"Of course you can, as long as you don't ask weird questions." Sophran said with a smile.

"Ah, of course not. I've heard from a friend before that you can study at level 30 in the "Garr Empire", so now I'm thinking about going to the Empire. ”

Sophran looked at me.

"You're only level twenty-five! Although it is not impossible to go to the Garr Empire, there is no need to be so anxious! ”

"Oh, I want to take the cultivation level with me on the way to the empire, and if I can, try to raise the level to level thirty before reaching the empire, but I don't know what the strength of the monsters on the way to the empire is?"

"As long as you don't enter the danger zone, the monster's strength is pretty good, but what about being confident? Or is it better to be naïve? Listen to your tone as if you can improve by casually saying about your rank. ”

"Ahh......h Yes...... "It does seem to be a bit light-hearted.

"Where did you cultivate before?" Valley in the Clouds"? ”

"No, I've been cultivating in the Forest of Aino before. Why, each area has different requirements for the cultivator's own level?

"Uh...... That doesn't seem to be quite accurate. Whether you are cultivating in the Forest of Aino, the Valley in the Clouds, or the Fluorescent Swamp, there is no level limit for cultivators in the region itself, but the strength of monsters in each area is increasing from the periphery to the center. Your level is about the same as mine, so it should be safer to cultivate on the periphery. ”

"Oh, that's it, teachable."

It seems to be very different from what I guessed before, but I didn't expect that there is no so-called high and low level between different regions.

"Actually, you can cultivate to level 30 in the Aino Forest and then go to the Empire."

"Huh? Is there anything special about this? ”

"It's not special, after all, you've cultivated in the Aino Forest before, and you're familiar with the map there, so if you venture into a new map and accidentally enter a dangerous area, it's easy to lose your life!"

"Otherwise, I happen to be going to the empire too, let's team up together, and take care of each other, my level is higher than yours, and I can protect you somewhat."

"Ah, thank you so much."

"Is it a blessing to be protected by NPCs?"

"Let's go, let's talk on the road, anyway, it's a long way to the empire."

"Good. By the way, Sophran, you can be the captain. Although you are still young, after all, your rank is higher than mine, and the captaincy authority will be handed over to you. ”

"Oh, I thought boys were generally stronger and would take the initiative to ask for captain's permission!"

"What is strong and not strong! You think I'm going to do it, so I'm waiting for you to demonstrate it so I can learn how to form a team!"

"Hehehe, everyone is different." Laugh! Laugh awkwardly! I can only laugh awkwardly!

I saw Sophlan write a Z character in the space area ahead, and then a rectangular interface popped up.

"Uh...... Wait, I'll look for it...... Well...... Got it! Mu Qingyun! ”

Then a confirmation screen appeared in front of me. "Sophran invites you to join the team", there are two options "agree" and "decline", of course I chose to agree.

"Your name is weird, you can't be a strange person, right?"

"Uh...... Did you find me strange in the process of communicating with me? ”

"A little...... But it's okay, it's not too strange! ”

"Isn't that weird? Does it mean or strange? Forget it, I'm too lazy to care about a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl......

"Don't worry, I'm from a foreign land, and my natural name is a little different from yours."

"Hmm."

"Let's go, Sophran."

I don't want to waste too much time, so I'm urging Sophran to go!

"Well, Brother Qingyun, why don't you add a friend first!"

"Didn't you think I was weird just now, why did you think of adding friends again after a while?"

"Okay."

I'd like to test my previous idea of whether NPCs and players can actually add friends to each other!

"Sophran added you as a friend", "Agree", "Decline".

At the same time as I agreed, I was a little nervous. Because once a player becomes friends with an NPC, what happens if the NPC takes the initiative to communicate with the player after the player is offline?

And it turned out! Players and NPCs can really add friends to each other! It seems that this is really a magical game world!!

"What's wrong with Brother Qingyun, your face is shocked, are you going to the toilet?"

"Come, come, come! Sofla, tell me, how did you manage to look at other people's surprised expressions and think that others were going to go to the toilet?!"

"Ah, I added a little beauty as a friend, I just said I was very happy!"

"Huh? You're really weird, uh......"

"Sophran, shall we go?! Let's go to battle?!"

"Let's go! Sophora. ”

"Okay."

Sophran and I came to [Fluorescent Swamp] together through the teleportation circle directly south of Nognaia.

"Wow, the scenery here is really nice, what is floating in this shiny thing?"

The bright light flying in the sky caught my attention.

This is a small insect called "Floating Firefly", which blooms with the brightest light with the shortest life! Beautiful, isn't it? ”

I was about to reach for it, but Sophran shook her head and motioned for me not to.

"In just thirty seconds, these bugs ended their lives. From the moment it was born with a faint fluorescence, to the moment its light reached its brightest point, it produced the next generation, and then the light gradually dimmed until it died, a process that lasted only thirty seconds. Sophran said sadly.

"Even so, they still celebrate the beauty of life, don't they?"

"Don't you see any sadness in your eyes?"

Sophran seemed a little angry.

"Of all things in the world, life lies in choice, we can choose life and death, and the weakest insects can also choose. You see, this seemingly short-lived, theoretically unsustainable light shines eternally, doesn't it represent their affirmation of life? ”

"It sounds like you say that! The first time I saw this kind of bug, I wondered, why didn't they give up on reproduction even after such a short life. Because they think that life is beautiful, even if it is a fleeting streamer, it is not in vain! ”

"Hmm." I nodded in satisfaction.

"Yes, little girl, you are still young, and your thoughts should be so positive! It's really ......."