The man with gold-rimmed glasses raised his hand slightly and adjusted his frames.
After casually sweeping over the noisy, chaotic crowd of players, his cold, indifferent eyes passed straight through the air without lingering, landing with extraordinary precision on the pink-haired girl, Xu Tuantuan, who was blinking and looking around nearby.
A gentle yet utterly cold curve slowly formed at the corners of his mouth. He stepped over the cold metal shards and walked unhurriedly toward Xu Tuantuan, stopping three paces before her.
He leaned forward slightly and extended a slender, fair hand, his voice soft and refined:
"Beautiful young lady, allow me to introduce myself."
"Zhong Chengsheng, from Rheinkart City in central Obossis New Land. I am a lone explorer."
"On the outskirts of a dungeon this dangerous and unknown, going alone is often fraught with unpredictable mishaps. I wonder, miss... would you be interested in forming a two-person team with me and exploring together?"
"Zhong Chengsheng?"
Xu Tuantuan had been curiously examining the surrounding ancient mecha structures, but the instant he struck up a conversation, she instinctively narrowed her large, glistening eyes.
For some reason, the very second this young man spoke, an indescribable revulsion and chill shot up the girl's spine to the crown of her head.
Her intuition frantically sounded an alarm in her heart, as though desperately telling her that this smiling, seemingly gentle and cultured man with gold-rimmed glasses was absolutely no good!
Deep in his eyes, there was not a trace of the normal emotion a human should have, only the cold calculation of someone looking down upon prey!
Almost out of combat instinct, Xu Tuantuan did not even bother responding. Her delicate brows knitted slightly, and she shifted her footing, instinctively taking a decisive, large step backward to put a safe