Chapter 1 The Observation

Just as Mingmei was unconsciously observing the people around her, she noticed that the figures of several people seemed off. They seemed to be using their large cloaks to do something unspeakable underneath. Just as she was about to take a closer look, one of them clearly noticed her.

As Mingmei was guessing what kind of players they were, familiar voices came from beside her.

"How strange, that person..."

"Right? Looks like Waldo."

"That's him! I can recognize that guy even if he only shows his chin and hands!"

Ah, Lu Xiaoyao.

Mingmei could guess who it was without even looking. She turned her head and, sure enough, Lu Xiaoyao and the other two had arrived here at some point. They seemed to be looking in the same direction as her.

So Waldo was among that group?

What frustrated Mingmei was how Lu Xiaoyao could recognize someone by their chin.

She couldn't.

Besides, when it came to her, even with her eyes and forehead exposed, how could Lu Xiaoyao not recognize her?

Mingmei couldn't figure it out and shared her confusion with Guigui. Guigui replied, "Maybe this is the legendary plastic sisterhood?"

Mingmei: …

Forget it, she shouldn't ask Guigui.

"Is that you, Lu Xiaoyao?"

Mingmei turned around and pretended to bump into them. Lu Xiaoyao was both surprised and delighted when she greeted them.

"Oh my god, Meimei, you're in this game too? I thought you weren't!"

Lu Xiaoyao was so excited that she didn't care about the situation over there anymore and rushed up to Mingmei excitedly. "How did you recognize me?"

"What kind of relationship do we have? I'd recognize you even if you turned into ashes."

For some reason, Mingmei's words sounded a little strange. Maybe it was Lu Xiaoyao's imagination, but she thought she smelled a hint of jealousy?

Unable to figure it out, Lu Xiaoyao laughed dryly and pulled Mingmei over, looking her up and down for a long time before asking, "Are you alone?"

"Achen is here, but he's busy with something for now. I'm investigating here by myself first." As she spoke, Mingmei's eyes shifted, drawing Lu Xiaoyao's attention to the group of people she had been observing earlier.

"I just heard you say that there... is Colonel Waldo over there?"

Mingmei had only paid attention to the person who was very sensitive to her gaze. She hadn't really noticed the others, so she asked Lu Xiaoyao what was going on.

"Yeah, but the one in this game isn't a player. Is the legion only allowing rookies to participate? I suspect that's just an NPC disguised as Waldo."

Although she recognized Waldo, Lu Xiaoyao still remembered who was allowed to play this game.

"That's possible..."

Mingmei also looked over there. Tianma, who had been secretly paying attention to Mingmei, couldn't stay calm.

Why were there more and more people looking over here?

Had she called for reinforcements?

"Senior, we might be in a little trouble."

Tianma glanced warily at Lu Xiaoyao and Mingmei and quickly whispered to the Waldo NPC who was still trading next to him, telling him about their current situation.

"What are you afraid of?" The legion senior NPC, modeled after Waldo, looked at Tianma calmly and said, "They wouldn't dare to attack here. What's the harm in taking a few looks?"

"But..."

Tianma, who had lived in the Outer Star Sea for so many years, was acutely aware of gazes and understood the nature of people in the Outer Star Sea. He had already labeled Mingmei and the others as malicious.

It was impossible to kill and rob treasures in the underground city, but what about above?

What about outside the underground city?

Thinking this, Tianma felt that this senior, who had never lived in the Outer Star Sea, was too naive.

Unless you never go out, you're bound to have many fierce battles as soon as you do!

As if sensing Tianma's unease, Waldo's trade was completed through the spatial button under his sleeve.

The other party turned around and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "It's okay, we still have mechs, right? If anyone dares to be blind, I'll just blow this place up."

"Are you sick?"

Tianma's eyes widened. What was wrong with these soldiers?!

They just wanted to blow things up all the time?

Thinking about how the Sixth Legion had directly brought their troops here, Tianma's chest suddenly felt tight. He remembered how his house was close to the people they were arresting, and he was sitting on the toilet when suddenly it was bright overhead!!

The roof of his house was directly blown off! There was no reasoning with them!

Now that he heard the other party say he would blow things up, Mingmei couldn't help but curse these people for being too overbearing!

"Hey! Brat, I brought you here to see the world, and you're scolding me."

Tianma's hood was knocked half off his head. Mingmei immediately saw the other party's true face.

He was a handsome young man, but Mingmei didn't recognize him.

His level of alertness didn't seem like an NPC. He was more like a player.

He looked unfamiliar. Mingmei couldn't say she knew all of the thousand military academy students serving in the Sixth Legion this time, but she had basically become familiar with them over the past few days.

If he wasn't a military academy student, then he was from the Outer Star Sea.

"What are you spacing out for?"

Lu Xiaoyao watched them argue internally for a few words and then leave. She was about to call Mingmei to follow when she saw Mingmei standing still.

