Chapter 29 (1/2)

But … That was clearly Meng Xinghe!

He and Meng Xinghe had grown up together, how could he mistake someone else for Meng Xinghe? That face, those eyebrows…… It was definitely the same! Even the tear mole under his left eye was exactly the same!

But if that person was Meng Xinghe, why did he pretend not to know him?

Xiao Tangqiu’s heart sank. He didn’t think that Shen Yuan was acting just now. At the time, Shen Yuan had looked at him as if he was looking at a stranger, as if he was meeting him for the first time. Those eyes…..Meng Xinghe would never look at him with those eyes.

Did Meng Xinghe lose his memory? ……..After all, Meng Xinghe had been in a car accident! Could it be that Meng Xinghe hadn’t died after the car accident, but somehow got here by mistake?

Xiao Tangqiu’s heart, which had sunk to the bottom, finally started beat once more. He turned to look at Su Manluo, and opened his mouth to ask something, but as soon as the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back down again.

“Qiuqiu, were you mistaken?” Tang Mianmian had some misgivings.

Xiao Tangqiu was silent for a moment, “Maybe…… Is Shen Yuan a very strong player?”

Su Manluo smiled and pulled out a cigarette from her pocket, “Do you mind if I smoke?”

Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian shook their heads at the same time.

“Some people say that Shen Yuan is the strongest player in the city of the abyss, but this is just one of the many opinions” Su Manluo said with a cigarette in her mouth, “There are differing opinions about who the strongest player is. Perhaps, the answer is only known to those players themselves..… In the city of the abyss, strength is everything. There’s a world of difference between the weak and the strong, just like how mole crickets and ants are always destined to only be able to look up at the splendor of sun and the moon.”

100,000 points?!

Xiao Tangqiu calculated at once. They had gotten 500 points for completing a D-level mission…… 100,000 points, wouldn’t that be 200 D-level missions?!

Looking at the stunned expressions of Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian, Su Manluo puffed out a mouthful smoke and said faintly, “Do you understand now? Those who can enter District S are all experienced and strong. We are still far off from them. If you want to know exactly how strong they are you’d have to become just as strong to find out.”

Xiao Tangqiu hesitated, then asked, “Do you know….. how long Shen Yuan has been in the city of the abyss?” If it happened to be seven years, then his guess would be right!

However, Su Manluo shook her head, “No one knows, but many players have guessed that he’s a first-generation player…… Anyways, he got here way before I did.”

“First-generation player?” Tang Mianmian asked curiously.

“The first group of players who were the earliest to arrive in this world.” Su Manluo blew smoke rings and added, “It’s said that…… all the other first generation players have died, only he is left.”

Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian gasped. Although they have long felt the cruelty of this world, they were even more chilled by Su Manluo’s remark.

“You have to be psychologically prepared. The death rate here is very high. The friend who you were talking to and laughing with yesterday may die in the instance today.” Su Manluo smiled, “Treasure your friend. Perhaps it’s the last time that you’ll have together.”

Xiao Tangqiu’s heart sank, but then he heard Su Manluo suddenly burst out laughing, “We’re here, rookies! Welcome to Newbie Village!”