Red Leaf Park.
Manager Ying teleported Lu Ran straight there.
After recalling Sudden Death King and General Ha, he answered Fang Lan's call.
On the other end, Fang Lan said, "I saw your message. Everything went smoothly on my end too!"
After returning, Lu Ran had also left Fang Lan a message.
He had told her everything had gone smoothly and to contact him in the real world if anything came up.
"Glad to hear it." Lu Ran scratched his head. "Should I come over?"
"Come on over." Fang Lan thought for a moment. "Hurry up. I'll call my parents over too. We were gone for a month, so they must be really worried. It's been ages since we went out for a meal together."
"Sure." Lu Ran nodded. "But let's not eat out. I'll cook."
"Huh?" Fang Lan froze. "As far as I remember, you live on takeout and restaurants. The food you've made most often yourself is dog food."
"Is your cooking even edible?"
Lu Ran chuckled. "My mission in this Breakthrough Secret Realm was to pass the Gourmet Hunter Association's Expert-tier chef assessment in the Beast Taming Empire. To break through, I had no choice but to develop some culinary skills. Just you wait."
Fang Lan was startled. "A chef? You entered a Subprofession Secret Realm?"
"You..." For a moment, Fang Lan didn't know whether to call Lu Ran unlucky or lucky.
Subprofession Secret Realms were generally easier and safer, but Lu Ran was a combat specialist!
Lu Ran said, "I couldn't do anything about it either, but at least I broke through. What was your breakthrough mission?"
"To make the Trial Takers kill one another. The more you killed, the higher your score," Fang Lan said quietly.
Their experiences had been completely different.
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