Goddess of Death: The military is after you too.
"Huh?" Li Wei looked at the sudden message and became stunned.
"XinXin, looks like we have to go without making a sound," he said, feeling irritated.
He was going to teach the people after him a lesson, but who knew that even the military would come after him.
"Brother, what happened?" Li Xin asked with puzzle.
"Well, the military is after us too. Let's go; we should leave now," Li Wei replied calmly.
Even though he showed killing intent toward the people who were after him, he did it in anger. Now that the military was also coming, he didn't dare to take it lightly.
"Mmm," Li Xin nodded, though she was a little puzzled about how he knew.
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"Sera, why are you interfering that much?" Luna, the goddess of life, questioned.
"Huh, when did I?" Sera pretended to be ignorant.
Luna looked at her but didn't say anything, knowing it would be useless. Li Wei would've died here if she didn't interfere, and she did it twice.
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Li Wei looked at Li Xin, who was in his arms.
"I will use my skill; hold me tight," he said.
"Okay, brother," Li Xin nodded as she tightened her grip on him.
"Shadow Step," Li Wei murmured softly, and they both disappeared from the living room of their apartment.
"Sir Zhao, their temperatures disappeared," the military man reported immediately as he found nothing showing on the thermal camera.
"Then what are you doing? Find them! Use choppers and other equipment! Why are you looking at me?" Sir Zhao screamed at the man in a cold tone.
"But we don't have that much fuel to power them up; we're saving it for tomorrow," the man replied with difficulty.
"Like I care. You should know his secrets are more important. Go, use them," Sir Zhao commanded, not caring about anything.
"Yes, Sir Zhao, I will arrange it," the man replied and got to work.
In the outer city, inside a vacant school, two figures appeared from the shadows, both wearing black clothing that made it hard to discover them in the dark night.
"Are we staying at the school?" Li Xin inquired with a surprise.
"Yes, this school is safe and is out of the inner city. Even if it's military, they wouldn't waste their resources to search this vacant building," Li Wei replied and glanced at his remaining MP.
Mana Points (MP): 135/935
'Only 135 MP remained. It's good that I upgraded the Shadow Step to level six, and my distance to travel increased from 0.5 to 1 km; if not, it would have been hard to get here,' he thought to himself, as carrying another person consumed a lot of MP.
"Are you okay?" he asked softly as he saw her lost in thoughts.
"I am fine but I just feel useless that I can't help you with anything," Li Xin replied with a frustrated look.
"Who said my XinXin is useless? Look, I have no MP right now, so you have to protect your lovely brother; if not, I might die with loneliness," Li Wei said, pinching her soft cheeks playfully.
Li Xin pouted in response but didn't push his hand away.
"What should we do now?" she asked.
"Well, let's find a place to rest first, and then we will head out tomorrow," Li Wei suggested, looking around the vacant school.
There were no benches or beds, so he decided on a good vacant room and sat down in a corner.
"Brother, next time, don't use that skill to calm my emotions," Li Xin requested as she sat on his lap.
She didn't know the name of the skill he had used on her. But she didn't want him to use it again, or she would never adapt to this new world.
She didn't want to drag him down and the only way to avoid this was to become stronger—strong enough to stand beside him without his help.
"Are you sure?" Li Wei asked as he hugged her from behind.
He was able to bear the smell of blood and corpses because the effect lessened on him very early, so he had no choice but to get used to it.
Not to mention his increased intelligence attribute also helped him.
"Yup, I can't just remain like this and drag you down," Li Xin nodded with resolution.
"Okay, we will think about it later. Let's eat something and sleep. I will keep watch here," Li Wei changed the topic and pondered what to do next.
...
"Sir Zhao, we were stopped when we asked them to mobilize choppers and other equipment," the man reported with a hurried expression.
"Who stopped you?" Sir Zhao roared loudly in anger.
"I stopped him. Do you have any problem?" Suddenly a cold voice echoed behind him.
"Captain Wang Lei!" Sir Zhao exclaimed in fear, taking a few steps back.
"Humph, you really have guts to chase a civilian, right? Did you feed your brain to some monster? Don't you know that everyone can level up, and they will be able to kill level 5 monsters sooner or later? Just how did you become a soldier?" Wang Lei looked at him with disappointment.
