Inside the café.
The girl with the high ponytail tiptoed behind Ye Qiyan, stood to his left, and gently tapped his right shoulder.
Then Ye Qiyan caught her from the left.
"You... why do you do this every time?"
"Hehe~"
Zhao Lin chuckled, dressed in a uniform-like mage outfit.
Her once healthy, wheat-colored skin seemed a little fairer than before.
The left eye she had lost at the RUN Company had now become a beautiful sapphire-blue eye, with currents of magic power swirling inside it, forming a vivid contrast with her black right eye.
"Your eye..."
"Pretty, right? Hehe, it was a reward I got at a level 8 Hunting Station. Though, since the target was an A-Rank God's apostle, I caught its attention after killing the apostle..."
Zhao Lin blinked.
A suspended magic diagram blossomed within her left eye.
She did not cast any magic with it, merely showing off its beauty as much as she could.
"Not bad. An A-Rank God? Which one?"
"I remember it was called the Gene God. But it's fine, Brother Qiyan. Once I get stronger, I'll defeat it myself."
Zhao Lin patted her chest, which was not entirely flat, looking quite confident.
The Gene God...
Ye Qiyan remembered that fellow too. Back in the Thunder-Torment God's Divine Kingdom, several of the fellows who had wanted to attack his train had been created by the Gene God.
But genes?
Could it be related to the Bronze Race?
Probably not, right?
After all, the Silver Race's Beasts of Evolution had become true god-level beings. If it were related to the Bronze Race, it should not have been too far behind.
"Where's that necklace?"
Ye Qiyan held out his hand to Zhao Lin.
"Here... Sorry, Brother Qiyan. I broke the necklace again..."
``` [Necklace that once