Before the Match, Who Was She? (Third Bonus Chapter)

After finishing all this, Lin Zhen called to Hansen over there, "Hey! Time to go!"

Hansen had just lured out and killed a crab. Hearing Lin Zhen's call, he ran over somewhat reluctantly. "Lin Zhen, the crabs here are delicious. Should we take some with us?"

"You take them, I've already taken more than a dozen."

Lin Zhen had long ago discovered the deliciousness of the crabs here. Each one weighed nearly a ton, and the crab roe and meat inside satisfied Lin Zhen's craving for a gourmet experience.

The Ancient God Ring that was taken from Yue Feng had a huge space, and it was actually an absolute vacuum, which could preserve food.

In such a large space, there was only a lone Black Phantom parked there. Since it was just sitting there idly, Lin Zhen collected a large number of Swimming Crab and put them inside, waiting to eat them later.

Hansen's Space Ring wasn't as big as Lin Zhen's; it only had enough space to hold one crab.

"Let's go. This was truly a failed mission. I was no match for you. No wonder the Young Miss told us not to take on missions from the East. Lin, are all martial artists from the East as strong as you?"

Lin Zhen glanced at Hansen: "I'm just an exception."

"That's good. If everyone were as strong as you, we wouldn't need to compete in the God of War Arena. We could just declare Huaxia the number one God of War Alliance."

The two people took off and headed straight for the entrance to Wudalianchi.

As Lin Zhen left, he glanced back. There were still three Volcanic Lake to explore, and there were even better things inside. But he didn't have time now and would have to wait until the Preliminary Round were over. He hoped that by then, there wouldn't be too many people here.

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The two walked out of the entrance to Wudalianchi. Hansen looked around but didn't see Alice's flying vehicle. He scratched his head awkwardly, "Alice didn't even come to pick me up. That's so unfriendly of her."

He then walked up to the guard and said, "Hey, Brother Wolf, did you see a white flying machine come by?"

The guard was the same one who had kept Lin Zhen and Hansen when they first entered the city. It was his turn to be on duty this month, and upon seeing Hansen, he angrily shouted, "What pervert?"

"You're a pervert. It's a good thing you didn't flirt with Alice last time, or you'd be a pile of mud by now."

The guard then remembered who Hansen was. "Ah, you mean that Western girl? She came by more than ten days ago, but she left when she saw you hadn't come out. She even told me to tell you to call her and that you took on a mission without permission. She said you're dead when you come out."

The guard spoke with a hint of schadenfreude.

"Oh! What's going on now? It wasn't my decision to take on this mission on my own, and now that I've failed, they're blaming me. Why didn't they wait for me? Oh well, I guess I'll just make a call." Hansen pulled out his phone with a worried look on his face.

"Go ahead and make the call, but you'd better think carefully about how you're going to explain this to your accomplices."

Hansen nodded. "Lin, it's okay that I couldn't complete the mission, but since I failed, Alice will definitely come after you. She's a Level Nine God of War, much stronger than me, so you have to be careful."

"It doesn't matter. A martial artist's life is a process of constantly facing challenges. I'll just wait for her to come."

"Alright, then let's meet at the God of War Arena. You'd better not get eliminated too early."

Hansen started calling Alice to come pick him up. Judging from Hansen's tone, Alice seemed to be nearby and said she would be there in a little while.

Lin Zhen didn't want to encounter the other assassins, so he took out the Black Phantom and took off into the air amidst Hansen's shouts of praise.

After returning to Ice City, Lin Zhen did not fly back into the city. Instead, he landed outside the city and walked into the city, slowly strolling along the streets of Ice City.

At this time of year, the autumn sky is clear and the weather is pleasant, and the streets of Ice City are crowded with people.

Lin Zhen walked through the DC District, a world of martial arts, where advertisements for the God of War Arena could be seen everywhere on the streets.

"Support the athletes from Ice City! The Ice City War God are about to shine brightly on the world stage!"

"Raise your hands and pray for the Ice City War God, that they may pass the Preliminary Round smoothly."

"With the gym leader personally taking the field, it's bound to be a tiger among sheep! Gym Leader Tong Yuehu has declared his participation in the God of War Arena!"

"Time will tell, please support Raging Wind Ma Yao."

"Duo Long, the War God of Changfeng, the hope of Ice City!"

"The King Returns! Please support Xin Ru Hai of the Dragon Slayer Martial Hall!"

"Light and shadow..."

The streets were covered with promotional posters, and each Martial Arts Hall had a large poster of its own fighters.

Below each poster are numerous martial arts practitioners' signatures and blessings, wishing the contestant great success in the God of War Arena.

Lin Zhen had nothing else to do, so she strolled along, looking at the posters one by one.

Tong Yuehu's poster was at the very front. As the head of the First Martial Hall School, he received the most attention. Although many martial artists were unhappy with him, most people Xuan Ze to support him in the face of an unprecedented global competition like the God of War Arena.

Behind Tong Yuehu are the two generals, Ma Yao and Wei Li, who are also two very strong war War God. These are the three main forces for Raging Wind's competition, and they are mainly counting on these three to achieve good results.

