After walking for a while with Mang Mang Demang, Gu Fei realized he had made a serious mistake.

He mistakenly thought that Mang Mang Demang was sober, but in fact, he was wrong; Mang Mang Demang was just as drunk. This misunderstanding arose entirely due to relativity: compared to Lan Yi and his utterly hopeless crew, Mang Mang Demang's inherent feminine reserve had fooled Gu Fei.

Now, without a point of comparison, she revealed her true self. She swayed as she walked, and every breath she exhaled reeked of alcohol. Gu Fei looked back for Lan Yi and his gang, but those drunkards had long since vanished.

"Hey!" Gu Fei called out to her.

"What?" Mang Mang Demang half-turned, glancing sideways at Gu Fei.

"There's a tree in front of you," Gu Fei said.

"You think I don't know that?" Mang Mang Demang raised her arm and shoved the tree she had almost bumped into. As a result, her body swung to the side, and she smacked her head into another tree.

Before Gu Fei could say anything, Mang Mang Demang had quickly straightened her head and patted the tree, saying, "Sorry!"

Besides sighing, what else could Gu Fei do?

"I say, why don't we go back to Lin Yin City and rest for a while!" Gu Fei sighed, watching Mang Mang Demang continue forward.

"Hmm? You think I'm drunk?" Mang Mang Demang squinted at him.

"Aren't you drunk?" Gu Fei retorted, too honest for his own good.

"Of course, I'm not drunk!" Mang Mang Demang continued forward.

Gu Fei was speechless. You had to know that Mang Mang Demang was a stubborn mule who would never admit defeat, and now she was fueled by the bravado that came with being drunk. It was too difficult to persuade her.

Helpless, Gu Fei could only follow behind her, occasionally pulling her back, accompanied by shouts of "What are you doing? I can walk!" rescuing her countless times from the brink of colliding with trees.

Besides bravado, another major characteristic of drunk people was talkativeness. Mang Mang Demang, who wasn't usually very chatty, now became quite loquacious. Her topic was, of course, Gu Fei, who was behind her. Regarding Gu Fei, the biggest question was, "Why are you so strong?"

"It's nothing, mainly because I know some kung fu," Gu Fei stated truthfully.

"Kung fu? Hmph!" Mang Mang Demang gave Gu Fei the look of "Don't think you can fool me just because I'm drunk."

Gu Fei sighed again. Why was he being so serious with a drunk girl?

"Tree!" Gu Fei had lost count of how many times he had shouted it.

Mang Mang Demang also reflexively twisted her body, barely dodging a large tree blocking her path.

At this rate, will we make it before midnight? Gu Fei thought sadly.

But misfortune and fortune always go hand in hand. For Gu Fei at this moment, the only good news was that the effects of alcohol in the game weren't as exaggerated as in reality, just like pain, they were greatly reduced. Therefore, when you stopped drinking, you sobered up relatively quickly. This was why Lan Yi and his gang could drink continuously for nearly 20 hours. Don't think they were gods of wine; they accomplished this under special conditions.

As they struggled to leave the forest, Mang Mang Demang's alcohol finally wore off. From ceaselessly talking to gradually becoming silent, and now her gaze was beginning to clear, Gu Fei had a very intuitive sense of it.

"You're awake," Gu Fei said, finally uttering something new after only shouting "Tree" since the "kung fu" conversation.

Mang Mang Demang actually looked ashamed. She was undoubtedly a clever person, and clever people, even if they inevitably got drunk, at least knew that drunk people generally didn't leave others with interesting impressions.

"What did I say?" It seemed Mang Mang Demang was even smarter than most people; she even knew the bad habits she tended to have when drunk. This was a problem that many veteran drinkers often overlooked.

"Oh, it's nothing. You said a bunch of nonsense, and I didn't really hear it clearly." Gu Fei was clearly a clever person as well, knowing that you didn't need to take the words of a drunk person too seriously. In fact, slips of the tongue after drinking were common, but telling the truth after drinking was not necessarily so; bragging about something outrageous was more often the case.

Mang Mang Demang, who wasn't talkative to begin with, became even more silent at this moment. Only then did the two of them begin the silent journey they should have been on all along.

"That thing." Gu Fei suddenly spoke.

Mang Mang Demang quickly turned back, only to see Gu Fei holding a pair of shoes.

"We're walking a bit slow; wear my shoes for now!" Gu Fei held the shoes out to her.

"Are your shoes amazing?" Mang Mang Demang didn't hesitate, taking them readily.

"They seem better than yours." Gu Fei wasn't just saying that randomly. He had been idly using Appraisal on the way, using it countless times, and with his shallow knowledge, he had finally appraised Mang Mang Demang's cloth boots.

"Indeed, they're powerful!" Mang Mang Demang was also shocked after taking the Wind Chasing Boots, and she blurted out, "Where did you get these to drop?"

