Chapter 1 I've Been Mentioned

While browsing the forums, Luo Simen found that he had been mentioned. Clicking on the post, the content was a recording of Kuang Dao Nujian's PK with Dao Jian Xiao, gloatingly asking him to come out and explain.

Luo Simen had been constantly criticizing the Mechanic class in various posts recently. His position was secondary; the root cause of the annoyance was his constant posting. It was as if he was afraid others wouldn't know his thoughts, forcing others to see them, which was very annoying and easily made people dislike him.

"@罗死门 (Luo Simen), a Mechanic class player has killed an Esper class player in seconds. Come out and explain."

After watching the video, Luo Simen immediately retorted, "This is just an isolated case. That Dao Jian Xiao doesn't know how to play at all!"

"Ha, you've lost several PKs in a row. How did he win? You're just bad, right? @罗死门 (Luo Simen)."

Luo Simen suppressed his anger and replied, "Kuang Dao Nujian triggered a hidden storyline, level suppression, and equipment suppression. There's nothing to compare!"

"Doesn't the equipment given by NPCs count as strength? Then why do you do missions, take rewards, or earn money? Just admit you're bad and stand still to be scolded!"

Damn it! Luo Simen was furious and directly started spraying, "I said the Mechanic class is bad, what's it to you?!"

"Then why are you posting everywhere? Can you think before you speak?"

Luo Simen was exasperated, "Cǎo nǐ mā, why are you barking? Are you a cheapskate who has to jump out and be scolded by me!"

"Your true colors are showing, aren't they? You're just a sprayer, pretending to be something else. You chose the class yourself, and now you're saying 'I was deceived'. Hilarious. Who do you think you are? A game company specifically deceived you? You still have the nerve to BB everywhere, posting everywhere to find a sense of existence?"

"If I hadn't been tricked by Black Phantom, would I have chosen the Mechanic class?!"

"Oh, it's not my fault, it's the world's fault. No one held a gun to your head and forced you to choose a class, right? Blaming a NPC, are you stupid? If you regret it, just create another account. It's a trivial matter, yet you keep posting non-stop. Shut up, kid!"

Luo Simen was so angry that his head was buzzing, "I'm your father, I￥@%￥…"

At this moment, an official message appeared on Luo Simen's screen.

[Detected frequent use of insulting language, forum account banned for three days.]

Luo Simen was dumbfounded, "Wò cáo!"

He couldn't reply, and the players in the post quickly noticed this, gloating.

"Haha, he's been banned for cursing."

"Serves him right."

"Disperse, disperse. This is just a sprayer."

Luo Simen could only watch and couldn't reply, feeling angry and aggrieved, wishing he could smash something.

……

"This is so interesting?"

After reading the replies in the post, Han Xiao felt quite itchy. Unfortunately, he couldn't post. Back then, he liked watching people tear each other apart and participating in the tearing, which was a good way to pass the time.

However, some people got really angry while tearing each other apart, and those people were too naive. You can't do anything to others when you're tearing each other apart online. If you can't win the argument, just start spraying directly. Wanting others to admit defeat is like praying for the national football team to qualify. Just treat it as fun. Most of the things online are fake and don't affect life. Han Xiao had been sprayed at when he was a game booster, but he still ate and drank as usual. When he was free, he would curse back at the people tearing him apart, just to refresh himself and brighten up the whole day.

Watching the players being active on the forum while he could only be an observer, Han Xiao felt a sense of loneliness, missing the days of debating with everyone... Although he always felt that the phrase "debating with everyone" was too dirty.

Looking at the time, it was almost dusk in the afternoon, and the battlefield had been cleaned up.

Han Xiao heard the sound of an engine coming from afar. He looked up and saw several off-road vehicles driving from the dirt road in the distance. Green Valley Town opened its gates, and Bashas stood at the gate, personally welcoming these vehicles in.

"The cars have the emblem of Aufmera." Han Xiao's thoughts flashed.

……

The off-road vehicles drove into the town, and armed guards got out of the cars, escorting a man in exquisite clothing.

Xiao Rui, the envoy sent by Xiao Jin, the second leader of Aufmera, came to Southern Continent to find Zero, who was wanted by Germination. As early as half a year ago, the Aufmera family discovered that the appearance of the wanted Zero was exactly the same as that of the missing Xiao Han. Therefore, Xiao Jin sent people to look for him, but for a long time, they had gained nothing. Xiao Rui was the leader of the search team.

