Could Never Skunked still be alive?
The in-game friends list did not indicate a character's death by graying out their portrait or anything like that, so Never Skunked still had his old portrait on Lin Yuan's friends list.
But if he was alive, why hadn't he replied?
Or was he alive but unable to reply?
Lin Yuan had encountered a precedent for this.
Bai Ling was just such a case.
After she transformed into a Nether River Siren, she automatically lost her Player status and could no longer use the Player panel.
The reason she could enter Instances now was that she was classified as Lin Yuan's summon.
Could Never Skunked have transformed into something similar?
What exactly had happened to him?
And why had he broken the Fishing Rods he treasured so much here?
Lin Yuan let out a long sigh. The more he thought about it, the less he understood.
"What's wrong?" Seeing that Lin Yuan was clearly troubled, Bai Ling took the initiative to ask.
Lin Yuan did not hide anything and told her about Never Skunked.
Of course, Lin Yuan had only wanted someone to talk to. After all, he, Bai Ling, and Never Skunked were all people from the same Paradise, which naturally gave them a sense of shared identity.
Lin Yuan had not expected Bai Ling to know anything.
Yet to his surprise, after he told Bai Ling about Never Skunked, she looked utterly astonished.
"So that man was Never Skunked? I've met him!"
"You've met him? Where?" Now Lin Yuan was truly startled, and he hurriedly pressed her for details.
"At a fork in the Route before Paradise's final Instance," Bai Ling recalled.
"At the time, I'd just demonstrated my divination skills in an Instance and gained a little reputation. Then he came