Chapter 89: Argo the Information Dealer

The people in the plaza who had newly arrived in this world were, for a moment, unable to help but feel panicked and at a loss; after all, they had only arrived in this world after being sucked into a black hole.

Fortunately, there were some game players around them. Although they were extremely confused about these newly appeared people at first, after experiencing so many terrifying changes, a mysterious sense of calm had already emerged in their hearts. After the explanations from these game players, these new arrivals finally understood just how dangerous a world they had arrived in.

Very quickly, an atmosphere of decadence spread among these people. Arriving in such a dangerous world, with all kinds of dangerous monsters in the wild, and the fact that dying in this world meant permanent death—each terrifying piece of information struck at their hearts.

Looking at the decadent people all around, Luo Yexi shook her head and looked toward Lingyun: "Master, what should we do now? Should we go level up first? Now that so many people have appeared in this world, I fear the resources available to each individual will be even scarcer."

Lingyun pondered for a moment: "Ye Xi, you all go level up first; I have something to take care of right now!"

"Master, what else do you have to do?" Luo Yexi asked with some curiosity.

Lingyun spread his hands: "The fact that this world has undergone changes to this degree, in a sense, has a lot to do with me. Now that so many people have been dragged into this world, I have to at least warn them that this world is completely different from the one during the previous closed beta. If the people here continue to clear the game based on their previous understanding of this world, I don't know how many more sacrifices there will be."

"Ara, it seems Ling-kun still doesn't wish for too many innocent sacrifices to appear in this world!" Busujima Saeko said with a smile.

"Mm, that's fine too; at least we have already secured a glimmer of survival for the people in this world." Luo Yexi nodded slightly. "Then I won't disturb Master."

Having said that, Luo Yexi walked directly toward the wild outside the Starting Town.

"Alice, your combat power isn't very strong yet, so you should stay with me for the time being," Busujima Saeko said with a smile to Alice beside her.

"Okay, Sister Saeko!" Alice nodded, then followed Busujima Saeko as she left.

Lingyun was not worried at all about Luo Yexi and Busujima Saeko going to level up on their own. One must know that both of them possessed Earth Tier strength; although they could not fully exert it due to the special specifications of this world, dealing with the monsters on the first floor was a task they could handle with ease.

"Lingqi, what about you?" Lingyun turned his head to look at Lingqi. After entering this world, Lingqi had spoken much less, and ever since she used that handgun weapon, the time she spent in silence had grown longer and longer, completely devoid of that previous black-bellied personality.

"I, I don't know!" Lingqi seemed to be in a daze; being asked by Lingyun like this, she couldn't help but be startled.

Watching Lingqi's absent-minded appearance, Lingyun shook his head helplessly. In her current state, Lingyun was not at ease letting her go level up alone. In her condition, she might just fall at the hands of those monsters in a moment of distraction.

"You should just stay with me for now." Lingyun rubbed his head helplessly.

"Oh, oh, okay." Lingqi was clearly distracted again.

Following Lingyun as he walked on the streets of the Starting Town, Lingqi looked at the man beside her with some curiosity. Although she had lost her memories, her keen eye had not diminished. The first time she saw Lingyun, her intuition told her that this person was definitely not a simple existence.

"Lingyun, where are we going?" Seeing Lingyun strolling leisurely down the street, Lingqi asked with some curiosity.

"Hmm, how should I put it, we are looking for a little mouse!" Lingyun smiled.

"A mouse?" Lingqi was completely confused. "Is that a type of wild monster? If it is, shouldn't we go to the wild to find it? Why look for it in the Town?"

"This mouse is not an ordinary mouse; you can only find it in the Town!" Lingyun said to Lingqi with a smile.

"Oh, then if we find it, do we have to knock it down and then have it drop something useful?" Lingqi tilted her head.

"Mm, that's very likely, if she doesn't listen well!" Lingyun's gaze swept secretly over a certain place, and the corner of his mouth pulled into a playful smile. "If she still doesn't listen well, then we'll get her drunk with strong liquor, and then properly 'process' her, for example, by filling her up with some kind of indescribable liquid or something..."

"What on earth are you talking about!" Just as Lingyun was about to say more, an exasperated voice rang out beside them. "How can you think of doing such things to a young, pretty girl?"

Lingqi turned her head with some curiosity. Beside them, at some unknown time, a female player with golden-brown curly hair and a hooded cloak had appeared. Most eye-catching of all, this girl also had six markings that looked like whiskers. Combined with this attire, it always made one think of a certain type of rodent.

"You finally decided to come out, the famous profiteer, the well-known information dealer of Aincrad, Argo the Rat." Looking at the girl before him, Lingyun said with a smile.

"You know me?" Argo looked at the man before her, her eyes narrowing slightly.

"I should say, for a famous information dealer like you, who also has such an obvious trademark, it would be wrong if I didn't recognize you!" Lingyun's gaze was fixed on Argo. "Besides, you've been trailing behind me ever since I started walking around; I've known from the very beginning."

"From the beginning?" Argo's pupils shrank. As an information dealer, wanting to scout for news, she naturally possessed extraordinary stealth techniques.

The first time she saw Lingyun in the Central Plaza, she discovered that Lingyun seemed different from these players. Moreover, she was also one of the people who witnessed that Lingyun's group was not pressed down by that powerful force when the world underwent its transformation. These various situations indicated that they were definitely not ordinary people, and she had developed a deep sense of interest in Lingyun, the only male in this group and the one serving as the leader. That was why, when she saw Lingyun walking around with a girl on the street, she relied on her superior stealth techniques to follow him, wanting to obtain some information about the people with Lingyun.

But now that Lingyun said he had discovered her from the beginning, this already indicated that her stealth techniques had completely lost their effect in front of Lingyun.

"You're looking for me, what for?" After suppressing the shock in her heart, Argo looked at the man and woman in front of her and said in a deep voice.

"Eh, Lingyun, is this the little mouse you told me about?" Lingqi looked at Argo, a trace of an inscrutable smile appearing on her face.

Argo looked at Lingqi's smile, and her hair couldn't help but stand on end. Although this girl looked very kind, in her eyes, it was as if there was an endless darkness behind this girl, with the possibility of swallowing her at any time.

"You two, what do you want with me?" Argo forced herself to shift her gaze away and asked, looking at Lingyun.

"This isn't a good place to talk; let's find a quiet place." Lingyun said.

"Fine!" Argo turned around first and walked toward a tavern.