Ling Lu was currently sitting at a noodle shop with her three teammates, slurping noodles.
Upon seeing Lin Feng's abrupt appearance, Ling Lu was visibly surprised. In her haste, she let out a cough, choking.
Noodles shot out of her nostrils, leaving even her stunned.
"Ling Lu, are you that happy to see me?" Lin Feng suppressed a chuckle and greeted her, unceremoniously pulling up a stool to sit down.
As Lin Feng appeared, the muscles of Ling Lu's three teammates tensed. Their primal instincts sensed the threat emanating from Lin Feng.
"Big… big brother, long time no see!" Ling Lu fumbled for a tissue, embarrassed to have made such a fool of herself in front of him.
But they were all from the same hometown, and meeting in another world felt incredibly close. Ling Lu merely felt embarrassed about choking on her noodles.
Compared to two years ago, Ling Lu appeared a bit more mature, but she still seemed so boisterous…
"Yes, long time no see."
Lin Feng casually glanced at her three teammates, unconcerned by the hostility on their faces, and made no move to address them.
What were they even? Shifty-eyed and looking like trouble.
Lin Feng could sense that the three had the attribute of: Evil!
"By the way, why are you still on missions? Haven't you met the quota yet?"
"And where are Xi Xing and the others? I don't see them."
Lin Feng scanned the surroundings, failing to spot the succubus proprietress and noticing that her teammates had changed.
Ling Lu had the offspring of a symbiont with poisonous flames, so completing missions should have been a breeze. Why, after two years, had she not met the quota?
Lin Feng recalled that 50 missions were sufficient. At a rate of 2 to 3 missions per month, Ling Lu should have already left the game.
However, mentioning these things immediately brought tears to Ling Lu's eyes. Her expression shifted dramatically to one of extreme grievance, leaving Lin Feng bewildered.
What was wrong? Had Xi Xing sacrificed herself? He hadn't even managed to pet her tail yet!
"Xi Xing and the others have completed their missions and won't be returning."
"As for me…" Ling Lu covered her face, heartbroken.
"Because I'm too strong, the Main Brain broke its promise and refused to let me go…"
It was truly a sad tale.
Lin Feng had originally given Ling Lu the symbiont to help her leave the game more quickly and easily.
But the Main Brain, it seemed, saw Ling Lu as valuable wool to be shorn.
As Ling Lu grew stronger, she became almost like an external cheat for the Main Brain to farm missions.
As for Xi Xing and the others, including Ling Lu's original two teammates, they had all returned to their own worlds with Ling Lu's help.
"There's such a thing? Didn't you argue with it?" Lin Feng was flustered, having never expected such a devious Main Brain.
Ling Lu nodded her small head aggrievedly, "Yeah, but I can't beat it!"
"As for arguing with it…"
"The Main Brain said that with strength comes the right to do as one pleases. If you're not happy, fight me. But how can I win!"
Ling Lu grew even more distressed. This was simply bullying.
Not only that, but the rewards from the Main Brain had been further reduced.
Ling Lu worked herself to death to complete a mission, and the reward was a talking parrot…
That's right. A parrot with no other abilities, that just knew how to curse. Can you believe it?
Just hearing this, Lin Feng could imagine how obnoxious the Main Brain's tone must have been!
Could he tolerate this?
He could ignore others being bullied, but bullying a fellow countryman?
He was still counting on his fellow countryman to send him coordinates back.
Indeed, Lin Feng still couldn't sense the existence of the original universe with his own strength and still needed Ling Lu's help.
Ling Lu bore no ill will towards Lin Feng.
If not for the symbiont Lin Feng had given her, let alone her teammates completing missions, she herself would have long since perished.
The only one to blame was the Main Brain, which had never expected such an entity to be so untrustworthy.
"Stop eating. Let's go, I'll get justice for you." Lin Feng looked at the aggrieved and sad Ling Lu, his face darkening. He grabbed Ling Lu's shoulder and, with a spatial shift, vanished from the noodle shop.
Damn it, with strength comes the right to do as one pleases? Well said!
Right now, he was going to do as he pleased right in front of it!
Coincidentally, Lin Feng had been contemplating how to get the method for teleporting people back outside the Fourth Wall from the optical computer.
The three teammates watched them disappear in utter bewilderment.
They were Westerners, and Lin Feng had been speaking to Ling Lu in his native language, which they couldn't understand at all.
But they could see!
This stranger had taken Ling Lu and disappeared. How were they supposed to complete their missions now?
Without Ling Lu's protection, they could barely survive one game. How could this happen!
The three Westerners cursed Lin Feng frantically, but he could no longer hear them.
Lin Feng, with Ling Lu, had teleported to a room that stretched as far as the eye could see.
The last time Ling Lu had summoned him, Lin Feng couldn't pinpoint the Main Brain's location.
But now, with his strength greatly increased, pinpointing the Main Brain was child's play.
The entire room was blank, with only a large, blinking green sphere in front.
Yes, that was the Main Brain Ling Lu had spoken of.
It was a place only accessible before starting a mission or during the settlement of rewards after a mission.
Seeing the scene before him, Ling Lu exclaimed, "Holy crap!"
As expected of fellow countrymen from the same place, their expressions of emotion were the same!
"I haven't even finished my missions, and I can still come back?"
"Big brother, you… you… you've gotten stronger again?"
Although Ling Lu's brain wasn't the sharpest, she instantly connected it to Lin Feng.
"That's right, I said I would get justice for you." Lin Feng released Ling Lu, his expression unfriendly as he glared at the large green sphere before him, stepping forward to approach it.
The large sphere seemed somewhat intimidated, vibrating slightly.
This person is more than twice as strong as when I last saw him. What does he want? Don't come any closer!
"Main Brain… is that right?" Lin Feng reached out and patted the sphere's body, threateningly, "Come on, explain why you won't let Ling Lu go back?"
The large sphere vibrated again, remaining silent, as if contemplating playing dead.
This display was incredibly brave in Ling Lu's eyes!
That large sphere exuded an aura of pressure, and normally it was difficult for them to even get close, let alone pat it like a grandchild.
Ling Lu was deeply touched. Big brother was here to get justice for her!
"Are you trying to play dead with me?"
The large sphere remained silent for a long time. Lin Feng showed no restraint and kicked it squarely, sending it flying high like a ball.
He had come here to beat it up in the first place. If the Main Brain wouldn't speak, wasn't this giving Lin Feng an opportunity to act!
"Son of a…!" The large sphere, having been kicked for no reason, instantly became enraged, but immediately backed down.
Can't win, can't win. I'm not angry. My life is more important…