Disputes in the Settlement Space

[Congratulations on clearing the game "Escort Mission"!]

[Calculating your rewards for this game!]

[You have received the basic reward: 7 days of Survival Time.]

The blood-red words appeared and faded. When Lin Yu opened his eyes again, he was already inside the familiar [Settlement Space].

This time, however, Lin Yu had no time to carefully inspect his rewards.

Because...

"Zhu Ming, I remember you now—once I get out, I'm going straight to Jiang City to chop you up!"

"'Psychology Society,' 'Clonazepam,' right? I'll show you what a 'Night Watcher' is!"

As soon as Snowy Owl entered the space, the white-streaked-haired figure immediately shouted furiously.

Lin Yu touched his face.

Before entering the [Settlement Space], he had used the last of his time to refresh the cooldown of [Mask] with the pocket watch, changing the face of "Grandmaster" back to Xia Yue's.

Although that meant the "Repaired Mist Pocket Watch," which he had secretly fed with the souls of Willow Town's residents, needed new soul sacrifices again right away, it was still worth it.

It was just that he had arrived in such a hurry. As a result, his current face was basically identical to Xia Yue's, lacking the finer adjustments.

Judging from Snowy Owl's attitude, she seemed not to have noticed anything suspicious.

And it wasn't just Snowy Owl...

Gao Shan and Seagull were also looking at Lin Yu warily.

Lin Yu looked at them and spoke somewhat innocently. "Hey... isn't this a little unfair?"

"'Phantom Thief' saved you, so you chose to ignore her identity as a member of the 'Freedom Alliance' and coexist peacefully with her... I saved you too, didn't I? Wasn't it also thanks to me that everyone cleared this [Confrontation Instance] without a single death?"

As Lin Yu spoke, Gao Shan said in