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Chapter 168 Confusing Remarks Award

After clarifying the events that had transpired in the dungeon with Haonan and the others, Ling Mo and Xia Xinyan logged off.

Once the announcement hit the whole server, the two received countless friend requests, most of which were inquiries about what had happened, such as—

【Big shot, can I ask how you got that SSS rating?】

【Big shot, big shot, does that SSS rating have any effects? The server announcement looks impressive!】

【Awesome, bro, you got the first SSS rating, how come I don’t see you on the leaderboard?】

……

There were also invitations to join various factions, like—

【Bro, are you interested in joining our studio? Play games as work, show up anytime, just do it from home, add me if you’re interested.】

【Bro, you seem really strong, why not join our guild? Just act cool for the boss, base salary of 5k, more you do, more you earn. What do you think?】

【You seem really strong, huh? Our Dragon Overlord group officially invites you to help us dominate this game. Wealth and beauties await; don’t miss this opportunity!】

……

Of course, these were still relatively normal. Ling Mo also spotted some baffling requests amid the pile—

【Handsome, you’re so amazing, can you take me along? I’ll be really obedient】—it was a guy.

【Big brother, can you take me to play the game? As long as you’re willing to help me clear stages, you can do anything you want with me】—this was also a guy.

【Big brother, can I play with you? I can drop in anytime】—this one was a girl but listed her age as 37.

【Little brother, want to be my dog?】—???

……

Perhaps among these requests were genuine chances for romance, but Ling Mo might have shown a little interest in the past. However, now that he had Xinyan, he had little thought for other girls, so after a brief glance, he temporarily set his friend requests to auto-decline.

Then he saw the pile of requests Xia Xinyan received—

【Does little sister have a boyfriend? I’m currently ranked 93, may I have the honor of a friend slot?】

【You’re quite powerful; you could be my woman. I can give you anything you want, don’t keep me waiting.】

【Woman, you’ve caught my attention. I’ll give you whatever you want with no strings attached.】

……

Ling Mo was left with a face full of question marks—are people really this confused nowadays?

Fortunately, Xia Xinyan didn’t seem troubled at all, which helped him calm down a little.

“Don’t worry, we’ve managed to get a bit famous this time; the friend requests shouldn’t be lacking for a while,” Xia Xinyan said, having seen plenty of this in her previous life and was immune to such things.

Ling Mo tapped his chin and suddenly said, “How about we take a break for a while? Let’s not log on during this time.”

He really didn’t want his girlfriend to be bothered by those random friend requests.

Even if he turned off friend requests, who knows what other ways those guys might try to contact them? It was safer to avoid this storm for now.

Coincidentally, Xia Xinyan thought the same: “Sounds good; let’s just relax during this time.”

She knew very well that once they gained notoriety this time, returning to full anonymity would be impossible.

Getting the title of the first SSS rating was definitely a significant event, and even if public attention diminished over time, they had already been added to the lists of those real major guilds, so they had entered the upper echelons of the game much earlier than in her past life.

It wasn’t entirely a bad thing; perhaps this time, having gained a head start might allow her to investigate the truth of the game.

Now, it was just a matter of who would be the first to come looking for her.

Either way, she wasn’t in a rush or worried—at least in this peaceful era, she and Ling Mo wouldn’t face any dangers.

If it came to danger… well, they wouldn’t be her match anyway.

After all, her current abilities were usable in reality too.

She just wouldn’t reveal them unless necessary; otherwise, it would only lead to trouble.

Ling Mo was quite pleased that she agreed with his suggestion—this meant that the upcoming period would be a true two-person world just for them.

Without others to interrupt, this alone was far more comfortable than playing games.

Xia Xinyan sat on the sofa, turned on the TV, and patted the spot beside her: “Mo Mo, let’s take a break first.”

It was still early for dinner; since they couldn’t play the game, their only option left was to watch TV.

And chat.

Xia Xinyan was still pondering the events of the dungeon.

Should I say, she was thinking about the question that had bothered her for two lifetimes—

“Mo Mo, do you think the NPCs in the game are really NPCs?”

Ling Mo paused: “Why do you ask that?”

“Don’t you find them very real?” Xia Xinyan tilted her head to look at him.

Ling Mo was silent for two seconds, then smiled: “It’s probably designed to be that realistic to enhance player immersion.”

In the games he had played before, there were plenty of games that depicted characters with depth, but in those games, players… or rather, protagonists could only follow pre-set paths and only witness the plots and scenes the developers intended for them to see.

In “Realm of Divine Presence,” the game wouldn’t limit the players’ actions. To have NPCs respond to any conceivable actions and act just like real people—what level of technology would that require?

Tsk, with virtual reality technology being this fantastic, creating a few NPCs that act like real humans shouldn’t be that hard, right?

Ling Mo still leaned towards the belief that those characters were simply game data set up by the developers.

This was the most logical conclusion based on his understanding of rationality.

As for Xia Xinyan’s kind of thinking… he could guess it, but that wasn’t within the realm of gaming— it even exceeded the “not entirely a game” bracket. He could believe the game was a military experiment or something, but telling him it involved the truth of the world or dimensional contact was too hard to swallow because it surpassed his comprehension.

So from his perspective, Xia Xinyan’s thoughts were more about her emotional side at play.

Sure enough… girls are indeed more easily influenced by emotions—thinking about it, her willingness to save the witch at any cost back then wasn’t too hard to understand.

After all, she had no idea the witch would give her a ring or that there was a hidden quest.

So… indeed, his girlfriend just has a kind heart.

In this life, he met such an amazing girlfriend; what reason did he have to not cherish her properly?

Daily affection up.