Lulu looked at Wu Yan, who had suddenly sunk into a gloomy aura, her expression strange. Was there something wrong with him?
Or was he actually a magical beast in human form, with an underdeveloped mind?
If that was the case, would she get eaten?
These were the thoughts running through Lulu's mind as she still stood there disheveled. Immediately after Wu Yan, she too fell into inexplicable worry.
Well... counting everything, I'd only been in this world for a month. Reaching Level 18 in one month was already pretty good. Maybe she'd been training since childhood, which was why she'd reached Level 35. Yeah... that had to be it.
Clinging to his AQ Mentality, Wu Yan comforted himself like that and instantly revived at full health. He wore a cheerful grin, as though the one whose confidence had just been crushed was not him.
"Hey, Lulu..."
"Ah! Don't eat me!" Startled by Wu Yan's sudden voice, Lulu cried out. However, what she said was impossible to ignore.
Wu Yan's mouth twitched, and his eyebrows jumped. Looking at the girl before him, curled up in fright, Wu Yan found it impossible to stay calm after hearing her shocking words.
After coughing twice, Wu Yan spoke to Lulu with a solemn expression. "Well... little Lulu, you should know that although you do have value worth 'eating,' there's a proper way to 'eat' someone. Personally, I think we'd at least need to be in love and mutually willing before getting to that stage. Right now, although you do look delicious, we haven't gotten that close yet, so I won't 'eat' you. Don't worry!"
Lulu, who had been looking terrified, froze in astonishment. She might have been a little airheaded, but she was not an idiot. Since Wu Yan had put it so plainly, if she still did not understand what he meant, she would not deserve to be called an energetic and precocious seventeen-year-old girl.
Lulu sprang to her feet, one jade-like finger trembling as she pointed at the serious-faced Wu Yan. Her face was flushed with extreme embarrassment and anger. "W-Who... who wants you to... to 'eat' me!"
Wu Yan chuckled and looked at Lulu's delicate face with a wicked grin. "You said it just now. You told me not to 'eat' you."
"I meant... I meant..." Lulu had no idea what to do. Was she supposed to tell Wu Yan that she had thought he was a transformed magical beast preparing to eat her?
"Alright, alright." Having watched enough of Lulu's 'performance,' Wu Yan waved a hand and spoke with a bored expression.
"Besides, you're already Level 35. Why would you be afraid of me 'eating' you?"
Lulu froze again. She looked at Wu Yan in confusion and said blankly, "Level 35? What does that mean?"
Wu Yan gave her a strange look and scratched his head, deep in thought.
Could it be that this world's ranking system was different from what his system displayed?
"Your level—your strength!"
Only then did Lulu understand. Her eyes shifted, and she smiled happily, clapping her hands as though she had just remembered something. "Right, I'm a Fourth-Order Mage. I'm not afraid of you, hehe..."
"A Fourth-Order Mage?" This time, it was Wu Yan's turn to be confused.
What kind of classification was this Fourth-Order Mage supposed to be?
"You don't know?" It was as though their roles had reversed. Seeing Wu Yan's puzzled expression, Lulu revealed a strange look. Still, compared to Wu Yan's earlier strange expression, hers was much cuter, with a hint of disbelief mixed in.
With just one glance, Wu Yan saw through the thoughts of this troublesome girl. Rolling his eyes helplessly, he said to Lulu, "Well... just treat me as a savage who just came out of some remote mountain village. Hurry up and tell me what this is all about."
"Oh... so that's how it is..."...
Seeing Lulu's enlightened expression, Wu Yan covered his forehead with one hand, wishing he could look to the sky and let out a long sigh.
He would bet his integrity that Lulu had taken his words seriously!
Though there was not much of his integrity left anyway...
After Lulu's airheaded and incomplete explanation, supplemented by Wu Yan's own imagination, Wu Yan finally gained a preliminary understanding of this other world.
Just as the system prompt had said, this world was called the Sparlier World, a world ruled by empires, families, and other forces.
Setting aside the scattered families and lesser forces, the greatest powers in this world were undoubtedly the Three Great Empires!
The Ai Lu Empire in the southwest, the Baruba Empire in the north, and the Phil Empire in the southeast. The Giant Beast Forest, where Wu Yan currently was, lay in the central region between the three empires, which formed a triangular arrangement!
There were two mainstream professions that countless people aspired to: warriors and mages. Warriors cultivated Battle Qi Techniques, while mages cultivated Mana Magic.
As their cultivation and realms rose, warriors and mages were divided into Orders One through Nine. A warrior who reached the first order was a First-Order Warrior, while a mage who reached the first order was a First-Order Mage.
As for the super experts who broke through the ninth order—the tenth-order experts—they were collectively known as Demigod Rank. Experts of this rank had already begun to transcend humanity. With a mere gesture, destroying an entire town was effortless for them!
Therefore, there were fewer than five Demigod Rank experts in the entire Sparlier World!
As for those who had broken through the Demigod Rank, no, they could no longer be called experts. Beings of that rank should be called gods!
The Sparlier World was named after Sparlier, the first eleventh-order god in Sparlier's history!
The moment he heard that, Wu Yan felt immense pressure!
Alright, any world a transmigrator ended up in probably had god-tier beings. That was perfectly normal. Weren't transmigrators meant to become gods?
