One must learn to trust others, to let go and allow them to grow and gain experience. Seeing it was getting late, Qi Xu thought that since she had signed up for the dungeon, she must give it her all. No staying up late; she needed to rest early today.
After a quick wash, she slipped into bed, gently stroking the colorful egg as she fell asleep. Probably after the dungeon ended tomorrow, the egg would successfully hatch. Little one, are you really a dragon?
At 8 AM the next day, all players who had signed up for the dungeon were promptly pulled into a special space.
It looked very much like a racetrack at a motorsports arena. Qi Xu looked at this familiar scene... and just felt it was utterly boring. After playing a few dungeons she had never seen before, returning to these felt somewhat uninspiring.
Each lane had 20 vehicles. Qi Xu's vehicle had now been adjusted to the size of a normal truck, but its dazzling weapon ports, shiny decorations, and uniquely representative color instantly revealed Qi Xu's identity.
Not only did people from her own sub-zone know, the news had spread throughout the entire 88th Major Zone. As a leading figure in the 88th Major Zone, every sub-zone was selling specific information about the Invincible Black Whirlwind.
While it might not be enough to directly imagine exactly what she and her vehicle looked like, upon seeing them, one would definitely recognize them—the pink color was just too iconic.
So, Qi Xu directly received enthusiastic greetings from 19 players from different sub-zones. As they exchanged greetings, they started chatting, and the thrilling tension of the competition vanished.
"Whirlwind Boss, I got a Zone Transfer Card. Can I come to 88666 and follow you? Here are my three-attribute stats and detailed profile."
Qi Xu was taken aback. Wow, recruitment work for other zones hadn't even started, and someone was already volunteering!
Her three attributes were all 101, just barely meeting the recruitment threshold, but she had a special class: Hunter.
She could create various traps. Any lifeform caught by the trap's sand path could be converted into her own three-attribute stat points. It was quite a broken class design.
Qi Xu glanced at this player's nickname: Jin Li. It sounded quite familiar, as if she had seen it on the leaderboard for the [Animal Madhouse] dungeon. Back then, the top ranks were all swept by the 666 sub-zone; she was the highest-ranked player outside of the 666 sub-zone.
She had even thought about finding an opportunity to poach her, never expecting her to come on her own!
"Of course you can! Come over first, message me privately directly, and we'll have a chance to cooperate."
"Oh, yeS!"
Seeing this, other players also wanted to step forward and recommend themselves, but Qiu Qiu directly started the countdown. Everyone could only quickly run back to their vehicles.
The race began. Qi Xu took the lead immediately, pressing the accelerator to the floor and sprinting ahead. She glanced in the rearview mirror; everyone was chasing hard in their own lanes. There was no malicious blocking or any such phenomenon; it was even harmoniously orderly, with everyone driving in sequence.
This was quite surprising. After all, in the previous round of the game, right at the start, there had been a multi-car pileup.
Qi Xu hadn't driven for a long time. The feeling of pressing the accelerator to the floor and going crazy was really exhilarating.
Encountering a dirt mound? Monster horde? Just ram through them!
The 19 players behind watched this scene with smiles. Block her? Only a fool would try to block her. With Whirlwind Bigshot clearing the way ahead, the smartest move was to keep up closely.
Even if you ended up last among these 20, your overall performance compared across the 10 zones would still absolutely be top-tier!
No idiot was stirring up internal conflict at this moment. They only wanted to follow behind Boss Whirlwind and pick up the pieces. Taking advantage of the monsters being all scattered from the collisions, the 19 vehicles behind followed in a neat, orderly, and rapid line...
Seeing this, Qi Xu couldn't help but laugh.
Not bad, not bad. These people are quite clever. In the previous round, I was also following behind a bigshot, enjoying the benefits of him paving the way. Now it's my turn to pave the way.
But as time went on, the players behind couldn't keep up. After all, the overall performance gap between vehicle levels was vast.
Qi Xu kept the accelerator floored the entire time; her right foot never lifted once.
So, in just over four hours, she successfully reached the finish line.
[Congratulations to Invincible Black Whirlwind from Sub-zone 666, Major Zone 88, for successfully reaching the finish line! Let's celebrate with flowers! The boss is the boss, unstoppable! I will follow you forever! Other players, hurry up! Charge, charge, charge, charge!]
Hearing the light screen announcement, Qi Xu couldn't help but give Qiu Qiu a mental thumbs-up. It really knew how to compliment someone right to the heart. She wondered who it learned from; the progress was obvious.
By the time she stopped to eat a meal, her teammates, whose vehicles had already reached level 7, arrived one after another.
Qi Xu was just about to call everyone over to start training when she suddenly saw the countdown on the colorful egg was about to end. Instantly excited, she hurriedly cupped it in her palms, her heart racing involuntarily.
Xiao Qi and Sweet Girl also crouched on either side, their eyes sparkling as they watched the new companion about to be born.
As the countdown ended, the shell instantly shattered, and a small, colorful shadow flew straight out. At the same moment, Qi Xu triggered another server-wide announcement.
The scene before all players in the game changed simultaneously. Whether inside or outside a dungeon, it was as if a waterfall of rainbow light woven from starlight had instantly descended from the sky!
Qiu Qiu proudly shouted at the top of its lungs, its voice cracking sharply into something akin to noise...
[Congratulations to player Invincible Black Whirlwind from Sub-zone 666, Major Zone 88, Hua Country, for becoming the first player on the entire server to possess a top-tier pet! The Eastern Divine Beast emerges, rainbow light pierces the clouds, the dragon's roar shakes the eight wildernesses, its scaled radiance illuminates the nine realms!]
Qi Xu could no longer hear any announcement sounds. She didn't take in a single word of the congratulatory speech Qiu Qiu had so meticulously prepared. She was just staring intently at the little dragon.
After quickly flying a circle inside the vehicle, accompanied by a sound like tinkling silver bells, it finally landed on Qi Xu's knee.
Snow-white scales still carried fragments of the shattered shell, as if dusted with a frost of solidified moonlight.
It shook its translucent wings, its amber eyes moist as it gazed at Qi Xu. Suddenly, it tilted its head and let out an "Achoo!" sneeze, spraying out a string of bubbles shimmering with starlight.
That inexplicable sense of familiarity washed over Qi Xu again. Her heart felt like it was about to leap out, and her eyes grew sore, wanting to cry.
Just then, it suddenly spread its tiny claws, flew over, and hugged Qi Xu fiercely, burying its entire head in the crook of Qi Xu's neck. "Chirp chirp chirp!"
Flustered, Qi Xu caught it. Her tears could no longer be held back. This warmth made her feel incredibly grounded!
She understood immediately. We are not meeting for the first time. It's been a long time since we last saw each other, right?
[Your pet, the Nilin Sky-Soaring Dragon's favorability towards you has increased by 100 points. Current favorability is 100.]
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