"Until we meet again..."
Even though Chen Xi would have to kill her with her own hands on the seventh day, Zhu Li had already said those words.
Perhaps, in her eyes, this meeting was the last time the two of them would be together.
Standing in the stairwell, Chen Xi's expression was calm.
No... She could still use Lin Yue to regress time.
As long as she regressed enough times, there would eventually be a way to save everyone.
The problem was, she still didn't know what the negative effects of Lin Yue's ability were.
Until she figured that out, Chen Xi had to make every loop count.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw Lin Yue watching TV with a cookie in her mouth.
"You're back? How did it go?" Lin Yue asked around her cookie.
"How did what go?" Chen Xi sat down beside her out of habit and immediately felt herself relax.
Lin Yue rolled her eyes. "I mean, did Zhu Li have fun?"
Chen Xi made herself a cup of milk. "I don't know."
Her expression was indifferent. "Oh, I forgot to tell you—we're famous in Tianhai City now."
Chen Xi sent her the post about the two of them.
"Huh?!" Lin Yue, who had been leisurely scrolling through videos, suddenly sat up straight.
"What the heck? Why can't I find it?" She hurriedly opened the link Chen Xi had sent.
Chen Xi said helplessly, "You're always scrolling through gossip about Transcendents. Of course the system only recommends that stuff to you."
"I'll put it on the big screen. We can watch it together."
She'd been busy having fun with Zhu Li, so she hadn't really looked at it either.
The contents of the post appeared on the TV.
[The End of the Terrifying Ghost—Tianhai Express (by Monkey)]
At the chūnibyō title, Lin Yue already had a bad feeling.
She glanced at Chen Xi, who was watching intently, and suppressed her urge to complain.
[The deadly ghosts haunting Tianhai City, and the countless bizarre, unsolved cases of Transcendents turning up dead without a trace, were all solved today.
Puppet, Snow Woman, Ye Hu... I'm sure everyone watching has heard at least a little about these names.
They were either incredibly vicious or had once been kind and decent before suddenly changing their ways. But they all had one thing in common: they were young women.
That's right. There was a Transcendent in Tianhai City who specialized in hunting people and stealing their identities.
Wu Xin—that's the protagonist of today's story...
After a full year, the madwoman finally met her match.
Two unknown Legendary Transcendents succeeded in killing her. The two of them will be attending tomorrow's Transcendent Exchange Conference...]
Lin Yue skimmed through the post, then glanced at the most popular comments.
[Tyrannical Cool Young Master: Monkey's making things up again. If someone like that really existed, how come I've never heard of her?]
[Lotus Root: Has the Countermeasure Bureau lost its mind? They're really giving out a reward?]
[Eraser Is Gone: I could say I killed her too. Would I get an award?]
The blonde girl blinked. "Can I skip tomorrow?"
Chen Xi didn't seem to care. She secretly memorized their IDs. "No. What are you afraid of? We're so strong now. If anyone comes looking for trouble, we'll just beat them flat."
Hearing that, Lin Yue started looking forward to what might happen tomorrow. "I guess... that's true?"
While the two of them were chatting, Qiu Ye sent them a message.
[Qiu Ye: The reward's been issued. It's five thousand Spark Points, and both your forum accounts have been upgraded to Level 2.]
[Xi: Sorry for the trouble.]
Spark Points were the internal currency used by the supernatural community of the Spark Federation.
Five thousand Spark Points were enough to reserve a promising Legend Husk.
As for the Level-2 Account, that was crucial too.
Most features, such as bounties and internal presales, were only available at that level.
It was fair to say that only after getting a Level-2 Account could they begin to enjoy the conveniences the forum offered.
[Qiu Ye: By the way, people from other teams might come looking for trouble at the exchange conference. Be careful. Don't let anyone beat you to death.]
[Chen Xi: Why?]
[Qiu Ye: It's some stupid feud between the team leaders. I'm sorry for dragging you into it.]
[Chen Xi: It's fine.]
Even though the two of them had never revealed their abilities, simply dealing with Wu Xin was enough for others to estimate their strength.
They guessed that Wu Xin had been a Peak First Rank Transcendent, which made the two girls' strength obvious.
Two high-ranking First Rank Transcendents—that was how the outside world assessed them.
"So, we really are strong?" Lin Yue asked. She'd thought Chen Xi was just trying to comfort her, but the more she thought about it, the more it seemed true.
"Isn't that obvious?" Chen Xi replied coolly.
"There are only seven publicly known Second Rank Transcendents in Tianhai City, and three of them aren't with the government."
"Not to mention Zhu Li takes up one of those spots."
"We..." Lin Yue pointed at herself, her voice rising with excitement. "We're among the top seven Transcendents in Tianhai City?!"
Chen Xi downed her milk in one go. "Of course."
Even without the boost from the typhoon, the new CG she'd acquired more than made up for it.
"What's there to be happy about? If the sky falls, the tall ones hold it up. We're the tall ones now."
Still, she had no intention of holding it up. Once they killed Zhu Li, the two of them would immediately start planning their escape.
"Anyway, let's wash up and get some sleep." Chen Xi patted Lin Yue's shoulder and headed for the bathroom.
"Oh." Lin Yue answered blankly, then suddenly noticed the milk on her hand.
The girl suddenly shouted in anger, "Don't use me as a hand towel!!!"
After she yelled, Chen Xi's merciless laughter came from the bathroom. "You haven't even showered yet."
Smiling, Chen Xi turned on the shower.
Teasing Lin Yue every now and then really did put her in a better mood.
The next day, worried that being late would make them stand out too much, Lin Yue knocked on Chen Xi's door early in the morning to wake her.
The black-haired girl looked at her groggily, utterly helpless.
"Come on, it's only seven. And when you fought Wu Xin, you acted like some cold-blooded killer. How can you be this nervous now?"
"How is that the same thing?" Lin Yue said with a grin, sitting beside her on the bed and gently massaging her shoulders.
Chen Xi eyed her warily. "What are you up to? Being nice for no reason..."
"Let's wear dresses today. I'll do your makeup." The blonde girl's eyes lit up as soon as she said it.
"You woke me up just for that?... Fine."
After thinking it over, Chen Xi figured refusing would only lead to an argument, so she simply agreed.
Twenty minutes later, Chen Xi sat in front of the mirror with her light makeup done, admiring her reflection.
The subtle makeup didn't do much to change the girl's features. Instead, it brought out her fair, smooth skin.
"How's my handiwork?" Lin Yue hurriedly asked, fishing for praise.
"Not bad. Let's go."
"What do you mean, 'not bad'..."
The two of them bickered as they took a taxi and left the residential complex.
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