Bashas was respectful to Xiao Rui, leading everyone into the main house. Wine and steaming hot roast meat were arranged on the table. The texture of the cross-section was like waves, very layered. The meat was reddish-brown with a hint of pink, and even without tasting it, one could tell that the taste would be very chewy. These were fresh Gray Nightmare Wolf meat that had been cut down two hours ago. Other dishes included some vegetables and mashed potato-like crops.

In this kind of wanderer town, this table of dishes was expensive, and Xiao Rui was very satisfied with Bashas's reception.

Several people took their seats. Xiao Rui, who was covered in dust, ate heartily. After eating three pieces of roast meat in a row, he slowed down, wiped his mouth, and said to Bashas, who was waiting aside without eating, "I will rest in your territory for a few days before continuing to look for that damned bastard."

Bashas said, "I will have someone prepare a room. If you need anything, just ask me."

Xiao Rui's status in the family was higher than his, so Bashas's attitude was very low.

"Yes." Xiao Rui was satisfied with Bashas's attitude. He decided to stay in Green Valley Town for a few more days. In the past six months, he had been asking about Zero's whereabouts all over Southern Continent, and he had had enough of the aimless search, which was simply a torment.

Since Xiao Han disappeared, the family thought he was dead and didn't care. But after discovering that he had become "Zero," everyone was greatly surprised. Aufmera didn't want to provoke Germination. In order to find out what was going on, Xiao Jin sent him to bring Xiao Han back to the family for questioning, but he hadn't found the target for half a year.

Xiao Rui was full of resentment towards Han Xiao. It was all this "resurrected" guy's fault that he couldn't stay in the family headquarters and enjoy himself.

He had met Xiao Han a few times before, and he was weak and useless. If he hadn't been Xiao Jin's biological son, he would have been sent to clean toilets long ago. Xiao Rui was a war orphan who had been adopted. Xiao Jin had many such orphans under his command. They grew up together and competed with each other, racking their brains to improve their status. Therefore, he was very jealous of Xiao Han's luck of not having to struggle since birth.

When he learned that Xiao Han was dead, he was secretly happy for a long time while secretly rejoicing during the funeral. He knew that the other adopted brothers who lowered their heads in mourning with sad faces were also thinking the same thing.

Preconceived notions made it difficult for Xiao Rui to connect Han Xiao with Zero, who was rumored on the dark web.

'Wouldn't it be better to die obediently? Why do you have to cause me trouble?' Xiao Rui complained more than once. He looked at Bashas, chatted for a few words, and casually asked, "Has anything happened in the town recently?"

"Yes, those vagrants outside..." Bashas said his discovery.

Xiao Rui looked surprised and said, "There are such strange groups of people. You have to report the results of your observation to the family."

"I know... There's also another thing. Black Phantom is also resting outside the town for an unknown reason. He claims to be just passing by."

Xiao Rui's heart skipped a beat. "Black Phantom is also here?"

Recently, the dark web's assassin rankings had been updated again, and Black Phantom's ranking had risen to seventh. He was very active. Learning that this legendary assassin was nearby, Xiao Rui felt a little uneasy.

"We'd better not provoke him," Bashas said.

Xiao Rui remained noncommittal, frowning. He turned his head and saw Liu Cheng, his close bodyguard who was following behind him expressionlessly. His nervous mood eased a lot.

Liu Cheng noticed Xiao Rui's gaze and said lightly, "Don't worry, even if we face Black Phantom, I can protect your life. He can't deal with me."

……

The setting sun shone obliquely.

Since the off-road vehicles entered the town, Han Xiao keenly noticed the changes in Green Valley Town. The lookouts in the town were monitoring him at all times, seemingly worried that he would move around. From this small detail, Han Xiao was 80% sure that there were important figures on the convoy that had just entered the town.

"The Aufmera family, I don't have a deep impression of them. It seems that they didn't have any special performance in the original plot... Oh, I remember now. It seems that in a side plot of 'Wanderer Warlord Hegemony', this family was one of the main forces. Yes, this side plot has partial conflicts with Bennett's shelter main plot. I don't have much contact with wanderers, so it shouldn't affect this side plot."

Han Xiao had been watching Bennett's main quest for a long time, but he didn't know when it would start. With his relationship with Bennett, plus the dark web organization's favorability, and the effect of Legend Points, there was a high probability that he would be invited by Bennett to participate in the shelter plan, which would be the second main quest of Aquamarine Star.