After feeling bewildered for a moment, she steadied her mind and carefully considered what the person had said, thinking it made sense; she should indeed learn to accept all this. After all, she only had these two close people in this world... No, was this guy also...

The black-haired girl looked up, gazing at the back of the person in front of her.

It seemed there had been signs before. This person seemed inexplicably familiar and knowledgeable about her. Back in Thirteen Sakura Village, he tried to impersonate a client to get closer to her, and when she was unconscious, he also pretended to Fujikichiro, the real client, to act as if he was very familiar with her...

When she once expressed doubts about this, he deliberately played dumb, taking advantage of her inability to speak and not intending to explain at all.

If it had been anyone else, they would certainly have suspected the other party of ulterior motives and ill intentions, or at the very least, kept their distance... But Hidechika did not do this, not even actively exposing it. She wasn't sure if it was because of her sharp intuition or some ability brought by her unknown demon bloodline that she could always sense others' malice—

So she knew that Gu Mo indeed had some selfish motives, but it wasn't with ill intent...

Moreover, she had never had such a peculiar experience, where someone was inexplicably familiar and knowledgeable about her, giving a strange sense of closeness, making her feel comfortable with the interaction. Besides, she was of a laid-back nature, so she didn't mind continuing to team up under such strange circumstances, traveling together until now.

But come to think of it, this was quite a bizarre situation indeed.

Why was he so familiar with her, inexplicably close, yet seemed to take it for granted knowing her affairs, even those she herself was unaware of, he knew so clearly? The black-haired girl frowned and began to ponder seriously.

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...

Like this, they continued for several more days.

Finally, at dusk on this day, the group of three reached Lushan City after traveling day and night. Gu Mo, who had been enthusiastic about riding in the carriage at first, was now particularly impatient, feeling as if his whole body was about to be shaken apart... Traveling far in this era was truly bothersome.

Since entering the instance, it had only been a little more than a week, yet it seemed two-thirds of the time was wasted on the tedious journey.

Does it have to be this realistic... Wouldn't it be better to have a large map where you can click on the chapter location, skip the process after loading, and enter the corresponding scene?

The only thing to be happy about was that the journey wasn't a complete waste of time. He leveled up again after battling all the way, and his current total level was LV5... But leveling up indeed seemed to be getting harder.

"Where do we go first? We have the old man's handwritten assignment, so taking the role of acting City Lord should be fine..." Walking past the city gate and into the city, Gu Mo looked around, not knowing for a moment where to go.

"I'll handle it, Brother Gu Mo, leave such minor matters to me..." When Hidechika also seemed a bit confused, Fujikichiro volunteered to step forward.

"Then I'll leave it to..."

Gu Mo nodded, waiting for this sentence, but before he could finish speaking, a harsh sound of static filled his ears.

The indistinct and fragmented segments that could barely be discerned were as follows: "Detected player symb...conditions...%￥#@&...zzzz...$#%[email protected] gameplay unlocked, you can...zzzz...view and manage building your current homeland..."

He was taken aback for a moment, wait, what kind of patchwork system is this?

Does it mean he could also experience some simulation management?

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