Two swift shadows descended from the sky and landed with a crash.

In the next second, two vortex-shaped streams of data light soared into the air, like two white dragons spiraling upwards.

This was a bizarre sight only visible in the Inner World. It was the first time Feng Bujue and Li Ruoyu had witnessed such a spectacle.

"Hmm... I see." As a few strands of black data flashed through his eyes, Brother Jue had already grasped the principle behind this phenomenon. He murmured, "The atmosphere here, under the influence of energy, produces a visual effect similar to a chemical reaction..."

"Which means..." Ruoyu continued, "that high-level combat here will be very flashy?"

"More than flashy, it's practically dazzling," Brother Jue replied with a smile.

As they spoke, the white light in the distance gradually dissipated.

From within the light streams, two petite figures emerged...

In terms of appearance, they were two Asian little girls. They both looked to be around ten years old. One wore all red, the other all blue. The styles of their clothing were very unique, giving the impression of form-fitting combat suits, but in children's sizes...

"Derivatives?" Ruoyu murmured to Brother Jue, watching the two uninvited guests.

"Mm..." Feng Bujue responded immediately, "And both are Level Two."

From a data perspective, Brother Jue saw two bright lights.

"Do we need to prepare for defense?" Ruoyu asked again.

"Of course," Feng Bujue replied, "We always should..."

Before he could finish speaking, the two Derivatives moved. They stepped down and began to fly horizontally along the ground, charging rapidly toward Brother Jue and Ruoyu.

"Attacking without a word, huh..." Brother Jue muttered upon seeing this.

"Guess there's no choice." Ruoyu's face was like water. As she spoke, she grasped [Holy Seal] in her hand.

They were calm and cautious, and ready to deal with a sudden attack.

However, the two Derivatives did not make any offensive moves; they simply came to a stop three meters in front of the players at an incredible speed, then stood still and did not approach any further.

"May I ask... what brings you two here?" Feng Bujue focused his gaze on the two "lolitas" and asked warily.

He didn't ask for their names because he had already directly "seen" their name codes – d2-Chi and d2-Qing.

"I detected strange data nearby, so I came to take a look." d2-Chi tilted her head and replied with a very arrogant look and tone, "What? You got a problem with that?"

"Heh~ Quite the attitude," Brother Jue thought to himself.

But on the surface, he remained calm and replied, "No, not at all. Look all you want."

"Your black firewall is so strange," d2-Chi immediately continued, "It can actually block my scanning signals at the outermost layer?"

"Heh... really..." Brother Jue gave an awkward smile and said something useless.

In his heart, however, he sneered, "Hmph... you should be grateful you can't break through. If you were like v1-War God, successfully infiltrating the outer firewall and starting a scan... then I would inevitably have to counter-attack."

"You're players?" After d2-Chi failed to scan Brother Jue, she quickly shifted her attention to Ruoyu. This time, she finally succeeded in reading the relevant data.

"Yes, we're players," Feng Bujue took half a step forward, standing sideways in front of Ruoyu, and admitted it decisively.

"Eh—" Upon hearing this, d2-Chi immediately showed a hesitant expression. After thinking for a few seconds, she turned to d2-Qing beside her and said, "Should we kill them?"

"You decide," d2-Qing replied to the question with an indifferent tone.

"Then..." d2-Chi gently scratched her lower lip with her right index finger, blinking her watery eyes, showing a look of contemplation.

"Hey, hey..." Feng Bujue interjected, "Don't you have any principles? What's with this feeling of taking lives on a whim?"

"Huh?" d2-Chi raised her head and glared at him, "When you encounter Derivatives in a script, you can choose to help or kill us based on your mood. So why can't we decide whether to kill or spare players in the Inner World based on our mood?"

"Uh..." At that moment, Brother Jue was stumped.

Ruoyu immediately looked at d2-Chi with an encouraging look and said, "What you said makes so much sense, he's speechless."

"Hey! What's with that gloating attitude?" Feng Bujue turned his head and shouted.

"Okay!" A few seconds later, d2-Chi held her left palm facing up, raised it flat in front of her chest, clenched her right fist, gently tapped it on her left palm, and said, "I've decided!"

"Ho oh~" Before Feng Bujue could hear what she had decided, he turned and jumped, flashing two meters diagonally backward, then took a stance, striking Huang Feihong's signature pose, "What do you want?"

"I'm not going to kill you," d2-Chi replied.

This made Brother Jue breathe a sigh of relief.

But two seconds later, d2-Chi spoke again, "Humans, let's be friends." After saying this, she paused for half a second and immediately added, "If you refuse, I'll kill you~"

Hearing this, Feng Bujue was once again speechless... Although he also knew that Level Two Derivatives mostly possessed independent and distinct personalities (such as Chi Tie, Leng Feng, Shining, Xue Lan, etc.), he had never seen such a neurotic child before.

"Okay," Before Brother Jue could respond, Ruoyu took two steps forward and extended her hand to the other party, "Nice to meet you, I'm Si Yu Ruo Li."

"Ah... why are your player names so strange." d2-Chi shook hands with Ruoyu and replied, "I'm d2-Chi." She paused, looked at her companion, and introduced, "She is d2-Qing."

"The nerve of someone whose name is a mix of code and words to call other people's IDs strange..." Feng Bujue did not interject; he just silently complained in his heart.

"Well, it's nice to meet you," Ruoyu replied.

"Sigh... whatever..." d2-Qing had a round face and always looked listless, "Just let Chi decide everything..."

"Haha..." d2-Chi smiled, "Then everyone will be friends from now on."

In a sense, d2-Chi was actually a very terrifying Derivative... A casual, rash thought could change her behavior pattern. This was indeed similar to Feng Bujue's unpredictable style.

"Okay..." Now that things had come to this, Feng Bujue could only play along. He looked at d2-Chi and said, "Since we're friends, we should help each other, right..." His reaction was quite quick, "Can you take us somewhere?"

"Where to?" d2-Chi asked.

"Uh..." Feng Bujue hesitated slightly and replied, "Ljn Paradise."