[You have triggered the mission [Distant Visitor]!]

[Mission Description: The moment you saw her, her eyes were imprinted on your soul, like a hazy mist, like a dark well, a deep abyss. A voice echoed in your heart—you want to take this woman away.]

[Mission Objective: Rescue her from the slave market, keep her by your side for 6 days. Mission complete.]

[Reward: 1.8 million experience, an unknown reward.]

"Is this mission description trying to be a text-based romance adventure game?!" Han Xiao was covered in goosebumps and couldn't help but complain.

Triggering a mission just by looking at her, this woman is definitely not simple. He hadn't seen this character in his previous life, and had no impression of her at all. Perhaps no player had discovered her before; she was an unexposed hidden character.

Han Xiao asked curiously, "What's so special about her?"

Hollard said, "The projector shows that her body structure isn't that of a normal cosmic race. Her body contains the bloodline of some ancient creature. We can't find a matching file, and we don't know what kind of mixed race she is. After an energy detector test, the energy reaction in her body far exceeds that of a normal creature. The level is constantly fluctuating, at least a C-level esper at its lowest, and even breaks through B-level at its highest…"

"Why would you guys be able to control such a strong esper?" Han Xiao was surprised, and pointed to the shackles and self-destruct collar on the woman. "Those things can't kill a B-level esper."

Hollard rubbed the jewel ring on his finger and said with a smile, "Of course, we don't have the ability to control experts above C-level, but she doesn't know how to use the energy in her body, and she has no fighting power. Moreover, she is willing to stay here."

Han Xiao was stunned.

"There are some problems with her memory. She doesn't remember most of her experiences, only the language. However, her intelligence level isn't that of a baby, she has a high level of intelligence, and can communicate through dialogue…"

"So she's an amnesiac?"

"Haha, it's not as simple as amnesia." Hollard pointed to his head. "Ordinary amnesiacs will panic and be curious about their identity and environment, but her thought processes are very peculiar. She doesn't have the curiosity or impulse to explore who she is, why she's here, or what she wants to do, nor is she alarmed by her lack of memory. She's like a person half-asleep, staying here peacefully, with no thought of pursuing her memories. Her life form is very special. She doesn't seem to have instincts or desires. She doesn't need to eat or excrete. What a special individual."

Han Xiao's eyes flashed. The stranger this woman is, the bigger the secrets she holds. He became quite curious and asked, "What's her name?"

"I gave her a name, Aroshia Sisolyama Donierls…" This string of names had fifty or sixty words, and Hollard's lips moved for a long time before he finished, and said, "... I usually call her Aroshia for short."

Han Xiao's eyes twitched. This is toxic! Why give such a long name for no reason? Are you full of it?!

Or is it that you, a black-hearted slave trader, possess the legendary golden chuunibyou soul?!

The experience from this sudden mission is considerable, and there's also an unknown reward. The reward is somewhat proportional to the difficulty, so Han Xiao decided to give it a try. Since he can't snatch her, he'll buy her with money. Han Xiao asked, "How much does she sell for?"

Hollard put on a merchant's smile, "Not expensive, only 300,000 Enas."

"Goodbye."

Han Xiao said expressionlessly, and turned to leave.

You're trying to rob me! Why must one crook make things difficult for another?!

Hollard hurriedly chased after him and shouted, "If you think it's too expensive, you can bargain! How about 200,000… 100,000? 50,000? Okay, I'll take a loss, and sell it to you for 10,000 at the lowest!"

Han Xiao looked suspicious. A discount of thirty times, how could such a thing be possible? There must be something fishy. Thinking of the six-day time requirement in the mission, he immediately became vigilant.

After thinking about it, Han Xiao temporarily put this mission aside and continued his probing, saying, "This price is okay, but I also want to buy other rare slaves. Do you have any other goods?"

Hollard grinned when he heard this and said, "Haha, you're lucky. I'm going to have a new batch of rare goods soon. You can come and take a look then."

Han Xiao's heart skipped a beat. This new batch of goods should be the Silver Spirits. Fortunately, they haven't been delivered yet, and the mercenaries' interception plan has a chance to be implemented.

"That's great! I'll come to see the goods then, and buy that Aroshia along the way." Han Xiao feigned joy, expressing his sincerity in buying, but he just wouldn't pay, and after a perfunctory conversation, he prepared to leave. Hollard had no choice but to have his lackey send Han Xiao away.

Only Hollard was left in the underground prison corridor. He curled his lips and muttered, "Saying he'll pay later, he definitely doesn't want to buy Aroshia…"

When he took over this slave market, Aroshia was already locked up here. The previous owner told him not to treat her specially, and just sell her normally. However, a customer once bought Aroshia, and after only a few days, the Aroshia who had been taken away suddenly appeared out of thin air in this prison room, scaring him half to death. The customer returned angrily, and he realized that after Aroshia was taken away, she would suddenly disappear and return to the prison cell inexplicably.

Hollard asked the previous owner, and learned that Aroshia had been in existence since not long after the establishment of Dragon Taugh Floating Island. The owner at the time reported the situation, which reached the ears of the Dragon Taugh controller. The capricious Beyond Grade A expert came to take a look, and based on the principle of "killing anything you don't understand", killed Aroshia, causing her to vanish into thin air.

However, after a few days, Aroshia reappeared, as if nothing had happened. The master came over and killed her again, repeating it more than thirty times, eventually concluding that this was a cosmic wonder, a strange phenomenon that was difficult to explain.

According to observations, only one "Aroshia" exists at the same time. If she dies, she will suddenly be reborn after a period of time, but the short-term memories of her previous life will disappear, restoring her to her initial state of amnesia. If she leaves this prison cell, she will also suddenly disappear from another place, and regardless of the architecture, she will return to the location of the prison cell.

According to the summarized pattern, whether she dies or is bought, Aroshia will not leave this place for more than six days.

The Dragon Taugh controller was very casual and threw the cosmic wonder to the slave market to deal with. So the owner treated her as merchandise for sale, cheating the buyers to spend money, a capital-free business.

Hollard shook his head and subconsciously looked at Aroshia's prison cell. Aroshia, who was originally sitting in the corner, was now standing in front of the window. Only a pair of deep and quiet eyes could be seen through the window!

Hollard was startled and turned to leave after a while.

In the prison cell, Aroshia's eyeballs moved with Hollard's figure.

However, this was a one-way window, and the inside of the prison cell could not see the outside scenery.

…

"I've found out, the Silver Spirits haven't been delivered yet." After returning to the team, Han Xiao shared the information, and the three team leaders cheered up.

"That's great, we can implement the rescue plan!" The Purple Gold team leader, Fasoleni, said, "Time is running out. We don't know when the scavengers will arrive, nor do we know their identities. It's best to split up and ambush all the main roads leading to the slave market. We only have one chance, and we can't miss any suspicious target. We must save the Silver Spirit prisoners before they are sold into the market."

The group finalized the division of labor for the ambush, and the ambush locations extended from the pier to the slave market. Every section of the street and intersection had to be equipped with mercenaries.

Based on the distance from the slave market, the ambush defense line could be roughly divided into four layers on the map. The first layer was the farthest, the starting pier, and the fourth layer was the closest to the slave market, right around the market.

The three team leaders took into account that Black Star wasn't as afraid of criminals as they were, so Han Xiao was assigned to the third layer. This location was slightly safer than the criminal-infested pier, while the last defense line was the responsibility of Goa's team.

After a simple disguise, each team took their positions and ambushed, waiting for the rabbit to appear.