"I'm back, I'm back, but I don't know what stimulated me, and after I came back to report, I went to the training ground to practice alone, and no one asked. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Situ Nan lowered his voice, and there was concern in his tone, "...... I asked you to teach him a lesson, but did you go overboard? ”

"Don't worry, he doesn't have any injuries, we have our own measure." Lu Pingchuan turned his head and glanced at Xia Yan's hands intentionally or unintentionally - seeing that she had bandages wrapped around her ten fingers, he relaxed a little, and turned back to greet Zuode, Zhu Yaoming and the others, "Let's find a place to eat first, I'll treat you." ”

"That's for the best, I've got to call my teammates." Situ Nan grabbed Lu Pingchuan's shoulder, and the thief laughed.

"Add me to the team!" Zod also unceremoniously joined the team to fight the autumn wind.

That night, when the three teams were full of wine and food, Lu Pingchuan's day's bonus was almost all wasted. Fortunately, everyone had a good chat during the banquet, and some players at the adjacent table heard that some of them had returned from the mining area and took the initiative to join the conversation. Since entering the closed beta, this is the most harmonious atmosphere and the most joyful night Lu Pingchuan has experienced - the only flaw is probably Xia Yan's early departure.

Although from the perspective of command or the last critical moment to turn the tide, Xia Yan is the most irreplaceable core of this wasteland reclamation mission. But I don't know if it's noisy or not adaptable to the crowded environment, Xia Yan barely spoke during dinner, and after hurriedly picking up a few bites of food, she claimed that she had something to do and left alone, except for Bing'er, she hardly talked to anyone during the whole process.

Regarding Xia Yan's loneliness and mystery, Lu Pingchuan has always seen it in his eyes. Zhu Yaoming's reminder that he had also seriously considered the possibility, but for some reason, he was always reluctant to associate Xia Yan with the identity of "cheating in the dark". Maybe it's because of her maverick frankness in dealing with people, maybe it's because of her seriousness and persistence when she carries out tasks, or maybe it's ...... He just wanted to keep the faint light in his heart that had just been born in the corner and didn't know what it represented.

It was nearly ten o'clock in the evening, and the three teams dispersed the banquet and found a hotel to rest. At the time of parting, the three teams added friends to each other, and Zod and Situ Nan hated each other and shouted that they wanted to form an alliance together...... Seeing that his network circle has been growing stronger and stronger since the internal test, and the task has been completed smoothly, Lu Pingchuan suddenly has a hazy confidence in the future, a confidence that the door to success has been slowly opened in front of him.

It's a pity that this confidence and relaxed state only existed for just two days in the closed beta time before it came to an end: on this day, Lu Pingchuan took Wen Jie, Bing'er, and two other temporary teammates, who had just reached level 15, to finish the Death's Lair and the mining dungeon (as long as the main quest player is not the captain, he can join the team and participate repeatedly, but players who have completed the task will no longer get experience and material rewards, which is considered a vain job), and on the way back to the city, he suddenly received a message from Situ Nan: "In the town? ”

"On the way back with Wenjie's brushbook, what's wrong?" Lu Pingchuan replied, and a few seconds later, Situ Nan's urgent call request was received on the system dial:

"Check out the bulletin board at the entrance of the mayor's hall! You and Sister Yan's top spot has been surpassed! ”

"What?" Lu Pingchuan was suspicious, and hurriedly quickened his pace and hurried back to the main city. When you come to the entrance of the mayor's hall, the electronic bulletin board to check the ranking has been surrounded by players who are watching the excitement. Lu Pingchuan finally stepped forward, only to see that he and Xia Yan's rankings had both dropped five places, ranking seventh and sixth respectively. The players who occupy the top 1 to 5 positions are obviously a team, and according to the task completion time on the bulletin board, they have just completed the quest "Suppress the Riot" of the mining dungeon two hours ago, and they have all taken the lead in reaching level 19!

The player IDs ranked second to fourth are very unfamiliar, only the first ID Lu Pingchuan seems to have an impression: Sapphire - the one who once invented the information filtering method to distinguish the landing batches of different supply stations by the login time when he grabbed a car at the supply station, and announced the ID of the location of the off-road vehicle. Now, the owner of this ID has made an extraordinary move again, breaking Xia Yan's top ranking for nearly two consecutive weeks in one fell swoop, and leading his teammates to occupy the top five places on the list in an all-round way.

“…… Sapphire, sapphire? Lu Pingchuan silently recited this name in his heart, and the most likely candidate almost deservedly appeared in his mind - Jiang Lan, one of the special recruits who was domineering in the training camp, but everyone dared not underestimate him, was inexplicably silent for a long time after entering the internal test, and now he finally began to exert his strength?

The questions in my mind were one after another, and at this time, Xia Yan's language communication request suddenly came from the system dial. Lu Pingchuan hurriedly picked it up, Xia Yan's voice didn't sound panicked, but seemed to be a little ...... Exasperation?

"You see the new ranking order?" Xia Yan is still straight to the point.

"See." Lu Pingchuan paused, and did not tell Xia Yan his speculation about the identity of the ID "Sapphire", "What do you think?" ”

"Sapphire is ginger blue." Unexpectedly, Xia Yan's answer directly confirmed Lu Pingchuan's guess, "I have no doubt or wonder that he will become our competitor one day, but what I care about is that he chose the right time." ”

"Timing? What's the problem? Lu Pingchuan looked at the time display on the notice board again, and didn't see anything wrong.

"Don't you see? There is only one possibility that they can surpass us and occupy the top spot in this period. There was a rare hint of excitement in Xia Yan's tone, "They completed the mining dungeon task in 30 minutes!" ”