Taking out the Dagger, she slashed open her palm, blood splashed!
Hum!
The blood-red gourd pattern emitted a red glow that, after more than ten seconds, was rapidly absorbed by the moss-covered rocks and vanished without a trace.
At this moment, Qi Xiaojin seemed to remain Qi Xiaojin, yet something about her seemed to have changed.
"Sister!?"
Just then, her character’s younger sister, Lian Xiaoya, appeared behind her.
"Sister, this place is the forbidden area of Lian Family, how could you..."
Under the moonlight, Qi Xiaojin turned around, her head tilted, her gaze cold, calmly looking at Lian Xiaoya.
"Lian Xiaoya, do you know what a Divine Servant is? A Divine Servant is, well, a god’s dog. And now, I am the dog’s dog! Of course, you can also call me... a Believer."
Lian Xiaoya’s eyes widened.
"Sister, what... what have you worshipped!! What on earth..."
"Go, Hops Bug!"
Three streaks of green light shot out from Qi Xiaojin like Hidden Weapons.
Almost as soon as they left her hand, they vanished, and the next instant, they reappeared abruptly in front of Lian Xiaoya’s chest.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Three blooms of blood exploded on Lian Xiaoya’s chest, and she fell to the ground, her blood flowing everywhere!
She stared with wide eyes, unable to believe that her sister would actually strike to kill her! And with such a ruthless and lethal move right from the start!
Step!
Step!
Step!
Qi Xiaojin’s cold footsteps crossed paths with Lian Xiaoya, who lay on the ground.
"You won’t die, I cannot kill you with what is inside you right now. But this is only temporary, the next time we meet, you will become completely a corpse."
Her cold voice, like that of a stranger, faded away with her departing steps, and Lian Xiaoya’s vision also plunged into darkness.
"Sis... Sister..."
...
Half an hour later.
The house of the Lianyun Village Chief caught on fire.
After people put out the fire, they discovered that the Chief’s room had been burglarized.
"The Nine Ancient Jade! Someone has stolen my Nine Ancient Jade!!"
The Village Chief was furious, but what they had not yet realized was that a girl named ’Lian Qingjin’ from the Lianyun Village had disappeared.
...
A carriage sped down the muddy mountain road, following the path down from Lianyun Village.
"Next stop, the Wine and Chess Ancient Tomb!"
"I must be quick, quicker! To become powerful enough before everything happens, to prevent all tragedies!"
"This is my responsibility, the responsibility I must shoulder as a person of two lives!"
Qi Xiaojin clenched the Nine Ancient Jade, and the strands of black Qi around her were transformed through the Nine Ancient Jade, feeding into her body, strengthening her Life Soul, nourishing her physique.
Suddenly, her body flashed a red light, and steam rose in tendrils!
Qi Xiaojin’s expression darkened.
"People have Seven Souls and Sixth Level, with Life Soul at the helm, the intellect soul at the end, and the Life Soul at the beginning."
"To breakthrough Seven Souls, shatter Sixth Level, and break away from the mortal realm, that is... immortality!"
"I’m right, aren’t I, Beer Blossom Fairy! I’m your dog only temporarily, if you bark again, I’ll crush the Nine Ancient Jade, and no one will have it easy!"
As the words fell, the red light faded, returning to calm.
The journey to the Wine and Chess Ancient Tomb was long, and Qi Xiaojin slowly closed her eyes.
"Exit game."
...
After exiting the game, Qi Xiaojin took a deep breath, rubbed her temples, and after considering all that she had done in the game and finding no oversight, she poured herself a cup of hot water from the kitchen.
While sipping her water, she looked out the window.
The night was beautiful tonight...
Just as Qi Xiaojin had this thought, something flashed from the window and disappeared below.
Bang!!!
Then, a loud thudding sound of a body heavily hitting the ground erupted just outside the window, splattering flesh and blood high into the air and smearing her window with gore.
Blood dripped down the window, but Qi Xiaojin was completely stunned in place.
She didn’t recall, in her past life, any incidents happening in the neighborhood at this time.
"Things have changed..."
"The timeline has altered?"
"But I clearly haven’t done anything, have I?"
Upon opening the window and looking out, she couldn’t help but gasp in shock, covering her mouth in surprise.
It was the body of an old man, Uncle Zhou’s body!
...
One minute earlier.
Qingshui District, Building 1, Floor 19, Room 1905.
Fang Yu, who was leaning by the window and browsing forum posts on his computer, yawned.
"So, the game isn’t just about killing monsters. Things like hunting, blacksmithing, or even running around until you’re physically exhausted can earn you Experience Points?"
"Experience Points can be gained in a variety of ways, but the efficiency varies, and after reaching 100 points, they can be converted to attribute points."
"There are quite a few people on the forum who have obtained attribute points, mostly from various adventures. Like surviving a fall off a cliff and eating a hundred-year-old snake gall, randomly helping a down-and-out old man who turns out to be a Gang Leader and bestowing powers, or unlocking potential in a life-or-death situation—there’s a mess of things."
"However, those are anomalies. The conventional ways of gaining attribute points still involve martial arts, blacksmithing, and such..."
Fang Yu was analyzing this when suddenly, a shadow flashed past the window.
Before Fang Yu could react...
Bang!!!
A strange, heavy thump, as if a massive object had hit the ground, reverberated through the entire Qingshui District.
"What’s going on?!"
Fang Yu poked his head out of the window to look down, but all was pitch black below—he could barely make out a group of small dark dots turning on lights in their homes and coming out to check out the situation.
The next second...
"Ahhhhhh!!!"
A piercing scream echoed from below.
Something had happened!
Fang Yu’s expression changed as he quickly left his room to frantically press the elevator button.
But there were many others just as eager to get downstairs and see what was happening, making the elevator, currently descending from the 15th floor and stopping at every level, extremely busy.
Waiting for the elevator would mean watching it stop all the way down, then come back up before he could get on.
That was too slow.
Fang Yu felt an unexplained sense of unease.
He hadn’t thought much about it at the moment the accident happened.
But now that he thought about it, the sound of that heavy object hitting the ground was eerily similar to flesh splattering...
Fang Yu didn’t dare to contemplate further, feeling nothing but fear.
If the elevator was too slow, then he’d take the stairs.
But unexpectedly, after running down a few floors, he bumped into people on the stairwell.
And it turned out to be a familiar face, Uncle Wang.
At his age, Uncle Wang was avoiding the elevator and taking the stairs just to see what the commotion was about... he didn’t know what to say.
At that moment, Uncle Wang said cheerfully, "Xiao Yu, you’re also coming down to check out the commotion?"
"Uncle Wang, what exactly happened down there? That scream sounded like an accident."
"I’m not sure myself, but I heard it might be someone who jumped to their death!"
"You don’t say..."
Despite his words, Fang Yu had already believed most of it.
Because that ’bang’ of something hitting the ground truly led to wild speculations.
As they descended further down the stairs, the number of people in the corridor increased, feeling as crowded as a marketplace.
It took Fang Yu over ten minutes stuck in the bottleneck before he finally reached the first floor along with the crowd.
With just one glance, he noticed Qi Xiaojin standing at the entrance outside the building.
Fang Yu hurriedly lowered his head, pretending not to see her.
But it was already too late.
"Fang Yu! Over here, over here!"