Er Gouzi!

"*** joined your party."

Hearing the system prompt, Wang Xian smiled faintly and continued swinging the Wolf Fang Club in his hand, killing Jade Scale Snakes.

'' referred to the biker girl, but that did not mean the biker girl's name was actually ''. (It really was ***, not some censored text.)

This had to do with the naming system after Blue Star's Datafication. For anyone you did not know, whether you added them as a friend or formed a party with them, their name would generally appear as ***.

Only after that stranger told you their name would the '***' change into the name they had given you.

As a result, one person's name could appear differently to different people.

Take Wang Xian himself, for example. His nickname was 'Immortal King.'

After Wang Xian told someone, when that person saw him, the name floating above his head would be 'Immortal King.'

If Wang Xian told someone his name was 'Prophet,' then when they saw him, the name floating above his head would become 'Prophet.'

However, some people were different. Even if they knew Wang Xian's nickname was 'Immortal King,' the name floating above his head would still be 'Wang Xian' in their eyes.

Those people were Wang Xian's parents, friends, and people who had known him in the past.

To them, Wang Xian was Wang Xian, so the name floating above his head was simply the two words 'Wang Xian.'

Only when they subjectively regarded Wang Xian as the Immortal King would the name above his head change from 'Wang Xian' to 'Immortal King' in their eyes.

Of course, there was another way to learn someone's true nickname: the Appraisal skill. However, although this support skill could inspect someone's name, it would fail if the level difference exceeded ten.

Also, the name displayed above one's head could naturally be turned off.

If you wanted to see it, you could see it. If you did not, you could not.

Everything followed your wishes, as conveniently as choosing whether to display player nicknames in an online game.

Jade Scale Snakes were merely level 5 wild monsters. Against level 9 Wang Xian, they were all slaughtered within a few exchanges. The biker girl's level also rose from 3 to 4.

After killing more than a dozen Jade Scale Snakes, Wang Xian decisively kicked the biker girl from the party. The trouble had been resolved, and he had no interest in continuing to power-level her.

"Uncle, you're so aweso... so heartless!"

Seeing Wang Xian finish off all the Jade Scale Snakes, the girl cheered excitedly. Before she could finish, though, her excited cheer turned into a resentful complaint.

Clearly, she had received the system prompt informing her that Wang Xian had kicked her from the party.

Uncle?

She called me uncle again?

Do I really look that old?

Wang Xian's mouth twitched.

And what was with that resentful tone?

I, Wang, haven't done anything to wrong you.

Shaking his head, he ignored the biker girl, picked out the largest Jade Scale Snake, and prepared to roast it.

Wild monster corpses could be eaten.

Moreover, if a wild monster corpse was left in the wilderness for over half an hour without being dealt with, it would disappear automatically.

Likewise, wild monsters could respawn. As for whether that was unlimited, no one knew. In any case, in his previous life, the respawning monsters on Datafied Blue Star had supplied tens of billions of players with enough experience to level up.

Wang Xian roughly cleaned the Jade Scale Snake corpse, built a campfire, and began roasting the snake meat. As for the biker girl, he ignored her from start to finish.

"Uncle, you look really strong. Please take me with you. The monsters around here are all so powerful. I'm only level 4, and I'm scared."

The biker girl did not leave. She sat some distance away from Wang Xian and looked at him pitifully.

By then, she had taken off her helmet, revealing her appearance.

Just as Wang Xian had expected, she looked to be only seventeen or eighteen. Her long hair fell just past her shoulders and seemed to have been dyed; the hair beneath her ears was a very light purplish red.

She was fairly pretty too, with blue eyeshadow on her eyelids and rather bright lipstick on her lips.

Below and slightly to the right of her right eye was a beauty mark. Beside it were two objects that looked like diamonds.

Wang Xian had no idea what those things were called. In any case, he disliked all that flashy stuff. Call him old-fashioned or call him blunt, he just did not like it.

"Uncle~~~"

The girl drew out the word as she called to Wang Xian, her voice sugary to the extreme.

Goosebumps instantly spread all over Wang Xian's body.

"Stop!"

Wang Xian raised a hand.

"Uncle, you agreed to help me level up?" the girl asked excitedly.

"No!"

Wang Xian shook his head.

"Unc..."

"Stop!"

Seeing that the girl was about to use that cutesy voice again, Wang Xian spoke first and cut off her words.

"I can help you level up, but answer one question first."

"Uncle, let alone one question, ten or a hundred would be fine," the girl immediately said.

"Why do you call me uncle? Do I look that old?"

Wang Xian asked mournfully.

He was only twenty-four, yet a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girl was calling him uncle. Had he really gotten old?

"You look like an uncle."

The girl looked as though it were only natural.

"What do you mean?"

Wang Xian did not quite understand what she meant.

"Here, uncle, look for yourself."

The girl took a phone from the pocket of her leather jacket, snapped a picture of Wang Xian, and handed it to him.

Wang Xian took it and saw a photo of a man with disheveled hair, unshaven stubble, and a face covered in dust.

Now Wang Xian completely understood why the girl called him uncle.

During his days in Wetland Park, he had barely washed or groomed himself. He really did look like he was in his thirties.

"Don't call me uncle anymore. I'm only twenty-four this year."

Wang Xian tossed the phone back to the girl and said that.

"Uncle, you're only twenty-four?"

Surprise appeared on the girl's face, along with a trace of sympathy.

"What's with that sympathetic look?"

Wang Xian could understand the surprise, but what was with the sympathy?

After hesitating for a moment, the girl still said, "I just feel that you're a little pitiful, uncle. You're only in your twenties, but you already look so old."

Wang Xian staggered.

What did she mean, he already looked so old?

It's because I haven't washed or groomed myself!

Wang Xian glared at the girl, then stood and walked toward the nearby lake. He needed to clean himself up and let this girl realize her mistake.

"Uncle, don't be angry. I said the wrong thing. You don't look old at all. You're the most handsome, uncle. Men like you are the most attractive. I've never seen anyone more handsome than you."

Thinking Wang Xian was angry, the girl hurriedly got up and chased after him, constantly apologizing and even showering him with praise.

"I'm just going over there to wash up. Why are you following me? Coveting your uncle's body?" Wang Xian looked at her with amusement.

"Huh?"

The girl froze. She had obviously not expected that to be the situation.

"Bah! Uncle, you're so annoying!"

The girl glanced at Wang Xian's body, her face flushing slightly. After spitting at him, she ran away.

Wang Xian shrugged and continued toward the lake.

After washing up, Wang Xian returned to the campfire and continued roasting the snake meat.

Jade Scale Snake meat was quite difficult to cook.

"Uncle, turns out you don't look old at all!" the girl said with a soft laugh.

Wang Xian glanced at her. "You already said I don't look old, so why do you still call me uncle?"

"I don't know your name. If I don't call you uncle, what should I call you? 'Hey'?" the girl retorted.

"Uh..."

Wang Xian was left speechless. She truly did not know his name, and 'uncle' did sound much better than 'hey.'

But then again, she did not know his name, and he did not know hers either.

"What's your name?" Wang Xian asked the girl.

"Then what's your name, uncle?"

Instead of answering, the girl asked him in return.

Wang Xian pondered for a moment, then uttered three words that left the girl dumbfounded.

"Er Gouzi!"