"Who are you?" Jing asked, her gaze sharp as she looked at the unexpected visitor.
The others also looked wary, their bodies tensing defensively as they watched the man on the upper bunk.
The man remained composed, as if he hadn't noticed the five people below watching him with suspicion. He calmly began, "Chu..."
He paused after the first word, then continued half a second later: "Beautiful Chu. I just got here."
Curly Hair stepped forward and tried to open his player panel. It worked, and the nickname matched what the man had said.
Curly Hair breathed a sigh of relief and turned to the other four. "He has a player panel. He's human."
Chu Changge tilted his head slightly and glanced over the five people below.
At Curly Hair's words, the others relaxed as well.
He just got here... Most likely, he was pulled in at the same time as the person downstairs. Jing thought, then said, "Hello, I'm Jing. These four are my companions."
As she spoke, she kept her eyes on Chu Changge, studying him. He wasn't panicking; instead, he was watching them. Only after looking over everyone did he nod and turn his gaze away.
He's calm. When he entered an unfamiliar place, he didn't say a word at first, just watched from the side. And now that he's been noticed, he isn't immediately asking questions. He's smart, Jing assessed him silently.
"When you introduced yourself, you said you 'just got here.' So you know players enter this place at different times, right? You figured that out from our conversation?" Jing asked, recalling Chu Changge's introduction.
In a normal instance, all players were pulled in at the same time. They wouldn't say they had "just got here" when introducing themselves. His choice of words showed that