand.

  Looking at Qin Churan's more delicate features, he asked thoughtfully, "Did you adjust your character's appearance in the game?"

  "Yeah, I thought if I made myself uglier, the Wang family wouldn't be interested in me, and maybe they wouldn't want to marry into my family." Qin Churan sighed, "Do you think I'm silly?"

  Lu Ming was taken aback!

  It's well known: when players first enter Sky Abyss, they have a chance to adjust their appearance by up to 20% either way.

  While others are eager to look better, Qin Churan actually adjusted to look uglier!

  Even more absurd...

  Even after a 20% downgrade, her appearance in Sky Abyss still overshadowed those female players who upgraded by 20%!

  Nowadays, people don't like carrying cash.

  Remembering that Qin Churan's WeChat and Alipay accounts were frozen, Lu Ming guessed she probably hadn't had dinner yet.

  After leaving the station, he looked around and said, "There are no restaurants nearby, let's go home first, and then we'll eat at the mall across the street."

  As expected, Qin Churan didn't refuse: "Okay."

  So, Lu Ming took Qin Churan onto the subway.

  Unexpectedly, the return train was even more crowded than when Lu Ming came!

  Lu Ming propped his hands against the car panels, barely creating a small space for Qin Churan so she wouldn't be squished.

  At that moment, Lu Ming suddenly remembered something.

  "Wait!"

  "Why didn't I take a taxi instead of squeezing into the subway?"

  Having lived a frugal life in his previous life, Lu Ming almost forgot that he was now considered a wealthy person!

  Just as Lu Ming was thinking this.

  At the moment of a stop, Lu Ming, hit by a terrifying force from behind, lost his balance and fell directly onto Qin Churan!

  Instantly, the softness of the girl's body and a faint fragrance made Lu Ming's face turn red.

  He awkwardly tried to get up.

  But realized: he couldn't push back against the 300-pound woman behind him!

  Even with Qin Churan's help, they couldn't push back!

  Finally, they gave up.

  At this moment, in the limited space, Lu Ming and Qin Churan were pressed closely together, able to feel each other's breathing and heartbeat clearly.

  Especially for Lu Ming, he could distinctly feel a softness against his chest...

  Qin Churan's fair face was visibly red.

  At this moment, the air was filled with an ambiguous and awkward atmosphere.

  To ease the awkwardness, Lu Ming said, "You're so soft..."

  It would have been better if he hadn't spoken.

  Once he spoke, it became even more awkward!

  Finally, they got off at the station.

  "This community looks quite upscale, the rent here must not be cheap, right?"

  At the entrance of Jiangshan Wanli community, Qin Churan gazed at the bustling community and sighed.

  Apparently, she assumed that Lu Ming couldn't afford to buy a house here, so he must be renting.

  Lu Ming didn't explain, he just went along and said, "It is quite expensive."

  At this moment, several young people entered the community in small groups.

  When they passed through the facial recognition, the door access prompted: "Welcome."

  But when Lu Ming scanned his face.

  [Welcome home, esteemed owner!]

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