According to Lulu, four gods had appeared throughout Sparlier's history. One was Sparlier, while the other three were Ai Lu, Baluba, and Phil, who had founded the Three Great Empires and named them after themselves!
The four gods no longer existed. Apparently, some conflict had arisen and triggered a war between the four gods. In the end, all four gods died. In the ten thousand years since the divine war, no god had ever been born in the Sparlier World again!
After Lulu's explanation, Wu Yan was also able to roughly distinguish the similarities between the system's level system and the Sparlier World's ranks.
Lulu herself had said that she was a fourth-order mage, approximately at the middle level of that rank. Yet according to the system's scan, Lulu was Level 35!
In other words, Levels 1 through 9 were the first order, Levels 10 through 19 were the second order, and so on. Level 90 was a tenth-order Demigod Rank, while the maximum Level 100 meant becoming a god!
So Lulu, as a Fourth-Order Mage, really was Level 35!
Rubbing his brow, Wu Yan felt slightly discouraged.
So I'm only a second-order warrior...
There were plenty of people in this world stronger than me. I really had looked down on the people here before.
But fortunately, at least he was no longer completely powerless like he had been a month ago. Besides, compared to the people of this world, he possessed an enormous advantage!
Having the system as his backing went without saying. More importantly, as long as Wu Yan kept fighting, he could continue increasing his strength!
Unlike the people of this world, who had to train painstakingly on their own, and could even encounter legendary bottlenecks that prevented them from making any further progress!
Wu Yan's growth in strength was completely like leveling up by killing monsters in an online game. As long as he gained experience, he could grow stronger. There were no such things as bottlenecks!
As long as he was willing to work hard, he would become a powerhouse sooner or later!
Once he understood that, Wu Yan felt much better.
"Then, little Lulu, what wealthy family are you from? Reaching the fourth order at such a young age, you must be quite a little genius!"
"I already told you, I'm not little! And you should call me a great genius, not some little genius..." Lulu looked thoroughly unhappy, apparently quite displeased with the word "little."
After hesitating for a moment, Lulu continued. The moment she spoke, she dropped a bombshell.
"I'm the only daughter of the Luo Li Family, the number one family in the Ai Lu Empire!"
Lulu had made that statement only after much consideration and resolve. After all, although she appeared dissatisfied with Wu Yan on the surface, she was actually very happy to be able to talk with him.
As the family's only daughter, she had been doted on excessively by her family. They practically wanted to place her on an altar and worship her. As for outsiders, because of her family background and breathtaking beauty, those who approached her either harbored ill intentions or came for her looks and status.
Thus, although Lulu was not without friends, she had never had a male friend she could truly talk to.
Then Wu Yan had suddenly appeared before her. His natural manner and nonsensical way of talking gave Lulu a strong sense of familiarity.
She might have been a little silly, but she could still distinguish good from evil. Her instincts told her that the man before her was not a bad person!
That was why Lulu decided to reveal her background.
If Wu Yan had known what Lulu was thinking, he would definitely have fallen flat on his face, climbed back up, and jumped into the lake in front of him. Then, before dying, he would have shouted.
"I'm not a good person! Don't give me a friend card the first time we meet, hey!"
After saying that, Lulu looked at Wu Yan somewhat nervously. She truly wanted to be friends with him!
Wu Yan had no idea that he had unintentionally raised the favorability of a half-airheaded girl past the threshold. At that moment, he was still feeling... that Lulu's background was absurdly cliché...
It seemed that every transmigrator's first beautiful acquaintance in another world was either a Princess or the only daughter of some noble family. Was there really any need for things to unfold like this?
No, no, no! That wasn't quite right. The real cliché would be a hero saving a beauty! I only met a beauty, so this only counts as half a cliché!
Though he complained internally with all his might, Wu Yan still stated his intention.
"Then, little Lulu, can you take me out of here?"
Lulu raised her head and looked at Wu Yan in surprise. Pointing at herself blankly, she asked, "Aren't you surprised? About my background..."
Wu Yan looked at Lulu in confusion and scratched his cheek. Then he suddenly understood and replied with a cheerful grin, "Don't worry, little Lulu. Even if your family is rich, I won't borrow money from you, so relax."
"That's not what I mean!!!" Lulu shouted in exasperation. Although she was happy that Wu Yan did not care about her background, his words really left her feeling powerless.
"Miss! What happened?"
Because of Lulu's shout, her companions seemed to have noticed something and started walking in their direction.
"N-Nothing happened. I'm still bathing, so don't come over." Lulu hurriedly called out.
"Understood, Miss!"
Only after the figures had moved away again did Lulu let out a sigh of relief. Turning back, she rolled her eyes at Wu Yan.
"It's all because of you. You made me embarrass myself. What would we do if they found out..."
Wu Yan rubbed his nose and gave an awkward smile. A wise man did not fight when the odds were against him. Although Wu Yan did not want to be a good man, he definitely did not want to suffer losses either. Everything he had once seen on the blood-soaked screen told him one thing: never provoke women, especially young women...
Though he thought that, Wu Yan still seemed rather intent on courting death.
"Then, little Lulu, are you still bathing?"
Lulu's face turned red. She glared at Wu Yan, crossed her arms over her chest, and bared her teeth at him.
"Bastard! Pervert!"
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