Have you played League of Legends? What's your rank?

Led by Si Ai, Fang Ran quickly learned the name of the city they were in from a bus stop sign.

"Hmm, Ji City?" Si Ai nodded and muttered to himself.

"Is knowing the city useful?" Fang Ran asked, adhering to the principle of asking when he didn't understand.

"It is useful. For example, information like geography and weather can be obtained from knowing where the city is," Si Ai explained casually, then leisurely walked towards a car parked by the roadside.

Flames burned on his hand, directly melting the glass, unlocking the door, and he coolly sat in the driver's seat.

Snap!

He rested his left hand on the car window, snapped his fingers with a flame, and smiled at Fang Ran.

"Let's go! Get in!"

"Holy crap, Big Brother, that move of yours is awesome!"

Fang Ran, the follower, was immediately impressed by Si Ai's move and got into the passenger seat.

"Little brother, do you know the mission and reward for this scenario?" Si Ai skillfully maneuvered the steering wheel, lit a cigarette with the flame on his fingertip, and took a puff.

"Uh, not really."

Fang Ran covered his face in response. He was a pervert who was almost caught in the women's changing room and then chased by a little black figure for two hundred meters. How would he know what this scenario, which suddenly threw him in, was about?

"Ah, I don't know whether to say you're lucky or unlucky."

Si Ai also smiled, driving the car he had casually snatched onto the highway, weaving through the night towards the most prosperous city center.

"This scenario is a special type of scenario. The mission isn't to eliminate those guys, but for us participants to kill each other."

Hearing this, Fang Ran suddenly shivered all over, then looked at Si Ai trembling.

"Big Brother Ai, you... you... you you you!!"

Si Ai looked at Fang Ran speechlessly. Little brother, you heartlessly got into my car and believed my words. Is it okay to be so slow to realize and worry about me killing you? And you, an E-Rank nobody, somehow got into this scenario. Can you stop being so self-important?

So he sighed, freed a hand, and patted Fang Ran's shoulder.

"Young man, just focus on your own business. Don't overthink things when you have nothing to do, especially since you're so weak."

I'm so weak, I'm really sorry!!!

Fang Ran covered his face and roared in his heart!

"Where were we just now? Oh, this scenario is special, the mission is special, and the reward, naturally, is also extraordinary." Si Ai pulled the topic back from where it had strayed.

"Reward!? What reward?"

Fang Ran immediately became curious. A special reward? Was it another special reward like yesterday that would improve his strength?

"It's a Night Artifact."

"Big Brother, I smell a hint of something inappropriate for children from that," Fang Ran said seriously.

"Get lost!"

Si Ai replied irritably, then sighed inwardly. As expected of someone who so naturally and frankly admits to being a shut-in.

"So what exactly is that?" Fang Ran asked, confused.

"Have you ever played League of Legends?" Si Ai suddenly asked an unrelated question.

"Played it... Uh... I guess I've played it." Fang Ran answered hesitantly, scratching his head.

"Given your tone, I won't ask about your rank." Si Ai glanced at him and said pointedly.

Fang Ran immediately covered his face and replied, "Big Brother, weren't we talking about Night Artifacts?"

"Oh, Night Artifacts. Simply put, they're equipment!"

"Huh!!!???"

Fang Ran's mouth dropped open, his face blank.

"You're only E-Rank, it seems a bit early for you to know, but it's fine. Open the hidden button in the bottom right corner of your character interface." Si Ai said.

"Uh."

Fang Ran hesitated for a moment, then secretly opened his pink Sakura interface, poking at every clickable spot. He didn't know which button worked, but a completely new interface opened.

There were six grayed-out slots on it, with only the first slot showing the appearance of the Silver Severing Dragon Tooth.

Wait!

Why are these six slots so familiar to me?

Fang Ran pursed his lips tightly, not saying a word, trying hard to restrain himself from thinking in a certain direction he was familiar with.

"See? That's your personal Night Artifact slot, which is also your equipment slot!"

However, Si Ai next to him continued to explain, easily shattering Fang Ran's resistance.

Damn it!

Why does something similar to the Main God Space give you a configuration of six equipment slots!!!

And Night Artifacts! You call it something so grand, is it useful?!

Isn't it still equipment?!

Fang Ran silently covered his face, feeling like his worldview had completely shattered.

From the initial character stats, to the plane drop, and now this equipment slot setting, System, are you just going to copy popular games?!

"However, don't think it's too simple. The number of these equipment Night Artifacts is extremely rare!"

Si Ai looked at Fang Ran's face, which couldn't bear to look at his own interface, and explained with a faint smile.

"Let alone a full set of six items, most Night Battle participants don't even have one Night Artifact."

"That rare!?"

Fang Ran was also shocked, swallowing his saliva. Holy crap, changing the name really increased the coolness factor? Putting everything else aside, just look at the quantity!

"And most importantly, the Night Artifacts rewarded by system scenarios are always better than those you hunt from those dark... uh, monsters. Not to mention, you might not even get one Night Artifact after hunting a hundred of them."