"I'm not spacing out. I'm saying, we might have run into players from the Outer Star Sea."

As soon as Mingmei finished speaking, the others gathered around and looked at Mingmei. After listening to her analysis, Sun Yunzhong was also thoughtful.

Indeed, he didn't recognize that person.

"Wouldn't that put us at a disadvantage?"

Dong Lei thought that even if their characters came with some information about the Outer Star Sea, it still wouldn't be as much as the players who actually lived in the Star Sea, right?

They were still worried about making a living here every day. The players from the Outer Star Sea probably had more information than they did!

"No, judging from what we just saw, plus Lu Xiaoyao's analysis, these Outer Star Sea players might be playing characters who aren't actually in the Outer Star Sea."

Sun Yunzhong quickly guessed Yan Hui's arrangements for the Outer Star Sea players. Mingmei also communicated with Guigui in her mind and got similar information. She couldn't help but take another look at Sun Yunzhong and suddenly felt relieved.

It seemed that there was still someone with brains in Lu Xiaoyao's group of three.

Whether Lu Xiaoyao had brains was obvious.

Dong Lei, maybe she had some, but not much.

"Then should we go up and ask them?" Lu Xiaoyao hesitated after hearing them say so much.

"No need." Sun Yunzhong shook his head. "Did you see the way they looked at us just now? We'd probably scare them away before we even got close."

Since they had met Lu Xiaoyao and the other two, Mingmei temporarily formed a group of four with them and strolled around the arena for a while.

The shouts and curses of the audience towards the boxers on the stage could be heard from time to time. After walking for a long time, the four of them found a place to sit side by side and temporarily stopped to discuss their thoughts on searching for information.

"Eh, Meimei, I've been seeing you holding something in your hand since just now, what is it?"

Since they were sitting down to rest, Mingmei had time to look at the betting chips in her hand. Lu Xiaoyao saw this and curiously asked what she was doing.

"Betting on the fights. I bought a fighter's record when I came in." As Mingmei spoke, she looked at the three pairs of beady eyes. Clearly, they hadn't paid attention to this. Mingmei laughed inwardly and deliberately said, "You guys, didn't notice?"

The three of them shook their heads faster than anything else.

"This... can you make money from this?" Sun Yunzhong was the first to react.

"Yeah, if you bet right." Mingmei nodded, but she didn't know the specific odds or anything. "Achen bought it."

Mingmei specifically mentioned Mu Chen. Sun Yunzhong's eyes lit up and he carefully took the information on the betting chip from Mingmei. After reading it, he left.

There was no need to guess what he was going to do.

Sun Yunzhong was a hidden, brainless fan of his uncle, Mu Chen.

Dong Lei and Lu Xiaoyao also realized what was going on. Lu Xiaoyao moved closer to Mingmei and asked curiously, "Why is Boss Number Nineteen so sure that this fighter has three consecutive wins?"

"Because that's Achen."

As soon as Mingmei finished speaking, Lu Xiaoyao and Dong Lei suddenly stood up and ran. They returned halfway, smiling awkwardly, and asked Mingmei where she bought this thing.

Mingmei sighed helplessly, "Forget it, I'll take you there."

With their brainless trust in Mu Chen, the four of them quickly got a betting chip for the Number Nineteen fighter's three consecutive wins. The person selling the chips was curious as to why anyone was paying attention to Number Nineteen.

After all, this fighter had been registered for a while, but his past record was really terrible.

He had almost thought that the Number Nineteen fighter had been beaten to death long ago. He didn't expect this person to come again today?

As soon as the match schedule was posted, someone was betting that he would win all three matches today.

Wasn't that too outrageous?

However, no one knew what this person was wondering. Lu Xiaoyao and the others were now seriously watching the matches.

They at least had to wait until Mu Chen appeared!

"It looks like Boss will be able to come on stage in two more matches. It's a pity that the people on stage now will go off after they finish fighting, and Boss and the Number Eighteen fighter will be swapped in. I wonder who Number Eighteen is."

Lu Xiaoyao and Mingmei sat there watching other people fight to familiarize themselves with the rules of this underground black fist. Dong Lei and Sun Yunzhong went to other places to gather information.

However, they were gathering information about Mu Chen's next opponent.

Soon, Mingmei turned her head and saw Sun Yunzhong returning with a pale face. An ominous premonition flashed through her mind.

"I found out the identity of the Number Eighteen fighter." Sun Yunzhong said, pausing as if he was organizing his words, thinking about how to say it in a more peaceful way.

"He's a lizardman who escaped from the Beastman Star Region. Because he likes to eat cubs, he once slaughtered the staff of a local orphanage and ate many orphan cubs, and was wanted. He's a very, very ferocious beastman."

As he spoke, Sun Yunzhong cursed.

Dong Lei and Lu Xiaoyao also followed suit and cursed him as a beast.

But after cursing, they realized one thing—the person involved didn't seem to be human either, right?