Yuri, a little girl with just a first name, is a well-known NPC in the Newbie Village of Miracle World.
Her fame isn't because she has many newbie quests to take on; it's purely because the game developers designed this character to be simply adorable.
After all, who wouldn't like a lively girl with a healing smile, bouncing around all day without being a brat, and never growing up, a little loli?
When Miracle opened, Yuri's official setup was that she was seven years old. During the third anniversary of Miracle, there were slight adjustments to the major NPCs in the game, but in the Newbie Village, Little Youli remained seven. Until the ten-year anniversary of Miracle, after updating the final chapter, someone quietly returned to the Newbie Village to visit Little Youli, only to find that she was still in her cute seven or eight-year-old form.
Of course, the most crucial point is that Little Youli is one of the rare NPCs that can interact with all players. In every player's perspective, they can spend an entire day playing with Little Youli, enjoying her laughter and joy, and she's especially an understanding and considerate child. Rumors often spread about depressed players being healed by Little Youli.
Lynn, in his journey to the top of Miracle World, could not do without Little Youli's company. They say the strong are destined to be lonely, but having the cute and lovable Little Youli occasionally play with him for a day, it allowed Lynn to feel a bit of warmth in the cold game world.
"Little Youli... don't you remember Brother Lynn? We've been good friends for ten years."
Lynn's hand, extending the candy, froze in mid-air, and a surprised look appeared on his face. After all, Little Youli responds to every player, which is the official setup, and even after updating the final chapter, there was no change in this respect. Yet the familiar Little Youli before his eyes scratched her head in confusion as she looked at him.
"But big brother, Little Youli is only eight years old this year. How could I have known you for ten years?"
Little Youli scratched her small head in confusion, not quite understanding the strange words this unfamiliar big brother was saying. Eight-year-old her hadn't even been in her mother's belly ten years ago, so how could she possibly have known this strange brother?
"Eight years old? Weren't you seven?"
Now it was Lynn's turn to be surprised. Regarding Little Youli's setup, the game developers hadn't made changes for ten years. Other NPCs age with the game process, but not Little Youli. She's said to be a fleeting NPC but a constant little loli. How could it be that during the moment he was dizzy, the official changed the data?
"In the year when the biggest, biggest Demon King died, Little Youli was seven years old, but now Little Youli is already eight."
Although Little Youli is young, she is very clever from a young age, and she remembers everything about herself very clearly.
Especially this day a year ago, she remembers exceptionally well. After all, it was the day her village was attacked by the Demon Race, and everyone in the village died except for her, who had gone out to play wild. Although she didn't have parents from the start, the experience of losing all familiar people still dealt a significant blow to the innocent Little Youli.
If she hadn't met the angelic sister Xiya in the shelter afterward, she might have wallowed in sadness for a long time without being able to come out.
"The biggest, biggest Demon King? Dead for a year?"
Little Youli's words were clear and organized. As she wasn't a child who liked to lie, Lynn naturally didn't doubt what she said.
But wasn't the Demon Dragon Emperor just slain by him? Its huge dragon corpse was still... Crap! Where the hell is that gigantic Demon Dragon corpse of mine!?
Lynn looked back and saw all the different races under the World Tree staring at him in shock, and he couldn't utter a word, though outwardly calm, he was inwardly cursing up a storm.
After all, in the place where there should have been a dragon corpse, there was not even a trace of dragon scales left except for the crowded flow of people. It didn't seem like a place that had just undergone a world-shaking battle involving millions of players.
"That big brother... is he an angel? Why does he have wings?"
The crowd was dumbstruck for a moment, and finally, a child pointed at Lynn, who was folding his pure white wings, asking their parents.
But those ordinary people who came to make wishes under the World Tree could only utter "Crap" and had nothing else to say, as they didn't understand this kind of descending-from-the-heavens move.
The appearance effect just now was from the game outfit "Angel's Love." In reality, what allowed him to fly down was the perfectly immaculate Fighting Spirit Wings, a common skill for players over level 600, nothing to show off about.
As for why he didn't just fly down directly and had to activate the outfit effect...
If I have a costume, but it's not shown externally, then wasn't my purchase in vain?
"Mom, mom, that big brother's wings are so pretty, can I go touch them?"
At this time, another child was tugging on their mom, eyes full of curiosity about the beautiful object. But as soon as they finished speaking, their mom pulled them away, giving them no chance to fulfill their wish.
Are you kidding me... that's a strong person who fell from the sky, possibly an angel who descended upon the Divine Protection Continent. Who in their right mind would dare to wander idly before the Angel Lord or a suspected Saint Tier figure, thinking that their days have been going too well and they need an added challenge?
It's not just this mother; all the races, all the people present subconsciously distanced themselves from Lynn. Though the strong individuals from the Divine Protection Continent usually don't bully the masses, no one knew whether this strong person was of good or bad temper, especially considering his noble-like aura, which made everyone extremely cautious.
"Yeah, yeah, that one... if I recall right, it was the Demon Dragon Emperor, dead for a year now. The adults have taken away its body, and everyone says the nobles divided and ate it."
Little Youli's innocent words woke up the drifting Lynn, who then observed Little Youli more carefully. Even though there wouldn't be much change in appearance between a seven and eight-year-old child, a child is at a growing age. With Lynn's familiarity with Little Youli, and a close enough look at her, you could indeed find that she had grown a bit taller.
"A year... is it a version change, or am I confused from dizziness? No way, maybe I've been connected as a user without a break for too long. I need to log off and take a rest first."
Lynn frowned deeply and shook his head, trying to wake himself up. But without a physical strength potion in the game, how is he supposed to revitalize immediately? Without further thought, Lynn decided to exit the game and rest for a while.
Although virtual games can simulate shallow sleep, currently, the technology isn't capable of directly replacing the omnipotent human method of recovering spirits by sleeping. If you play for too long, you still have to log off and rest.
"Log off."
In front of Little Youli and an unknown Elf Race NPC, Lynn muttered the four magic words.
And then... nothing happened.
"Glitch again! Forced to log out manually from time to time, really... wait, where the hell is my system panel?"
This time, Lynn mumbled the first half of the sentence in his heart, but the second half was involuntarily shouted out loud in his shock.