CHAPTER 533: CHAPTER 445: DIVINE POWER, LONG TIME NO SEE! (6200)

After opening the Treasure Chest, today’s events were finally over. Li Zheng let out a sigh of relief, immersing himself in the water and allowing the warm, clear water to envelop him, washing away all his fatigue.

Ten minutes later, Li Zheng changed his clothes and came out of the bathroom.

Upon reaching the second floor, he found Lu Li sleeping quietly on the ground a few steps away from the bed, surrounded by Red Polis.

The Red Polis had even adjusted their heights to make a pillow suitable for Lu Li, with a big snot bubble hanging from her nose, rhythmically inflating and deflating with her long breaths.

The newly joined Mirel, since there wasn’t an extra bed at Li Zheng’s place, lay down on Li Zheng’s dedicated bed, occupying a small corner.

The Bloodthirsty Demon Blade floated obediently about three meters from the bed, not daring to cross the boundary.

Li Zheng waved his hand, signaling I’si and Kuro to stand guard at the door with the ’True Maze’ to prevent wandering monsters from disturbing his sleep at night.

The level of wandering monsters encountered by players at night is unrelated to their own strength, and even Li Zheng might encounter a group of migrating Black Iron Level creatures.

Though they might not threaten his life, being woken up would be quite annoying.

Therefore, having I’si and Kuro stand guard outside was very necessary.

Li Zheng lay down on the bed, rubbing his temples wearily. By his side, Mirel turned over, hugging one of his arms, with a slender leg draped over him.

Li Zheng turned his head to look at Mirel and silently smiled. Did this little Enchanting Demon already trust him so much, having just become his pet?

Hmm?

Li Zheng suddenly froze and opened Mirel’s attribute panel again, examining it carefully three times over.

"There’s actually no display of loyalty?"

Li Zheng muttered to himself. Could it be because Mirel’s true identity is that of a servant, possibly able to detach from him at any time, thus not showing loyalty?

This is a bit troublesome. If one day he accidentally offends her, or after entering the Outer City, she no longer wants to follow him, wouldn’t she just leave?

Uh...

As Li Zheng thought about it, he suddenly realized that the Enchanting Demon Queen’s request at that time was for him to take Mirel to the Outer City.

That was all.

There was no promise that Mirel wouldn’t leave after reaching the Outer City.

In other words, he’s just a guide?

Damn it!

Even though before leaving that instance, he was thinking of taking them out of the Fallen Abyss someday.

Feeling like it wasn’t needed at all, the chips were all on Mirel!

Thinking about it, Li Zheng felt even more speechless.

But since he had agreed to the task, he couldn’t very well go back on his word, especially since Lu Li and others could leave the instance alive thanks to the mercy of the Enchanting Demon Queen.

The most important thing about being human is having a bottom line and principles; one cannot go back on one’s word.

This guiding mission, Li Zheng will certainly continue to complete. As for whether Mirel will leave him after entering the Outer City.

Let her decide.

The current situation in the Outer City is unclear, thinking too much is of no use.

Maybe after reaching the Outer City, Mirel won’t be able to leave even if she wants to.

At least, the identity of a ’Player’ alone would be enough to trouble her, right?

Li Zheng closed his eyes, lost in thought for a while, unable to sleep. He decided to trigger the Lamp Holder in the palm of his hand with his Spiritual Power and enter the Dark Realm.

...

In the dark space, Li Zheng opened his eyes, already holding the lamp to illuminate the area around him.

"You’re here."

A void voice sounded from behind him, and Li Zheng turned his head to find that Void was now wearing identical pajamas to his own.

"Yes, I’m here."

Li Zheng nodded. "I couldn’t sleep, so I came here to keep you company. Besides, last time you didn’t finish explaining that method for practicing Spiritual Power. Let’s continue today."

In truth, it wasn’t that it wasn’t finished, but Void had talked so much nonsense that Li Zheng didn’t remember much.

This time, he decided that no matter what Void said, he would concentrate on the most important content, trying to remember everything in one go.

"There’s no rush for that."

Void pointed with a finger, "Who’s that beside you..."

Beside me?

Li Zheng was momentarily stunned by the words and looked in the direction pointed by Void to see a small Enchanting Demon girl holding onto his arm without the lamp, rubbing her eyes.

"Mirel?!" Li Zheng was astonished, "How did you come in too?"

"Hmm...?" Mirel, as if just waking up, was still slightly confused and hadn’t yet grasped the situation, "Am I... not supposed to come in?"

As soon as she spoke, her arms passed through Li Zheng’s body, startling her.

"Oh! How did that go through? Hmm? No sense of touch? Where is this? And who are you? Why do you look exactly like me?"

Awakened, Mirel fired off a series of questions, curiously surveying her surroundings.

"Could it be that when I used the lamp to enter, coming into contact with her body caused her to come in with me?"

Li Zheng asked Void, "Has anything like this happened before?"

Void slowly shook its head, indicating that it hadn’t.

However, from its eyes, it was clear it didn’t oppose Li Zheng bringing others into the Dark Realm.

The more people that come in, the more individuals Void could communicate with, and it could hear more information about the outer world.

Although most of the time it was doing the talking...

"This is the Dark Realm, and I’m Void. Since neither of us has a physical form here, we don’t feel anything." Void smiled as it explained to Mirel, "As for why I look exactly like you, it’s because I’ve never had a physical form, so I don’t know what I should look like.