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Time passed amid their idle chatter.
When Gu Xi and the others returned to the place where they had first entered the Red Equipment Game, Gu Xi noticed that it had already changed.
The arrow that had originally been stuck in the void was still there, but the bug lying on it seemed to have left.
Beneath the arrow, a bonfire had appeared, and a very ordinary-looking man was sitting beside it, roasting something.
Seeing this, Gu Xi could not help but freeze for a moment.
Ah Shan, however, recognized who he was at a glance. She smiled and said to Gu Xi, "Don't be nervous. This man is Kindling's messenger."
"Messenger?"
It was the first time Gu Xi had discovered that people could be used as messengers.
"Yes. Kindling's situation is rather special. He has no body of his own, yet he can communicate with all of humanity.
"So after some Red Equipment Players die, they're willing to hand their bodies over for Kindling to use, to act as Kindling's body and do certain things for him."
As Ah Shan spoke, she walked toward the man.
The man raised his head. Gu Xi noticed that while this man looked ordinary, the muscles on his body and the paint smeared across his face made it clear that he had previously taken the barbarian route.
When Ah Shan came over, the man split his mouth in a grin.
"How did it go?"
"Mission complete. We retrieved the Red Equipment Eye of Horus. In addition, we killed a Red Equipment–level BOSS and obtained a piece of Red Equipment, the Mummy's Fusion Bandage."
As Ah Shan spoke, she handed over the two pieces of Red