"Successfully completed 100 wanted missions in a row," Gu Fei told her everything he knew.

"Oh?" Mang Mang Demang was taken aback, then realized, "No wonder you often do that mission. So, there's this kind of reward?"

Gu Fei didn't explain the true meaning of his doing that mission but simply introduced the various rewards he had received and their conditions.

"Oh… I see." Mang Mang Demang nodded. "Do you need me to keep it a secret for you?" she asked with a smile. There were many players who, when they discovered some unknown secret, would try to keep it to themselves.

"Keep it a secret? Whatever." Gu Fei shrugged.

Mang Mang Demang clearly knew this answer already; otherwise, Gu Fei wouldn't have revealed everything to her. After Mang Mang Demang put on Gu Fei's shoes, she ran a couple of steps, and her speed indeed greatly increased.

"Hey!" Suddenly, she heard Gu Fei call out to her from behind.

Mang Mang Demang turned her head.

"Please lend me your shoes first." Gu Fei smiled bitterly, standing barefoot on the ground.

"Oh, sorry!" Mang Mang Demang quickly threw her shoes to Gu Fei.

Mang Mang Demang's boots only added movement speed, a single attribute. For Gu Fei, who had allocated all his points to agility, these boots were less valuable than a percentage boost. It could be said that his speed had been severely weakened, but clearly, he was still faster than Mang Mang Demang. The two of them started off again, going full speed. Mang Mang Demang no longer walked in curves, and Gu Fei regained hope of catching the 11 o'clock boat.

However, reality was cruel.

When the two arrived at the pier for boarding, they just barely saw a giant ship slowly leaving the shore, not giving them a single chance.

"Damn it!!" Mang Mang Demang gave the giant ship a hard middle finger, finally showing off the style of the female devil of Moonlight City from back in the day.

"I missed the boat," Gu Fei said regretfully in the mercenary channel.

"Yeah, we saw you," Han Jia Gongzi replied.

"Ah, where are you?" Gu Fei looked around.

"On the boat," Han Jia Gongzi said.

Gu Fei only paid attention to the ship leaving and Mang Mang Demang's middle finger. He didn't really notice the movement on the ship. Now, looking closely, he indeed saw Yu Tian Shen Ming on the stern of the ship, spreading his arms in a classic Titanic pose, but he was quickly grabbed and thrown to the side by Zhan Wu Shang, who then went up and spread his arms...

Gu Fei averted his gaze and looked at Mang Mang Demang: "Okay, tell me where the offline area is."

"This…" Mang Mang Demang only knew that there was an offline area here but didn't really know the specific location.

"Retreat from the deck, go west, it's not far," a nearby voice floated over.

"Thanks!" Gu Fei replied, surprised. Someone was right next to him, but he didn't even notice; it was unbelievable. When his gaze turned in the direction of the voice, he saw a person lazily lying on a pile of grass in a broken shed that was only half-standing next to the pier deck, with his hands behind his head, a piece of grass in his mouth, and his face covered by a broken straw hat.

Seeing the face covered by the straw hat and recalling the voice just now, Gu Fei already guessed who it was. He took two steps forward, drew his sword, and extended it. With a "swoosh," he flicked the straw hat away.

"Hey, that's too rude!" Xi Xiao Tian reached out to grab his straw hat, but Gu Fei's sword was faster. He flipped his hand and tapped it, sending the straw hat bouncing toward him. His left hand stretched out to catch it, then casually started spinning it around.

"What are you doing here?" Gu Fei asked, tightening his grip on his sword as he surveyed the surroundings. Wherever Xi Xiao Tian was, there was bound to be danger within a few meters; this was one of the things Gu Fei knew.

"Don't be nervous; I'm just an ordinary passerby," Xi Xiao Tian said irritably. "Give me back my straw hat."

"If no one else is looking for you, why are you covering your face?" Gu Fei asked.

"It's a habit, can't I?" Xi Xiao Tian said.

"Is that so?" Gu Fei flicked his finger, and the straw hat flew up. Xi Xiao Tian wanted to catch it, but Gu Fei raised the sword in his other hand, and with a few quick swipes, the straw hat was shredded into a pile of straw that scattered all over Xi Xiao Tian. Xi Xiao Tian's straw hat was just a handmade item, not any kind of equipment, so it was extremely easy to destroy.

"You!!!" Xi Xiao Tian was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Gu Fei didn't care, calmly surveying the surroundings. He felt that someone would definitely appear; there was no way Xi Xiao Tian would have come to this ghostly place for no reason.

Just as Gu Fei was thinking this, he indeed saw a player quickly turning out from one side, stepping onto the deck.

Just as Gu Fei was praising his own judgment, the person had already reached them, smiling broadly and saying, "Did the three of you miss the boat? How about it? Want to try my boat?"

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