CHAPTER 43: CHAPTER 43: IS SHE TESTING ME?

Su Ruan walked ahead, with Lu Shinian following close behind at a perfect half-meter distance.

Ignoring the "Little Sweet" behind her, Su Ruan claimed to be seeking inspiration but in reality was just wandering aimlessly.

As she wandered, she ended up at the dungeon center.

Thinking about the limited Virtual Coin in her account, her eyelashes fluttered lightly. She turned to Little Lu and proactively invited, "Little Lu, want to tackle a dungeon?"

Lu Shinian nodded in agreement, "Sure."

Su Ruan casually picked a dungeon, glanced at the name, and teamed up with Lu Shinian to enter it.

The scene quickly changed, and to Su Ruan’s surprise, this time the dungeon wasn’t about the Insect Race, but Star Pirates.

On the massive battleship flew a flag with a flamboyant Lion Head, vaguely showing the words "Lion Star Thief Group".

They too were on a battleship, the two sides at a standoff, on the brink of war.

"This is the War of the Star Pirates," Lu Shinian suddenly said.

Su Ruan responded with a "Mm," her eyes fixed on that Lion Head on the flag.

She felt this Lion Head seemed somewhat familiar... a bit like the Lion Head she drew as a child based on descriptions from ancient books.

It must be... an illusion, right?

"This Star Thief group is well-known," Lu Shinian spoke again, "Their leader is currently fifth on the interstellar most-wanted list."

Su Ruan withdrew her gaze, "Have you dealt with them before?"

"Mm," Lu Shinian nodded, casually manipulating the virtual screen in front of him, ready at any moment to fend off an attack, "I’ve had a bit of contact."

In fact, this battle was one he led, thrashing the Lion Star Thief Group thoroughly. They lost many members and only resumed activity in the Dark Zone after two years.

Su Ruan nodded thoughtfully.

As they spoke, an extremely arrogant voice rang out from the opposing battleship.

"Lu Shinian! Just try and hit me!"

The voice was rough, the tone explosive, extremely vicious.

Su Ruan: ...

Wait, this voice also sounds a bit familiar.

Before she could react to the familiar voice, Little Lu beside her pressed something, and instantly, a barrage of firepower erupted.

He skillfully maneuvered the starship for defense and evasion, and within a few minutes, had the opponent retreating step by step.

From the opponent’s battleship, a calm and composed voice faintly echoed, "Leader, retreat."

The rough voice sounded again, "Lu Shinian! Bastard!"

What followed was a series of Federation style curses, and soon, the opponent’s battleship vanished.

Since the battle was a 100% simulation of a real situation, the opponent’s voices were also captured from actual battlefields, and even the voices were precisely recreated by the mainframe.

It can be said to be very realistic.

Of course, the curses were real too; it just depended on whether the players triggered the conditions for being cursed at.

Apparently, the two of them had indeed triggered the opponent’s outburst condition.

As Su Ruan listened to the opponent’s curses, she couldn’t decide whether she should contemplate why the voice was so familiar or wonder about Lu Shinian’s feelings being cursed so badly.

At a loss, she looked up at Little Lu and tentatively asked, "If you were Commander Lu and you were cursed like that, how would you feel?"

Lu Shinian instinctively furrowed his brow.

Could it be that Ruan Ruan had already discovered he was Lu Shinian? Was she testing him now?