In The Deepest Place, Chijie, who had become the First Taboo not long after entering The Deepest Place, had already fallen to third place.
First place was Aponia.
Second place was... Chen Luo.
Chen Luo had not risen to second place solely by riding on someone else's coattails, but because he possessed a certain exceptional skill...
As he walked through The Deepest Place, Chen Luo continuously digested the experiences of that month.
Relying on his formidable mental strength, Chen Luo gradually absorbed that knowledge, and his body showed no abnormalities whatsoever.
Looking at Chen Luo standing beside her, Aponia's gaze became even gentler and more indulgent.
Although she did not know why, compared to Chen Luo from the previous month, the current Chen Luo possessed something Aponia liked even more.
To put it this way, the old Chen Luo had been a clear broth hotpot, while the current one was a spicy hotpot.
Incidentally, this hotpot restaurant was in Sichuan.
Clear broth hotpot was not inedible, but it always felt like something was missing.
Meanwhile, Chen Luo took only a few seconds to understand what had happened and what he needed to do next.
For the first three days, Chen Luo had actually been tormented by Vill-V.
At the time, Chen Luo had constantly been agonizing over how to complete the assignments Vill-V gave him without making himself seem too much like a genius.
The Chen Luo during the skipped portion of the story and the Chen Luo in his normal state were almost no different, aside from one being able to use Primogems freely while the other could only use them with restrictions.
And Aili had indeed kept her promise, occasionally coming to The Deepest Place to visit Chen Luo.
Other than Aili, though, no one else had come.