Quiet Change

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On the distant horizon, only a sliver of the setting sun, emitting its last ray of light, remained. In another five minutes, that final ray would disappear from this world, marking the moment of the Day-Night Cycle.

After that, the moon would appear at the bottom of the second level. If it was a Full Moon, it would cast a bright blue light; if it was a Waning Moon, it would cast a dim blue light.

Coincidentally, as Wang Yang's sharp, glinting eyes turned towards Argo, the Day-Night Cycle also occurred at that very instant. Thus, Argo could see clearly in the dark: those were eyes filled with hostility towards her.

One second later, a Waning Moon appeared in the sky, providing a little light to the land that had fallen into darkness. At the same time, the nightfall made the light in Wang Yang's eyes even more apparent.

Argo couldn't help but take a few steps back. Beneath her hat brim was a Delicate Face that had lost its color. She didn't understand why the other party harbored hostility towards her.

"Did the Wild Boar Leader spawn because of your quest?" the owner of the sharp, glinting eyes questioned in a hoarse voice.

Argo didn't understand why the person who had single-handedly killed the Wild Boar Leader was acting this way, but she still nodded, admitting, "Yes, the Wild Boar Leader spawned because of a quest I triggered. It involves a quest that is very important to me."

"Is that so..." Wang Yang paused, then gave a self-deprecating laugh. Hearing the reason for the Wild Boar Leader's appearance, his Lingering Anger vanished as quickly as it came. A trace of Sadness appeared in his Eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "You've misunderstood one thing. I didn't kill the Wild Boar Leader alone; it was two people..."

When Wang Yang first heard Argo's words, his immediate reaction was to blame her. But then he remembered that the decision to Initiate Combat was made by himself and He Gu, so how could the Consequences be blamed on someone else?

"Two people?" Argo blinked, but she was intelligent enough to immediately guess that the other person had likely died at the hands of the Wild Boar Leader, and she had inevitably become the indirect cause of it all.

"I'm very sorry."

"It's not your fault; we were too arrogant."

Wang Yang shook his head. Under the dim moonlight, he walked to where He Gu had died, but there was no proof left of He Gu's existence.

When Players died, they would drop the Equipment and weapons they were carrying. Items in their bags also had a chance of dropping, while quest items would drop 100%.

Dropped Equipment and weapons would deteriorate faster if unclaimed. He Gu's Equipment and weapons had reached their Durability limit, so they shattered shortly after falling to the ground.

Wang Yang silently gazed at the Grassland, which had already been restored by the system. He couldn't suppress the Sadness welling up from the depths of his heart. Someone who had helped him immensely had died before his eyes, still thinking of creating an opportunity for him to survive as they died.

All of this made him begin to understand that the place he stood was not just a fictional world, but a world like Earth. Here, there were Living people, not just lines of Text created by the Original Author of Earth.

His Mindset quietly underwent a Change, and it also made Wang Yang cherish his current life more, because he, too, was living in this world and could potentially die in this world.

"I'm sorry," Argo said, looking at Wang Yang's back, her face showing Guilt. "If I had waited patiently until Nightfall, this wouldn't have happened."

There was no point in saying more. Wang Yang didn't want to Argue about it anymore. He turned around, directly opened his Inventory, and asked, "What is your quest item?"

Argo pursed her lips, sighed inwardly, and replied, "It's a book."

"A book..." Wang Yang muttered the words to himself. He searched his inventory for items related to books. After a long while, he finally found a book on the list.

Printing. Volume Two (Quest Item)

Effect: Invisible

After selecting materialize for the name on the list, an old book appeared out of thin air in Wang Yang's hand.

Argo's eyes lit up, and a faint joy appeared in her clear eyes. She said, "This is it."

"Printing..." Wang Yang looked deeply at Argo, then casually tossed the book to her, transferring ownership of the item to her at the same time.

With a snap, the book drew a beautiful arc through the air before landing on the grassland in front of Argo. Both of them froze.

"Why didn't you catch it?" Wang Yang raised an eyebrow.

Argo hurriedly bent down to pick up the book. Seeing that it was intact, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Then, she glared at Wang Yang through gritted teeth, "It's so dark, how could I catch it? Do you know how important this book is? What if it got damaged?"

Wang Yang thought that the book was indeed very important. Feeling at fault, he didn't argue and simply turned to walk towards the brightly lit Town of Beginnings in the distance.

"Wait!" Argo, who had carefully put the book into her inventory, quickly called out to him as Wang Yang turned to leave.

"Is there something else?" Wang Yang stopped walking and looked back at the information broker, whose reputation was not weak in anime. If this were a day ago, he would have been very excited to meet Argo, as he could have bought a way to sustain his life. But now that he had learned combat skills, he no longer needed it.

"As an exchange, besides providing you with one piece of information for free, I'll give you this thing that's useless to me now." After speaking, Argo forcefully threw the materialized beast trap, which was head-sized, towards the figure in the dark, with a hint of revenge.

Wang Yang simply reached out and easily caught the beast trap, much to Argo's annoyance. She stomped her foot, thinking that she could catch it even in such darkness. As expected, he was the real deal.

Putting the item, which was unclear what it was, into his inventory, Wang Yang silently continued to stride forward.

"Hey, you still haven't told me your name," Argo suddenly called out to Wang Yang's retreating back, as if she had remembered something.

"Xiang Kong." After dropping his name, Wang Yang's figure disappeared into the nightfall.

"Xiang Kong... Isn't that a Hunter?" Argo looked at Wang Yang's disappearing figure in the nightfall, surprise appearing on her face, followed by doubt. "But he doesn't look like one."

She paused, then sent him a friend request. A few seconds later, the system notified her that the friend add was successful.

Opening her friend list, there were only two lonely names.

The first was Kirito, and the second was Xiang Kong.

Looking at the two characters "Xiang Kong" on the list, Argo talked to herself, "The Sword and Fire Squad isn't the type to slander others, but why would they spread the news, warning players to be wary of a Hunter named Xiang Kong?"

"Interesting. After I finish my current business, I'll investigate you and see which one of you from the beta test it is, who actually changed their name."

Argo lifted her hat brim. Under the night light, a cute face with curiosity showed. At this time, she did not yet have the six whiskers on her cheeks that represented her image, which was why she had worn a cloak to conceal her face before.

Her encounter with Wang Yang sparked her curiosity. However, she didn't know that Wang Yang had not participated in the closed beta. Precisely because of this preconceived notion, her subsequent investigations repeatedly hit a wall.

ps: Hunter, here, refers to hunting humans and is another alias for a hunter. Most players are willing to use this appellation, which embodies the literal meaning, to refer to criminals who treat players as prey.

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