"That awesome!?" Fang Ran was completely shocked this time. Killing a hundred of those monsters might not even drop... cough cough... get one?

"Exactly!" This time, Si Ai's expression was also solemn and serious. He narrowed his eyes, staring at the bustling night outside, and even used Fang Ran's words to reply, "It's that awesome."

Fang Ran instantly felt his mouth go dry, then he asked dryly in his heart, "Then, Big Brother Ai, do you have one now?"

Si Ai smiled and answered him with action.

Whoosh!

Like a flame being struck!

The flame was restless!

The temperature was rising!

Sizzling sparks leaped in the air, and a rich, brilliant flame ignited directly from Si Ai's right hand!

The surface of the reddish-gold metal twisted the surrounding air. His human hand completely transformed into a giant claw like a demon's, his entire right hand encased in burning metal armor!

A sense of grandeur and danger instantly surged with the rising flames!

Bang!

Fang Ran only felt a wave of heat wash over him! The temperature inside the car instantly rose by at least ten degrees! The entire interior of the car became scorching hot and bright with the flames!

"This is..."

But suddenly, all the flames vanished. The giant claw-like flame gauntlet turned into fire and disappeared at Si Ai's shoulder, leaving only a ring on his right hand.

"Hephaestus's Briar Rose Ring."

Si Ai said, "A Night Artifact I obtained in a special struggle scenario."

"Mm."

Fang Ran listened very seriously, frowning, nodding occasionally, and looking intently at the ring on Si Ai's hand. There was no greed or envy.

Because...

He hadn't understood a single word of the pure English pronunciation Si Ai had just used.

Damn! It sounds really impressive, but can we speak Chinese, Big Brother?

Sigh, after all, he was just a failure who hadn't even passed the fourth level of English proficiency. You couldn't ask too much of Fang Ran. He only understood that it seemed to be someone's rose ring, a total of four words, and he didn't understand half of them.

But in fact, the origin of Si Ai's Night Artifact came from a well-known legendary figure, Hephaestus, the god of fire in Greek mythology. Hephaestus's Briar Rose Ring, translated, is the Ring of Thorns and Roses of Hephaestus.

Legend has it that after his wife was discovered cheating on him with the god of war, they broke up. Later, Hephaestus wanted to reconcile,

So he forged this ring. The rose was something the goddess of beauty brought to the world when she was born, and the thorns represented his symbol of loyalty.

As a result, his wife didn't pay him any mind at all and didn't accept it...

"Oh right, Big Brother Ai, I've always wanted to ask how to increase my rank!" Fang Ran racked his brain but still couldn't figure out what Si Ai had said in English just now, so he immediately changed the subject and asked about something else he had always wanted to know.

"Oh, that." Si Ai showed an expression that every newcomer had, and smiled mysteriously:

"When the system thinks you can upgrade, you can upgrade."

"Uh, what does that mean!?" Fang Ran looked bewildered.

"What I mean is, we participants are only responsible for improving our strength. When your strength is deemed sufficient by the system to be upgraded, it will naturally raise your level," Si Ai said with a shrug.

"I see," Fang Ran sighed, looking out the window and lamenting,

"Ah, it's a long and arduous journey!"

Si Ai was about to comfort him when he suddenly noticed something in the hood of this guy's jacket. He then took a closer look.

A package of women's underwear that hadn't been opened yet.

Si Ai: "..."

He then silently turned his head back and continued driving his car, his heart churning.

No way, I didn't realize this kid was an old hand? Unlike someone like me who struggles so much with relationships? But this is too...

At this moment, Fang Ran turned his head and looked strangely at Si Ai, whose expression was struggling and complex.

"Big Brother Ai, what's wrong?"

Si Ai looked at him with a complicated gaze, especially at the underwear in the hood behind him. After a long time, he said to him earnestly,

"Kid, some things shouldn't be taken randomly. If you stole it, that's a crime!"

"Pfft! Cough cough!!!"

Fang Ran was instantly startled. He shrank back and said tremblingly,

"Big Brother Ai, how did you know!!!"

It's over! I'm finished!! My identity has been exposed!! I'm going to be sentenced to life imprisonment!!!

"Ah! Kid, you need to know, even if you take this, you can't sell it."

Si Ai said with a complex expression. Can you really get closer to the girl you like this way? No, more often than not, it will only backfire.

"Big Brother Ai! I was wrong!! I truly know I was wrong!!"

Fang Ran had a mournful face, full of regret. Yeah! How the hell would I sell it! This is a national historical lost artifact!

"Ah! Forget it, Big Brother Ai will pretend he didn't see it this time. Don't do this kind of thing again." Si Ai sighed, hoping the kid would understand and pursue girls through normal means.

"Yes, yes!! Even if you beat me to death, I wouldn't dare again!!" Fang Ran, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief. Big Brother Ai was truly a good person, letting him off the hook.

The two, thinking completely different things, somehow ended up having a conversation like this.

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