This is a bit too explicit, isn't it?

Su Li immediately opened her system panel. With a flash of light, a projection of her current status appeared in mid-air.

"Let me see..."

Su Li's gaze swept across the projection, and the next second, she instantly spotted a blind spot.

Damn it, she actually had a chin!

Below the Flying Wing Helmet, where only the mandible had been visible before, a section of a beautifully curved chin was now revealed!

"WTF?" Su Li was shocked.

She had been just a skeleton soldier without even skin before! Even with a second evolution, wasn't this jump too big? Growing flesh directly from bones?

Filled with disbelief, Su Li immediately took off the helmet.

Without the faceplate's obstruction, she could finally see her complete appearance.

It was an extremely familiar face, with exquisite features and soft lines, exactly like herself after transforming in the real world!

But the difference was, in reality, she had jet-black long hair, while in the game, she had long, silver-white hair like a waterfall!

Looking closer, deep within her ruby-like eyes, two balls of crimson soul fire were burning!

"Shit!" Su Li couldn't help but curse.

"Not only did I change in reality, but I'm also a white-haired, red-eyed person in the game?!"

Did this game world's appearance capture her real-world appearance in real-time for synchronization?

Or was this skeleton body female in life? And just happened to look exactly like her now?

"The origin of this body is definitely problematic," Su Li mused.

"I'll ask Rosalia when I get the chance."

With that thought, Su Li reached out and gently touched her cheek.

It wasn't a big deal to touch it, but upon touching, she felt a huge difference.

In the real world, her skin was warm and delicate, full of collagen, bouncy when poked.

But this face in the game, though it looked lifelike, felt cold and stiff to the touch, with no elasticity.

"Hmm... after all, I'm a Lich, so this is quite reasonable."

Su Li comforted herself, then chose to hide the appearance of her phantom armor. She wanted to see if she had really grown flesh.

"Swish--" The phantom Valkyrie armor turned into a stream of light and disappeared.

Su Li took a look, "..."

Silence, that's the mood in the Corrupted Cave tonight.

As far as the eye could see, apart from the beautiful head with white hair and red eyes, from the neck down...

it was still that bare ribcage!

And within the ribcage where her heart should be, a ball of crimson soul fire was burning fiercely.

"This is a horror movie! It's too graphic," Su Li's mouth twitched.

A stunningly beautiful head, connected to a skeleton frame below.

If she ran out in the middle of the night, she'd scare players offline!

"Wait..." Su Li suddenly realized.

"Then when I just logged in, how did that hiss come out? I have no lungs or muscles, what did I use to breathe?"

She pondered for a long time but couldn't come up with a biologically logical explanation.

"Forget it, looking for physical laws in a magical world, I must be out of my mind."

Since she couldn't figure it out, she decided to try it out directly.

Su Li looked at an empty space in front of her, took a deep breath, and directly cast Dragon Roar.

"Fus--Luo!" A crisp Dragon Roar echoed through the cave!

The power was undiminished, but the sound effect had completely changed!

Su Li covered her face, wanting to cry but having no tears.

"What is this supposed to be? I wanted to play a game like The Elder Scrolls, but I don't want to become a loli Dragonborn! This doesn't sound imposing at all, it sounds like she's just pouting!"

Sighing resignedly, Su Li attempted basic vocalization.

"Ah, wo, e, yi, wu, yu..."

She carefully felt the mechanism of vocalization. As expected, it was completely different from the feeling of vocal cords vibrating when speaking in reality.

In the game, her voice was purely produced by the high-frequency oscillation of the soul fire in her chest, directly simulating sound propagation in the air.

"Fine, at least I won't be mute."

After completing a series of traditional procedures for newly evolved players, such as looking in the mirror, testing skills, and performing silly acts, Su Li finally remembered the main business.

Pipi Axe and Pipi Finger stood there dumbfounded.

The series of actions their master had just performed, touching their faces and then shouting at the air, had clearly exceeded the comprehension capabilities of these two.

"Come here." Su Li beckoned.

Su Li was quite sentimental towards these two, who had always followed her like a pair of unmatched strategists.

