[Don't worry, I'll be in Lynn the day after tomorrow. It's still hard to say who will unlock the advanced class first.]
All the players in the live stream were fired up.
Just as the previous player said, it was still unknown who would win. The Excavation Princess was indeed the first to arrive in Lynn and the first to receive a quest from Lily, but she was only level 7 and a novice at action games. It was really uncertain if she could unlock the advanced class before other players who arrived later.
For a time, almost all the players at the Abandoned Cooling Plant were eager to try, even the Iron Rain Guild, which was preparing to join the Truth Society, was no exception.
Sword Qi Soaring to the Sky's idea was very clear: they wanted to join the Truth Society, but they had to make contact with the Truth Society's people first. Before that, his plan was to gather around Lily like other players.
But he wasn't interested in increasing Lily's favorability. He mainly wanted to get more information about Lily and then use that information as a pledge of allegiance to the Truth Society.
[Charge, charge!]
[I want to climb step by step, surpass the Excavation Princess, and become the player closest to Lily!]
[I'm not sleeping tonight, I'm going to grind!]
Seeing that the players' enthusiasm had been ignited, Lily finally felt relieved.
She was now tied to this group of players. The faster these players leveled up, the faster her own level could increase with their help.
The Truth Society wants to assassinate me, huh?
When the time comes, I'll bring tens of thousands of players who have reached advanced classes, and let you know what true terror in the human world is!
"It's getting late. You should rest well. I'll go back first."
Lily stood up.
The Excavation Princess wanted to persuade Lily to just stay and sleep at her place, but Lily politely declined.
A pity, but this was also normal.
As they parted, Anya secretly glanced at the Excavation Princess, finding that the Excavation Princess was still grinning foolishly.
The poor Excavation Princess still thought she had gained a great advantage, when in reality, she was being played in the palm of Boss's hand.
I, Anya, am Boss's true darling!
Anya puffed out her chest and followed behind Lily.
After leaving the hotel, Lily eagerly opened the community forum.
Sure enough, players were already analyzing her identity in the community, and the most prominent post was—
"I suspect Lily is actually the final BOSS of Beyond the Stars!"
"???"
Many question marks appeared above Lily's head.
I've been busy for so long, finally managed to completely break free from my connection with the Wildfire Gang, and avoided being targeted by players as a villain. And you, you just slap the label of final BOSS on me, huh?
She clicked on it, wanting to see what brilliant insights this player had.
In reality, there was no analytical content in this post, because the player was comparing it to another game the entire time.
[When I played another game before, there was a very special NPC in the novice village. She was as beautiful as Lily, cared about players as much as Lily, and had a mysterious identity just like Lily. Finally, after a series of quests, players discovered she was a legendary Apostle, and even the final BOSS in the game! So, I boldly conclude...]
[I conclude your hammer]
This post was, not surprisingly, flamed, but it also, not surprisingly, became popular.
Although the poster was just talking nonsense the whole time, and not verifying through dialogue or settings like the Excavation Princess, the conjecture that Lily was the final BOSS still resonated with many players' XP.
White-haired big BOSS? I'm ready!
[If Lily is really the final BOSS, I'll be the first to join Lily.]
[You want to be first? I'm first.]
Lily's mouth twitched.
She didn't want to be a BOSS, unless it was the kind of BOSS that didn't show a health bar.
She would wait a bit longer to see if there were any good ideas among the settings players came up with. If there were, she planned to directly copy them.
No, how can playing a game be called copying? This is called meeting player expectations!
Lily and Anya quickly returned to the vicinity of Shino's residence, but she stopped as soon as they reached the stairwell.
The lights inside weren't on. Shino wasn't there?
She also looked into the shadows; the few agents sent by Four Directions Chief Director Madeleine to protect her were also gone.
This was clearly problematic.
Lily had always been willing to assume the worst in every unusual situation she encountered.
Seconds later, she heard footsteps in the hallway, and the static of a walkie-talkie.
"Nothing found on my end. You hurry up over there."
Then, a fully armed man walked out from beside her.
"Hmm, Lily?"
The man obviously didn't expect to meet Lily here. He was stunned for a moment, but quickly a smile appeared on his face.
"This is truly an unexpected pleasure. Offending the Truth Society, you deserve to die here tonight."
So, the assassins from the Truth Society had arrived.
Lily was a little worried about Shino's safety, but now was not the time to focus on that. She placed her hand on her thigh, where her gun was holstered.
"Anya, get behind me."
Now was the perfect time to test how much her strength had increased after unlocking the advanced class!
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