"But–" Sir Zhao wanted to say something, but he was interrupted.
"No 'buts.' If I see you again using the military resources for your personal use, don't blame me for stripping you of your position," Wang Lei declared with cold eyes and left.
...
Next Day, 6 AM
***/Global Announcement/***
[Ding, Congratulations for Earth successfully merging with Celestria, Sorathia, Elmoral, and Starfrost world]×3
[Ding, Congratulations for Earth completing the second phase 'World Rebuilding' and increasing the landmass and magical powers] ×3
[Ding, **Warning** Dungeons and Monsters up to A rank have appeared and they will continue spawning, creating chaos and destruction on Earth. The system will issue quests for all players to slay the monsters and clear the dungeons if certain conditions are met] ×3
[Ding, Because the merging of the different worlds, the trading of system coins is allowed. You can party up with your companions, and an extra skill, Language Mastery, is added. For further information, please check the status panel] ×3
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"Unn," Li Xin, who was sleeping on Li Wei's lap, woke up upon hearing the announcement.
"Don't worry; it's just an announcement. Nothing is happening," Li Wei ruffled her hair with a smile, looking at her sleepy face.
"Unn, brother, didn't you sleep?" Li Xin asked, seeing him awake.
"I slept," Li Wei replied shortly.
"Let's find a place to wash ourselves and think about what to do later," he suggested.
"I will listen to you, brother," Li Xin nodded, but rather than getting up, she snuggled in his arms like a cat.
Even though they were close, she didn't get a chance to snuggle too much, and with the opportunity before her, she didn't forget to grab it.
Li Wei smiled at her cute actions and hugged her gently.
'It's really good she returned to normal,' he thought with relief.
To him there was nothing more important than her.
After snuggling for a little and filling herself with satisfaction, she stopped.
Li Wei was a bit disappointed; however, he didn't waste any time and after getting ready, he left the school with her.
"Brother, where are we heading?" Li Xin asked.
"I don't know. The terrain has changed. It wasn't like this before," Li Wei replied with a frown. looking at the dense forest, distant mountains, and vast stretches of barren green land surrounding them from different sides.
"Is this another world that merged with Earth?" Li Xin exclaimed, looking at the different small animals and birds.
"Probably," Li Wei replied, a little excited.
Another world! Which gamer hadn't dreamed of traveling to another world?
"Let's go. There's a path ahead," he said, pointing at the dirt road that seemed to have been made by carriages.
"Okay," Li Xin agreed with curious eyes.
She, too, wanted to discover the new world.
With the anticipation, they both walked on the path leading inside the forest.
"Brother, are there any monsters?" Li Xin asked, observing the forest with vigilance.
"No, I don't see any for now," Li Wei replied, using Analyze Eye, which can detect nearby monsters. Even if their level exceeds his, it would at least show their status panel.
"This forest is a level 4 forest, and so there won't be any monsters above level 4 or level 5," he added, checking the map for information.
"What a pity; I wanted to level up a little," Li Xin muttered with disappointment.
"Okay, we will see if there are any monsters here; if there are, you can take them down," Li Wei smiled.
He knew she wanted to get stronger because she didn't want to hold him back.
But when he thought about their future, it was filled with uncertainty, especially since he was dragged into a terrifying quest.
'How beautiful it will be if things go smoothly without any problem,' he thought to himself, pondering what to do next.
They both didn't have any problems accepting this kind of adventurous life, as they both played games or rather were game addicts.
Their past experience and not having expectations from others also made them accept the reality easily. They, after all, did not rely on others but on themselves.
As Li Wei and Li Xin continued on the dirt road, they suddenly received a notification.
[Ding, Dungeon Clear Quest: Defeat the dungeon boss and kill all the monsters in the dungeon.
Dungeon level: 5 (F)
Difficulty: E
Rewards: 1000 XP
Note: If you party up with people, you will split the rewards with them. If you don't want to accept the quest, you can keep walking, and the quest will disappear.]
"XinXin, did you get a quest too?" Li Wei asked.
"Yes, brother. What do you think? Should we do it?" Li Xin inquired, eager to level up.