Of course, besides the three of them, there are dozens of other Raging Wind War God, who also have some supporters, but none of them are as popular as the three of them.

After passing through the promotional area for Raging Wind, the next area is the promotional area for Changfeng.

The first poster for Changfeng features a deep-setted martial artist, Level Nine God of War in his early thirties named Duo Long, who is Changfeng's top main force in Ice City.

Lin Zhen still had some impression of this person. In the battle when the Ice City Base City fell, the Changfeng warriors he led fought for many days and broke out before the city fell. They performed very bravely in that battle and left a deep impression on people.

Also in the next promotional area, Xin Ru Hai of the Dragon Slayer Martial Hall is a Level Nine God of War. When the Dragon Slayer Martial Hall retreated, he was responsible for covering the rear and his feat of killing nineteen A-Rank Mutated Beast in succession was also shocking.

Lin Zhen vaguely remembered some of the remaining Martial Arts Hall practitioners, but couldn't recall who the others were, so he guessed they weren't particularly outstanding.

Lin Zhen walked all the way to the promotional area for the tenth-ranked Martial Arts Hall and saw Azure Sky's poster.

The Azure Sky was filled with only one lonely poster, featuring a full-body image of Lin Zhen.

"Azure Sky Lin Zhen will definitely achieve good results."

This dry, unambiguous statement left Lin Zhen scratching his head. Couldn't Yang Jianying come up with a better phrase? Like, something about defeating the Russia that day.

But when Lin Zhen thought about how the Russia he had defeated were also recruited by Azure Sky, he could understand Yang Jianying's dilemma.

Looking around, there are thousands of War God participating in the Ice City competition, but only the Azure Sky team is the most shabby. Teams from the military and the Church are much stronger than Azure Sky.

Although Lin Zhen felt he was younger and more handsome than those War God, he lacked any imposing presence in this lonely corner.

Lin Zhen walked up to the poster and found that there were still quite a few names left below it.

"Lin Zhen, keep it up! I believe in you!"

"We hope Lin Zhen can recapture his General Stage and win a Preliminary Round spot for Ice City."

"Those things that Raging Wind doesn't want, joining that traitor Azure Sky's martial Martial Arts Hall, Lin Zhen, die!"

"What can Junior God of War accomplish? Azure Sky is useless, and Lin Zhen is just a waste."

Some people were offering their blessings, while others were hurling insults. This was how Lin Zhen had always been since he began practicing martial arts, and he didn't care much about these things. He glanced at them and prepared to leave.

But just before he was about to leave, he suddenly stopped.

In one corner of the poster, there is a line of neat handwriting.

"Perform well, and I'll be waiting for you at the Tianya."

This line of small writing is inconspicuous in the corner and can be easily missed if you don't look closely, but it is certain that it was not written by a man.

A person's handwriting reflects their character; someone who can write like that must be a nice girl.

Lin Zhen looked at it and couldn't imagine who wrote the words. Judging from the tone, it seemed to be someone she knew.

But looking at the handwriting, Lin Zhen was completely confused. Waiting for her at the Tianya? Who was that? Where was the Tianya?

"Maybe she's a female fan with dreams, after all, I'm so handsome."

Lin Zhen smiled, turned around and left the Martial Arts Hall area, preparing to go home.

Just then, a little girl timidly walked over. "Big brother, would you like to buy God of War Illustrated Handbook? Many of the masters in this God of War Arena are listed in it."

Lin Zhen lowered her head. The little girl looked to be only seven or eight years old. She seemed to be struggling financially, as she wasn't dressed very well. Her big, dark eyes reminded Lin Zhen of a fawn in the jungle.

She was holding a stack of books, which introduced the participants in this year's God of War Arena.

I don't know who made this book. With the internet so widespread now, you can find a lot of things online. This kind of book is unlikely to sell very well.

But seeing the little girl's expression, Lin Zhen still squatted down. "Then I'll buy one. How much is this book?"

"One hundred yuan a book."

Lin Zhen took a book and handed the little girl Zhang Yi: "Here, take these. Go home early."

The little girl shook her head. "No, Weiwei can't take more money from others, one hundred yuan is enough."

Seeing the little girl's persistence, Lin Zhen smiled, took out Zhang Yi bill and handed it to Weiwei: "Weiwei is such a good girl, remember to keep this character."

"Yes, thank you, big brother. A very beautiful older sister said the same thing to Weiwei just now."

"Really? Is it that beautiful? Where is it?" Lin Zhen asked casually.

"The older sister is gone. She left in a flying machine. She signed her autograph here before, and that's where I bought Weiwei's book."

The little girl pointed casually, but Lin Zhen was stunned.

Because the little girl was pointing to the corner of her own promotional poster.

Weiwei took the money and skipped away, while Lin Zhen took a deep breath.

What a beautiful girl! Who is she?

The first extra chapter today, added to thank readers for their 30 monthly votes!

Two minor characters appear in this chapter: Duo Long is the Helm Master of this book (the branch secretary Duo Long), Xin Ru Hai is the Helm Master of this book (Heart as Cold as the Sea).