The man fell silent, but his silence didn't make the others ignore him. The female Player stared at him intently, seeming ready to attack at any moment.
Xu Huo felt that the direction of his Ability Evolution might be a little off. At the very least, he'd rarely encountered a Player in the game who was so universally hated.
Fortunately, the next train arrived.
Just when all three parties thought they wouldn't see the other two again, they ran into each other in the same carriage.
The three of them stood face-to-face in the middle of the carriage, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.
"Sis, let's get one thing straight—we didn't know each other before." The gecko man quickly stepped aside, making room for the woman. "Please, have a seat."
There were plenty of Players in the carriage. The woman seemed to have moved on from her earlier resentment and said amiably, "I'm not unreasonable. When I'm not angry, I'm quite easy to get along with. My surname is Zhong. You can call me Sister Zhong. You look about the same age as my younger brother. What's your name?"
The gecko man reflexively sat down across from her and struck up a conversation. "Oh, you have a younger brother? I have an older sister, too. My name's Shi Potian. My sister gave me that name, hoping I'd make something of myself. My parents died young, and my sister raised me all on her own. No wonder I felt close to you as soon as I saw you! Your younger brother's still alive, right? What does he do?"
"He's been dead for years." Sister Zhong smiled sweetly. "He was in cahoots with that beast. He took money to report back to him, and even egged him on to beat me