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Katheryne lifted the carriage curtain and asked Jiu Yue, who was driving outside, "Jiu Yue, are we there?"

Seeing that it was Miss Katheryne from the Adventurers' Association, Jiu Yue replied, "Yes, Miss Katheryne. Traveler Camp is just ahead."

As she spoke, Jiu Yue raised her slender jade finger and pointed into the distance.

Looking in the direction Jiu Yue indicated, they could clearly see rows of wooden houses.

By the lake, the place had already changed from how it had been at the beginning. With the bonuses from classes and skills, along with the help of a thousand players, the camp had taken on a proper shape...

The liveliest place was undoubtedly the central square of Traveler Camp, where the great elf Skadi assigned quests...

Faintly, the place had already begun to resemble a novice camp...

It was afternoon, and quite a few players were still busy in the camp, carrying out all kinds of construction tasks.

"Clop! Clop!..."

Suddenly, the sounds of hooves and carriage wheels came from afar, growing closer and closer as though they were heading toward them.

"What was that? Did I just hear hoofbeats?"

Many players stopped what they were doing and curiously looked toward the source of the sound.

Such discordant sounds startled many birds in the forest, and the players watched flocks of them flutter away...

A fine horse emerged from the dense forest first, followed by a white-haired fox girl driving a carriage toward their Player Camp...

"A carriage... What is that? An NPC?"

"Could the main quest be starting?"

"Damn, are you all blind? Didn't you see that the driver is a beast girl?"

"She really is! She's so pretty. Is she a fox? I really want to touch her tail."

As Jiu Yue drove the carriage into Traveler Camp, it stirred up the players' curiosity and commotion.

"Look, isn't that the big landlord?" A sharp-eyed player spotted Young Mistress through the lifted carriage curtain.

Young Mistress owned more than half the houses in the camp, so the players had given her the title of big landlord.

After the sharp-eyed player pointed it out, many others also noticed Tianhe Sheriff, Ali, and Dun Qu Qi Yi sitting inside the carriage.

As the carriage passed before the crowd, they saw a round orb poke out from the curtain and film them.

Through the raised curtain, the players could see Ali's smiling face.

The moment they saw that orb, the players immediately recognized it...

"Isn't that the camera that appears when video recording and livestream functions are activated?"

"I think I know that person's ID... I remember now. She's Ali, a somewhat famous streamer."

As soon as someone mentioned it, quite a few players were about to explode.

"Doesn't that mean she just filmed all of us from up there?"

"No wonder she was smiling so sinisterly just now."

Ali spread her hands, looking completely innocent. It was clearly just an ordinary smile. How could they call it sinister?

"Damn, are they the first people to ride in a carriage in this game?"

"Obviously. How could a map this huge not have mounts?"

"Still, I'm so jealous that they get to ride in a carriage in the game."

For a time, many players put down their work and came over to watch curiously.

Naturally, a small number wanted to experience what it felt like to ride in a carriage in the game. As for the rest, their eyes were fixed on Jiu Yue, who was driving in front of the carriage.

Quite a few players wore gentlemanly expressions as their gazes wandered over Jiu Yue's long, pale legs and the fluffy white tail behind her.

Perhaps because she had only recently emerged from the mountains, Jiu Yue did not sense anything strange about the Travelers gathered around the carriage.

She even curiously asked Ali inside the carriage, "Are all you Travelers this enthusiastic?"

"Haha." Ali laughed awkwardly. Jiu Yue did not understand what they were really thinking, but as an online streamer, Ali was far too familiar with those expressions.

"Maybe they're just curious about your tail," Ali could only say.

"Is that so?" Jiu Yue touched her tail in confusion and tilted her head.

She truly was a fox. Ali noticed that quite a few players had already turned red.

What else could she do? She could only sigh inwardly that this game's facial simulation was fucking realistic.

Katheryne, who was also in the carriage, twitched at the corner of her mouth but did not expose Ali's lie. As the receptionist of the Adventurers' Association, Katheryne had encountered all kinds of people.

What surprised Katheryne somewhat was that although these male Travelers had wandering eyes, so many of them were actually innocent boys who would blush.

How should she put it? As expected of the Travelers summoned by Mother Goddess. They were all good children.

As the carriage slowly moved forward, the players followed it toward the central square.

But to the players' surprise, the restless crowd gradually parted to both sides.

From the parted crowd, they could see Skadi walking toward the carriage.

Skadi had originally been assigning quests to players at the center of the square and had never left before. Yet this time, she had come to greet the carriage.

Seeing this, all the players came to the same conclusion.

Hidden quest!

At that thought, the players looked enviously at the four people in the carriage.

On the carriage, Jiu Yue was initially puzzled when she saw the Travelers parting to either side. But when she saw the great elf Skadi walking toward them...

She immediately became excited and prepared to get down and bow, only to be stopped by a gentle force the moment she rose.

Jiu Yue looked up in confusion and saw Skadi raise a hand with a slight motion. Sure enough, Skadi was the one who had stopped her.

Skadi said kindly to Jiu Yue, "There is no need to bow. Mother Goddess is already waiting for you in the square."

The Goddess of Life, World Tree Cheng Jue, was waiting for them.

Not only Jiu Yue, but even the nearby players who were watching erupted in excitement.

"Damn, they're going to meet the goddess! I'm so jealous."

"No way?"

"They're going to meet Goddess Cheng Jue?"

"Ahhh! I'm so jealous! Why wasn't I the one who triggered the quest?"

"How could this quest involve a goddess? Could it be the main quest?"

"The rewards must be incredibly generous..."

The players' voices were filled with envy.

Skadi paid no attention to the Travelers watching from the side and silently led the people in the carriage toward the square.

As they neared the center of the square, Jiu Yue, who was driving, and Katheryne, who was inside the carriage, both got down and continued on foot.

Seeing this, Ali, Young Mistress, Qi Lin, and Dun Qu Qi Yi also climbed down from the carriage.

Behind them, the players followed the group toward the center of the square.

It was not that the players had suddenly become disciplined.

Rather...

"Damn, there's an invisible wall here!"

"No, there isn't—wait, there really is. This invisible wall is moving forward."

"It's clearly making us follow behind them."

Upon reaching the center of the square, all the players suddenly looked up toward the World Tree.

"Could this be a cutscene?"

"Quiet! I can see figures flying over from the World Tree."

"Could it be the goddess?"

"No, it's not just the goddess. There are three people in total!"