She opened the System Panel, found the [Special Unlock: Retinue Knight] option, and locked onto Pipi Axe and Pipi Finger.

[Do you wish to bind the Berserker Skeleton and the Mutated Finger Bug as your Retinue Knights?]

"Yes!"

[Binding successful! The current Retinue Knights are now linked to your soul imprint. They will break through their level cap and can gain experience and level up alongside the player!]

"Alright." Su Li nodded with satisfaction. "This way, the Pipi Trio can continue to get stronger. They won't be eliminated by the version and become cannon fodder."

After dealing with her subordinates' issues, Su Li casually opened the [Update Announcement].

The full screen of text could be summarized into four points: Online multiplayer function unlocked, beginner area restrictions lifted, the entire large map opened up, and slots for internal testing players increased.

"What to say?" Su Li stroked her chin. "This update is a bit too simple."

Just as she was about to close the panel, she suddenly noticed a small red dot in the bottom right corner of the interface.

As a veteran player with OCD, Su Li could not tolerate the existence of the red dot and decisively poked it.

[You have an update compensation to claim!]

[Obtained Item: Multiplayer Scroll ×10]

[Obtained Item: Equipment Adaptation Enhancement Stone ×1]

[Equipment Adaptation Enhancement Stone: A special consumable. After using it on an piece of equipment, it can automatically perform a deep enhancement based on the player's current profession and characteristics. If the equipment currently has empty affix slots, it will automatically match and generate the most suitable top-tier affix for the current player!]

"Holy crap?!" Su Li's eyes lit up, her breathing quickening.

"This is great stuff! It's like a pillow delivered when you're dozing off! It seems the game developers were perfunctory with the announcement, but the compensation is quite generous!"

As she was examining the enhancement stone, the system prompt sounded again.

[Trigger Profession Advancement Quest: Find a Staff]

[Quest Description: As a noble Lich, how can you be without a cool staff? Your current appearance makes people think you're just a brute who only knows how to hack and slash.]

[Option A: Venture deep into human territory, explore the Mage Association's stronghold, and directly snatch a top-tier staff.]

[Reward: Agility +10, Faith +10, Spirit +10, Experience +2000. Difficulty: S]

[Option B: Explore the depths of the Undead Mountain Range's core, defeat the final BOSS, and perhaps inherit its lifelong collection.]

[Reward: Strength +10, Physique +10, Spirit +10, Experience +2000. Difficulty: S]

[Option C: Search for and defeat wandering Death Ritual Birds on the outskirts of the Undead Mountain Range to obtain treasure chests.]

[Reward: Strength +5, Spirit +5, Physique +5, Experience +1000. Difficulty: A]

Accompanying the options was a main quest prompt:

[Unlock Main Quest: Delve into the Undead Mountain Range]

[Description: The preliminarily evolved Lich now possesses the ability to challenge higher difficulties. Explore deeper into the Undead Mountain Range! Defeating the final BOSS will yield massive rewards and hidden story content!]

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Seeing the final PS, the light in Su Li's eyes flared!

"No reward sharing? Each person gets independent drops and independent settlement?!"

Su Li's lips curled upwards wildly. This setting was practically a blatant hint for players to group up and fight!

"At our current level, we probably can't go to the Mage Association in the human world unless our Stealth is maxed out. And going directly to challenge the Big BOSS in the depths of the Undead Mountain Range is suicide. It's better to get stronger first."

"Plus, with multiplayer enabled, dealing with these little Death Ritual Birds won't be simple?"

Su Li pictured the Chatty Spider and that Slime in her mind.

She had 10 Multiplayer Scrolls. It would be a waste of these items not to drag those two free laborers in as meat shields!

"However, before that..."

Su Li retracted her gaze and focused on the [Equipment Adaptation Enhancement Stone] in her hand.

"Enhance!" Su Li unhesitatingly used the enhancement stone on the Revered Corrupted Dragon Sword. After all, offense is the best defense!

"Buzz--!" Light instantly engulfed the Revered Corrupted Dragon Sword.