Wen Nan had just taken a step toward the dormitory door when Yu Shujun came out of the bedroom behind him and silently followed.
Wen Nan stopped in his tracks and stared at her in surprise. "You were here the whole time?"
Yu Shujun still wore that wooden expression. "It's my duty to stay by your side, Master."
Wen Nan glanced at the Golden Sigil in his palm. A thought suddenly occurred to him. "You're a player too. You haven't entered a dungeon in ages. Won't that cause problems?"
Yu Shujun glanced at the man beside her. Instinctively, she wanted to lie and say it would, so he would let her leave right away. But when she spoke, she changed her answer. "Once you reach Gold rank or higher, you won't ask such a basic question."
"Is that so?" Wen Nan raised an eyebrow at her. "Then what level are you now?"
Yu Shujun replied coldly, "Twenty-eight stars."
Wen Nan was sure Yu Shujun knew perfectly well he meant her player account level, not the level of the character she was currently impersonating.
But it didn't matter. Whatever her level, she still had to listen to him. It made no difference.
Then Wen Nan suddenly remembered something else—
[9527, where's Qiqi? We've been in the dungeon this long, and I still haven't seen her.]
Back in the Game Lobby, Wen Nan had learned that only characters with ten stars or more could be taken out of a map. So even though Qiqi had become his exclusive character, he could only see her after entering a dungeon.
9527: [Exclusive characters must be reactivated at an activation point. The nearest activation point is in the café directly across from the north entrance of this company.]
Wen Nan pulled up a map of