Eight First Mates

After dinner, the two of them took a stroll through the Alchemy Workshop. Only after Dinghai had teleported all the players to the designated location did Yu Xunge arrive through Zhao Shuying's portal.

Efficiency-wise, having Yu Xunge travel through portals to collect players from various places into the Game Console would have been the fastest method, but that plan had never even crossed the Dinghai leader's mind.

Stepping through the portal, Yu Xunge arrived on a plain. The sight of nearly three hundred thousand players gathered together was quite spectacular, but Yu Xunge's gaze fell on the person at the front.

There was no need to investigate or introduce her. The other woman's majestic aura, like a blazing sun shining over the sea, was enough for Yu Xunge to know who she was—Yu Zhaohai.

She wore a black mage robe embroidered with dark patterns, immaculate makeup, magical jewelry that matched her robe, and black gloves. In one gloved hand, she held a staff level with her pitch-black eyes.

These were manners engraved into her bones.

She could tolerate her robe and face being splattered with blood in battle, but she would never allow herself to go out bare-faced in whatever clothes she happened to throw on.

Seeing Yu Xunge appear in the air, she raised her chin slightly in greeting.

White Bone Black Jade, which had been teleported over ahead of them, circled Yu Xunge as it drifted through the air, docilely avoiding the Platinum Ship's Helm floating beside her.

Yu Xunge hovered in the air, silently watching Yu Zhaohai through the gaps between the bones drifting before her eyes. She looked at the person who had seemed like the first domino in her life.

This was their first meeting.

One in the sky, one on the ground.

Even while